Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! Unfortunately my mother died a couple of years ago, so I must revive good and fun memories. Hence, I hope you will make great memories with your kids today.

Obama Works to Keep Us Healthy

President Obama's appointment of Vivek Murthy to the Health Care Prevention Advisory Group has emphasized medical prevention as an important national priority.

New Jersey May Gamble With Taxpayer Money

New Jersey may be going into the gambling business using taxpayer money. New Jersey could decide to provide as much as $200 million over 20 years to jump start a stalled Atlantic City Revel casino project. Like all gamblers, the state is hopes to recoup some or all of that investment.

In return for assisting the Revel casino project, the state would have a stake in the future success of the company under a plan to be reviewed by state officials on Tuesday.

If the project reaches certain milestones, the state could get paid back. Most likely, the money will be gathered by gangsters and scurried outside of  U.S. reach

Gov. Chris Christie is also expected to sign legislation that launches an experimental tourist district in Atlantic City in a bid to revive the troubled gaming town.

The state will take a role in policing the tourism district, with the head of a local police unit picked by the State Police superintendent. To me all of this sounds like future trouble, and a crime explosion. The state is never a safe , secure way of picking a police/ military overseer and this plan is full of potential increased governmental corruption.

CHALLENGER MEMORIES

We remember the explosion of the CHALLENGER. Killed on-board were; Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist; Christa McAuliffe, TEACHER; Ron McNair, BLACK, Mission Specialist, Ellison Onizuka, ASIAN, Mission Specialist; Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist; Dick Scobee, Commander; Mike Smith, Pilot.

Thanks for their service and our sympathy to their families and friends

OBAMA STATE OF UNION ADDRESS

President Obama hit all of the topics in his State of the Union Address tonight.

While the President did a great job, it was funny to watch the audience in high-def. Naturally, we all waited for the Boehner "crying moment," and it came after  the President noted the working-class backgrounds of Biden and himself.. Boehner's lips quivered, as he pictured himself sweeping floors as a youth, but he managed to halt the big bawling scene. Boehner has practiced. Boehner's tie appeared pink/red - a girlie-man?

I noted SC Justice Ginsberg seemed asleep at one point, center front. I thought she was going to roll forward. But the President mentioned supporting our troops, and the Ginsberg sleeping moment was gone, although she still seemed slow.

I noted a large lump on the left side of John McCain's neck - was this video trickery, or does McCain have a neck growth? We'll have to wait and see.

SARGENT SHRIVER DIES AT AGE 95

SARGENT SHRIVER DIES AT AGE 95

Sargent Shriver, a former Peace Corps director and Democratic vice presidential candidate, has died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Sargent Shriver has suffered from Alzheimer's disease for many years and has been the foundation for a lot of fundraising and advanced medical research for the degenerative disease. Shriver was also the founder of the Special Olympics and The Peace Corps which, since the Kennedy years, allowed citizens to help impoverished communities abroad.

Recently the Peace Corps has come under fire for placing Corps volunteers in areas which were dangerous without any protection. Volunteers tell stories of violent rapes and murders of Corps volunteers by community members. 

Although the Peace Corps may be too dangerous for young volunteers in many areas, the Special Olympics is still going strong.

Our deepest sympathy to the Shriver, Kennedy and Schwarzenegger families.

HACKERS ARE BUSY DAILY

On American computers there are about 7,000,000 hacker attempts per day and 207,000,000 attempts per month. ASTOUNDING!!! And these are only the detected hacker attempts.

NO FREE CELL PHONES FOR SOME

Thank Heaven that Gov. Brown is taking away the cell phones. Most people have a cell phone anyway and with caller ID they can separate the boss from family. For those other calls, refer to the land-line. I tried to do this with the Madera Unified School District when we did our budget-cutting. Administrators were very defensive and voted that the phones were needed.

In addition, I would say that all persons who have a cellphone can only have a basic service at government expense - no data service which is usually games and needless text-messaging. Also, if they overuse the allotted services, it should be taken from their paychecks.

ARETHA SAYS SHE IS FINE

ARETHA SAYS SHE IS FINE

Just wanted to write this correction straight from Aretha. Aretha says she is fine and will reschedule her tour. She says she is housebound for 2 more weeks - then she will spend some time at the beach - maybe Hilton Head.

Thanks Aretha!!

NEW CONGRESS OFF TO VERY BAD START

NEW CONGRESS OFF TO BAD START

I don't feel great about this "new" Congress - looks like the same "old boys club " to me. Jeff Denham has been given the job of frat party thrower and fundraiser. Hence, on the day BEFORE he even gets into office, he throws a $2,500 a plate dinner at a luxury hotel in D.C.. I guess the economy is doing very well after all.

Next Boehner starts crying repeatedly. He is like an old depressed drunk. In fact, he has around eleven brothers and sisters. His sister said, “John is a little man and he has a big job ahead of him." With family confidence like that, it is no wonder Boehner started the, "my gavel is bigger than yours" contest. Yes, it sounds like a penile problem to me too. In fact, as Boehner was waving his gavel around with great pride about its size, the gavel began to resemble a "penis analogy" to me.  Let the frat party begin.

Next these guys, getting high salaries, decide to read the Constitution aloud on the House floor. Maybe these guys should have been reading the Constitution instead of partying, drinking and womanizing at the lavish party the night before. Yes, we got to pay to hear these inept congressmen read the Constitution aloud. It was sad to hear some of the congressional members stumble over the words. That reading exercise cost us citizens around a million dollars or more...our tax money.

The Republicans said the only idea they had for reducing federal spending was to cut the congressional budget. Later, it was revealed that actually the congressional budget would be too hard to cut, so the reduction will be greatly reduced and the congressional party can continue.

Boehner said first job, as Speaker of the House, is to repeal health care reform legislation. The Congressional Budget Office says that will cost over $230 billion dollars with the investments already made - plus the Senate will not pass the repeal bill, so it is a waste of time and money - but a good show for gullible Republicans. On a news interview show when Boehner was asked what he planned to cut to reduce federal spending as promised during the campaign, Boehner said, in spite of all of his years in the House, he "had no specific ideas."

DENHAM SELLS OUT VALLEY AND SEEKS LOTS OF CASH

Denham rushes straight for the cash. What a CREEP!!! Denham is not my
congressperson because he refused to talk to any Democrats during the past
election. But for Republicans, your representative in Congress had a dinner
costing $2,500 a plate in D.C. BEFORE he was even sworn in.

Why would anyone pay $2,500 for a Denham dinner?

As I said during the campaign, Denham is
selling out the valley and the buyers came to look over Denham's weaknesses and
priorities. He has gold in his eyes. No one would pay to hear Denham speak. He
has no significant formal education, he ignored the Valley, so we end up with
high crime, poor education, rotting infrastructure, illegal alien problems and
many gangs.  Denham skips out and brought in Boehner for a $1,000 a plate LUNCH
and started selling out the valley to Boehner before the November general
election. Boehner took the money and ran, and Denham promised he would do more
to fund the Republicans. This will be Denham's place in Congress. He will have
no ideas or abilities to help the valley. He is the "dirty dog" or the thug next
to the mobster.

Hold on to your pocketbooks and wallets!!!

Repuublicans Fight To Make America FAIL AND STEAL OUR MONEY

John Boehner now becomes Speaker of the House
of Representatives -- and big banks, insurance companies and Wall Street
lobbyists across the country rejoice. Money is king in D.C. again.

Boehner hasn't even taken the
gavel yet and he's already laid out an extreme right-wing agenda. It starts with
a vote to repeal health insurance reform and includes gutting Social Security,
making tax cuts for the rich permanent and more.

John Boehner's House
will empower right-wingers like Michele Bachmann and Eric Cantor to roll back
progressive legislation and empower big corporations over the middle
class. Our money will go to the rich even faster and in larger amounts.

Let's just say what everyone already knows -- John Boehner's
agenda has everything to do with embarrassing President Obama and nothing to do
with creating jobs and getting America back on track. Boehner, Denham, Rush Limbaugh and others want President Obama, our country and soldiers to fail.

MEXICAN GANGS TARGET FAMILY KILLING THE WOMEN

MEXICAN GANGS TARGET FAMILY KILLING THE WOMEN

The tale of Marisela Escobedo continues after her murder. Marisela was a nurse in the U.S. who retired after her16-year-old daughter, Rubi Marisol, was found killed and dismembered in August 2008. The suspect, her live-in boyfriend, Sergio Rafael Barraza, escaped into Mexico, joined a gang and had Marisela killed outside the governor's mansion to stop her cries for justice. (see prior article)

Now the gang has targeted Marisela's husband by setting ablaze his lumber business in Ciudad Juarez.

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WOMEN AND GIRLS KILLED AND ABUSED WITHOUT JUSTICE

WOMEN AND GIRLS KILLED AND ABUSED WITHOUT JUSTICE


Mexico is becoming a mecca for murders of women and children. A news story cites the tale of Marisela Escobedo a nurse in the U.S. who retired after her16-year-old daughter, Rubi Marisol, was found killed and dismembered in August 2008. The suspect, her live-in boyfriend, Sergio Rafael Barraza, escaped into Mexico, out of American hands.

The set out to find the suspect, and she did in Zacatecas. She led investigators to him and HE CONFESSED and LED THE investigators to the site where he buried the dismembered body.
At trial, Barraza said he was tortured and forced to confess. So, in April 2010, a three-judge panel acquitted Barraza and said the prosecution did not have enough evidence against Barraza. The appeals court overturned the verdict and instated a 50-year-term. However, Barraza was again no where to be found and no law enforcement officers looked for him. In the meantime, Barraza joined a gang Los Zetas and had made death threats against the victim's mother, Marisela Escobedo.

The 52-year-old mother said she was going to stand in front of the governor's palace in Chihuahua city, the capital of Chihuahua state, where the Ciudad of Juarez is located. Marisela said if Barraza and the gang were going to kill her, they had to do it to shame the officials for the injustices.
As the mother protested outside of the palace, a video camera shows a white Jetta stop, a man approached her and she ran into traffic to cross the street. The man was right behind her and shot her in the head with a 9 mm pistol. Marisela died. The hit-man got away. Barraza is still free and part of a very violent gang.

In 1993, there were a string of very brutal murders in Chihuahua, lasting through 2003. The federal government put together units to investigate and prosecute the killers. The problem still exists. Estimates from the Chihuahua news reports put the number of women and girls killed from 1993 thru 2003 around 1,000. The number of men and boys killed was no mentioned.

Muslim Country Erects Christian Tree of Money and Greed

Abu Dhabi Erects $11 Million Dollar Christmas Tree 

As Americans celebrate Christmas and the birth of Christ. Abu Dhabi celebrates money and greed by erecting an $11 million dollar tree in a hotel. The money from oil sales built a Christmas tree monument decorated with jewelry showcasing what is going wrong in the world in the U.S. and abroad.

Billionaires Will Decide Who Lives

If you don't want government in your personal business, you will love having big fat multi-millionaires telling you what services you get and for how much.

Education Reform Needed Now in Central California

U.S. is 25th and 21st in math and science. Kids in Shanghai are the top learners. We must invest in our youth. Fresno area was declared one of the dumbest areas in then U.S.
We must discontinue this disdain for education in the Central Valley and ensure our kids are getting a great education.
We must do more to ensure kids do not drop-out of school and avoid needless suspensions and expulsions. ALL KIDS COUNT.

Denham Ignored Our Infrastructure Over Past Eight Years

With the huge California budget problems, we have done nothing to repair and maintain our dams and levees. Over the past years we have had a severe lack of leadership in the CA legislature.

ELZABETH EDWARDS FAREWELL TO A NINJA WARRIOR

ELZABETH EDWARDS FAREWELL TO A NINJA WARRIOR



Elizabeth Edwards ended a exciting life story on December 7th. At the young age of 61, her body could take no more. As a young woman, Elizabeth took the hard road of college and then law school. She had her own legal practice. She was clearly a role model and a pioneer for the education of women. Her daughter also became an attorney. Her oldest son died. In her late forties, she decided to have two more children - perhaps this was a stimulus to her eventually developing her fatal breast cancer.

Elizabeth was a ninja. She could swing the sword and dodge an attack. Her beauty in her youth is undeniable and she carried her beauty and grace into her final years.

Unfortunately, with all of her accomplishments, she will be most remembered for her battle at home between her, her husband John and his sexual partner who John paid with our hard-earned public money. Yes, John was really a "John" paying for sex.
Confronted with her cancer Elizabeth came out swinging. She was fierce and she focused on the goal - beat the cancer and live for her family. She was not a victim. She learned to live with the diagnosis and the numerous negative comments she received from well-wishers and the media. Elizabeth was certain she was winning. She felt all were really on her side . She never expected her biggest opponent was lurking in the shadows, next to her on a daily basis and feeding her lies. In fact, she bravely committed to continuing in the wife role to have John elected as President of the United States. She told all of us he was honest and the best man for the job. Little did she know the truth. And it was all about to play out on televison - no where to hide. No dignity left. Humiliation as a wife, mother and work partner. She was supposed to know John thoroughly…she was his wife. Sneaking, surreptitiously John crept and her soul and spirit were exposed and vulnerable...sharing the house, the food, the bed and usurping her energy - energy she needed to fight the cancer.
When the possibility of an affair arose, Elizabeth acted, backed by her soul mate’s reassurance, to deny the possibility of such betrayal. She assured us John was honest and honorable. The sexual partner wanted some recognition, so she and John met in hotels to enjoy their baby. I’m sure she was taking secret pictures to ensure she had the evidence, if needed, to entitle her to a significant future income.

When Elizabeth spoke with Oprah on TV, Elizabeth tried to separate herself from the problem, shew was the mom and wife. She resented this other woman tryign to come in and claim her life. Elizabeth said she worked hard for her life and this new woman would not be allowed to just come in and “takeover.” However, the demon spirit had let this other woman in. The woman could not have come in unless someone close to Elizabeth betrayed her in her time of greatest need. John opened the door and began a series of lies that created a web that sucked the life from Elizabeth. Down, but not dead, Elizabeth rose. Injured and breathless, she stood weakly on her feet…she was on her own and her kids would be her only supporters. Oprah confronted John in the hallway of his house and questioned him about the affair. John had the look of hate and disgust as he tried to answer Oprah’s questions with his trained political grace. His eyes became squinty as he looked at Oprah, casting a negative ray towards the talk-show hostess. Oprah acted as if she did not notice, but if he could have, John would have given her a left to the head. He was still playing the southern gentleman role. Meanwhile, Elizabeth struggled to grab onto any shreds of dignity she could find.

Not yet finished, the other woman moves into a house near Elizabeth and John’s home on an island in South
Carolina. Demons all and carrying an innocent baby…or a future mini demon. Only time will tell.

By now Elizabeth is gasping for air, crawling, begging for family support. "Tell this woman not to move next door on our island" - John is paying.

Then the sex tapes. The other woman was gathering evidence against John and she, a professional photographer, had been taking videos of John having sex. These tapes were found by John’s campaign manager, who became involved in the cover-up. The campaign manager was dependent on John for income, so he told John he would claim to be the father of the baby and let the women hide at his house during the pregnancy. His wife agreed to the scheme. They decided to keep the tapes just in case John tried to abandon them in the end. Of course, John, as the demon, did just that and the existence of the tapes became public. John’s sexual partner claimed the tapes were stolen from the house; the campaign manager claimed the tapes were thrown in the trash and retrieved by his wife during a clean-up outside of her room.

Elizabeth’s story is not very unusual if you watch Jerry Springer or the Maury Povitch Show. It was unusual in that we saw every bit play out in public, because of the election coverage, and the parties were wealthy, educated, people in high level jobs…running for U.S. President. How bizarre.

It was not a surprise that Elizabeth died, but an honor to her strength and will to live so long and fight for every inch of respect she could gather.

As a woman, we understand her story and we pray for her soul. She is now with her son.

John and his girlfriend are probably off partying. For them too the ordeal is ending and, like Camilla Parker Bowles, after the death of Diana, the two of them can now devise a cover story and continue in a fake shroud of respect and normalcy.

God Bless You Elizabeth. We women will not forget.