03.20.08
Posted in General at 11:06 am by MamaSaid
Every few weeks I like to respond to some of the comments received about my blogs. I enjoy reading the commentary from readers, whether positive, negative or informative. My recent blog “Stay Strong to Your Convictions” seemed to hit home for many people.I was driven to write the entry amidst ongoing media publicity about the first law firm I worked for being the subject of an FBI investigation for improper billing practices. The people being wrongly billed were, of course, the taxpayers because the firm represents numerous municipalities including school districts, villages and police departments. With yet another example of the big wigs taking away from the people they are supposed to represent, I was glad I remained strong to my convictions over the years and spoke up when things went wrong. When there is an absence of decent leadership, you must find the leader within yourself.
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03.18.08
Posted in General at 12:29 pm by MamaSaid
I read an interesting excerpt from an article recently. It quoted Van Jones, the board president and co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. I appreciated his statements about environmentalism and the disposable mindset that leads to degradation as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »
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02.23.08
Posted in General at 11:07 am by MamaSaid
In a world where we are assaulted by media and popular opinion, it can be difficult to differentiate right from wrong. While we know what seems to be right, the actions of administration seem to negate our beliefs.
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02.22.08
Posted in General at 5:56 pm by Kevin Scott
In my last post I spoke of the ending of the year 2007. I tried to cover most of the important issues in the world stage, and more have arisen still in the mere two months since. Lets take a moment here to evaluate the current situation and what I think is the setting of the final stage before the final planned WW3.
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01.20.08
Posted in General at 12:43 pm by MamaSaid
One of the many signs that we have lost control of our destiny is that Big Brother is watching everywhere we go. After all, the CIA was allowed to listen in on our telephone conversations without authority or penalty because of the alleged weapons of destruction they were monitoring. While there are situations such as this that we have no control over, we need to be aware of monitoring we may be subjecting ourselves to voluntarily.
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01.17.08
Posted in General at 10:42 am by MamaSaid
Last year I wrote an entry about cloning and my disapproval of the process. Although popular opinion seems to be against cloning, apparently that doesn’t make a difference to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because the FDA has deemed that milk and meat derived from clones is as healthy as products derived the traditional way.
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01.04.08
Posted in General at 11:00 am by MamaSaid
After being away for a couple of weeks, I enjoyed reading all the comments from readers about a variety of issues I’ve written about including immigration and veterans concerns. Today, in response to the latest reader commentary, I will follow up on a post a wrote in August entitled, “False Promises to Veterans and a Possible Draft”.I want to thank reader Jerry R. for providing a link with more information about the University of Illinois veteran scholarship scam and wisely stating, “How dumb can U of I be? Call veterans jarheads, change admissions deadlines for vets, recruit civilians to take their place, forge signatures on letters, lie to a Lt. Governor and US Congressman, and get exposed with their own internal documents and still continue to lie about it. Great lesson for all those students. In the real world, you go to jail for this.”
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01.01.08
Posted in General at 10:56 am by MamaSaid
Both internationally and personally, 2007 was a very difficult year. As we face the first day of 2008, I want to wish everyone a healthy new year filled with new realizations and experiences. While the world around us marches on to the beat of political powers who define our exterior boundaries, we still have the power to define ourselves. This power is the the only force that can prevent us from becoming caught up in the tragedies surrounding the next pending world war, which clearly seems inevitable.Bedridden for a couple of weeks with my own physical difficulties, I had an opportunity to review this past year and do a bit of reading myself. I was amazed by a story I read about the Rev. Hamilton Coe Throckmorton in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, who took a bold step to challenge his congregation and make them realize the power within themselves.
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12.11.07
Posted in General at 1:56 pm by Kevin Scott
The year of 2007 is drawing to a close, its been a ‘productive’ year to say the least on a global scale. All of us here recognize the fact that the future is inevitable, so for the ones who are watching and waiting in the world, I used the word ‘productive’.
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11.17.07
Posted in General at 8:14 am by MamaSaid
It’s good to be back to blogging here after a couple of weeks of being sick. With the increasing cases of MRSA and meningitis in America, it becomes scary to get ill and you start to wonder if all this “airborne” illness is the result of pollution or even germ warfare. We will discuss those topics in further detail in one of my next blogs.
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