President Obama’s State of The Union Speech

The nation was glued to their televisions and computers on January 25, 2012 6p.m. to hear what President Obama had to say about our State of the Union. President Obama talked about us working together as Americans not as republicans or democrats. He is right.  The republicans called his speech a class warfare.  No that is not true. President Obama wants everyone to get their fair share and play by the same rules. I agree because it is not fair for the rich to be taxed at 14 percent when the middle class are getting taxed at the 20 percent rate or higher that does not make any sense. When President said that people making 1,000,000 dollars a year or higher should be taxed at least 30 percent, the republicans sat there clinching their greedy teeth. What really moved me was when President Obama talked about how we can put people back to work if businesses would come back to America. It does not make any sense that American businesses get all the tax breaks just because they do business in other countries. President Obama wants to give American businesses the credit for coming back to America and for operating in areas where factories have been shut down for years. President Obama talked about the housing crisis that happened in 2008. I think that it was one the biggest conspiracy of greed that I have ever seen. President Obama wants an economy that is built to last with woman getting equal pay for equal work, supporting entrepreneur’s and expand tax relief for start up companies. President Obama kept saying to congress you all agree on these issues put it in a bill and I will sign it. I don’t know what in the world are they waiting for. Is it that the republicans won’t pass anything President Obama suggested, so they can blame him for being a bad president that is the way I see it. President Obama wants to combine six government agencies into one so it can be quicker in helping the American people. This is a good idea. I don’t think that will happen in my lifetime if the republicans have anything to say about it. President Obama put congress on notice, he told them that they should stop fighting among themselves and come together on common sense ideas. President Obama quoted Abraham Lincoln, “The government should do for people what they cannot do by themselves and no more.” Presidents Obama’s State of the Union speech was in my opinion one of the most powerful State of the Union speeches I have ever heard. I know a lot of people would agree. I just hope congress takes it to heart and stop all their foolishness and come together and get some of these bills passed so we as a nation can get back to being the most powerful and productive nation on earth. As for the republicans rebuttal on the President’s State of the Union speech it was the same old mess Obama has not done anything to improve the economy and he is moving to slow. Blah Blah Blah!

LM

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/01/25/2012-state-union-address-enhanced-version

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2091737/Obamas-State-Union-address-2012-Full-class-warfare-promises.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

San Francisco 49ers Heart Breaking Defeat

The loss to New York Giants was heart breaking and it was not one person’s fault it was a team effort. Just because Kyle Williams touched the ball on a punt giving the Giants the ball down by the Giants 20 yard line causing a Giants touch down. The dropped ball in the end zone from a pass from Alex Smith for the San Francisco 49ers win in overtime. How many chances were San Francisco 49ers supposed to get, they could not capitalize on 3^rd down. Just think if they did. The score probably would have been higher with San Francisco coming out the victors. All you stupid idiots who are twitting death threats to Kyle Smith it Stop it!!. All you San Francisco 49ers fans hold your heads up, your team had a great season.

LM

http://news.yahoo.com/giants-edge-49ers-ot-reach-super-bowl-033824488--nfl.html;_ylt=An1uwhxv3F7HYE3KoZz9bKcLMxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNnNXNva3ViBG1pdAMEcGtnA2FiNGQ4N2QxLTg5YTUtM2EwNi1iY2I4LTdlNWI3OGE1N2MyMgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDbG5fRm9vdGJhbGxfZ2FsBHZlcgMyMmVjZDJhMC00NWQyLTExZTEtYjNmZS0zZmE1MTIxNmM4MGY-;_ylv=3

Are Cruise Ships Safe?

I say yes they are as safe, as flying riding a train or riding in a car. On January 13, 2012 which happened to be Friday the 13^th the Costa Concordia Cruise Ship ran aground it hit some rocks near Giglio a small off the coast of Tuscany Italy; this torn a 50m hole in its hull of the ship with 4,000 plus people on board. Captain Schettino did not report the accident right away. The Costa Concordia hit the rocks at 9:45 p.m. he did not contact the coast guard until about 10:43 p.m., what in the world was he thinking. If he would have reported his mistake right away the six bodies and the sixteen people who are still missing did not have to die. When the Coast Guard arrived at the Costa Concordia Cruise ship the Captain Francesco Schettino of was not on the ship. His reason was that he fell and tripped into a life boat. Yea! Right just like the guy on the Titanic who grabbed the baby. One passenger on the ship Emily Lau said “when we got to the deck, people were just utterly hysterical mostly not because something was scary, but because there was no control.” “It was just utter madness. People were falling because the ship was actually sinking quite fast. And the next thing we heard was ‘abandon ship’,” Lau said. I have been on several cruises and every time there is a muster the first hour on the ship, so everyone on board knows what to do in case of an emergency. A lot of people I come across say they have not been on a cruise, I ask why? And they say because “I’m scared! what if the ship sinks I can’t drink all that water.” If you go through life being scared you miss out on new experiences and having a wonderful full life. Cruising is so fun my favorite cruise line is Royal Caribbean, their customer service is great. Most cruise ships are safe it is not the ship, it is the Captain and the crew that makes the cruise ship unsafe.

LM

http://abcnews.go.com/International/italian-cruise-ship-sinking-sixth-body-found/story?id=15369426

http://news.yahoo.com/cruise-captain-says-tripped-lifeboat-couldnt-153914621--abc-news.html

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/01/201211425416684537.html

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMqxmHJxP4&feature=relmfu

THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY

What really gets me is how in the year 2012 a lot of people still think Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a holiday just for the black people because Martin Luther King was a black man that is not the case. Martin Luther King stood for equality for all people. Martin Luther King wanted a person to be judged by the content of their character not the color of their skin. If there were no Martin Luther King then there would not be integrated sports teams, schools, neighborhoods and work places. There would not be minority businesses, which are still surviving in this economy. Martin Luther King’s message made it where we have a minority President. I don’t understand when some people when they say enjoy your day off, it should be their day off too it is a federal holiday. Martin Luther King Day is a day of celebration a day for volunteering in your community. Here are some events that are going around the bay where you can go. Here are links for San Francisco http://savvycities.com/mlk-day-san-francisco-bay/ , Palo Alto, Mt View and San Jose http://milpitas.patch.com/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-day-around-the-bay-area , in Oakland, Berkeley and Union City http://milpitas.patch.com/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-day-around-the-bay-area

If you have the day off go and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day maybe you will understand why this day is so important and learn something.

LM

5 year old Boy Hog Tied Charged with Battery on Police Officer in Stockton

Michael Davis a rambunctious 5 years old with ADHD was arrested at Rio Calaveras Elementary in Stockton California in November of 2011. Michael has a problem with not thinking before he acts or speaks because of his ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). On occasion Michael has gotten into fights with other students and even threw a chair. Rio Calaveras Elementary School in Stockton told Michael’s mother they had a plan to change Michael’s behavior. The school decided to try the scared straight tacked on Michael; they brought in a police officer to talk to Michael. Lt. Frank Gordo sat down to talk to Michael when he put his hand on Michael’s hand, Michael batted it away pushed papers off the table and kicked Lt. Frank Gordo in the right knee. When Michael would not calm down Lt. Frank Gordo to arrested Michael and charged him with battery on a police officer. He proceeded to zip tie Michael’s hands and feet put him in the back of the squad car and took him to Kaiser Psychiatric Hospital in Stockton. First of all Lt. Frank Gordo should be ashamed of himself, he had no right to zip tie a 5 year old like he was a grown man who could do physical harm to him.  Rio Calaveras Elementary School in Stockton should also be ashamed, because they delayed in the evaluation of Michael which denied him a fair education. Michael’s mother had been asking for help. If I had hog tied my son when he was five because he would not calm down and took him to a Psychiatric Hospital I would have been arrested and charged with child abuse. Why is Lt. Frank Gordo not arrested? He should be. He does not know what he has done to this little boys mental state. Michael Davis will probably grow not trusting the police.
LM
http://www.kcra.com/news/29847063/detail.html