HAPPY NEW YEAR
Monday, December 31, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Newtown Connecticut Community Innocence Lost
I
was on a Caribbean cruise, when I heard about the mass shooting in
Newtown Connecticut. I was walking through the ship and I saw a crowd
of people huddled in the wine bar lounge. Where they have big screen
TV’s. I stopped to see what all the commotion was and I could not
believe what I was seeing and hearing. Tears just started running.
The first thing I thought was those poor innocent babies and that it
could have been any ones child. Then I got MAD as I started listening
to the facts. To hear that Nancy Lanza had purchased the guns that
ultimately killed her and the 28 other innocent souls was horrible.
Nancy Lanza knew her son Adam Lanza was unstable, yet she took him to
a shooting range. I feel its Nancy Lanza fault for having those
weapons in her possession. I know that it’s everyone’s right to
bear arms. These mass shootings are getting out of hand. Some people
just don’t need to have a gun or access to one. What in the world
would you need with a Bushmaster .223 assault rifle, 9mm Sig Sauer
and a Glock 10 mm? Guns like that are meant to do serious damage.
Some people are going crazy now. They are purchasing more guns and
ammunition, because their afraid that the President’s ban on
assault weapons is going to pass. This would mean they would not have
access to them. Is our society so numb too these mass shootings? That
some people would rather go out and buy more guns instead of maybe
think about not having assault weapons. I hope it does pass, because
no one needs an assault weapon not unless there in the arm forces or
on the police force. On December 14, 2012 from now until the end of
time, the community and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton
Connecticut will mourn the 28 innocent souls that were lost. We at
StreetwiseC Special Delivery Courier Service send our Prayers out to
the Community of Newtown Connecticut.
LM
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Will the Fiscal Cliff Send the Country into a Deeper Recession
I’m
so sick to death of congress. We the people elected these clowns and
they are acting like idiots. They can’t come together and get this
Fiscal Cliff problem solved. President Obama put to congress a $1.6
trillion over the next 10 years and a tax rate increase on income
above $250,000 a year which would be 39.6 percent. The Republicans
need to stop acting like crybabies and put a reasonable solution on
the table. I think that the top 2 percent of Americans need to start
paying their fair share and stop being so darn greedy. The free ride
is over! Why can’t they see we would not be having this problem, if
they had not been so selfish? The Republicans and that Bush character
got us in this chaos in the first place. Can’t they see that a tax
increase on the middle class would be terrible? This would mean a tax
increase of $2,000 and $2,400 a year. This would put more of strain
on their finances. The $600 billion cuts in Medicare and other
programs will also be very bad. The elderly can barely afford their
medication now. My mother-in-law needs our help each month to get all
the medications she needs. I want to know, what are the other
programs that are going to be cut? The Republicans need to work with
the President to fix this problem, because everyone is going to be
hurt by this. I know I don’t want to go into a deeper recession.
We’re trying to get over, the one we are already in. I think that
it will hurt the United States economy.
LM
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
NASA's Curiosity May Have Made A Historic Discovery On The Planet Mars
When you
look up at the stars, do you ever wonder, are there other forms of life up
there? I know I have. I’m not that arrogant to think humans are the only ones
in the universe. On Aug. 5, 2012, the $2.5 billion Curiosity rover landed
inside Mars' huge Gale Crater. Curiosity’s mission for the next two years is to
determine, if Mars has ever been capable of supporting microbial life. On
November 20, 2012 NASA's Curiosity SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars instrument) was
probing around and found something in the soil. What did it find? Is what they
found, life as we know it? Or is it an alien life form? Is what they found going
to affect us here on earth? Will this finding, challenge our religious beliefs?
We were taught that God created the universe. Was there life on Mars and what
happened to it? Can the scientist learn from what they find on Mars? Can what
they found teach us how to treat earth with care. I sure hope so because. climate change here is real. Chief scientist John Grotzinger of Cal tech in Pasadena said, "This
data is gonna be one for the history books." Are there other forms of life
out there in this universe? We will soon see. Check back for more information
on this very interesting discovery as it unfolds.
LM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hostess Cakes End Of An Era. Or Is It?
When I heard
the news this morning that Hostess Brand Incorporated would be shutting its
plants in the United States I said, Oh No! I was remembering my Aunt who worked
at the Hostess plant in Sacramento. Whenever she came to San Jose, she would
bring us Twinkies, Cup Cakes, Ding Dongs, Ho Ho’s, Snow Balls and Donettes.
Hostess has been around for almost a century, they opened their doors in 1930
in Irving Texas. Hostess filed for bankruptcy in 2004 and their reason was
that, the company was saddled with costs related to its unionized workforce.
The company had been contributing $100 million a year in pension costs for
workers. Hostess said the new contract offer would've slash up to 25 million
dollars a year. Now in 2012, less than a decade here they go again. The reason
this time is nearly a dozen executives received pay hikes of up to 80 percent
last year with the company struggling. Then thousands of members of the Bakery,
Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union went on
strike. They rejected the company's latest contract offer. The Bakers Union
represents about 30 percent of the company's workforce. When the company finely
reached a contract agreement with the union, it was not enough. Hostess decided
to suspend operations and filed bankruptcy on November 16, 2012. Hostess will
be letting go nearly 18,500 workers, shut down 33 bakeries, 565 distribution
centers nationwide and 570 outlet stores.
People are going a crazy. In San Jose where I
live, I was at the grocery store the other day and I could not believe the
Hostess cake shelves were nearly bare. This one man had at least 20 boxes of
Twinkies and Ding Dong. On Ebay a box of Twinkies are going for 3 million
dollars a box. That is insane!!! What in the heck are people doing? With the
holidays upon us this money could be put to better use. Like helping people in
need! It is too bad that management and the employees could not come to an
agreement. I feel that it was greed on both sides, now everyone is out of a job.
NEWS FLASH! Hostess
management and unions agree to mediation. Judge pushes parties toward mediation
to save more than 18,500 jobs. Keep coming back for updates
LM
Sunday, November 11, 2012
The Presidential Election Is Over the People Have Spoken
For several
months the Presidential election was brutal. It got on my last nerve, all the
inappropriate things that were said throughout this presidential campaign. Well,
when all was said and done the people spoke. I think Mitt Romney concession
speech was classy. It was a particular part in his speech that made me look at
Mitt Romney a little more kindly. When he said, “The nation, as you know, is at
a critical point. At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and
political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the
people's work, and we citizens also have to rise to occasion. We look to our
teachers and professors. We count on you not just to teach, but to inspire our
children with a passion for learning and discovery. We look to our pastors and
priests and rabbis and counselors of all kinds to testify of the enduring
principles upon which our society is built: Honesty, charity, integrity, and
family. We look to our parents. From the final analysis, everything depends on
the success of our homes. We look to job-creators of all kinds. We're counting
on you to invest, to hire, to step forward, and we look to Democrats and
Republicans in government at all levels to put the people before the politics.”
I just hope Mitt Romney means what he said and sticks to it and not be on and
off the fence like he was when he was running for president. This was the most
powerful election in the history of the United States. Because of the record
number of people who went to the polls. I was so overjoyed with the Presidents acceptance
speech. One thing that really stood out and made me so proud to me an American
and to live in the best nation in the world, was when he said, "America, I
believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new
jobs and new opportunities and new security for the middle class. I believe we
can keep the promise of our founding, the idea that if you're willing to work
hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look
like or where you love. It doesn't matter, whether you're black or white or
Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able,
disabled, gay or straight. You can make it here in America if you're willing to
try." I think the people understood this and that’s why they gave
President Barack Obama a second chance to bring this country together. President
Obama has always been willing, but he has had opposition from the start. I think he will bring the two parties together
this would be good for the United States and the world.
LM
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Hurricane Sandy Devastates East Coast
On October
29, 2012, I was on pins and needles worried about my family on the east coast.
Hurricane Sandy was causing destruction for the people on the east coast. My
mother in-law lives in Baltimore Maryland. She called a day before the storm
hit. She said that she had went out and bought can goods, water and batteries
for her flash lights. She also froze containers of water to keep her food in
the refrigerator cold just in case the power went out. I was a little at ease
but still worried sense she lives alone. My mother in-law fared pretty well.
She only had a little basement flooding. My Uncle who lives in Harlem New York
also fared well.
That is not
the case the people living right on the coast. Atlantic City New Jersey was
devastated when hurricane Sandy hit. There are still millions people living
without electricity. New York was hit hard subways were flooded, this shut down
the city. The City of New York was thinking about continue the New York
marathon, but that plan did not go head. What were they thinking? To have all
those runners risking lives running through all that destruction was utterly
ridiculous. I’m wondering how this will effect Election Day. The people who
have lost everything will they still go to the polls on Election Day. Hurricane
Sandy is a wake up call to everyone to ready for natural disasters. That means
having a plan.
LM
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