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Here's how to jailbreak (or in the case of phones, unlocked) any iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad, using the new Spirit tool. But first, a disclaimer: When you jailbreak or unlock a device, you're chaining some fundamental aspects of the system software-you know, real low-level stuff. The tools are generally good, and if you follow directions carefully, you should be fine. But if something goes wrong-and there is more than one way this can happen-you can suffer data loss, or even brick your phone. Even worse, Apple claims that jailbreaking voids your warranty. You can restore your device to remove evidence that it ever happened, but if the device goes down while jailbroken, you could well be stuck. In addition, jailbreaking does not jibe with the DMCA, and breaks relate license agreements. To the point: Follow this guide at your own peril, know that there's risk and be careful. Consult elsewhere if you're nervous, or worry that I've missed something. How To Jailbreak The Spirit tool has made the jailbreak fairly simple, but there's still room for error. Step by step: What You Need: . Spirit Jailbreak Tool (Windows and Mac) . iTunes 9.x (Latest confirmed working version: 9.1.1) . iPod cable . An iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch that a.) Isn't currently jailbroken (obvious, but just in case), b.) is working, i.e. not stuck in a startup loop, or displaying that "Connect to iTunes" screen and c.) is running a device software version 3.1.3 or lower (or in the case of the iPad, version 3.2) 1. Plug your device in, so that it's recognized by iTunes 2. Back up your device to your iTunes library, and sync it. Having the backup handy will allow to you restore your settings in case you need to wipe your device later; syncing everything-including photos, which some users report losing during the jailbreak process-ensures that all the media on your device will remain untouched, or at least restorable. 3. Open the Spirit Jailbreak tool. It will open in a small window, and should display a message like "iPad (3.2) Connected." If not, disconnect and reconnect your device, and open the tool again. 4. Click "Jailbreak" 5. During the jailbreak routine, don't interfere with the device. It's probably better to leave your computer alone as well, to avoid a crash at a critical moment. First, you should see a screen on the device that says "Restore Complete." The device will restart, display a spinning pinwheel icon, and open up a colorful screen like this, with a progress bar: Spirit should be done doing its thing in under 30 seconds. Your device should then boot up to your homescreen, as it was before-same background, same apps, same settings. Now you're jailbroken. But there's one more thing: 6. When you restart your device, you'll see a new icon on your homescreen, called Cydia. Open it up. This is your new App Store. Don't worry, the regular App Store still works. Now you've just got another one. Cydia will look a bit different on the iPad and iPhone or iPod Touch, but will contain most of the same software. The first thing you need to do, though, is click the button that says, "Make my life easier, thanks!" This will back up your device activation profile (called an SHSH blob) to remote servers, which ensures that you won't lose the ability to jailbreak if you accidentally upgrade your device device software in the future. More on that later. Regarding Unlocking Traditionally, unlocking (opening your phone to use with different carriers) and jailbreaking have fallen to the same tools. Since unlocking has become more difficult with later firmwares, the tools have grown apart. Spirit doesn't unlock. If you want to unlock, though, there may be hope.

Jailbreak iPhone

    A good website design can work wonders for your return on investment. But, not everybody can give you a good design. Nothing less than a judicious blend of creativity and technical know-how works and it certainly pays to be cautious in choosing only professional web designers for your project.

    Your website is like the reception area in your office. A customer comes in, gets a hang of the place, and immediately forms a value judgement about your business. A websites is the public-face of your business that you present to the world, and if you want them to like your business your website better be good. Indeed, website design can make or break your business. Making a website successful involves a lot of work starting with architectural layout, moving up to programming, designing, and creating content, and finally putting an all-out marketing effort. Each and every part of the job is equally important and there’s no way you can be successful in your venture by discounting one or more parts of the ordeal. However, a good design brings you the most tangible benefits as far as the marketability of your website is concerned.

    When a user logs on to your website, the first impression he forms of your business depends on whether he likes the look and feel of your website or not. In fact, thanks to the popularity of the Internet, majority of your customers, no matter what kind of business you’re involved in, are likely to turn to the Internet to find out about your business. And, it is your minimum responsibility to make your website look good. For online businesses website design is even more important because it directly affects their bottom lines. When designing a website it is not enough just to make the end product look good. That would have been easy, but once you have ensured that the user gets interested and stays on your site, you’ve another major hurdle website. You have to make your website user friendly, so that after a few clicks your user doesn’t decide that your website is not good enough, after all.

    This is the more difficult part of the job and requires more expertise than just making it look good. And, this is why you should hire professional web designers rather than any creative talent. Website design service includes equal proportions of technical knowledge, understanding of user-behaviour, and creativity. It is not for no reason, that web designing is probably one of the most challenging fields of profession now. The industry has an increasingly large of companies that offer web development and web designing service. In fact, it can become quite difficult for you to choose a company in this highly competitive field. You should take referrals from your friends and acquaintances, look at the credentials of the companies, and evaluate their portfolio of their work. But, most importantly you should sit down with them to discuss your project to be assured that they have an original, practical, and sustainable solution in mind for your business.

    Once you decide on a professional web designing company and sign a contract with them, you should be ready to form a long-term relationship with them. Internet is a fast evolving field and what’s ‘right’ today can become ‘wrong’ in no time. You should work in tandem with a company that understands your business and offers professional website designers to provide professional website design service for all future website maintenance, upgrade, and redesigning jobs.

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      Useful tips for dogs that bark at the door

       A familiar problem is dogs barking when a visitor comes to the door, be it the postman, a friend or a relative. This situation can be embarrassing as we may look like we have not taught our dog self control.  However, it is our dog's job to warn us when a potential threat is coming into our territory and barking is his way of alerting us to the potential problem.  It should then be our job to deal with it. If your dog barks hysterically at the door and doesn't seem to calm down when you go to answer it, this is because he believes that he is the decision maker and it is his job to deal with the problem.  We need to show him that it is not his job to deal with the problem but to just alert us of it.

      The good news is, to do this, or any other training method of dog behaviour you do not need the latest gadget or an intimidating voice. The most effective tool you can have is a low pulse rate, combined with a confident consistent message. Like any form of teaching we find it hard to learn if we are surrounded by stress.  The technique is to remove any form of stress from the equation, such as shouting, panicking, hard staring or even too much talking.  The dog needs some calm signals which he will understand and help to restore his faith in you as leader.

      Preparation is the key. Like any situation, if we are not prepared for what is going to happen, it will be more difficult to deal with. The best way is to instigate the situation by phoning a friend or relative requesting they come round, warning them that you are doing some training with the dog. This way if you take some time to get to the door you will not come across rude and it gives you more time so you are not rushing and as a result your pulse rate does not go up.

      The door knocks and your dog barks. At this point you should thank your dog for doing his job, for example, saying ‘good boy' or ‘thank you'.  If the dog carries on barking you should go and have a look to see what the problem is, making sure that it is clear to him that you are investigating the situation. By this time many dogs do calm down however if your dog is still barking and behaving erratically then you need to isolate him. You can do this by gently taking hold of his collar and putting him in another room and closing the door.  You should not speak or look at him at any point as it will confuse him.  By doing this you are giving him time to calm down, whilst also conveying the powerful signal that being stressed results in loss of the pack, a language which he understands. Once the dog has calmed down and stopped barking you can let him in the room again. To reinforce the message you should tell your visitors not to look at or speak to the dog when he returns to the room.  If the dog continues to bark, repeat the process until he finally relaxes.

      Saying thank you when your dog barks shows him that his role of alerting you to potential dangers in the pack is vital. By looking at the problem you are showing him that you deal with the issue and by isolating the dog it demonstrates that erratic behaviour will make no progress and he will lose the pack. When using this method with the dog, remember to do it quickly and calmly.

      This method shows that you a calm, consistent leader, that can be trusted to do your job without resorting to force or intimidation. By Nigel Reed

      www.alphadogsitting.co.uk

        The UN-Cowards

        Unbelievable, but nothing new: the United Nations can condemn Israel for killing eleven terrorists, trying to kill them, and just slap the hands of North Korea for killing 46-South Koreans. No, I got that wrong, they didn't even slap North Korea's hands, they didn't even mention North Korea by name, I almost forgot, they said: please don't do it again whoever out there did it the first time. By gosh, that is what they said. Can you beat that: brave when you feel safe, and like a pussycat when North Korea says: you better not dare. What kind of world do we have to live in, by God?

        Are we really that afraid of North Korea to enable them to continue with this kind of antagonism? I mean, if they're doing it now, what do you think they're going to do when they get the big one-the megaton bomb set on a rocket, with all that radiation inside the center body? Matter of fact, they even said, "We are a nuclear country, watch out." In reality, what they meant was: we'll have it soon, and then we'll show you. We all seem to be a day late sometimes on the real thing, and go for the dead shot on the sure thing that has no threat to it like Iraq.

        The threat is there, as is their blackmailing Asia for the last twenty-years or more. Japan better be watchful, they may be next. China is no better, they are simply allowing this to go on so they don't have to take sides, and by not taking sides, they have taken sides. My suggestion is for South Korea and Japan and Taiwan, to threaten to put nukes on their soil, and let's see how fast Beijing picks up that red phone and calls North Korea to modify their bad behavior. It's coming to that point anyhow. (July 9, 2010)

        Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

          Reference to:“Church plans Quran-burning event”

          7-31-2010 By Dr. Dennis L. Siluk

          Counterpoint

          First of all let me say Lauren Russell and Rick Sanchez, the commentator and interviewer on this story (and journalist), both were somewhere in left field all alone.Let’s look at the facts; none of this gobbledygook stuff Lauren is trying to force feed us.Most of us know out here in the real world what is going on. America was, for the most part—based on Christian principles, not Islamic, and that is what Pastor Terry Jones was implying, you got to listen.And in a way, Rick said: “Is this a monkey see monkey do, thing?” And Terry said in essence “Yes, we’re playing hardball now.”

          Okay, let’s look at it from the reality point: the Pope has made a enumerate statement, when he denounced Islam to the world. Oh, he rebukes it, but it was already said. Was he right, to me he sounded right, and I’m no Catholic.

          It was obvious Rick was trying to be the hero by being the savior of the Muslim faith, but the world has a new view on Muslims and the Islamic faith, and they see it infiltrating the world, as he said it was going to do, and it is seeping and invading South America, right up the North American boarders as it has throughout Europe, that is what Terry is saying, and does Rick want us to live by Islamic laws! Because that is next, it is called the domino theory; you start with one country, and end up with the whole salami.

          Burning the Quran is no worse than allowing people to burn the American flag, if you allow one, why not the other, it is making a statement, no more—you can’t do that is Saudi Arabia, but you can in America.

          The question not asked, that I would have asked is, “Why do they all want to come to America in the first place?”They want to leave their glorious country, and bring to the free spirited country their traditions nobody wants. If I went to their country, I’d be dead in a day, if I tried to protest anything to their disliking.Perhaps we should have a law that says, “Monkey see, monkey do,” for them also.

          Now let’s get religious: what is wrong with their faith that bothers the Pope and Terry?

          There are two principal schools here, not one The Sunni and the Shi’ite, in-between we have Sufis. Not all are militant, or racist, but it is getting hard to separate the two or three—meaning, it is hard to tell which one is not in the movement. And the foreseeable future is in question.In short, Islam is becoming dramatically influential throughout the world, and the underlining thought in Islam, its main principle is likened to the Christians’ goal, to bring their faith and law to every nation. A little more dominate than the Christians though, who wish to bring basically their faith.

          So what is Terry fighting against that Rick doesn’t seem to understand?

          Perhaps Allah’s desires and wishes are really not God’s but the Muslims?Could this be, and if so, should the world be limited to Islamic Law, and if so: God no longer has a personality, it is only by the characteristic attributable to man. And that simply will not do. Why? Because it is in contrast to the biblical teaching that men and women know God to be, intimately, and the Muslim does not have this kind of relationship with God. And Terry is right; our youth are becoming radical like, perhaps blasphemous.You see, the Christian View of Jesus Christ as God’s literal son is considered blasphemous to the Muslims; so why shouldn’t Terry be concerned? Muslims deny Jesus was incarnate. Ask any Muslim. This is the guts of the issue; there are of course many other behavior principles involved. But I’ll have to take sides with Terry.

          Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

            Special Notes on Gaza

            (Children Enduring):I grew up in the Midwestern part of the United States (Minnesota), I can recall looking back now—a bit foggy, but nonetheless,clear enough: at the young girls and boys I went to school with, but particularly the young girls, and as I look back I can see a high level of sunlight in their hair, and on their faces, it all became delicately brilliant as a hummingbird’s; their eyes near-violet, perhaps more blue and green and hazel, but as I look back, near-violet somehow, and in their faces was that tranquil repose of daisies swishing in the wind.I’m talking about a normal life, about a happy soul, children having fun, and what’s the news we get out of Gaza for the Children? As you can see in the few pictures provided here (and on every-day news broadcasts):to the contrary.

            This is—for the most part—a mixed up sort of message, one I don’t fully understand, what each side of this war, each party on each side of this war—perhaps more like an extended conflict—between a narrow strip of land, what they are trying to tell me—no, not me, tell the whole world at large. Why are they using children the way they do, and damaging them in the process to prove a point that one side is worse than the other, when in essence, both are pretty much equal to the other: Why, tell me why! Do they have to stay put, and endure for the sake of enduring man’s incapability to work things out. This is the straight message I get, perhaps we all get: maybe the war is a pretty good thing for the two sides warring, I don’t know—and if you say: “How can you talk that way” it is simple:the children have to live with these bullheaded guests on God’s earth, never giving them satisfaction, only tears over their cheeks, never having a word in this ongoing feud, never able to say “We’ve had enough!”.

            (Nailed with Firmament Stars):If this war is to stop, one must see it for what it is—and it is plainly no more than a ‘Tug-of-‘war’between the legends of the past and the reality of the present with opposing forces to be destroyed or maimed or even tortured to prove a point.. We see here two sides who have formulated grand designs and blindly devoted themselves to realizing them without the other’s presence, and now one side is enslaved by the other by an abstract concept—both sides thereby detaching themselves dangerously from reality: because both sides want the ultimate roof of things.

            Let met end this Special Note with this: all these folks (those folks)—Jew and Arab alike—talking about heaven and “Help me God this, and Help me God that,” who are indirectly and directly responsible for the onslaught of killing and harming children in the so called war, or call it: ongoing conflict in Gaza, putting children in harms way, aren’t going there, I assure you of that—“Why?” because that wouldn’t be heaven to have someone like you up there. The evil smoke you produce trails behind you, it doesn’t fade.

            Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

              There are many ways for an individual to cope with debt problems. There is always the legal option of bankruptcy but a person may want to think about debt consolidation, debt settlement programs or credit counseling programs to start with.

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              You can attain this consolidation by taking a number of unsecured loans and combining them into another unsecured loan, but more often it will involve getting a secured loan against an asset that serves as guarantee, which is often a residence. By using collateral, the loan allows for a lower interest rate because a valuable asset secures the loan.

              Numerous people will take advantage of the debt management solution when they are trying to pay off credit cards. Credit cards can have a much higher interest rate than even an unsecured loan from a bank. Because of the advantages for the customer at times the companies will take advantage of the consumer by charging very high fees for a debt consolidation loan. Sometimes these fees can rise as high as the state ceiling for mortgage fees, so a consumer will want to appraise their good faith estimates and the costs of the loan very warily.

              Consolidating all of your liabilities might sound great at first, but as with anything that works well for people who are desperate to fix a worrying situation in their lives there are dishonest people just waiting to take advantage of those people. Be conscious of predatory lenders that offer up a rapid fix solution to debt problems. You need to find out up front about all of the costs and how it may affect your credit in the long run.

              A debt settlement program is a little different in that the settlement company will actually bargain with the creditors to reduce the remaining balance of the debt. The monthly payments are held in an escrow account as they are trying to reach a arrangement with the creditors. There is some hazard with a settlement program as a creditor does not have to settle at all and they can require full payment of the loan and even pursue legal action against the consumer.

              Credit counseling can allow a consumer to consolidate the debts without taking out a loan. They call this type of program a debt management plan. Oftentimes a credit counselor can help you to merge many unsecured debts into just one monthly payment. If you work with an accredited agency you may also be able to negotiate the terms of your credit so that you one monthly payment is less than the total of the separate monthly payments. Again however, not all creditors will assent to decrease your balance.

              An accredited agency may be able to negotiate the terms of your credit and when they do the consolidated monthly payment is typically less than the total of the separate payments. However, not all creditors will agree to work with you to lower the debt. If you are stressed with considerable debt the best thing to do is to find a program that works for you and instigate it as soon as you can so that you can move on with your life and stop worrying about it.

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                After hearing Obama was honored for the Noble Peace Prize, my wife asked: "Is there something wrong out there in this world," she hesitated for my answer, not hearing one, or getting one, then added "is the world wrong, or am I?" she said (after reading the news of Obama's Nobel Prize, and I knew what she meant). "The world!" I answered.

                I really don't have to say this too loud, everyone out there kind of knows this, it's about war and peace, (the war in Iraq, that Bush put a settlement to, and date onto, to officially stop it, not Obama) Yet Obama gets the prize, which he pretended to shock him, when he knew 17-days into office he was going to get it, not for what he done, but what he said he was going to do. We all know Obama has done nothing for peace, rather war.

                I haven't written about Obama for three months trying to see where he's headed, and it looks to me as if he's going in circles-or looking in the mirror too much. And if anyone ever buffaloed the public, it is he (Hitler once said: "...it is easier to fool the masses, than the few..." how right he was); Obama has done nothing for nobody but Obama. And in this last straw that I feel broke the camels back, is giving him the Nobel Prize for continuing Ex-president Bush's policies.

                It only makes the price look less than what it is suppose to be, meant to be. When someone got the Peace Prize, years ago-now perhaps decades ago, to include the peace prize and the prize for literature, they were outstanding, not stale as old bread.

                I heard they had over 200-choices, for the peace prize, God help us all, if this is the best they can choose from. On the other hand, it looks as if the Nobel Committee would like to put a kind of grip on the president's power; you know what I mean-one of those things that say "You owe us." In essence, he took an award here that he knew nothing about, he's never been in war, never been a soldier of any kind, and it shows-and he even admitted he didn't deserve the prize, but he took it like a hawk stealing a chicken from a farmer's chicken coop.

                He will go down in history as the most manipulative president if not worthless in the history of the United States. And perhaps who has done the less for his country and the world at large. But he plays the game on 'hope' a good word to plant your seeds and hurry up and harvest the grain before people catch on.

                This is the second time he took an award he never deserved. He took a Doctorate Degree from a Catholic University, for being pro abortion, which is honoring him for his beliefs; I can see it for being an outstanding President, but he hadn't done anything to be outstanding. His record proves it.

                This is perhaps in my book the weakest if not useless president we've had in 60-years. President Bush was criticized for his actions, and Obama is doing the same thing-if not worse, and is honored, how silly can the public be.

                He's left over 50,000 troops in Iraq, he's sent 21,000 more troops to Afghanistan, he's done nothing to stop Iran or North Korea in preventing nuclear proliferation, but a little talk therapy, which Bush done for eight-years, nothing new. If he's done anything in the North Korean dilemma, he has done nothing, and that is called nowadays by the press, as something-silence, the media itself when it comes to Obama, is on that 'hope list,' I do believe.

                Bush gave $600-dollars to each working American family in America, a rebate, Obama, gave $250, and it seemed by the look on his face, he took it out of his own pockets, sitting in his three-million dollar mansion-; remembering now, when he was running for president how he made fun of his opponent for having three houses; he just made a million, he can reconstruct a new garage, for his five cars (?), making it a four-million dollar home which it will be.

                Obama gave away over 50-billion, to the rich, tax free (because of oversights within our system) another 50-billion for reconstruction of things that don't need reconstruction, and new construction, throughout the United States that could have been used for better means-like propping the economy, what does the construction worker get per hour, vs. what does the homemaker get? And everyone overlooked what he gave away. We need to pay for the heat, the water bill, and the grocery bill, not building more roads, and parks, there is a time for that, but it is not now.

                The dollar went up, because of 'hope,' throughout the world, the dollar is now going back down, and because of regret in the hope that was a farce.

                Like it or not, we have to live with this President, I do hope for our sakes he does better in the long run, than he has in the short run (it might be wise if we all pray for him, to mend his ways) if not, all we are going to see is a man looking in a mirror, glorifying himself, from corner to corner for doing nothing.

                Written as a true and concerned and decorated Vietnam Veteran for American, October 10, 2009

                Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                  Chiropractors,Physiotherapists and Osteopaths are increasingly recommending Pilates to their patients as a possible cure for their aching backs. This series of articles focus on correct posture and core strength which are key elements of the Pilates method. They also discuss stretch for back pain, which many people consider to be the better remedy. http://stretchorpilatesforbackpain.com
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                      Now the president is on the crusade, demanding Aung San Suu Kyi, be released in Burma, or else! What can he do with his demand, nothing, just like North Korea, when is he going to learn, they don't care about sanctions, when it comes to trying to control their movements.

                      So what's he do, after they have fired missiles, nothing? And Iran, what's he doing? They now got nuclear capability-nothing? Is the world safer today than when he took office? No. How about Cuba and our little prison over there, that has all the public opinion against us, and all those countries saying shut the doors, but when it comes to taking the killers, they shut their mouths. He wants to put them on the streets of America. And he gave everyone $250-dollars, that was nice, but Bush gave $600, he seems to run short at ever corner. And where are the troops, should they not be home as he promised? Nope.

                      They are taking from Peter and giving to Paul. Nothing has changed. He's given so much free money away to the rich corporations, that the executives can live like kings around the world. And the dollar isn't much better than when Bush was in office, and employment is not better, getting worse, as it is in China, Europe, and Japan and we can add Russia. Hang in there he says, he's on his way. He's for abortion and all these other things Christians are against, and he wants us to think he is a Christian, when he's against Christian concepts. I want to like this guy, but I find he is nothing but a balloon full of air that would have done anything to get into office.

                      And he wants the Israel to live in peace with the Arabs, and the Arabs want to destroy Israel, as indicated in their code, or credo; but yet, he wants to shove it down their throats, the only person that wants peace there is the Western Empires, for the oil, nobody else does.

                      Well, he learned one thing, it is not so easy to run a country, as he told everyone he was going to do, and in the process cut president Bush down, and now ends up doing the same thing, and eliminates the freedom to of checks and balances in the government.

                      Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                        Two things he's done right in less than a week, this is unbelievable, but who knows maybe he's got more get up and go, more than I thought anyhow, more than I gave him credit for. He allowed American Armed forces to use deadly force in killing the abductors of an American Ship recently, to free the Captain, off the coast of Somalia, and goodbye to trash, three bagged and one in the coop.

                        Now he's done it again, he is not attending the UN meeting in Switzerland, and for a good reason, and every president before him should have done this long ago: boycott the meeting, everyone that takes any interest in United Nations' affairs, knows how deep the bigotry and discrimination is against Israel at the UN. To attend would be to sanction their prejudice, if anyone should know this, "The Congressional Black Caucus," should, but they are on the same path as the UN I guess. I have to ask the question, why hasn't a white president done this-I shouldn't say that, forbidden words, but how true they are? Oh well, out of sight, out of mind. Europe will not like this, they hate the Jews also, always have, but now they know where Obama stands, as long as he doesn't push the point, and try to force Israel to buy bunk beds for Palestine.

                        Hugo Chavez has fallen in love with our president, I should warn him, having more experience in this psychological field than he, Chavez has a duel personality, Mr. President, don't turn your back on him, unless you have a mirror; he perhaps is laughing, making funny faces, he's something else.

                        If only he could get our troops out of Iraq, as he said he would, and not send them over yonder, into another Middle East backyard. We'll need our hands free for North Korea soon. It should be interesting how he handles North Korea. I do think that the UN did right in its message to North Korea, now we need to tell North Korea: loud and clear, we can do to them what we did in Iraq and Afghanistan, and perhaps send over the 50,000 troops we are leaving in Iraq, to make a point, or perhaps point a few nukes at them, and let them take pictures, and see if they still hold the same intentions, which are to make South Korea into an infernal.

                        Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                          I started writing my Obama letters a few days after he made president, and tried to keep up with the mess he's been creating, but I am happy to say, I am half proud of my president today. He has done three things correct since he's been in office, soon to be 90-days. One, he allowed an old black lady to get on the welfare line; two, he made an international speech to the college kids in Heidelberg, Germany, on leaving something behind with their skills and talents, instead of robbing your neighbors blind, and in the last day or two it occurred to him this stupid blockade with Cuba is silly. We've had it for fifty-years, and we don't even know why we have it.

                          I mean, we allow every other dictatorship in the world to carry on as usual, normal business with the USA, and we kick our neighbor in the ribs for doing the same thing.

                          Let's face it, China is no democracy, and look what they've done to Tibet; and they've got the guts to scorn Japan for their atrocities in WWII, and we opened the international trading door for them, brought them into the World Trade Organization as if they were our blood brothers, only to build more rockets and aim them at us. And I suppose I could crisscross the globe and pick out a dozen more countries, like Vietnam, and Burma, and so forth, but here we are chopping away at little Cuba.

                          Take the chains off and let's go have a party over yonder, under the Cuba sun: to have and have not, I heard that some place. And if the people want a dictatorship, let them have it. It's called the people's choice. They could change it if they had a heart to, we did. We get into this mode; we got to change everybody to fit into our box. Cultures, histories, economics, they all play a role in the way of life for a country.

                          As long as they are not building missiles and aiming them at us, let them alone, and let's open a door of friendship, like we did with our real enemies in Vietnam. Did you know they got a statue of liberty in Havana? They like us, and there are not a lot of folks out there that do; so Mr. President, with all respect, you've started to do something right for once. God bless you, and I hope I can soon write a letter and stipulate a forth thing you've done correct.

                          Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                            Let's see what we find in the Obama box today. Turkey, he says is a much needed friend, one we can trust, and Christian and Muslim, works together. Perhaps there is some truth to this, but it stops at a very narrow corner I do believe. Our values are different, the Western World hasn't figured this out since the 11th Century, and how long does it take. Whatever friendship we build, and I have Muslim friends, the center is hollow. I know this and they know this, but for coexistence we also know, not to carry guns on our person when we say hello. Foolishness comes at a price.

                            On another note, related to the above slightly, is the only thing President Chavez of Venezuela had to say that was correct, that I ever heard come out of his mouth was Obama doesn't know what he's doing, and he is so right.

                            On North Korea: We stood by and watched North Korea send a rocket into the sky, soon it will be a nuke, we all know this, and we all scream to the high moon as if North Korea could care, they careless. It has taken us 50-years to figure this out, that we should have taken charge when we had a chance, back in 1954. Now they have big toys, I don't know what we are waiting for, perhaps for them to get the Nuke on the tip of that rocket, and nuke Japan or South Korea, so it would seem, and that will be their blackmailing gimmick soon. If I was one of those countries, I'd be building me some fast flying missiles, and aiming them directly at the one doing all the threatening. Perhaps the better choice here is for Japan to wakeup and smell he rotting roses, from their passive past, and be the great warriors they are known for. South Korea, simply doesn't believe their neighbors will butcher them, Kuwait, felt the same way with Iraq.

                            Heidelberg, Germany. President Obama, gave a lecture there the other day, and advised the young folks to leave something behind, for posterity sake. That is the best I can do Mr. President. It was a great speech.

                            Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                              We have some real problems, we are warning everybody everywhere, and everyone is saying the paper tiger has spoken now let's do what we said we're going to do. We should do one of two things: shut up, or put up of fists.

                              Korea has been telling us for five-years, it is going to build a rocket that will reach the United States, and now they have, and now they are going to launch it, and we are warning them not to. What is a warning? It is only worth what you are willing to do. Bush proved his warnings were deadly. Obama, his warnings are like a paper tiger, and he have Hillary to speak on his behalf. And that is why Korea said, "We'll go to war?" Not sure who with, I suppose they mean the United States; if so, I think we better call Bush back.

                              They have been blackmailing Japan and South Korea for twenty-years, and the US for almost as long. The point is, now they will have the stuff to really do what they been saying for twenty years they'd like to do, blackmail and point their guns.

                              The Question is "Do we go to war?" Or let them do what they did on December 7, 1941. Bomb Peal Harbor; we keep thinking they will not, but have we forgotten 9/11; Iraq is over, let's move on, we got other business and interests, and we're dogged down there, so we're afraid to do anything elsewhere. We should readjust our thinking to those that can hurt us.

                              We want to build a shield in Europe, let the Europeans do it, not the tax paying folks in America, we've been paying their bills for sixty-years, when is enough, enough.

                              Back to Korea, let them start the war, blow their rocket out of the air, and if they do start a war, well this time let's finish it, and be done with it, and forget an armistice. But Obama, not knowing the military world, is at a party singing Happy Birthday to Kennedy, who was the character in the book "Dark Waters." And dark they are.

                              We are also warning Iran. What is all this warning business; let Israeli do what they do best, like Elvis would say, "Taking care of business."

                              We've been paying Israel to stand down, like a clown, while they build a nuclear plant, for power they say, when they got more oil than Exxon. Now let's stop kidding ourselves, they don't need it to warm their homes-it's hot enough over there, and they don't need it for gas, only half the population can drive, women are not allowed, and they don't need it for cooking, they need it for Israel. They said they want to obliterate Israel, and Obama thinks, talk therapy will work, that's only in the movies.

                              On the third subject here, I wish he'd stop spending all the tax money he hasn't collected yet. He's giving $160 billion to the international banking system, for a smile, to keep the rich from falling on their knees. And another one trillion to a stimulus program, his own party don't want a party to, but like ducks they are in line. And this is just the beginning. The Ice berg is deep, and if it comes up it will be like flooding all of Greenland.

                              The only thing I can say about Obama in his less than two months in office is, he gave a black lady a home, or some financial support, and that came out of the tax payer's pocket, not his. I think he forgot, money is earned, not grown.

                              Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                Caregivers often don’t recognize when they are in over their heads, and often get to a breaking point. After a prolonged period of time, caregiving can become too difficult to endure any longer. Short-term the caregiver can handle it. Long-term, help is needed.  Outside help at this point is needed.

                                 

                                A typical pattern with an overloaded caregiver may unfold as follows:

                                 

                                ·       1 to 18 months--the caregiver is confident, has everything under control and is coping well. Other friends and family are lending support.

                                ·       20 to 36 months--the caregiver is taking medication to sleep and control mood swings. Outside help dwindles away and except for trips to the store or doctor, the caregiver has severed most social contacts. The caregiver feels alone and helpless.

                                ·       38 to 50 months--Besides needing tranquilizers or antidepressants, the caregiver's physical health is beginning to deteriorate. Lack of focus and sheer fatigue cloud judgment and the caregiver is often unable to make rational decisions or ask for help.

                                 

                                It is often at this stage that family or friends intercede and find other solutions for care. This may include respite care, hiring home health aides or putting the disabled in a facility. Without intervention, the caregiver may become a candidate for long term care as well.

                                 

                                It is also important to use outside professional help in a caregiver setting. A financial planner, care funding specialist or a reverse mortgage specialist may find the funds to pay for professional help to keep a loved one at home. A care manager can guide the family and the caregiver through the maze of long-term care issues. The care manager has been there many times the family is experiencing it for the first time.

                                 

                                An elder law attorney can help iron out legal problems. And an elder mediator can help solve disputes between family members. Having competent advice can often make the difference between allowing a loved one to remain in the home or being forced to seek out government welfare assistance.

                                 

                                Due to pride or sheer determination some caregivers allow the situation to go beyond their control. They have gotten to a point where depression and fatigue have clouded their judgment. At some point the caregiver will have to admit that he or she can't handle it alone and a better solution must be found.

                                 

                                Dan Fisher RN, BSN

                                Connecticut Care Planning Council

                                Advisory Board

                                  Formal caregivers are typically paid providers but they may also be volunteers from a government or nonprofit organization. Where care is being provided in the home there is often a mix of formal and informal care provided. And the trend is towards using more formal care since, unlike the past, more informal caregivers are employed.They choose to remain employed but must juggle limited time between caregiving and maintaining a household and a job.

                                  These added responsibilities often make it necessary to hire non-medical home care aides to provide supervision and help when the primary caregiver cannot be present. Or as adult day services become more common, caregivers may pay for this form of formal caregiving to get rest or to allow for maintaining some employment.

                                  When care is no longer possible in the home, then formal caregivers come into play on a full-time basis. This may be in the form of a congregate living arrangement, assisted living, a continuing care retirement community or a nursing home. It is at this point that long term care can have a significant impact on the finances of the care recipient and a healthy spouse living at home.

                                  Care facilities are quite expensive and the cost for maintaining a spouse in such a living arrangement may rob a healthy spouse at home of an adequate standard of living. It's quite possible the healthy spouse may end up with food stamps and subsidized housing where, before the need for a care facility, this may not have been the case.

                                   Or it is more often the case that the couple recognizes this dilemma of splitting living arrangements in two locations and an attempt will be made to keep the spouse needing care at home as long as possible. This may help with the finances but often results in destroying the physical and emotional health of the caregiver by creating a situation where the caregiver has difficulty coping with the responsibilities and physical demands.

                                  Another reality of providing informal care services in the home is the increasing need for physical and emotional support that often goes unrecognized until too late. As care needs increase, both in the number of hours required and in the number or intensity of activities requiring help, there is a greater need for the services of formal caregivers.

                                  Unfortunately, many informal caregivers become so focused on their task they don't realize they are getting in over their heads and they have reached the point where some or complete formal caregiving is necessary. Or the informal caregiver may recognize the need for paid, professional help but does not know where to get the money to pay for it.

                                  Other members of the family should be aware of this burden and be prepared to step in and help their loved one who is providing care recognize the possibility of becoming overloaded. It is also the job of a care manager or a financial adviser or an attorney to recognize this need with the client caregiver and provide the necessary counsel to protect the caregiver from overload. The advisor can also likely find a source for paying for formal care that the caregiver may not be aware of.

                                  An overloaded caregiver is likely to develop depression and/or physical ailments and could end up needing long term care as well. The consequences of not being able to cope with the burden of caregiving might even result in an early death for the caregiver.

                                  Dan Fisher RN, BSN

                                    I see Obama is proudly standing his ground on sending the Iraqi troops home. Let me rephrase that. I see President Obama, is following basically the same plan President Bush set forward before Obama was president, and reneging on his word, that he was to bring home the boys. What does that mean? Well, you have to read between the lines, it means, he is going to leave in place, 50,000-troops, more than we have in Korea or Afghanistan, more than we have in Japan, what for?

                                    Your guess is as good as mine. Being a soldier for 11-years I realize you just can't up and leave, and we are not, but if you leave 50,000 soldiers in a war zone, and they are basically, as they said, support, meaning, not much infantry, they are sitting ducks for the enemy. Strategically, we are in a good area in the world, surrounded by enemies, and if we leave a hole, it will be filled, but that will happen with 50,000 troops or 15,000 troops, not with 142,000 troops though. So it is best we leave them all there, or take them all out except a small contingent, say 5000 to 10,000, and to the extreme, 35,000, but not 50,000, that would be my guess. He wouldn't understand this though, not being a soldier that is why, he is on a merry-go-round, and he doesn't know how to get off it-yet he is listening to the people as he whirls and whirls and whirls around in his same circle!

                                    How about a plan C? I bet he hasn't got one, so I'll give him one; do what you said you were going to do, that is what the people expect, not a modification after you get into office, it looks like you tricked us all. And maybe he did, that was the original plan, A, now he went to plan B, the Bush plan, and for Plan C, is going back to plan A.

                                    We have to admit, that when you are standing outside of the White House looking in it is easy to point fingers, but one inside looking out, you come to understand, pointing fingers is easy, in comparison to doing what you said should be simple, lead the people to think so.

                                    Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                      The Garage Door Opener

                                      Last night my granddaughter, Bella, and I were doing one of her favorite things, which is explore my car. It's something she wants to do everytime she comes to my house and last night was no different. She explored it twice--once with her Pappaw and once with her Mammie. (Yes, she calls me Mammie. I have no idea why. Didn't tell her to, but don't care.)

                                      Anyway, standing in the driver's seat, which is where she loves to stand, she pushed every button in the entire car, moved every mirror, pushed open this little glove-box thingy I don't know the name to. (I just know it holds stuff like an old set of keys that has mace on it, preferred customer cards that I no longer use from places like Stein Mart and CVS Drugstore, old sweet and low packets, my ipod and card that I use when I go to Parks & Rec., etc. and the mailbox key I use everyday.) Each one of these she hands me, one at a time, everytime we explore the car. I proceed to hand them back to her and she returns them to the little glove-box thingy I don't know the name to. She stuck her finger into every crevice and little hole that was big enough to stick her finger into, and gave me a paper clip that was laying on the carpet. I showed her how to flip the sun visors up and down and how to swing them back against the window to block the sun coming in at the side, how to open up the mirrors and how to adjust the light from dim to bright. She kissed herself in the mirror probably five times. She wants to know how everything operates--everything, everything, everything. And I will let her do almost anything she wants to do, except move the gear shift from park to drive. Usually there's something we discover that she's never discovered before and last night she found the best discovery yet--THE BUTTON THAT MAKES THE GARAGE DOOR GO UP. THE LITTLE BUTTON THAT MAKES THE GARAGE DOOR GO UP. THE LITTLE BITTY BUTTON THAT MAKES THE GARAGE DOOR GO UP. Do you get the picture here? She's standing in the driver's seat after she's pushed, pulled, opened, closed, lifted, and dropped everything she could possibly push, pull, open, close, lift and drop and she has to have found the best button yet. I tell her to turn around and look. "Bella, turn around and look, honey." "Turn around!" "Turn around!" "Look what's gonna' happen!" "Keep looking, Bella!" "Turn around and look!" And then she sees the door going up. And then she can't believe it. It's so unbelievable that I tell her, "Now, push the button again." And the door comes down. "Now, push it again." And the door goes up. "Now, push the button again." And the door comes down. By this time, she was in disbelief. I knew she was in disbelief because I was right there watching her. Her expression was priceless. Her eyes were as big as saucers. Her eyebrows were raised and her mouth was wide-opened. I knew from her expression she couldn't believe what was happening. The most amazing thing and observation to me was, this little bitty girl who had just made the garage door go up and down was the same little girl, so small, she had to be lifted out of her seat and carried inside so she could go home.

                                      WOW!!! What I had just witnessed was the best depiction of faith I had ever seen. Here we are in this great big world pushing, pulling, opening, closing, lifting, dropping everything we could possibly push, pull, open, close, lift, drop--trying to figure it all out, all on our own, over and over again--how everything operates--when, if we would just turn around and look, there is this itty bitty button, no bigger than the size of a mustard seed, called faith, that if pushed, could release a power so mighty, so great, that the floodgates of Heaven could come down giving us abilities we could not imagine. "The faith goes up as the power comes down." "The faith goes up as the power comes down." "The faith goes up as the power comes down." Amazing! Amazing! Faith.

                                      What does faith require? It requires wide-eyed, eyebrows raised, open-mouthed anticipation of something that's going to happen that's so much bigger than I am that I have to keep turning around and looking, and looking, knowing that it's going to happen again and again because I've seen it happen before. I don't ever want it to stop happening.

                                      Is there anything faith won't let me do? It won't let me go from park to drive (be the one in control) but it will carry me inside when I'm ready to go home.

                                      Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/3877/Teresa-Kimbel

                                        The Entertainer ((Letter: 6) (2-20-2009))

                                        If Obama does anything well, it is that he entertains me. He should be in line to take over the David Lettermen show when he retires; he'd do well on it. He has dropped 9-points, and he's only been President, one month. He is going to give financing for old mortgages to old mortgage holders, you know those that didn't pay their mortgage on time, went to Disneyland or Los Vegas; it's called in old fashion terms, rewarding the thief, while the hard worker pays on time. I know what he's going to say: everything's not perfect. I swear this guy is walking like a duck in circles. But he's a proud one, I sure can say that. I just hope no real big crisis happens, God help us all then. They say, two out of three American's have approved of his stimulus program, so that leaves 100-million unsatisfied customers. That may grow pretty soon; and if I was at the race track, I'd not place too much money on a horse with those odds, two out of three is a winning hand, but it tells you something: you can fool some of the people all the time, all the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time, and that is the corner I'm standing at, and soon he'll show up there I'm sure. American's voted for popularity, not change, or down to earth, politics, they voted for who could entertain them the best, and he was the best showmen in town, and it shows as he tries to figure out what he's going to do, and to be honest, he doesn't have clue. It's too early to say "I told you so," and I hope really I don't have to, but if the shoe fits, I will. On the other hand, I may owe a few people an apology, but I'd bet on that, I think I got a winning horse there, and I won't have to apologize.

                                        He signs bills and doesn't know where he's going to but the killers in the Cuban prison; there is even talk about giving them citizenship, are we all going crazy? I'd say send them back to their countries, the ones that want to put them in the electric chair, or hang them, and be done with it. The last group of 400-prisoners that were set free because of all these rightwing, self-righteous, human rights people, 67 of them went out and killed more Americans, more British, more Iraqis families, don't the human rights works have a heart for the innocent, or only for the criminals. I was once a advocate, supporter in one of the groups, for prisoners worldwide, and the group asked me to send letters to get folks free, and I did, and I got a letter back from the Congress of the Phillipions, asking me if my group told me all about the fellow I was trying to get free. And I said, I think they did, and they sent me documentation, and he had killed three men, which no one told me about, and they had families, and so forth. And I confronted the issue, and it was explained to me: it was guerrilla warfare, against the government, again something I had to pull out of the man I was trying to free from prison. ´

                                        Point here is, sometimes we just do things, out of emotions, thinking they are right, when we should do them out of thinking, investigation, and then proceed. I wrote the folks back and said, "I was never told the whole truth," and that was Amnesty International, the liars, I had confronted them, and said I'd not do their dirty work for them ever again, I worked for a Federal Branch of the American Government back then.

                                        Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                          I wrote four articles thus far on the new president, he is quite predictable, and everything has come to pass that I've written, and nothing has been for the good, except giving a black lady a home to stay in, and he didn't do it out of his pocket, rather, out of the tax payers of America's pocket, all the same it was a good gesture.

                                          And now he is saying loud and clear and in so many words so is his beloved, CNN, and so are the White House Democratic Senators, the blind singing songs to the blind, they all must think American is some big fat donut.

                                          It is all about the stimulus program, that it is right on track the Obama track that is, no one else's track, yet we got CNN and all these other folks on the Obama teams yelling: united we stand, the Democrats and Republicans, now how silly can one be. He's a Harvard man; he shouldn't play the public for being dumb even if most of us out there are dumb, because it is insulting; he forgot the old saying: 'What goes around comes around' and it will bite him in the behind, sooner or later, such foolishness always does.

                                          He had three republicans go along with his program, and 11-Democrates walk away from it, what does that tell you. It tells me, his own people know better, don't agree with him. But we deserve what we get, and we will get it right where it hurts. We were all hyped up over a new hero-thinking he was Mighty Mouse or something, because he told us what we wanted to hear, and he threw a lot of salt in our soup, so it tastes good, but that is all we got for our time and money: salty soup.

                                          I'm not negative, I'm a realist, like it or not. This is where we are at. In thirty years you can say, this is how it was...thirty years ago I remember a few presidents saying this and that, and the public going haywire over it all, and now what was considered foolishness then, is now...

                                          I wish CNN, and the folks at the White House would stop calling it a 'win' it sounds like they were playing a game and won, and we all know it was already bought and paid for, long before he went and begged for the Republican vote, which he never got. It is like a boxing match, one that was fixed before the boxers even got into the stadium.

                                          Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                            Iran is doing exactly what Iran said they'd do, create a monster to destroy Israel, they now have launch capability. I worked with nuclear weapons, in Germany, it is one thing to have the nuclear fat boy, or the actual chemicals and trigger device to set into a big round encasing, holding a 280-megaton bomb, which we had 90-of them at one site, at one time, back in 1974, but we had no launch capability, thus, if Russia came over the hill, we would have had to bury them deep, and that was our mission. It was a scare mission, not a particle one, because we were playing the paper tiger, but nowadays, that will not work.

                                            But Israel knows much more than I do, and they know launch capability, means in hard words, blackmail capability, or total destruction capability. And do you trust someone, who is un-trustable, and you know this? If you do than you are what they call, gullible. Hitler and Stalin worked on that premise. It is one thing to have the nuclear bomb on your side, or as it has been said, you got the gun. But when everyone has the gun, it don't mean a think that you have it also.

                                            Iran has already said they would bury Israel in the desert sands, and we should take that statement seriously, too many Americans think the Islamic world simply talks for no reason, they do brag much more than they are capable of doing, but once they acquire the knowledge, and capability, they use it. All you need to do is ask the Kurds, and the chemicals they had to enduring by Saddam.

                                            And need I say, they are closer to acquiring the real deal with nuclear blast than you'd like to believe.

                                            Will they use it? That is like saying, did Stalin kill 40-millon of its own people, of course they will, and if their own people get in the way, they'll do what Stalin did, perhaps quicker.

                                            The only reason Israel has not hit Iran thus far is because the United States has pulled them back, but this is not a smart think to do forever, and Obama, needs to reason this out, if indeed he's capable of seeing the trees in front of the forest. And that's questionable in my mind, although I know his generals see reality.

                                            Israel on the other hand has to count the cost, if they do nothing, Russia will soon be their untouchable amigo, like white on rice, and if then they hit Iran, we are looking at a ripple effect. And Obama will have to bury his head like an ostrich, to hide from the mounting issues, I wouldn't want any president to have to deal with the after effects of a nuclear strike on Israel; Iraq will look like a Boy Scout picnic issue in comparisons.

                                            Iran will have its nuclear bomb soon, they are grooming it this very minute, and now has its launch capability, and the devils tail is not far behind. Iran wants their rights, without responsibilities, and who knows, maybe they will get it.

                                            Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                              He is acting, instead of Reacting ((Letter: 3) (1-28-2009))

                                              I see CNN, and a few other folks have evaluated Obama's first week in office, and therefore so shall I (and it looks to be there report more positive than mine). Someone said, he is doing a good balancing act. It is more like he is acting, not reacting, he has a good psychotherapist by his side, that takes practice.

                                              Anyhow, how is he doing? To me, not very good, He is simply taking from Peter and giving to Paul, as far as the Middle East goes. And saying "Look! I did what I said I was going to do, and then makes an about turn, by sending 30,000 more American troops next door, to Afghanistan from Iraqi, and a lot more money to build their so called infrastructure, now that we've poured a trillion into Iraqi's. Thus, the balance in the Middle East is the same, even though it may look different.

                                              Then there is an implication that he is going to congress and try to present his logic to the Republicans, for spending the $825-billion dollars. It has been said, he has enough democratic support, he really doesn't need the Republicans support, but like a good guy, he's going to go talk to them. Now listen up please, he is not going over there to change his agenda, he is going over there to try and persuade, and the word persuade, really means, in plain talk, manipulate, the Republicans, to march along with his tune, for the sake of unity, for what it looks like to the rest of the world. He already has his agenda set, matter of fact; he had modified Bush's old agenda for spending the money, which was made up by Republicans, so it is really more a slap in the face if anything. He would be better off not going at all; just do your thing.

                                              He is like he has been from the beginning, secretive. In some countries that is called a man with no blood in his face, one who can look you in the eyes, and stab you in the back (figure of speech of course, for those folks who cannot read between he lines).

                                              So no, not one thing worth while has taken place since he took office, worthy of acclaiming he is doing his job according to the wishes of the majority of the people in the United States. To the contrary.

                                              The best I can say for him this past week is, he is not afraid to say he'll go after terrorists even if he has to cross boarders without permission. Although that is one thing I would have kept secret until after the action. I hope now, he doesn't say he's sorry for saying what he said. He's got to learn to shut his mouth some times, even though he loves to talk, and saying 'sorry' doesn't help either. And as far as Pakistan, I know they do not want our unarmed robots flying about their border, and there is a good reason for that, the terrorists are losing sleep, and their president wants our president to give them information where the enemy are sleeping so they can go wake them up, but we all know better don't we, you don't bite the hand that feeds you. In this case, America sends a lot of dollars, tax free to them, and the terrorists, pay in other ways, to the government, of Pakistan, so they got both pockets full, or two birds with one stone, and they are trying to find the weakest link in the chain, and keep boy pockets filled at the same time, but you can't keep feeding a dead duck. So they got to think.

                                              Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                                The Obama Syndrome

                                                Everyone is on a high with President Obama, because he is the thing that will bring America if not the world change. I think the world is more in love with him than America to be frank, and they should be, he is what they want. With Bush, who made some big mistakes, made some good decisions also? Only two days in office and from what I see Obama is clueless, if not directionless. We don't need miracles, we need sound judgment.

                                                In less than 48-hours here are the decisions he is making, and planning. The planning part is more conjecture at this moment, but from what has said and he didn't say, this might be pretty close to the truth.

                                                First, he is going to release the prisoners at the Cuban, prison (Guantanamo) United States military facility, the one they just built a $500-million dollar addition to. Furthermore, he doesn't even know where he is going to put them, great planning, how about mainstream America? Where else? I hope not in my backyard though, perhaps his. The point being, you have terrorists there, and no one wants them here, these terrorists want rights, not responsibilities, but rights, perhaps the ones doing all the complaining, from Europe over to Mexico and down to South America and Asia, should take them in, house and feed them, send out the welcoming wagon (but on that subject they are silent like mice). There are no takers, just complainers. I understand, it makes America look bad, but perhaps we are a little hasty here, I mean, do we have to have them looking through our kitchen windows to make America look pretty to the rest of the world, this is dangerous, and when some American house wife gets stabbed to death by one of these fellows, then what?

                                                The president needs to find a better solution, not one the World wants, but the American Citizen wants, and I say citizen, because the president of America works for us, not us for him; we sign his pay check.

                                                Having said that let me address the abortion clause he is in the process of signing. There are not many Americans I know that want to pay for a strangers abortion counselling, or abortion per se, but Obama doesn't see it that way, so he is going to force feed us, like a baby, that neither is here or there, he will make some people happy by doing that, just as many mad. But the problem is, as it has always been, he kept it a secret until now, you know what I am talking about, those little deletions, generalizations, and distortions, we used to call them little white lies, because you didn't really lie, you just fibbed. How many more will pop up soon?

                                                Let's go on here. I seem to be full of beans today writing all this on his second day in office, but he's been a busy president these last few days, so what can I say.

                                                On top of the one-trillion dollars America is in debt for, he is going to put $825-billion dollars on that, trying to kick start a dead lion. It is better to be a live dog than a dead lion. That is about 16% of our annual GNP, this is not good. The Monopoly Game money will be worth more than our dollar soon, with that kind of forecasting of spending just brings the world into a fright. And let's hope, China and Japan, and Europe don't call in our debt, god help us all then, we'll have to all move to Peru, their money is a much higher value than the dollar at this moment.

                                                Next, he is implying to overhaul our immigration, this may be another thorn in America's side. If he is thinking, and I think he is implying, about opening the floodgates for Mexico, and Asia, and the rest of the world, I'd send the Statue of Liberty back to France, it is too high a price to pay. The Statue of Liberty reads, and perhaps he should read the saying on it, and I shall paraphrase, it's been a while since I been out there, "...for the despaired..." not for the unemployed. In any other country, and I have been in 60, you do not demand citizenship because your government is to lazy to find a job for you, they don't want you there if you do not have money in the bank. We could learn from them.

                                                Last but not least, now what do I expect in the near future? One thing I think is that the United Nations will want the United States to bend their knees a little more, I mean we give them $20-billion already, but they'd like to control more than our pocket books, and this president I think is willing to hand over more than the piggy bank, this will come soon. And let me add to that, the World Court, which we have in the past so solidly defied and not allowed our solders to be overmanned by, lest we be on trial day and night and the enemy would love that (as I predict the terrorist at the Cuban prison will soon). What I fear is what I think he'll do next, He will, I predict, hand us over to the wolves there. I hope I am wrong.

                                                Another worthwhile note is, I feel the new president is being a little careless with the North Koreans, lifting the so called regime from the bad guy list, or terrorist list, when just a month ago, they told South Korea they would blow them off the map. I spent 11-years in the military, I realize we have a president who hasn't spent 11-days in it, and is making decisions that can be very costly for our alias in that area. He needs to stop and think his decisions: ask the question, "Who will my decisions hurt?" It's a simple question, not just go ahead and give the benefit of the doubt a secret society will come and hug you with open arms, that is a fairy tail way of thinking.

                                                Well, that is enough for letter two, I did write one the other day, it is somewhere on the Internet.


                                                Blog Source:http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

                                                  (Letter Two)

                                                  He says, President Obama, he will bring home the troops in 16-months from Iraq (I want to see this), he said that on 1-22-2009, and he said that during his march to the White House. That so far is the only practical, workable decision he has thus far made worthy of his office, and something tells me they will be there longer, seeing is believing: as they say. I hate to make fun of this guy but we really got a lemon wherever, and whoever found him. I don't need to look for things to criticize; he force feeds us to eat them raw.

                                                  We got a President here, who is just signing papers, orders, thinking he's Allah, or God and things will simply just fall in place because he's got a horde of people under his wings following him like a bunch of ducks, he's got to be a little more responsible.

                                                  1-23-2009, I am not sure if the President had Economics 101 at Harvard or not, but if he did, he didn't learn a thing. This guy is calling for America, telling them that we are going to go through a great crisis, one that has not been seen for 26-years, and what I plan to do is spend more money on Government cars, and grant programs, and updating federal buildings, and telling everyone to go out and borrow money to update their houses for winter, and summer cooling, and what exactly he is talking about is beyond me. He says unemployment is going to hit the high mark, so go spend, because that is what he's going to do himself, with our tax money, or perhaps it isn't tax money, just paper the Federal Reserve is printing up. We should, reverse all that, I knew he had no plan, but thought someone would clue him in at the last minute and not make a fool of himself, sorry to say, it didn't happen. I would tell the college students, to go home and help their families out, not to be part of the storm that is about to hit the United States, and beg for a free hand out. And tell the government employers, they can due with a two year old car for awhile, and tell the credit card people not to rob the public with 20% interest rates so people can afford to used their credit cards to stimulate the economy, and tell...oh well you know what I mean, talk sensible for once.


                                                  Blog Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/6/Dennis-L.-Siluk

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