Feel Good Friday 10/23/09

It is Feel Good Friday and I say FEEL THE LOVE!!! I was lucky enough to grow up this wonderful music playing in our home. This video is double even. Enjoy the sweet sounds of the Everly Brothers singing Bird Dog and Till I Kissed you.

Love to you and yours,
Idava

Bring Out Your Dead

"Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because they have no health insurance.

I have created this project in their memory. I hope that honoring them will help us end this senseless loss of American lives. If you have lost a loved one, please share the story of that loved one with us. Help us ensure that their legacy is a more just America, where every life that can be saved will be saved."

Rep. Alan Grayson (D) has created a web site for us to name our loved ones lost because they didn't have health insurance. Grayson has become a champion for those in need of health care insurance. But long before he gave the Republican health care plan, "Don't get sick, if you do get sick die quickly.", that launched him to center stage he was already a champion.

Grayson is an attorney that has spent the past few years fighting war profiteer and fraud from the Iraq War. Grayson has been described as "waging a one-man war against contractor fraud in Iraq" by a Wall Street Journal reporter.

He doesn't need to fight for health care, for those are in need. According to disclosure forms he has minimum net worth of $31.12 million. I think he does it because it is the right thing to do and he remembers when he didn't have a $31 million net worth.

Grayson grew up in the Bronx the son to teachers. As a child he was not in good health. He was taken to the hospital four times a week by his mother. He was lucky enough to have health care insurance, without it he would not be alive today. This is something Rep Gayson remembers.

Rep. Grayson was admitted to Harvard. But this was not an easy ride for him. Unlike others he not only earned his placement to Harvard but he also worked to help pay his tuition. He cleaned toliets, worked as night watchman, and still he earned his Bachelor's degree in only 3 years with honors.

Rep. Grayson is more than a member of Congress, he is our Champion.

The Zeitgeist Movement

Trailor For Zeitgeist Movie

Zeitgeist - The Movie

I was asked to watched 2 movies by an old friend, Christa. The above video is a trailor for one of the movies. You can find them both at link above. She wanted to know my thoughts. So, I thought I would also share them here.

I would love to be able to say I was shocked but sadly I wasn't. In regards to 9/11 I have watched so much on that, and still have unanswered questions. Like, how is it we have video of a plane landing on the Hudson River, remember Capt Sully, but no video of a plane hitting the pentagon? I am happy it showed it WTC 7. Do you realize how many Americans are still clueless that building 7 fell , let alone that it feel after 5 pm? There is a lot of information out there. I remember Conyers holding hearings in the basement of Congress, but now, nothing. That pisses me off. If you notice, people of New York where 9/11 happened, did not vote for Bush in 2004. They knew. My friends up there are still angry, as everyone else should have been.
Regarding Religion I have always viewed organized religion as easy mind control. That the seperation of church and state was to protect the STATE from the church influence not the other way around.
I loved , loved seeing John Perkins on the addendum. I told you he was awesome. We grow up thinking, believing that everything our Nation does, knowing that it does so in our name, is honorable. Finding out otherwise for many is quite heartbreaking. The stages they go through , remind of the 5 stages of grief. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Sadness and Acceptance we have to remember this when people get pissed off after hearing the truth. No one likes being played for a fool and that is one the first things that crosses their minds.
It was nice to see this compilation of different videos. I had seen some of them seperately. I think I will have my kids and Sean watch it this weekend.

Glenn Beck's program 10/19/09

Yesterday, I made a deal with a friend. Trust me I was on the losing end of this deal to begin with. But I am a fair person and never mind listening to the other side. On occasion I have been known to play "Devil's Advocate" simply out of boredom. So here is the deal he had to watch a video of mine as a liberal and I had to watch Glenn Beck's Program. My video was Gordon Sinclair's report The Americans. My friend, John, LOVED it. Now, he asked that I try to be unbiased about Beck's program. I tried. Here is the report I sent to my dear friend. Though our politics are different he is my friend.

John,

I kept my word and I watched his program. You have to remember I like consistency, and hypocrisy tends to upset me.

So let's break this down. Within the first 10 minutes of the program Beck admits that he is not a journalist. That he is simply giving his perspective. After that he was saying that the White House was not treating Fox fairly. I don't recall him (at CNN at the time) or anyone else at Fox complaining that the previous administration was not fair to MSNBC. I think news stations should be able to ask questions at press conferences and just as I would have loved to have seen Bush on Countdown , I think Obama should go on Shepard Smith's show. Why Shepard? Because so far, he is the only one over there I still respect. Sadly though, I have not watched him awhile.

Now he wants everyone to ask questions, to be bold. Ask why? Why? WHY? I think we should ask why. We should ask questions no matter what party is in power. But now I must ask where were the questions from Beck regarding The Patriot Act, Blackwater, Warrant less Wiretaps, US Customs agents having the right to examine ALL electronic equipment AND keep this private informatiosn, Sec. Bakker representing the Saudi Royals in a law suit against 9/11 families, our military not having proper equipment, Jack Abramoff, Jeff Gannon/Jim Guckert, 2 of Bush's relatives (brother Jeb and Cousin George) working for Lehman Bros. , the cost of the Iraq War, the Wolfowitz Doctrine, the Carlyle Group, or Brandon Mayfield .

Next he wants everyone to know that Free Speech is gone. I don't recall him complaining about Free Speech Zones during the last 8 years. If you spoke out against President Bush or his Policies you were considered unpatriotic and un American. He didn't seem to mind it then. Where is the consistency??
Now he is discussing Anita Dunn. It seems at a High School Ms. Dunn mentioned she liked the politics of Mao and Mother Teresa. He makes his point over and over and over about how horrible it was that she mentioned Mao. Yet he never mentions that Bush so liked Mao he read his biography and then told Rove he should also read it.

Beck is now discussing volunteering for service organizations. It appears that Obama would like people to volunteer in their community. Beck seems to think that inspiring service is a bad thing. The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) harnesses the collective power of the entertainment industry and channels its unique assets to raise awareness and funds for critical health, educational and social issues in order to make a positive impact in our community and throughout the nation. The EIF has helped many organizations including Boys and Girls Club, Stand up to Cancer, Key to the Cure and Diabetes Aware. Beck is Outraged that the EIF has gotten ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX to join together for 1 week to do programs that highlight community service. Remember community service is helping the Red Cross, a local food bank, the homeless shelter, the USO, Toys for Tots, Habitat for Humanity,The Angel Tree, etc. Yes, these organizations may actually get a little publicity or new volunteers.

According to Beck Free Speech is gone. I remember Free Speech Zones under Bush. He didn't seem to mind then. Free speech zones were commonly used by President George W Bush. Free speech zones were set up by the Secret Service, who scouted locations where the U.S. president was scheduled to speak, or pass through. Officials targeted those who carried anti-Bush signs and escorted them to the free speech zones prior to and during the event. Reporters were often barred by local officials from displaying these protesters on camera or speaking to them within the zone. Protesters who refused to go to the free speech zone were often arrested and charged with trespassing , disorderly conduct and/or resisting arrest.

Beck now wants to discuss Net Neutrality, but then he just goes back to the choice is either Freedom of Speech or Big Government. As a guest ,he brings on Phil Kerpen. Mr. Kerpen is of course for Freedom of Speech and stopping our big government from taking it away. Read what was posted above about Free Speech Zones. Mr. Kerpen is director of policy for Americans for Prosperity, as well as a contributing editor for National Review Online, a Fox Forum contributor on FoxNews.com, and chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition. After the show, I decided to check out Mr. Kerpen, since it appeared that Beck endorsed this man. This is the first paragraph on his web site ( http://www.philkerpen.com/ )

"With trillions of dollars of bailouts, feckless stimulus spending, government takeovers of private industries and horrifying long-range deficits, the radical left has amply demonstrated that it runs the show in President Obama's Washington, and it's making the place a laughingstock."

Wow. Needless to say, after reading that I know this man does not care too much for facts. Obviously by Beck having him on his show, neither does he. Because we all know that the Bank Bailouts were in Oct of 2008 (Bush was President), the insurance bailouts were in Sept of 2008 ( Bush was President), Auto bailouts were Dec of 2008 (Bush was President), Stimulus spending (from May 2001 through 2008 there were stimulus checks sent out and Bush was President), government take overs of private industries ( 9 Banks were certainly nationalized in Oct of 2008 and Bush was President), horrifying long-range deficits (from 2002-2008 and Bush was President) and now I love how this little inept man blames all of that on the radical left and President Obama.

Lastly , Glenn Beck is still hiding some huge mystery behind the blue curtain. Reminds me of the Wizard of Oz.

The conclusion for me is that Mr.Beck has a very skewed perspective on things. A view that I personally find lacks reason, logic, and consistency. I think he is very disingenuous. I do not think he is stupid or dumb, on the contrary I think he knows exactly what he is doing. Perhaps that is why it bothers me even more. Now, that is just my perspective.

Feel Good Friday 10/16/09

It is a Feel Good Friday!!!! I hope everyone loves this song as much as do. It is kind of how I do things. Knowing I will get there no matter what, step by step, one by one climbing Jacob's Ladder. Love Huey Lewis and the News!! My Aunt Pole and her husband Jim took me see them in concert in Paso Robles, Ca. Great Times!!

Repeal Their Antitrust Exemption !!!

TWO DAYS AFTER HEALTH INSURANCE LOBBY TRIED TO SUCKER-PUNCH HEALTH CARE REFORM EFFORT ...
SCHUMER: REVOKE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY'S ANTITRUST EXEMPTION AS PART OF HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL

Under 1945 Law, Insurance Industry Among Only Handful Of Industries—Like Major League Baseball and Railroads—To Be Exempt From Federal Antitrust Laws Schumer Says Industry's Special Status Should End In Order To Bring Greater Competition To Marketplace; Calls For Floor Amendment To Health Care Reform BillAmendment Should Be Based On Senator Leahy's Bill That Is Focus of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Today

WASHINGTON, DC—Days after the health insurance industry openly declared it will use the emerging health care reform overhaul as an excuse to raise premiums on millions of Americans, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) urged Wednesday that the legislation should include a new provision to revoke the industry’s anti-trust exemption.

By virtue of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, passed by Congress in 1945, the insurance industry is one of only a handful of select industries in the United States, such as Major League Baseball and railroads, to be exempted from federal antitrust laws. Schumer, a co-sponsor of a bill authored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to repeal the exemption, said the health insurance industry should lose its special status as part of the landmark health care bill scheduled to reach President Obama’s desk later this year.

“The health insurance’s antitrust exemption is one of the worst accidents of American history. It deserves a lot of the blame for the huge rise in premiums that has made health insurance so unaffordable. It is time to end this special status and bring true competition to the health insurance industry,” Schumer said.

Schumer called for attaching a floor amendment to the health care bill that Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to bring to the floor later this month. Schumer said the amendment should be based on Leahy’s legislation.

Schumer made this declaration a day after the Senate Finance Committee approved a milestone health care bill by a bipartisan vote of 14-9. On the eve of that vote, the health insurance industry launched an eleventh-hour broadside against the reform effort in an effort to sink its chances. On Monday, the health insurers’ trade association, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) issued a flawed report that attempted to show that the emerging bill would force health insurers to raise premiums on their customers much more than they otherwise would. Soon after the report’s issuance, the company that developed it on behalf of AHIP acknowledged that it did not include the bill’s many cost-saving measures in its analysis.

Throughout the debate on health care reform, Schumer has been a lead proponent of a public option that would lower health care costs by competing alongside private insurers. The public option would put patients ahead of profits; unlike private insurers, it would have no profit motive whatsoever and would have greatly reduced marketing costs. Private health insurers have scorned the prospect of just such a new competitor.

While the fight for a public option continues, Schumer said Wednesday that the health care reform bill should also seek to impose competition on other ways, like repealing their antitrust exemption. The McCarran-Ferguson Act was enacted in 1945 to protect the insurance industry after the Supreme Court ruled that it was subject to federal regulation under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. The legislation ceded oversight over the insurance industry to states by exempting the so-called “business of insurance” from federal laws. A repeal of McCarran-Ferguson would have the effect of restoring the federal government’s power to curtail price-fixing, collusion and other anti-competitive practices that may exist within the health insurance industry.

Tennessee Economic Council on Women

The Tennessee Economic Summit for Women, presented by the Women's Economic Council Foundation, Inc. and the Tennessee Economic Council on Women, began in 2004 with the goal of helping the women of Tennessee to become economically self-sufficient.
Since 2004, thousands of women have gathered at the annual event to hear expert speakers discuss women's economic issues such as medical costs, financial planning and literacy, business ownership and development and political participation. Speakers have included Patricia Schroeder, Marie Wilson, Sandra Day O'Connor, Robin Gerber, Helen Thomas, Gail Evans and Governor Phil Bredesen.
In 2009, the tradition of offering excellent and timely information and the opportunity to meet and network with the most dynamic women in Tennessee will continue. Join us for a day of motivation, appreciation and elevation as we continue to move ourselves, our family and our communities forward.

For more information please go to :
http://www.womenseconomicfoundation.org/

Tennessee Technological University

UPDATE: Jerred Griggs, 20, of Sparta was placed under arrest Wednesday evening. Police say Griggs brought the two victims to the campus where they met Brown, who reported he was staying with a student there. He gained access to the residence hall by using a TTU student’s stolen identification card. Brown took one person into the laundry room of Dunn Hall and robbed him there, then tried to rob the other person outside. TTU police say he and Griggs conspired to commit the robbery together. The incident was drug-related.

My brother and I both attended TTU. I can say honestly those were really great years in my life. It was a time of knowledge, not just from books but from living life. Going to college opens so many doors that I had never even thought of. I look back at my time at TTU with appreciation and a smile. So I must say I was truly disheartened to receive this message yesterday morning:

Tennessee Tech University FROM TTUNEWS: Possible armed robbery in Cooper/Dunn Res Hall. Officers are on-scene. Students in Capital Quad remain in room until further notice. Everyone else avoid the area.Wednesday at 7:49am ·

Sadly the first thing that goes through my mind was "Please, let it stop there. Don't let this be like Virgina Tech."

Tennessee Tech University TTUNEWS: Following the report of a possible armed robbery in Cooper/Dunn residence hall this morning, students remain locked down in Capital Quad. No shots have been fired. No injuries have been reported. TTU police are urging everyone to avoid the area around the quad while the search continues. Report any concerns or suspicious activity to campus police at 372-3234.

I was so thankful reading that no shots had been fired and no one was injured. Friends of mine were posting comments wondering if TTU , the place they went to, would still be safe our children. I hope so.

Tennessee Tech University TTUNEWS: University police have a person in custody related to the reported armed robbery this morning in Dunn Hall. The lock down has been lifted from Capital Quad. Wednesday at 8:58am ·

This appears to be a drug deal gone bad. Darrion Jerome Brown, 19 , of Nashville has been arrested. Police claim that Brown met with another person in the laundry room of Dunn Hall to buy drugs and that instead, he made the other person give him “all the money and the drugs.” Now, if this is completely true then I do not have a lot of sympathy for the "victims" either. You want buy/sell illegal drugs, do it at your own house and stay away from schools!!! At least that might decrease the chance of your actions effecting other people's lives. How many students and parents were worried sick over this?? I hope they all go to jail!

Tennesse Ghost

Jim O'Rear will sign and discuss his book, Tennessee Ghosts

Saturday October 24, 2009 1:00 PM

Opry Mills Mall
Barnes and Nobles
515 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
615-514-5000

Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee

Today, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee is one of the largest and most comprehensive of over 200 food banks and food distribution centers nationwide. During the 2006/2007 fiscal year, Second Harvest distributed more than 37.4 million pounds of food to hungry men, women, and children. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee was named 2003 Affiliate of the Year by America's Second Harvest. The Food Bank is proud to share this prestigious award with the thousands of supporters and leaders who have supported Second Harvest over the past 30 years.

Second Harvest’s vision of ending hunger is more important than ever. Hunger is a big problem, and it cannot be solved without everyone’s help. There are 35 million Americans deemed by the government to be food insecure, and there are more than 8 million children receiving food assistance. One in five people in a soup kitchen line is now a child. In Middle Tennessee alone, 47% of the people Second Harvest serves are children.

If you or someone you know is in need of emergency food assistance, Second Harvest can help. Please call 615. 329. 3491, and we will direct you to an Emergency Food Box site near you.


http://www.secondharvestmidtn.org/

If you can donate food, money , or you time PLEASE go their site. We can make a difference.

Michael Moore

Yesterday Michael Moore put out an open letter to President Obama regarding the announcement of President Obama being chosen the for the Nobel Peace Prize. The letter was titled "Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!". I thought this letter was written in hast. Mr. Moore was obviously caught up in the moment. Today, he posted a new letter. This one he put thought into and I can stand behind it.
Here is the letter he posted today:

Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore

Friends,

Last night my wife asked me if I thought I was a little too hard on Obama in my letter yesterday congratulating him on his Nobel Prize. "No, I don't think so," I replied. I thought it was important to remind him he's now conducting the two wars he's inherited. "Yeah," she said, "but to tell him, 'Now earn it!'? Give the guy a break -- this is a great day for him and for all of us."

I went back and re-read what I had written. And I listened for far too long yesterday to the right wing hate machine who did what they could to crap all over Barack's big day. Did I -- and others on the left -- do the same?

We are weary, weary of war. The trillions that will have gone to these two wars have helped to bankrupt us as a nation -- financially and morally. To think of all the good we could have done with all that money! Two months of the War in Iraq would pay for all the wells that need to be dug in the Third World for drinking water! Obama is moving too slow for most of us -- but he needs to know we are with him and we stand beside him as he attempts to turn eight years of sheer madness around. Who could do that in nine months? Superman? Thor? Mitch McConnell?

Instead of waiting to see what the president is going to do, we all need to be pro-active and push the agenda that we want to see enacted. What keeps us from forming the same local groups we put together to get out the vote last November? C'mon! We're the majority now -- the majority by a significant margin! We call the shots -- and we need to tell this wimpy Congress to get busy and do what we say -- or else.

All I ask of those who voted for Obama is to not pile on him too quickly. Yes, make your voice heard (his phone number is 202-456-1414). But don't abandon the best hope we've had in our lifetime for change. And for God's sake, don't head to bummerville if he says or does something we don't like. Do you ever see Republicans behave that way? I mean, the Right had 20 years of Republican presidents and they still couldn't get prayer in the public schools, or outlaw abortion, or initiate a flat tax or put our Social Security into the stock market. They did a lot of damage, no doubt about that, but on the key issues that the Christian Right fought for, they came up nearly empty handed. No wonder they've been driven crazy lately. They'll never have it as good again as they've had it since Reagan took office.

But -- do you ever see them looking all gloomy and defeated? No! They keep on fighting! Every day. Our side? At the first sign of wavering, we just pack up our toys and go home.

So, at least for this weekend, let us celebrate what people elsewhere are celebrating -- that America now has a sane and smart man in the White House, a man who truly wants a world at peace for his two daughters.

Many, for the past couple days (yes, myself included), have grumbled, "What has he done to earn this prize?" How 'bout this:

The simple fact that he was elected was reason enough for him to be the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Because on that day the murderous actions of the Bush/Cheney years were totally and thoroughly rebuked. One man -- a man who opposed the War in Iraq from the beginning -- offered to end the insanity. The world has stood by in utter horror for the past eight years as they watched the descendants of Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson light the fuse of our own self-destruction. We flipped off the nations on this planet by abandoning Kyoto and then proceeded to melt eight more years worth of the polar ice caps. We invaded two nations that didn't attack us, failed to find the real terrorists and, in effect, ignited our own wave of terror. People all over the world wondered if we had gone mad.

And if all that wasn't enough, the outgoing Joker presided over the worst global financial collapse since the Great Depression.

So, yeah, at precisely 11:00pm ET on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. And the 66 million people who voted for him won it, too. By the time he took the stage at midnight ET in the Grant Park Historic Hippie Battlefield in downtown Chicago, billions of people around the globe were already breathing a huge sigh of relief. It was as if, in that instant, one man did bring the promise of peace to the world -- and most were ready to go wherever he wanted to go to achieve that end. Never before had the election of one man made every other nation feel like they had won, too. When you've got billions of people ready, willing and able to join a cause like this, well, a prize in Oslo is the least that you deserve.

One other thought. The Peace Prize historically has been given to those who have worked to throw off the yoke of racial discrimination and segregation (Martin Luther King, Jr., Desmond Tutu). I think the Nobel committee, in awarding Obama the prize, was also rewarding the fact that something profound had happened in a nation that was founded on racial genocide, built on racist slavery, and held back for a hundred-plus years by vestiges of hateful bigotry (which can still be found on display at teabagger rallies and daily talk radio). The fact that this one man could cause this seismic historical event to occur -- and to do so with such grace and humility, never succumbing to the bait, but still not backing down (yes, he asked to be sworn in as "Barack Hussein Obama"!) -- is more than reason enough he should be in Oslo to meet the King on December 10. Maybe he could take us along with him. 'Cause I also suspect the Nobel committee was tipping its hat to all of us -- we, the American people, had conquered some of our racism and did the truly unexpected. After seeing searing images of our black fellow citizens left to drown in New Orleans -- and poor whites seeing their own treated no better than the black man they had been raised to hate -- we had all seen enough. It was time for change.

Thank you, Barack Obama, for giving us the opportunity to redeem ourselves. Now for the tasks ahead. We need you to do all that you promised to do. We need it. The world needs it.

My prediction for the future? You become the first *two-time* winner of the Nobel Peace Prize! Yeah!

Fred (that's Norwegian for "Peace"),
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com

Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore MichaelMoore.com

President Obama's Comments Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize

President Obama gave a very humble speech today. I think our nation can achieve all the greatness this world has to offer.In doing so we must be a responsible nation, a respected nation. There is a difference between fearing a nation and respecting it. I hope we become the latter once again.

President Obama Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Normally, I do not post on Friday except for the Feel Good Friday video. That being said , this is a very special moment. The President of the United States of America, President Barack Obama has been chosen the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize! Yes, I am proud!

From wikipedia:

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."

Alfred Nobel's will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Norway and Sweden were at that time still in union, and with Sweden responsible for all foreign policy, Nobel felt that the prize might be less subject to political corruption if awarded by Norway. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the king, on December 10 (the anniversary of Nobel's death), and is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. "In Oslo, the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee presents the Nobel Peace Prize in the presence of the King of Norway. Under the eyes of a watching world, the Nobel Laureate receives three things: a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize

Feel Good Friday 10/09/2009

James Marsters has a very clean pure sound. I find peace in this song. This is the music you want to fall asleep to and hear first thing when you wake up.

Michael Vick

I didn't write anything about Michael Vick the football player. Nor did I write about Michael Vick the dog fighter. But now, Michael Vick the convict with the Reality TV Show, yeah that has to be mentioned. It is sad that we reward bad behavior in this nation. I wonder who the commercial sponsors of this show will be, Alpo? Probably not.

BET's new entertainment boss, Loretha Jones, said the Vick project was consistent with the network's new strategy of emphasizing "family values, cultural uplift and community pride."

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/07/who-needs-nike-michael-vick-to-star-in-his-own-reality-show/?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl4link6http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2Fwho-needs-nike-michael-vick-to-star-in-his-own-reality-show%2F

Happy Birthday to ME 2009!!!

Today I turn 39 years old. What is the best way to measure how those years have been spent? How much stuff I own? Where I live? My education? My bank account? Who've I met? Who I know? How much I have traveled? No. Those just are not good enough measurements for me. I think prefer the standard of how much I have loved and have been loved. By that measurement I have lived a very blessed life. I have always known that help was no more than a phone call away. At the other end of that phone was someone who loved me and would help me no matter what, because I was family. Brenda (my sister) and her husband Pete drove all night to move me from another state back home no questions asked. John ( my brother) and his wife Teresa who let me live at their home. My nieces and nephews that have helped me with everything from cleaning my house, moving, cooking, taking my kids to cheer practice, going to my kids games and competitions. My Uncle Johnny for baking me cookies even when he was supposed to be a big tough guy. My Aunt Pole for laying down all of her credit cards when I was in the hospital because she thought I could get better care. My Aunt Bob for laughing whenever I was in deep shit trouble and just saying "that's the Bob in her coming out". My Grandma, whom I am named after for telling dirty jokes and making me smile. Sean, my husband, who has stood by through everything, putting his happiness second to mine. My wonderful daughters Rosa and Seanna that have shown such strength and character , I could not be more proud. My Mom and Dad that have always put my needs, even my wants, before their own. They stood by me my entire life. Not leaving my side when I was in the hospital and holding my baby when I wasn't able to so she would know she was loved.
So, how will I spend my birthday today? I will spend it as I have spent the last 39 years of my life surrounded by love and my family. That is truly the best gift there is.

Happy Birthday Pole!!

Today is my Aunt's birthday. No, Pole isn't her real name it is her nickname. My family is HUGE on nicknames. Everyone has one, or two. Her "real" name is Shirley. However I have never called her that in my entire life. Anyway, today is her birthday and I hope she has a very happy birthday.

Want to meet the Gov of the TN??

Hello Democrats. Please join us for a Meet and Greet with Ty Cobb, Democratic Candidate for House District 62 and Governor Bredesen on Saturday, October 3rd from 5pm - 7pm in Shelbyville, TN.

There will be live music and plenty of Fish and Chili. Come out and get to know Ty and learn how you can get involved to help Keep 62 Blue!

If you can join us for canvassing earlier in the day please sign up District 62 Special Election Phone Banks & Canvassing

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information go here Ty Cobb Fish Fry with Governor Bredesen - Tennessee Democratic Party .

Feel Good Friday 10/02/09

I spent yesterday with my best friend, Angela. She had been in the hospital for a week with the flu, asthma, and pneumonia. I am not a morning person, but for her well I was in Cookeville by 9 am. I offered my services ready to wait on her hand and foot, which she laughed at!! The best part, besides just spending the day with her and later seeing her mom, was when she played the ringtone of her cell phone. When I call her this is the song that plays on her phone. How cool is that? I hope everyone else likes it as much as I do.