Why don't I remember hearing about this before the 2008 presidential election?
http://larrysinclair.org/
CKM
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Last Chapter
While at the Wickliffe Public Library the other day I printed off a few copies of articles I had written. The librarian said the first two are free after that its a dime a page. I said somethings free? She replied yeah but I don't know how much longer we can afford it and then she went on to say I hope my hours don't get cut.
Then today I received this from my brother in law.
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Please spread the word to home schoolers in Ohio. Ohio Public libraries to be closed, hours reduced, collection budgets slashed.
Please copy and past this text (or something of your choosing) to all the people you know who live in the State of Ohio :
June 22, 2009: Save Ohio Libraries! Seven days left until the governor’s proposed 50 percent cuts will force many libraries to close and others to drastically reduce their hours, and slash collection budgets and reduce or eliminate programs offered to the public. The public library is a foundational institution in American democracy.
Contact the governor & your representatives today (listed under your library system's web pages, linked below). Call them, email them, or fax all of them. There are only a few days left.
The situation is so serious, that library systems all over the state of Ohio have placed very bold headlines on the main web sites. See links below.
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In addition, there is a Facebook site: Save Ohio Libraries
http://www.facebook.com/group. php?gid=112430631411
There is also a Twitter Option:
official hashtag is "#saveohiolibraries"
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Links to Public Libraries in Ohio . Take a look at their banner headlines:
Directory of All Public Libraries in Ohio :
http://www.oplin.org/fal.php
Butler County East - Middletown (West Chester and Trenton ) Public Library:
http://www.middletownlibrary. org/
Butler County West - Lane Libraries ( Fairfield , Hamilton , and Oxford )
http://www.lanepl.org/
Cincinnati Public Library & Hamilton County
http://www.cincinnatilibrary. org/
Clermont County Public Library
http://www.clermont.lib.oh.us/ saveohiolibraries.shtml
Dayton Metro Library
http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/
Columbus Metro Library
http://www.columbuslibrary. org/
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This recession is horrible. Its far reaching and I don't know when the rebound will occur if it ever does. And yet a certain city still doesn't understand the plight of landlords or home owners. You know which city.
CKM
Then today I received this from my brother in law.
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Please spread the word to home schoolers in Ohio. Ohio Public libraries to be closed, hours reduced, collection budgets slashed.
Please copy and past this text (or something of your choosing) to all the people you know who live in the State of Ohio :
June 22, 2009: Save Ohio Libraries! Seven days left until the governor’s proposed 50 percent cuts will force many libraries to close and others to drastically reduce their hours, and slash collection budgets and reduce or eliminate programs offered to the public. The public library is a foundational institution in American democracy.
Contact the governor & your representatives today (listed under your library system's web pages, linked below). Call them, email them, or fax all of them. There are only a few days left.
The situation is so serious, that library systems all over the state of Ohio have placed very bold headlines on the main web sites. See links below.
-----------------------------
In addition, there is a Facebook site: Save Ohio Libraries
http://www.facebook.com/group. php?gid=112430631411
There is also a Twitter Option:
official hashtag is "#saveohiolibraries"
-----------------------------
Links to Public Libraries in Ohio . Take a look at their banner headlines:
Directory of All Public Libraries in Ohio :
http://www.oplin.org/fal.php
Butler County East - Middletown (West Chester and Trenton ) Public Library:
http://www.middletownlibrary. org/
Butler County West - Lane Libraries ( Fairfield , Hamilton , and Oxford )
http://www.lanepl.org/
Cincinnati Public Library & Hamilton County
http://www.cincinnatilibrary. org/
Clermont County Public Library
http://www.clermont.lib.oh.us/ saveohiolibraries.shtml
Dayton Metro Library
http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/
Columbus Metro Library
http://www.columbuslibrary. org/
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This recession is horrible. Its far reaching and I don't know when the rebound will occur if it ever does. And yet a certain city still doesn't understand the plight of landlords or home owners. You know which city.
CKM
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
What Joe Biden said and more from my archives
Lately I haven't been writing much because everything that is happening is almost old news. All I have to do is go to my archives and pull out articles I wrote. Take for instance the rebellion going on in Iran, the election fraud, the rioting, the youth demanding more rights. Then read what I wrote in 2006.
Tue, 8/15/06,
Bush was right or was he. I know a guy who is Iranian. I frequent his restaurant and been to his house. But since I didn't ask permission to use his real name I have changed it.
Sid and I never talked politics until I asked his opinion on President Bush and the Iraq war. Sid said flat out Bush was wrong but not for the reasons I thought he would say. His opinion is that President Bush didn't hit Iraq hard enough but he really should of went after Iran instead where all the insurgency and terrorism is coming from. Plus Iran is ripe for revolution, the people especially the youth are tired of not having enough and being under a dictator.
Sid rattled off facts and numerous things he has seen or his family has, some of his relatives are still over in Iran. I even spoke with his Mother who agreed with him. They moved to America in the 50's because his father who was in the military came here for training. At one time Iran had one of the best armies.
Things weren't perfect under the Shaw but it was much better than now, people made a living and had more freedom. Once Khomeini took over things got bad. Just to list a few examples that Sid told me was the Islamist extremist used teenagers as mine sweeps after the war with Iraq - the government passes out drugs to keep the youth doped up so they won't
revolt. Its bad over there.
Now read what Vice President Joe Biden said last year before the election.
"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking.. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."
Well President Obama has his crisis, just like Joe Biden said, with Korea and also the unsettling in Iran. I know how President Bush responded in trying times and how he kept a lid on Korea and I am sure he would of recognized Mir Hussein Moussavi the opposition to President Ahmadinejad.. It will be interesting to see how President Obama responds. I just hope that we are as safe under his leadership as we were under the previous administration.
CKM
Tue, 8/15/06,
Bush was right or was he. I know a guy who is Iranian. I frequent his restaurant and been to his house. But since I didn't ask permission to use his real name I have changed it.
Sid and I never talked politics until I asked his opinion on President Bush and the Iraq war. Sid said flat out Bush was wrong but not for the reasons I thought he would say. His opinion is that President Bush didn't hit Iraq hard enough but he really should of went after Iran instead where all the insurgency and terrorism is coming from. Plus Iran is ripe for revolution, the people especially the youth are tired of not having enough and being under a dictator.
Sid rattled off facts and numerous things he has seen or his family has, some of his relatives are still over in Iran. I even spoke with his Mother who agreed with him. They moved to America in the 50's because his father who was in the military came here for training. At one time Iran had one of the best armies.
Things weren't perfect under the Shaw but it was much better than now, people made a living and had more freedom. Once Khomeini took over things got bad. Just to list a few examples that Sid told me was the Islamist extremist used teenagers as mine sweeps after the war with Iraq - the government passes out drugs to keep the youth doped up so they won't
revolt. Its bad over there.
Now read what Vice President Joe Biden said last year before the election.
"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking.. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."
Well President Obama has his crisis, just like Joe Biden said, with Korea and also the unsettling in Iran. I know how President Bush responded in trying times and how he kept a lid on Korea and I am sure he would of recognized Mir Hussein Moussavi the opposition to President Ahmadinejad.. It will be interesting to see how President Obama responds. I just hope that we are as safe under his leadership as we were under the previous administration.
CKM
Friday, June 19, 2009
Euclid & my letter to Senator Sherrod Brown
This is my letter to Senator Sherrod Brown and Ken Williamson, a member of Senator Browns staff. I waited to post this to give them ample time to respond. They haven't. If you are having similar issues where you live use this as a template for your senator - representative. Why shouldn't landlord/property owners get bailouts? Especially if hardships are caused by any level of government interference.
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Ken Williamson,
Thank you for your time.
I hope this letter is given serious attention. There are many bailouts occurring right now but one group that hasn't been given consideration is property owners/ landlords. It is hard enough to maintain a place with property taxes rising yearly and people losing jobs. Add to the mix, cities like Euclid, who make it exceedingly difficult on owners with yearly inspections and fee's. A lot of the violations issued are very marginal to the safety of the house, like cracks in a garage floor. If you don't comply fines and/or jail time can ensue. (I know, I had to spend a night in jail) This needs to be addressed as many property owners/landlords are facing foreclosure due to these tactics. IF cities like Euclid are making such demands and there is little to no extra funds to make these repairs then a bailout - government funds should be alloted to property owners/landlords to make these mandated repairs, this would go a long way in stopping some of the flight away from Euclid and Cuyahoga County and divert additional houses from foreclosure.
Please give this letter serious attention,
Thank You
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Senator Sherrod Brown,
Thank you for the reply but I am very displeased by your answer. If I may explain. I have read in the news paper and from your website legislation co-sponsored with Rep. Tim Ryan called Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation Act of 2009 that would help blighted areas from population loss. It is welcome relief to read that aid may be coming to areas that need it. BUT before tax payers money is doled out each city should be looked at as to why the population loss.
Some of the main reasons for a decline in population for any city is lack of jobs or high paying jobs, crime, taxes and how the city itself is run. Euclid has all four plus going against it but one of the biggest is local government interference of home owners, whether the person resides in his house or uses it as rental property, this problem has existed for years. People are fearful and don't want to invest in housing in Euclid.
That is why I reached out to you. I am not alone in this plight. Euclid with its demands and housing regulations have forced out many home owners. I know personally quite a few who had to abandon, have the bank foreclose because they could not afford to keep up with the inspections and ensuing violations or sold their house below market to flee Euclid. White flight is only a part of what is happening in Euclid. No one likes their right to privacy imposed on.
It is our tax payers money that will be spent on these blighted areas and we need to be sure it is properly spent. Or if anything else then funds should also be allocated to home owners to make the necessary repairs Euclid demands, this would go a long way in stopping the population loss and/or filling houses left vacant by the cities interference.
So I ask Senator Sherrod Brown to please review my letter once again or I can submit a new one of how Euclid's policies have interfered and kept my house vacant all but 3 1/2 months since June 2008. If action isn't taken soon I may have to join with others and file for bankruptcy and abandon my house or houses in Euclid.
Sincerely and Thank You,
C. K. M.
Euclid, Ohio
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Ken Williamson,
Thank you for your time.
I hope this letter is given serious attention. There are many bailouts occurring right now but one group that hasn't been given consideration is property owners/ landlords. It is hard enough to maintain a place with property taxes rising yearly and people losing jobs. Add to the mix, cities like Euclid, who make it exceedingly difficult on owners with yearly inspections and fee's. A lot of the violations issued are very marginal to the safety of the house, like cracks in a garage floor. If you don't comply fines and/or jail time can ensue. (I know, I had to spend a night in jail) This needs to be addressed as many property owners/landlords are facing foreclosure due to these tactics. IF cities like Euclid are making such demands and there is little to no extra funds to make these repairs then a bailout - government funds should be alloted to property owners/landlords to make these mandated repairs, this would go a long way in stopping some of the flight away from Euclid and Cuyahoga County and divert additional houses from foreclosure.
Please give this letter serious attention,
Thank You
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Senator Sherrod Brown,
Thank you for the reply but I am very displeased by your answer. If I may explain. I have read in the news paper and from your website legislation co-sponsored with Rep. Tim Ryan called Community Regeneration, Sustainability and Innovation Act of 2009 that would help blighted areas from population loss. It is welcome relief to read that aid may be coming to areas that need it. BUT before tax payers money is doled out each city should be looked at as to why the population loss.
Some of the main reasons for a decline in population for any city is lack of jobs or high paying jobs, crime, taxes and how the city itself is run. Euclid has all four plus going against it but one of the biggest is local government interference of home owners, whether the person resides in his house or uses it as rental property, this problem has existed for years. People are fearful and don't want to invest in housing in Euclid.
That is why I reached out to you. I am not alone in this plight. Euclid with its demands and housing regulations have forced out many home owners. I know personally quite a few who had to abandon, have the bank foreclose because they could not afford to keep up with the inspections and ensuing violations or sold their house below market to flee Euclid. White flight is only a part of what is happening in Euclid. No one likes their right to privacy imposed on.
It is our tax payers money that will be spent on these blighted areas and we need to be sure it is properly spent. Or if anything else then funds should also be allocated to home owners to make the necessary repairs Euclid demands, this would go a long way in stopping the population loss and/or filling houses left vacant by the cities interference.
So I ask Senator Sherrod Brown to please review my letter once again or I can submit a new one of how Euclid's policies have interfered and kept my house vacant all but 3 1/2 months since June 2008. If action isn't taken soon I may have to join with others and file for bankruptcy and abandon my house or houses in Euclid.
Sincerely and Thank You,
C. K. M.
Euclid, Ohio
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Corruption Cleveland Style
Some information that was given to me by various people on various topics. Usually I include names and sources but not this time.
A lady who worked for the Democratic Sheriff McFaul administration told me everything you read or hear about him is true. If you wouldn't donate or kick in to his kitty for his birthday or Christmas present and/or other causes you would be guaranteed to work every weekend and have off Mondays - permanently.
As for Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, Democrat, she told me if any sign or billboard was put up it would have to go through him, obviously with pay.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/federal_raids_target_cuyahoga.html
Someone else in an elected position told me the reason why the investigation is taking so long
in Cleveland is because the web is far reaching. Many more people will be indicted.
The innerbelt bridge
Trucks have been banned on the aging Interstate 90 bridge, and the outer lane in each direction has been closed since last November after inspections revealed two deteriorated beams were unable to support a full load. Taken from:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/ohios_first_stimulus_construct.html#more
A councilman told me while eating at Sokolowski's University Inn restaurant he had a conversation with a police officer. They talked about the view from the restaurant of the city and the innerbelt bridge. The police officer told him even though ODOT says the bridge is safe the surrounding police and fire stations hold weekly meetings to train for when the bridge collapses. Every time the councilman has to drive over the bridge he tells his friends OK this is the scary part of the trip and they say a quick prayer before driving over it.
Just remember this story when you pass by those ugly freeway walls and the 1.8 million dollars per mile they cost.
Someone involved with housing told me how housing inspections are abused when I was telling him my problems. They use the inpsections to control house sales. If they want a house to sell there is no violations they just get passed on to the buyer. Hmmmm I purchased my one house from a Euclid police detective. I best be quiet.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/three_cleveland_building_inspe.html
Anytime you have strong arm tactics, constantly change the rules of codes, mandate that you let people
inside your house to inspect, make fines unbearable there will be corruption and bribes. Housing inspections
all but for the most blatant violators need to end.
And lets not forget about this latest one, All State Home Mortgage Co. in
Euclid.
http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=10515932
Though things are slowly correcting themselves concerning my situation in Eucild,
it still infuriates me that Euclid tried to capitalize on a family problem. Thats sad when a city or any level of
government can pit one family member against another.
Can things change? Maybe and I hope but if people keep electing the status things will only get worse.
VOTE and petition the crooks out.
Its so bad in Cleveland with all the scandals and corruption by the politicians that its starting to give
criminals a bad name.
I hate to throw this in the mix but did you notice not one Republican was mentioned in the above?
CKM
A lady who worked for the Democratic Sheriff McFaul administration told me everything you read or hear about him is true. If you wouldn't donate or kick in to his kitty for his birthday or Christmas present and/or other causes you would be guaranteed to work every weekend and have off Mondays - permanently.
As for Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, Democrat, she told me if any sign or billboard was put up it would have to go through him, obviously with pay.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/federal_raids_target_cuyahoga.html
Someone else in an elected position told me the reason why the investigation is taking so long
in Cleveland is because the web is far reaching. Many more people will be indicted.
The innerbelt bridge
Trucks have been banned on the aging Interstate 90 bridge, and the outer lane in each direction has been closed since last November after inspections revealed two deteriorated beams were unable to support a full load. Taken from:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/ohios_first_stimulus_construct.html#more
A councilman told me while eating at Sokolowski's University Inn restaurant he had a conversation with a police officer. They talked about the view from the restaurant of the city and the innerbelt bridge. The police officer told him even though ODOT says the bridge is safe the surrounding police and fire stations hold weekly meetings to train for when the bridge collapses. Every time the councilman has to drive over the bridge he tells his friends OK this is the scary part of the trip and they say a quick prayer before driving over it.
Just remember this story when you pass by those ugly freeway walls and the 1.8 million dollars per mile they cost.
Someone involved with housing told me how housing inspections are abused when I was telling him my problems. They use the inpsections to control house sales. If they want a house to sell there is no violations they just get passed on to the buyer. Hmmmm I purchased my one house from a Euclid police detective. I best be quiet.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/three_cleveland_building_inspe.html
Anytime you have strong arm tactics, constantly change the rules of codes, mandate that you let people
inside your house to inspect, make fines unbearable there will be corruption and bribes. Housing inspections
all but for the most blatant violators need to end.
And lets not forget about this latest one, All State Home Mortgage Co. in
Euclid.
http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=10515932
Though things are slowly correcting themselves concerning my situation in Eucild,
it still infuriates me that Euclid tried to capitalize on a family problem. Thats sad when a city or any level of
government can pit one family member against another.
Can things change? Maybe and I hope but if people keep electing the status things will only get worse.
VOTE and petition the crooks out.
Its so bad in Cleveland with all the scandals and corruption by the politicians that its starting to give
criminals a bad name.
I hate to throw this in the mix but did you notice not one Republican was mentioned in the above?
CKM
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Say Goodnight America
Say Goodnight America its all over except the crying. The march to push socialism into full effect is on. Individual freedoms have taken another blow.
from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul
WASHINGTON – Senior House Democrats drafting health care legislation are considering slapping an unspecified financial penalty on anyone who refuses to purchase affordable health insurance, a key committee chairman said Monday.
In addition, officials said Democrats are considering a new tax on certain health insurance benefits as one of numerous options to help pay for expanding coverage to the uninsured. No details on the tax were immediately available, and no final decisions were expected until next week at the earliest.
Alongside those efforts, financing Obama's plan to spread coverage more widely carries a price tag estimated at higher than $1 trillion over a decade.
Secretary of State Hillary (rotten) Clinton, who was a New York senator at the time as well as a presidential candidate, said a mandate was essential. At one point, she said she was open to garnisheeing the wages of anyone who refused to comply.
They come for our guns, they come for our religious freedoms, they come to kill the unborn, they come to dictate how we run our property, they come to make us accept unnatural acts, why not force and tax us for health insurance. Its all over America.. You wanted a democratic fascist regime you got it - OBAMA!!
CKM
ps: How ironic that on Monday the owner of an account I maintain approached me and said they are now offering health insurance for individuals and businesses. I will wait a day and send out info on the company offering it.
from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_go_co/us_health_overhaul
WASHINGTON – Senior House Democrats drafting health care legislation are considering slapping an unspecified financial penalty on anyone who refuses to purchase affordable health insurance, a key committee chairman said Monday.
In addition, officials said Democrats are considering a new tax on certain health insurance benefits as one of numerous options to help pay for expanding coverage to the uninsured. No details on the tax were immediately available, and no final decisions were expected until next week at the earliest.
Alongside those efforts, financing Obama's plan to spread coverage more widely carries a price tag estimated at higher than $1 trillion over a decade.
Secretary of State Hillary (rotten) Clinton, who was a New York senator at the time as well as a presidential candidate, said a mandate was essential. At one point, she said she was open to garnisheeing the wages of anyone who refused to comply.
They come for our guns, they come for our religious freedoms, they come to kill the unborn, they come to dictate how we run our property, they come to make us accept unnatural acts, why not force and tax us for health insurance. Its all over America.. You wanted a democratic fascist regime you got it - OBAMA!!
CKM
ps: How ironic that on Monday the owner of an account I maintain approached me and said they are now offering health insurance for individuals and businesses. I will wait a day and send out info on the company offering it.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Where is everyone?
Hey Gang,
Dawn puts into different words what I have been feeling also. I hear less and less from people and friends. More complaining enough of the politics. Hardly any repsonses from my last few prayer requests I sent out. Where is everyone? Or have I overstayed my welcome in your inbox??
Carey
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A personal message from Dawn Slike
Dear Local Friends and Allies,
I first wish to remind you all how deeply I care for you and for your hearts and souls. You are in my prayers daily, and I know from your kind notes that you pray for me and my family as well.
Something is deeply troubling me and I wish to bring it to light.
I have noticed many of my friends have lost interest in discussing the many serious issues America faces these days.
Abortion is being abandoned by many, perceived as a lost cause.
Still not proven American citizen "President" Obama is not worth scrutinizing anymore.
America's financial ruin is imminent, yet few are talking about it.
Homosexually active people are creating new rights for themselves and demanding the voices of reason climb into the closets they themselves have exited, yet so many of my friends and allies are no longer talking about these serious problems.
Have we forgotten that God will not bless a nation which turns her back on Him and His laws?
I am noticing many people who were formerly passionate and involved in both prayer and culture-resistant activism are now retreating into daily game playing, meaningless survey participation and other completely engrossing yet distracting recreation.
Please do not misunderstand; I absolutely agree some recreation is good and in fact necessary in our lives. and I agree in the midst of deeply troubling times, we need a little humor and levity to keep our sanity and hopeful perspective. But what I believe I'm witnessing among many of my friends and allies is outright denial, a complete exit from healthy Christian activism and a plummet into fantasy world activities. Too many of my friends and acquaintances are quietly becoming incognito, or worse, conspicuously advertising their new addictions to silly activities on the Internet.
This worries me and I need to challenge it, right here and now.
If this is not you, then do not take offense.
But if it may be you, stop and consider.
Please get back to God. If you see yourself here in my concerns, please kneel right now and pray that God reveal His will for you. Don't wait another moment.
I will kneel for you, and for myself, as well, right now.
We must not give up on our wonderful country, or roll over submissively while our nation continues to decay and our children become the next generation of victims of its socially and morally plummeting culture.
"Father God, I ask you to reach into the hearts of every person receiving this petition from my heart. Lead all souls reading this message to a deep desire to serve you again in prayer, in charity, in constructive and in reconstructive action, to re-build Your Kingdom in our great land. Amen."
God bless you and God bless America.
- Dawn
Dawn puts into different words what I have been feeling also. I hear less and less from people and friends. More complaining enough of the politics. Hardly any repsonses from my last few prayer requests I sent out. Where is everyone? Or have I overstayed my welcome in your inbox??
Carey
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A personal message from Dawn Slike
Dear Local Friends and Allies,
I first wish to remind you all how deeply I care for you and for your hearts and souls. You are in my prayers daily, and I know from your kind notes that you pray for me and my family as well.
Something is deeply troubling me and I wish to bring it to light.
I have noticed many of my friends have lost interest in discussing the many serious issues America faces these days.
Abortion is being abandoned by many, perceived as a lost cause.
Still not proven American citizen "President" Obama is not worth scrutinizing anymore.
America's financial ruin is imminent, yet few are talking about it.
Homosexually active people are creating new rights for themselves and demanding the voices of reason climb into the closets they themselves have exited, yet so many of my friends and allies are no longer talking about these serious problems.
Have we forgotten that God will not bless a nation which turns her back on Him and His laws?
I am noticing many people who were formerly passionate and involved in both prayer and culture-resistant activism are now retreating into daily game playing, meaningless survey participation and other completely engrossing yet distracting recreation.
Please do not misunderstand; I absolutely agree some recreation is good and in fact necessary in our lives. and I agree in the midst of deeply troubling times, we need a little humor and levity to keep our sanity and hopeful perspective. But what I believe I'm witnessing among many of my friends and allies is outright denial, a complete exit from healthy Christian activism and a plummet into fantasy world activities. Too many of my friends and acquaintances are quietly becoming incognito, or worse, conspicuously advertising their new addictions to silly activities on the Internet.
This worries me and I need to challenge it, right here and now.
If this is not you, then do not take offense.
But if it may be you, stop and consider.
Please get back to God. If you see yourself here in my concerns, please kneel right now and pray that God reveal His will for you. Don't wait another moment.
I will kneel for you, and for myself, as well, right now.
We must not give up on our wonderful country, or roll over submissively while our nation continues to decay and our children become the next generation of victims of its socially and morally plummeting culture.
"Father God, I ask you to reach into the hearts of every person receiving this petition from my heart. Lead all souls reading this message to a deep desire to serve you again in prayer, in charity, in constructive and in reconstructive action, to re-build Your Kingdom in our great land. Amen."
God bless you and God bless America.
- Dawn
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Emily's story, how this pertains to YOU and my Euclid story.
Friends,
This is a long read but its vitally important you do read it in its entirety. This is from my friend Emily in California. You may ask yourself how does this pertain to me and how can this even remotely have anything to do with Euclid? Read it and I will tie up the loose ends.
CKM
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Dear Carey,
In September 2005 a cps worker came but found everything in order at my sister's house. But what was happening was my 8 year old neice at the time did not like using the bathrooms at school, so when she needed to go really bad, she would hold herself to keep from wetting herself. Now the teacher should have understood this, but instead she thought my neice was masturbating and assumed there was sexual abuse going on in the household. Without even trying to find out what was really going on, she submitted a report of child abuse to Riverside County Child Protective Services. As CPS was building their case, the school began allowing a worker named Pamela Acra (who wasn't even fully licensed yet) come to my neice's and nephew's school to interview all 3 of them. The kids finally told my sister that the principal was calling them out of class to talk to some lady that was asking them questions.
My sister was served a notice to appear in court (she lived in Perris, Ca and the courthouse was in Riverside, CA) about 30 miles away when she had no car. Personally, I think she should have bummed a ride from someone but anyways, someone at the CPS office told her on the phone that the hearing wasn't mandatory. Well she didn't go, and the judge decided to have the Adrian, Maya, and Brenna taken out of the home. The sheriff and a CPS worker came to their house, cuffed my mother and sister, and took the kids just as all of them were about to go trick-or-treating. My 3 year old neice was cry and screaming, and Maya and Adrian were crying too. My sister had prescription Vicodin from a doctor for an injury but when the worker saw the bottle on the counter she thought my sister was a druggie or something.
While the kids were gone from the house, CPS began trying to add bogus charges to the case to stack the deck against us. They started inventing interview dates with the kids that never took place because the kids had been gone from school that day sick. The judge Padilla, who could see all of this was crap but did nothing about it magically lost his job in the 2 months the kids were gone. In the mean time I was calling every state, county, and city authority I could think of but somehow they were all on vacation.
A supposed court reporter showed up at the house to interview my mom and sister about their side of the case, well because my mom and sister believed her, they also gave her all of the records they had been keeping to mount a case against CPS. The court recorder turned out to be a CPS employee and so the documents and their side of the story magically disappeared. Eventually the attorney that had been representing the kids began representing my sister when he started to realize just how brutally wrong everything was that was going on. All I have to say is THANK GOD FOR FREE JEWISH LAWYERS.
The kids were placed into "temporary custody" with my sister and mom on December 23, 2005. We were fortunate because we saw a lot of other parents coming out of court from their cases crying because for the first time in their lives, their children wouldn't be with them for Christmas. In March of 2006, the case was closed and the CPS file "deleted." What angered us was that when the judge did this, he included a statement that said: "The conditions in the Lopez home have improved considerably since October of 2005, therefore this court finds that full custody will be granted back to the birth mother." The conditions in the house never warranted the kids being taken in the first place, but they refused to admit they had ever been wrong. So to justify taking them in the first place, they said, the conditions have since changed. But unfortunately, we also don't have the protections of double-jeopardy since it only reached hearing status and not trial status and since the CPS file was purged, there's nothing to show it had ever happened in the first place. Needless to say, my sister moved out of Riverside County a.s.a.p.
This is a long read but its vitally important you do read it in its entirety. This is from my friend Emily in California. You may ask yourself how does this pertain to me and how can this even remotely have anything to do with Euclid? Read it and I will tie up the loose ends.
CKM
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Dear Carey,
In September 2005 a cps worker came but found everything in order at my sister's house. But what was happening was my 8 year old neice at the time did not like using the bathrooms at school, so when she needed to go really bad, she would hold herself to keep from wetting herself. Now the teacher should have understood this, but instead she thought my neice was masturbating and assumed there was sexual abuse going on in the household. Without even trying to find out what was really going on, she submitted a report of child abuse to Riverside County Child Protective Services. As CPS was building their case, the school began allowing a worker named Pamela Acra (who wasn't even fully licensed yet) come to my neice's and nephew's school to interview all 3 of them. The kids finally told my sister that the principal was calling them out of class to talk to some lady that was asking them questions.
My sister was served a notice to appear in court (she lived in Perris, Ca and the courthouse was in Riverside, CA) about 30 miles away when she had no car. Personally, I think she should have bummed a ride from someone but anyways, someone at the CPS office told her on the phone that the hearing wasn't mandatory. Well she didn't go, and the judge decided to have the Adrian, Maya, and Brenna taken out of the home. The sheriff and a CPS worker came to their house, cuffed my mother and sister, and took the kids just as all of them were about to go trick-or-treating. My 3 year old neice was cry and screaming, and Maya and Adrian were crying too. My sister had prescription Vicodin from a doctor for an injury but when the worker saw the bottle on the counter she thought my sister was a druggie or something.
While the kids were gone from the house, CPS began trying to add bogus charges to the case to stack the deck against us. They started inventing interview dates with the kids that never took place because the kids had been gone from school that day sick. The judge Padilla, who could see all of this was crap but did nothing about it magically lost his job in the 2 months the kids were gone. In the mean time I was calling every state, county, and city authority I could think of but somehow they were all on vacation.
A supposed court reporter showed up at the house to interview my mom and sister about their side of the case, well because my mom and sister believed her, they also gave her all of the records they had been keeping to mount a case against CPS. The court recorder turned out to be a CPS employee and so the documents and their side of the story magically disappeared. Eventually the attorney that had been representing the kids began representing my sister when he started to realize just how brutally wrong everything was that was going on. All I have to say is THANK GOD FOR FREE JEWISH LAWYERS.
The kids were placed into "temporary custody" with my sister and mom on December 23, 2005. We were fortunate because we saw a lot of other parents coming out of court from their cases crying because for the first time in their lives, their children wouldn't be with them for Christmas. In March of 2006, the case was closed and the CPS file "deleted." What angered us was that when the judge did this, he included a statement that said: "The conditions in the Lopez home have improved considerably since October of 2005, therefore this court finds that full custody will be granted back to the birth mother." The conditions in the house never warranted the kids being taken in the first place, but they refused to admit they had ever been wrong. So to justify taking them in the first place, they said, the conditions have since changed. But unfortunately, we also don't have the protections of double-jeopardy since it only reached hearing status and not trial status and since the CPS file was purged, there's nothing to show it had ever happened in the first place. Needless to say, my sister moved out of Riverside County a.s.a.p.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Some observations and things I have heard
Hey Gang,
So much is going on, unfortunately most bad. Here are some observations and things I have heard that I pray don't come true.
GM as part of the bailout agreement will be making more cars in Mexico and will start to produce cars in China. Obama is pushing hard for these mergers. Still don't believe in the one world system?
GM, Chrysler, and Ford have to go or significantly downsize. They are one of the last, if not the last, giant manufacturing companies in America. They need to fold and/or merge to weaken America even further. Its all part of the globalization.
China is starting to demand another currency for global transactions. The dollar is deeply in trouble. When the dollar tanks look out, the new currency will appear. It has been rumored for awhile of a new currency called the Amero. This unprecedented spending by the Obama administration could herald it in a lot sooner. Why not go on a spending spree if you know the dollar is going to crash.
Gold could hit $1,000.00 an ounce soon and the $2 to 3,000.00 range is not out of the realm of possibility.
I knew the minute Obama would talk of ending the oil subsidies the price of crude would spike and sure enough it has.
Here is a question. What is the difference between communism and the way Euclid completely controls what you do with your house? I am serious, I want to know the difference.
California is once again looking at legalizing marijuana. Why? The state is broke and they think selling pot off the counter would be a boon for tax revenue. Let me educate you real quick. No matter how much our government brings in its never enough. So they bring in all this new revenue but they won't pay down on the deficit, they will spend it. Furthermore, unlike ending prohibition where alcohol is a beverage and has other benefits, marijuana has one main purpose and that is to get you high. And the cost to society will be as great or greater than the damage of alcoholism.
Lets hope I am wrong on all of these.
Carey
So much is going on, unfortunately most bad. Here are some observations and things I have heard that I pray don't come true.
GM as part of the bailout agreement will be making more cars in Mexico and will start to produce cars in China. Obama is pushing hard for these mergers. Still don't believe in the one world system?
GM, Chrysler, and Ford have to go or significantly downsize. They are one of the last, if not the last, giant manufacturing companies in America. They need to fold and/or merge to weaken America even further. Its all part of the globalization.
China is starting to demand another currency for global transactions. The dollar is deeply in trouble. When the dollar tanks look out, the new currency will appear. It has been rumored for awhile of a new currency called the Amero. This unprecedented spending by the Obama administration could herald it in a lot sooner. Why not go on a spending spree if you know the dollar is going to crash.
Gold could hit $1,000.00 an ounce soon and the $2 to 3,000.00 range is not out of the realm of possibility.
I knew the minute Obama would talk of ending the oil subsidies the price of crude would spike and sure enough it has.
Here is a question. What is the difference between communism and the way Euclid completely controls what you do with your house? I am serious, I want to know the difference.
California is once again looking at legalizing marijuana. Why? The state is broke and they think selling pot off the counter would be a boon for tax revenue. Let me educate you real quick. No matter how much our government brings in its never enough. So they bring in all this new revenue but they won't pay down on the deficit, they will spend it. Furthermore, unlike ending prohibition where alcohol is a beverage and has other benefits, marijuana has one main purpose and that is to get you high. And the cost to society will be as great or greater than the damage of alcoholism.
Lets hope I am wrong on all of these.
Carey
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
"Big government got even bigger"
I had a hard time titling this article. My choices were "Big government got even bigger", "Hitlers and Obama's vision of a peoples car",
"Obama grabs more power". All three fit.
An article from Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090430/pl_bloomberg/aoybbwn4b6le
Excerpts from it.
The president’s staff is aiming for Chrysler to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today to pave the way for Fiat to take a 20 percent stake in the Auburn Hills, Michigan-based automaker. If Chrysler has to go through bankruptcy, it won’t take long, Obama said.
Is this the role of a president? Why is an American President, have to add the word American because maybe he isn't?, trying to forge an alliance with a foreign company? What happened to the stout little 2.2 Chrysler had, why can't they revive that? Why isn't Obama encouraging ANY American company to step up and supply a small engine, even a company like Harley Davidson? Honda started out as a motor cycle manufacturer.
Chrysler’s best assets would be sold to a new entity that would have an ownership structure similar to that envisioned in an out-of-court deal between the U.S. automaker and Turin, Italy-based Fiat, said the people, who declined to be named because discussions are private.
Once again America is getting fleeced. The further weakening of America to bring on the one world government.
Marchionne restored profit at Fiat in 2005 after introducing new models and sharing more components among cars and through cooperative projects with competitors. Fiat has several partnerships including ventures or joint projects with PSA Peugeot SA, Ford Motor Co. and Tata Motors Ltd. Fiat, Ford, Chrysler are are intertwined. Honda engines were put in Saturns. The Chevy HHR is made in Mexico. I could go on and on.
One issue remaining is the U.S. government’s effort to combine Chrysler Financial and GMAC LLC, the lending units affiliated with Chrysler and General Motors Corp. Now the government is attempting to combine GMC with Chrysler after Obama encouraged the merger of Chrysler with Fiat! Can you see where this heading? Will any American company be safe? And still most of you don't believe in the one world government theory.
If thats not enough read these excerpts from the most recent Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_autos
President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money — up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 — behind his plan for higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tougher rules on their greenhouse gas emissions. In return, Obama said Tuesday in unveiling the plan, drivers would make up the higher cost of more fuel-efficient, cleaner vehicles by buying less gas at the pump.
A new peoples car, similar to what Hitler had in mind with the Volkswagen. BUT at least Hitlers vision was for cheap affordable cars.
Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more. And so will the services we get from landscapers, plumbers etc... and everything else we buy.
That means cars and trucks on American roads will have to become smaller, lighter and more efficient.
Eric Fedewa, vice president of global powertrain forecasting for the auto consulting firm CSM Worldwide in Northville, Mich., said the changes will make pickup trucks so much more expensive that they will be used almost exclusively for work.
Goodby rv's! Which also means the big pickup trucks that people use to haul or tow everything from boats, atv's, horse trailors, to mention a few, will not exist. What are we suppose to use??
Of course, developing the technology will cost money — billions of dollars — and automakers will pass that on to their customers. Whats in your wallet?
This sentence is very very important, read this carefully!!!
Automakers have said they need stable, relatively high gasoline prices to create a market for electric vehicles. General Motors fears rolling out its rechargeable Chevrolet Volt next year with gas at $2 per gallon. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY GAS IS SOARING AGAIN!!! The government needs to create a need.
I believe with all the new rules and government interference it won't be long before Obama puts tighter restrictions on collector cars which could spell the end of the hobby. Enjoy it while you can.
CKM
"Obama grabs more power". All three fit.
An article from Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090430/pl_bloomberg/aoybbwn4b6le
Excerpts from it.
The president’s staff is aiming for Chrysler to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today to pave the way for Fiat to take a 20 percent stake in the Auburn Hills, Michigan-based automaker. If Chrysler has to go through bankruptcy, it won’t take long, Obama said.
Is this the role of a president? Why is an American President, have to add the word American because maybe he isn't?, trying to forge an alliance with a foreign company? What happened to the stout little 2.2 Chrysler had, why can't they revive that? Why isn't Obama encouraging ANY American company to step up and supply a small engine, even a company like Harley Davidson? Honda started out as a motor cycle manufacturer.
Chrysler’s best assets would be sold to a new entity that would have an ownership structure similar to that envisioned in an out-of-court deal between the U.S. automaker and Turin, Italy-based Fiat, said the people, who declined to be named because discussions are private.
Once again America is getting fleeced. The further weakening of America to bring on the one world government.
Marchionne restored profit at Fiat in 2005 after introducing new models and sharing more components among cars and through cooperative projects with competitors. Fiat has several partnerships including ventures or joint projects with PSA Peugeot SA, Ford Motor Co. and Tata Motors Ltd. Fiat, Ford, Chrysler are are intertwined. Honda engines were put in Saturns. The Chevy HHR is made in Mexico. I could go on and on.
One issue remaining is the U.S. government’s effort to combine Chrysler Financial and GMAC LLC, the lending units affiliated with Chrysler and General Motors Corp. Now the government is attempting to combine GMC with Chrysler after Obama encouraged the merger of Chrysler with Fiat! Can you see where this heading? Will any American company be safe? And still most of you don't believe in the one world government theory.
If thats not enough read these excerpts from the most recent Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_autos
President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money — up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 — behind his plan for higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tougher rules on their greenhouse gas emissions. In return, Obama said Tuesday in unveiling the plan, drivers would make up the higher cost of more fuel-efficient, cleaner vehicles by buying less gas at the pump.
A new peoples car, similar to what Hitler had in mind with the Volkswagen. BUT at least Hitlers vision was for cheap affordable cars.
Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more. And so will the services we get from landscapers, plumbers etc... and everything else we buy.
That means cars and trucks on American roads will have to become smaller, lighter and more efficient.
Eric Fedewa, vice president of global powertrain forecasting for the auto consulting firm CSM Worldwide in Northville, Mich., said the changes will make pickup trucks so much more expensive that they will be used almost exclusively for work.
Goodby rv's! Which also means the big pickup trucks that people use to haul or tow everything from boats, atv's, horse trailors, to mention a few, will not exist. What are we suppose to use??
Of course, developing the technology will cost money — billions of dollars — and automakers will pass that on to their customers. Whats in your wallet?
This sentence is very very important, read this carefully!!!
Automakers have said they need stable, relatively high gasoline prices to create a market for electric vehicles. General Motors fears rolling out its rechargeable Chevrolet Volt next year with gas at $2 per gallon. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY GAS IS SOARING AGAIN!!! The government needs to create a need.
I believe with all the new rules and government interference it won't be long before Obama puts tighter restrictions on collector cars which could spell the end of the hobby. Enjoy it while you can.
CKM
Sunday, May 24, 2009
My memoriam for Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a holiday that is so different than the others. Christmas, Easter, and the rest of the holidays are festive occasions that are easy to greet someone with have a happy or merry or enjoy the holiday. But how do you greet someone for Memorial Day? After all it is a day of remembrance for those killed in war. Sadly Memorial Day is turning into a day that we associate with a long weekend, the kickoff to summer, the first picnics. Maybe we should have a memorial to remember what the true meaning of Memorial Day is..
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I know what the true meaning of Memorial Day is but I personally have expanded it to include any veteran who is no longer with us. I could make a blanket statement and say something like remember our veterans who have served and made a difference in this country. But instead I would like to honor one veteran in particular this Memorial Day. He didn't die in battle and hardly ever spoke of his duty in WWII but I know he served his country well and his involvement help shape who he was. He trained in Arkansas and was stationed in France. I frequently think of him. His name was Grandpa Maurer. He passed on about 17 years ago. A man of character and a huge heart who would help anyone. He frequently spoke of a great injustice that he tried so hard to petition the government to overturn. It was the Notch Baby law. When ever I hear that term I think of Grandpa Maurer's struggle. Any person that is cheated it is unfortunate but even more so when it is a veteran. Grandpa Maurer thank you for your service, you are not forgotten.
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I decided to expand the meaning of Memorial Day even further this year. This may seen like a contradiction of my first paragraph stating what Memorial Day is all about. If you think about it though, its really not a contradiction, because why did all those veterans serve and put their lives in harms way? To promote freedom and ultimately secure our freedom here at home. Its very sad that America is more than half way to being a socialist country. Daily it seems we lose another freedom and another God given right.
So the freedoms I would like to remember is the rights that were taken away from me, the freedom of being able to use my own house as I see fit to help a family member in need and my freedom of speech. I was told not to blog or write anymore hate mail. I never considered it hate mail. All I was doing was telling the truth about what was going on. America the land of the free..... and yet I had to spend a night in jail because of my decision to have my nephew stay in my house and the legal battle is still not over.
Our forefathers, fellow man, relatives, neighbors who were either drafted or volunteered to secure our freedoms only for our elected officials to take these freedoms away is tragic.
In memoriam to all who served and are no longer with us, veterans who gave their lives defending our freedom, Grandpa Maurer and our freedoms and God given rights that we have lost.
CKM
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I know what the true meaning of Memorial Day is but I personally have expanded it to include any veteran who is no longer with us. I could make a blanket statement and say something like remember our veterans who have served and made a difference in this country. But instead I would like to honor one veteran in particular this Memorial Day. He didn't die in battle and hardly ever spoke of his duty in WWII but I know he served his country well and his involvement help shape who he was. He trained in Arkansas and was stationed in France. I frequently think of him. His name was Grandpa Maurer. He passed on about 17 years ago. A man of character and a huge heart who would help anyone. He frequently spoke of a great injustice that he tried so hard to petition the government to overturn. It was the Notch Baby law. When ever I hear that term I think of Grandpa Maurer's struggle. Any person that is cheated it is unfortunate but even more so when it is a veteran. Grandpa Maurer thank you for your service, you are not forgotten.
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I decided to expand the meaning of Memorial Day even further this year. This may seen like a contradiction of my first paragraph stating what Memorial Day is all about. If you think about it though, its really not a contradiction, because why did all those veterans serve and put their lives in harms way? To promote freedom and ultimately secure our freedom here at home. Its very sad that America is more than half way to being a socialist country. Daily it seems we lose another freedom and another God given right.
So the freedoms I would like to remember is the rights that were taken away from me, the freedom of being able to use my own house as I see fit to help a family member in need and my freedom of speech. I was told not to blog or write anymore hate mail. I never considered it hate mail. All I was doing was telling the truth about what was going on. America the land of the free..... and yet I had to spend a night in jail because of my decision to have my nephew stay in my house and the legal battle is still not over.
Our forefathers, fellow man, relatives, neighbors who were either drafted or volunteered to secure our freedoms only for our elected officials to take these freedoms away is tragic.
In memoriam to all who served and are no longer with us, veterans who gave their lives defending our freedom, Grandpa Maurer and our freedoms and God given rights that we have lost.
CKM
Friday, May 22, 2009
political correctness attacks Chief Wahoo
Well, political correctness attacks Chief Wahoo of the Cleveland Indians once again.
Is it really insensitive? I don't think so. Heck if Cleveland had a baseball team named the Italians and a guy with a big nose named Wop as its mascot/logo I wouldn't be offended I would have a lot of fun with it. The new logo in question has Chief Wahoo in stars and stripes. I find it to be in bad taste design wise but thats it.
BUT maybe it is time to do away with Chief Wahoo anyway, after all its been since 1948 that they've won the World Series.
What would be more appropriate? How about Chief BooHoo.
CKM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/MLB-pulls-Chief-Wahoo-off-Cleveland-s-09-Stars-?urn=mlb,164637
Is it really insensitive? I don't think so. Heck if Cleveland had a baseball team named the Italians and a guy with a big nose named Wop as its mascot/logo I wouldn't be offended I would have a lot of fun with it. The new logo in question has Chief Wahoo in stars and stripes. I find it to be in bad taste design wise but thats it.
BUT maybe it is time to do away with Chief Wahoo anyway, after all its been since 1948 that they've won the World Series.
What would be more appropriate? How about Chief BooHoo.
CKM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/MLB-pulls-Chief-Wahoo-off-Cleveland-s-09-Stars-?urn=mlb,164637
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
I had a hard time titling this article. My choices were "Big government got even bigger", "Hitlers and Obama's vision of a peoples car",
"Obama grabs more power". All three fit.
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An article from Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090430/pl_bloomberg/aoybbwn4b6le
Excerpts from it.
The president’s staff is aiming for Chrysler to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today to pave the way for Fiat to take a 20 percent stake in the Auburn Hills, Michigan-based automaker. If Chrysler has to go through bankruptcy, it won’t take long, Obama said.
Is this the role of a president? Why is an American President, have to add the word American because maybe he isn't?, trying to forge an alliance with a foreign company? What happened to the stout little 2.2 Chrysler had, why can't they revive that? Why isn't Obama encouraging ANY American company to step up and supply a small engine, even a company like Harley Davidson? Honda started out as a motor cycle manufacturer.
Chrysler’s best assets would be sold to a new entity that would have an ownership structure similar to that envisioned in an out-of-court deal between the U.S. automaker and Turin, Italy-based Fiat, said the people, who declined to be named because discussions are private.
Once again America is getting fleeced. The further weakening of America to bring on the one world government.
Marchionne restored profit at Fiat in 2005 after introducing new models and sharing more components among cars and through cooperative projects with competitors. Fiat has several partnerships including ventures or joint projects with PSA Peugeot SA, Ford Motor Co. and Tata Motors Ltd.
Fiat, Ford, Chrysler are are intertwined. Honda engines were put in Saturns. The Chevy HHR is made in Mexico. I could go on and on.
One issue remaining is the U.S. government’s effort to combine Chrysler Financial and GMAC LLC, the lending units affiliated with Chrysler and General Motors Corp.
Now the government is attempting to combine GMC with Chrysler after Obama encouraged the merger of Chrysler with Fiat! Can you see where this heading? Will any American company be safe? And still most of you don't believe in the one world government theory.
If thats not enough read these excerpts from the most recent Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_autos
President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money — up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 — behind his plan for higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tougher rules on their greenhouse gas emissions. In return, Obama said Tuesday in unveiling the plan, drivers would make up the higher cost of more fuel-efficient, cleaner vehicles by buying less gas at the pump.
A new peoples car, similar to what Hitler had in mind with the Volkswagen. BUT at least Hitlers vision was for cheap affordable cars.
Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more.
And so will the services we get from landscapers, plumbers etc... and everything else we buy.
That means cars and trucks on American roads will have to become smaller, lighter and more efficient.
Eric Fedewa, vice president of global powertrain forecasting for the auto consulting firm CSM Worldwide in Northville, Mich., said the changes will make pickup trucks so much more expensive that they will be used almost exclusively for work.
Goodby rv's! Also the big pickup trucks that people use to haul or tow everything from boats, atv's, horse trailors, to mention a few, will not exist. What are we suppose to use??
Of course, developing the technology will cost money — billions of dollars — and automakers will pass that on to their customers.
Whats in your wallet?
This sentence is very very important, read this carefully!!!
Automakers have said they need stable, relatively high gasoline prices to create a market for electric vehicles. General Motors fears rolling out its rechargeable Chevrolet Volt next year with gas at $2 per gallon.
THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY GAS IS SOARING AGAIN!!! The government needs to create a need.
I believe with all the new rules and government interference it won't be long before Obama puts tighter restrictions on collector cars which could spell the end of the hobby. Enjoy it while you can.
CKM
"Obama grabs more power". All three fit.
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An article from Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090430/pl_bloomberg/aoybbwn4b6le
Excerpts from it.
The president’s staff is aiming for Chrysler to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as today to pave the way for Fiat to take a 20 percent stake in the Auburn Hills, Michigan-based automaker. If Chrysler has to go through bankruptcy, it won’t take long, Obama said.
Is this the role of a president? Why is an American President, have to add the word American because maybe he isn't?, trying to forge an alliance with a foreign company? What happened to the stout little 2.2 Chrysler had, why can't they revive that? Why isn't Obama encouraging ANY American company to step up and supply a small engine, even a company like Harley Davidson? Honda started out as a motor cycle manufacturer.
Chrysler’s best assets would be sold to a new entity that would have an ownership structure similar to that envisioned in an out-of-court deal between the U.S. automaker and Turin, Italy-based Fiat, said the people, who declined to be named because discussions are private.
Once again America is getting fleeced. The further weakening of America to bring on the one world government.
Marchionne restored profit at Fiat in 2005 after introducing new models and sharing more components among cars and through cooperative projects with competitors. Fiat has several partnerships including ventures or joint projects with PSA Peugeot SA, Ford Motor Co. and Tata Motors Ltd.
Fiat, Ford, Chrysler are are intertwined. Honda engines were put in Saturns. The Chevy HHR is made in Mexico. I could go on and on.
One issue remaining is the U.S. government’s effort to combine Chrysler Financial and GMAC LLC, the lending units affiliated with Chrysler and General Motors Corp.
Now the government is attempting to combine GMC with Chrysler after Obama encouraged the merger of Chrysler with Fiat! Can you see where this heading? Will any American company be safe? And still most of you don't believe in the one world government theory.
If thats not enough read these excerpts from the most recent Yahoo news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_autos
President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money — up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 — behind his plan for higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tougher rules on their greenhouse gas emissions. In return, Obama said Tuesday in unveiling the plan, drivers would make up the higher cost of more fuel-efficient, cleaner vehicles by buying less gas at the pump.
A new peoples car, similar to what Hitler had in mind with the Volkswagen. BUT at least Hitlers vision was for cheap affordable cars.
Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more.
And so will the services we get from landscapers, plumbers etc... and everything else we buy.
That means cars and trucks on American roads will have to become smaller, lighter and more efficient.
Eric Fedewa, vice president of global powertrain forecasting for the auto consulting firm CSM Worldwide in Northville, Mich., said the changes will make pickup trucks so much more expensive that they will be used almost exclusively for work.
Goodby rv's! Also the big pickup trucks that people use to haul or tow everything from boats, atv's, horse trailors, to mention a few, will not exist. What are we suppose to use??
Of course, developing the technology will cost money — billions of dollars — and automakers will pass that on to their customers.
Whats in your wallet?
This sentence is very very important, read this carefully!!!
Automakers have said they need stable, relatively high gasoline prices to create a market for electric vehicles. General Motors fears rolling out its rechargeable Chevrolet Volt next year with gas at $2 per gallon.
THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY GAS IS SOARING AGAIN!!! The government needs to create a need.
I believe with all the new rules and government interference it won't be long before Obama puts tighter restrictions on collector cars which could spell the end of the hobby. Enjoy it while you can.
CKM
Monday, May 11, 2009
Somethings never change.
Somethings never change.
Today we grumble about the illegals that come here and take jobs away because they offer cheap labor. But did you know that some whites complained about slavery for the same reason?
I was just reading an article in the Kentucky Explorer about President Lincoln that my friend, Millard from Kentucky, sent me. The article was about one of Lincoln's speeches he gave on the bank of the Ohio River in Cincinnati aimed at the Kentuckians who crossed over to hear him. This article states:
.....in the audience were poor whites whose lives were greatly affected by the institution of slavery in the Commonwealth,..... as a result of slavery, hovered economically just barely above subsistence. Their low wages were the direct result of the competition with free slave labor.
Haven't we learned anything? NOPE! Slavery, illegals, sending out jobs to foreign countries who underpay their people or use slave labor, its all the same. Whether its 1860 or 2009, in the end, we all pay for this injustice as our wages keep falling to keep pace with the cheaper labor. They get exploited, and we barely make a living.
Where there is injustice, everyone suffers.
CKM
Today we grumble about the illegals that come here and take jobs away because they offer cheap labor. But did you know that some whites complained about slavery for the same reason?
I was just reading an article in the Kentucky Explorer about President Lincoln that my friend, Millard from Kentucky, sent me. The article was about one of Lincoln's speeches he gave on the bank of the Ohio River in Cincinnati aimed at the Kentuckians who crossed over to hear him. This article states:
.....in the audience were poor whites whose lives were greatly affected by the institution of slavery in the Commonwealth,..... as a result of slavery, hovered economically just barely above subsistence. Their low wages were the direct result of the competition with free slave labor.
Haven't we learned anything? NOPE! Slavery, illegals, sending out jobs to foreign countries who underpay their people or use slave labor, its all the same. Whether its 1860 or 2009, in the end, we all pay for this injustice as our wages keep falling to keep pace with the cheaper labor. They get exploited, and we barely make a living.
Where there is injustice, everyone suffers.
CKM
35,000 and 15,000
I went to the Cleveland City Club and attended the forum on the foreclosure crisis. I walked away from it sad, very sad.
35,000 empty houses in Cuyahoga County. Euclid has so many that Mayor Cervenek wasn't even sure on the exact number, he said 600 to 700, I heard closer to 1,000. Whats even more sad is there's another 15,000 houses slated for demolition.
15,000 houses coming down, 15,000 empty lots. Shocking.
Friends, you best get on your knees, America is in trouble and sinking fast.
The panel of about five mayors offered no hope and no real solutions for home owners and the homeless. In fact they were hardly mentioned. I asked Jeff, who attended with me, how would he title the meeting? He wasn't sure. I said if I had to write an article I would title it City Club Forum Offers Little Hope.
35,000 empty houses, 15,00 more slated for demolition.
I was under the impression that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss ways to keep people in their houses, government aid, help of some sort. Nope, it was all about what to do with the empty houses and how to keep the cities looking their best. Mayor Cervenek said we use to charge $50.00 for a lawn cutting, now we upped it to $150.00, banks need to maintain their foreclosed houses. Euclid has a strict 6 inch policy for lawns. All I heard was more government. Zero talk of helping with the property tax, zero talk of returning jobs, zero talk of easing inspections to allow people at least to stay in their houses. Nothing but just more government.
35,000 empty houses - 15,000 more slated for demolition.
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An older gentleman I know joined us at our table. All through the meeting he scribbled Nazi signs and whispered more government, more of the same.
This meeting was something everyone should of attended. I tried telling a few, but no responses. We can't take back our cities if we don't speak up.
I walked out of that meeting deeply saddened and what popped in my head was the trail of tears and the vision of being forced out of their homes and land. In modern times its still the government and/or the bank that can take your property and possibly have your house torn down. The crime, in most cases, lose of job.
Head for the hills, run for your lives.
CKM
35,000 empty houses in Cuyahoga County. Euclid has so many that Mayor Cervenek wasn't even sure on the exact number, he said 600 to 700, I heard closer to 1,000. Whats even more sad is there's another 15,000 houses slated for demolition.
15,000 houses coming down, 15,000 empty lots. Shocking.
Friends, you best get on your knees, America is in trouble and sinking fast.
The panel of about five mayors offered no hope and no real solutions for home owners and the homeless. In fact they were hardly mentioned. I asked Jeff, who attended with me, how would he title the meeting? He wasn't sure. I said if I had to write an article I would title it City Club Forum Offers Little Hope.
35,000 empty houses, 15,00 more slated for demolition.
I was under the impression that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss ways to keep people in their houses, government aid, help of some sort. Nope, it was all about what to do with the empty houses and how to keep the cities looking their best. Mayor Cervenek said we use to charge $50.00 for a lawn cutting, now we upped it to $150.00, banks need to maintain their foreclosed houses. Euclid has a strict 6 inch policy for lawns. All I heard was more government. Zero talk of helping with the property tax, zero talk of returning jobs, zero talk of easing inspections to allow people at least to stay in their houses. Nothing but just more government.
35,000 empty houses - 15,000 more slated for demolition.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An older gentleman I know joined us at our table. All through the meeting he scribbled Nazi signs and whispered more government, more of the same.
This meeting was something everyone should of attended. I tried telling a few, but no responses. We can't take back our cities if we don't speak up.
I walked out of that meeting deeply saddened and what popped in my head was the trail of tears and the vision of being forced out of their homes and land. In modern times its still the government and/or the bank that can take your property and possibly have your house torn down. The crime, in most cases, lose of job.
Head for the hills, run for your lives.
CKM
Saturday, May 09, 2009
What does Hitler and Obama have in common?
What does Hitler and Obama have in common? Read what the Obama administration wants to do. Reminds one of the Hitler youth programs. In a nutshell, you conceive the child, we the government will raise them as we see fit.
CKM
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THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
U.S. sovereignty on swap block
Obama negotiating for seat for U.S. on U.N. commission
Posted: April 30, 2009
9:20 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
The Obama administration is preparing to swap U..S. sovereignty for a higher level of U.S. presence at the United Nations, a plan that has alarmed officials working to protect the rights of Americans, specifically the parental rights that traditionally have been recognized across the nation's history.
Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association and chancellor of Patrick Henry College , said, "The move is little more than another attempt at political correctness by an administration frantic for acceptance by the international community."
Farris also is a dedicated leader behind the effort to change the U.S. Constitution through the amendment process to restore and protect parental rights.
WND reported just days ago his warning that parental rights in the U.S.. already are being diminished.
"The erosion is upon us," he said then.
Eighty years ago, the amendment website notes, "the Supreme Court declared that 'the child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.'"
Ready for a second Declaration of Independence? Sign Farah's petition to protect U.S. sovereignty from Obama's globalist ambitions.
However, according to Farris, a survey last year of state and federal appellate court rulings found "the vast majority of the court decisions refused to acknowledge traditional parental rights are fundamental rights."
Read an in-depth profile on Michael Farris,
Now Farris is alerting to the plan in the Obama White House to try to secure a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body of 47 member states.
However, it has no legal authority and only offers opinions.
The report from Farris said to secure its seat, the Obama camp has submitted a series of "Commitments and Pledges" declaring its loyalty and "deep commitment" to the U.N.
Farris is familiar with the U.N. and its operations, having proposed the Parental Rights Amendment to prevent the loss of U.S. sovereignty to the U.N. through its treaties, such as the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, which could be used to prevent parents from spanking their own children or directing their religious training.
"This (Obama) administration is all about photo ops," said Farris, "and is apparently willing to trade away U.S. sovereignty for a seat on a council which has no legal authority."
In the April 27 "Commitments" document released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice, the U.S. representative to the international body, the Obama White House pledged its support for the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, which also makes the U.S. subservient to the international agenda.
If the two cited treaties are adopted, Farris said, they will "not only jeopardize U..S. sovereignty but hasten the end of the traditional American family.
"All U.N. treaties require strict scrutiny," he cautioned. "The pledge, as written, expresses no such need but, rather, unilaterally commits the U.S. to meet its U.N. treaty obligations. Apparently, for this administration, membership in a U.N. Council with no authority trumps the right of Americans – not the U.N. or any other nation – to make public policy affecting Americans."
Farris says the Parental Rights Amendment, which would embed in the Constitution a description of parental rights as fundamental, would offer help for families.
"Neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served," the draft states. "No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article."
Farris said the amendment proposal, which already has about 80 co-sponsors in Congress, is moving "faster then we thought we would." .
The website notes if approved, the Convention on the Rights of the Child would supersede "the laws of all 50 states on children and parents."
According to the Parental Rights website, the CRC dictates the following:
Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
A murderer aged 17 years, 11 months and 29 days at the time of his crime could no longer be sentenced to life in prison.
Children would have the ability to choose their own religion while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion.
The best interest of the child principle would give the government the ability to override every decision made by every parent if a government worker disagreed with the parent's decision.
A child's "right to be heard" would allow him (or her) to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagreed.
According to existing interpretation, it would be illegal for a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children's welfare.
Children would acquire a legally enforceable right to leisure.
Teaching children about Christianity in schools has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
Good parents also no longer would be entitled to the legal presumption that they act in the best interests of their children, giving way to governmental decisions that would trump anything a parent would seek for his or her child, regardless of the topic, the analysis said.
CKM
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THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
U.S. sovereignty on swap block
Obama negotiating for seat for U.S. on U.N. commission
Posted: April 30, 2009
9:20 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
The Obama administration is preparing to swap U..S. sovereignty for a higher level of U.S. presence at the United Nations, a plan that has alarmed officials working to protect the rights of Americans, specifically the parental rights that traditionally have been recognized across the nation's history.
Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association and chancellor of Patrick Henry College , said, "The move is little more than another attempt at political correctness by an administration frantic for acceptance by the international community."
Farris also is a dedicated leader behind the effort to change the U.S. Constitution through the amendment process to restore and protect parental rights.
WND reported just days ago his warning that parental rights in the U.S.. already are being diminished.
"The erosion is upon us," he said then.
Eighty years ago, the amendment website notes, "the Supreme Court declared that 'the child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.'"
Ready for a second Declaration of Independence? Sign Farah's petition to protect U.S. sovereignty from Obama's globalist ambitions.
However, according to Farris, a survey last year of state and federal appellate court rulings found "the vast majority of the court decisions refused to acknowledge traditional parental rights are fundamental rights."
Read an in-depth profile on Michael Farris,
Now Farris is alerting to the plan in the Obama White House to try to secure a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body of 47 member states.
However, it has no legal authority and only offers opinions.
The report from Farris said to secure its seat, the Obama camp has submitted a series of "Commitments and Pledges" declaring its loyalty and "deep commitment" to the U.N.
Farris is familiar with the U.N. and its operations, having proposed the Parental Rights Amendment to prevent the loss of U.S. sovereignty to the U.N. through its treaties, such as the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, which could be used to prevent parents from spanking their own children or directing their religious training.
"This (Obama) administration is all about photo ops," said Farris, "and is apparently willing to trade away U.S. sovereignty for a seat on a council which has no legal authority."
In the April 27 "Commitments" document released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice, the U.S. representative to the international body, the Obama White House pledged its support for the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, which also makes the U.S. subservient to the international agenda.
If the two cited treaties are adopted, Farris said, they will "not only jeopardize U..S. sovereignty but hasten the end of the traditional American family.
"All U.N. treaties require strict scrutiny," he cautioned. "The pledge, as written, expresses no such need but, rather, unilaterally commits the U.S. to meet its U.N. treaty obligations. Apparently, for this administration, membership in a U.N. Council with no authority trumps the right of Americans – not the U.N. or any other nation – to make public policy affecting Americans."
Farris says the Parental Rights Amendment, which would embed in the Constitution a description of parental rights as fundamental, would offer help for families.
"Neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served," the draft states. "No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article."
Farris said the amendment proposal, which already has about 80 co-sponsors in Congress, is moving "faster then we thought we would." .
The website notes if approved, the Convention on the Rights of the Child would supersede "the laws of all 50 states on children and parents."
According to the Parental Rights website, the CRC dictates the following:
Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
A murderer aged 17 years, 11 months and 29 days at the time of his crime could no longer be sentenced to life in prison.
Children would have the ability to choose their own religion while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion.
The best interest of the child principle would give the government the ability to override every decision made by every parent if a government worker disagreed with the parent's decision.
A child's "right to be heard" would allow him (or her) to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagreed.
According to existing interpretation, it would be illegal for a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children's welfare.
Children would acquire a legally enforceable right to leisure.
Teaching children about Christianity in schools has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
Good parents also no longer would be entitled to the legal presumption that they act in the best interests of their children, giving way to governmental decisions that would trump anything a parent would seek for his or her child, regardless of the topic, the analysis said.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
A kinder gentler nation to this?
Pres. Bush Sr. promised a kinder gentler nation.
Pres. Obama is giving us a gayer queerer nation.
Maybe Obama will remove the eagle as out national symbol and replace it with a butterfly.
CKM
from a Yahoo news story:
In March, Obama named an open lesbian, Emily Hewitt, to be the chief judge of the federal Court of Claims, but judges on that special court do not have lifetime tenure. He also nominated another lesbian, Maria Demeo, to serve as a D.C. Superior Court judge.
In all, Obama has made about three dozen appointments of openly gay or lesbian people below the Cabinet level, according to Dison, including Nancy Sutley, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Pres. Obama is giving us a gayer queerer nation.
Maybe Obama will remove the eagle as out national symbol and replace it with a butterfly.
CKM
from a Yahoo news story:
In March, Obama named an open lesbian, Emily Hewitt, to be the chief judge of the federal Court of Claims, but judges on that special court do not have lifetime tenure. He also nominated another lesbian, Maria Demeo, to serve as a D.C. Superior Court judge.
In all, Obama has made about three dozen appointments of openly gay or lesbian people below the Cabinet level, according to Dison, including Nancy Sutley, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management.
I know the bible says to call no man a fool so I am violating its word but thats exactly what you are if you think you actually own your property. Let me explain.
I spoke with an attorney today and he said if I retain him I can no longer blog and inform anyone of what is going on. I understand that in some cases you can jeopardize the outcome of the ruling but in this case its cut and dry. I am not in the least bit worried of what I may say as its the truth and maybe this attorney isn't afraid of that either, but what is he afraid of is the city will come down even harder on me, make an example of what happens if you challenge or speak ill of their rules and regulations. Is their any freedom of speech left in this country?
As for my statement you are a fool if you think you own your own property, maybe in some parts you may have more owner rights but in a city like Euclid you are basically leasing the house or land. At any time, they can and have issued violations, imposed their will, entered premises upon threats, taken property away and sent people to jail. It doesn't matter if you are responsible for the payment on the house or if the house is paid in full if Euclid wants it or you have spoken up for your rights as I have, they can and will take it.
Read what someone sent me:
"As for euclid what can I say they took our home and no one helped us they almost took my kids away from us I cant help you sorry no one can. They are the government."
Its sad when a city the size of Euclid can do this to families.
CKM
I spoke with an attorney today and he said if I retain him I can no longer blog and inform anyone of what is going on. I understand that in some cases you can jeopardize the outcome of the ruling but in this case its cut and dry. I am not in the least bit worried of what I may say as its the truth and maybe this attorney isn't afraid of that either, but what is he afraid of is the city will come down even harder on me, make an example of what happens if you challenge or speak ill of their rules and regulations. Is their any freedom of speech left in this country?
As for my statement you are a fool if you think you own your own property, maybe in some parts you may have more owner rights but in a city like Euclid you are basically leasing the house or land. At any time, they can and have issued violations, imposed their will, entered premises upon threats, taken property away and sent people to jail. It doesn't matter if you are responsible for the payment on the house or if the house is paid in full if Euclid wants it or you have spoken up for your rights as I have, they can and will take it.
Read what someone sent me:
"As for euclid what can I say they took our home and no one helped us they almost took my kids away from us I cant help you sorry no one can. They are the government."
Its sad when a city the size of Euclid can do this to families.
CKM
how ironic
I found this on the Euclid City website. How ironic that they would have listed a forum on foreclosures seeing they are the cause of many owners losing their houses.
Foreclosure - Community Forum - May 6th
Dream/Home By Sarah Morton May 15 June 7, 2009 Preview Performance May 14
Preceded by a: Free to the public Community Forum on the foreclosure crisis in our community Hosted by The City Club of Cleveland 850 Euclid Avenue, 2nd Floor 4:30 p.m. Reception 5:00 p.m. Forum May 6, 2009 Featuring a panel of First Suburbs Consortium Mayors Moderated by County Treasurer, Jim Rokakis To make a reservation for the Community Forum, please call 216-621-0082
Dobama Theatre proudly presents the World Premiere of Dream/Home by Sarah Morton. Dream/Home was commissioned by Dobama Theatre with the support of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Dream/Home deals with the impact of the current foreclosure crisis on middle-class homeowners.
Home ownership is part of the American Dream. But what happens when that Dream is no longer affordable? What happens to a community when a house is abandoned? Told in monologue form, Dream/Home is the story of nine Clevelanders whose lives are connected by a single home. When the home is foreclosed and abandoned, each character must struggle with unexpected repercussions on their neighborhood, their family, and their dreams for the future. Timely, provocative, and ultimately hopeful, Dream/Home peels back the layers of the Crisis to reveal the complicated and fragile lives underneath: the mortgage broker and the real estate agent, the community activist and the public school teacher, the neighbors who leave and the neighbors who stay. It also presents an unflinching look at the sellers and buyers of the American Dream and how their collective decisions put the city on a collision course to economic devastation.
Directed by Sonya Robbins and featuring a cast of nine talented actors: George Roth, Fabio Polanco, Alexis Floyd, Anne McEvoy, Tom White, Rodney Freeman, Kristi Little, Cathy Albers and Lisa Langford, Dream/Home opens May 15 at the Cleveland Play House, Brooks Theatre.
Thursday, May 14 7:30 Preview Performance, $8 Friday, May 15 8:00 Opening Night, followed by party Saturday, May 16 8:00 Sunday, May 17 7:30 Pay What You Can Performance
Thursday, May 21 7:30 Friday, May 22 8:00 Saturday, May 23 8:00 Sunday, May 24 2:30
Thursday, May 28 7:30 Friday, May 29 8:00 Saturday, May 30 8:00 Sunday, May 31 2:30
Thursday, June 4 7:30 Friday, June 5 8:00 Saturday, June 6 8:00 Sunday, June 7 2:30
Foreclosure - Community Forum - May 6th
Dream/Home By Sarah Morton May 15 June 7, 2009 Preview Performance May 14
Preceded by a: Free to the public Community Forum on the foreclosure crisis in our community Hosted by The City Club of Cleveland 850 Euclid Avenue, 2nd Floor 4:30 p.m. Reception 5:00 p.m. Forum May 6, 2009 Featuring a panel of First Suburbs Consortium Mayors Moderated by County Treasurer, Jim Rokakis To make a reservation for the Community Forum, please call 216-621-0082
Dobama Theatre proudly presents the World Premiere of Dream/Home by Sarah Morton. Dream/Home was commissioned by Dobama Theatre with the support of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Dream/Home deals with the impact of the current foreclosure crisis on middle-class homeowners.
Home ownership is part of the American Dream. But what happens when that Dream is no longer affordable? What happens to a community when a house is abandoned? Told in monologue form, Dream/Home is the story of nine Clevelanders whose lives are connected by a single home. When the home is foreclosed and abandoned, each character must struggle with unexpected repercussions on their neighborhood, their family, and their dreams for the future. Timely, provocative, and ultimately hopeful, Dream/Home peels back the layers of the Crisis to reveal the complicated and fragile lives underneath: the mortgage broker and the real estate agent, the community activist and the public school teacher, the neighbors who leave and the neighbors who stay. It also presents an unflinching look at the sellers and buyers of the American Dream and how their collective decisions put the city on a collision course to economic devastation.
Directed by Sonya Robbins and featuring a cast of nine talented actors: George Roth, Fabio Polanco, Alexis Floyd, Anne McEvoy, Tom White, Rodney Freeman, Kristi Little, Cathy Albers and Lisa Langford, Dream/Home opens May 15 at the Cleveland Play House, Brooks Theatre.
Thursday, May 14 7:30 Preview Performance, $8 Friday, May 15 8:00 Opening Night, followed by party Saturday, May 16 8:00 Sunday, May 17 7:30 Pay What You Can Performance
Thursday, May 21 7:30 Friday, May 22 8:00 Saturday, May 23 8:00 Sunday, May 24 2:30
Thursday, May 28 7:30 Friday, May 29 8:00 Saturday, May 30 8:00 Sunday, May 31 2:30
Thursday, June 4 7:30 Friday, June 5 8:00 Saturday, June 6 8:00 Sunday, June 7 2:30
Monday, May 04, 2009
The lighter side of Carey's jail experience
Hey Gang,
I thank all of you for the emails and calls. Though I didn't want to go to jail, I am glad I did. It strengthens my story and my inner spirit. I have taken quite a few of their blows and I still haven't caved in yet. Court is this coming Thursday. I now need to be somewhat quiet about certain details.
I always find in any circumstance if I go back to what I am good at it, it eases the situation and gives me victory. So I found humor through out most of the ordeal. No way was I going to give them the satisfaction of me being intimidated. They are no different then you or I. As hard as they tried to bark and puff up their chest, I cracked jokes. Come on guys, this is for a housing violation and you are treating me like I was a murderer. What ever.
Next posting I will be more serious. Will update you the best I can.
Thanks again FRIENDS!!!!!
The lighter side of jail
So there I was in hand cuffs trying to buy time to lock up the beauty shop I was buffing and see if I could worm my way out of this, telling the cop My Dad's 82 this is a lot for him to put back everything and the drive home at night alone is not good. The cop asks Dad will you be alright can you drive home? Sure I will be fine, you guys can go ahead. Gee thanks Dad.
I get patted down, legs spread you know the routine, if not just watch Cops. After the cop runs his hands up and down my leg he asks do you mind if I look in your car? Gee now you get polite, why didn't you ask me before you started to feel my legs and look in my pockets. I think thats where you should ask do you mind or at least ask after feeling my legs what are you doing after this?
The pat down. Hey what are you trying to do, see if I am ripe, well I'm not a fruit!
Think about that one for a second.
Whats in your pocket
Empty your pockets and list your items. One screw - one nut - 35 cents and 2 bungy cords. Bungy cords? Yeah thats my belt.
Need to use the toilet? Isn't there toilets in the cell? Nope not in the holding cells. Can I use it if I need to later on? Only for emergencies.
Well let me tell you.... the cell smelled so bad of pee. Now I know why they call them the holding cells, some I guess just can't hold it.
And then they serve you breakfast that makes you want to use the toilet. Orange juice, fruit not exactly food that binds. I think its all part of the punishment.
When I was asked to empty out my cell and carry my sheet the cop jumped back when I got close to him while putting it in the dirty sheet bin. Maybe he thought I was one of those criminal bed wetters.
The size of the food was so cute. Kind of like airplane food, doll house size. Even the banana, miniature. Taste - just like airplane food. I didn't see any barf bag that falls from the ceiling if needed though.
The food was just a little above bad. The bacon was OK, scrambled eggs were... ehh, the danish was like an over sweetened hockey puck. But the cereal and milk was good. Kellogs corn flakes, milk from a cow, the lil carton was so cute. The hospitality was great also, they served me breakfast in bed, in fact the guy told me, don't get up and slid it to me.
Before they took me to my cell they asked me all kinds of questions. I just said one yeah and no to everything else. The yes was do you know what date and time it is? A couple of minutes latter the cop asked me to sign and date the papers. I said OK but whats the date?
Must of the questions were about if I was on any kind of special diet. I wish I would of known about the breakfast they were going to serve. I would of told them, I am allergic to danishs, need a high protein diet - at least 4 strips of bacon, two bowls of cereal a necessity and hot chocolate to digest everything.
The best thing about the breakfast was it was served in a styrofoam container, it made a nice pillow.
As I am eating this far from gourmet breakfast I started thinking of ways to blow my self out of the joint. What would James Bond do? Ah huh! Thats it. If I heat the styrofoam container by bending it back and forth, mix it with the bacon grease coupled with the man made eggs and all of the chemicals in them, I could make an explosive. I could use the danish to stick it to the door. But a match, I needed a match to light the thing. And then it came to me, my socks, they're a match.
Before being put in the cell they made me remove my shoes. I thought thats so comforting, just like home, I always take off my shoes before entering.
Cities are always complaining they are short of cash. I know one way Westlake can save some money, dim those lights. My cell had to be no bigger than 6 by 8 if that and they had enough lights to light a pavilion. It was so bright when I closed my eyes to pass time I counted the veins in my eyelids.
What is that? In the corner of my cell next to the maitres was this small hairy glob. I looked at. OK its not a bug. Laid down. Got up, looked at the glob. OK it didn't move yet, maybe just a piece of scalp. Fell asleep. Woke up. Looked at the glob again. HEY just wanted to make sure it was still there.
The new shift before transferring me. Them returning my stuff. One screw - one nut - 35 cents - 2 BUNGY CORDS?
Oh an add one banana, I want to take my banana with me. Its up to them if they will let you have it. I hope they do I want to bring home a souvenir.
Euclid is so goofy, they could of picked me up anytime they wanted to. I have been in Euclid, live in the next city over, instead they wait till I get my plates run by a cop way out in Westlake, about 30 miles away. I had to wait awhile before they found someone to transfer me. They were short police. No kidding, but they did hire more house inspectors which is how I got in this mess in the first place.
At the Euclid jail.
Sexual preference, do you like male, female, Bi, not sure. What about the other? Huh? Neither.
I wanted to tell him, umm I am into animals but then I thought he may put me in the cage with the K9's and they might not be good. Food may of been an improvement though.
I hope you laughed BUT I truly hope you understand how serious this is. All of us as American citizens and taxpayers should be beyond irate that money was wasted, valuable time was taken away from police, and an average everyday person as yourself was taken to jail for something very frivolous. All because I am standing up for my right to privacy and to run my house as I see fit. Wake up people, it could be you next and you might not find it funny!
Carey
I thank all of you for the emails and calls. Though I didn't want to go to jail, I am glad I did. It strengthens my story and my inner spirit. I have taken quite a few of their blows and I still haven't caved in yet. Court is this coming Thursday. I now need to be somewhat quiet about certain details.
I always find in any circumstance if I go back to what I am good at it, it eases the situation and gives me victory. So I found humor through out most of the ordeal. No way was I going to give them the satisfaction of me being intimidated. They are no different then you or I. As hard as they tried to bark and puff up their chest, I cracked jokes. Come on guys, this is for a housing violation and you are treating me like I was a murderer. What ever.
Next posting I will be more serious. Will update you the best I can.
Thanks again FRIENDS!!!!!
The lighter side of jail
So there I was in hand cuffs trying to buy time to lock up the beauty shop I was buffing and see if I could worm my way out of this, telling the cop My Dad's 82 this is a lot for him to put back everything and the drive home at night alone is not good. The cop asks Dad will you be alright can you drive home? Sure I will be fine, you guys can go ahead. Gee thanks Dad.
I get patted down, legs spread you know the routine, if not just watch Cops. After the cop runs his hands up and down my leg he asks do you mind if I look in your car? Gee now you get polite, why didn't you ask me before you started to feel my legs and look in my pockets. I think thats where you should ask do you mind or at least ask after feeling my legs what are you doing after this?
The pat down. Hey what are you trying to do, see if I am ripe, well I'm not a fruit!
Think about that one for a second.
Whats in your pocket
Empty your pockets and list your items. One screw - one nut - 35 cents and 2 bungy cords. Bungy cords? Yeah thats my belt.
Need to use the toilet? Isn't there toilets in the cell? Nope not in the holding cells. Can I use it if I need to later on? Only for emergencies.
Well let me tell you.... the cell smelled so bad of pee. Now I know why they call them the holding cells, some I guess just can't hold it.
And then they serve you breakfast that makes you want to use the toilet. Orange juice, fruit not exactly food that binds. I think its all part of the punishment.
When I was asked to empty out my cell and carry my sheet the cop jumped back when I got close to him while putting it in the dirty sheet bin. Maybe he thought I was one of those criminal bed wetters.
The size of the food was so cute. Kind of like airplane food, doll house size. Even the banana, miniature. Taste - just like airplane food. I didn't see any barf bag that falls from the ceiling if needed though.
The food was just a little above bad. The bacon was OK, scrambled eggs were... ehh, the danish was like an over sweetened hockey puck. But the cereal and milk was good. Kellogs corn flakes, milk from a cow, the lil carton was so cute. The hospitality was great also, they served me breakfast in bed, in fact the guy told me, don't get up and slid it to me.
Before they took me to my cell they asked me all kinds of questions. I just said one yeah and no to everything else. The yes was do you know what date and time it is? A couple of minutes latter the cop asked me to sign and date the papers. I said OK but whats the date?
Must of the questions were about if I was on any kind of special diet. I wish I would of known about the breakfast they were going to serve. I would of told them, I am allergic to danishs, need a high protein diet - at least 4 strips of bacon, two bowls of cereal a necessity and hot chocolate to digest everything.
The best thing about the breakfast was it was served in a styrofoam container, it made a nice pillow.
As I am eating this far from gourmet breakfast I started thinking of ways to blow my self out of the joint. What would James Bond do? Ah huh! Thats it. If I heat the styrofoam container by bending it back and forth, mix it with the bacon grease coupled with the man made eggs and all of the chemicals in them, I could make an explosive. I could use the danish to stick it to the door. But a match, I needed a match to light the thing. And then it came to me, my socks, they're a match.
Before being put in the cell they made me remove my shoes. I thought thats so comforting, just like home, I always take off my shoes before entering.
Cities are always complaining they are short of cash. I know one way Westlake can save some money, dim those lights. My cell had to be no bigger than 6 by 8 if that and they had enough lights to light a pavilion. It was so bright when I closed my eyes to pass time I counted the veins in my eyelids.
What is that? In the corner of my cell next to the maitres was this small hairy glob. I looked at. OK its not a bug. Laid down. Got up, looked at the glob. OK it didn't move yet, maybe just a piece of scalp. Fell asleep. Woke up. Looked at the glob again. HEY just wanted to make sure it was still there.
The new shift before transferring me. Them returning my stuff. One screw - one nut - 35 cents - 2 BUNGY CORDS?
Oh an add one banana, I want to take my banana with me. Its up to them if they will let you have it. I hope they do I want to bring home a souvenir.
Euclid is so goofy, they could of picked me up anytime they wanted to. I have been in Euclid, live in the next city over, instead they wait till I get my plates run by a cop way out in Westlake, about 30 miles away. I had to wait awhile before they found someone to transfer me. They were short police. No kidding, but they did hire more house inspectors which is how I got in this mess in the first place.
At the Euclid jail.
Sexual preference, do you like male, female, Bi, not sure. What about the other? Huh? Neither.
I wanted to tell him, umm I am into animals but then I thought he may put me in the cage with the K9's and they might not be good. Food may of been an improvement though.
I hope you laughed BUT I truly hope you understand how serious this is. All of us as American citizens and taxpayers should be beyond irate that money was wasted, valuable time was taken away from police, and an average everyday person as yourself was taken to jail for something very frivolous. All because I am standing up for my right to privacy and to run my house as I see fit. Wake up people, it could be you next and you might not find it funny!
Carey
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