A lot of things come to mind when the Christmas Season is upon us. Family and friends and depression is always around the corner. I remember when I saw how sad my mother was when dad left her when I was in my early teens. A young boy can only do so much since he does not have all the skills an adult has. However, he does have that love a child has for his mother. Same goes for any of you who have the empathy for those close to you. Remember too, if you are lucky to have a nice warm house with a Christmas tree or Hanukkah candles with presents and a nice dinner setting, remember there are others who for reasons known and unknown have nothing. They live in a cardboard house under an over pass or hidden by the trees near a lake or stream and to them survival is not just some unknown arena, it is as real as it gets. It means you are lucky, you have been given a break that others have not. Remember this and the question that most are afraid to ask if you are a Christian, "What would Christ do?"
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Now What.
I am going to be as objective as I can be in this blog, "Now What". If you don't know by now who the president elect is you have either been, a) living under rock b) living underground with troglodytes (yeah I know, look it up) or c) had been kidnapped by aliens from Barsoom and returned. (Google Barsoom).
The Constitution is a rather unusual document. Nothing like it exists, although some of the precepts can analyzed by reading the Ten Commandments, Hammurabi Code (which predate the Ten Commandments and the Magna Carta.
One particular law in the Constitution involves "Gifts", Another country granting a title to a sitting president or sitting vice president, "The Nobility Clause", The emoulments clause as addressed by the Heritage Foundation
More about this can be found from the Congressional Research Service as outlined by Jack Maskell, Legislative Attorney on August 16, 2012
If you are a Yale student or grad (sorry Harvard) you can read it here. The Avalon Project which I truncated to be specific. ".....No titular nobility. Officers not to receive presents, etc" along with sub section 8. "8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office or profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
So what does this mean? It means a sitting president is not allowed to receive presents or gifts or titles of office. The On Line Merriam Dictionary has an extensive definition and examples of this.
The other side of the coin is that the president elect and the vice president elect is not subject to ethics in divestiture. All other elected officials are. There is a difference in emolument and divestiture As outlined by outlined by Jack Maskell of the Congressional Resarch Service.
If a president receives a call from a Saudi Prince asking for more jet fighters and the president elect asks if the Prince can help in his hotel being built (a quid pro quo)
The president and the vice president elect are exempt from the ethics laows outlined by the CRS.
So there you have it. Read the links and google some more. I would also search using the .gov, .org or .edu endings since these will be more objective than subjective.
Now time for me to be subjective. Do I think it's right for a sitting president or sitting vice president not to be held accountable for ethics violations when every other lawfully elected officials are? No I don't think it's right. Do I think that the president elect and the vice president elect will actually divest their holdings (sell their holdings and place those funds into a blind trust fund (Blind trust means blind. The person who holds the trust has not connection to the person who is the person who put the assets into the blind trust. That does not mean any relatives, close relatives (children) who are close and advising him are proper custodians for such a blind trust.
If a sitting president has properties in different countries and has his name or is granting license to use his name on properties, then those properties should be sold and as I stated before, held in a blind trust.
Did the American people speak? Yes they did. He won the electoral vote and lost the popular vote. In my next blog I will explain both sides as to why it is very dangerous to even consider eliminating the electoral college.
The Constitution is a rather unusual document. Nothing like it exists, although some of the precepts can analyzed by reading the Ten Commandments, Hammurabi Code (which predate the Ten Commandments and the Magna Carta.
One particular law in the Constitution involves "Gifts", Another country granting a title to a sitting president or sitting vice president, "The Nobility Clause", The emoulments clause as addressed by the Heritage Foundation
More about this can be found from the Congressional Research Service as outlined by Jack Maskell, Legislative Attorney on August 16, 2012
If you are a Yale student or grad (sorry Harvard) you can read it here. The Avalon Project which I truncated to be specific. ".....No titular nobility. Officers not to receive presents, etc" along with sub section 8. "8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office or profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
So what does this mean? It means a sitting president is not allowed to receive presents or gifts or titles of office. The On Line Merriam Dictionary has an extensive definition and examples of this.
The other side of the coin is that the president elect and the vice president elect is not subject to ethics in divestiture. All other elected officials are. There is a difference in emolument and divestiture As outlined by outlined by Jack Maskell of the Congressional Resarch Service.
If a president receives a call from a Saudi Prince asking for more jet fighters and the president elect asks if the Prince can help in his hotel being built (a quid pro quo)
The president and the vice president elect are exempt from the ethics laows outlined by the CRS.
So there you have it. Read the links and google some more. I would also search using the .gov, .org or .edu endings since these will be more objective than subjective.
Now time for me to be subjective. Do I think it's right for a sitting president or sitting vice president not to be held accountable for ethics violations when every other lawfully elected officials are? No I don't think it's right. Do I think that the president elect and the vice president elect will actually divest their holdings (sell their holdings and place those funds into a blind trust fund (Blind trust means blind. The person who holds the trust has not connection to the person who is the person who put the assets into the blind trust. That does not mean any relatives, close relatives (children) who are close and advising him are proper custodians for such a blind trust.
If a sitting president has properties in different countries and has his name or is granting license to use his name on properties, then those properties should be sold and as I stated before, held in a blind trust.
Did the American people speak? Yes they did. He won the electoral vote and lost the popular vote. In my next blog I will explain both sides as to why it is very dangerous to even consider eliminating the electoral college.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
OMG! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!
Please notice I am shouting. Really, ladies are you actually kidding me? ABC, Anyone But Clinton. Let's review this. If you ladies are not for Clinton, will not vote for Clinton, will not even consider voting for Clinton, then you will hand the election over to Donald Trump. Some of the women have actually said that if Hillary Clinton is the nominee of the Democratic Party they will vote for Donald Trump. Really? OMG
Really? The ladies, and the men who are for Bernie Sanders and wake up now. You saw what happened in the midterm elections, did you not? We lost the Senate and we lost the House. why did we lose the Senate and the House? Some said it was because they were disappointed in Obama. Others said the House and Senate were safe, Democrats should just stay home and know everything was fine. (And again my refrain: OMG ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!)
I know Jeff Weaver, Sanders campaign manager wants to rail against Hillary Clinton. That's his job. However, there comes a time when you give ammunition to the Republican Party to destroy the democratic nominee. All you have to do is read two books, Machiavelli, and the art of war by Sun Tzu.
The problem in this election cycle is that Donald Trump is not running as a politician, he's running as a salesman. A politician and the salesman or similar, yes, but totally different. Look at the way Donald Trump has run his campaign.
If you think the last four years for the Democrats were bad, with a Republican Congress do nothing at all, and if you stay at home or vote for Donald Trump, you will have Donald Trump as your president for next four years. Let me repeat that, YOU WILL HAVE DONALD TRUMP AS YOUR PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
I'm now going to address the women who were either passionate about Bernie Sanders or hate Hillary Clinton's guts. WAKE UP LADIES! And you men who are against Hillary Clinton and are hard set as the granite, you need to ask yourself, is Donald Trump going to change his style if he is elected president of the United States. Remember, Donald Trump is not running as a politician he is running as a salesman.
Anyone who has worked in commission only sales knows the only thing that is important is the sale. It doesn't matter if you're selling cars, selling vacuum cleaners on running for political office in the disguise of a politician knowing you are running in what made you millions, that of a salesman.
Bernie supporters, both men and women and those independents who might withhold your votes, are progressive in their passion, wake up because on election day you'll have as president, Donald Trump, or Hillary Clinton. And there is another pesky problem, the presidency is not won on the popular vote, its won in the electoral college.
How many black people, and I'm not talking about the token blacks. I am asking about the black men and black women. How many are on the podium and Donald Trump? In the L G B T community, how many are standing on the podium with Donald Trump? You students with huge, student debt, how many of you between the ages of twenty and twenty-five are on the podium with Donald Trump, explaining how he will move forward, lessening the burden on you and your family? I can go on and on, the simple fact is, Donald Trump has no answers.
Hillary Clinton now must protect herself on two fronts, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Does anyone remember when Raph Nader ran for president?
If anyone wants to doubt the semblance between Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders, look no further than the George W. Bush, Al Gore and Ralph Nader presidential race in 2000. What should be happening, and probably won't, is Bernie Sanders, pivoting sharing, notice I use the word sharing not telling, his supporters that he will do everything he can to make sure they are represented, but the reality is he has no chance and will support Hillary Clinton and ensure his supporters will be heard. He does not have enough delegates. Mr. Weaver also has to pivot to this, and unless this is done, you have the very real chance of Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States
I ask all of you progressive women, all of you progressive men, do not allow what happened in the Presidential election of 2000 or midterm election of 2012. If we lose the presidency and lose the House and lose the Senate, if you think gridlock was bad then. However, I have seen Democrats, progressives and independents shoot themselves in the foot over and over again because of ideological differences. You shoot yourselves in the foot and hurt your own cause by letting the Republicans win again and again.
So, if the Democratic Party,, and I know, the Democratic Party has problems, if the Democratic Party, progressives, the independent voters with progressive thinking, the women,, Hispanic community, the black community, the young students who are saddled with the immense student debt, the Asians, the L G B T community, who want to be included in this you need to pivot now ransition people!
Really? The ladies, and the men who are for Bernie Sanders and wake up now. You saw what happened in the midterm elections, did you not? We lost the Senate and we lost the House. why did we lose the Senate and the House? Some said it was because they were disappointed in Obama. Others said the House and Senate were safe, Democrats should just stay home and know everything was fine. (And again my refrain: OMG ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!)
I know Jeff Weaver, Sanders campaign manager wants to rail against Hillary Clinton. That's his job. However, there comes a time when you give ammunition to the Republican Party to destroy the democratic nominee. All you have to do is read two books, Machiavelli, and the art of war by Sun Tzu.
The problem in this election cycle is that Donald Trump is not running as a politician, he's running as a salesman. A politician and the salesman or similar, yes, but totally different. Look at the way Donald Trump has run his campaign.
If you think the last four years for the Democrats were bad, with a Republican Congress do nothing at all, and if you stay at home or vote for Donald Trump, you will have Donald Trump as your president for next four years. Let me repeat that, YOU WILL HAVE DONALD TRUMP AS YOUR PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
I'm now going to address the women who were either passionate about Bernie Sanders or hate Hillary Clinton's guts. WAKE UP LADIES! And you men who are against Hillary Clinton and are hard set as the granite, you need to ask yourself, is Donald Trump going to change his style if he is elected president of the United States. Remember, Donald Trump is not running as a politician he is running as a salesman.
Anyone who has worked in commission only sales knows the only thing that is important is the sale. It doesn't matter if you're selling cars, selling vacuum cleaners on running for political office in the disguise of a politician knowing you are running in what made you millions, that of a salesman.
Bernie supporters, both men and women and those independents who might withhold your votes, are progressive in their passion, wake up because on election day you'll have as president, Donald Trump, or Hillary Clinton. And there is another pesky problem, the presidency is not won on the popular vote, its won in the electoral college.
How many black people, and I'm not talking about the token blacks. I am asking about the black men and black women. How many are on the podium and Donald Trump? In the L G B T community, how many are standing on the podium with Donald Trump? You students with huge, student debt, how many of you between the ages of twenty and twenty-five are on the podium with Donald Trump, explaining how he will move forward, lessening the burden on you and your family? I can go on and on, the simple fact is, Donald Trump has no answers.
Hillary Clinton now must protect herself on two fronts, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Does anyone remember when Raph Nader ran for president?
If anyone wants to doubt the semblance between Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders, look no further than the George W. Bush, Al Gore and Ralph Nader presidential race in 2000. What should be happening, and probably won't, is Bernie Sanders, pivoting sharing, notice I use the word sharing not telling, his supporters that he will do everything he can to make sure they are represented, but the reality is he has no chance and will support Hillary Clinton and ensure his supporters will be heard. He does not have enough delegates. Mr. Weaver also has to pivot to this, and unless this is done, you have the very real chance of Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States
I ask all of you progressive women, all of you progressive men, do not allow what happened in the Presidential election of 2000 or midterm election of 2012. If we lose the presidency and lose the House and lose the Senate, if you think gridlock was bad then. However, I have seen Democrats, progressives and independents shoot themselves in the foot over and over again because of ideological differences. You shoot yourselves in the foot and hurt your own cause by letting the Republicans win again and again.
So, if the Democratic Party,, and I know, the Democratic Party has problems, if the Democratic Party, progressives, the independent voters with progressive thinking, the women,, Hispanic community, the black community, the young students who are saddled with the immense student debt, the Asians, the L G B T community, who want to be included in this you need to pivot now ransition people!
Saturday, April 23, 2016
COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE: Why Progressives and Liberals Shoot Themselves In the Foot.
It's now coming down to the wire. All of you progressives and liberals who think that the Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the worst president in the world think about this one thing; President Donald J. Trump, or President Ted Cruz.
If you stay home and do not go to for Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee or Bernie Sanders, if he is the nominee then by default you are voting Republican.
This is what happens when you don't vote. You also have the problem of the down ballot. That pesky little thing that will lose the Senate and the House of Representatives for the Democrats.
I will not bore you again with why the Democrats lost in 2012. You Democrats who stayed home in 2012 gave away the Senate and gave way the House of Representatives to the Republicans. You by not voting handed Congress to the Republicans in 2012.
I will not tell you what to do. I will however, explain to you, what will happen, should you stay home and be a little child pounding your little feet on the floor like a two-year-old in a temper tantrum.
If Hillary is nominated as the presidential candidate for president of the United States, and it looks like she is going to be the nominee, you had better vote for her. Do you really as a progressive, and as a liberal really think that Donald J. Trump would be the best president ever for the progressive movement in the United States? Do you really think that? Do you really think that Ted Cruz will be the best president for the progressive and liberal movements in the United States? Do you really think that?
As I shared just now, it does look like Hillary will win the nomination. The question is, will we have a Democrat in the White House, along with the down ballots of Democratic Senators and House of Representatives, or will we have Donald J. Trump and Ted Cruz, and totally lose the Senate and the House of Representatives to the Republicans again like in 2012?
Think people think. Hold your nose and vote the Democratic nominee if you are a liberal or a progressive. If you don't, you have just defaulted in switching your party to Republican by not voting.
If you stay home and do not go to for Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee or Bernie Sanders, if he is the nominee then by default you are voting Republican.
This is what happens when you don't vote. You also have the problem of the down ballot. That pesky little thing that will lose the Senate and the House of Representatives for the Democrats.
I will not bore you again with why the Democrats lost in 2012. You Democrats who stayed home in 2012 gave away the Senate and gave way the House of Representatives to the Republicans. You by not voting handed Congress to the Republicans in 2012.
I will not tell you what to do. I will however, explain to you, what will happen, should you stay home and be a little child pounding your little feet on the floor like a two-year-old in a temper tantrum.
If Hillary is nominated as the presidential candidate for president of the United States, and it looks like she is going to be the nominee, you had better vote for her. Do you really as a progressive, and as a liberal really think that Donald J. Trump would be the best president ever for the progressive movement in the United States? Do you really think that? Do you really think that Ted Cruz will be the best president for the progressive and liberal movements in the United States? Do you really think that?
As I shared just now, it does look like Hillary will win the nomination. The question is, will we have a Democrat in the White House, along with the down ballots of Democratic Senators and House of Representatives, or will we have Donald J. Trump and Ted Cruz, and totally lose the Senate and the House of Representatives to the Republicans again like in 2012?
Think people think. Hold your nose and vote the Democratic nominee if you are a liberal or a progressive. If you don't, you have just defaulted in switching your party to Republican by not voting.
Friday, April 22, 2016
MSPA: Mystery Shopping Providers Association
I joined MSPA to day and at the moment I am not impressed with their customer service, their web site nor their attention to detail. If this was a Mystery Shop company the would have no clients.
I paid $25.00 to join then paid $25.00 for Professional Responsibility & Ethics. I do not even have a link in the welcoming email and the email was a boiler plate along with the invoice for the PR&E.
I am also trying to get the silver certification however evidently that is even hidden some where deep in their web site.
Oh yes I went to their Facebook page and sent what is in "My Two Cents Worth". However there is a small problem. My post must be viewed before it is posted. What do you want to bet the $50.00 I paid that the post will never appear on their Facebook page? I would rather see a post like this then some one contacting me and after clearing up all the confusion have me the author revise the post.
"Intro to Mystery Shopping Certification (formerly silver certification)
This is your introduction to mystery shopping. This certification course will teach you the basics and serve as a foundation for your future in the industry. (Must be completed on a PC or Mac)
*ATTENTION: The Intro to Mystery Shopping Certification course is included in your first year membership dues, a link is provided in your welcome email to take the course. All sales are final, no refunds."
Notice it states a link is provided in my welcoming email to take the course. No it wasn't, no link nothing about the PR&E nor the Intro to Mystery Shopping Certification course was in the email.
You will also notice there is no recourse for you if you purchase the wrong courses.
All sales are final, no refunds
I sent an email to them but I have very little hope in that since I sent one to them on 4/16/2016. This is the first paragraph of the auto response I got on 4/16/2016 and have not received a reply yet:
"Thank you for your recent inquiry with the MSPA-NA. Due to high volume of inquiries MSPA-NA receives daily, this is an automatic response that answers a few general questions we receive from shoppers. If your question or request is answered below, you will not receive a follow up response from the MSPA-NA team. If your question is a unique one, we will respond to your e-mail directly."
A unique one? Really? Come on. I cannot in good conscious recommend MSPA for any one seriously considering joining MSPA. Instead I would take some of the courses that are offered by the individual Mystery Shop companies. Some are free and others are less expensive than what is being offered by MSPA.
I do hope I am wrong, I really do for I have heard a lot of good things about MSPA, however hearing good things and experiencing what I have experienced are two different things.
If you become a member of MSPA be ultra cautious in your purchases you can spend a lot of money on courses that will not get you your MSPA certification.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Okay all you progressives, liberals and other like minded individuals, take a deep breath and walk away from the water cooler. I know there are some that cannot stand Hillary Clinton and think she is an anathema to the progressive movement and all it stands for. There are others that are just as passionate and are against Bernie Sanders.
If you are in that category welcome to Politics 2.0. It's messy, confusing and guaranteed to raise your blood pressure. However if you decide to stay home and not vote if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders gets nominated, then you elect Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. You will in effect empower the two nominees in a presidential election the guarantees a Republican president.
Do any of you progressives, liberals or others remember when you stayed home during the mid-term elections and elected Mitch McConnell and Rick Scot again, not to mention other House and Senate republican members and how much every one of you boo hood about that election?
Well, I have news for you, if you stay home and not vote you will give more seats in the senate and house to to the Republicans. If you stay home and don't vote for the Democratic parties nominee you will only have yourself to blame when President Donald J Trump or President Ted Cruz stands and places their hands on the bible and takes the oath for President of the United States and are stuck with either of them for the next 8 years. Now think about that all you who hate the thought of Hillary Clinton as President or Bernie Sanders of President. If you stay home you will elect for the next 8 yrs either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
You will also give control of both houses, House of Representatives and the Senate to the Republicans. A worse scenario than the mid term elections in 2008.
Take a look at the rural vote in 2012
"The lesson seems to be that there are a lot of Democrats living in rural communities who just don’t vote — or they don’t vote unless they have a good reason."
Okay how about not having Donald J. Trump or Ted Cruz for president. Think people think!
Why Democrats Lost the House to Republicans in 2010
Again and again, Democrats, Progressives and Independents shoot yourselves in the foot. If you want to stay home in 2016 if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders is the nominee do so. If you do stay home don't tell your friends because your absence at the voting booth was a vote for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. I don't want to hear a sound from any one who does stay home.
Vote either one who gets the nomination Hillary or Bernie. It's your only choice.
If you are in that category welcome to Politics 2.0. It's messy, confusing and guaranteed to raise your blood pressure. However if you decide to stay home and not vote if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders gets nominated, then you elect Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. You will in effect empower the two nominees in a presidential election the guarantees a Republican president.
Do any of you progressives, liberals or others remember when you stayed home during the mid-term elections and elected Mitch McConnell and Rick Scot again, not to mention other House and Senate republican members and how much every one of you boo hood about that election?
Well, I have news for you, if you stay home and not vote you will give more seats in the senate and house to to the Republicans. If you stay home and don't vote for the Democratic parties nominee you will only have yourself to blame when President Donald J Trump or President Ted Cruz stands and places their hands on the bible and takes the oath for President of the United States and are stuck with either of them for the next 8 years. Now think about that all you who hate the thought of Hillary Clinton as President or Bernie Sanders of President. If you stay home you will elect for the next 8 yrs either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
You will also give control of both houses, House of Representatives and the Senate to the Republicans. A worse scenario than the mid term elections in 2008.
Take a look at the rural vote in 2012
"The lesson seems to be that there are a lot of Democrats living in rural communities who just don’t vote — or they don’t vote unless they have a good reason."
Okay how about not having Donald J. Trump or Ted Cruz for president. Think people think!
Why Democrats Lost the House to Republicans in 2010
Again and again, Democrats, Progressives and Independents shoot yourselves in the foot. If you want to stay home in 2016 if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders is the nominee do so. If you do stay home don't tell your friends because your absence at the voting booth was a vote for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. I don't want to hear a sound from any one who does stay home.
Vote either one who gets the nomination Hillary or Bernie. It's your only choice.
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