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Obama concerned about failed RP polls: ex-US official
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 04/15/2010 8:17 PMMANILA, Philippines – The US government is concerned about alleged efforts to extend the term of the Arroyo administration through different failure of elections scenarios, a former US State department official said.
In an interview over ANC’s The Rundown on Wednesday, W. Scott Thompson said the US government is keeping its eyes and ears on how the May elections will be conducted. He said there are consequences if the process or the outcome of the elections is tainted.
“Now, they (Washington officials) are listening. Yes, they are aware that (failure of elections) might happen. There are awful lots of people warning them about it, and they might just make the difference,” Thompson said Wednesday evening.
He criticized former US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney for painting an overly optimistic picture of the Philippines. He said the new Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. and other Washington officials have been getting a clearer political picture just recently.
The May elections in the Philippines, a key ally of the US in Asia, has caught the attention of Washington after political tensions in neighboring Thailand erupted.
“The immediate reason is what’s happening in Thailand," Thompson said. "That is making the Philippines 10 times as important. That (Thailand) was a very secure, calm ally. Now it is going to pieces.”
The political crisis in Thailand has deteriorated as Bangkok’s ruling elite is pitted against working class groups. The red-clad movement’s continuous call for elections through street protests has claimed 15 lives and is shaking the confidence in the region as a whole.
Thompson is professor emeritus of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Tufts University. He served the Ford and Reagan administrations. He used to be a Manila resident.
Consequences
Various scenarios—from failure of elections, to military juntas, to other schemes to extend the term of President Arroyo beyond 2010—have been floated. The warnings have come from the likes of former security adviser Jose Almonte, former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., and former President Fidel V. Ramos.
“We’re waiting to see if the process is orderly,” he said. “I think it (Washington) has made clear now (to the Arroyo administration) that it is committed to a fair, orderly election process. If that doesn’t happen, then there are consequences.”
Washington, the political capital of the US, can send different signals to the Arroyo administration if the Philippine elections is not clean, Thompson stressed.
“The various elements we know she (President Arroyo) has put in place – the Supreme Court justices, the [PMA] Class of ’78 (Philippine military), etcetera – are ready. If she tries to steal or otherwise postpone the elections, then something can happen from outside,” he noted.
Washington has already sent signals to the Arroyo administration, according to Thompson. He cited how worried President Arroyo has been on the possible judicial reviews of her previous actions after she is no longer president by June 2010. “Officials in Washington might might have something to do with that.”
He said signals of the power relationship between the two countries can be checked through the goings on at the political capitals, Washington and Manila.
“Historically, the power relationship is always played out in the bigger country’s capital, in this case Washington, not here (in Manila),” he explained.
He said the US government has various ways to show its displeasure. “You can recall your ambassador, or send ambassador in (to Washington) for a chat. The first thing that the Secretary of State or Assistant Secretary would do is invite your ambassador. “
“If that doesn’t play out, you can recall your ambassador, slow down aid flows, make speeches. You can warn the President that there are things that might happen.”
Kenny’s failure
The Obama administration has been taken by surprise by the failure-of-elections scenarios because the former US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney painted an overly optimistic picture of the country under President Arroyo, said Thompson.
He said it was only in the recent months that the Obama administration has been taking a long look at the Philippines, and the picture they are getting is different from Kenny’s reports.
“For the past 3 years, the (US) embassy (in the Philippines) was sending the official message (to Washington) that there is no problem here. It’s like someone in Washington (was) saying in September 2001 ‘Oh what a beautiful month this is,’” he said sarcastically.
“She (Kenney) just didn’t get it. The embassy is just out of touch with the reality here,” he criticized.
He shared that, according to his friends in Washington, Kenney did not listen to her own staff, including opposition groups in Manila. “She had only two sources: GMA (President Arroyo) and (Executive) Secretary (Eduardo) Ermita.”
He criticized Kenny’s efforts to endear herself to the Filipinos by going to fiestas, dancing in entertainment shows on TV, and being a staple in basketball games and tennis matches.
“She was not listening to what was going, which is a diplomat’s first function,” he stressed.
It is only recently that Washington is discovering the political issues in Manila because “they sent a much higher ranking ambassador and who is more senior than the one here in the past 3 years.”
New, tougher envoy
Thompson expressed confidence in Harry Thomas Jr,, the new US ambassador who replaced Kenney. US President Obama appointed the new envoy to the Philippines last November.
“He’s a tough guy. Has been in Bangladesh, not in tiny Ecuador like Kristie (Kenney). He has ran the biggest foreign service officers show in Washington. I think we should take him seriously,” he said of Thomas.
Thomas is a former Director General of the United States Foreign Service, executive secretary of the US State Department, director of the Department's Operations Center, and special assistant to former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Aside from Bangladesh, his previous postings include India, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Peru.
Thompson said Thomas has the ears of key officials in Washington, and has already sent the message that failure-of-election scenarios are being mulled here.
Thompson said the new envoy will do things differently to continue getting a clearer political picture. “In the first place, there will be more distancing between the (US) embassy and Malacañang. None of the intimacy that you saw in the couple of years.”
‘Obama doesn’t like Arroyo’
Thompson said US President Obama does not like President Arroyo.
“I think he (Obama) doesn’t like her (Arroyo),” he candidly told The Rundown. “(His dislike is) not personal. I think he knows what she’s been up to.”
His basis? “That’s what my friends at high levels have told me. (Another is from) reading his body language with her.”
He gave an example: “His failure to acknowledge her presence on various occasions.”
President Obama did not immediately return the congratulatory call of President Arroyo, who was among heads of states that wanted to greet him after his historic win in 2008.
In February 2009, President Arroyo failed to meet with President Obama in Washington despite efforts by Filipino diplomats. She flew to the US after she failed to get an audience with him during a side trip to Bahrain to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, one of the earliest official engagements of the newly inaugurated President Obama. The foreign trip was originally intended for the economic meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
She finally met with him last July 2009. It was a brief meeting, lasting some 45 minutes. Thompson said it wasn’t taken seriously in Washington. “It was something extended to (different) heads of state. It was pretty routine.”
The cozy relationship between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also does not matter if, according to Thompson, higher principles like President Obama’s commitment to democracy come into play. Clinton visited Manila last November 2009.
“I don’t think her (Hillary Clinton’s) personal relationship with (President) Arroyo would come to play when it gets up to the level of stealing, postponing, and failing the elections under any guise that’s tainted. And it’s hard to see how it would fail without being tainted,” he stressed.
Why US cares?
The Rundown’s host Ricky Carandang prodded Thompson on why Washington cares about the goings on in the Philippines.
The former US State Department official cited Thailand’s political crisis as the trigger.
He also said that “Philippines is in our guilt conscience. We were not proud of the fact that we were a colonial power. We did a lot of things here we are not proud of. We don't like to think of the fact that we are not doing well here.”
He also said they are wary of “another 1972,” referring to the period leading to the declaration of martial law by former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos who eventually stayed in power for two decades.
“We paid a high price when we supported Marcos.”
He added that supporting the administration of President Corazon Aquino, who replaced President Marcos after a bloodless revolution, was part of their atonement.
The sentiment of the US government under the Obama administration is to promote democracy, “which is part of his image.”
“Here is a friend (Philippines) where democracy can work with some nudging from its friend (US),” he concluded.
as of 04/16/2010 3:21 AM
Italian Pregnancy
Submitted by RadingAn 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for 2 months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant.
Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, "Who was the pig that did this to you? I want to know!"
The girl picks up the phone and makes a call. Half an hour later, a Ferrari stops in front of their house. A mature and distinguished man with grey hair and impeccably dressed in an Armani suit steps out of a Ferrari and enters the house.
He sits in the living room with the father, mother, and the girl and tells them: "Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem. I can't marry her because of my personal family situation but I'll take charge. I will pay all costs and provide for your daughter for the rest of her life.
Additionally, if a girl is born, I will bequeath a Ferrari, 2 retail stores, a townhouse, a beach-front villa, and a $2,000,000 bank account. If a boy is born, my legacy will be a couple of factories and a $4,000,000 bank account.
If twins, they will receive a factory and $2,000,000 each. However, if there is a miscarriage, what do you suggest I do?"
At this point, the father, who had remained silent, places a hand firmly on the man's shoulder and tells him, "you-a gonna try again..."
Philippine Politics: INQUIRER Article About VILLAR
Submitted by Ted Click here...The Crooked C5 Extension (Anomalous or Not)
Submitted by Ted
Tiger Wood's Treasured Possessions: HIS WIFE and HOME
Submitted by TedIf you want to see The Treasured Possessions of Tiger Woods, open the PPS attachment.
His house and his wife are just exquisitely beautiful !
TED Click here...
More Beautiful Photos: From The Real Art in Photography Collection
Submitted by TedClick (with computer speakers ON),
and Prepare to be enraptured, enthralled and enchanted......
with more beautiful pictures
from The Real Art in Photography Collection.
TED Click here...
The Poker Player
Submitted by TedTwo couples were playing poker one evening when John accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down under the table to pick them up, he noticed Bill's wife, Sue, wasn't wearing any underwear under her dress!
Shocked by this, John upon trying to sit back up again, hit his head on the table and emerged red-faced. Later, John went to the kitchen to get some refreshments.
Bill's wife followed and asked, "Did you see anything that you liked under there?"
Surprised by her boldness, John courageously admitted that, well, indeed he did.
/strong>> "Well, you can have it but it will cost you $500," said Sue. After taking a minute or two to assess the financial and moral costs of this offer, John confirms that he is interested.
She tells him that since her husband, Bill, works Friday afternoons and John doesn't, John should be at her house around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.
When Friday rolled around, John showed up at Bill's house at 2 p.m. sharp and, after paying Sue the agreed sum of $500, they went to the bedroom and closed their transaction, as agreed.
After they're done ,John quickly dressed and left.
As usual, Bill came home from work at 6 p.m. and upon entering the house, asked his wife abruptly. "Did John come by the house this afternoon?"
With a lump in her throat Sue answered, "Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon."
Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband curtly asked, "And did he give you $500?"
In terror she assumed that somehow he had found out and after mustering her best poker face, replied, "Well, yes, in fact he did give me $500".
Bill, with a satisfied look on his face, surprised his wife by saying,
"Good. I was hoping he did. John came by the office this morning and borrowed $500 from me. He promised me he'd stop by our house this afternoon on his way home and pay me back."
Now THAT, is a poker player! Hehehe!
TED
Important information about using credit cards
Submitted by Francis Click here...Email Tracking
Submitted by Charles BowenThe man that sent this information is a computer tech. He spends a lot of time clearing the junk off computers for people and listens to complaints about speed. All forwards are not bad, just some. Be sure you read the very last paragraph.
He wrote:
By now, I suspect everyone is familiar with snopes.com and/or truthorfiction.com for determining whether information received via email is just that: true/false or fact/fiction. Both are excellent sites.
Advice from snopes.com VERY IMPORTANT!!
1) Any time you see an email that says "forward this on to '10' (or however many) of your friends", "sign this petition", or "you'll get bad luck" or "you'll get good luck" or "you'll see something funny on your screen after you send it" or whatever --- it almost always has an email tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and emails of those folks you forward to. The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of 'active' email addresses to use in SPAM emails or sell to other spammers. Even when you get emails that demand you send the email on if you're not ashamed of God/Jesus --- that is email tracking, and they are playing on our conscience. These people don't care how they get your email addresses - just as long as they get them. Also, emails that talk about a missing child or a child with an incurable disease "how would you feel if that was your child" --- email tracking. Ignore them and don't participate!
2) Almost all emails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. All it was, and all any of this type of email is, is a way to get names and 'cookie' tracking information for telemarketers and spammers -- to validate active email accounts for their own profitable purposes.
You can do your Friends and Family members a GREAT favor by sending this information to them. You will be providing a service to your friends. And you will be rewarded by not getting thousands of spam emails in the future!
Do yourself a favor and STOP adding your name(s) to those types of listing regardless how inviting they might sound! Or make you feel guilty if you don't! It’s all about getting email addresses and nothing more.
You may think you are supporting a GREAT cause, but you are NOT!
Instead, you will be getting tons of junk mail later and very possibly a virus attached! Plus, we are helping the spammers get rich! Let's not make it easy for them!
ALSO: Email petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress of any other organization - i.e. social security, etc. To be acceptable, petitions must have a " signed signature" and full address of the person signing the petition, so this is a waste of time and you are just helping the email trackers.
The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee
Submitted by RadingWhen things in your life seem almost too much to handle, When 24 hours in a day is not enough; remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and started to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured it into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car.
The sand is everything else -- the small stuff’.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
So...
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
'Take care of the golf balls first -- The things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled.
'I'm glad you asked'.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'
Please share this with other "Golf Balls"
THE PINE TREES KNOW WHEN IT'S EASTER
Submitted by TedPut speakers on for instrumental music of 'How Great Thou Art' and Click/Open the LINK above. Then you will have to scroll down on the page that opens to be able to read the entire Easter story.
TED Click here...
Andrea Bocelli Sings the Lord's Prayer
Submitted by TedOn the LINK below: Listen to Andrea Bocelli spectacular rendition of 'The Lord's Prayer' with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City. Click here...
OUR JOURNEY
Submitted by TedDon't just rush through.... Make sure you understand every word and fathom every sentence... in this powerful presentation.....
For that is how you will get the true meaning of life for each and everyone of us.
TED Click here...
When you say...
Submitted by RadingHope you enjoy this presentation. It's truly inspirational Click here...
A Nostalgic and Very Touching PPS
Submitted by TedNeed a good feeling?? Open the PPS attachment and Watch this.... Click here...
Deaf Book keeper
Submitted by RadingA Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of $10 million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer 'Ask him where the $10 million bucks he embezzled from me is.'
The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the money is. The bookkeeper signs back: 'I don't know what you are talking about.'
The attorney tells the Godfather: 'He says he doesn't know what you're talking about.'
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple and says, 'Ask him again!'
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: 'He'll kill you if you don't tell him!'
The bookkeeper signs back: 'OK! OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens !'
The Godfather asks the attorney: 'Well, what'd he say?'
The attorney replies: 'He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger.'
Don't you just love lawyers?
KUSA Bowling Standings - Week 3
Team and individual standings (scratch and handicap) Click here...
Victoria Estera Acampado
Victoria Estera Acampado, 90, of Parlin, passed away Monday March 15, 2010 at Briarwood Nursing and Rehab Center, in Parlin. Victoria was a retired school teacher. She was born in the Philipines and has resided in Parlin since 1990. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She was predeceased by her husband Amado Acampado Sr. in 1995 and a son Edsel E. Acampado Sr. (past president of Katbaloganon USA) in 1985. She leaves behind a daughter Fe Advincula and 5 sons and daughters in law Lilia, Amado Jr and Erlinda., Danilo and Nonie, Eduardo and Dan, Jose Simon and Lita, and Ferdinand and Brenda, a sister Eusebia E. Gacosan, 16 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday March 17, 2010 from 7-9pm and Thursday March 18, 2010 from 5-9pm at the Old Bridge Funeral Home, 2350 Route 516, Old Bridge, NJ. A mass of christian burial will take place on Friday at 9:30am at St. Bernadette Roman Catholic Church, Parlin, followed by entombment in St. Gertrude Cemetery Colonia.
Rudy Cinco-Update
By Francis Click for more detail...A Cowboy Named Bud
Submitted by TedA cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?"
Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo..
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany ..
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response..
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Bud says to the young man, "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government", says Bud.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter.
This is a herd of sheep. .....
Now give me back my dog.
HEART ATTACK SLIDE SHOW--WORTH 45 SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE
Submitted by Sonia CruzSomeone sent this to me recently about coughing…similar to what we heard in ACLS. Click here...
BAMBOO TAXIs -Made in Leyte- Hit in the Philippines
Submitted by TedIn the search for a low-cost, fuel-efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly alternative to motorcycles, the mayor of a city in the Philippines recently rolled out two incredible taxis crafted from one of our favorite renewable materials – bamboo! Rustico Balderian, mayor of Tabontabon, has commissioned the construction of two taxis made from 90% bamboo that are powered by coconut biodiesel – take that steel-based cars!
Bamboo is an incredible material – it is rapidly renewable, environmentally friendly, and does not require a ton of processing for it to be incorporated into designs. But did you know that its tensile strength is just as good as that of steel? This remarkable strength makes bamboo a fitting and exceptionally sustainable material for Tabontabon’s new taxis.
Toti Eco 1, bamboo taxi, coconut biodiesel, tabontabon, phillipines, sustainable design, green design, transportation
The two vehicles are called the Eco 1 and Eco 2. The Eco 1
seats 20 people and can run on one gallon of biodiesel
for about 80 hours. Eco 2 works just as well, but seats
around 8. Both vehicles are made by Tabontabon’s
out-of-school youth, 90% of each vehicle is made out
of bamboo, and they are covered in traditional Filipino
woven mats called banig. Both vehicles are operating
today – now if we could only get one in blue.
more...
Travelogue: THE VATICAN - the Best of Viewing Technology, Today
Submitted by TedWhether you have visited the Vatican or not, you have never seen it this well. The basilica is incredible in its grandeur of architecture, marble and sculpture . Don't forget to move your cursor up to the ceilings also. you can tour this part of the Vatican on your computer. You can spend as much or as little time as you want on it, keep it permanently if you wish, and explore it at your leisure. Turn up the volume and use the close-up tool (lower left corner). Also use your curser to click and drag, and you can move to the ceiling or 360 degrees or take any perspective you wish to take. You can zero in on the smallest feature of a painting. Click here...
Sharing with you for whatever purpose it serves. For those registered to vote it is useful information.
Loudette
PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL NEW YORK
P R E S S R E L E A S EPR-CBR- 12 -10 8 March 2010
OVERSEAS POLL WATCHERS LIST TO BE SUBMITTED TO NY CONSULATE
As required by law, registered political parties, coalition of political parties and every candidate, associations or organizations participating in the party-list system representation, accredited citizens’ arms and accredited Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) organizations shall submit to the Philippine Consulate General their corresponding lists of watchers in New York not later than 5 April 2010. They must also furnish a copy of their list of watchers to the Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV) of the Commission of Elections (COMELEC) in the Philippines on or before the above date.They shall be entitled to one (1) watcher during the voting and counting of votes. If there is no sufficient space to accommodate all watchers, preference shall be given to the watchers of the dominant majority and dominant minority parties as determined by COMELEC, one (1) watcher for the accredited citizens’ arm, one (1) common watcher for accredited OFW organizations, and one (1) common watcher for the independent candidates.
No person shall be appointed as watcher unless he is an overseas absentee voter under the Consulate; b) is of good reputation; c) has not been convicted of any election offense or any crime; d) knows how to write and read English or Filipino; and e) is not related within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to the chairman or to any member of the Special Board of Election Inspectors (SBEI) in the Consulate.
At the polling place, watchers must show their appointments to the SBEI chairman who shall record their names. The appointments must bear the personal or facsimile signature of the candidate or the duly authorized representative of the political party, organization or coalition of parties who appointed them or of organizations authorized by the Commission. Hence, registered political parties, organizations or coalitions authorized by the Commission, accredited citizens’ arms and OFW organizations, must provide the COAV with the names and signatures of their representatives authorized to appoint watchers in each Post not later than March 26, 2010.
The duly-appointed watchers shall have the right to a) witness and inform themselves of the proceedings of the SBEI; b) take note of what they see or hear; c) take photograph of the proceedings and incidents, if any, during the counting of votes, as well as of the election returns, tally board and ballot boxes/receptacles; d) file a protest against any irregularity or violation of law which they believe may have been committed by the SBEI or by any of its members or by any person; e) obtain from the SBEI a certificate as to the filing of such protest and/or resolution thereon; f) read each ballot after it is read by the chairman, as well as the election returns after it is accomplished and signed by the members of the SBEI without touching such documents; and g) be furnished, upon request, with a Certificate of Votes (OAVF No.13) cast for the candidates, duly signed and thumb marked by the chairman and all members of the SBEI. They shall not speak to any member of the SBEI, or to any voter, or among themselves, in such a manner as would disturb the proceedings of the SBEI. END
Here is another one.
Loudette
Contact: Atty. Leandro B. Lachica Consul Legal/OAV Section 212-764-1330 ext 603
PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL IN NEW YORK
P R E S S R E L E A S EPR-OAV-CBR- -10 8 March 2010
LACK OF COMELEC ID DOES NOT BAR VOTING
The Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV) of the Commission of Elections (COMELEC) clarified to the Department of Foreign Affairs that presentation of the Voter’s Identification Card issued by COMELEC is not mandatory. Lack of COMELEC-issued ID does not disqualify a registered overseas absentee voter from exercising his right to vote. Further, COMELEC informed the DFA of the temporary stoppage of the printing of Voters’ ID as per its Minute Resolution 09-0569
For purposes of personal voting, COMELEC Resolution 8750 provides that the identity of overseas absentee voters may be confirmed by the presentation of a valid Philippine passport or any identification card with photo and signature
Since the Philippine Consulate General in New York is implementing postal voting instead of personal voting, the rules on presentation of proper identification will be applied for undelivered and returned ballots. They need to present a valid passport or any identification card with photo and signature to personally claim their ballots that could not be delivered through the United States Postal Service and returned to the Consulate. END
New Seat Belt law
Submitted by RadingThis became effective January 1, 2010 in ALL Countries.
The National Highway Safety Councils have done extensive testing on a newly Designed seat belt. Results show that accidents can be reduced by as much as 95% when the belt is properly installed.
Correct Installation is illustrated below.......
Please pass on to family and friends.
THIS MAY HELP SAVE A LIFE!
This can really save lives and lower blood pressure by 40%
I KNOW....YOU SMILED.
Philippine Election Process
Submitted by LoudetteMila....this so wonderful. Thanks for sending this on. It will help those who are not familiar with computers, those who are not too literate, those who want every single voting person to vote their choice, their conscience to do so. And the first step of course is to make them familiar, to make them comfortable with this new system.
I am passing this on now to as many of my friends who I am hoping/asking to pass on to others as well. Perhaps those with connections in the provinces can have their media, especially TV, run this over and over as well, as a public service. Perhaps schools can also use this as a teaching tool so children can begin to learn early on not only the technicality of the voting machine but the responsibility and sanctity of the vote, how to assess/evaluate candidates, will pass it on to their parents who may be illiterate.
Of course cheating will not stop - we have become so adept at it. In fact I know that in one barangay, the entire population was "held hostage" to use their own words, by the people in power so they could not vote; in another instance a candidate went around telling those who cannot read/write, he will teach them to write the names of the candidates of their choice. It was learned later that all the no read/no writes were being taught to write out his name and no one else!
I was actually hoping that instead of the written name or along with the written name, the fotos of the candidates are displayed to make it simpler for the no read/no write so they are not victimized. Maybe we can advocate for this for the next elections. We need to constantly improve on the system. Maybe next time instead of a slideshow, it is a film.
Loudette Click here...
THE MOST DANGEROUS SPIDERS OF THE WORLD
Submitted by TedClick here...
*Reader’s Digest** **Mag poll: Noynoy among most trusted*
*By Aurea Calica*(The Philippine Star) Updated February 26, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ranked in the top five of the most trusted Filipinos in an independent survey done by international magazine *Reader’s Digest**.* **
In the magazine’s Asian *Reader’s Digest** *Trust Poll published in its March 2010 issue, actress and philanthropist Rosa Rosal was first in the list, followed by singer-actress Lea Salonga. Number three was journalist and *GMA News** *vice president Jessica Soho and fourth was philanthropist and Gawad Kalinga founder Tony Meloto.
President Arroyo was one of the least trusted at number 78. Disgraced plastic surgeon Hayden Kho ended up at number 80. The magazine said this was probably triggered by the scandalous sex videos he allegedly filmed without the consent of at least two of his partners.
Others near the bottom of the list were Philippine National Police chief Director General Jesus Verzosa (71), Ilocos Sur Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (73), Imee Marcos (74), television host Willie Revillame (75), former first lady Imelda Marcos (77) and former President Joseph Estrada (79).
Aquino was the only politician who made it to the top five in the first ever Asian Reader’s Digest Trust Survey conducted in the Philippines in October 2009 by independent market research firm The Digital Edge in behalf of the magazine.
Aquino’s rival, Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., placed 60th among the list of 80 influential Filipino personalities and 40 professions who were ranked based upon the public’s perceived trustworthiness.
A cross-section of 760 Filipinos served as respondents.
Aquino’s running mate, Sen. Manuel Roxas II, was at number 24.
Based on the list, international bowling champ Paeng Nepomuceno and filmmaker Howie Severino tied for sixth place, followed by broadcast journalist Randy David (eighth), broadcast journalist Mel Tiangco (ninth), and international billiards sensation Efren “Bata” Reyes (10th).
“These individuals have one thing in common: heart. Whether it is about the love of service to the people, doing one’s job with utmost dedication, or instilling national pride in the spirit of competition, all 10 of the most trusted Filipinos show the kind of passion that inspires and motivates,” the Reader’s Digest said.
Aquino had a good ranking despite being a politician, the least desired occupation among Filipinos.
The top 10 professions are: pilot, teacher, surgeon, doctor and farmer (tied at fourth), paramedic (sixth), scientist (seventh), nurse (eighth), chef (ninth), and dentist (10th). “This shows that Filipinos trust their lives mostly in the hands of healthcare and medical professionals.
“Real estate agent (36th), lawyer (37th), police officer (38th), hawker (39th), and politician (40th) turned out to be the least popular professions among Filipinos as these landed at the bottom of the survey,” it said.
Aside from the celebrities and broadcast journalists included in the top 10, other media personalities who complete the top 20 are broadcast journalists Mike Enriquez (13th) and Julius Babao (16th), actress Boots Anson-Roa (14th), actress and Lipa City Gov. Vilma Santos-Recto (17th), and actress and environmentalist Chin Chin Gutierrez and TV host Michael V (tied at 20th).
“They are the people we look up to and aspire for, which is probably why politicians resort to using show business personalities in their campaign tours all over the country,” the magazine said.
Reader’s Digest noted that boxing king Manny Pacquiao did not land higher in the rankings even with all the international recognition, and this could be due to nagging rumors about his infidelity to his wife Jinkee. Fellow athletes Nepomuceno and Reyes, however, managed to keep Filipino pride intact.
Two other athletes made it to the list: basketball players Chris Tiu (39th) and Asi Taulava (70th), the magazine said.
The list was presented to respondents in random order, with ratings of 1 to 10, where 1 equated to “don’t trust at all” and 10 being “trust completely.”
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THE GOOD OLD NINETEEN SIXTIES
Submitted by Ted1960's
This is one of the best presentations of the sixties that I have ever seen online. It is very well done.. Just click on the link and sit back and enjoy the memories. Great photos and facts. If you're not quite old enough to have been there, feel free to pass it on to someone who is. Click here...
How smart is your right Foot? - DO TRY THIS OUT, ITZ AMAZING
Submitted by Nino
This will blow you away!!!!!! MOST AMAZING EMAIL EVER!
Submitted by RadingClick here...
Buy American Gas
Submitted by NinoYou might want to pass this on. I buy 90% of our gasoline at ARCO..................but take a look at WALMART. WOW they do it right (Notice where WalMart gets their gasoline!)
WHERE TO BUY AMERICAN GASOLINE. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON.
Gas rationing in the 70's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even have been good for us!
Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? In addition, they are gouging us on oil prices. Shouldn't we return the favor? Can't we take control of our own destiny and let these giant oil importers know who REALLY generates their profits, their livings? How about leaving American Dollars in America and reduce the import/export deficit? An appealing remedy might be to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up your car you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just purchase gas from companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill up my tank, I'm sending my money to people who I get the impression want me, my family and my friends dead. The following gas companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell..................................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco..................... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil........................... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway............. 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco................................... 62,231,000 barrels
And CITGO oil is imported from Venezuela by Dictator Hugo Chavez who hates America and openly avows our economic destruction! (We pay Chavez's regime nearly $10 Billion per year in oil revenues!)
The U.S. currently imports 5,517,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OPEC. If you do the math at $100 per barrel, that's over $550 million PER DAY ($200 BILLION per year!) handed over to OPEC, many of whose members are our confirmed enemies!!!!! It won't stop here - oil prices could go to $200 a barrel or higher if we keep buying their product.
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco..........................0 barrels
Conoco.........................0 barrels
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BP / Phillips................. 0 barrels
Hess..............................0 barrels
ARC0.............................0 barrels
Maverick..........................0 barrels
Flying J...........................0 barrels
Valero............................0 barrels
Murphy Oil USA*.........0 barrels
*Sold at Wal-Mart , gas is from South Arkansas and fully USA owned and produced.
*Not only that but they give scholarships to all children in their town who finish high school and are legal US citizens..
All of this information is available from the U.S. Department of Energy and each company is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.
But to have a real impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers With the help of the internet, it's really simple to do. Now, don't wimp out at this point....keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at only ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)....and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!!!!!!!
If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it...THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE-the entire population of the United States of America !!!!
Buy, Buy, American Pie...!!
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Fort Hood
Submitted by Marilou de la CruzWhat is even better is the fact George W. Bush heard about Fort Hood, got in his car without any escort, apparently they did not have time to react, and drove to Fort Hood. He was stopped at the gate and the guard could not believe who he had just stopped. Bush only ask for directions to the hospital then drove on. The gate guard called that "The president Is on Fort Hood and driving to the hospital." The base went bananas looking for Obama. When they found it was Bush they immediately offered escort and Bush simply told them to shut up and let him visit the wounded and the dependents of the dead. He stayed at Fort Hood for over six hours and was finally asked to leave by a message from the White House. Obama flew in days later and held a "photo " session in a gym and did not even go to the hospital... All this I picked up from two soldiers here who happened to be at Fort Hood when it happened.
This Bush/Obama/Ft.Hood story is something that should be sent to every voter in the US .. The doctor had his tv on in his office when the news of the military base shootings came on. The husband of one of his employees was stationed there.. He called her into his office and as he told her what had happened, she got a text message from her husband saying, "I am okay." Her cell phone rang right after she read the message. It was an ER nurse, "I'm the one who just sent you a text, not your husband. I thought it would be comforting but I was mistaken in doing so. I am sorry to tell you this, but your husband has been shot 4 times and he is in surgery."
The soldier's wife left Southern Clinic in Dothan and drove all night to Ft.Hood. When she arrived, she found out her husband was out of surgery and would be OK. She rushed to his room and found that he already had visitors there to comfort him. He was just waking up and found his wife and the visitors by his side The nurse took this picture.
What? No news crews and cameras?
This is how people with class respond and pay
respect to those in uniform.”
Filipino PC maker exports to China - Amazing!
by MichaelIn spite of all the red tapes and corruptions in the country that is eroding the hopes of many Filipinos World Wide. There are some Filipinos who are not deterred by it. The is amazing, Filipino PC maker exports laptop to China.
China a place known for the cheapest commodities. That means if we can export to China then we can export and compete to the rest of the world. RedFox Philippines is a great model to follow for Pinoys world wide.
Pinoy must rock the world!
Cheers,
Mike
Filipino PC maker exports to China
By MELVIN G. CALIMAG
February 20, 2010, 8:10pm
An improbable journey by a Filipino-owned PC manufacturer has led it to something that has never been done before: Export laptops to China, dubbed the world’s factory.
RedFox, which most Filipinos assume as a foreign PC brand, actually operates a manufacturing hub in Rosario, Cavite where laptops are assembled for sale in the domestic market and other countries such Taiwan, Singapore, and China.
The company, founded by businessman Andy Te, started out making computer motherboards and video cards ten years ago. Recently, however, it ventured out to produce PCs and laptops of its own.
Te is also the man behind IT distributor AsianTech, the local partner of chipmaker AMD. With a complete ecosystem – microprocessor, motherboard, and video card – at his disposal, the soft-spoken executive proceeded to create a local PC brand.
Michael Mondragon, vice president for sales and marketing at RedFox, said in an interview that the company has recently opened a concept store in Guangzhou, China where it displays and sells selected models of its laptop line.
“We import most of our components and then we assemble them here. We then ship them to China and other countries,” said Mondragon, adding that partners in other parts of China have also expressed their interest to distribute RedFox in the world’s largest market for technology products.
With business flourishing, Mondragon said the company is set to double the capacity of its Cavite plant. The facility, which currently employs about 300 workers, can churn out 500 computer units a day.
“The foreign and local demand might surge so we want to be ready for that,” said Mondragon, adding that RedFox is most likely the first Filipino-owned computer firm to export to China.
“Filipinos have world-class talents. They just need an opportunity to make use of those skills,” said the official, who revealed that the company is eyeing Australia as the next target for its overseas expansion.
Choosing the Philippines as its manufacturing base has given RedFox “flexibility” in running its local operations since it does not have to go out of the country, according to Mondragon.
Like most companies engaged in the highly competitive tech sector, RedFox employs a research and development (R&D) team composed of local and foreign experts who shuttle between the Philippines and other countries where the company has presence.
On the home front, RedFox started its aggressive marketing efforts by opening in October last year its first concept store at the Cyberzone area of SM City North Edsa.
At the onset of 2010, it launched its newest lineup of products at the Crown Plaza Galleria Manila in Ortigas, Pasig City. The brand now has a total of three laptop series (Wizbook, Razor, and Optima), and four lines of desktops (Deskpod, Ultima, Vengeance Evo, and RDX V7/V8).
In addition, RedFox’s gaming desktop, the Vengeance Evo, comes pre-packaged with accessories such as the controller and the Wizbar, the brand’s venture into PC Wii gaming.
Source: Manila Bulliten Online
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/244479/filipino-pc-maker-exports-china
"The only thing that breach your tomorrow are the doubts you have today. You've been beaten by your doubts. Once your doubts conquer you, you're finished. Your integrity, your character, your whole being" - Richard Dick Gordon.
Asparagus
Submitted by NinoSeveral years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article,entitled, `Asparagus for cancer ' printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979.
I will share it here, just as it was shared with me: 'I am a biochemist,and have specialized in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years.
Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R.Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project.. We have accumulated a number of favourable case histories. Here are a few examples:
Case No. 1,
A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.Case No. 2,
A successful businessman 68 years old who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments,includin g radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.Case No. 3,
A man who had lung cancer. On March 5th 1971, he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it. By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is back at his regular business routine. **Case No. 4,
A woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by asking specialist as advanced. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine and nomore skin lesions. This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.I was not surprised at this result, as `The elements of Materia Medica', edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones.
We would have other case histories but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy. For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned asparagus is just as good as fresh.
I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives.
* * PROCEDURE:
1) Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree, and store in the refrigerator.
2) Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning and evening.
Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks. It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.
As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent'. Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold.
For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups.
The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink...
As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer. Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell growth normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and inacting as a general body tonic. In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless substance.
The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good.. It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body's most potent anticarcinogens and antioxidants.
MEDICAL MISSION FEBRUARY 20 – 23, 2010
Submitted by ProcyThe Philippine Medical Association in America, Inc. (PMAA) which is comprised of Filipino Physicians from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware holds a medical mission every year in different places in the Philippines. Usually the governor of the province or the congressperson invites the PMAA to go to their province to do the mission. This year the PMAA will go to Catbalogan, Samar for their mission. Catbalogan is one of the poorest towns in the Philippines and this Medical/Surgical/Dental and Humanitarian Mission will certainly help the indigent constituents of Catbalogan. We will do all kinds of surgery including cataract surgery, medical consultations, and dental procedures. We will be distributing free medicines as appropriate. We will also distribute eyeglasses, old clothes and shoes, toys and rice to needy families. We will be distributing school bags filled with school supplies to qualified school children. The Feed the Hungry, Inc. donated children’s books and these will be distributed to the four elementary schools in Catbalogan for their library.. The current president of the PMAA is Prospero A. Lim, MD a psychiatrist who is from Catbalogan Samar and so is Alfredo Donaire, MD a surgeon and coordinates the surgical part of the mission. Drs. Vivina Malantic and Elna Prado, both pediatricians coordinates the medical part of the mission. Nick Libramonte is the overall coordinator.
2010 Census To Begin - Be careful!
Submitted by RadingThis is good information - 2010 Census to Begin
THIS IS PRETTY BASIC ADVICE;
Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers by Susan Johnson With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United States and will gather information about every person living at each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data.The big question is - how do you tell the difference between a U.S. Census worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:
If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice. Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their questions. However, you should never invite anyone you don't know into your home.
Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to verify address information. Do not give your Social Security number, credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they need it for the U.S. Census.
REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ASK, YOU REALLY ONLY NEED TO TELL THEM HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS.
While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such as a salary range, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION. The Census Bureau will not ask for Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees solicit donations. Any one asking for that information is NOT with the Census Bureau.
AND REMEMBER, THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS DECIDED NOT TO WORK WITH ACORN ON GATHERING THIS INFORMATION. . No Acorn worker should approach you saying he/she is with the Census Bureau.
Eventually, Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at home. However, the Census Bureau will not contact you by Email, so be on the lookout for Email scams impersonating the Census.
Never click on a link or open any attachments in an Email that are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau.
For more advice on avoiding identity theft and fraud, visit www.bbb.org
PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Hotel/Motel Scam
Submitted by RadingThis is kinda scary if only because of how simple it is. I'll bet this works all too often.
You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your room). You get to your room and settle in.
Someone calls the front desk and asked for (example) Room 620 (which happens to be your room). Your phone rings in your room. You answer and the person on the other end says the following, 'This is the front desk. When checking in, we came cross a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the reverse side of your charge card.'
Not thinking anything you might give this person your information, since the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random room number. Then, ask you for credit card information and address information. Sounding so professional that you do think you are talking to the front desk.
If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller that you will be down at the front desk to clear up any problems... Then, go to the front desk and ask if there was a problem. If there was none, inform the manager of the hotel that someone called to scam you of your credit card information acting like a front desk employee.
This was sent by someone who has been duped.......and is still clearing up the mess....
P.S.
Please everyone, help spread the word by forwarding
this email to everyone you know.. Who knows, you might
just help someone avoid a nasty
experience.
The Lawyers' Party
Submitted by NinoI didn't write this; but I'm forwarding it, because I have thought of some of these points myself. Maybe you should think about these points too!
The Lawyers' Party
This is very interesting! I never thought about it this way. Perhaps this is why so many physicians are conservatives or Republicans.
The Democratic Party has become the Lawyer's Party.
Barack Obama is a lawyer.
Michelle Obama is a lawyer.
Hillary Clinton is a lawyer.
Bill Clinton is a lawyer.
John Edwards is a lawyer.
Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer.
Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).
Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd
Bentsen, went to law school.
Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:
Harry Reid is a lawyer.
Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.
The Republican Party is different.
President Bush was a businessman.
Vice President Cheney is a businessman.
The leaders of the Republican Revolution:
Newt Gingrich was a history professor.
Tom Delay was an exterminator.
Dick Armey was an economist.
House Minority Leader John Boehner was a plastic manufacturer.
The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.
Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running against Ronald Reagan in 1976.
The Republican Party is made up of real people doing real work, who are often the targets of lawyers.
The Democrat Party is made up of lawyers. Democrats mock and scorn men who create wealth, like Bush and Cheney, or who heal the sick, like Frist, or who immerse themselves in history, like Gingrich.
The Lawyer's Party sees these sorts of people, who provide goods and services that people want, as the enemies of America . And, so we have seen the procession of official enemies, in the eyes of the Lawyer's Party, grow.
Against whom do Hillary and Obama rail?
Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, hospitals, manufacturers, fast food restaurant chains, large retail businesses, bankers, and anyone producing anything of value in our nation.
This is the natural consequence of viewing everything through the eyes of lawyers. Lawyers solve problems by successfully representing their clients, in this case the American people.
Lawyers seek to have new laws passed, they seek to win lawsuits, they press appellate courts to overturn precedent, and lawyers always parse language to favor their side.
Confined to the narrow practice of law, that is fine.
But it is an awful way to govern a great nation. When politicians as lawyers begin to view some Americans as clients and other Americans as opposing parties, then the role of the legal system in our life becomes all-consuming. Some Americans become "adverse parties" of our very government. We are not all litigants in some vast social class-action suit.
We are citizens of a republic that promises us a great deal of freedom from laws, from courts, and from lawyers.
Today, we are drowning in laws; we are contorted by judicial decisions; we are driven to distraction by omnipresent lawyers in all parts of our once private lives. America has a place for laws and lawyers, but that place is modest and reasonable, not vast and unchecked. When the most important decision for our next president is whom he will appoint to the Supreme Court, the role of lawyers and the law in America is too b ig. When lawyers use criminal prosecution as a continuation of politics by other means, as happened in the lynching of Scooter Libby and Tom Delay, then the power of lawyers in America is too great. When House Democrats sue America in order to hamstring our efforts to learn what our enemies are planning to do to us, then the role of litigation in America has become crushing.
We cannot expect the Lawyer's Party to provide real change, real reform or real hope in America . Most Americans know that a republic in which every major government action must be blessed by nine unelected judges is not what Washington intended in 1789. Most Americans grasp that we cannot fight a war when ACLU lawsuits snap at the heels of our defenders, and wants to prosecute our troops as war criminals for giving a fat lip to muderers! Most Americans know that more lawyers and judges will not restore declining moral values or spark the spirit of enterprise in our economy.
Perhaps Americans will understand that change cannot be brought to our nation by those lawyers who already largely dictate American society and business. Perhaps Americans will see that hope does not come from the mouths of lawyers but from personal dreams nourished by hard work. Perhaps Americans will embrace the truth that more lawyers with more power will only make our problems worse.
The United States has 5% of the world's population and 66% of the world's lawyers! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as "spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you" and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being voted on by the Democrat Party. When you see that 97% of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association goes to the Democrat Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!
TO CALL THE POLICE
WHEN YOU'RE OLD AND DON'T MOVE FAST ANYMORE.
George Phillips , an elderly man, from Meridian , Mississippi , was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?" He said "No," but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.
Then the police dispatcher said "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available."
George said, "Okay."
He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again.
"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot them." and he hung up.
Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen said to George , "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
(True Story) I LOVE IT!
Don't mess with old people.
THIS OUGHT TO MAKE YOU SMILE! (And surely,some of us can relate!)
Submitted by TedOn the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
So God agreed......
On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"
And God agreed......
On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"
And God agreed again......
On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God. "You asked for it."
So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family..
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service.
President Obama's State of the Union Address Jan 2010
By Albert RomeroOne can berate Obama the way one wants. The fact remains that his address has given him a boost in his approval rating not just in USA but also globally all over the world. Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada (English speaking countries)’s poles have rated his speech good (72- 84 %) on various issues of international interests. In Europe the poles were similar (68- 88%) in boosting his global image. In Middle East the poles are no different either. Most (over 70%) have shown optimism and are more hopeful for the Middle East’s future after the speech. Even Iran’s poles are in Obama’s favor (52-66%). This could be because of Obama’s neutral stand on Israel. However on his criticism of Iran only 22 % agreed with Obama. In SEA the poles are also in the same ball park except in North Korea that has no opinion one way or the other.
In the south Asia, India (with over billion population) gave him thumbs up (66-84%).
However, Obama's worst rating came from Pakistan who gave him only 14-32 % approval. Most Pakistanis don’t think he is any better than Bush. According to Washington Post there is no shortage of people in Pakistan who consider him even worse than Bush.
Israel was another country that did not think that his address was of any value to them since he did not mention anything about Israel in his 71 minutes speech. Only 21-28 % thought he did a good job. Surprisingly Hamas considered his address favorable to them and rated his speech breath of fresh air (61%). His address may be encouraging for Hamas because Obama didn’t mention the word Israel “even once” in his long speech..
In China the polls were careful in giving him any special place. However, he was not down rated there either. On the other hand Russian polls were more in favor of Obama (54-67 %)
At global level (as a whole) he did very well in deed.
As I said, people who don’t like Obama can say anything negative they want to say about Obama. But all those poles (nationally and internationally), except two (Israel and Pakistan) spoke high of Obama. Therefore, “all” those can’t be wrong.
Albert
The Perfect Super Bowl Seat
Submitted by TedBob received a free ticket to the Superbowl from his company. Unfortunately, when he arrived at the stadium he realized the seat was in the last row in the corner of the stadium. He was closer to the Goodyear Blimp than the field!
About halfway through the first quarter, Bob noticed an empty seat in the 10th row right on the 50-yard line. He decided to take a chance and made his way through the stadium and around the security guards to the empty seat.
As he sat down, he asked the gentleman sitting next to him, "Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?"
The man said "No."
Very excited to be in such a great seat for the game, Bob said to the man next to him, "This is incredible! Who in their right mind would have a seat like this at the Superbowl and not use it?!"
The man replied, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Superbowl we haven't been to together since we got married in 1967."
"That's really sad," said Bob, "But still, couldn't you find someone to take the seat? A relative or a close friend?"
"No," the man replied, "They're all at the funeral."
"Growing Up Filipino-American"
by Jonathan SaethangSubmitted by Ted
Good evening everyone.
When Tita Marites asked me to speak tonight, I was very excited to do so. First of all, I would be getting a delicious free meal, and as a broke college student, I am always down for a free meal. No, but really, tonight I want to share a little bit about my experience growing up as a second generation Asian-American here in the United States.
Currently, I am in my last year of studies and am President of the Filipino Student Association at Georgia Tech. Many of you might remember me, however, as Little Mr. Fil-Am 1993...yup, I was that kid that sang "Ako Ay Pilipino!" To this day that memory still haunts me. Whenever I go to any Fil-Am event or party and introduce myself, I always am met with "Oh, you are the one that used to sing Ako Ay Pilipino, hahh? Do you still sing? Sing por us, haahh!"
Unfortunately, I'm pretty tone deaf and don't sing anymore. But that doesn't mean that I don't have anything to sing about. I could sing about Filipino history, culture, and traditions that surrounded me in my childhood. I could sing about the struggles that I had finding a place to fit in culturally growing up. I could sing about the rich tapestry of cultural experiences that has made me who I am today.
But why did I even sing in the first place? Well, my Lola taught me how. My Lola taught me a lot of things and continues to teach me a lot to this day.. For instance, she taught me the old adage "kung kumain ka nang gulay, mahaba ng buhay." That means that if you eat your vegetables, you will live long. She has plenty of wise words of wisdom like that, but perhaps the most important thing that she taught me was the universal sense of "pamilya," or family.
I grew up in a unique family situation. My mother came from the Philippines to work as a nurse, the first one in her family to leave the country. My father immigrated from Thailand in the hopes of running a business, also one of the first in his family to leave his country. And they met here in the US, and raised two children in the suburbs of Atlanta.
This unique situation often presses the question, "So what do you consider yourself?" For the longest time, I didn't know how to answer that. Was I Thai? Was I Filipino? Was I American? For so many children growing up here in the states, there is a distinct pressure to conform, to fit in. There is a pressure to identify with one race, one creed, one type. I was no exception. Who was I? Where do I fit in?
It took me until I was a little older to realize that those questions are irrelevant. I am who I am: all parts of me. I am proud to be an American-born- half-Thai- half-Filipino. Like I said, my Lola instilled in me a universal sense of family, meaning that family wasn't about race, religion, or creed. A family is not just limited to those that are like you - a family is inclusive of everyone you love and care for. Pamilya wasn't just limited to those that were blood-related to me, they it included everyone I knew, respected, and trusted.
This is why Filipino children have no shortage of titos, titas, ates, kuyas, lolos, lolas, ninongs, and ninangs: because the Filipino definition of pamilya is inclusive. Friends of my parents became my titos and titas, older friends became my kuyas and ates, and so forth...I think that Filipinos take the statement "It takes a village to raise a child" very literally.
This is the heart and soul of why I do the things that I do today. Because it is not enough to simply educate others about our culture. It is not enough to sing a song, perform the tinikling, or give a speech about Filipino history. While all those are important, we would be doing our fellow inhabitants in the world a disservice if we didn't pass on the most important aspect of Filipino culture: pamilya! This is the one thing that we cannot afford to lose as we continue on through the generations.
And how do you build a family, you might ask? By being active in sharing experiences with others. This is why I feel so passionate about the Filipino Student Association and what we do. Through our community service, professional development, social networking, and other displays of culture, we are able to unite students under the Filipino cultural values that have made each and every one of us who we are today. We are not just an organization: we are a family. We are there for each other in moments of joy, we are there for each other when things go wrong, we are there for each other just like any member of my family would be for me.
And I learned from the best - that's right, from all of you in the crowd. The reason why we have this mentality is because you instilled it in us. You are the ones that taught us to value our family, our values, our rich cultural heritage. You, the parents and titos and titas, are the reason why we are here: you have dedicated your lives to creating a better life here in the United States. We thank you wholeheartedly for all your support to date and look forward to your continued support and advice in the future.
As second generation Asian-Americans growing up in America, we have a markedly different challenge. We have the opportunity for a good education, a well-paying job, and an excellent life here all at our fingertips. Our challenge is to never forget where we came from. We are carrying the torch now-we are the ones that will shape the future of our community and nation. The fact that we have the unique ability to straddle the boundary between the traditional and the contemporary is our greatest strength. Therefore, we should continue looking forward without losing sight of where we came from.
I am proud to be an Asian-American. I am proud to be a Filipino. But moreover, I am proud to be part of a family whose branches extend from here in downtown Atlanta to the ends of the continent, and even further to the ends of the earth. We are one.
The Loyal Wife
Submitted by RadingThere was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.
Just before he died, he said to his wife, 'When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the after-life with me.'
And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him.
Well, he died . . .
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black,
and her friend was sitting next to her. When they
finished the ceremony,
just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife
said, 'Wait, just a minute!'
She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket.
Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away.
Her friend said, 'I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there in the casket with your husband.'
The loyal wife replied 'Listen, I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him.'
'You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him !!! ?'
'I sure did' said the wife. 'I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a cheque. If he can cash it, he can spend it.'
Moral of the story: *Women are cleverer than Men* ......
A Phenomenal Video! You Must See this Video!!!!!
Submitted by JUANILLO MIELJust a little reminder that God always has an amazing plan…
You absolutely must take time to watch this video (it's about 6 min. long) from beginning to end. I guarantee that this phenomenal young man will put you in a better frame of mind for the rest of the day !! Click here...
Man Conching 40th day
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The Boy
Submitted by RadingI was walking around in a WalMart when I noticed a Cashier returning some money to a little boy.
The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.'
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?''
The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.''
Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.'
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
But he replied to me sadly. 'No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.'
His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.''
My heart nearly stopped.
The little boy looked up at me and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.'
Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me.'
'I love my mommy and I wish she didn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.'
Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll!''
'OK' he said, 'I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!'
Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.''
'My mommy loves white roses.'
A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.
Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine.
And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, 'Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
An Interactive Game in a British Bar
Submitted by TedThis came as a big surprise to me !
Click-to-Open the PPS attachment to be surprised as I was, even as we are all familiar with this game.
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KAMOTE (SWEET POTATO)
Submitted by CelyI hope this article will enlighten us. Did you know that kamote far exceeds the nutrition and health values of rice? Here are the benefits of substituting rice with kamote:
Kamote is more filling and suppresses hunger pangs longer. It is also cheaper than rice..
Unlike rice, kamote is so easy to grow. It grows in backyards with or without fertilizers. Local government executives can provide their poor communities with idle government land for planting kamote which the entire community can share.
Unlike rice which needs to be eaten with a dish, kamote tastes good and can be eaten by itself. Thus, substituting rice with kamote saves money for other needs.
Rice cannot match the nutritional values of kamote. Because rice converts to sugar in the body, the Philippines registers as a top producer of diabetics in the world.The poor tends to load up on rice and less on the dish which are more expensive. That makes them vulnerable to diabetes, an ailment known in developed countries as a rich man’s disease.
The nutritional values of a 3 oz baked kamote are: calories 90, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0 g, cholesterol 0 mg, carbohydrate 21 g, protein 2 g, dietary fiber 3 g, sodium 36 mg, vitamin A 19,218 IU, folic acid 6 micrograms, pantothenic acid 1 mg, vitamin B6 <1 mg, vitamin C 20 mg, vitamin E 1 mg, calcium 38 mg, manganese 1 mg, carotenoids 11,552 mcg, potassium 475 mg and magnesium 45 mg. Compare that to a 100 g serving of white rice with: calories 361 kcal, water 10.2 g, total fat 0.8 g, dietary fiber 0.6 g, calcium 8 mg, phosphorous 87 mg, potassium 111 mg, sodium 31 mg, vitamin B1 0.07 mg, vitamin B2 0.02 mg, niacin 1.8 g, protein 6 g and carbohydrates 82 g.
Too much rice consumption can make you sick but kamote can bring you to health and keep away some health problems. These have been proved medically.
In a medical documentary I watched recently on KBS World (the South Korean TV Network), I was awed by the results of the research the Koreans conducted on the nutritional and medicinal benefits of kamote (which they refer to as sweet potato).
In that Korean medical documentary I watched (which I followed through the English subtitles), they presented the research findings on people with established health problems who were placed on a kamote/sweet potato diet.
Believe it or not – kamote lowers hypertension, bad cholesterol and even blood sugar when eaten as SUBSTITUTE TO RICE! The purple sweet potato (kamote) is particularly effective for lowering hypertension.
Not only that, the Korean medical documentary credits the sweet potato (kamote) as high fiber and is one of the best foods that one can eat to prevent cancer! For those who are only impressed by US doctors, read this: the North Carolina Stroke Association, American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association have all endorsed the sweet potato for its disease prevention and healing qualities.
The Americans, the South Koreans – both progressive nations – have raised the kamote to a high pedestal. Many of them even call the kamote a “super food that heals.”
IMPORTANT WARNING!!! RE: Phenylpropanolamine...found in common over the counter medications is DANGEROUS!!
Submitted by RadingNot sure if this is true or not, but better to be informed just in case it its true.
You may have seen this before, but just in case you haven’t…this is not something anyone would want to have slipped through the cracks! Also here is some… Additional information:
Phenylpropanolamine - THIS IS SERIOUS - please read !! I received this information from a friend whose mother recently passed away. Apparently, this was caused by a medication that is deadly.
Here are the details, and I suggest you pass it on to your loved ones and others.
Subject: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) I would like to thank those of you who expressed condolences on the recent passing of my mother. She suffered a hemorrhagic stroke while she was driving home from my house on July 30th and passed away on August 3rd. My mother's stroke and passing was an enormous shock to my family, because she did not have any symptoms or risk factors for a stroke. Just the week before she had gone to her doctor for a check up and received a clean bill of health.
She did, however, develop a cold while she was visiting me and had taken Alka Seltzer Cold Plus for 3 days. Since her passing, we have learned that Alka Seltzer is one of the many cold medicines that contains Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), which can cause hemorrhagic stokes or cerebral bleeding, even with the first use. I am forwarding a list of other medications that currently use PPA.. These medicines are supposedly being recalled but my mother just purchased this medication less than two weeks ago. Pharmaceutical companies have known about this danger for years, we unfortunately, did not.
I urge you to review the list of medicines with PPA and avoid these medications. All drugs containing YLPROPANOLAMINE are dangerous. You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire about a REFUND. Please read this CAREFULLY. Also, please pass this on to everyone you know. STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient.
It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of the medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.
The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine :-
1. Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant2. Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements
3 Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control
4. Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine Effervescent
5. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (Cherry or Orange )
6. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original
7. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent
8. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine
9. Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent
10. Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine
11. BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder
12. BC Sinus Cold Powder
13. Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief
14. Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules
15. Contac 12 Hour Caplets
16. Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus
17. Dexatrim Caffeine Free
18. Dexatrim Extended Duration
19. Dexatrim Gelcaps
20. Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free
21. Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets
22. Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels
23. Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir
24. Dimetapp Elixir
25. Dimetapp 4-Hour Liquid Gels
26. Dimetapp 4-Hour Tablets
27. Dimetapp 12-Hour Extentabs Tablets
28. Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops
29. Permathene Mega-16
30. Robitussin CF
31. Tavist-D 12-Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion
32. Triaminic DM Cough Relief
33. Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head
34. Triaminic Sy rup Co ld & ; Amp; Amp Allergy
35. Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough
I just found out and called the 800# on the container for Triaminic and they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and seizures in children:
1 Orange 3D Cold & Allergy Cherry (Pink)
2. 3D Cold & Cough Berry
3. 3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant
They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the lot number on the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back to them, and they will also issue you a refund. If you know of anyone else with small children, PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF!
Additional information:
PPA Info Sheet Click here...Q&A on PPA Click here...
ALWAYS ASK, NEVER ASSUME !!
Submitted by RadingHis request approved, the CNN News photographer quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight.
He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport.
Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger.
He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, 'Let's go'.
The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took off.
Once in the air, the photographer instructed the pilot, 'Fly over the valley and make low passes so I can take pictures of the fires on the hillsides.'
'Why?' asked the pilot.
'Because I'm a photographer for CNN' , he responded, 'and I need to get some close up shots.'
The pilot was strangely silent for a moment, finally he stammered, 'So, what you're telling me, is . . . You'reNOT my flight instructor?'
Hitler finds out about Scott Brown's victory!
This is really funny. Who creates these things anyway, and how do they do it so quickly?TED Click here...
A TRIBUTE TO MAN'S INGENUITY !
Indeed a high tribute to man's limitless capacity for ingenious inventions !
TED Click here...
Katbaloganon USA 2010 Dulong
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C&P of ANOTHER OF TIGER WOODS NEW SPONSOR
Submitted by Ted Click here...
A Tiger Woods Song: TIGER BY THE TAIL
Submitted by Ted Click here...SCAM WARNING !!
Submitted by TedDon't say you've not been warned!
I just got scammed outta $25!
I bought a Tiger Woods DVD entitled:
"My Favorite 18 holes".
Turns out it's about golf.
A Damn waste of money.
Pass this on so others don't get scammed
TED
Crime Alert
Submitted by RadingIf you are driving at night and eggs are thrown at your windshield, do not operate the wiper and spray any water because eggs mixed with water become milky and block your vision up to 92.5% so you are forced to stop at the roadside and become a victim of robbers.
This is a new technique used by robbers.
Frank Sinatra ..........THIS IS GREAT
Submitted by NinoThanks Nino it's really great
Narding Click here...
NEWS FLASH !!!
Jan. 11, 2010
Filipina White House Chef Won In Iron Chef America Contest
Submitted by TedChef Cristeta Pasia-Comerford w/ First Lady Michelle Obama
Cristeta Pasia-Comerford team-up with the “Early Show” resident chef Bobby Flay defeating the renowned chefs Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali in the Iron Chef America last Sunday night in the Food Network. In the Iron Chef challenge, Flay and Pasia-Comerford used Japanese eggplant and sweet potatoes — personally recommended by Michelle Obama — for their winning dish. Flay and Pasia-Comerford defeated Lagasse and Batali by just five points.
Cristeta Pasia-Comerford was born in Sampaloc, Manila. She completed her secondary education at the Manila Scence High School. She attended the University of the Philippines, Diliman in Quezon City and majored in food technology. However, she did not earn her degree as she left school to immigrate to the United States.
The 47-year old Filipina Chef has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. Comerford was recruited by executive chef Walter Scheib III in 1995 to work in the Clinton White House. When Scheib resigned as executive chef in February 2005, Cristeta was appointed by First Lady Laura Bush on August 14, 2005 as the White House Executive Chef. On January 9, 2009, the Obama transition team announced that Comerford would be retained as the administration’s head chef.
She is the first female White House Executive Chef and the first person of ethnic minority origin to hold this position.
TED
UPDATE ON THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE COURT TRIAL
Submitted by TedFortun’s antics – Partial
LOWDOWN -- Jojo Robles
Manilastandardtoday – 7 January 2010
I know that it’s Andal Ampatuan Jr. who’s on trial for the horrifying Maguindanao massacre. But Ampatuan’s lead counsel, Sigfrid Fortun, is certainly trying very hard to become at least as hateful as his client.
How else could we explain the stunt pulled by Fortun in front of Quezon City Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes last Tuesday, when the lawyer demanded an interpreter to read the charges to Ampatuan in Maguindanaoan, because the alleged butcher of 57 women and journalists supposedly could not understand English nor Filipino? If I were the judge, I would cite both Fortun and his client (who played along by gesturing all morning as if he had been struck dumb) for contempt for lying in court.
I hope someone from Maguindanao —perhaps from the families of some of the victims—attempts to converse with Fortun in the local tongue, using choice words that would be the equivalent of “bottom-feeding scumbag lawyer,” for instance, to find out if he can speak Maguindanaoan, as well. I’m almost tempted to think that lawyer and client use a language that is more universal (as in, accepted everywhere) when they talk about the case, since I’m pretty sure Fortun cannot speak Ampatuan’s native tongue and since the lawyer insists his client cannot understand either of the country’s two major methods of communicating.
Of course, Fortun needs only to make his paymaster happy. He could care less what everyone else thinks—or if by his lawyering he adds the truth to the long list of the victims in the Maguindanao killings.
What do we do then, with the extensive video coverage of Ampatuan when he was first brought to his detention cell at the National Bureau of Investigation, which shows the principal suspect and alleged mastermind explaining why he surrendered to the authorities “to clear my name” and blaming the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the killings? And doing so at length and in fluent Filipino for the cameras?
Here’s how GMA News transcribed Ampatuan’s “defense” of himself to television reporters from behind bars at the NBI: “Wala po akong kasalanan. Kaya po ako pumunta rito, para po ipakita sa inyo na hindi po ako nagtatago at wala po akong kaalam-alam sa ibinibintang sa akin. Wala po ako nung time na ‘yon, dahil nasa munisipyo po ako. Ang posible po, ang MILF po sa pangunguna ni Ameril Umbra Kato. Ang MILF po, alam po natin na terorista po sila.”
Sounds like perfectly constructed Tagalog to me. Or perhaps, like Fortun, I woke up one day and am now inexplicably fluent in Maguindanaoan, which is why I can understand entirely what his client was shouting from his detention cell.
It is to the credit of the judge that she had the charges read to Ampatuan in English, anyway. To which—probably after a quick consultation with his lawyer in the language that they share—Ampatuan had no problem entering the expected plea of “not guilty.”
But I guess both Fortun and his client figured it was worth a shot to stymie the court with their demand for an interpreter. Just like, some time later, when the question of granting bail for Ampatuan came up, Fortun rose again to declare that the testimony of witnesses from the prosecution who will seek to deny the temporary release of his client was “irrelevant”—hey, maybe the judge will see it his way, right?
Judging from Fortun’s initial courtroom performance, I’m glad I’m not paying his reportedly stratospheric fees. Having covered my share of court proceedings in the past, I don’t think his dilatory tactics, reliance on legal technicalities and out-and-out lying will be enough to get his client off what many feel is his well-deserved hook—or even get him on the judge’s good side.
Perhaps Fortun has already been way too influenced by his old clients in show business, who feel that denial in the face of the most incontrovertible evidence will suffice, if it is made brazenly enough and repeated often enough. But this isn’t the case of some cosmetic surgeon-slash-celebrity wannabe on trial for messing up some rich matron’s butt job, unfortunately—dozens of lives were lost in the massacre for which Fortun’s latest client is now being tried, in case the lawyer has forgotten.
I have a friend who once suggested that, since lawyers share in the rewards of a successful suit, they should probably be made to suffer part of the penalties when their clients lose, as well. If lawyers were to spend some jail time or pay some of the damages and costs of the suit awarded by a judge, they probably would be more careful about how they defend their clients—or they would at least make an effort to take on only cases where they actually believe that their clients are in the right. It’s a proposal that has absolutely next to no chance of even being heard, given the number of lawyers who hold positions of power in this country. But one can’t help but wonder if maybe it’s based on the right premise, that no amount of lawyering is supposed to get in the way of ferreting out the truth and punishing the guilty.
As for Fortun, who once famously declared that he did not take on the Ampatuan case for money, he may console himself with his humongous fees and the mistaken belief that this is just another case involving just another client. And, like his insistence that Ampatuan cannot understand English nor Filipino, he would be overruled, once again, by the truth.#####
Pau Pau's SURPRISE 18th Birthday Celebration! Jan. 9, 2010
Photo by Tim
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Quote of the year
Submitted by RadingRemember when Ronald Reagan was president?
We also had Bob Hope and Johnny Cash still with us.
Now we have Obama and no hope and no cash.
Live A Life That Matters
Submitted by TedThis is a nice presentation of how to prepare ourselves for the mortal ending in all of us.
Inspiring & Meaningful words, and nice accompanying instrumental music. (speakers volume up please)
TED Click here...
Attention members of Katbaloganon Golf Club
Our next tournament will be in Las Vegas
Tiger Wood's 19th hole
Putting green at Para Mga Kalagasan La Ini.SURPRISE: A New Tiger Woods Sponsor !
Submitted by TedSince his little affairs have come to light, several of Tiger Woods sponsors have dropped him. (like Nike, Accenture, AT&T, etc...)
However, Pfizer has decided to sponsor him. They are making a new drug called Tiagra. And it's good for 18 holes !
Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha !
Advice from an Israeli Agent
Submitted by Cely MedranoAN ABSOLUTE MUST READ !!
Juval Aviv was the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie 'Munich' was based. He was Golda Meir's bodyguard, and she appointed him to track down and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who took the Israeli athletes hostage and killed them during the Munich Olympic Games.
In a lecture in New York City he shared information that EVERY American needs to know -- but that our government has not yet shared with us.
He predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O'Reilly show on Fox News stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time, O'Reilly laughed, and mocked him saying that in a week he wanted him back on the show. Unfortunately, within a week the terrorist attack had occurred.
Juval Aviv gave intelligence (via what he had gathered in Israel and the Middle East) to the Bush Administration about 9/11, a month before it occurred. His report specifically said they would use planes as bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments. Congress has since hired him as a security consultant.
Now for his future predictions. He predicts the next terrorist attack on the U.S. will occur within the next few months.
Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try and hijack a plane again as they know the people onboard will never go down quietly again. Aviv believes our airport security is a joke -- that we have been reactionary rather than proactive in developing strategies that are truly effective.
For example:
1) Our airport technology is outdated. We look for metal, and the new explosives are made of plastic..
2) He talked about how some idiot tried to light his shoe on fire. Because of that, now everyone has to take off their shoes. A group of idiots tried to bring aboard liquid explosives. Now we can't bring liquids on board. He says he's waiting for some suicidal maniac to pour liquid explosive on his underwear; at which point, security will have us all traveling naked!
Every strategy we have is reactionary.
3) We only focus on security when people are heading to the gates.
Aviv says that if a terrorist attack targets airports in the future, they will target busy times on the front end of the airport when/where people are checking in. It would be easy for someone to take two suitcases of explosives, walk up to a busy check-in line, ask a person next to them to watch their bags for a minute while they run to the restroom or get a drink, and then detonate the bags BEFORE security even gets involved. In Israel, security checks bags BEFORE people can even ENTER the airport.
Aviv says the next terrorist attack here in America is imminent and will involve suicide bombers and non-suicide bombers in places where large groups of people congregate. (i.e., Disneyland, Las Vegas casinos, big cities (New York, San Francisco, Chicago, etc.) and that it will also include shopping malls, subways in rush hour, train stations, etc.., as well as, rural America this time. The interlands (Wyoming, Montana, etc.).
The attack will be characterized by simultaneous detonations around the country (terrorists like big impact), involving at least 5-8 cities, including rural areas.
Aviv says terrorists won't need to use suicide bombers in many of the larger cities, because at places like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, they can simply valet park a car loaded with explosives and walk away.
Aviv says all of the above is well known in intelligence circles, but that our U. S. Government does not want to 'alarm American citizens' with the facts. The world is quickly going to become 'a different place', and issues like 'global warming' and political correctness will become totally irrelevant.
On an encouraging note, he says that Americans don't have to be concerned about being nuked. Aviv says the terrorists who want to destroy America will not use sophisticated weapons. They like to use suicide as a front-line approach. It's cheap, it's easy, it's effective; and they have an infinite abundance of young militants more than willing to 'meet their destiny'.
He also says the next level of terrorists, over which America should be most concerned, will not be coming from abroad. But will be, instead, 'homegrown', having attended and been educated in our own schools and universities right here in the U.S. He says to look for 'students' who frequently travel back and forth to the Middle East. These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but that we Americans won't know/understand a thing about them.
Aviv says that, as a people, Americans are unaware and uneducated about the terrorist threats we will inevitably face. America still has only a handful of Arabic and Farsi speaking people in our intelligence networks, and Aviv says it is critical that we change that fact SOON.
So, what can America do to protect itself? From an intelligence perspective, Aviv says the U.S. needs to stop relying on satellites and technology for intelligence. We need to, instead, follow Israel's, Ireland's and England's hands-on examples of human intelligence, both from an infiltration perspective as well as to pay attention to, and trust 'aware' citizens to help. We need to engage and educate ourselves as citizens; however, our U. S. government continues to treat us, its citizens, 'like babies'.. Our government thinks we 'can't handle the truth' and are concerned that we'll panic if we understand the realities of terrorism. Aviv says this is a deadly mistake.
Aviv recently created/executed a security test for our Congress, by placing an empty briefcase in five well-traveled spots in five major cities. The results? Not one person called 911 or sought a policeman to check it out. In fact, in Chicago, someone tried to steal the briefcase!
In comparison, Aviv says that citizens of Israel are so well 'trained' that an unattended bag or package would be reported in seconds by citizen(s) who know to publicly shout, 'Unattended Bag!' The area would be quickly & calmly cleared by the citizens themselves.
Unfortunately, America hasn't been yet 'hurt enough' by terrorism for their government to fully understand the need to educate its citizens or for the government to understand that it's their citizens who are, inevitably, the best first-line of defense against terrorism.
Aviv also was concerned about the high number of children here in America who were in preschool and kindergarten after 9/11, who were 'lost' without parents being able to pick them up, and about our schools that had no plan in place to best care for the students until parents could get there. (In New York City, this was days, in some cases!)
He stresses the importance of having a plan, that's agreed upon within your family, of how to respond in the event of a terrorist emergency. He urges parents to contact their children's schools and demand that the schools too, develop plans of actions, just as they do in Israel.
Does your family know what to do if you can't contact one another by phone? Where would you gather in an emergency? He says we should all have a plan that is easy enough for even our youngest children to remember and follow.
Aviv says that the U. S. government has in force a plan, that in the event of another terrorist attack, EVERYONE's ability to use cell phones, blackberries, etc., will immediately be cut-off, as this is the preferred communication source used by terrorists and is often the way that their bombs are detonated.
How will you communicate with your loved ones in the event you cannot speak to each other? You need to have a plan.
If you understand, and believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to send this to every concerned parent, guardian, grandparents, uncles, aunts, whomever. Don't stop there. In addition to sharing this via e-mail, contact and discuss this information with whomever it makes sense to. Make contingency plans with those you care about. Better that you have plans in place, and never have to use them, then to have no plans in place, and find you needed them.
If you choose not to share this, or not to have a plan in place, and nothing ever occurs -- good for you! However, in the event something does happen, and even moreso, if it directly affects your loved ones, then this e-mail will haunt you forever.
Telling yourself after the fact, "I should have sent this to so and so, but deleted it as so much trash from old Bill Jones, plus, I just didn't believe it", will not change anything. You were alerted, had the chance to do something, and instead of erring on the side of caution, you chose to disregard, if nothing else, a sensible, valuable warning.
The SONG that RADIO STATIONS DO NOT WANT TO PLAY
Submitted by Ted* The song you are about to listen to is from a Las Vegas Diamond Rio concert.
They received an immediate resounding standing ovation, and continue to do so every time they perform it! Sadly, major radio stations wouldn't play it because it was considered 'politically incorrect'.. Consequently, the song was never released to the public.
So America , see what you think.. If this offering speaks to your heart and you feel you want to share it with friends and loved ones, please do.
Tell me what you think, or what's your take on this song.
TED Click here...
THE DARVAZA WELL
Submitted by TedNever heard of it - and unbelievable but true!!!
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Is It Really Safe To Fly
Submitted by TedISN’T IT MARVELOUS THAT THE WORLD CAN GET INFORMATION ON HOW TO DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!
This short video shows how air travel will be more severely restricted in the days ahead.
Ted Click here...
Bella's (wife of Jun Japzon- 1983 president) 60th birthday at Caffe Aldo Lamberti, Cheery Hill, NJ Jan. 1, 2010
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THIS YEARS DARWIN AWARD WINNERS
Submitted by TedThe Darwin 's are out!!!!
Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here is the glorious winner:
1. When his 38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach , California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.
And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies.. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas.. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast... The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for.. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
** Remember.... They walk among us!!!*** (and they voted during the last election !!)
TED
The 45 Lessons In Life
Submitted by TedTruly excellent lessons in life.
And these photos, - appropiate for this winter time of the year, are just awesome!
Once it loads, hit enter to keep it going.
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Pasamwak ha Katbaloganon.Org
Tikan kan Ruben CincoAn "Dulong" han santo, San Bartolome, will be on Saturday, January 16, 2010, didto ha Governor's Point 2 ClubHouse (Kanda Mami/Cora Lomuntad barangay ha North Brunswick).
Dida hito nga 'Dulong" may ada meeting an Presidents/Hermanas - Council han past presidents and past hermanas. An usa nga agenda an tungod han "Whole Day Affair" for 2010 nga nag pro-propose kami nga mag charge hin ($5) Five Dollars, per adult (18 yrs old and above) with the exemption of: an mag attend nga nagbayad han night affair before that and/ or, an mag bayad han souvenir journal han Presidente.