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RE: SOUND OFF ON ANY TOPIC YOU WANT TO.
8/5/2012 3:18:05 PM

Kathleen I agree but I'm finding there are a lot of unpatriotic Americans now and in my opinion if they can't back our military, who we have to thank for the few freedoms we have left, then they need to pack their bags and go find another country to live in.

I've been there a couple of times when my son's squadron was deployed to Desert Storm and then he served a tour in Iraq. I also find it deplorable that our injured service men and women can't get needed medical treatment when they return. It will be three years in September since my son came back with injuries which haven't been addressed yet. The military just keep giving him the run around. This makes me very angry because he's out working everyday driving a gas tanker, delivering fuel to different places even though he's in constant pain from two herniated discs. I'm sure there are others who are in the same situation besides him. I think it is a disgrace the way our government treats out military but they did do one thing right when they passed this bill, I'll have to say, but they still need to do much more.

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Hi Mary Evelyn,

I'm very glad to hear that! I think it's shameful for any American to protest at an American soldier's funeral. That's just a slap in the face for the bravery of the soldiers who protect our rights, the soldiers go through a lot of hardships, voluntarily, that most of us don't even want to know about. My nephew was in Iraq several times for 7 months each time, in heat over 100 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and they sometimes don't even get to shower for long amounts of time, covered with sand & sweat. Anyone who protests at a soldier's funeral and causes more grief to the families should be made to sit down with soldiers and listen to their stories, look into their eyes, and feel their stress and relief at being home, unfortunately, the ones who died are no longer at home with their families, and those parents should not be put through more hassles. Lots of parents of soldiers are in constant worry, have depression problems, it takes a huge toll on the parents, and the last thing they need is crazy hateful strangers at the last moments they'll get to memorialize their child.

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RE: SOUND OFF ON ANY TOPIC YOU WANT TO.
8/5/2012 3:20:46 PM

Mark this is wonderful news and I know first hand that you have to have good reviews from your customers to get on these lists and stay on them. I must say a big KUDOS!!!

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Mark I wish you lived close enough to me so I could hire you to do a few jobs. Since your business is growing so well tells me you do a good job and can be trusted. Are you on any of the lists like Angie's List or ServiceMagic? My guess is you probably don't need to since you are doing so well. When I lived in Oak Ridge I hired a couple of guys off of the ServiceMagic site to install hardwood and ceramic flooring and they did excellent work at a reasonable rate. I found my lawn service and a plumber here in Florida through ServiceMagic also. I have a few other things that still need to be taken care of. I wish you continued success.

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Good Morning, this is just to make one little clarification on something

that I mentioned about work and saving money. When I mentioned Design,

I think it was misunderstood that my business is Designs. That part is just is an ongoing learning experience with Logo's, Image's, Graphic's, and Website Designs. I do this for Fun and

just maybe a little branding around here showing

new concepts and also sharing what I think is a very powerful Website Building Program. By using this with my Domain Name, (www.kalamazoohandymen.com) and Website Builder that comes with hosting, I have built a Website for my Trade Business. Electrician by trade and a pretty good general handyman and that is my main source of income. More and more when people are looking for things to be fixed, installed, and upgraded through the internet doing searches, they find my Website.

I provide a real service and don't have to baffle people.

I just wanted to mention this as not thinking I was making money from a

source where I am really not. That would be misleading.

Another one I did was for Julie's Business.

www.juliepowellskincare.com


We took the little dog out once just for a ride and I kept telling Julie that the dog

would be fine and it was silly to put a leash on her.

Two minutes latter the cute little ****s decides for no reason

that I could think of,

Takes a flying leap of faith into the water.

She stay's on shore now.

Besides, she (dog) can't fish…


Mary and Peter

Thank you for your kind words.

I see I am not the only one that has a breaking point,

but decided not to add to it.




This is just a small little example

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RE: SOUND OFF ON ANY TOPIC YOU WANT TO.
8/5/2012 3:49:37 PM

I deal with people that are interested in having the work or service done.

If they are serious they can contact me by filling out the contact form with their

information. I have illuminated the unnecessary and unwanted phones calls.

So let me ask you this. How are people finding you for the product you are selling?

Would you say your where a go to person (trained expert) on pain and sleep problems and have a understanding of how they are made, any side affects, long term exposure, and an expert in the field medication and depression? Are you also protected by law suits from people that may use this product that came from you and had serious problems? Are you claiming to make money and how much, and are marking this as to, if they sign up they can make money too. Are you providing a detailed disclaimer that what you say and claim, that you are not responsible for any money lost, may not make a dime, or any side affects that may or may not be.


Don't take my wrong but this is just a few things to look at. I started with programs to make money shortly after I learned how to turn on a computer and use it. It took three months for me to come to a understanding that it is not the program that failed. It is the marketing and the no experience I had. Nothing…

For the next two years I did nothing with trying to promote or market anything and started learning all I could on Marketing, Social Networks, Search Engines, User Names, Creating Optimized Profiles, Article Writing, and Blogging, just to name a few and you know what?

I am still learning and still don't know crap, well maybe a little. What I do know and work hard on is that there are so many using the Internet to find solutions to their problems, Qualified Professionals, Heath Products, and just way to much to mention, and having them come to my Website. Going after people is one thing but for them to come to you and are already interested in your service or product with money in hand. WOW, what a concept. Not one once of energy put into safe list, traffic exchanges, multiple postings day in and day out, and and and and, oh I am just tried already just talking about traffic sites. They do work for some just not even remotely anything that I need to do.



This is a fact: Programs are designed and put together for the owners to make money and to make it sound so good that they get others to advertise for them and offer peanuts. I think it is about 96% will fall short of getting any peanuts.


What you do is what you believe in and by all means do it the way you want to.

I am just what you would call: "Sounding Off"


Honesty and Professionals are awarded, not claimed, and will come to you if you are trusted to be the expert in your field of interest and not to mislead.


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Hello Mark

I wasn't ignoring your comments about me putting my phone number and email address out there. I lost sight of which forum from which you sent it.

I put my phone number and email address out there because I want to be seen as an approachable and honest person. I have on occasion wanted to talk to some people online about the program they are offering and they don't want to talk and they don't want emails; they just want people to sign up. I don't want to do business with those people, would you?

I am aware that there maybe some danger in doing that. I do get some calls and maybe that is why but when I get to talk to them, I try to recruit them into my program :)) The same with the emails. If I get too many, I will remove the phone number and email address but for now if they pester me, I will recruit them or put them on my email list.


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RE: SOUND OFF ON ANY TOPIC YOU WANT TO.
8/6/2012 2:03:16 PM

I love reading anything that Herman Cain writes because he always makes so much sense. In my opinion it was too bad the liberals attacked him with their lies and innuendos to the point where he pulled out of the race because of the effect it was having on his family. This is a prime example of how spreading untruths can damage innocent people and they evidently were untruths since the liberal media never offered any concrete proof.

WE THE PEOPLE
A nation in crisis

Herman Cain offers real solutions to America's biggest problems

It’s in my nature to be cheerful and optimistic, and I am optimistic about the future of the United States. But it’s not in my nature to be delusional, and no nation can realize the vision of its most optimistic people if it doesn’t face up to the serious problems confronting it.

A good leader understands and acknowledges when a nation faces serious problems – and offers real solutions to those problems

Unfortunately, the United States now faces a shockingly large number of big, serious problems and does not have the leadership in place that knows how to fix them – nor is our current leadership even willing to do so. Consequently, as we choose new leadership in this year’s elections, we must be clear about the problems we face and the solutions that are necessary to deal with them. One could argue that we face hundreds of problems, but I believe we will turn the country in the right direction if we focus on the right problems and get them fixed – and they are these:

Economic stall

Just because we are not technically in a recession doesn’t mean you can call our economic state of affairs a “recovery.” When the growth of our gross domestic product is sputtering along at a pathetic 1.5 percent, we are not recovering. The Obama administration was pretty excited last week when the new jobs report showed an uptick of 164,000, but it shouldn’t have been. That’s barely more than the number of people entering the work force, and the last two months the figure was about half that. This is why unemployment remains at a historically high 8.3 percent.

The jobs are not there. Why? Not only is the administration committed to anti-business policies today – particularly with the imminent tax increases associated with Obamacare – but the uncertainty over any number of future policies is killing job growth because businesses are unwilling to make big commitments. They have no idea what’s coming even in the near term.

The solution to this is to make economic growth the nation’s priority, and to eliminate all economic policies that inhibit it. More on that below.

National security weakness

If the coming defense sequester happens, we will see $500 billion automatically chopped from the defense budget. And shockingly, that only builds on existing policies of national security weakness. We are already reducing the size of our naval fleet. We are already seeing rising tension in the Middle East. Unfriendly nations like Russia and Iran have no fear of challenging the United States. Allies like Great Britain and Poland cannot count on us for support, or even to keep commitments we have already made. Israel has no confidence the U.S. will have its back if it becomes necessary to use military force to defend itself.

The solution to this is to prioritize federal budgeting (but then we would need a budget in the first place. More on that below) to fulfill the crucial constitutional duty of protecting national security, and to practice clarity in foreign policy so we treat our friends as friends and we let our foes understand that they should fear confronting us. A president who thinks killing Osama bin Laden was a tough call is not going to give us these kinds of national security policies.

Out-of-control federal spending

The federal government is spending a quarter of the entire economy, and liberal demand-siders don’t even think it’s enough! It’s enough to generate annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion, though, as the national debt grows to $16 trillion and beyond. Senate Democrats refuse to even hold a vote on a federal budget, and the nation has not had one since 2009. Everyone can see that federal entitlement programs are growing out of control and need to be restructured, but Congress and the White House are afraid to even touch the issue.

The solution to this one is simple – but not easy. The American people must demand fiscal responsibility, and must make clear to politicians that they will face the most severe consequences if they do not rein in federal spending and restructure entitlement programs. As long as politicians think the safest move for their political careers is to do nothing, that is what they will do. Only the American people can change that dynamic.

Tax insanity

It’s bad enough that tax rates are high, and that Obama wants them even higher. The real problem with the tax code is that it is a complicated mess of exemptions, deductions, special favors and “incentives” designed to manipulate behavior, reward people politicians like and punish those they don’t like. And it gets more complicated every year as Congress adds new twists and features designed to achieve political ends. Americans spend billions just to make sure they’re in compliance with this monstrosity.

The reason my 9-9-9 plan resonated during my presidential campaign last year was that it solves this problem! It throws out the entire federal tax code and replaces it with something simple, straightforward and fair. Its goal is simply to raise the revenue the federal government needs to operate, and to do it in a way that removes barriers to prosperity. It would take the power away from Congress to add new politically motivated nuances to the tax code every year, and return that power to the people.

That’s why Washington hates it. What do you think of that?

Energy foolishness

America can grasp energy independence today. We can drill existing oil resources, begin aggressive pursuit of plentiful coal, natural gas and oil share resources, and empower the private sector to pursue alternative energy concepts like wind, solar and biofuels. If there is way to make these ideas work, the private sector will find it, and I will be the first to cheer. If they can’t work, then we shouldn’t waste money pretending they can!

Instead, the federal government is beating up oil companies and won’t even approve the Keystone XL pipeline that would allow us to buy massive quantities of oil from friendly Canada (while also creating a lot of jobs, I might add). Meanwhile, it invests billions of Energy Department dollars in so-called “green energy” companies that are going bankrupt.

If we were smart about the use of our energy resources, we could make them the new currency by which we achieve economic prosperity on a global basis. But in this area, under the leadership of Obama, we are dumb.

Immigration insecurity

It’s too bad Washington has made such a mess of immigration. It’s a good thing for our nation when smart, hard-working people decide to come here and do so legally. But immigration doesn’t work when you simply allow people to sneak across the border en masse, many of them bringing in weapons and drugs and glomming onto public assistance programs once they get here.

The border is not secure, and there is no making sense of why Washington refuses to secure it. Illegal is illegal – there is no other way to look at it. If we were simply to enforce our existing laws, we could clean up the problem that has exploded to see 12 million people living here illegally. But we won’t even do that. This is not a problem that requires a difficult solution. The solution is easy. It just requires leaders who have the political will to enforce the laws they’ve already passed. Is that really so hard?

Constitutional disregard

There is a determined segment of this nation that sees the Constitution as a serious inconvenience, because it prevents them from achieving the massive power grabs of their dreams. These people should never be allowed near public office, and certainly not near any federal court. The Constitution limits the powers of the federal government because that is the best way to protect the liberty of the American people. When our elected leaders ignore constitutional limits, or try to find tricks to get around them – and worse yet, when the Supreme Court upholds these schemes – we have come to an age when there are not real limits on federal power.

This one is also on the American people. We must know and understand the Constitution, and we must demand that anyone who wants to be elected to public office respect it.

I told you I was optimistic! Every problem has a solution. You just need people who are willing and able to fight for the solutions. And that starts with recognizing that the leaders we have now are not those people.

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RE: SOUND OFF ON ANY TOPIC YOU WANT TO.
8/6/2012 2:23:47 PM

Hi Mary Evelyn,

In my opinion, Herman Cain is the BEST President this country could ever hope for! I truly believe that the President should be the person who's most capable of running this country in a way that's best for the people. Everyone has some flaws, everyone is human, there are no perfect candidates. If each person really wanted this country to be run in the best way possible for everyone, they wouldn't have badgered him out of running. In his humanness, he was more concerned about his wife & family, he has goodness, and I hope he decides to run again in the future, or at least be an important part of our government in a way that he can help everyone to the utmost. People shouldn't try to hold back a brilliant mind and great new ideas just because the mind is within a person who may or may not have character flaws. Who doesn't?

Which voter out there is perfect?

Which non-voter is perfect?

Which media reporter is perfect?

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