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EARLY VOTING STARTED…JUST IN CASE…WHY SHOULD YOU VOTE?

Yes, early voting has started and its time you make a decision: Who to vote for and why vote?

After all, this campaign is has been more focused in ideology more than solutions, it has been about who attacks who and in what ways. It has boiled down to who is the one who is the least of an ideologue and more of a ‘human facilitator of real solutions”. That is the choice we have.

The question is, should we vote for these options? SURE. It is the only way that the people (even though politicians will not pay attention, especially, using a word from Ann Coulter, the
“retards” in Congress.) will be heard. But definitely, you should vote and there are valid reasons, including the following:*

1. Casting a vote allows an individual to express a choice among candidates who wish to become government leaders. It’s up to each voter to locate available information about each candidate and to make an informed decision about how to vote. Rather than allowing potential leaders to hide weaknesses and wrong-doing from public awareness, a democratic voting process urges citizens to get involved and to share viewpoints about who should lead. Few people truly remain oblivious to government leadership. Most have opinions about the way things should go, and they should use the voting process to express their preferences.

2. Voting provides a medium for citizens to support the democratic structure. If a majority of citizens chose not to vote, democracy might become a thing of the past, replaced by another form of government that might prove more elitist in nature.

3. Supporting the electoral process helps to reinforce your regional government. Showing that you care with your vote tells candidates that they must be accountable to the public. It also suggests that those who introduce issues for a vote must provide adequate information to answer citizens’ questions and address their concerns rather than attempt to foist a half-baked idea onto the general public.

4. Showing up at the poll on voting day sets a good example to others. Remember, your children observe all that you do and will learn from your example, right or wrong as it may be. Civic awareness is an important part of their training and one of the early steps on the road to maturity. Discuss the candidates with your family and make a point of mentioning your vote, or wearing the pin distributed at many polls that reads “I voted today.” Voting also sets a positive example to neighbors, friends, and family who may be uninterested in or unfamiliar with the electoral system.

5. Finally, taking time to vote reflects pride in your nation and its government. The country becomes a beacon of liberty for the rest of the world who will be watching. Let everyone know that you care enough about your homeland and its leaders to have a say in the election’s outcome. Never surrender your right to speak your mind via the vote on Election Day.

So, there you have it, get out there and vote! Read, study, and follow your gut feeling with an informed decision. That will give you the right to criticize whoever wins, which we hope will be the American people and not the ideologues.

See you next week. OH! Sorry about last week…we were “under the weather”, so to speak.

*source: http://www.essortment.com/should-vote-60856.html:

Democrat or Republican: From a tax standpoint, which is better?

 I saw this question in a forum I participate and decided to share it with you. How do you answer this question?  Depends on what side of the isle you are. Democrats state that they favor minimum wages and progressive taxation i.e. higher tax rates for higher income brackets. Republicans believe taxes shouldn’t be increased for anyone (including the wealthy) and that wages should be set by the free market.

So which tax plan is better? According to some sources, NEITHER. Even though both plans have in common that the idea is to maximize economic efficiency, we will be “in the hole” no matter who wins. Under Obama or Romney, the entire cost of extending the Bush tax cuts would be borrowed, because the government is running deficits projected at over $1 trillion this year for the fifth year running. Citizens for Tax Justice estimated that Obama’s plan next year would add $243 billion to the deficit, Pelosi’s old plan would have added $271 billion, and the Romney plan would add $311 billion**.

So, at the end of the day, who do you believe? I think it’s time that the American people study a little more on what is really happening with the taxes they pay. By the way, remember the famous 47%? It just so happens that the fact is true. 47% of the people in this country ARE SO POOR, they can’t or don’t qualify to pay taxes. These are victims of the politicians.

So I ask you again, WHO IS RIGHT? My answer is NONE. Maybe someday they will finally understand that political ideology is the death of society. Communication, comprehension and integration of ideas from EVERYONE are the only things that work.

See you next week!

**http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Comparing-the-Obama-and-Romney-tax-plans-3709094.php#ixzz29IjMcylV

The Pasco Hernando Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (PHHCC) will host an International Business Expo at the Land O’ Lakes Recreational Center!

3032 Collier Parkway,  Land O’ Lakes, FL 34639        When: Friday, October 12, 2012     4:00pm – 8:00pm

This is a FREE community event!

What is more important, quality of information, or quality of looks?

In a material, retrograde, idiotic world that we live in, it is interesting to see how the new generations have lost touch with reality.  I just read a story of a new anchor of a television station. This guy presented the news flawlessly, well informed, trustworthy information. The very next day, frustration came because, after efforts to prepare and present quality news to the viewers, ALL the calls received to the station were not about the quality of the newscast, they were all about the appearance of the person. That audience was more concerned about the straightness and color of his teeth, or the roundness of his belly or lack of muscle tone on his upper arms instead of the stories he was reporting.

I agree with someone that made a comment stating that stated as follows: “Television did this to themselves – and it calls into question their credibility, their thought processes, their motivations – because that is what lead them to put “cuteness” on the air. It is why I do not generally pay much attention to television broadcast news. Television news went to being READ by good-looking, talking ‘on-air’ heads. “

Recently there was another case where Television anchorwoman Jennifer Livingston of WKBT-TV in La Crosse responded to a viewer who wrote her an email criticizing her weight. “It was meant to hurt my feelings,” she said on the “CBS Morning Show.”  “To shame me into losing weight.  And in my opinion, that’s a bully.”

In her original on-air response, she warned that bullying is learned by children from adults and that if “you are at home talking about this fat lady” on TV, “your kids are probably going to go to school and call someone fat.”

So now, do we want to look at a “body of information” or just a “body”? It is another sad case of business vs. .information. Why do we allow the media to impose this kind of nonsense?

I think we have to teach our future generations that information is power, not “bimboformation”. Not that good looking women and men aren’t good looking and smart, but that combination is not seen frequently. Let’s get it together!! See you next week!

**http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/email-to-la-crosse-newswoman-shows-tv-hasnt-changed-much-br74628-172753421.html

Primer Boletin en Venezuela: 80.94% de participacion!!!! arriba el pueblo venezolano.. Totalizacion parcial: Chavez 54.42% 7,444,082 Capriles 44.97% 6,151, 594

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE?

 WELL, THE TIME HAS COME!! The first presidential debate is on this week.  Some people call Wednesday’s event as the “super bowl “of politics. Time to take the gloves off. Let us remind everyone what the debate is about: The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate. The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.

Who do you think will happen?  Some say it will be pure “attack and defense” or will it be a “do or die” for Romney or a “meltdown for the President? Will the post-debate be better than the debate? Will there finally more explanation regarding the details of what both candidates will do if they win?

Obviously, the main argument is who will win? I will have to agree with writing from Josh Clark from “how stuff works”. He says: “The results of debates are all about perception. There’s the perception of the national news anchors who serve as commentators, who lead viewers in by telling them what to expect. Then they lead viewers out of the debate by dissecting what was just said. There’s the perception of the media who write about the debate. What commentators and reporters choose to discuss can help shape the minds of the voting public — the group whose opinion matters the most in determining the winner of a debate”.

So, at the end of the day, let’s hope the debates are no a circus and maybe we will have a better opportunity to decide on one candidate or the other. See you next week!

 WELL, THE TIME HAS COME!!  The first presidential debate is on this week.  Some people call Wednesday’s event as the “super bowl “of politics. Time to take the gloves off. Let us remind everyone what the debate is about: The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate. The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.

Who do you think will happen?  Some say it will be pure “attack and defense” or will it be a “do or die” for Romney or a “meltdown for the President? Will the post-debate be better than the debate? Will there finally more explanation regarding the details of what both candidates will do if they win?

Obviously, the main argument is who will win? I will have to agree with writing from Josh Clark from “how stuff works”. He says: “The results of debates are all about perception. There’s the perception of the national news anchors who serve as commentators, who lead viewers in by telling them what to expect. Then they lead viewers out of the debate by dissecting what was just said. There’s the perception of the media who write about the debate. What commentators and reporters choose to discuss can help shape the minds of the voting public — the group whose opinion matters the most in determining the winner of a debate”.

So, at the end of the day, let’s hope the debates are no a circus and maybe we will have a better opportunity to decide on one candidate or the other. See you next week!

MY WAY 26

EVERYONE WANTS PUERTO RICO TO BE THE 51^ST STATE? THAT IS A LIE!!

In the last days, I have been seeing people writing that EVERYONE wants Puerto Rico to be the 51^st state of the union. Let me guarantee all of my readers that whoever says that is a LIER!!

For your information, first and foremost, the ideal if statehood has been presented to the people of Puerto Rico 4 times and statehood has LOST IN ALL OF THEM! The second thing is that this is a decision that has to be made by Congress and they DON’T WANT IT TO HAPPEN!

I must make it clear that my views are non-partisan, here or in Puerto Rico.

Anyway, I am including an article written last year by Julio Varela. It is more than a logical explanation about why Puerto Rico will NEVER be a state. I hope you enjoy this article. As always your comments are welcome. But please, don’t lie saying that ALL Puertorricans want statehood. You know better than that. You know who you are……see you next week.

Please click on the following link: http://juliorvarela.com/2011/02/22/why-puerto-rico-will-never-become-the-51st-state/

150 Years of the Abolishment of slavery….really?

This month of September, marks the 150^th anniversary of the abolishment of slavery, but even with all these efforts, slavery continues here in the United States; it continues in underpaid farm workers, underpaid restaurant workers, drug “mules”, hotel workers, and many others. Human trafficking continues worldwide and seems to be unstoppable.

But there is one reason for this, a main reason. It’s called GREED.  As a matter of fact, greed is the principal destroyer of society as we know it. There is nothing wrong about being prosperous and successful; but if your success and prosperity is based on the exploitation of others the bank worth net is good, but the moral values bank is at a negative. Those that practice this type of “prosperity by exploitation” do not deserve our respect, these people are really despicable. Someone told me once, are you against rich people? My answer was, “if you work hard, you are fair to others and you become prosper, I am the first one to applaud you efforts”. But you and I know that is not always the case. Riches in this country are unfairly distributed, and some of those that have more, have exploited humanity to reach their goals.

 You might say, life is not fair….probably because we have never done anything about it for ourselves. We should assume a more positive attitude, denounce the abuses of some of the powerful and wealthy, and work hard, without greed, to leave a better world for our children. Just think about it. See you next week.

THE CONVENTIONS ARE OVER….NOW WHAT?

Well, it’s over. Finally, the money spent, the parties, the inconveniences, and the “militarization” of cities and let’s not forget Isaac. After this, there are 2 general ideas we can learn from them:

THE DEMOCRATIC IDEA: If we elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the nation is going straight down the toilet.

THE REPUBLICAN IDEA: If we re-elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the nation is going straight down the toilet.

They spent millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money to come to these 2 conclusions.

Now that we know this, it is time for us to start really thinking what to do. They had a chance to try to convince one and other on what they will do, in their own particular way.  We will see no more conventions for the next 4 years and we still have no idea where this country is going to.  Some think that, no matter who wins we will be screwed anyway.

What is definitely true is that you should vote. The future is so uncertain it is more important than ever that people register and vote. This country has never been so divided, and its time politicians on both sides learn, once and for all, that government id FOR THE PEOPLE, not for a party or for the inept people that are in Congress. The time has come for the people to shout out, and express their feelings without being confused by political rhetoric, or who has more money to spend on ads. May the truth be with all of us? See you next week.

WHAT WAS THE FINAL RESULT OF THE GOP CONVENTION IN TAMPA?

Here is a brief summary of what REALLY happened during the GOP convention

1. First of all, the famous “Screaming of USA” when the Puerto Rican delegation was presenting their votes….It was reported that these were Ron Paul supporters…no, it was a group of rednecks screaming. But why did it have to happen when a woman, and a Hispanic woman was about to speak? Things that make you go whmmm……
2. The “sudden” CHANGE OF RULES! According to cpflorida.com, this happened:  According to the rules of the Party, 5 States are required to nominate a candidate for President and allow him to speak and petition delegates for his candidacy. Six States nominated Ron Paul for President. And, those six states mentioned do not include the “apparent Ron Paul delegate majority state of Maine”. So Ron Paul and Mitt Romney should have been fighting it out amongst the delegates in Tampa right? No….So what does the Republican Party do? They change the rule to 8 states right there!
3. According to reports, some merchants In Tampa will have to CLOSE THEIR BUSINESSES due to the fact that they were practically shut down as a consequence of the Convention.
4. It was proven that the GOP has NO IDEA of what the Hispanic vote is or means.  At least the other side has “an appearance” that makes them look like they know.
   1. Apparently, there were also some racial problems, according to 2012talkingpointsmemo.com: Underscoring the convention coverage since the first real day of speeches began has been the nasty incident in which attendees taunted a black CNN camerawoman by throwing peanuts and saying, “This is how we feed the animals.” Though the convention organizers strongly condemned the incident, the victim of the taunts, Patricia Carroll said that behavior is a sign that the GOP is not exactly comfortable with African-Americans. “You come to places like this, you can count the black people on your hand,” Carroll told the Maynard Institute. “They see us doing things they don’t think I should do.”  There are not that many black women there,” she said of the hall in Tampa. On stage Rice and Utah congressional candidate Mia Love were greeted with enthusiastic cheers, but for Carroll the message of the convention is still one of exclusion.
   2. The Romney campaign hoped Ann Romney could quell the remaining concerns about the Hispanic vote, and it dispatched her to speak to a Hispanic audience Wednesday. While the party debated how to appeal to more Hispanics, Ann Romney told an audience here that the real problem lies with Hispanic voters, not with the GOP. “It really is a message that would resonate well if they could just get past some of their biases that have been there from the Democratic machines that have made us look like we don’t care about this community,” Romney told the Latino Coalition. “And that is not true. We very much care about you and your families and the opportunities that are there for you and your families.” According to NBC, Romney also ran afoul of her audience when she said of the Puerto Rican delegation, “You people know how to party.” “I did not think it was demeaning, but I did think it was a poor choice of words, and she should probably lose that from her vocabulary,” one attendee told NBC.

We could talk about other thing that happened during the convention, but this is so you understand that these events, as we mentioned last week, have no real reason to be celebrated, even more, AT OUR EXPENSE!!

Don’t believe everything you hear, evaluate, analyze and then decide….parties are no good, for anybody. Let’s see what next week’s other Circus brings to Charlotte. See you next week!