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Sound the alarm, the Hypocrites are coming!  Women and children first, hide, run, find safe haven! Save your self! What are we to do they are everywhere!

The Hypocrites are among us. That is a fact.  We see it everyday on the news, on the television, on the internet.  There is no escaping it, there is no safe place.  Soon they will assimilate each and everyone of us.  Resistance is futile.

How can we identify the Hypocrites?  How can we protect ourselves from the Hypocrites?  Is there a magic bullet?  Once infected, is there a cure?

Identifying a Hypocrite is fairly simple.  Just watch and compare the spoken words with the actions of your leaders. I know that sounds to simple to work but yes it does work.  In fact here are a few examples.

Sarah Palin is a frugal person.  She knows how to get the most value for your tax dollar.  That is very true.  She spent $150,000.00 (one hundred fifty thousand dollars) just on clothes, makeup and salon charges just to get started on her campaign.

Sarah Palin represents the common man and woman.  This is also true.  Sarah Palin is just like you and me.  She and her family are just like Joe the Plumber and Windy the Waitress.  Well except that her income last year was over $4,000,000.00 (four million dollars) while Joe the Plumber only made about $40,000.00 (forty thousand) and Windy the Waitress only made about $15,000.00 (fifteen thousand).

John McCain says he knows the pain we feel.  He admits he also feels the pain.  He knows what it feels like to have no job.  He admits to knowing what it feels like to not have food for your kids.  He admits that he knows the pain of having your home in foreclosure. He also admits to declaring over $4,000,000.00 (four million dollars) in income last year.

Both McCain and Palin fear that the United States is going to end up a Socialist Country.  When people start to talk about “spreading the wealth around” John and Sarah are there to protect us from Socialism.  Government should not be about helping Joe the Plumber or Windy the Waitress. An action like that could be defined as Socialism.  Instead lets give the money to large corporations.  Subsidies for big business such as oil and farming, is not Socialism.  Only when the business or person needs the subsidy can it be defined as Socialism.

Protection?  Protection from what?  There is no protection from ourselves.  We the people know how to protect ourselves.  It is within our reach, it is our birth right.  Magic Bullet??  YES there is one. Is there a cure?  Yes the magic bullet offers a permanent cure.  But as with all simple things it is very difficult to use.  We each have a magic bullet.  But for it to work we must use it.  Where is the magic bullet?  It’s in your wallet.  It’s called a voter registration card.  Use it or lose it!

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Pancho Villa - a bleeding heart liberal Revolutionary.
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Most surveys ask or try to measure how smart we think we are.  This essay reverses the question and assumes that we know we are gullible and attempts to measure to what degree we allow the gullibility to advance. At what point does gullibility become stupidity?

The American Heritage Dictionary defines stupid as:
Adj:     Slow to learn or understand; obtuse. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.  Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake, dazed, stunned, or stupefied. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job
n.     A stupid or foolish person.

As November 4, 2008 nears we allow ourselves to become more and more gullible to the point that stupidity takes over. As the definition of stupid states we become slow to learn, make poor decisions and allow foolishness to take over our better senses.

Here are some prime examples.  90% of the voting population wants all incumbent congressmen voted out.  Why? Because if in all this time that they have been there they have not fixed the problem they are not going to fix it with one more term. In fact, they have become part of the problem.  That is - all but their congressman.

Yes it’s true! It’s everyone else’s congressman that is the problem; not mine!  So what if mine takes money from lobbyists.  So what if mine votes for pork. So what if my congressman votes against everything I believe in.  He is my  congressman and deserves another chance.  Your congressman is the problem and has to go, period, end of discussion!

An even stronger example of the above is the fact that most congressmen under investigation for wrong doing or even worse, indictment or even worse than worse, being tried by a jury for wrong doing are far ahead of their opponents in the polls.  We (me and you - six-pack Joe, Ed the dairyman, Wendy the waitress, Democrat or Republican, etc) just don’t get it.

We hear only what we want to hear.  We hear our congressperson say “I am going to solve the energy problem for you”. We hear “Don’t worry, I will protect your 401K”.  We hear “No new taxes”. We hear what we want to hear.  We forget that these are the same lies we were told during the last election; not only the same lies but they are being told by the same people that have failed us so badly.

The naked unadorned truth is that any, I say again, any, politician that makes a promise is lying.   No person can predict the future.  There are 100 Senators in the Senate and 435 Representatives in the House of Representatives. No one alive today can predict how each of those persons will vote on any future issue. So to say I alone will convince all those people to vote for something I want is to tell a lie.

The trick is to listen.  Senator McCain said he will “freeze spending”.  Then he said he will increase spending for certain pet projects such as research into autism among others.  I want to know how you can freeze spending yet increase funding for pet projects?

And while we are at it Senator Obama is no different.  He promises to increase spending while lowering taxes.

The battle cry of the incumbents this election year is “Re-elect me and I will fix what is wrong with Washington!”

Verily I say unto the incumbents “You had your chance! What were you doing all these years in office? Yes you had your chance and more.”

Senator McCain racked up 26 long years in public service.  Now he says he will change the Washington culture of doing what is in the best interest of each elected official.  Senator McCain - read my lipstick: 16 years is a long time to be asleep at the helm.  Where were you when this country needed you?

Senator McCain also says “I’m going to make government live on a budget, just like you do.”  Read the sentence carefully. Did he say on a budget that is within our income? NO!  He said “…a budget…”. It may not be a balanced budget or a budget within our means, just a budget.

If I had a dollar for each person that has pledged to not vote for any incumbent I could retire very comfortably.  In fact with that many people pledging not to vote for an incumbent all my family up to and including my sixth cousins could retire very comfortably.

I continue to follow the campaigns very carefully.  I still see no reason to vote for any congressional incumbent.  I still see no reason to vote for Senator McCain.  Join me in pledging not to vote for any incumbent.  Please add your name and state to the comment section below stating your pledge.
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Pancho Villa - a bleeding heart liberal Revolutionary.
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Do you sit between co-workers or better yet, your boss and manager at dinner meetings, only to lock elbows with one of them, when you eat or better yet send your bun flying or take their bun because you are left handed?

Do you end up planting a kiss on the lips of a complete stranger, because they wanted to do the double cheek kiss hello, and you, being left handed, started to kiss them on the opposite cheek first, only to meet in the middle on the lips?

Or how about taking a course for work, and end up sitting at those old fashioned desks, with the right sided table on them. You have to twist yourself around to actually use it, and your class mates think you are trying to cheat?

Writing in a binder is another challenge, since the rings are always in the way of your left hand, and you actually breathe a sign of relief when you finish that page and can write on the back of the page?

Left handedness, was once looked upon as evil in the 1700’s, and even in the early 1800’s, people with a tendency for left handedness, would have their left hand tied to their body, so they would be forced to use their right hand.

Luckily, we are no longer like that, and although only 7 to 10% of the population is left handed, many of them have risen to be very successful business owners, artists, musicians, presidents and more. Us left handers have to be creative, in finding ways to live in a right handed world.

In the above problems, I would first, make sure to sit at the far left end of a restaurant table, leaving my left hand free and away from people. I would wait for a person to pick a side to kiss my cheek and then follow their lead, and I would take notes on a clip board on my lap rather than twist around in those right sided desks!.. and I would take the paper out of the binder to write on it. But you can also purchase left handed products now to make life that much easier. Imagine being able to open a can, write without smearing the ink, even cut your shrubs in the yard, there are so many products out there now, you can jump for joy and go “finally”!.. Remember those token dull “lefty” scissors in the craft box at school?.. We have come a long way since then..

Your left hand no longer has to get you in trouble!

The first time I  heard and read about Hotel Dusk Room 215, I was intrigued. It sounded like a game I could  really like, but  at the time the game  was so popular that   no matter  where  I went to  see if I could purchase a copy of it, no one had it.

So eventually  I became  so  involved in other  things and games that I forgot all about it. That was until I recently stepped into the local Gamestop store and happened to see a copy of it  on the shelf. Needless to say, I became instantly ecstatic. And once I got to playing it on the Nintendo DS, what I found here was indeed an enjoyable and involved game.

In it you take on the first person perspective role of  former NYPD  detective, Kyle Hyde. Now he works for an oufit known as Red Crown, that occasionally sends him to find things  that  do not want to be found.  And in this venture, he is in  search of his  former partner, Brian Bradley.

Although the  sketches of the characters are in black and white, and may remind  music lovers  of    AHA’s eighties music video  of their hit single,  ‘Take On Me,’ the story  line is tightly woven and  makes you feel as if you have stepped into a mystery  novel.

Lack of voice acting aside, this game  does not have the Final Fantasy  or Zeldaesque monster bashing/hack and slash type of  excitement. In fact, it is  a bit heavy on the reading side when it comes to  conversing with the other characters you meet in the game.

In fact, if  you have played  SNES’s Ultima The False Prophet, and you thought  that  was reading intensive, then playing Hotel Dusk Room 215 should be a breeze since it’s way shorter than Ultima The False Prophet.

Containing just ten chapters, in Hotel Dusk, you basically search for clues everywhere you can without being caught  in certain off limits areas by the hotel owner, Dunning Smith.   And  you also  talk to everyone or the other guests  to see if they know anything.

By the time the game is over, you  find out that  they, the guests,  are all connected  to someone who stayed there previously and you help   them sort out their own problems  as well. I really like this game and  I am on my second  play through of it as I  played it so fast the first time out that I missed a few things.

Like  getting the paper clip from the Hotel Dusk brochure or even bothering  to read the summary  at the end of each chapter.

So if you don’t mind taking a break from the hack and slash, monster bashing kind of  RPG and you want to try  your Nintendo DS stylus  on  a good  point and click sort of  mystery, take Hotel Dusk Room 215 for a spin.

You will be sort of glad you did.

Rated  T for Teen for mild violence and the use of alcohol  once the hotel bar opens.

By being left handed, you have automatic membership into a special group of people. That group is only 7 to 10% of the population, and yet we are not a silent group, as many famous people in our history, past and present, are left handed.

It is said that we “think differently” that we “look at things in a different way”, which obviously helped many left handed people to succeed in a right handed world.

Here is just a tiny list of some left handed people, that you should recognize:

Bill Gates

Ringo Star

Jimi Hendrix

Henry Ford

Paul McCartney

Leonardo da Vinci

Albert Einstein

Just to name a few.. All very creative and successful. It has been said that as a left handed person, we are “right brained”, which would support the fact that we think a little differently than right handed people. There are businesses out there that like to have a point of view from both right and left handed employees for a “different approach” to a problem.

But, because we are a minority, we have to be able to live life in a right handed world, which means we have to get creative with scissors, pens, knives, tools.. and even can openers can be a pain. If you are an older leftie, than you know how hard it was in school. I had a teacher that tried to change me, and I ended up stuttering, as this was not natural. But since then I have found my love in art, painting, drawing and more as a true left hander.

I have found many great left handed products and tools out there now, that make my life easier so that I can get on with what I do best.. arts and crafts.. .

left handed tools and supplies  click here for left handed garden tools, kitchen gadgets, scissors, knives and more.

I’m pretty sure John McCain was tossing and turning in his bed last night, unable to sleep. Echoes of “Arab,” “Terrorist,” and the infamous line, “Off with his head,” ran across his mind. I sincerely hope he was sitting on the edge of his bed, his eyes gazing at the floor, thinking to himself, “This isn’t what I wanted. I want to win, but not like this.”

It’s not news when we hear the McCain-Palin ticket falling further and further behind from the leading Obama-Biden ticket. What’s concerning though, is that the Republican rallies are getting angrier and raw, with infuriating citizens who simply can’t grasp the fact that their candidate is trailing and most likely, will loose the race. Although the price is ultimately the White House with the responsibility to turn the United States’ image around, calm the economic downturn, and improve on their foreign policies, why are these rough and raw crowds showing signs of hatred, bigotry, and in some cases, a repulsive image of United States citizens who seem to be nothing more than out-of-control hooligans?

Uninformed. These crowds don’t have time, or won’t make the time to read and inform themselves. That does not mean to read or listen to one specific source, and decided that’s the truth. To be informed means to listen to all points of views, and decide for yourself base on the fact. On a recent rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin a woman told McCain, “I don’t trust Obama. I’ve read about him. He’s an Arab.”

Obama? An Arab? Who can possibly state such a baseless and simply stupid comment? Rush Limbaugh of all people. Listen carefully. Rush Limbaugh, the idiot who mocked Michael J. Fox not too long ago. The moron who should be taken off the air, along with all his mindless listeners.

Obama is NOT an Arab. He’s a United States Citizen. John McCain did the right and honorable thing in telling the woman, “No, ma’am. He’s a decent, family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that’s what this campaign is all about.”

If that’s what his campaign is really about, then why is Sarah Palin feeding these starved crowds with lies, rumors and deception which send them screaming their desire to see John McCain “kill him.”?

The race is getting uglier. There’s no denying that.  But it doesn’t have to be this way. I hope that on early morning hours of November 5, 2008, when John McCain gives his speech, admitting he’s lost, he says the following.

“My dear friends. I cannot begin to say how deeply sadden I am. I wanted the chance to change the course of the United States’ image, the country that I love so much. But I’m standing here, realizing I can still help that cause. I can still help steer the way in which we as American are heading. I’m standing here not to admit my defeat, but to tell all my fellow citizens, all members of this great nation who are willing to listen. Enough with the partisan mentality. Enough of our hunger for see the other political party fail. Enough. I’m standing here to gather  all our citizens and tell them that we have to support our next President of the United States. Barack Obama.”

And as he turns around, and begins to walk away from the stage, McCain will be joined by his wife as he asks himself, “Why did I lose?”

That’s an easy one, Senator McCain. You lost because of Palin, Karl Rove’s tactics, and your campaign manager Rick Davis. You lost because near the end, instead of focusing on the issues, you let your whole campaign run amok, trying to taint your opponent’s image. You lost because your campaign was un-American.

Lately  Sarah  Palin has been sharply criticized for not having enough or any experience when it comes to the matter of politics. Or running a country for that matter.

Or  some people are afraid that if Senator  John McCain were to become president and something of a near fatal or fatal nature were to occur to him, would Sarah  Palin, have enough experience to lead America. And is experience or a lack of it, is what some persons are really concerned about?

Or have most people forgotten that when President George W. Bush ran in 2000, he was governor of  a state, Texas to be exact.  No one seemed to care then whether or not  having or not having enough experience was a factor.

But Sarah  Palin was not just governor of Alaska, before that, she was also mayor of  the  town of Wasilla, Alaska. Now, don’t get me wrong here, running a town and or a state  is not the same as running an entire country, but as far as having experience goes, it’s better than having no experience in that matter at all.

In comparison, Senator Barack Obama was neither mayor of a town nor governor of a state. To which some persons might say, some experience is better than none.

Sarah  Palin may not have been a senator for three or four years, but she knows how to govern a state and run a town. And  no matter which way you dissect or analyze it, that is experience.

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