88 year old veteran needs help to repair building

I found this story to be a pretty sad read. This man is 88 years old, served his country in WWII, still works, and is facing what I consider to be an overly aggressive town that is chasing him over repairs to his building - repairs that he cannot afford. I'm as conservative as they come and believe people should take personal responsibility but conservatives are also compassionate and recognize when someone cannot help themselves and simply need a helping hand.

Please visit this site and make a contribution to help this man and his wife.

https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/y1r3/help-kenneth-knudson-wwii-vet-repair-his-business-#





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Obama, the great Change Agent

People wanted 'change' and voted for the change. Increased transparency, closed prison for terrorists, reduced debt, more jobs, etc were all in the cards.
How are we doing?
- Blood on the hands of Clinton and Obama who stood down SEALs who were in Libya and on the way to help those who were murdered; oh, and there were no demonstrations resulting from a video as represented by our great leaders.
- Naming of Czars and others without following constitutional process (first in history); two now shot down in court so at least we maintain some balance of 'power'.
- IRS rejecting non tax status for conservative political party supporters; I'm sure no one in the administration knew it was happening.
- White House obtaining phone numbers from AP in attempt to intimidate the press.
- If we spend trillions for 'government' to create jobs, unemployment won't go beyond n%; oops, well we probably didn't waste enough so we should spend more.
- 'I will cut the debt as we cannot pass this to our children'; welllll, it only tripled with the 'annointed one' in power.
- Even the terrible prison in Cuba remains open. But, there really is not threat of terrorism anyway. Just ask the families of the Bengazi victims or those from Boston. After all, Obama defected terrorism.


Good grief. We could go on and on. Is this the change we really need as a country. I say 'No'.

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Invitation to Elite Online Communities Sought

As an expat who is always interested in connecting with professionals or people with similar, or even different, life experiences, I'm always on the watch for interesting in-roads. In Switzerland, I've been a member of several 'communities' (no names) but cannot say I'm overly impressed.

Maybe I'm slow to the latest, but I've become aware of several more 'elite' if not niche environments. Without doing a poll of friends to see who are already members, I have one I know of who is... They only have a handful of invitations in total which ensures these communities remain small, unlike Facebook for example.

The two sites are 'A Small World' and 'Best of all Worlds'. I figured I'd try the power of a blog to see if I can get an invite to one or both...


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Blogging Balance

I have fallen off the blogging wagon and left all of my devoted followers behind. Shame on me!! With this short few words I hope to get things moving again...

Future of Baylor Women's Basketball

After losing out of the Sweet 16 yesterday, it's good to know our girls have a bright future with the #1 recruiting class coming in, including this Super Star!!

Obama's Economy

When does the US economy become the responsibility of President Obama. His decisions will either have a positive or negative effect on the situation. We're beginning to see the effect now. Nobody ever said being President was easy. It'sdefinately not the place for an inexperienced, but gifted, individual to learn on the go...

From Bushisms to Obamaisms

It's easy to remember all the "Bushisms" from his 8 years in office because the media, and individuals who really didn't like the man to begin with, had such a field day with them. I watched many of them and had plenty of laughs myself. I laughed because the guy is human, just like most everyone else.
Now we have Obama in office who was supposed to be much more educated, experienced, and polished. The Left fully expected Obama to rescue them from the shadow of embarassing blunders made by President Bush. Has he delivered, or is he an error prone human like most everyone else?
He has already committed several teleprompter miscues which leads many to believe he isn't able to communicate without written word in front of his face. Now, he has gone on the Jay Leno show (during a global crisis nonetheless), and made comments that were thoughtlessly critical of the handicapped.

When will the media and those who had so much fun making fun of Bush start to highlight the Obamaisms? Or, will the elitist media who backed Obama from birth sweep these funny mess ups under the rug? I wonder such things...