President-Elect Obama

To know one in particular...

Apparently you weren't alive during the eight years Ronald Reagan was President. Those were the best years this Nation had ever seen! It wasn't until Clinton took office that things started to go downhill and Bush inherited that mess! Clinton was the one that closed our military down that is preventing the numbers of military this Nation needs to protect its self. It was during the Clinton years that the Nations state of readiness became so complacent, that 9/11 happened during the Bush years. Sure, I admit that during Clinton's watch, the stock market soured to unprecedented heights. Sure I admit that Bush got in over his head the last four years.

Obamas plan will lead to Socialism if the people don't pay attention to what he wants to do. The things he said he wants to do will take an enormous amount of money to accomplish. Where do you think he will get the money to do that? Obama will try to raise our taxes to do what he  thinks he wants to do. Also there is Congress... will Congress actually want to implement the things Obama will want to do? Some, maybe, but I doubt all of it.

there is also the question of where all the money came from that bought, I mean, got him the Presidency. Also, there is this issue with his birth right to be President... the US Constitution says that in order to run for or become President, the candidate must be a US Citizen.

So, the facts are: Democrats have not contributed to the success of our economy (maybe a little), Democrats like to "throw" money at problems, in order to "throw" money at problems... taxes will be raised.

I voted for McCain and I stand by my decision to vote for him. But Obama is President-Elect now and i will do my best to support the laws of the land so long as those laws are for the benefit of and for the people. that's why there is another provision in the Constitution called "Impeachment". That's for the people to use (or try to) when Obama has truly done something that harms this Country.

Peace.

And now... Something completely different!

Many of you know how involved I am with Emergency Preparedness. Well, I went one "step" further last night.

I have taken the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training for the City of Folsom about 2 years ago. Last night (10-28-08) the class graduated their 5th class. There are now about 107 CERT volunteers for the City of Folsom.

I thought I would share a few of my taking a "step" further into emergency preparedness!

The graduating class participates in an emergency scenario. The scenario was a severe earthquake and the victims are in a two story office building. The CERT members are to use their new skills and search through the building for anyone caught in the earthquake.

Here is what happened to me! I was the victim of a crushed foot. When I was "found", I had a chair over my foot near the "bruising". It "was" very painful!

And this is what the CERT team did to rescue me... stopped the bleeding and put a splint around my ankle. It worked too! I couldn't move my ankle at all, but could still wiggle my toes. Naturally, that wouldn't happen, the victim would be in too much pain to want to wiggle their toes!

The team did a really great job at rescuing everyone.

Here are a couple more pictures of "Victims".

This lady had her arm "severed" and her husband was to be in shock and hysterical. He didn't have any injuries, just shock. This means that the two of them are in two different triage sites and he wanted to find her and be with her. When he "found out" about her injuries, he would ask about the "severed" arm... what happened to it and stuff like that. His roll was to leave the area to search for his wife, making the CERT team go and get him and try to keep him calm and eventually "reunite" him with his wife and her arm.

Here are two more victims...

If your community offers a CERT training program, I highly recommend that you participate in the course, if not to help out in the community, the training will provide some insight into what you can do to be more prepared at home when a disaster strikes.

For more information on the web, see my favorites listed here on my blog.

1st Amendment

I like this one too...

Take Courage

Do you think "Samuel the Lamanite" is available to help?

Proposition 8 - Short video

I know that we are all getting inundated with radio and TV adds concerning the election and all of the propositions to be voted on this November 4th.

Here's is a short 6 min video about the ramifications if Prop 8 fails in California. Before I give the internet address, the California State School Superintendent says that California schools will not and do not teach homosexual marriage in school. While that may be true in some locations, it is not true in Massachusetts where gay marriage is already legal. In Massachusetts, parents are not given any notification at all about what is being taught to their children when it comes to gay marriage. Since gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts, the schools there do teach gay marriage and the gay lifestyle as early as kindergarten. If this isn't indoctrination into something that is morally wrong, then what is.

Please view this video and pass it along to those you know in California and encourage them to vote YES on proposition 8 on November 4th.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1815825713

So, as you can see from the video, if Proposition 8 fails in California, then things will change. Schools will teach (if they don't already) that being gay is ok and that being gay is normal. Also, now here's the big one... Parents will not have a say in what is being taught to their children. Parents will not be able to tell the school(s) that they (parents) do not want their children to be taught that it is ok for gays marry.

I am a parent and I will have the last word when it comes to what my children are taught in school, even to the point of taken them out of school and teaching them myself at home.

Protect our children, protect the sanctity of marriage and vote YES on Proposition 8.