Prison...

For Obama, it was part of his campaign to reform the criminal justice system, particularly mandatory sentencing for non-violent offenders. There are an estimated 1,574,700 inmates in state and federal prisons, according to 2013 figures from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

"As a society, we seem to be OK with certain communities just being locked in this cycle,'' Obama says in the special.
"Our kids are being raised around drug crime, they naturally gravitate toward drug crime, they then get involved in the criminal justice system, and it just churns, and everybody thinks that's normal."

Let us fix it.

Reap.....

To wreak havoc on Washington, America needs a leader with real solutions,”  “Political rhetoric is not enough we need a plan of action. Actions speak louder than words. I have a plan to move this country forward. Walker didn't say what he is going to do to the people for the coming eight years.

Walker has made a political career out of targeting labor unions. As governor, he famously authorized legislation that stripped most collective bargaining rights from public-sector workers, sparking protests from labor unions around the country. He dealt another blow to unions this year, when he signed a "right-to-work" law that makes it illegal for unions to require workers to join a union and pay dues even if they benefit from the union contract.

As a presidential candidate, Walker frequently alluded to his success fighting union power, which he cited as proof of his leadership abilities.

His anti Union actions opened the field widely for problems with equal pay act, employees rights, and increased management cost, law suits, discriminations, among other many issues. With that the Republican voters gave him equal to Zero vote, Wreaking havoc on his own campaign.

Just a thought.

Look after each other.

September 2015 is also known as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month which helps promote resources and awareness around the issues of suicide prevention, how you can help others and how to talk about suicide without increasing the risk of harm.

Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or background. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among YOUNG PEOPLE. 

More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED

In many cases the individuals, friends and families affected by suicide are left in dark, feeling shame or stigma that prevents talking openly about issues dealing with suicide. So be sensitive to your young. Relax your rules, it is a new era. 

Look after the young.

Just a thought.

The Francis Effect

In the latest evidence of what is sometimes referred to as the “Francis Effect,” Cuban President Raul Castro captured worldwide attention in early May when he met with Pope Francis at the Vatican and said he was considering a return to the Faith.

Better sensitized to the issue than predecessors because of his Latin American roots, the 78-year-old pontiff facilitated a back channel for talks and sent missives to Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama at a delicate stage in the secret negotiations in 2014.

That bore fruit with a prisoner swap, the opening of embassies, and an easing of some travel and trade restrictions, although a half-century-old economic embargo is still in place, only removable by the U.S. Congress.

Francis is a popular figure in Cuba and thousands of people lined the streets of Havana as he was driven in, cheering, waving Cuban and Vatican flags, and holding banners with the slogan: “Missionary of mercy, welcome to Cuba!”

Peace to Cuba

Springer Debate...

In 1999, a dysfunctional HP board committee, filled with its own poisoned politics, hired Fiorina with no CEO experience, nor interviews with the full board. Fired in 2005, after six years in office, several leading publications titled her one of the worst technology CEOs of all time. In fact, the stock popped 10% on the news.

She, through a massive, ill-conceived, controversial acquisition of Compaq Computer in 2002, Fiorina did nothing to increase profits over her five-year term, with the S&P 500 showing net income across enterprises concomitantly up 70%. Furthermore, shareholder wealth at HP was sliced 52% under her reign against the S&P, which was down only 15% in that bearish period. She modeled the old joke of “making it up in the volume.”

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, is an American academic, Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management and Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs. His name mentioned in the debate...... He echoed the terrible track that Fiorina had in business and her attempt to FAKE it.

But CNN turned the debate into a  Jerry Springer match to see how much they can influence who is who.

The debate was to inform the Citizens of the United States who will do what? They didn't do that. If it is too difficult for CNN to be informative, leave the debate to someone else.

Just a thought.

Seriously?

In his run for the White House so far, Walker has stumbled on foreign policy and immigration, so he's back to singing a familiar tune in this post-Labor Day push.

"I think it is, in a way, Walker playing his greatest hit, especially after a summer in which he's had difficulty finding a theme and sticking to that theme," 

Walker added, "We took on the big-government union bosses, and we went big and we went bold."
"Union bosses" is a term he used more than a dozen times in his speech.

In reality, Walker took on the little people who were protected by the Union when it comes to negotiating their work load, starting salaries, healthcare and the rest of the important issues. The union guaranteed the employees Equal Pay, fair treatment, no discrimination, etc.  But Walker was out for his own donors and Big businesses.

Enron didn't have union and the $180 Billions disintegrated in a flash.  

Now Waker wants to support the middle class.?   Seriously?  Just a thought.

GROW UP...

I am very disappointed at the CNN Presidential Debate today.

Where are the issues?

Healthcare, Job Creation, Trade, Energy Efficiency, Collage Education, Senior Citizens, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, The 47% who use Gov. Services, The  Military, Fixing the Road, Bridges, Cyber Security, the Deficit, the Country's Debt, the high cost of medication......

What are you going to do for the people of this Country?

It is "he said bad things about ...".... ... Jeb Bush still defending his brother for what he did 16 years ago.

This is not WrestleMania II.      Grow Up CNN
 
JUST A THOUGHT.

MisGuided-2

A Kentucky county clerk who has become a symbol of religious opposition to same-sex marriage  was jailed after defying a federal court order to issue licenses to gay couples.

Kim Davis the Kentucky's anti-gay marriage martyr is at center of nationwide storm over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples because she sees it as a sin.

She conceived twins in adulterous affair with lover she branded violent.

She was released from jail and greeted by her husband whom she has married twice.

Her first marriage ended in divorce; she has two daughters by Dwain Wallace - but then conceived twins with lover Thomas McIntyre

Their relationship turned stormy - he 'called her a w****' - and she obtained a restraining order because of 'violence' then married Joe Davis 

But that ended in divorce and she returned to her 'violent' lover and married him - before divorcing him after a year and going back to Joe

Two of her weddings have been Godless, with number three conducted by 'universal life church' minister and number four by a judge.   [ mostly byLouise Boyle In Morehead, Kentucky For Dailymail.com ]

So here it is   "first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."   Just a thought. 

Egomaniac...?

At the National Press Club, Bobby Jindal told reporters the following.....
Donald Trump is not a serious candidate. “He’s a narcissist. He’s an egomaniac. The only thing he believes in is himself. "The reality is that I want to say what everybody is thinking about Donald Trump but afraid to say.’’

Commentary:

First: Trump is getting wide support from the Republican audience, and accordingly when you attack Trump, you automatically attack those who put him on top. So it is inappropriate to put down Trump or his supporters.
So if you want to get support from the same audience, better avoid attacking trump at all cost.

Second: We all know who Trump is. But the key point here is crucial. Trump talked about issues that people are concerned about. Healthcare, Immigration, Taxes, Anchor Babies, Economics, Jobs creation, real unemployment, jobs being shipped outside the country, and how to make America great again.       From the others, particularly the politician, we get attacks on Obama, Clinton etc. 

Just tell us who you are, and what are you going to do, then we decide who is Egomaniac.
Just a thought.