CynPro's Blog

Christmas Thanks

We'll caramelize our popcorn balls
make lemon ice-cream snow
Hang mistletoe from ceiling beams
for doting hearts,  below.
We'll light a holly incense stick
then stoke a crackling fire
Wrap sugarplums for Old Saint Nick
while listening to the choir.
And when the evening star appears
we'll bow our heads in prayer
Thankful, as His birthday nears
for joy and peace we share.

Bad news for people who are not yet retired. Are you prepared ?

PBS - FrontLine - Retirement - What You Need To Know

CLICK HERE to read the article, or CLICK HERE to watch the video.

Looks like things have become much less equal during the past decade.
More and more taken away from average workers,
and all the benefits going to the few at the top.

Any thoughts about recent redistribution of responsibilities and benefits ?

How many times do we hear that "people are holding on to their money",

instead of showing their confidence in our economy by spending more.

They are assuming that the little folks HAVE money, and choose not to

spend it.  In reality, it seems many people do not have money to spend.

There's a huge difference which politicians and some of the media do not

seem to acknowledge. Also, unemployment data is often skewed due to

the fact that people who have exhausted their benefits are dropped from

the statistical equation that determines the percentage of unemployed people.

Seems those folks just drop into a black hole and are not counted.

Sound much better to say people have money they choose not to spend...

Middle Class Development Program Ideas

Enable the average citizens to pay their bills and jump-start our economy.
Eliminate the need (and in most cases) the use of credit (debt).
Eliminate all bailouts and welfare programs in favor of the following.
When the new middle class spends money, companies will see relief.
(This devaluates the currency.) Let the money "trickle up" for a change.

Print new money to cover payments to lower income adult U.S. citizens:
Individuals (half amount of scale), or family (amount of scale):

2008 Income Range  = Amt of Check
$0            - $ 99,999  = $1,000,000
$100,000 - $199,999  = $  900,000
$200,000 - $299,999 = $  800,000
$300,000 - $399,999 = $  700,000
$400,000 - $499,999 = $  600,000
$500,000 - $599,999 = $  500,000
$600,000 - $699,999 = $  400,000
$700,000 - $799,999 = $  300,000
$800,000 - $899,999 = $  200,000
$900,000 - $999,999 - $   100,000

Establish verification capabilities of financial transactions by retinal scan & thumb print.
Federally maintained retinal scan and thumb print ID database of all adult U.S. citizens.
Collected by Department of Motor Vehicles. Grant law enforcement access to database.

Physical and mental evaluation for adult citizens who earned less than $15,000 in 2008.
Free school for all ages US citizens per ability and preference.
Job required and provided in accordance with abilities and preference.
Federal minimum hourly wage raised to $30 (states to honor).
Price freezes across the board. Goal: eliminate credit dependence.

New job creation bonus for businesses.
Consider tax scale raise in 2010 for incomes over $250,000 yearly.
Zero tax deductions across the board (NO exceptions or exclusions).

Assistance for auto manufacturers who will agree to provide:
100 plus mpg autos - free renewable energy autos.

Stiff renegotiation of trade agreements.
FTC enforcement - hire 10 times nuimber of current inspectors.

Cap all medical procedures - fed regulated prices.
Cap drug companies to 10 x cost to manufacture product

Assist clean free renewable energy for home, factory, and office:
wind, solar, steam, and geothermal - NO oil - NO coal.

No stocks or highly regulated for: infrastructure related, housing, food, drugs.

Watching the reaction of people, from not only
our country, but from numerous other nations
who celebrated our new president, and this new
era in the history of the United States, I was
struck by a feeling of awe.

It felt like we, as a nation, had been given a second
chance, to redeem our selves as a power for all
that is right in the world, and all that could be.
I thought of John Kennedy and Princess Diana
and of the gracefulness we recognized in people
from time to time in our past.

Now, there is a sense grace and oneness that welled up
from our nation and has echoed around the world as
reporters everywhere announced our new president elect.

It was like watching a flood of hope engulf our planet.

COOKED or LIVE LOBSTER $3.50 each

New England lobster price drop!
Now lobster is selling on the piers
for about the same price as hamburger.
YUM!!!! LOBSTER /w DRAWN BUTTER
:)~~~ ARTICLE in the Bangor News.

VIDEO:
Ron Howard, Andy Griffith, and Henry Winkler support Obama.
What was that about Fonzie & Palin?

FOLLOW THE MONEY
Gambling tycoons support McCain,
fearing regulations under Obama
WATCH the VIDEO
Makes ya wonder, doesn't it...

Barack seemed determined to stay on topic and discuss the differences in their policies, even when McCain tried to blame Obama for the negative ads McCain's campaign put out, by stating that Obama wouldn't do town hall format campaigning that McCain favors.

In my opinion, there are other ways to compete, than running a negative campaign, if your opponent doesn't want to use your preferred format. I believe McCain's negative campaign strategy was a last ditch effort because McCain could not win if he stuck to talking about the real issues. He didn't have a winning economic strategy, and he had supported Bush in too many bad judgment calls.

Barack focused on education, jobs, healthcare, and tax breaks for average working Americans, and I believe that is what is important. That's what people want to hear about.

Sitting down at a table was good for McCain, since it seemed to quill his urge to roam aimlessly around the stage

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TROOPERGATE - GUILTY - 10/10/08

SARAH PALIN was found GUILTY by the Alaskan legislature's
by-partisen committy (of 10 republicans and 4 democrats), 
of abusing her power as governor of Alaska by terminating
Water Monegan (Alaska's public safety commissioner) for
refusing to fire Sarah Palin's ex-brother-in-law. 

When the investigation began, Sarah said she would cooperate
but, after entering into the politican campaign, that changed.
McCain's campaign tried to squash many supeanas from going out.

Palin committed an ethical violation by using her husband, Todd,
to speak to over 16 state employees regarding her former brother
in-law (a state trooper) in her attempt to get him fired. She then
lied to the people of Alaska when asked about the situation.

RETINAL SCAN to VOTE - retina ID database If we can retina scan cattle,

we should be able to retina scan people to verify their ID when voting.

Our current voting system is old and allows tampering. It needs to be updated

to use 21st century technology. Retina scan, paper trail, and a copy of each

individual voter's activity printed out (on location) for that voter. Let's stop the games.

I saw a news story that stated the sport of hunting has
increased by approximately 75% during the past 5 or 6
years, mostly due to girls and women taking up the sport.
 
The director of the Texas Wildlife Association, Greg
Simons said that girls and women have been an untapped
resource for them, and that states need the money from
selling hunting licenses because the money helps to pay
for wildlife protection.
 
I do not approve of killing for sport.  If the wild animal
poses a threat to your life, your family, or your crops,
of course, I believe one should defend one's self.
 
Sometimes a species becomes over populated, starvation
can become a problem. In that instance, I believe hunting
is a good thing, as long as the meat is used by the hunter
to feed his/her family. And we need transparent oversight
to ensure there is enough land for wild animals to live on.
 
I believe a hunting license should only be issued when
the applicant has achieved a 9:10 kill to shot ratio when
tested, by the State, on a range in which the same type
of animal (which the applicant is applying for the license)
is emulated by a computerized, life size target that moves
with the same speed and agility of that overpopulated
animal (similar to police/military pop-ups of humans).
 
If we are going to teach children to hunt, we must also
remember our responsibility to teach them humanity.

As polls have shown Obama steadily increasing his lead this week,
McCain's campaign ads have become extremely negative, and on
the trail, Sarah Palin has told some nasty lies about Obama.

McCain supporters have launched email and blog attacks containing
false statements leading people to believe that Senator Obama is
not a U.S. citizen, that his Hawaiian birth certificate is fabricated,
that he is a terrorist, that he is the anti-christ, and much more.

As a result, McCain's supporters (as a whole) have become much
more hostile in their reaction toward Obama. They seem to fear him
to the point that McCain, at recent rallies, stated that Barack Obama
is a decent family man, citizen, and that people should not fear
Obama if he became president.

Did McCain and his campaign go too far in their negative and false
claims about Obama, to the point that they have unwittingly
endangered Obama's life, should he become our next president?

What effect would it have on the republican party if they are viewed
as accomplices in something of this nature?

What would happen to McCain's career if he was seen by the public
as the instigator of such a tragedy?

Has the republican party realized they have gone too far in their
attempt to smear a good, intelligent American citizen who is fully
qualified to be president of the United States?

You could have knocked me over with a feather.
After all the nasty, dishonest attack ads McCain ran,
today, I saw the following on TV, then found the video.
McCain admits Obama is a good citizen. (See below)

The debate went well for both McCain and Obama. Attacks during the debate, were not as prevalent as recent ads might have indicated. McCain threw some punches, but Obama came back strong and drove his message home. Obama seemed to be more specific about how he plans to correct the problems facing American families.

Obama is determined to fight for the middle class working people, where McCain stated he plans to give tax breaks to everyone, including the most wealthy.

Obama was also clearly in favor of renewing relations with our allies to more effectively deal with problems in Pakistan, Iran, and other countries. I believe Obama won this debate.