My new hobby

I shot and edited this little piece for the young bruhz at my chapter. I know some of you who read this won't care for the music. But that's not really the point. The point is that I shot this with an $80 video camera and edited it with a program that's been on Aliah's MAC since she got it years ago.. If you put your mind to something its cool what you can come up with. We'll see what I come up with in the future.

In the mean time.. this is pretty cool if I say so myself.

Happy Birthday to me.

Today is my 32nd Birthday (yes 32 years people). The last year has been quite busy. Of course the best and most important change is I became a husband. Right now I am more proud than anything else. By far. But there are other things that I am proud of too. I've done more travelling this year than I EVER done in one year. That's great -its a big world out there - I'd suggest you check it out. I also had great times with my a lot of my family - some of the happiest times I would say and I am looking forward to more. My friends? I appreciate you all - its good to feel like people are concerned about your success and not just your failures-- thanks for that.

Business is good. SYGU future is looking bright. Let's get it.

What's ahead for year 33? Who knows? All I know is that I can't wait to find out!!

Correct me if I am wrong...

A report came out today saying that the U.S. employment rate slipped closer to 10%. Now I am not economist but I know that can't be good. It hasn't been anywhere near that since the 80's and Reganomics.

One thing that puzzles me about media and political spin when it comes to the unemployment rate - is when they try and depict it in a "good light". Like the unemployment rate "slowed" this week/month/year/etc. Slow or not that's still people losing their jobs right? Why don't we hear about how many people are getting back into the employment stream? Slow rate or not if the amount of people overall continues to grow (vs. just the rate/speed at which that number grows) - doesn't that mean more and more people with reliable income to pay for basic necessities OR elective financial protections (that's insurance people)?

So if the number of people who can't afford to pay for their own health care out of pocket OR through insurance grows daily - who is supposed to pay all of these "affordable" insurance plans via exchange or across state lines? Who is supposed to be able to wait for the time to allow for the market to correct itself and prices to come down on their own - without government intervention?

The public option is the only solution that will remedy (pun intended) this problem. It allows people who can't afford to catch a cold much less cancer to be able to get the health care they so desperately need. To me Universal Coverage or single payer plan would be better - but at least this gives people an "option" to keep what they have if they want too.

I am not really sure how this is going to play out. But I have a feeling that the unemployed are about to speak up.

Finally somebody said what I was thinking!

I love this guy. Because it grew a pair and just went in and said what a lot of Democrats were thinking anyway. Not elected Democrats - us - the voters who put them up there. Where is the fight in them? Don't get me wrong I am all for planning nice and the pursuit of utopian society where everything is worked out in a straight compromise and put to a vote. But these last couple of months have been RIDICULOUS. Seriously.

Its hard for me to criticize Pres. Obama but he is kinda setting the standard here. He has reached across the aisle time and time again only to be burned by the GOP. They turn their nose up at every attempt to bring something to the table and be INCLUDED in this administrations to simply get things BACK on track. How me times will you allow someone to disrespect you and take your kindness for weakness?

The majority of voters in this country elected this President and this Congress into office with a majority -so that they could GET things done and achieve all that they said they would do - without having to worry about intervention from Republicans like back in the Clinton administration. We blatantly told them - "Hey we hate how things are going, we want to try something new - and we want to see it happen - now". Like Sen. Grayson said - there was election - we won - let's get this done. If the GOP doesn't like it - maybe that should invest in a lifetime supply of duct tape for Rush Limbaugh's mouth and do a better job of getting back into the driver seat come the next election (or the one of after that if I have anything to say about it). That is not unfair - this is how our system works.

I think that a lot of big problems require simple solutions -so that they are easier to implement and people understand them better. People can't afford healthcare? Make it cheaper. That' doesn't fix the problem? Make it free. We waste so much money - and sadly enough - times (and lives) with this senseless back and forth. Trying to make sure that each and every liberal, conservative, or independent feels all warm and fuzzy inside about the change coming down the line - is an express ticket to failure. Does anybody remember George W. and crew waiting for us to get on board with something. No? Anyone? Bueller?


Right. That's because it didn't happen geniuses.

You ever heard of "Too many Chiefs not enough Indians"? - that's what we have here. Failure of leadership - TO LEAD. You have the steering wheel - now drive! Yeah, yeah so what you have a loud conservative passenger in the back complaining at every turn - turn your music up, roll the window down and go even faster - let them eat wind. That's what I think Rep. Grayson -did. He turned that volume up - and I am glad that he did.

For all of the comments about name calling. I say send those boo-hoo notes to Sen. Joe Wilson. He called the President a liar - an insult because it in fact was not true at all. Rep. Grayson called the GOP out for what it is. He probably could have found a "nicer" way of saying it - but I am sure he was moved by all those Tea Party and Town Hall tirades. If you can't take it - don't dish it out.

Here endeth the lesson.