In answer to the Democrat, Socialist, Marxist, Communist, Progressive, Liberal, ad nauseum answers and accusations that I've been hearing for the past 2 weeks I have this to say from the "The Way I See It, For What It's Worth" file:
POINT: "The Democrats put nearly 3 trillion in cuts on the table as well as an offer to reform entitlements."
Answer: "No, the Democrats did not put $3T in cuts on the table. As they have done throughout the past 30-odd years the Democrats redefine all their terms. They say they want one thing and when the Republicans say the same thing they say "That's not good enough. That's not what we asked for." That's because they don't use the same definitions. Remember back in the '70s and '80s when 'The War of the Words' was going on between Washington and Moscow? Both sides said they wanted peace, but they could never reach an agreement. Why? Because when we said 'peace' we meant absence of conflict. When Moscow said 'peace' they meant lack of resistance to their demands. The Democrats do the same thing. They ask for compromise, but when the House Republicans make a responsible counter-offer, 3 of them in fact (absence of conflict), the Senate refuses to even read it, they simply vote it down. They don't get their way, therefore, as they see it, there is resistance to their demands. The Democrat's idea of math is $1.2T in cuts + $800B in funding cuts for current programs (That's money NOT from this budget) + $1.3T in tax increases = $3T in cuts. This is the apples and oranges your third grade teacher told you about.
POINT: Democrats saved or created 2.4M jobs. What have the Republicans done?:
ANSWER: Jobs saved is not jobs created. It's simply jobs not lost. That a firm does not downsize is no credit to any administration. 2.4M jobs saved/created is a meaningless sound bite. It's the same with the debt limit.
POINT: 90% of this debt derived from their last republican president Mr. George W:
ANSWER: For you to blame George W. for the programs that Jimmy Carter signed into law, a law that has been worsened by both Clinton and Obama, is not only irresponsible and immature, but is actually delusional. It took the 8 Bush years for our debt to grow $2.3T, but in Obama's 30 months our debt has grown $4.6T. That bears repeating. The Democrat's debt is twice in 30 months what the Republican debt was in 96 months. Republicans: $2.3T in 96 months. That's $23.95B per month. Democrats: $4.6T in 30 months. That's $143B per month. Plus the Obamacare socialized medicine that hasn't hit yet, for a projected $5T over the next 8 years. That's outside of the normal budgetary deficits, borrowing, and interest. He's blaming the Republicans for cutting Medicare after he cut benefits for 500,000 elderly and low-income Americans. MISMANAGEMENT, DENIAL, AND DECEPTION.
EXAMPLE: As part of the deal to get Obamacare passed, he offered Medicare benefits for single, childless adults. Last month, after that was funded, he cut that by 40%. Where did that money go?
EXAMPLE: In 2006 the price of oil was what, $76/bbl? Within 12 months of the Democrats taking over congress that rose to over $100/bbl.
EXAMPLE: Even after the mortgage industry crashed, Obama signed legislation to make the situation worse. He expanded the program that would allow people who can only afford $1,000 per month for a mortgage to buy a $700,000 home, then he signed a program that would forgive $12,000 per year ($432,000 over the life of the loan). That turns a $729,000 mortgage into a $297,000 mortgage. We taxpayers pick up the $432K, and people still foreclose.
EXAMPLE: Obama said "I can't guarantee the Social Security checks will go out." That's a scare tactic. He thinks we're all stupid. Obama has no control over the Social Security checks. They aren't funded by the budget. The treasury has been dipping into the Social Security Trust to the tune of $4T, which must be guaranteed. If the government defaults after they have depleted the Trust fund, they still have to pay out the checks by obligation.
EXAMPLE: The Democrats ask for compromise with the Republicans. The Republicans make 3 solid bi-partisan bills in offer to do so. The Democrat's response is: "The Only Compromise There Is, Is Mine." Then they blame the Republicans for not trying to compromise.
The Republicans spent 3 weeks negotiating with the President trying to reach a compromise. At one point the President rudely got up and walked out. This rude, immature, and selfish action only earned a mention in the MSM, but when the talks deadlocked 2 weeks later and the Republicans took the negotiations to Congress, every news outlet in the country went bats blaming the Republicans for stonewalling the talks. Another one-sided political media strategy to cast blame.
The Republicans actually gave in to everything the Democrats wanted with the exception of tax increases, and the Democrats killed it in less than 2 hours, meaning they didn't bother to actually read it. The Democrats demand compromise. The Republicans offered responsible counter-offers in effort to make the best compromise at the lowest cost to the American taxpayer. In other words, the Republicans offered an olive branch and were promptly thrashed with it.
I don't like the idea of raising the debt limit. It's irresponsible. But when we are the only free market system participating in a controlled market world, there will be unpleasant consequences. We have a free market system, but we have a government that likes to emulate the socialist world system. The two are incompatible. We have legalized organized crime syndicates called unions, we have an out of control tort system, we have a dysfunctional insurance industry, we have a totally convoluted tax system, we have a spoiled & selfish populace, we have a dysfunctional, corrupt government that wants things the way they are, and as a result expenses and taxes are so high that corporations can't afford to do business in the US. We have been hemorrhaging jobs to China, Mexico, India, and other third world countries as part of the administrations mis-directed and mis-managed trade deals for too long. People like to complain about it and blame 'the other party' but they won't get off their collective fat asses to fix the problem. They are yellow sheep who need to be shorn, castrated, and sent to pasture where they can't do any more harm.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Obama is right.
The American people are fed up. Not with Boehner and the Republicans, either. Admittedly, Congress has had some epic fails in recent history. A Republican Congress under a Republican President couldn't pass a line-item veto. That's a no-brainer. Epic Fail. But most of the misdirection of focus pales extraordinarily in comparison to the Democrats holding America hostage over raising the debt ceiling and cutting the run-away economy they created.
Obama said no to the Republican proposal of $1 Trillion tax increases so he could blame them for not accepting his $1.2 Trillion tax increase. He's insisted on a tax increase from the start, and he's willing to hold back his support so he could blame the Republicans for not getting it. Earlier this week he claimed that "80% of Republicans want a tax increase." That's like saying 'They won't agree with me, so they must want my alternative.' As if his choices are the only ones. All because he refuses to cut his ballooned welfare programs. Epic Fail
$450 Billion wasted in "Cash for Clunkers." Epic Fail
$432,000 rebate credit on a $729,000 mortgage. Who needs a $12,000 annual rebate on a mortgage when they can afford a $729,000 home? Epic Fail
The Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac disaster was enacted by Jimmy Carter, inflated by Bill Clinton, and after both fell into federal receivership Barack Obama inflated it yet again. No wonder people who can only afford a $1,000 mortgage are allowed to buy a 3/4 of a million dollar home. Epic Fail.
Osama bin Laden is killed in Pakistan and then it is confirmed that not only did Pakistan know where bin Laden was for the past 5 years, but their army actively protected him. As a reward for harboring terrorists, Obama asks Congress for *another* $4.5 Billion in foreigh aid for the terrorist haven for 2010, 2011, and 2012. Epic Fail.
We came into this administration with a $4 Trillion national debt. 2 1/2 years later we are pushing $14 Trillion, and his liberal Congress pushed through an additional $5 Trillion in unsustainable socialized medicine. Epic Fail.
We now have the highest unemployment level that America has ever seen, with the exception of the depression. Including those who are unemployed beyond their benefits, the unemployment rate is close to 21%. Epic Fail
Yes, we have run out of time. Thanks to your stonewalling, Mr. President. If it hadn't been for your misdirected spending we wouldn't be in this fix. Thanks a lot. This is not the "change" that we voted for.
Obama said no to the Republican proposal of $1 Trillion tax increases so he could blame them for not accepting his $1.2 Trillion tax increase. He's insisted on a tax increase from the start, and he's willing to hold back his support so he could blame the Republicans for not getting it. Earlier this week he claimed that "80% of Republicans want a tax increase." That's like saying 'They won't agree with me, so they must want my alternative.' As if his choices are the only ones. All because he refuses to cut his ballooned welfare programs. Epic Fail
$450 Billion wasted in "Cash for Clunkers." Epic Fail
$432,000 rebate credit on a $729,000 mortgage. Who needs a $12,000 annual rebate on a mortgage when they can afford a $729,000 home? Epic Fail
The Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac disaster was enacted by Jimmy Carter, inflated by Bill Clinton, and after both fell into federal receivership Barack Obama inflated it yet again. No wonder people who can only afford a $1,000 mortgage are allowed to buy a 3/4 of a million dollar home. Epic Fail.
Osama bin Laden is killed in Pakistan and then it is confirmed that not only did Pakistan know where bin Laden was for the past 5 years, but their army actively protected him. As a reward for harboring terrorists, Obama asks Congress for *another* $4.5 Billion in foreigh aid for the terrorist haven for 2010, 2011, and 2012. Epic Fail.
We came into this administration with a $4 Trillion national debt. 2 1/2 years later we are pushing $14 Trillion, and his liberal Congress pushed through an additional $5 Trillion in unsustainable socialized medicine. Epic Fail.
We now have the highest unemployment level that America has ever seen, with the exception of the depression. Including those who are unemployed beyond their benefits, the unemployment rate is close to 21%. Epic Fail
Yes, we have run out of time. Thanks to your stonewalling, Mr. President. If it hadn't been for your misdirected spending we wouldn't be in this fix. Thanks a lot. This is not the "change" that we voted for.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Obama's team is involved with the Wisconsin RECALL campaigns
A new report out from the Chicago Tribune* confirms what we've been telling you: "President Barack Obama's political arm at the Democratic National Committee is getting involved in the Wisconsin state Senate recall elections", effectively organizing what they have termed the "ground game" for the recall effort.
We have uncovered countless evidence of Obama's involvement in these recalls and have been trying to get their activities exposed. You see, these recalls are all part of a master plan.
If Democrats win just 3 of the 6 recalls being waged against Republicans, here's what they will gain:
*They will take control of the State Legislature away from Republicans and be able to block Gov. Scott Walker's entire legislative agenda.
*They will then proceed with the already announced recall campaign to unseat Gov. Scott Walker.
*They will then have the political power in place to grab Wisconsin's 10 Electoral Votes in next year's presidential election.
Obama's Organizing for America is pulling together volunteers in Madison this weekend to knock on doors and make phone calls in support of Democrats in eight recall elections.
The group sent an email Thursday night to supporters soliciting volunteers.
The group's Wisconsin field director says Organizing for America will be providing support to volunteers working on the recall elections. Six Republicans and two Democrats face recall elections next month.
Obama's group was also involved with helping to organize protests in Madison in February over Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining proposal, which spurred the recalls.
*= http://tinyurl.com/3aspyca
We have uncovered countless evidence of Obama's involvement in these recalls and have been trying to get their activities exposed. You see, these recalls are all part of a master plan.
If Democrats win just 3 of the 6 recalls being waged against Republicans, here's what they will gain:
*They will take control of the State Legislature away from Republicans and be able to block Gov. Scott Walker's entire legislative agenda.
*They will then proceed with the already announced recall campaign to unseat Gov. Scott Walker.
*They will then have the political power in place to grab Wisconsin's 10 Electoral Votes in next year's presidential election.
Obama's Organizing for America is pulling together volunteers in Madison this weekend to knock on doors and make phone calls in support of Democrats in eight recall elections.
The group sent an email Thursday night to supporters soliciting volunteers.
The group's Wisconsin field director says Organizing for America will be providing support to volunteers working on the recall elections. Six Republicans and two Democrats face recall elections next month.
Obama's group was also involved with helping to organize protests in Madison in February over Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining proposal, which spurred the recalls.
*= http://tinyurl.com/3aspyca
Friday, July 22, 2011
Liberal Stonewalling- Again
Dear Colleague,
Our economy is not creating enough jobs, and the policies coming out of Washington are a big reason why. Because of Washington, we have a tax code that is stifling job creation. Because of Washington, we have a debt crisis that is sowing uncertainty and sapping the confidence of small businesses. Because of Washington, our children are financing a government spending binge that is jeopardizing their future.
Since the moment I became Speaker, I’ve urged President Obama to lock arms with me and seize this moment to do something significant to address these challenges. I’ve urged him to partner with congressional Republicans to do something dramatic to change the fiscal trajectory of our country ... something that will boost confidence in our economy, renew a measure of faith in our institutions of government, and help small businesses get back to creating jobs.
The House this week passed such a plan ... the Cut, Cap & Balance Act, which passed the House with bipartisan support.
Along with Majority Leader Cantor, I have also engaged the president in a dialogue in recent days. The purpose of this dialogue was to see if we could identify a path forward that would implement the principles of Cut, Cap, & Balance in a manner that could secure bipartisan support and be signed into law.
During these discussions — as in my earlier discussions — it became evident that the White House is simply not serious about ending the spending binge that is destroying jobs and endangering our children’s future.
A deal was never reached, and was never really close.
In the end, we couldn’t connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country.
The president is emphatic that taxes have to be raised. As a former small businessman, I know tax increases destroy jobs.
The president is adamant that we cannot make fundamental changes to our entitlement programs. As the father of two daughters, I know these programs won’t be there for their generation unless significant action is taken now.
For these reasons, I have decided to end discussions with the White House and begin conversations with the leaders of the Senate in an effort to find a path forward.
The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate have not been participants in the conversations I and Leader Cantor have had with the White House; nor have the Republican leaders of the Senate. But I believe there is a shared commitment on both sides of the aisle to producing legislation that will serve the best interests of our country in the days ahead — legislation that reflects the will of the American people, consistent with the principles of the Cut, Cap, & Balance Act that passed the House with bipartisan support this week.
I wanted to alert you to these developments as soon as possible. Further information will be coming as soon as it is available. It is an honor to serve with you. Together, we will do everything in our power to end the spending binge in Washington and help our economy get back to creating jobs.
Sincerely
John Boehner
Our economy is not creating enough jobs, and the policies coming out of Washington are a big reason why. Because of Washington, we have a tax code that is stifling job creation. Because of Washington, we have a debt crisis that is sowing uncertainty and sapping the confidence of small businesses. Because of Washington, our children are financing a government spending binge that is jeopardizing their future.
Since the moment I became Speaker, I’ve urged President Obama to lock arms with me and seize this moment to do something significant to address these challenges. I’ve urged him to partner with congressional Republicans to do something dramatic to change the fiscal trajectory of our country ... something that will boost confidence in our economy, renew a measure of faith in our institutions of government, and help small businesses get back to creating jobs.
The House this week passed such a plan ... the Cut, Cap & Balance Act, which passed the House with bipartisan support.
Along with Majority Leader Cantor, I have also engaged the president in a dialogue in recent days. The purpose of this dialogue was to see if we could identify a path forward that would implement the principles of Cut, Cap, & Balance in a manner that could secure bipartisan support and be signed into law.
During these discussions — as in my earlier discussions — it became evident that the White House is simply not serious about ending the spending binge that is destroying jobs and endangering our children’s future.
A deal was never reached, and was never really close.
In the end, we couldn’t connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country.
The president is emphatic that taxes have to be raised. As a former small businessman, I know tax increases destroy jobs.
The president is adamant that we cannot make fundamental changes to our entitlement programs. As the father of two daughters, I know these programs won’t be there for their generation unless significant action is taken now.
For these reasons, I have decided to end discussions with the White House and begin conversations with the leaders of the Senate in an effort to find a path forward.
The Democratic leaders of the House and Senate have not been participants in the conversations I and Leader Cantor have had with the White House; nor have the Republican leaders of the Senate. But I believe there is a shared commitment on both sides of the aisle to producing legislation that will serve the best interests of our country in the days ahead — legislation that reflects the will of the American people, consistent with the principles of the Cut, Cap, & Balance Act that passed the House with bipartisan support this week.
I wanted to alert you to these developments as soon as possible. Further information will be coming as soon as it is available. It is an honor to serve with you. Together, we will do everything in our power to end the spending binge in Washington and help our economy get back to creating jobs.
Sincerely
John Boehner
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Rules of Email Etiquette
Do you receive emails that have < symbols or a continuous | down the left side? This is because the sender has the email settings set wrong. However, there are email clients that force these symbols. It's up to the sender to clean up the message.
When you open the email do you see a large block of email addresses? This is because the sender didn't clean up the message.
The commission of this major email faux pas is far too common. Well meaning senders pretend they are computer illiterate when, in fact, they are merely lazy.
One minute you hit Forward on some easily non-offensive, cute, humorous email to your personal e-list one minute, and you're getting "the look" and catty comments at the office the next. Your friends sent on your message without cleaning it up, and your header is on the top of every one, and even if you did obey all the rules of netiquette, everyone who received the message will know it originated from you. Cyberspace as a casual arena where anything can be said and done for laughs, but as email becomes the more popular communication form 'in lieu of' the written word, it’s important to choose your words, and recipients, wisely. So before you hit the send, make sure you pay attention to what you are doing.
1. Don't use the 'Reply All' unless you really intend that every person on that list is to read the message personally. Be also aware that there will be people receiving the email that you don't intend for them to receive it, and you won't know they have received it until their fire is breathing down your neck. This is because when you click on "Reply All" it will also reply to the BCC list that was originally sent. These are addresses you can't see, they are hidden, but the sending will get to them.
2. The BCC means 'Blind Carbon Copy' and is exactly what it means. If you BCC to a list of people who don't see the other addresses and forward it to their addresses only to find that the content is such that one of their BCC lists shouldn't have seen it, you might be in dutch.
3. When you hit any of the Reply, Reply All, or Forward buttons you will see all the headers of every person who forwarded or replied to it before you. It's trash. It's ugly. It tells your recipients that you are lazy and that you don't care to take the time to show them due respect.
4. Avoid the use of casual symbols. Whether you are hiding your cursing with %*@* this or $&@#, or using @ instead of 'at', # instead of 'number', or $ instead of 'dollars', it shows you are just being lazy and careless. No kind of cursing is ever excusable. It shows you as lazy, uneducated, or unintelligent. The same rule applies for emoticons. The cutzy :) smileys and acronyms (LOL, BTW, TTYL) are unnecessary and show that you disrespect your recipients by not taking the communication seriously.
5. Don't use all caps. You can emphasize in almost any email client with italics, bold or underline. You can encase in *asterics* in all other cases. Even the >reversed< pointed brackets is preferable to shouting.
6. If you receive a forward about some sort of news story or some other type of story, take the time to check it. Snopes.com is not perfect, but it is one of the better resources to prove stories. Snopes usually gets the story before anyone else, and they have the resources to get the responses necessary to relate the facts. Better yet, when the definite 'yes' or 'no' isn't available, they will say so, and tell you why.
7. Watch your grammar. No one is perfect in English, and English is not perfect in grammar, but that's no excuse to be sloppy. Even whey your boss plays fast and loose with grammar, it will be in your better benefit to be your best. If you write often in your work, take the initiative to take Community College English, Literature, and Grammar courses. The same rule applies to spelling. Take the time to type on an editor that uses a spell checker, and use it. They still publish dictionaries and there are several dictionaries online.
8. Respond properly. The rule of thumb is to respond within 24 hours. Even if you say "I received your email. Please understand that I have numerous correspondence to address. I will have an answer for you as soon as possible." Then make it a point to respond with a good answer within 48 hours. Another part of being professional is to respond properly. It is true that many people are lazy with correspondence. Many emails from your inbox should reply with a phone call, a card, or a visit to the person's office.
9. The same rule applies for punctuation. Lacking or errant punctuation is as lazy as unnecessary shorthand. The English language is rife with exceptions to its rules. Even so, there are basic standards. When in doubt, stick to the rules. One of the most violated rules is the exclamation point. Unless there is significant emotion, a period will suffice. The exclamation point has been abused to the point that when one needs that point, multiple points are used to get the intended effect.
10. Limit attachments to one or two. The cute photos of your playful puppy or your cute grandson are sharable to all those interested, but loading down, slowing down, or crashing someone's computer with 8 large attachments is more than unwelcome.
11. Keep it brief. Email is all about quick correspondence. If you're all about writing a nice, long letter, write a nice, long letter. Email is not about a 1,000 word opus.
12. If you need to send a Thank You for a job well done, a gift, or a special favor, send a Thank You Card. No email would reflect your sincere gratitude as much as taking the time to purchase the card, write your note, address the envelope, lick the stamp and send it off.
13. Respect. Answer letters with letters, and phone calls with phone calls. Limit how many emails you send to your friends. How many friends do you have in your list? Imagine all those friends sending emails to everyone on that list, and everyone on that list sending the same to everyone on their lists. If they have common friends, they all will get multiple copies of the same email. And you can multiply all that by the number of friends who forward emails frequently.
Beth Levine of Woman's Day writes:
Five Non-negotiables: Never…
1. Check email when you’re with other people. Or text, IM or check your PDA . Unless it’s your kid letting you know something is wrong, when you choose technology over your companions, you’re telling them they aren’t important to you. And that’s just plain rude.
2. Email a condolence note or a group thank-you note. Some things will always call for individual, heartfelt attention that shows some effort.
3. Forward political or religious rants. Unless it’s the focus of the conversation at hand or you are sure the recipient is interested, don’t send it. No one was ever converted by forwarded proselytizing. In fact, it’s a great way to lose friends and not influence them.
4. Snoop through your loved one’s email. “Reading your husband’s or kids’ emails without their permission is a major breach of trust,” says Chris Brogan. “If you have trust issues, sit down and talk with them— don’t sneak around behind their backs.” The only time you can check out your kid’s correspondence is if you believe she’s in imminent danger of some sort, such as communicating with someone she doesn’t know.
5. Send anything racy on your business account. Off-color messages can be construed as creating a hostile work environment, and open you to dismissal. (You may want to think twice about sending “adult content” through your personal account, too. You just never know.)
When you open the email do you see a large block of email addresses? This is because the sender didn't clean up the message.
The commission of this major email faux pas is far too common. Well meaning senders pretend they are computer illiterate when, in fact, they are merely lazy.
One minute you hit Forward on some easily non-offensive, cute, humorous email to your personal e-list one minute, and you're getting "the look" and catty comments at the office the next. Your friends sent on your message without cleaning it up, and your header is on the top of every one, and even if you did obey all the rules of netiquette, everyone who received the message will know it originated from you. Cyberspace as a casual arena where anything can be said and done for laughs, but as email becomes the more popular communication form 'in lieu of' the written word, it’s important to choose your words, and recipients, wisely. So before you hit the send, make sure you pay attention to what you are doing.
1. Don't use the 'Reply All' unless you really intend that every person on that list is to read the message personally. Be also aware that there will be people receiving the email that you don't intend for them to receive it, and you won't know they have received it until their fire is breathing down your neck. This is because when you click on "Reply All" it will also reply to the BCC list that was originally sent. These are addresses you can't see, they are hidden, but the sending will get to them.
2. The BCC means 'Blind Carbon Copy' and is exactly what it means. If you BCC to a list of people who don't see the other addresses and forward it to their addresses only to find that the content is such that one of their BCC lists shouldn't have seen it, you might be in dutch.
3. When you hit any of the Reply, Reply All, or Forward buttons you will see all the headers of every person who forwarded or replied to it before you. It's trash. It's ugly. It tells your recipients that you are lazy and that you don't care to take the time to show them due respect.
4. Avoid the use of casual symbols. Whether you are hiding your cursing with %*@* this or $&@#, or using @ instead of 'at', # instead of 'number', or $ instead of 'dollars', it shows you are just being lazy and careless. No kind of cursing is ever excusable. It shows you as lazy, uneducated, or unintelligent. The same rule applies for emoticons. The cutzy :) smileys and acronyms (LOL, BTW, TTYL) are unnecessary and show that you disrespect your recipients by not taking the communication seriously.
5. Don't use all caps. You can emphasize in almost any email client with italics, bold or underline. You can encase in *asterics* in all other cases. Even the >reversed< pointed brackets is preferable to shouting.
6. If you receive a forward about some sort of news story or some other type of story, take the time to check it. Snopes.com is not perfect, but it is one of the better resources to prove stories. Snopes usually gets the story before anyone else, and they have the resources to get the responses necessary to relate the facts. Better yet, when the definite 'yes' or 'no' isn't available, they will say so, and tell you why.
7. Watch your grammar. No one is perfect in English, and English is not perfect in grammar, but that's no excuse to be sloppy. Even whey your boss plays fast and loose with grammar, it will be in your better benefit to be your best. If you write often in your work, take the initiative to take Community College English, Literature, and Grammar courses. The same rule applies to spelling. Take the time to type on an editor that uses a spell checker, and use it. They still publish dictionaries and there are several dictionaries online.
8. Respond properly. The rule of thumb is to respond within 24 hours. Even if you say "I received your email. Please understand that I have numerous correspondence to address. I will have an answer for you as soon as possible." Then make it a point to respond with a good answer within 48 hours. Another part of being professional is to respond properly. It is true that many people are lazy with correspondence. Many emails from your inbox should reply with a phone call, a card, or a visit to the person's office.
9. The same rule applies for punctuation. Lacking or errant punctuation is as lazy as unnecessary shorthand. The English language is rife with exceptions to its rules. Even so, there are basic standards. When in doubt, stick to the rules. One of the most violated rules is the exclamation point. Unless there is significant emotion, a period will suffice. The exclamation point has been abused to the point that when one needs that point, multiple points are used to get the intended effect.
10. Limit attachments to one or two. The cute photos of your playful puppy or your cute grandson are sharable to all those interested, but loading down, slowing down, or crashing someone's computer with 8 large attachments is more than unwelcome.
11. Keep it brief. Email is all about quick correspondence. If you're all about writing a nice, long letter, write a nice, long letter. Email is not about a 1,000 word opus.
12. If you need to send a Thank You for a job well done, a gift, or a special favor, send a Thank You Card. No email would reflect your sincere gratitude as much as taking the time to purchase the card, write your note, address the envelope, lick the stamp and send it off.
13. Respect. Answer letters with letters, and phone calls with phone calls. Limit how many emails you send to your friends. How many friends do you have in your list? Imagine all those friends sending emails to everyone on that list, and everyone on that list sending the same to everyone on their lists. If they have common friends, they all will get multiple copies of the same email. And you can multiply all that by the number of friends who forward emails frequently.
Beth Levine of Woman's Day writes:
Five Non-negotiables: Never…
1. Check email when you’re with other people. Or text, IM or check your PDA . Unless it’s your kid letting you know something is wrong, when you choose technology over your companions, you’re telling them they aren’t important to you. And that’s just plain rude.
2. Email a condolence note or a group thank-you note. Some things will always call for individual, heartfelt attention that shows some effort.
3. Forward political or religious rants. Unless it’s the focus of the conversation at hand or you are sure the recipient is interested, don’t send it. No one was ever converted by forwarded proselytizing. In fact, it’s a great way to lose friends and not influence them.
4. Snoop through your loved one’s email. “Reading your husband’s or kids’ emails without their permission is a major breach of trust,” says Chris Brogan. “If you have trust issues, sit down and talk with them— don’t sneak around behind their backs.” The only time you can check out your kid’s correspondence is if you believe she’s in imminent danger of some sort, such as communicating with someone she doesn’t know.
5. Send anything racy on your business account. Off-color messages can be construed as creating a hostile work environment, and open you to dismissal. (You may want to think twice about sending “adult content” through your personal account, too. You just never know.)
Monday, July 11, 2011
Green Ecology Still a Failure
n all Republican Red and Democrat Blue states, Green Politics seems to be the Midas Touch. "[C]andidates running for office can gain votes by taking green positions and might lose votes by expressing skepticism about climate change." - "The Impact of Candidates' Statements about Climate Change on Electoral Success in 2010: Experimental Evidences, Stamford University 2010." Taking a "green" position on global warming attracts votes from Democrats and Independents, while skepticism about the warmist theory alienates those same voters. On the Republican side there was no significant impact either way, so the logical conclusion for vote-hungry pols is to pander to the greens.
But it is getting harder and harder to stay on that conspiracy with a straight face. The fact about the so-called "Inconvenient Truth" is that the world stopped warming in 1998, but that fact has somehow intensified green alarmism. Warmists have no shame. Science has proven that the magnetic poles change, the solar poles change as do the solar seasons, weather and atmospheric conditions change in cycles, all of which have moderate effects on the atmospheric pressure, temperature, and weather patterns. Warming alarmists exploited the tragedy when a tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri last May, even though there is no scientific evidence that global warming is making weather more violent. Warmists made the same opportunistic claim after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in 2005, darkly warning of worse to come. But Katrina was followed by some of the mildest hurricane seasons on record. A recent study of fossil records from North Carolina's coast reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences yielded scary headlines that global ocean levels are rising at their fastest rate in 2000 years. But in practical terms, despite repeated predictions of coastal inundations and sinking islands, sea levels have not even posed a nuisance let alone a threat. Some warming alarmists have even claimed that atmospheric pressures have been effected enough to allow tectonic pressures to fluctuate and cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
These are a remake of the same people who clamored for ecology in the 1970s and are the ones in power, today. Anyone old enough to remember the ecology generation will recall that the efforts to "Go Green" then were a dismal failure, and they are no less a dismal failure, now. Not one good green ecological science came out of that generation. Hydrogen fuels, used vegetable oils, and corn oils as fuels were proven alternative fuels; solar panels and wind turbines were proven electricity alternatives; pollution projections were half of what they are today. What was done? Nothing. The only difference between then and now, is the people clamoring are the very same, only this time they can make a personal profit out of it. The government is holding back on exploration and development of new technologies, as it did then, in an effort to choke the last possible penny out of the highest possible price.
Oh, and have you noticed what color congress has been during both times? Makes one stop and go, "Hmm."
But it is getting harder and harder to stay on that conspiracy with a straight face. The fact about the so-called "Inconvenient Truth" is that the world stopped warming in 1998, but that fact has somehow intensified green alarmism. Warmists have no shame. Science has proven that the magnetic poles change, the solar poles change as do the solar seasons, weather and atmospheric conditions change in cycles, all of which have moderate effects on the atmospheric pressure, temperature, and weather patterns. Warming alarmists exploited the tragedy when a tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri last May, even though there is no scientific evidence that global warming is making weather more violent. Warmists made the same opportunistic claim after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans in 2005, darkly warning of worse to come. But Katrina was followed by some of the mildest hurricane seasons on record. A recent study of fossil records from North Carolina's coast reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences yielded scary headlines that global ocean levels are rising at their fastest rate in 2000 years. But in practical terms, despite repeated predictions of coastal inundations and sinking islands, sea levels have not even posed a nuisance let alone a threat. Some warming alarmists have even claimed that atmospheric pressures have been effected enough to allow tectonic pressures to fluctuate and cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
These are a remake of the same people who clamored for ecology in the 1970s and are the ones in power, today. Anyone old enough to remember the ecology generation will recall that the efforts to "Go Green" then were a dismal failure, and they are no less a dismal failure, now. Not one good green ecological science came out of that generation. Hydrogen fuels, used vegetable oils, and corn oils as fuels were proven alternative fuels; solar panels and wind turbines were proven electricity alternatives; pollution projections were half of what they are today. What was done? Nothing. The only difference between then and now, is the people clamoring are the very same, only this time they can make a personal profit out of it. The government is holding back on exploration and development of new technologies, as it did then, in an effort to choke the last possible penny out of the highest possible price.
Oh, and have you noticed what color congress has been during both times? Makes one stop and go, "Hmm."
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