Maxine is one of the smartest women going.

Let me get this straight. We’re going to be gifted with a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, to be signed by a president who also hasn’t read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke.

What the hell could possibly go wrong?

We have all heard about how toxic mercury is.  Years ago I even had all of my silver filing replaced mainly to get rid of the mercury contained within the silver fillings.

The other day I learned of a metal even more toxic than mercury that is being injected into us without our knowledge.  The toxic metal I am referring to is aluminum.

One of the main diseases associated with aluminum is Alzheimer’s disease.  I mentioned previously that my Mom we recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.  I thought that the main way to get aluminum into your system is by cooking with aluminum pots and pans.  Boy, was I wrong.  There is a more deadly way to get aluminum into our bodies and we are being forced to have it done to us.

Each year when you have your flu vaccine and when your children receive vaccines to supposedly keep them well, we are all being injected with aluminum.

Many of us are concerned about Alzheimer’s in the older population as well as autism in our children.  It was once thought that the mercury in vaccines caused autism and now it is believed that it actually was the aluminum.

This was noted when mercury was eliminated from vaccines.  The number of children becoming autistic was not declining.  It was also noted that 90% of the autistic children had high levels of aluminum in their bodies.

You may be wondering as I was, why mercury and now aluminum are in our vaccines.  Well, as in most cases it was motivated by money.

“Aluminum, like any other adjuvant, is added to the vaccine in order to boost the host’s immune response to the antigen. The antigen is what your body responds to and makes antibodies against (the virus being injected). By boosting your body’s immune response, the vaccine manufacturer can use a smaller amount of antigen, which makes production less expensive.” See Dr Mercola’s website at http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/20/david-ayoub-interview-february-2010.aspx to get all the facts.

I have been opposed to vaccines for over 30 years and do not receive any.  I even fought my children’s school district when they said my children could not attend school without their vaccines.

We are living in a very completed time in history.  If we want to live a healthy and prosperous life we must educate ourselves on what is happening around us and what we put into our bodies.

Gary Gile

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I had read this before and it is worth sharing it with you today.  Life is way too short and much too unpredictable to let a day go by without letting those you love and care about to not know how much they are loved.

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. ‘Really?’ she heard whispered. ‘I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!’ and, ‘I didn’t know others liked me so much,’ were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another.

That group of students moved on.

Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.

The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. ‘Were you Mark’s math teacher?’ he asked. She nodded: ‘yes.’ Then he said: ‘Mark talked about you a lot.’

After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.

‘We want to show you something,’ his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket ‘They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.’

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said about him.

Thank you so much for doing that,’ Mark’s mother said. ‘As you can see, Mark treasured it.’

All of Mark’s former classmates started to gather around.. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, ‘I still have my list. It’s in the top drawer of my desk at home.’

Chuck’s wife said, ‘Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.’

‘I have mine too,’ Marilyn said. ‘It’s in my diary’.

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. ‘I carry this with me at all times,’ Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: ‘I think we all saved our lists’

The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don’t know when that one day will be.

So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late.

I deleted all of the stuff about sending this on to everyone you love and care about because I do not go for those “send this and you will be blessed with great fortune, etc.” type of letters.

If you care about someone you will share this with them without having to be told in an email that you need to forward this or else…

In our everyday life to get by or to just merely to survive, we often forget to let those we care about and love know just how much they mean to us.  We may think, “Oh, they know I love them.  I don’t need to say it or show them.”

Think back to the times when someone acknowledged to you how much they cared and how it made you feel.  It does make a difference.  Plus you never know if you or they will be here tomorrow to let them know how you feel.

So take a moment now and write a short note to a friend or loved one and let them know how much they mean to you.  You will feel great and if you give it to them, they may just treasure it for many years to come.

I shouldn’t watch YouTube videos.  Yesterday somehow I got to watching a video about a congressman being interviewed.  He said that USA taxes were voluntary.  However, it was mandatory that you pay your taxes.  If you did not comply with the mandatory law then you would be forced to pay.

Boy what a mis-use of words that was.  Then I watched another video by yet another brain-dead congressman stating that Federal debt was a good thing, that it showed strength of the economy.

The interviewer kept asking about the interest on the debt and if that was hurting the USA economy.  Of course the congressman could not get the interviewer to see that government debt was different from personal debt and that it was OK to have to be paying billions in interest and not to worry about our growing debt.  In fact we should borrow another couple trillion dollars to help spur the economy.

I guess I should have taken economics in college so I could understand his logic.  Instead I majored in math and psychology.  In my math classes I learned that 4 minus 12 was a negative number and not a good thing when those numbers denoted dollars.  If the result was a negative then it represented a loss and I would need to get a second or third job, sell some of my “toys” and put my wife and kids to work as well in order to get out of debt.

The government, not having to live by the same rules of mathematics, has easier ways to get out of debt.  They can raise taxes and print more money.

In the early days when a person was in debt they were thrown in jail thus making it impossible to repay their debt.  Perhaps we should exercise the same formula with governments who overspend “OUR” money and throw them in jail.  At least that would keep them from spending more, taxing us more and printing more money.

Of course, we can’t actually throw them in jail, that would be too humane.  We should, instead, vote them out of office and take away all of their benefits.  Yes, we do run the risk of voting in new scoundrels.  Perhaps the next group could be given the ultimatum of either follow the Constitution or we remove them immediately.

I just listened to a YouTube video about whether or not the tax system in the USA is voluntary or not.  It seems like it got down to semantics.  One party, a democratic Congressman, was saying it is a voluntary system and it is mandatory that we pay our taxes.

The interviewer was saying that if it is voluntary then we could choose to NOT pay our taxes.  The congressman kept saying we had to pay our taxes because it is a voluntary system that mandates we pay our fair share.

It was at this point that my head was beginning to spin.  To me “voluntary” means we can choose to pay or not pay.  Yet if we do not pay then we are “forced” to pay.

They went back and forth like this for the entire 4 minutes.  So we must have a voluntary tax system that is mandated that we pay or we will be forced to pay through civil and criminal penalties.

To top it off I made the mistake of reading some comments.  This person stated “…too stupid to see the difference between “mandatory” and “forced.”

So I looked up the words “mandatory” and “forced” to see if I was missing the subtlety of the two.

Mandatory: 1 : containing or constituting a command : obligatory 1 : binding in law or conscience.

Forced: 1 : compelled by force or necessity : involuntary 1 : done contrary to or without choice.

My conclusion: both men are lacking significant brain cells to think in a rational manner.

Many years ago a friend did a lot of research and found that indeed our tax system is voluntary and if we choose not to pay our taxes, the government has no legal right to take action against us.  Of course in this day and age one would need millions of dollars to back up his/her right to not pay taxes.  Of course if you have that much money you have also discovered the many tax laws that enable businesses to not pay taxes or very little taxes and those same businesses can be used to offset an individual’s taxes, effectively not paying any or very little taxes.

It comes down to three things:

1. You have enough money to hire people to eliminate your tax obligations
2. You run your own small business and use its losses to reduce your personal taxes
3. You stay a w-2 wage earner, i.e. work for someone else exclusively, and pay the maximum taxes or actually overpay.

So my conclusion is that our tax system is voluntary if we have the resources to get out of over paying and it is mandatory if we aren’t wise enough to take advantage of all the business deductions we have access to when we operate a home or small business.  And the government will force us to pay if we elect not to even though they have no legal, Constitutional right to force us.

I just read this and thought it may be of help to you.

Surviving your Toyota

March 12, 2010 – 12:11 ET

By Ben Sherwood

It’s a scene right out of the 1970s TV show “CHiPs,” except it really happened Monday on Interstate 8 near San Diego, California. A driver in blue Toyota Prius found his car accelerate suddenly. He managed to dial 911 before reaching speeds in the 90s. An alert California Highway Patrol officer pulled alongside the Prius, issued instructions over a loudspeaker, and helped the driver slow down safely.

This story has a happy ending but too many others have ended in disaster. Indeed, there are reports of at least 56 fatal accidents involving Toyotas and sudden acceleration going back as far as 2004.

The Survivors Club By Ben Sherwood

If your car suddenly accelerates – and you don’t have Officer “Ponch” Poncherello to slow you down – what should you do? And if you don’t drive a Toyota, what should you do if your throttle gets stuck (because of a loose floor mat or a water bottle?).

Here’s what the experts say:

1. Practice “Deliberate Calm.” In an emergency situation, you need to consciously tell yourself to stay calm and to focus on solving your problem. In aviation, pilots call this “deliberate calm” – a purposeful effort to stay cool while doing exactly what you’re trained to do. If you want a perfect illustration of “deliberate calm,” just ask Capt. Sully Sullenberger on the US Air 1549.

2. Carefully press and hold the brakes. At high speed, don’t jam on the brakes – which could cause you to lose control of the car. And be careful about pumping the brakes.

Pumping brakes at full throttle “can make a bad problem even worse,” according to a field test by Consumer Reports. Power brakes rely on engine vacuum to provide additional brake pressure, CR says. “At full throttle, the engine doesn’t generate any vacuum,” CR explains. “So as soon as we removed and reapplied pressure to the brake pedal, the power assist disappeared and stopping the car became hopeless.”

3. Shift into neutral and steer safely to the side of the road.

Even though the car will rev up in neutral, don’t worry. Most late model cars have engine speed limiters to prevent damage. Also, don’t worry if you put the car in reverse, the engine will either stall or behave like it’s in neutral.

4. Don’t turn off the engine. If you shut down the car, you could lose power steering and braking, making the car more difficult to control. Also, if you turn the key too far, you could accidentally lock the steering and you won’t be able to control the car.

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Ben Sherwood is the author of The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life, a New York Times bestseller.  An award-winning journalist and former executive producer of ABC’s Good Morning America, he is the founder and CEO of TheSurvivorsClub.org, an online resource center for people facing every kind of adversity.

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir
Cumference.   He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian .

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.

7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

9. Two silk worms had a race.  They ended up in a tie.

10. Time flies like an arrow.  Fruit flies like a banana.

11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall.  The police are looking into it.

12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway.  One hat said to the other: ‘You stay here; I’ll go on a head.’

14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.  Then it hit me.

15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: ‘Keep off the Grass.’

16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital.
When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said
‘No change   yet.’

17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

19. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

20. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

21. A backward poet writes inverse.

22. In a democracy it’s your vote that counts.  In feudalism it’s your count that votes.

23. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

24. Don’t join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects!

25.  A crowded elevator smells different to a midget.

My, how things have changed over the past 50 years.  It used to be that breakfasts and dinners were cooked at home, usually by the wife because she worked out of the home, taking care of the family.

It used to be that the children learned how to take care of their rooms, i.e. keeping it clean as well as washing their own clothes.  They learned how to cook meals by helping Mom, even the boys helped out.  They had regular chores to complete each week.

During the daylight hours they played outside with their friends.  When they wanted to talk to their friends they got on their bikes and rode over to their friend’s house.  They watched very little TV.

Life is a lot different today and it is easy to tell by the size of our waistlines.

It is also evident by the following story about a newly married couple.

A young couple got married and went on their honeymoon.
When they got back, the bride immediately called up her mother.

“Well,” said her mother, “so how was the honeymoon?”

“Oh, mama,” she replied, “the honeymoon was wonderful! So romantic…”

Suddenly she burst out crying.
“But, mama, as soon as we returned, Harry started using the most horrible language –
things I’d never heard before! I mean, all these awful 4-letter words!
You’ve got to take me home…, “PLEASE MAMA!”

“Honey, honey” her mother said, “calm down!
You need to stay with your husband and work this out.
Now, tell me, what could be so awful ?
WHAT 4-letter words ?”

Sobbing, the bride said, “Oh, Mama…, he used words like: dust, wash, iron, and cook…”

“I’ll pick you up in twenty minutes,” said the mother.

Last week I recorded the US Senate race to fill Senator Dodd’s seat in the US Senate representing Connecticut.  [Side note: Actually, I can’t recall any US Senator or Representative that once elected actually “represented” his/her constituents.]

One debate was between the two democratic challengers and the other was among the three republican challengers.

After listening to all of them speak, my vote will not go to any of them and here’s why.

One democrat’s main selling point was his 20-year record as attorney general for Connecticut and how he will do the same for us in congress.  Doesn’t he realize that as AG in Connecticut he is top dog and can wield a lot of muscle.  As a US senator, he will be one among many, with very little pull. Plus he is for spend-spend-spend.

His challenger was for spend-spend-spend also except he was for pulling our military forces out of all or almost all foreign countries and helping our citizens first.  That idea I liked.

The three republican candidates were all for cutting back government spending, which I liked.  Their problem was that they wanted to increase our military power throughout the world.  At least that is what sticks in my mind.

I am writing about this because I liked what Robert Ringer had to say in his newsletter last Friday, which I just read today.  You can read what he had to say at http://blog.robertringer.com/2010/03/05/the-coming-runaway-inflation/

If you prefer to be like the ostrich and bury your head in the sand, hoping that you won’t be affected by the scary things in life, then perhaps you should not read his blog posting.

OK, I thought I was done.  Then I read another of Robert Ringer’s blog postings.  This one was on how to eliminate unemployment.  He makes everything come to into focus with his real life experience.  This you have got to read.  http://blog.robertringer.com/2010/02/13/making-unemployment-obsolete/

I read this before and thought it excellent. So now it is your turn to think and ponder how you perceive life.

A group of students was asked to list what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders of the World.” Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:

1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter’s Basilica
7. China’s Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.  

The girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there are so many.

“The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.

“The girl hesitated, then read, “I think the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ are:
1. To see
2. To hear
3. To touch
4. To taste
5. To feel
6. To laugh
7. And to love.

“The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wondrous! A gentle reminder — that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.

It kind of reminds me of the saying, “You can’t see the forest for the trees.”  We rush through life looking for and wanting “things”, often the bigger and brighter and most eye-catching “things”.  We fail to stop and smell the roses, to enjoy the simple and often free things life has to offer.

President Woodrow Wilson phrased it eloquently: “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forgot the errand.”

A good friend said to me recently, “And I don’t mean to be negative, but I am kinda giving up on believing in things, including trying to be happy. I’d rather just do what I am doing and wait for time to pass.”

I ache inside every time I think about what he said. Whether we do anything meaningful with our lives or not, time will pass. It is one of the many things we cannot control. However, we can control what we do with our time in each moment.

Bad things do happen to good people as well as not-so-good people. It is how we respond to what happens that we can control if we choose and that makes all the difference.

When someone asks you what is the most import thing in your life, respond with one word, “Me”. 

Cherish you first and you will be better able to cherish others. Help you first and you will be better able to help others. Be happy in the moment and happiness will follow you.

Add value to the lives of others by allowing them to experience your love and your knowledge and you will experience unending joy and abundance in return.