2005 Messages from Coffeetalks

Message: 3
   Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:53:37 -0500
   From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net>
Subject: Fw: freedoms through self-resolve

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From: GZarwell
To: CoffeeTalks
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:18
Subject: freedoms through self-resolve

et al.:

If Bush policy is so bad according to Dems, why are they all thinking about running for President on a Bush legacy?

Wannabe debates over an outcome in Iraq needs to take place now or our success will ruin that ability to garner Sunday morning airtime rebuking success.

Anytime a Senator speaks out about running for President means he is frustrated by his lack of accomplishments and needs an ego boost. Prime examples are: Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry, Levin, Boxer, Obama, and now Feingold. Biden, Lieberman and Dean are just has-beens trying to keep their self proclaimed dem leadership.

You must realize that their experience is a mere several hours from which they criticize years of development and training understanding that change takes more time than a few second walk through.

Our country needs regular people to seek high office to thwart those who have not your interest at heart but their own. Senators cannot be productive Presidents because they do not take stands on their own thoughts. They are driven by opposition. No Senator should be considered electable for office of President. Mark my words on that one!

That office needs experienced leaders, not political followers who cannot put a thought together without caveats. It doesn't need high priced contributors as cabinet and it needs not politicians who are considered unre-electable either.

When Cheesehead, and I'm from there, too, Feingold discusses his position he actually sums up what has been American plans since 1983. Give Iraqis a life worth living.

My assessment is - Feingold is over his level of competency and is just talking while he can over his liberal non-initiated opinions. He has no basis to his direction except "redirect".

Sounds like a lawyer from North Carolina who once ran. Won't work for us, but he definitely knows how to circumvent issues with supposition. As I was growing up in Wisconsin we found more socialists on political pursuit in that state than those wanting a democracy.

Obviously, Feingold has no military experience for which he espouses a weak platform to refocus our efforts in 60 countries instead of taking on terrorists in one. As progress develops in reconstituting Iraq our goals will be achieved as other nations now become more active in guarding their borders, thus eliminating U.S. dispersion to other lands while we fight not in our homeland.

Our United States are envied around the world because of location and solidarity. Even Europeans looked seriously at establishing a United States of Europe to be one nation instead of many. It took Soviets 70 years to lose control and yet, our U.S.A. stays for more than 200 years.

Part of our success is geography. Another part is, "We the People", with our education, our European heritage and its dwindling work ethic, but our Religious Freedom and trust in GOD gave us a constitution adhering to "The Ten Commandments", and a "golden rule".

What is happening here, though, is that states are willing to give up their identity to seek Federal funds. This is something that Europe experimented with when introducing a "Euro".

Now it is apparent that several major member countries want to go back to their nationalism.

None of those 15 new Republics that left a Soviet Union have post mortem feelings to return while developing their own individual democracies.

Could it take 5 years in Iraq, 70 like in Russia to democratize, or 100 like here at home where it has lasted more than 200 years?

However, early in our campaign to resurrect patriotism after Lieutenant Kerry bashed our troops, essentially transferring his actions to all others, before Congress; I was asked to work with Defense's advertising for National Guard and Reserve units. At first I had one client, but learned that each had different identities. Reservists were support organizations, and State National Guards had each an Army Guard and an Air (Force) Guard, thus what was once one now became 106 Guard and several thousand Reservist.

Was it manageable? Yes and from that several years was developed an accountability computer program using punch cards, and very successful Public Service Advertising from media where literally no one had served and was intrigued.

I bring this up as media now looks at our security forces from amazement as each network or local facility in trying to experience what military or security is. ABC's Robin Roberts went down under (Submarines) to see what it takes to be submariner. Fears of claustrophobia need not interfere for short time.

I remember as Fund Raising Chairman for our USS Annapolis, going to breakfast and lunch onboard, but because I outranked its Commander, I had to sign for the boat. No worries - we stayed in port.

As Diane Sawyer snoops through CIA offices and facilities this next week, we will see very positive attitudes develop without misperceptions and deceptive rhetoric.

In 1982, Reader's Digest wanted to publish an investigative report on new Sergeant York weapons systems that were failing vulnerability tests. I was called in to work that inquiry - to wit: I packaged thousands of documents assembled by various staffers offering test results and put them in a stock room while inviting that book's reporters to witness such testing.

Vulnerability tests are conducted to destroy weapons systems to learn what needs to be hardened in order for crews to survive attack, climate, or magnetic impulsing while remaining operational. These are tests you don't want to fake passing. It's a far cry from advanced degrees because it risks lives if passed before their time.

There was no story and they did not accept our invitation.

Where did this great insight come from? Well! In 1980, WXYZ, Ch 7 in Detroit, requested access to conduct an investigation of Michigan's Nationals Guard after years of bashing over 1967 riots.

As Michigan's newly appointed Commander of its Public Affairs unit with 23 members, 10 over mandated strength, my broadcast Captain and I answered their request by inviting them to record during field exercises at Camp Grayling. They showed up with two camera crews as did Ch 10 and Ch 4.

I personally paid for their housing in a large home on Lake Margareth.

Being there was exciting for them. Big equipment! Things you saw in movies with celebrities being operated by Guardsmen in their late teens and early twenties trained for combat; very professional in their approach to tactics and safety.

This risk to bring them up to conduct unrehearsed interviews with part-time soldiers and leaders resulted in two 30-minute segments in prime time winning two local Emmy awards. In fact those pieces were so positive it would make Cindy Sheehan go home and honor her son Danny for his heroism as a patriot.

If you remember that list of videos from my last week's blog, you can ask me about this one, too.

Just to reiterate my point: Our U.S. military is not trying to win anything in Iraq. "We are there to help secure a democracy for Iraqi people and give them an infrastructure that can offer them a life style to go with their freedoms through a self-resolve of its citizens."

Date: Submitted Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:02:12 -0500
From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net>
Subject: Caveats

et al.:

If Bush policy is so bad according to Dems, why are they all thinking about running for President on a Bush legacy?

Wannabe debates over an outcome in Iraq needs to take place now or our success will ruin that ability to garner Sunday morning airtime rebuking success.

You must realize that their experience is a mere several hours from which they criticize years of development and training to understand that changing human nature takes more time than a few-seconds walk-through.

Biden: "I am not talking about the President with my words. I'm talking about Chaney," he said, just after remarking to Tim Russert that he would never vote for war again under this President. See a caveat after seriously charging Bush with lying to The Public America about Iraq.

In a few words that followed; he proclaimed that he "is running" after Russert asked him about a letter to a backer earlier last week. His caveat on this matter was; "if people want me to run, I will."

So, Democrats have many caveats to their professions of intent, yet want commitment from those they "caveat" serious charges.

People frequently ask me if I would run for President.

Date: Tues, 16 Aug 2005
From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net>
Subject: Not yours, theirs!

et al.:

Our greatest concern these days is how fast price wheels change on local fuel pumps. It used to be that gallon counts turned faster than purchase price. Today, gallon count turns slowest in comparison to purchase price that is still faster than price per gallon.

Price of gasoline is not determined solely by Petroleum dynasties as many believe. Although, their influence in market prices has some impact in futures markets. It is not unreal in other countries to pay $5-$6 US for 3.75 liters equivalent to a gallon of gasoline. Speculators have really driven up our pump costs. This could go as did ".com's" not more than 6-7 years ago.

Perhaps boycotting a brand like Exxon would reduce revenues to them, and increase inventory forcing them to lower prices and purchase at lower barrel pricing.

Then when they start to lower prices, take on foreign companies like Shell and BP, one by one. Obviously those of us with fuel efficient engines and driving skills will fare better than those who don't give a damn.

There is one to two percent of drivers that still believe that if you worry over gas prices, you shouldn't be a car owner. Maybe that's government's position too to get you to use public transportation to eliminate infrastructure overload and generate operating capital for subways, buses, and more HOV lanes.

Percentage-wise gasoline is still cheaper in America being about 12 cents buying power of our U.S Dollar compared with 1950's & '60's buying power when dollars bought 98 cents worth and 89 cents worth of goods. Gasoline was between 19 cents and 25 cents per gallon.

In retrospect, our world would end if gas prices went to 32 cents. In 1973, it again threatened to end as gas prices reached $1 per gallon. However, I was flying more than driving and aviation fuel was $1.90 per gallon with 90 gallon tanks in either wing.

Our world didn't end, gas lines disappeared, and people adjusted their discretionary spending accordingly.

Early '70's brought about penalty taxes on gasoline and cigarettes to raise money within our sovereign states in reaction to our Federal government taking its bite to pay Congressional pay raises. Well, not only that, but it makes the point that pork comes from gasoline taxes that are supposed to be used for highways, but go into the general fund.

Ironically, scientists now attest that any organic oil can fuel an gasoline engine. Endangered are chicken fat, hog fat, turkey fat and very good news is any vegetable oil burns more efficiently than petroleum.

Need to lose weight, turn that fat into liquid and save at the pump.

Some reports claim non petroleum oils can double your performance from 20 mpg to 40 mpg with some engines generating up 50 mpg with moderate, prudent driving habits and at efficient speeds of 45 -55 mph.

Did you know you can drive non stop on most thoroughfares at speeds about 2 mph less than posted limits? Yes, I consistently do that on routes 301 and 3 from Bowie to Ownings Mills.

It takes less fuel, gets there with ten minutes to spare - missing multiple traffic lights adding up to 2.5 -3 minutes each.

However, it comes with harassment, but with less risk for accident and injury or property loss.

Well, for one, you have to be well disciplined to drive at 52 without fear of being tail ended. You cannot count on all your limbs how many drivers will risk everything to get around you to get to a stop light first. Not only that they risk everyone's lives around them doing that.

At 52 mph, for instance, most reckless drivers will go around you either left or right irregardless of rules stating "passing on left." That's because those in a hurry to get to that next light are ahead of you, and those slower behind you cannot reach you. Thus, prudence and patience, Twins, reduce your risk and awareness helps you avoid those who don't care.

In boating and flying passing is to the left from behind and to the right head-on. Slowest has right of way and faster vessels and aircraft must adjust - more work and much more attention needed to accomplish more than 20 -30 decisions per minute making maneuvers.

Even though most impatient drivers get to stop lights first, at 52 mph I rarely need to stop and can pick the quickest lane or clear lane. In most cases, after reaching I-97 in Millersville, I'm in front of all traffic by about 1000 yards because I don't start from a dead stop behind trucks.

One day, a semi truck driver and I crossed under Route 50. He at 65 mph, me at 50 mph. I looked up at him and signaled slow down, follow me. He drove next to me up to I-97 without once having to go through 15-gears of shift changes. When we reached I-97, without stopping, he waved thanks as we lead a "smart" group stopped at red on 178 and 3.

A technique I teach new drivers is an old visual image given me by my dad in 1957. He said, "picture in your mind a cup of hot coffee on top of your steering wheel. Drive like you don't want it in your lap."

Not only do you drive sensibly with this fear of personal injury, you drive smoothly without wasting a lot of gas.

In 1996 during a contract at Atlanta's Olympic games, I had opportunity to drive a dignitary and guests to some events in one of our limos. We had ten cars from 6-packs to 12 packs and rented 16 -15 passenger vans for the contract.

That night I used a 10 pack and once rolling from our pick up point to each destination and return never once stopped the car in traffic or at traffic control points. It impressed my passengers to a point where they actually complimented me on never stopping or spilling their drinks.

It came back with a large tip to give to my four charges back then for their entertainment and education fund.

I always told my drivers to drive with the coffee cup on the steering wheel. Why? You don't have to clean up the car's interior - which could take up to 5 hours from car sickness and a huge loss of revenue in that venue or any other.

Well, I've never had an accident with more than 48 years of driving experience. I still have a lot of patience to arrive early; precision to stay evenly within the white and yellow lines even when entering high speed roadways, and awareness of every vehicle around me to determine whether or not he or she is a risk to my well being or safety.

Some say I'm a "fuddy duddy", but I do get there faster in most cases and less stressed; burning far less fuel than most without high risk to life or limb.

Don't you wish you could eliminate all that road rage, too? Not yours, but there's!

Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005
From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net>
Subject: Go figgur.

et al.:

When no other news is in view, its back to war in Iraq.

Listening to Howard Dean this morning, I learned he really doesn't have a brain. He is lead Democrat Straw man, but a scarecrow, too?

Without any military experience, he tries to guess military strategy and tactics. He like most media interviewing him is about 85 percent wrong speculation and 15 percent rumor mongering to strengthen his earning power as Chairman of the DNC.

His opinions on any subject are based upon false facts and intuitive speculation to forward his agenda. When countered he backs out of discussions where he could be quoted. He merely likes to criticize those who have the knowledge and power. Although when complimenting those in power he adds his little digs like "although misguided", and "without credibility at home or around the world".

Yet, World leaders look up to George W. Bush for his resolve in world decisions, UN reform, and aid to tsunami victims and famished Africans.

He is another Nor'easter - blows in fast, makes threats and creates damages, then filibusters media time.

Shot 6 over par yesterday, but missed the celebration when my business partner's boat took first place in the Oxford Regatta. Gotta make choices.

Submitted to Coffeetalks (thurs, 5 May 200)
From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net
Subject: in the bag

With lack of political controversy in DC, media reports are really boring. However, they do try to make everything controversial.

Nancy Reagan comes to town and first question asked of her was if it bothered her to stay at the White House with the President after he disagreed with her about stem cell research.

A Pennsylvania student pilot with less than 40 hours of flight training wandered off course as he tried to avoid restricted areas around DC. Yes, he should have filed a flight plan. Yes, his instructor should have guided him around the area. No, that airplane doesn't have very sophisticated instruments and radios. It is not equipped for instrument flight. It barely goes 100 mph and holds less than 50 gals of fuel. Honest mistake, yes! Overreaction, Yes. Media hype, Yes. Was there a chance of an incident - only in media eyes.

I cannot wait to learn how that story was received over seas. We must look like idiots to the rest of the world. I guess it just doesn't top the story about a student pilot flying from America to Red Square in a similar airplane in 1972.

If it isn't negative, it doesn't air. Media errs!

What does matter, is success in Europe and Eastern European relations. With all speculation that President Bush was intimidating Russian President Putin, it wasn't a good story. Why, oh why, does our media try to derail relations with their negative $peculation$? America came out well this week in global perceptions. President Putin came out as well. Tony Blair did extremely well and balanced his government. Is that what you heard as well. Well?

Best thing happening this week was reported by Robin Roberts. Another mother hen brought her ducklings to visit the White House. Seems that quacking gets around. Perhaps that mother hen was born under Reagan's term and just wanted to revisit Nancy. It's too bad she had to evacuate.

Perhaps, our media should wait to report news after it happens rather than write their stories before news happens. It's coming to a point where Congress may out-rank media anchors while remaining just below trash collectors.

Media speculation is scaring our kids, Congress misappropriates our money, and trash is picked up after we create it.

Michael Jackson, a waste of time, court expense, and non-story. All to satisfy a greedy illegal alien, house maid. California's Comptroller should reimburse Jackson's defense costs and make restitution on his loss of professional entertainment income.

Let's legitimize America's judicial process. Keep media out of the process until after a decision is made.

Reporters do not have enough training to investigate fairly any incident or legal matter. Not even lawyers have that. Lawyers know where to look for precedence to circumvent truth and fact to delay decisions and deny justice. Media without fact arrives at conclusions that distort or distract our judicial process.

Heck, there are many incarcerated people who are legally innocent. Take Jeffery MacDonald for instance; there was an eye witness who corroborated his account of that night in his North Carolina home. That witness was black and hitched a ride with the hippies. White prosecutors discredited his report. It was however, mentioned in a television film. I talked with that witness in 1993. I asked him to write an account of that night. He did. It exists, but is being held hostage by a Rockville Law firm that has little regard for law as they try to extort $10,000 for those files.

In all fairness, this wasn't worth the time to write and you probably agree with that. In Walter Cronkite's words - "That's the way is was, May 11, 2005".

Today's thought - "Zarwell wins Golf Tournament with a final birdie!" Now, there's a premature headline. I wasn't using a Nike ball. It just rolled in.

F.Y.I., the tournament is next week. Perhaps this will repeat at a Russian golf club next month.

It is true that I no longer have my caddy carry a weed whacker, chain saw, or scuba gear to hole out. Usually I carry two boxes of balls. However, lately, I've brought my playing ball home again; and still have a few in the bag.

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	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:30:49 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Offense, best defense et al.: Guess again about "how to create controversy to sell"! Media anchors fuel it and Dems thinking that they are Presidential bite at it. Witness; Sen. Russ Feingold from my home state of Wisconsin charges that Bush broke the law; then says he didn't when further discussing that law. Nancy Pelouzi is quoted as being briefed and recanting her support. When you take one action out of context to create a campaign issue, then you must expect several others in opposition will eventually complete that context as John Kerry found out. Senator McCann has put some perspective into discussions of security issues stating that this is a security issue and not a public debate that results in undermining our intelligence capabilities. Isn't that an issue 9-11 commission studied, Clinton ignored, and Kennedy/Kerry just don't get it. I personally agree with President Bush's actions to protect our security by seeking information to isolate, prevent and deter terrorism on our soil. Those who don't appreciate this sensitivity to offense instead of destruction haven't served in our military nor have they ever made life and death decisions for close to 300 million people. Feingold and his cronies are betting that media will cause this to become more than an effective use of intelligence to protect our skin. Feingold's accusations and those of Kennedy and his "followers" is as "treasonous" as it gets. "Assisting terrorists with strategy and tactics to over throw our defense mechanisms" is as damaging as "Hanoi Jane's" attack on American POW's in Viet Nam. Reminiscent of our own Confederate spy Isabelle Boyd who like Kerry and others played both sides to support the losers. Lest we forget what made Green Bay's Packers our last of football World Champions. Following year was First Super Bowl contest. Under Vince Lombardi's leadership - "A good offense is Best defense"! Don't you think al-Qeada knows that. After all, it is one motivational theme that spans just about every proponent of financial success in business, military strategy, and marketing/sales. Now, we must expand that philosophy to prevent those who believe they can out-think our leaders in strategy with out-of-the-box tactics, then we need tools to counter those misguided radicals. Remember, American Patriots used out-of-the-box tactics during our Revolution against British rule. We did not form rifle lines and go against British forces to succeed. In many of our battles we thwarted advancing foes by fighting in forests and behind bunkers. Our civil war armies used both traditional and non-traditional tactics. This was a war between fathers and sons, brothers and cousins, lead by military leaders trained essentially equally. All were educated at West Point and It was a battle over who would control America's future wealth - industrial North or Plantation South. It lasted more than five years of brutal battle, finally uniting Americans to form a "more perfect union". Roster of leadership: Union ---- Confederate ---- Ulysses S. Grant - West Point 1843 Robert E. Lee - West Point 1855 William Tecumseh Sherman - West Point 1840 Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson - West Point 1842 George G. Meade - West Point 1835 Pierre G. T. Beauregard - West Point 1838 Philip Henry Sheridan - West Point 1852 Joseph Wheeler* - West Point 1859 George Armstrong Custer - West Point 1850 James Ewell Brown - West Point 1854 Clara Barton - American Red Cross Isabelle Boyd - Fund raiser & Spy *Ulysses Grant became a U.S. President Joseph Wheeler became a Congressman after that war. Clara Barton became first President of American Red Cross Isbelle Boyd ran to France. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:16:44 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: I don't think so! et al.: "There they go again", to paraphrase President Ronald Reagan. Democrats trying to sell socialism as an "individual sport". Likening individual freedom to communal living and needing a community to raise a family is what Soviets imposed from 1917 until 1991. Family is America's basic building block and Democrats have destroyed that by offering everything from government until "family" lost its cohesiveness. Bread winners in inner cities are single-parent women on welfare, not husbands working to support their families. In our suburbs, we have latch key kids with car keys while both parents earn enough money to be "Just over broke" [Job]. Family is growing stronger among those of faith as more and more are becoming aware of their responsibility to grow America's future and not just wait for a few to provide it. At least all of them dems gravitated to a same message that sends a signal to middle America that family values mean they depend on government or as dems call it "community" to thrive. It has been my experience that most successful families are more giving than taking. A strong family reaches out financially, spiritually, and acts as role models to those less inclined. It is but a few who hold onto socialism as a way of life, and they seem to want to be President. Community is neither collective bargaining, nor pooling resources of a few for many. It is an attitude - apart from government that should be providing basic services, security, and opportunity for individuals and families to reach their Constitutional goal - "pursuit of happiness." Perhaps, more emphasis should be given to an ageless "Golden Rule" that secular society ignores. In its ignorance it also believes that millions of worthless government regulations replaces those "Ten Commandments", basis for modern law not to be construed as European communal law. Do we really need all those precedents to make a decision about what is fair, truth or honorable? Dems really think Americans missed "Little Red Riding Hood's" experience? Do they really? Robin Hood took from government and gave back to neighbors. Hood's in America's early history terrorized small business. Today, a hood refers to a community of close knit fellowship, good or bad. We should really wear our "hoodi's" down on our shoulders so we're not blind sided by a new definition for "socialism". Just once I'd like to see taxpayers benefit from their contributions and not those who fail to take responsibility. Our two percent who pay America's bills really don't care how their money is used as long as government stays out of the way to make more money. It is a majority of taxpayers who marginally contribute that are concerned of what they will get back from their tax dollars and those in government want them to think they are entitled to more than that contribution. As most people believe that accidents just happen and homelessness and poverty just happen, both are caused by people making wrong decisions, placing themselves at risk. However, that's why we have insurance so every responsible individual can bail out those who cannot. Government is not an insurance plan as expressed by those dems who apparently are all lawyers who know how to collect insurance fees. Is that what they will be if not elected President? According to on-the-ground polls in Iraq, reconstruction, life styles, and security is improving giving more than 67 percent of Iraqi's hope for a future democracy. Media reluctantly supported what President Bush has said all along. Progress is being made while insurgencies are fewer and fewer every day. Let's not get sloppy, though, and let down our Guard - National Guard or Reserves. Perhaps, that good news is what drives dems to change their vision from hope to despair here at home. If it sticks, they think Republicans will walk into it. I don't think so! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 6 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:23:28 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: GOD Bless et al: Two very realistic and inspiring messages sent to me from real friends. You can revisit "From an 'old veteran'" at www.gzarwell.com/veteran.htm A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS POEM The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, a lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A Marine, I puzzled, some twenty years old, All dressed in cammies, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light. Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram' always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag. "I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother... Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?" It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, to stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled, is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us. God Bless the Soldiers ------------------------------------------------------------- From an "old" veteran! [Graphic not in text format] It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble. It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is the VETERAN, not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote. [Graphic not in text format] It is the VETERAN, who salutes the Flag, [Graphic not in text format] It is the veteran, who serves under the Flag, [Graphic not in text format] ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM. I don't know if you saw this in the news but it really impressed me. Funny, our US Senate/House took 2 days off as they couldn't work because of the expected storm. On the ABC evening news, it was reported tonight that, because of the dangers from Hurricane Isabelle approaching Washington DC, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!" Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the Tomb was not just an assignment, it was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson. The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930. I don't usually suggest that many emails be forwarded, but I'd be EXTREMELY proud if this one reached as many as possible. We can be very proud of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve. God Bless them. ------------------------------------------------------- Those of us who served have no regrets for our honor and self sacrificing patriotism. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:51:50 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "...under the sun"? Mike: I appreciate your thought. During my six previous campaigns, people would ask me about their thoughts on particular issues without giving me more than 2 minutes to express any viewpoint regarding who I was, where I came from or how I gained extreme knowledge and experience in "our nation". Support was generally offered and then dishonored as they would meet others who would ask what does he stand for? We know nothing about him. Now, they do and they still find inexperience mouths to spout nonsense about serious issues that need correct perceptions, not rhetorical special interests. Coffeetalks offered this platform. I say its value is in a dialogue, my views are offered to everyone hoping others would express theirs. My guess is that a majority of people are either afraid to let their thoughts be known, or have difficulty expressing a point of view. Over my 45 career years, I have been asked for strategies, tactics, and perceptions on major issues, operations or global events by various world leaders on four continents. Many of whom still ask for my take on communications or perceptions before making policy statements or final decisions on certain event strategies. Much of this is transparent and much is not. I don't think changing "CoffeeTalks to 'Gene Zarwell's Views on Everything Under the Sun'?" is the right approach. I sometimes write at dusk or dawn. I think "Coffeetalks" needs more original writings from others than rehashed media blogs. It takes me about three hours / cups of coffee to write a blog as I verify many of my facts. Sometimes rewriting thoughts with humor or unusual structure to make people reflect adds more time. Thanks for your interest, sarcasm or support. I usually only get 1,000 encouraging emails that don't get published on coffeetalks. They support or re-enforce my views that are based mainly on first-hand experience and not philosophical debate. I should record some of my phone conversations that do entail debate. Many of those would be far better entertainment than what is available in opt-eds and on talk radio. All my blogs are emailed to a growing select list before becoming available to "CoffeeTalks" which are subsequently indexed/posted on gzarwell.com. Retrospectively, thanks for your legal advise in my first campaign in 1987. Gene Message: 1 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 20:43:15 EST From: Subject: Re: Digest Number 1770 Why not just change the name from Coffeetalks to "Gene Zarwell's Views on Everything Under the Sun"? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 07:48:16 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: stay the course et al.: This is worth reading. Let's not throw away our Freedom for those who never served honorably. * * * * * * * * * * _________________________________________ * * * * * * * * * __________________________________________ * * * * * * * * __________________________________________ * * * * * * * * __________________________________________ * * * * * * * * *__________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ By Jamie Glazov FrontPageMagazine.com \| November 29, 2005. August 26, 1967, Air Force Major (later Colonel) George "Bud" Day was hit in his F-100 just north of the DMZ. During ejection he smashed one knee and broke his right arm in three places. The North Vietnamese were waiting for his parachute. Taken prisoner, he was given a novocaine shot and put in a primitive and painful cast on his arm. Day was bound at the ankles and carried to a small underground bunker. After dark, he managed to untie the ropes and crawled out of the bunker and began moving South. This began one of the remarkable sagas of the Vietnam war. For almost two weeks, Day traveled by night and hid during the day to conserve his strength and avoid capture. He ate frogs and berries to keep going. Hallucinating and barely able to move his legs, he came to a knoll and looked down at a U.S. Army unit less than a mile away. As he started to move toward it, a North Vietnamese soldier came up behind him and shouted at him to stop. Day made a run for it and heard rifle shots, then went down, hit in the hand and thigh. This time there was no escape. He was trussed up and taken on a forced march north, tied to trees some nights by his damaged arm and interrogated. When asked who his fellow flyers were, he gave names such as Charles Lindbergh and Billy Mitchell. Arriving at the Hanoi Hilton, Day became the cornerstone of the U.S. prisoners' resistance. As with the other POWs, Day was tortured constantly, suspended by his arms and whipped. His broken arm healed improperly. He was denied treatment for the hand in which he had been shot; every day he pressed his fingers against the wall of his cell and pushed to keep the muscles from contracting into a claw. Day took the under remitting torture and kept offering maximum resistance. John McCain has credited Day with saving his life in the prison and has called him the bravest man he ever met. This is a sentiment shared by many of the other POWs who have made Bud Day a legendary figure in the years since they came out of captivity. Bud Day is the most highly decorated military officer since Gen Douglas MacArthur. He holds some seventy decorations and awards, including every significant combat award. Along with his cellmate James Stockdale, he received the Medal of Honor from President Gerald Ford in 1976. We are honored to have this American hero join Frontpage Interview today. FP: Mr. Day, welcome to Frontpage, it is a great honor for me to speak with you. Day: Good day. I appreciate a chance to speak with you. FP: Why don't we begin with your youth. How did you get into the military? Day: I was a 16 year old junior in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. I was ready to join the military right then, but could not until after my birthday in February 1942. My parents refused to give their consent for me to enlist in the Marine Corps until I finally wore them down. I dropped out of high school only one month before graduation and joined the Corps. I got a direct commission between WW II and Korea, and was called up into the Air Force in 1950, went to jet pilot training, became a jet fighter pilot and volunteered for Vietnam as a fighter pilot in the F-100 aircraft. FP: What drove you in your desire to become a Marine and a fighter pilot? Many people would want to avoid putting their lives in danger. What is it you think that drove your passion? What influenced you? Day: I admired Charles Lindberg very much from the time that I was a very small boy. My admiration for airmen increased enormously with WW II, and Jimmy Doolittle's bombing of Japan. The Flying Tigers were most admirable men, so I was drawn to flying. What caused me to join the Marine Corps in 1942 was the attack on Pearl Harbor. I was 17, and within a few days of graduating from high school in Dec 1942, when the U.S. announced that they were going to draft 18 year olds. I was too naive to understand that such a thing could not occur in a matter of days, so I badgered my parents into signing my papers. I could not consider the idea of being forced to serve my country. I was going to do it right, and volunteer. I did. When I left the military in 1945, I had 4 years of GI bill, so I got a B.S. and a law degree in 47 calendar months. During college I got a direct appointment as a 2d Lt from enlisted status and volunteered for Korea. I went to flying school as I preferred to serve as a pilot and became an early jet fighter pilot. It is the most exciting job in the world. You make more life and death decisions in an hour and a half flight than some people make in ten years. Most satisfying. I liked the military. You get more authority as a corporal in the USMC in a couple of years, than many get in a life time. You learn to follow, then learn to lead. Leading men in combat is the ultimate of satisfying jobs. FP: Let’s move on to your Vietnam experience. What were the circumstances under which you were captured? You also almost escaped right afterwards, can you relate that story to us? Day: I was shot down striking a missile site in North Vietnam by ground fire on August 26, 1967. I had to eject, was severely injured in the bail-out, and was immediately captured. My right arm was broken in three places, my knee was injured, and I was temporarily blinded in one eye. I convinced my captors that I could not move because of my injuries, and was able to escape after a few days of abuse, including a threatened execution, hanging by the feet for an entire day, and some physical beatings. I then navigated about 45 miles through the jungle to within a mile of the USMC base at Con Tien in South Vietnam. I walked into an ambush. They called to me to surrender. I took off running. They shot me in the leg and hand, and recaptured me. FP: This is simply an incredible story. Why did they threaten execution if they did not go through with it? Was this part of the psychological torture? Tell us about the inner emotional journey one goes through, or that you went through, upon being captured. Also, when you say you “navigated” through 45 miles of jungle, what do you mean? How did you do this? Day: The mock execution was intimidation. They wanted to see if just threatening me would get an answer. Some people would answer. I think it was a common ploy. My assumption was that if they had authority to kill me on the spot, they would have already done it. So I had to call their bluff. Getting captured, and as I was, recaptured -- is a dismal thing. I was within a few minutes of freedom when this Viet Cong soldier popped out of a hole and yelled at me. When I figured out that he was a North VN, I decided that I had not come this far to surrender, so I took off running. Someone of them shot me in the leg and hand, and after I got into the jungle, they found me and I was recaptured. A horrible let down. I knew how close I was, and how much I wanted to be free. It was clear that if I did not die from infection, that I would wind up in the Hanoi jail. I have never felt more let down. Navigating means that you have to know where you are going and the approximate heading across the ground to get there. For example: a heading of 180 is due South. I knew that from where I was to the Marine Corps base at Con Tien, SVN, that I was going to have to stay on a rough course of about 200 degrees. You can look at the sun in the AM, and know where South is then you adjust. You continue to do this as you walk. In the jungle. You cannot see the sun so you have to then follow the trails going South and sort it out when you see the sun again. My navigation was quite perfect considering all of the detours that I had to make. As a pilot, you are navigating every minute of a flight so I had literally thousands of hours of navigating and with my Marine Corps experience it wasn't the first time I had ever been on the ground or a jungle. FP: I apologize for asking this, but what were some of the ways the North Vietnamese tortured you and other prisoners? Day: Physical beating with their hands and fists, with short sticks, roped arms behind the back and cinched up to pull the arms out of the socket, leg irons, fan belt beatings, kneeling torture, 16 hour per day propaganda from anti-war types in U.S., Russian classical music between propaganda blasts, untreated fractures, no protein, weight loss of about 35-40%, no mail or packages from home for three years, frequent threats of execution and non-release from jail. Unless we made propaganda for the Communists, propaganda made by Senators Fulbright, Kennedy, and Greuning, who were volunteering anti-war statements that we were being tortured for. Visits by Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Dave Dellinger and other people whom I considered to be traitors. FP: How did you endure the tortures physically and psychologically? What resources did you have to access inside of yourself to survive this horror? Day: I didn't endure the torture very well. When they hung me, they wiped out both of my hands, and I lost quite a bit of the use of my arms. They also re-broke my right wrist, and I was quite dysfunctional most of my POW experience, as I was trying to do self rehab, by scraping my fingers on the wall to straighten out my fingers which had curled up into a ball. My right wrist remained broken until John McCain splinted it in about December 1967-Jan 68. Mentally, I grew to hate them. The torture was so stupid, and only for intimidation after a while. I did a lot of praying, and I continued to tell myself that I was going to live, that I was going to keep my honor, and that I would never surrender. It is great to have God, a family, and the U.S. as a country. When you have that, you can hang on in a lot of adverse circumstances, and know that you will make it. G. Gordon Liddy calls it "will". I had it. FP: There is one story about you that you sang the American anthem in the face of great danger during your imprisonment. What happened? Day: After the Son Tay raid by U.S. forces in 1970, the Commies moved us into large rooms containing about 45 prisoners. We were overjoyed to have roommates, as many had been in solitary for 48-52 months. After a few days together, we decided that we were going to have a church service. This would consist of a couple of hymns by 4-5 people who could sing, a short sermon by Col. Robinson Risner, a recitation of some bible verses by a couple of our members, concluding with another hymn. We explained to the Commies what we had in mind on the day before. They advised that this would not happen, and if we persisted, there would be dire consequences -- meaning torture. We started the church service, and the guards went a bit berserk, ordered us to stop, pointed guns into the room, and issued more orders to stop. We did not stop. They then entered with weapons and ordered everyone involved in the singing or speaking, out of the room, and as they were marched out, I stood up on the cement bed and started singing the Star Spangled Banner. The next room then joined in, and soon every room in the camp was singing. We then sang God Bless America, every song that anyone could remember the words to, and continued to sing for about an hour. The Commie leadership went berserk, put some people back in leg irons, and solitary and sent me and several "black criminals" out to a crummy camp called Skid Row, where we stayed for several months in small cells. More solitary. Just before we got exiled to Skid Row, the senior commie came up on the radio and stated that it was always the policy of the Commies to let people enjoy religious expression. The reason for that was that they knew that there was going to be a church service again on the next Sunday and there was. We had a church service every Sunday from that time until we were released in the spring of 1973 -- some two years. They never interfered with church service again. FP: What do you think caused your victory? Day: Singing the Star Spangled Banner. That was the right reaction to their removing our church participants out of the room. There had to be a protest against this, but it had to be non-violent. I was sure that all of the other rooms in the camp would pick up on it, and they did. We sang for hours and hours. I was sure in my gut that we would not get shot for this and I was right, but we had to slam the message home that if they were going to deny us church services, that they were going to have to start the torture all over. They did not fully crank it up, but went back to a few people in irons, a couple of pretty hard beatings with the fan belt, some solitary for a few of us, but it was clear that we had won the battle and had the moral highground. FP: What do you think your guards were most afraid of? Day: Overall, the North Vietnamese were terrified that we were going to revolt and have an uprising. They were extremely paranoid as all Communists are, and existed only with high support from the Iron Curtain countries, and China. They always claimed the moral high ground, claiming that little old North Vietnam was just defending itself against the American oppressor, even though they invaded South Vietnam. Thus, they had to let us out of solitary into big rooms, but they had no idea how to treat us after they had been keeping order by beating us, roping us, and torturing us. They had no idea how disciplined we were, and that we (I) knew that a revolt would cost us a bunch of lives, and that we (I) was not stupid enough to permit a revolt for no reason. Their initial take on the "church service" was that it was the start of a revolt. After we had done it a few times, they got the picture that it was not threatening to them and while they hated church, they left us alone. FP: Let’s go back for a second. When you first sang the Star Spangled Banner in the face of possible torture, what did it mean to you? Day: It was another facet of combat. Things happen. Someone has to act. It happened. I had to do it. No one else was moving or acting, something had to be done. I did it. It was the first time that an American voice had been heard over the walls of the camp. Obviously they lost much face. A big mistake. A small, but important victory for us. FP: It appears the North Vietnamese were at some stages very confused about what to do with you. Can you talk about that? Day: Yes, the North Vietnamese were simply at a loss as to how to manage us after torture had been terminated as a national policy. For years, we were tortured frequently and methodically because Ho Chi Minh was alive, and he wanted us to suffer. We were white men. We needed to suffer. This brought about an escape, where one of the escapers got murdered. They responded to the escape by torturing all of the senior leaders, including me. Ho died. Some Americans got released and told all the world about how we had been brutalized and tortured. The North Vietnamese had a lot of respect for world opinion as they could not keep the war going in the South, without support from the Communist countries. Thus, following Ho's death, the new government eased off on the brutal torture, and improved our conditions immensely, just by stopping the physical brutality. Most prisoners were 30-50 pounds underweight. The food improved slightly, and we received an additional blanket, some socks, and were able to resist the cold temperatures much better. But because Communists were so paranoid, they could not get used to the idea that if they put us together in big rooms that they would have to correspondingly treat us differently. FP: If you met Jane Fonda one-on-one today, what would this meeting entail? Day: Jane Fonda is the 20th Century's most famous traitor. I have offered to debate her, but she lacks the courage. She had an opportunity to debate me when I was at a White House Correspondent's event, and she and her husband were in the next room. One of the correspondents suggested a debate, since we were so close. She refused, even though she called me a liar when I told CBS, NBC, ABC and the networks that I had been brutalized and tortured at a press conference that was held a few hours after the "LAST" POW came out of Hanoi. She claimed that anyone who claimed torture was a liar. I had many marks on my back from beatings with the fan belt, kneeling scars on my knees, ankle scars from the irons, and crippled arms and hands. I showed some of them to the press. Her claim was no torture. My take on this kook is that the father who rejected her, and the husbands who "dumped" her, had it just right. They knew what an empty bag that she was -- just a little piece of trash. There wouldn't be much for us to talk about except about her treasonous acts against American G.I.s and she doesn't want to talk about that. The picture of her grinning and hamming it up on a North V anti-aircraft weapon really explains her better than anything else. Who wants to get famous as the greatest traitor of the 20th century? She will do anything for publicity. Her latest: an anti-war bus running on cooking oil. It figures. FP: The thought of what you experienced and your bravery, juxtaposed with Jane Fonda and, of course, with the Tom Haydens and Jerry Rubins etc., is quite a picture. What do you think of the anti-war types back then? How about the anti-war characters today? Michael Moore, Cindy Sheehan etc? What is their psychology? And how is it that people like Hayden and Fonda know perfectly well that their behaviour and activism facilitated a bloodbath in Southeast Asia and yet they have learned absolutely nothing and today support an American withdrawal from Iraq, knowing full well that yet another bloodbath will follow? What is in their hearts and minds? Day: Fonda, Hayden, Rubin. I initially thought that they were just a bunch of dopers high on marijuana, and entranced with the idea that they were helping the cause of peace and keeping themselves out of combat. As the war went along into the late 60s and early 70s, I began to understand that they were revolutionaries who thought they were going to overthrow the government. I couldn't really grasp how people who lived so well under capitalism could possibly believe that Communism was a good thing, because there was not a single thing in communist history that showed it to be a good system. Everything about it was, and is, evil. So as I began to weigh their motivation, I began to understand that they were communists who wanted the North Vietnamese to win, for capitalism to be overthrown by communists, and for them to seize power. Stupid and incompetent as they were, these nut cases thought that they could take power in the U.S.A. It demonstrates how disconnected from reality their brains were and are. This is no joke, however. There is still a deep streak of this same nutty anti-war mentality in the Democratic Party today. Former Governor Paul Dean, John Kerry, John Podesta, much of that body of Kerry supporters are part and parcel of the old hippie anti-war crazies and they still do not understand that the U.S. does not want to surrender to someone. There is a lot of the radical Left in the Democratic Party’s approach to national politics. Michael Moore's outrageous movie is their daily bread. To understand Michael Moore is to look at him. Scruffy whiskers, dirty ball cap, crummy appearance, obese. To sort him out, just take one look at him and you can instantly draw the obvious conclusion. The leftie crowd have some common traits. They love the easy life in the U.S., easy money, none of them ever had a demanding job; they have little respect for the working class; they hate conservatives, patriots, capitalists, and the military. The anti-war types want us to lose in Iraq. Once again, as they did in Vietnam, they want the enemy to win. FP; What advice do you have for Bush and his administration in our terror war today? Day: We have to do what Ronald Reagan said and did: "Stay the course." Read the remarks of former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. He says that we will know when Iraq can defend itself. When that time comes, we can start a draw down, and we must start a draw down. But not a day before the Iraqis can fight for themselves. We have to challenge the Saudis to get with us and support us and the Iraqis. We need to do all we can to get major Muslim imams and religious leaders to condemn the terrorist and senseless murder of fellow Arabs and Muslims -- and to do so with high volume, and high frequency. The Bush strategy and tactics have worked wonders. After 9/11, the monstrous Taliban were overthrown and expelled from Afghanistan. The Afghanis have voted in a government for the first time in anyone's memory. It isn't perfect, but the Afghan women believe that they have died and gone to heaven. They have some freedom finally. Young girls can go to school and have some dignity. Saddam is in jail. Elections in Iraq have been held, despite the terror. More elections are coming. Iraqis are free for the first time in history, and choosing a government. Syria has departed Lebanon. Khadafi is out of the terror business. Could all of this really have happened without the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq? The bottom line is that people will choose freedom and capitalism whenever they are given the free choice. We have to stay the course. FP: Bud Day, it was a great honor to speak with you. You are a true American hero. Thank you for joining us today. Day: Thank you Jamie. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 19:53:31 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Not Here! et al.: Senators Durbin and Obama want our federal tax monies to pay for security services for their state judiciary. I'm sure they approached Illinois' governor to see if he wanted to give more power over his state to Washington by taking more federal dollars with all its accountability, compliance, other than just spending it to pay off general fund account deficits. Perhaps, we should eliminate State governments and put them all under control of federal representatives or administrators who can balance budgets instead of throwing money at problems - a form of extortion. Louisiana proved you cannot throw money at a problem without honest accountability to prevent disasters - natural or manmade. More than 85 percent of New Orleans problems were manmade; not accidental or governmental. Local contractors for years skimped on materials and skills when building its levies under Army Corps contracts. Their performance was below specs and now Louisiana wants federal funds to rebuild before they repay their ten percent of billions of dollars in federal loans agreed to for FEMA to provide emergency relief to support their misplaced residents. New Orleans' Mayor begs its citizens to return. Why? He needs a tax base to redevelop his wet lands that for two centuries have risked lives from destruction of nature's protection. Not only has his revenue stream left so have his voters. Will he run for office again if funds are not available? Probably not. Kerry talked and talked and reiterated everything Bush has said about "Staying the course" (in Iraq) except that he, Kerry, has a better plan. So, Bob Schieffer asked what he would do differently. Kerry replied instantaneously, " I have no idea." And he is right about that. Schieffer also asked him what mistakes he made when he lost last year's election. Kerry responded, "I have no idea, but I learned a lot and won't make those mistakes again.' One can only hope he won't - run that it is! He has no clue about what he says, because he cannot think through his thoughts. Just about every democratic leaning pundant has spoken that "Kerry will not be Dem's nominee." >From what was reported today, Democratic 2008 primary may be sickest and most entertaining circus any party can through. With a list of celebrities from Oprah to Paris, and previous candidates there will be more carnies and snake oil pitchmen than during an earlier western gold rush. As for Republicans, it, too, will provide entertainment as several Senators want to run and not one of them has any life experience other than running from one thing or another depending upon polls. We will definitely hear many facets of every gem issue in 2007. Will it be prudent? Probably not. It won't be about immigration as Dean hopes because for every individual in American there is opinion without consensus. Doesn't it amaze you that most rhetoric about illegal immigration on our Mexican border comes from New Hampshire and Massachusetts? Dean, from New Hampshire, said that Republicans will use that issue to divide Americans. I guess he hopes his dumb idea will take; 'cause there is no solution to it that is simple minded like he is. Kennedy and Kerry are from there (Massachusetts), too. Now Hillary is close to there (New York) as well. And, I thought OZ drew in lion, Scarecrow and tin man. Dorothy was taken in, too! Once they arrived, there was no OZ; just smoke and mirrors - Monica wasn't conceived , yet either. Question of the day: Did that Kansas tornado carry Dorothy to Massachusetts or New Hampshire and was OZ Land really New York and not down under? Good day! Why is Bill Clinton running around saying Bush mismanaged the war? We never should have had a need to go to war if our resolve was known as early as 1993 and our Commander in Chief understood military terminology like "deterrence", "verifiable", or "readiness". Reagan and Bush 41 did. Bush 43 did, too. Its, too bad, that Dean, Kerry and Edwards didn't which is what convinced most Europeans not join US, UK and AU plus forty some others, in "containment' (another military term) of terrorism to its own training grounds. Not here! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:02:12 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Resolve! What reslove? et al.: Resolve! What resolve? Dems and media have weakened perceptions of American resolve. Not more that 12 hours after President Bush addressed the nation from Annapolis, insurgents feel empowered to go after American troops. Dem-media should feel proud of their power to discourage support for American Resolve. It is no wonder American support wanes during this development period. When media reports positively about President Bush resolve they always end their articles or reports citing statistics covering a three year period as though it was yesterday's highway death count on homeland roads. They don't say that those 2,000 soldiers were killed by insurgents in Iraq who would rather return here. They were here. 3,500 private citizens and many of New York's finest were killed on 9-11 by insurgents in less than one hour because eight years of Ostrich-like behavior lacked resolve. More would've lost their lives had not an air traffic controller acted; ordering all aircraft in, over and approaching U.S. homeland to immediately land at their nearest airport. More than 35,000 pilots did just that in less than one hour. Two insurgent pilots hit their targets in New York; one was thwarted and accidentally flew into Pentagon walls after it's wing tip caught the ground taking it off coarse to Congress. My suspicion is that a United Airlines pilot tried desperately to crash that plane in Potomac River waters and was over-powered in those final moments. Several passengers aboard a fourth plane over-powered insurgents, sacrificing their lives preventing a White House target from harm by terminating that flight in Pennsylvania. Speculation has been that up to 15 aircraft were enroute to strategic targets around the nation that day. Not being suicide body-armed terrorists, they relied on airborne craft that was denied within minutes of those first three incidents. It took one man to stop that terror, not media, not Congress, not even military could react quickly enough to identify those threats. So, why do dems and America's media want Americans to ignore their resolve and protect those who wish to destroy this nation of so many diverse ancestries? Our Nations' military lost more personal in Pearl Harbor in one surprise attack because warning signs went unheeded. We're lucky to have elected a man who in spite of failed passed-down intelligence did take action to protect homeland interests. America has been hardened. Every day our security is assessed and adjusted to become even more hardened. For in that world, there is no norm; just awareness, surveillance, then deterrence followed with action. No time to get a lawyer's opinion. For this George W. should be honored, not ridiculed for Clinton era ignorance. By weakening perceptions of Bush's resolve through very public, misspeak, our Congress has threatened military strength not only here, but in Iraq. If al-Qadea perceives Iraqi security as weak through U.S. news reports over time expressing false reports of pull outs, lack of equipment, and problems in leadership, armor and training, then they are just that much closer to our homeland. Then of course polls will support their inept logic. As a pack of dogs follows one perceived leader, so does Congress if it means losing their next re-election because of faulty misleading polls. Kerry thought he won before learning or maybe forgetting that polls reflected 35 percent more Dems polled than Republicans. Thank you dem-media. We all feel safer now that you have shown that you know better than those trained in military operations who are defending your right to oppose policy, but at least do it with some dignity and honesty instead of Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy messed up emotions. Remember back when reports of previous Clinton staffers died in auto accidents, shootings and suspicious suicides just after Bill and Hillary took over the White House? I believe that body count was five or more. Is this Presidential resolve or what? Some of those casualties were Arkansas State Patrol rendering security to their then former Governor. What did they know that we don't now know? Watch your backs in New York. Resolve! What resolve? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:53:37 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Fw: freedoms through self-resolve ----- Original Message ----- From: GZarwell To: CoffeeTalks Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:18 Subject: freedoms through self-resolve et al.: If Bush policy is so bad according to Dems, why are they all thinking about running for President on a Bush legacy? Wannabe debates over an outcome in Iraq needs to take place now or our success will ruin that ability to garner Sunday morning airtime rebuking success. Anytime a Senator speaks out about running for President means he is frustrated by his lack of accomplishments and needs an ego boost. Prime examples are: Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry, Levin, Boxer, Obama, and now Feingold. Biden, Lieberman and Dean are just has-beens trying to keep their self proclaimed dem leadership. You must realize that their experience is a mere several hours from which they criticize years of development and training understanding that change takes more time than a few second walk through. Our country needs regular people to seek high office to thwart those who have not your interest at heart but their own. Senators cannot be productive Presidents because they do not take stands on their own thoughts. They are driven by opposition. No Senator should be considered electable for office of President. Mark my words on that one! That office needs experienced leaders, not political followers who cannot put a thought together without caveats. It doesn't need high priced contributors as cabinet and it needs not politicians who are considered unre-electable either. When Cheesehead, and I'm from there, too, Feingold discusses his position he actually sums up what has been American plans since 1983. Give Iraqis a life worth living. My assessment is - Feingold is over his level of competency and is just talking while he can over his liberal non-initiated opinions. He has no basis to his direction except "redirect". Sounds like a lawyer from North Carolina who once ran. Won't work for us, but he definitely knows how to circumvent issues with supposition. As I was growing up in Wisconsin we found more socialists on political pursuit in that state than those wanting a democracy. Obviously, Feingold has no military experience for which he espouses a weak platform to refocus our efforts in 60 countries instead of taking on terrorists in one. As progress develops in reconstituting Iraq our goals will be achieved as other nations now become more active in guarding their borders, thus eliminating U.S. dispersion to other lands while we fight not in our homeland. Our United States are envied around the world because of location and solidarity. Even Europeans looked seriously at establishing a United States of Europe to be one nation instead of many. It took Soviets 70 years to lose control and yet, our U.S.A. stays for more than 200 years. Part of our success is geography. Another part is, "We the People", with our education, our European heritage and its dwindling work ethic, but our Religious Freedom and trust in GOD gave us a constitution adhering to "The Ten Commandments", and a "golden rule". What is happening here, though, is that states are willing to give up their identity to seek Federal funds. This is something that Europe experimented with when introducing a "Euro". Now it is apparent that several major member countries want to go back to their nationalism. None of those 15 new Republics that left a Soviet Union have post mortem feelings to return while developing their own individual democracies. Could it take 5 years in Iraq, 70 like in Russia to democratize, or 100 like here at home where it has lasted more than 200 years? However, early in our campaign to resurrect patriotism after Lieutenant Kerry bashed our troops, essentially transferring his actions to all others, before Congress; I was asked to work with Defense's advertising for National Guard and Reserve units. At first I had one client, but learned that each had different identities. Reservists were support organizations, and State National Guards had each an Army Guard and an Air (Force) Guard, thus what was once one now became 106 Guard and several thousand Reservist. Was it manageable? Yes and from that several years was developed an accountability computer program using punch cards, and very successful Public Service Advertising from media where literally no one had served and was intrigued. I bring this up as media now looks at our security forces from amazement as each network or local facility in trying to experience what military or security is. ABC's Robin Roberts went down under (Submarines) to see what it takes to be submariner. Fears of claustrophobia need not interfere for short time. I remember as Fund Raising Chairman for our USS Annapolis, going to breakfast and lunch onboard, but because I outranked its Commander, I had to sign for the boat. No worries - we stayed in port. As Diane Sawyer snoops through CIA offices and facilities this next week, we will see very positive attitudes develop without misperceptions and deceptive rhetoric. In 1982, Reader's Digest wanted to publish an investigative report on new Sergeant York weapons systems that were failing vulnerability tests. I was called in to work that inquiry - to wit: I packaged thousands of documents assembled by various staffers offering test results and put them in a stock room while inviting that book's reporters to witness such testing. Vulnerability tests are conducted to destroy weapons systems to learn what needs to be hardened in order for crews to survive attack, climate, or magnetic impulsing while remaining operational. These are tests you don't want to fake passing. It's a far cry from advanced degrees because it risks lives if passed before their time. There was no story and they did not accept our invitation. Where did this great insight come from? Well! In 1980, WXYZ, Ch 7 in Detroit, requested access to conduct an investigation of Michigan's Nationals Guard after years of bashing over 1967 riots. As Michigan's newly appointed Commander of its Public Affairs unit with 23 members, 10 over mandated strength, my broadcast Captain and I answered their request by inviting them to record during field exercises at Camp Grayling. They showed up with two camera crews as did Ch 10 and Ch 4. I personally paid for their housing in a large home on Lake Margareth. Being there was exciting for them. Big equipment! Things you saw in movies with celebrities being operated by Guardsmen in their late teens and early twenties trained for combat; very professional in their approach to tactics and safety. This risk to bring them up to conduct unrehearsed interviews with part-time soldiers and leaders resulted in two 30-minute segments in prime time winning two local Emmy awards. In fact those pieces were so positive it would make Cindy Sheehan go home and honor her son Danny for his heroism as a patriot. If you remember that list of videos from my last week's blog, you can ask me about this one, too. Just to reiterate my point: Our U.S. military is not trying to win anything in Iraq. "We are there to help secure a democracy for Iraqi people and give them an infrastructure that can offer them a life style to go with their freedoms through a self-resolve of its citizens." Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Date: Submitted Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:02:12 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Caveats et al.: If Bush policy is so bad according to Dems, why are they all thinking about running for President on a Bush legacy? Wannabe debates over an outcome in Iraq needs to take place now or our success will ruin that ability to garner Sunday morning airtime rebuking success. Anytime a Senator speaks out about running for President means he is frustrated by his lack of accomplishments and needs an ego boost. Prime examples are: Clinton, Kennedy, Kerry, Levin, Boxer, Obama, and now Feingold. Biden, Lieberman and Dean are just has-beens trying to keep their self proclaimed dem leadership. You must realize that their experience is a mere several hours from which they criticize years of development and training to understand that changing human nature takes more time than a few-seconds walk-through. Our country needs regular people to seek high office to thwart those who have not your interest at heart but their own. Senators cannot be productive Presidents because they do not take stands on their own thoughts. They are driven by opposition. No Senator should be considered electable for office of President. Mark my words on that one! That office needs experienced leaders, not political followers who cannot put a thought together without caveats. It doesn't need high priced contributors as cabinet and it needs not politicians who are considered unre-electable either. Biden: "I am not talking about the President with my words. I'm talking about Chaney," he said, just after remarking to Tim Russert that he would never vote for war again under this President. See a caveat after seriously charging Bush with lying to The Public America about Iraq. In a few words that followed; he proclaimed that he "is running" after Russert asked him about a letter to a backer earlier last week. His caveat on this matter was; "if people want me to run, I will." So, Democrats have many caveats to their professions of intent, yet want commitment from those they "caveat" serious charges. People frequently ask me if I would run for President. Sure! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:46:24 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "won't be anytime soon!" et al.: Not a "first time" anymore in news. Reporters are learning now to report misfacts with less hype. Buzz words used most often this week in news stories has been "won't be anytime soon". They use this to demean Presidential resolve, liberal giveaways of taxpayer monies, and warm summerlike temperatures. How lame. One newscast contained a story about some pets who earned a comment of being "dumb animals". When I heard this I turned to look at the screen to see three anchor persons. Perhaps, my timing was off or truth won out. Like six-year olds, Congress waited until President Bush was visible in International news forums before they attempted to embarrass him over their misinformation. Of course news media fuel their dem friends to act like idiots. John Kerry jumped in with both feet. Bush didn't err in his assessments of world order. Clinton and his team of Albright, Clarke, Cohen, Kennedy, Leven and Kerry distorted and concealed their ineptness, until Bush had to rely on their failed policies. Then, they threw it into his face to embarrass him. But, to wait until he gets into serious International negotiations, to derail his resolve in Asia is far worse than attempting mutiny of the Bounty. In Congress, exposing vulnerabilities and lack of "intelligence" with regard to military operations with political implications on a scope being accepted by other world leaders is next to treason. Kerry claims he wore our unifrom. Yup! He did. It was cought on camera as he faked his award winning injuries and self written honors. Like Dan Rather, he needs to be far less visible or our kids will think that fraud and deceit is normal - in other than law. There are potential politicians right here at home that have credentials in dealing with today's security and health issues. Instead of tapping their expertise, political party loyali$t$ tap inept, inexperienced, egoti$tical coat-tailer$ to run for responsible positions. We have far too many in "irresponsible positions" whose responsibility is payback to their friend$ and not to us taxpayers. Accountability should be to private sector, not to contributor$. Recently, I met with individuals who have been working in several venues including global security to include more than several years in defense planning and terrorist counter-intelligence, plus policy and vaccine development for avian flu. All were met confronted by golf balls using visual navigation instead of preprogrammed GPS wireless guidance. Or simply put, their own thoughts, skills, and intelligence instead of aides, speech writers, and mis-leaders. Why I mention this is because on a golf course, players are accountable for their skill, intellegence, integrity, etiquette, and sportsmanship. Not many in Congress can meet those high levels of behavior which is why so many Coroporate executives are interviewed for key roles while walking down manicured fairways, reading impecable greens and deciding stragety to get to a single goal from unusal environments, topography under varying weather conditions. It's all about character, and bsides, it is harder to bug a golf course than it is a restaurant or conference room; thus, security and privacy is guaranteed unless it is a major tournament and we all know that Tiger wins without losing his focus or disclosing his strategies to sportscasters until he holds his trophy. Each individual has his own strengths (long game); his own approach (short game); his own precision tools to finally succeed (putting) in meeting that goal. Some need more resolve, some need more skill, some need more accountability. It all comes together as they "tee off" without gumbling or misrepresentations. Usually, if someone ignores accountability or misses finer points of etiquette, they are banished from participating in future challenges. They don't get the job. In Congress, if someone ignores accountability or misses finer points of etiquette, others follow suit. All become incredible, in a sense - "uncredible" in additional unaccountable. It is better to pick up your ball and go home then to lower your standards without ethics, scruples, knowledge or skills to accomplish goals. Setting goals is easy. Accomplishing objectives to reach those goals requires character and experience. Derailing goals is unethical, irresponsible and useless, plus very, very costly. Several trillon dollars worth of Congressioal debt. They say its the President who spends the money. Not so. It is Congress. They say they are charged to oversee the President. Not so. It is voters. They say they should dictate military withdrawal. Not so. They can't even balance our budget, let alone be responsible for our security. When I see Kerry, Kennedy and Clinton, I see the latter (coat-tailers); not the former (potential candidates). Those seeking political limelight without credentials seek not to serve, but rather to corrupt your values to their low levels. Kind of like liberal ideals lowering personal esteem from independence to dependance where emotions are far more important than truth. Will we see credibility in our next Congress? - "won't be anytime soon". Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:56:34 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: That's our wake up call! et al.: Wow! Media pundants back off on their polls. When questions of terrorist comfort and bringing home troops before "its time" get news attention, most anchors and pundants have softened. Why? Without technology, insurgents use 1941 Japanese resolve - suicide bombers. It's not rocket science and doesn't take much thought when life is considered worthless by those espousing it. Hard to detect and immediate when executed without ability to re-think that decision to blow one's self into vapor makes it difficult to counter. Rep Murtha started this debate, was misquoted, and awoke our media to reality. Now he's kissing a---s to rebuild his political backbone for re-election. Realizing their impact, media don't want responsibility for riots in our streets or more bombings here at home. They've even taken a 5 second look at progress in Iraqi government and infrastructure. Could it also be that other World leaders affected by insurgents on their homelands, now get the picture of why fighting insurgents in Iraq was a good idea. Debate this week is about "fighting". Yet, what is going on in Iraq is rebuilding their infrastructure and political system with security forces to protect our contractors and assist Iraq rebuild. Fighting is a small part of current activity and well over-reported. See, Bush's were right. Face it folks. In 1983, Iraq was identified as an ideal insurgency training ground because of its isolated desolation, unfriendly climate, and natural barricades surrounding its borders. Our resolve was challenged in 1987 when Kuwaiti oil was in jeopardy and again in 1991 when we threatened a build up for more than seven months and then fought to keep our resolve in a 100-hour war. Afterwards, we rebuilt Kuwait infrastructure for more than another 12 months using specialized troop units with engineering and civil affairs missions. Sound familiar to any of you? Qatar, Dubai, and Bahrain look far different today than 15 years ago. This was done under Bush 41 after Reagan's defense department propositioned supplies, equipment and rebuilt our Navy to offer quick response to sporadic insurgencies as defined in 1983 and proposed in Doctrine 2000 replacing Air-Land Battle doctrine. Air Land Tactics saved lives in Iraq in 1991 where only 79 U.S. troops were killed in that 100 hours. It also showed our global adversaries our resolve and technical edge as demonstrated in several videos, "Decisive Edge", "Day One", "Answering the Call", and "Finest Fighting Force". Unfortunately, that doctrine cannot address urban insurgencies and new doctrine (identified in 1983) called for force restructuring during '90's Defense Department planning - it did not take place under Defense Secretary Cohen or Clinton's democratic Congress. Other videos with emotional appeal included "We were Here" and "Proud and Ready". Both were distributed worldwide to our troops and their families. Each mentioned video is in Defense Department archives and can be requested through FOI; or, contact me for DAVC catalog listings. If avian flu creates its forecasted pandemic, all this debate about Iraq will seem like nonsense because numbers of dead will exceed 1,000 times that seemly important number quoted for Iraq. That's our wake up call! Not bringing troops back home to die on our roads or fighting in downtown New York or Chicago or Washington or Atlanta or Los Angeles or Seattle or Denver or other high populated area - Las Vegas and Atlantic city are probably safe because insurgents are funded through gambling and other corrupt financial scams (reported recently on BBC and during Kerry's campaign about his wife's contributions to al-Qeada fronts). Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 7 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:54:51 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "Soft sell..." et al.: Withdrawal polices for Iraq have never changed, yet when dem dumb Dems state them as new ideas, media revels in their astute awareness. Latest one is most amusing as Obama calls for withdrawal of troops over time as Iraqi government struggles to take over responsibility. A junior Senator without military experience, he just follows mentors Kennedy and Kerry. Should we excuse his innocence or hold him accountable? Dems call for evacuating (withdrawing) our troops when Iraqi forces are ready to assume that role, what's the difference between our original plan and that one making headlines for those uninitiated? Re-election and future roles as dummies I guess. As the old worn out dummies fade away, new ones pop up to show global leaders what "dumb" really means. Bush never accused any of them for their unpatriotic behavior. They started that mantra hoping it would stick. Maybe patriotic "fans" will blow it in "your" face dummies. After listening to Ted Koppel redirect media's role as those who sift through all a days news to find that which is important so Americans will become aware - he was speaking of his "Night-Line" staff definitely not his peers. Originally, he said that 25 years ago about military efforts in Beirut. We will miss your professional, legitimate approach Ted. That leaves dem dumb anchors without a role model. To what depths will media go to be dumb? 800 feet below the Atlantic just to provide their considered balance. Perhaps, viewers are getting real tired of military bashing for profit. Or, are our media getting worried that perhaps a pull-out isn't such a good idea after all. "Soft sell" retreat for them. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:30:21 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: MPH-MPG et al,: What's all this noise and confusion about polls asking George Bush to step down? Nonsense! Howard Dean calls for a Bush apology while stating he doesn't read or listen-watch news so he doesn't know what going on in America. Howard its just your mouth that keeps going on and on and on...like Kennedy and Kerry. Charlie Gibson in his liberal wisdom asked "who was our President addressing when he defended his policies in Iraq over this Veteran's Day weekend?" White House spokesperson answered (not in these words) all those democrats who recant their resolve. He was careful not to mention our media who seem to think they're immune from heresy while they fuel dissent and opposition to sell ratings over and over and over again. Bush made no mistakes and has accepted responsibility for other failed officials not under his scope of management. Media fully accepted his acknowledgment for failed Louisiana preparedness. Fiction becomes fact when repeated often enough by those who know no difference. Media actually believe their faulty intelligence and headlines to sell controversy rarely giving truth a chance to shine. Queen Raini of Jordan has asked World leaders to come together to rid our globe of terrorists. Jordan's 9-11 told them there is more to Iraq than just anti-American sentiments from U.S. and Massachusetts Democrats. After Abu Musad al-Zarqawi's brother and wife blew up a Muslim wedding party, King Abdullalu II declared support to a global war on terrorism and emphatically said it is not all Muslims that enact such atrocities. Kofe Anon also took steps to support Iraq in its charge to democracy and hopes other World leaders will support UN efforts now that American's have shown resolve and continued focus to thwart global terrorism with or without support from "pansy" nations. Looking at news clips of France and listening to liberals tell us that its alright in Paris since riot are in suburbs; but, it's still safe inside city limits - absolute fraud. On a brighter side - it ain't over here, so maybe Americans should feel safer now that our government has taken bold steps toward building security, intelligence networks that will be able to tell whether fleets of ships or cells of terrorists are approaching U.S. soil. Both breeches of intelligence and offensive cowardice came under Democratic administrations (1939-1945 & 1992 - 1999). Democrats like Dean, Kennedy, Rohm, and Kerry keep saying America is headed in wrong direction, yet their role models in Europe seem to be driven into chaotic rioting and mass destruction while at home we are not. So, perhaps they should drive down Champs Elysees and around their Arc de Triomphe instead of Martha's Vineyard's Chappaquiddick bridge. France is now defending its Homeland and both England and our U.S. have deterred other than initial acts of terror due to our increased due diligence and awareness. It's really strange to hear media and dems try to hold George Bush accountable for events unrelated to White House control or scope. Blaming any President for cost overruns in Congressional spending - unbridled spending by elected representatives who care not for how they spend as long they spend for re-election. Remember, there are fewer than 2 percent wealthy in this country so the "other 98" (title of my 1960's teen television show) vote "in" their spend thrifts. If cost of government is too high - don't vote the bastards back into office. Five minutes into George Stephanopoulos' "The Week" came a commercial that stated it all - "'This Week' is brought to you by Waste Management". Enough said! Brought out by not only Dem's Howard Dean, but others as well is a little know or believed fact that Dems really have neither leadership nor a clear plan other than to oppose. Harry Reid in his selfish act of heresy actually turned spotlights and fog horns onto his own party's failure to provide for national security, energy independence, educational reform. Instead we, got bridges, casinos, and Monica while al-Qeada planned to do us in. Sure they waited until a new President was inaugurated - wouldn't you rather take on a new kid in a sand box than one who has nothing more to lose? In support of this idea that dems just don't think things through and instead threw _ _ _ _ toward Congressional walls - it won't stick. Senator McCain pointed out that "no one was asked to disagree or change their support for war in Iraq." A Senate committee reported that Bush didn't lie. He used Clinton administration intelligence corroborated by several other European and Arab intelligence sources to make a decision to thwart further attacks on U.S. soil. He took his case to UN members who cowered, letting Americans fight their battle for compliance to UN Security Sanctions. Had Clinton after learning of al-Qeada meetings in Singapore in 1993 reviewed Ollie North's warnings and Bush 41 decisions surrounding military actions in support of Kuwait in 1991, perhaps we'd still have twin towers on New York's skyline. To say otherwise is pure heresy Harry. McCain also projected use of more specialized troops in Iraq with specific missions to rebuild, restore and support Iraqi security and civil organizations. Duh! We've done that for years as dems moved all those assets into our Reserve Forces to save money for pork. It happened during the eighties after Beirut. That's when Governors failed to maintain control of their National Guards and sold them out for Federal dollars. Yet, dem media think more troops mean more Finest Fighting Forces. Listen bimbo... more specialized troops means less fighting troops. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserve units were trained to support - civil affairs, medical, supply and maintenance, but they were on-call very few times saving 4/5ths cost of full time troop structures. Now look at the mess they created because those who make those Congressional decisions haven't served or were familiar with military operations. Now Congress says we need to rely more on our military because of its expertise, capability, training, discipline and leadership - Lesson here: You bet! Vote leadership with experience and military training to keep budgets low and skill levels high with insight into all aspects of event planning from assuring telephones will work and ground transportation above sea level. If our people want more military support for natural, civil disasters plus national security, you need to help them recruit individuals with a resolve to serve and desire to train to learn those skills needed under duress. If you need help in doing that, look at successes we had with public service advertising in 1972-1978 - or call me for a detailed report. From 65% to 110% unit strengths in less than 9 months after Kerry destroyed public confidence. Last year he tried to do it again with his phony military heroism. Recently I changed license plates on my tc (Chrysler tc-Maserati) to [MPH MPG] to make people aware of gasoline costs related to speed vs. efficiency. When looking at it's meaning yesterday I realized on the Left is MPH - speed and irresponsible driving patterns (Liberals), and the Right is MPG - cost efficiency and responsible driving discipline (Conservatives). In yet another observation I found that when police vehicles and government cars drive 10-15 mph over posted speed limits, so goes traffic. When state cruisers and marked police vehicles drive posted limits, so does traffic. It matters not if official cars have uniformed or casual dressed drivers - its that inherent threat of points and fines. My point is that if government wants compliance, it needs to set an example at all levels. Threats of point and fines no longer impact behavior. Who cares- its fine until your caught and that is higher odds than most scratch-offs. Government report cards are rather poor - so, IS compliance or law relevant if it cannot be practiced in fact. Who should be held accountable - the other guy or each individual? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:30:39 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Fw: Remember Veterans Day on November 11th et al,: F.Y.I. Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Veteran's Day honors all members of the Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty. There is no greater sacrifice. It is important for us to remember what they did in service to our great country, the values we stand for and our way of life. This holiday originally was called Armistice Day and was first celebrated in 1921. In 1954, President Eisenhower changed it to Veteran's Day in honor of those who served in all wars. On November 11 at 11:11, 1921 the U.S. France and England each buried an unknown soldier in honor of those who died in World War I. This began the annual Armistice Day holiday. The time and day was picked because fighting ceased in WWI in 1918 on November 11 at 11:11. In keeping with this tradition, work stops on this day and time each year for a moment of silence. Below is a poem from a source unknown. However, it drives home a powerful message.... AN ODE TO BOB He was getting old and paunchy, and his health was failing fast, And as he sat around the Legion telling stories of his past. Of the war that he had fought in, of the deeds that he had done. In his exploits with his buddies, they were heroes, everyone. And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors, his tales became a joke, All his buddies listened, for they knew where of he spoke. But we'll hear his tales no longer, for 'ol Bob has passed away, and the world's a little poorer, for a Veteran died today. No, he wasn't mourned by many, just his children and his wife, for he lived an ordinary, very quiet sort of life. He held a job and raised a family, quietly going on his way; And the world won't note his passing, 'tho a Veteran died today. When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state, While thousands note their passing, and proclaim that they were great. The papers tell of their life stories, from the time that they were young. But the passing of a Veteran goes unnoticed and unsung. Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of this land, Some jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellow man? Or the ordinary fellow, who in time of war and strife, Goes off to serve his country and offers up his life? The politician's stipend and the style in which he lives Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives. While the ordinary Veteran who offered up his all, Is paid off with a medal and perhaps a pension small. It's so easy to forget them, for it is so long ago, That our Bobs and Jims and Johnnys went to battle, but we know. It was not the politician, with his compromise and ploy, Who won for us this freedom that our country now enjoys. Should you find yourself in danger with your enemies at hand Would you really want some cop-out with his ever waffling hand, Or would you want a Veteran, who has sworn to defend, His home, his kin, and Country, and fight until the end? He's just a common Veteran and his ranks are growing thin, But his presence should remind us, we may need his like again. For when countries are in conflict, we find the Veteran's part Was to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start. If we cannot do him honor, while he's here to hear the praise, Then at least let's give him homage, at the ending of his days. Perhaps a simple headline in the paper that might say, Our Country is in Mourning, for a Veteran died today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you pass a person on the street that looks a bit down and out, an old guy with a limp, the man with a cane or the many people using wheelchairs, stop and think.... Was he one of the many unsung hero's that made, not the ultimate sacrifice but gave up what we call a "normal life" protecting my family and me? Just food for thought on this national holiday. Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:57:42 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Fw: Court Scenes We'd Like to See... et al.: Yes, this would be good! -------------------------------- During a trial in a small town, a witness was sworn in with her hand on the Bible - the standard admonitions to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help her God. The witness was a proper, well-dressed, elderly lady - the Grandmother type - well-spoken and poised. The prosecuting attorney approached the woman and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?" She responded, "Why, yes I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, cheat on your wife, manipulate people and talk badly about them behind their backs. You think you're a rising big shot when you haven't the sense to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit, paper-pushing shyster. Yes, I know you quite well." The lawyer was stunned. He couldn't even think for a few minutes. Then, slowly backed away, fearing the looks on the judge and jurors' faces, not to mention the court reporter who documented every word. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?" She again replied, "Why, yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, has a bad drinking problem. The man can't build or keep a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. Yes, I know him." The defense attorney almost fainted and was seen slipping downward in his chair, looking at the floor. Laughter mixed with gasps, thundered throughout the courtroom, the audience was on the verge of chaos. The judge brought the courtroom to silence, called both counselors to the bench, and in a very quiet voice said, "If either of you morons asks her if she knows me, you're going to jail." Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 10:31:00 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Super Nanny et al.: Innuendo, speculation and leaks are majority basis for polling statistics stating low approval ratings for George W. Bush. In ABC's poll, Republican leadership received 51% to Democrats 37%. On most other misstated questions framed to seek support for liberalism, numbers changed. Yes, on important matters most everyone wants decisive leadership with resolve. On matters that Mother nature, al-Qeada or Congress control they seem to want empty promises. Democrats make bold aggressive statements and then back off. Joe Biden a self appointed media hound, looks for opportunities to bash government and tries to make us believe that we all think his way. When countered he always backs off to a melt down of his strong "misopins". Got news for you Joe, you're not Presidential, just a plagiarizing fool (Hollywood script writer)who wannabe something more than a Kennedy liar ( remember Koepecne?), Kerry imitator (cannot clone JFK!). Each one of them talk and talk and talk without saying anything of importance, creditable, or believable. Democrats want to rule by filibuster and public opinion without asking a majority of people what they want. It ain't liberalism from Boston we want. A point to remember is that Republicans outnumber Democrats in a true majority vote. AL Gore and John Kerry found that out and cry foul because their illegal attempts and fraudulent polls worked against them. People want their elected clowns accountable. Not on national security so much as where does their Congressional spending abuse our trust. Yes, Dems are angry that Bush 43 committed them to pay for hurricane damage even when it wasn't really a national issue. Pork has to go to get reelected. With proper planning most of Katrina's aftermath could've been avoided. Perhaps Louisiana's Governor and New Orleans Mayor were right not to request Federal assistance because they cannot even pay their 10 percent. Yet, now they want a Federal government bailout for their mismanagement of not only their resources, but more than 40 years of misuing federal dollars for pork instead of infrastructure. Remember how quick she was to strike out against Federal assistance, and her Senator threatening The President with bodily harm. Throw them both into debtor's prison and the stocks or dunking chair. One startling remark was about how Congress wanted Presidential interference in their overspending. So, now, they want to blame him for their adding 3/4rds pork to his one quarter stock (necessary spending). See, there's that concept again - accountability. They praised him for taking on Katrina and every other hurricane, flood, or tornado since. How - by tacking on more and more pork where they find themselves now wondering how they will get reelected because those who benefit from pork only have one-vote just like you and me. And, re-election needs more of us not them who receive favors in forms of our money beyond our recognition. Elections in 2006 may not return too many life-lacking Congressionals and replace them with people who may want to serve for all the right reasons. Currently not many with the right reasons have filed, so we get same ol'; same ol' unless our electorates get smart and turn off that tube when political ads appear to teach our kids how nasty adults must be to be heard. We need to send Super Nanny to congress. Not to vote; but to change behavior patterns. For clarification, Super Nanny is not Hillary Clinton, nor is she desireable as a leader for a free world as her goal is return to socialism and secular anarchy. It's not working in Europe anymore either. Not a good time to go to Paris and its surrounds. Seems a can of worms is about to be opened and Dems won't fair too well since it all started while they slept (figuratively - it wasn't sex) on their watch. Harry Reid obviously cannot forward think. His tactics have brought out a six year mentality of his Congressional cohorts. I think I mentioned that little six-years old girl took her ball and went home. Perhaps, Harry that's good advice, but you don't have the balls like she does. Why is it that media want change in Presidential staff and appointments when we listen to their same old worn-out has-beens year after year, from station to station,while they exemplify a life-less experience factor and ramble on like "ol' codgers" reminiscing. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 11:47:18 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Clarification wanted et al.: Wasn't it a focus of a 9-11 commission to ascertain whether or not a 39-day Presidency took Clinton White House information, although delivered after inauguration, seriously? Now! Is a new call for investigation into that same intelligence created and assembled over an eight year-period being redressed for political gain by rogue dems who fail to take responsibility for their failed intelligence (personal intelligence failed for lack of life experience, military service, and/or fiscal accountability). After all, they were in charge of collecting it and interpreting it. It appears they had experience in not believing their intelligence back in 1941. Tim Russert thanked Ted Kennedy for his views, but I wasn't aware he had any views from listening to his rhetoric "about nothing" (my Shakespearian view), just Bush bashing. He talked a lot, but all Russert could say to sum up was - "Thank you for your views". Ted said recently he would back Kerry for President in 2008. So, that should be two votes for liberalism on a socialistic level, or could that mean two votes for public opinion polls with 35 percent more Democrats polled than Republicans. What it really means is that Dems have no candidate because Howard Dean has no clue about what it takes a party to politically win. Hillary is unacceptable because under her watch she could neither keep her husband focused on national and international issues, nor could she sell her socialist ideas which are based upon European secular society that is falling apart by the minute, just as Euros are dividing its members. On the other hand, Republicans have no candidate because they keep shooting themselves in the foot with their words, not their guns. Better they put their feet in their mouths than their words in media sound bites. If dem-actions (dumb actions) bother them, then they bother all of us - why or why do they think getting on national media to dignify is that important. No reaction to obvious media bait fares better at real polls than does emotional reaction to nonsense. Look, media looks at Politicians as idiots willing to stake their fortunes for advertising to appease their egos. Yet, you never see media people put their name on a ballot. Why is that? Now don't think that Sonny Bono was media, or Gofer? Pat Buchanan was not either. Ronald Reagan was entertainment not news. Other than that Ben Franklin never ran for President. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:32:57 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Doesn't correlate! et al.: Accountability - a word rarely heard today. Well, maybe you hear it, but its meaning has changed. Martha Stewart took responsibility for her actions and gave up five months of her life incarcerated for believing in her financial advisors. It will be overturned, but she already has been held accountable for - what?. Banks and financial advisors need to be held accountable. Here's a recent letter to the Chairman of Bank of America regarding such accountability: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Kenneth Lewis, CEO Chairman Bank of America 101 S. Tryon Street, 31st Floor Charlotte, NC 28255 Ref: Nobody could do anything about it! Dear Mr. Lewis: Bank of America with all its assets has much to be accountable for. Without going into many details, your operations are very disappointing with huge losses of my money in 1998 while demanding I pay an overdraft bill created from that loss. Your bank demanded on October 27, 1998 that I pay $95.01 to NationsBank and my account would be reopened. Fact of the matter was that on October 5, 1998 $90 before additional overdraft fees of $5.95 were added was paid to the Bank to clear overdraft charges from debit card fraud losses and return of three checks; (1) Maryland Motor Vehicle Tag renewal, (2) Maryland Motor Vehicle Driver’s License renewal, and (3) USAA auto insurance. All three were returned due to lack of funds lost through an August debit raid on my number. I was unaware of any activity thinking my funds were secure. When I found out, the above scenario had already run its course for more than a month. From my bank statements, I was able to identify all the bogus companies and that information went to deft ears at your Bank. The matter was sent to Alan Greenspan who had his team refer it to The Comptroller of the Currency in Texas. They investigated and after several years, I obtained a copy of the case papers for the first time to learn of how Banks misguide losses to thwart recovery. Well, this time I went to one of your branches, Bowie Town Center, to purchase a savings Bond as verification of a Social Security Number and address for a friend, [not to be disclosed here], who was applying for both a Maryland Driver’s Learner’s permit and either an F-1 Student or a H1B Business visa. Both INS, CISNIS, and MDMVA accept that as proof of identity. They also accept bills, leases, and other things that are mailed out. I have everything on E-Bills through USAA; thus, no paper in postal service distribution.. Your agent at Bowie Town Center said I could get a Savings Bond same day, then as we completed the purchase stated that it would be sent in two to three weeks. When I looked at the Record he printed out, I noted that my apartment number did not print and that he should redo the purchase and abbreviate the address to allow your Bond Application program to printout the full address. He did not, but asked if I would be interested in investing in one of his friend’s inventions for lawn mowers. I was not. The savings Bond never arrived. After three weeks, I called your bank to find that “they could not do anything about it.” I called the Post Office who declared that without the apartment number, they sent it back to Treasury and “they could not do anything about it”. I called treasury, it’s Secretary, its Office of Public Debt who handles Savings Bonds, was transferred to its Minneapolis Office who said “they could not do anything about it”, and they referred me to Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland who said “they could not do anything about it”. After five hours on the phone and eastern time zone hitting closing time; and because time was closing in on my deadlines with an International application in Maryland and our preliminary meetings with INS attorneys in Baltimore, I asked if anyone at Fed Res could send a letter explaining that “nobody could do anything about it” in light of a record of the transaction in your computer and verified at both Minneapolis and Pittsburgh. We got that overnight! It worked with explanation of how “nobody could do anything about it”. Janet Watkins, Treasury Retail Sales, and her team sent us a letter that solved immediate negotiations, but during this process, no savings Bond has been delivered. I then called Ms. Watkins office back to learn that the Bond was returned to Treasury who sent it to Minneapolis who transmitted it your Bank. Today’s date is far past August 20 because nobody can do anything about it. Now this is reminiscent of the first scenario. There is no one accountable at Bank of America to assure customer support. However, many “cannot do anything about it” except to create problems for your depositors and assess fees for your inability to account for transactions. This is a small issue, but has very appealing nuances, don’t you agree? For that reason it will appear in my Coffeetalks and copied to Alan Greenspan. Coffeetalks goes to the White House, several media before publishing on Yahoogroups where it has hundreds of thousands of readers who tell me to keep writing them. Somebody will do something about it. Sincerely, Gene Cc: Alan Greenspan, Chairman Board Of Governors Federal Reserve System 20th and Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20551 P.S. Why would anyone want to use your Bank of America branches in Moscow? They do not acknowledge any partnering with your financial groups or support any of your accounts with Bank of America services. That’s a whole new issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------- As a note: It only cost me $3,000 to deliver the Bond once received to those requiring it for proof at our Consulate at Yekaterinburg in Russia because of time delays. In recent dealings and review of government policies in Maryland as well as its various counties, accountability means; "To get away with it until caught and deny any legal responsibility for residual affects." It appears to be new law followed by rabid attorneys to circumvent truth and justice - isn't that why they're referred to as: Officers of the Court so they don't have to know the law even though we, lay persons acting pro se, cannot use "ignorance of the law" as an escape from penalty. Lawyers hate that because most never review law for a case until it's too late and when up against quoted law; claim "he's pro se" - I'm a lawyer!" Big deal! Where does that come from? J. Joseph Curran is a master at avoiding rules of law and not taking responsibility for his directions and actions of his associate attorneys generals who intimidate and hide behind "sovereign immunity" that does not cover actions outside the law. Read both applicable Constitutions, dummy. You can read about his team of thugs and crooks at NoticeofFindings.info along with several other such incidents where Curran's philosophy and that of other government officials have bastardized our rules of law to deny rather than be accountable. Curran's rules of law believe that they can get his Son-In-Law elected as Maryland's next Governor. That's just what we need a Governor with a daughter judge in Curran's mold. I remember when she stood up and denied her husband's, mayoral affair with a student in a back area of a Baltimore library, and stated it was politically motivated. Kind of like Clinton politics. We don't need another Baltimore mayor as Governor, anyhow. There's only one "Willie Don" and his usefulness has reached its "Peter Principle". Can we afford to pay five, under-governor's like Baltimore's five under-mayors to do one man's job so he can cavort with constituents? Details of his escapade were buried by his friends at the "Sun". Did they know whether she was underage or "just barely legal?" It doesn't matter, but those who witnessed his activities were never heard from or were destroyed publicly by J. J. Curran's team of righteous lawyers in black suits and dark cars and media speculators reporting without facts. They even gave it "air" time. Let's face it, we pay for one governor now and a wannabe politician without substantiated credentials, but seeks to abort his commitment one-more time to move up without accountability. What a sell? I've read the trash and listened to respected advisors tout differently, but Wow! - Talk about a lack of pre-sell research. Doesn't anybody believe what they find out. I never believed polls, but how can you miss the obvious. Credibility has to be foremost in choosing leadership. While others in opposition dig for dirt and narrow their views to off-record politics and background, you must make decisions based upon what might destroy a bad idea and make it worse. Steele has never met a commitment and we all know his reputation. Talks like Keyes without substance. It is a good way to get him out of politics as he aborts his duties and loyalties to those who carry his weight. Where did Ken Melman learn differently? He's supposed to be good at vetting candidates. This decision could cause him to lose his appeal to replace Karl Rove if need be. What supposedly should bring our party together and expand our base will certainly not work here in Maryland by touting Steele. And, it will deter credible candidates from going up against Cardin. Does anyone really think Kwazi has a chance? We need a clean candidate that can withstand innuendo and rumors in order to re-elect our "Republican" Governor and replace those Congressional seat holders who have no life experience. One problem exists: many credible individuals don't want to be trashed by fellow citizens and media to get a job that doesn't pay much. Credentials and willingness to serve have no meaning in politics. Selling soft-soap is easier, but you must apply elbow grease. Creating issues just takes more of our money for special interests. Check your pharmaceuticals prices and physical needs for them. Doesn't correlate! Tee time again. I might even play "Willy Don's" Western Maryland course. Gov, wanna hit a few? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 9 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:21:32 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "That Day" et al.: Read this one with a tissue close by. ___________________________________________________ You make the choice Don't look for a punch line. There isn't one. Read it any way. My question to all of you is would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question. "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?" The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. "I believe, that when a child like Shay comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes, in the way other people treat that child." Then he told the following story: Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging. Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and, getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning." In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and turned and threw the ball on a high arc to right field, far beyond the reach of the first baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" By the time Shay rounded first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head. Shay ran toward second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases toward home. Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming, "Shay, run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team. "That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world." AND, NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people think twice about sharing. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through! cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces. If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're probably sorting out the people on your address list that aren't the "appropriate" ones to receive this type of message. Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the "natural order of things." So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up that opportunity, and leave the world a little bit colder in the process? You now have two choices: 1. Delete this. 2. Forward it to the people you care about. You already know the choice I opted for. Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble! Remembering how to fly. __________________________________________________ Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:08:34 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "Company" person et al.: Is Harriett Miers really a dead issue? Listening to Harry Reid sing her praises and several other senators supporting her role in court after court tells me that our President should probably do another unexpected media event. Re-nominate her. It seems she wasn't all that bad a choice. Media and Democrats now come to praise her because they feel they were able to beat Bush resolve. Well, let's resolve that impression and give them their due. Just as you turned on your heal when media get off message in a second news conference, do it again. Now that Miers has been praised by her critics, and she has had time to rethink importance of a Supreme Court nominee, she probably would be best one for that position. Even her base critics say she would be a Sandra Day O'Conner from a more real people perspective. Democrats really want top tie recent indictments to a war in Iraq even when their dildo President used similar arguments to justify his weak attempts to stop Sadam Hussein. All leaders world round agreed that Weapons of Mass Destruction were inevitable under Sadam Hussein. They just didn't have enough resolve to support a showdown. Wilson should never have accepted an assignment from his wife to investigate without security clearances from White House National Security checks. Had he used discretion and not lied about a Vice President sanction for his clandestine operation, she probably wouldn't have even been considered, but in her role to over throw White House resolve, something she is trained to do in other scenarios, she challenged our security chain of command and created a situation that through media baiting would expose her role. Now, let's take a look at what media call "the worst week of this Presidency". According to polls 39 percent of Americans believe in Bush. Fifty-eight percent believe what media tell them and what they think Democratic leadership tells them. Remember they both opposed Harriett Emirs nomination until she withdrew - then they praised her. If I were President, I too, would go to Camp David to play golf. Listening to media reports by people who have done nothing with their lives except to misinform can be tiring. Local anchors and national anchor personalities seem to think they know better than those who have information from which to make decisions. These pundant shows are just entertainment. They have low ratings and are conflicting in time with those of Christian faith. They are a station's or network's compliance with FAA rules to offer public service, issue orienting programming. Best time is when no one is really watching or listening. Problem is that they cannot get credible people to make the rounds. Usually, its those who want to have video tape for their next run or for fund raising. Now, let's discuss strategy - counter media with resolve, not with compliance to media dreams of having any kind of power to make changes within White House inner circles. A good injection of new blood will help, but keep in mind that media should not and will not understand any changes until they can offer their lame uninitiated opinions based upon other's inane assessments and counter punches to White House Resolve. Any solution to yesterday's polls cannot be with any outward appearance that any media hype or Democratic rhetoric has had any impact on any decision set forth tomorrow. One trusted journalist actually hit a nail on its head- that is Bob Schieffer who points out that reporters should question why they are given certain information bites. Leaks are generally not news, but lobby events with media. It was written into our ops plans in 1986 - to use media reporters to leak news of pending operations to our enemies so, we could control their counter-threats on our terms. I know this for a fact - I am intimately involved with the author of that plan. No, it wasn't my wife and no neither was ever a "company" person. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:47:51 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: What a learning curve! et al.: Waking up this morning at noon Moscow time kept me thinking about recent events here at home. I particularly liked a coffeetalk with George Carlin's take on welfare states and natural disasters. Unfortunately, it took human error to demonstrate that natural disasters can be dangerous when media and politics don't take such events seriously. I mourn loss of two great politicians who became early mentors in my career to be a prominent perennial candidate. One, you have to be sincere in wanting to run; two, you must learn much more about issues and be able to respond truthfully even though those who pledge support have no desire to listen, and three, you must remain positive and alert to media hype for others who have less credentials, less experience, less diplomacy, less moral values, but who have a weakness to corruption, deceit and other's control. I found with Louise Gore who with Dick and Barbara Taylor, Ross Pierpont, Ellen Saurbray, Marjory Holtz, and Bob and Elizabeth Dole, John Heinz, Alan Simpson, Don Nickles and Charles Grassley; an advisory board that could lead me into an honest and forthright presentation of American will and conscience. However, being honest and trusted doesn't get on elected. Louise introduced me to Montgomery County politics and with Kal Johnson as a campaign manager made my entry into '88's Senatorial race a real proving ground. Ross in effect taught me how well misperceptions and innuendo can distort credibility. He became a good friend but he believed in self financing which works against candidates because people don't get involved. My democratic neighbor told me you had to buy a seat in Congress by funding every lame political organization in the state. In reality that gets inept, inexperience ed dolts elected to offices that have absolutely no business in. Ross was unique! He brought up a little known fact that my campaign literature was produced in Russia and I believe in outer space aliens. He was referring to my scroll-like six color brochure produced at Artisan Printers in Washington DC and my involvement with NASA's Apollo program where a plaque was attached to our lunar landing module for others to see when visiting the moon. We fought for the right to declare "perennial" status - he wins for number of runs (16 to my 6), but I win in number of counties won in a primary election (every county and Baltimore in 2002). I kept in touch with both throughout my campaigns because they were sincere in offering insights. May both Louise Gore and Ross Pierpont rest in peace and give me guidance in my next two races. Well (as Ronald Reagan would say, "there they go again". Our media in their vigor to discredit George Bush made idiots out of themselves another time. Criticizing a staged press conference - how rude. Did you ever see an anchor person do a candid interview or report without a handful of notes, papers or links to information on teleprompters or laptops? Have you ever talked with a reporter who didn't have a notebook filled with questions to entrap their target? If media could provide credible coverage, then why do guys like Dan Rather get honors for creating news or espouse misperceived notions about natural disasters, political follies or industry achievements. Yes, our media took White House bait to show how stupid media really is. Criticizing a "pro" for mocking their formats makes all of them simple fakes. Got that - simple (no mind from which to cogitate) and no sense of integrity or honor to treat those they attack as they themselves would want from them - "The Golden Rule" dating back before "The Ten Commandments". With those two documents, Congress can go home and raise money. America needs no more interpretations of our laws, no more precedents of circumvention of law, and no more additional laws to those we cannot enforce anyway. It seems that those who comply are punished by those we let in to our country who cannot read or comprehend our society so they rape, pillage and plunder like Vikings (has more meaning this week than ever before) and ignore our belief in our German ethics brought here before British attacked. Yes, folks from work hard and get paid to work less after being paid to get laid seems to be today's mantra. In retrospect, Monica Lewinsky had it figured out. She got rich from a dildo who gave up power for fear of losing control of memoirs that he claimed he did not remember. He also put all of us in jeopardy for not paying attention to world events and influences that have shown their ugly turban wrapped heads. At least Iraqis voted and their dignity will prevail - thanks to both George Bushes. Perhaps the best thing that happened in a Pakistani earthquake was its impact on al Qeada training camps. Let's hope. Opening my eyes this morning, I decided to bake some Pillsbury doughboy Orange Sweet Rolls. Well, they are done and still warm, so I will enjoy. Just one thing about that, though. After forty years of baking them, I noted they finnaly designed their container wrap where you don't destroy baking instruction while opening. You know, this is my first time not scorching my breakfast buns or eating partially cooked ones. What a learning curve! Perhaps a sign that my 20 years in politics may, too, payoff. You think? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:29:34 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Pack up and go home. et al.; On this eve of my departure for yet another venture overseas, I hope my return will again show 700,000 votes or more. I'll be back before they're counted next in November 2006. Listening to recant and after recant from media types and reading bloggers about Federalizing local disasters, I find one common thread in appeals for assistance. "We need military discipline, experience, and intelligence in our leadership. We need military assets, technology, and communications in our inventory," so say all those politicians who were elected and or appointed that rejected those concepts when they had opportunity to gain those personal attributes and become knowledgeable about access to those resources and capabilities of our military organizations. What we have today is a lot of John Kerry heroes who didn't believe in "military" and those who rejected an idea that sacrifice on foreign shores gives us experience to meet both manmade and natural disasters with order, control and immediacy. Electing money candidates gets you casinos that collapse on wet lands under stress. Budgets giving "pork" to compatriots with no reserves for rainy days. Reviewing recent Coffeetalks published this week, it is obvious that both Democrats and Republicans who were elected to Congress or State offices with no military experience cannot lead or direct operations of a global scale or even neighborhood scale without pointing to those who served in our military that were ready with assets, but restrained from providing that until local officials relinquished their control and asked for help. Thank elected liberals and ACLU intimidation for blocking intervention into local disasters. It has been their goal to undermine our United States through courts, media, and restricting freedom of thought contrary to theirs. Procedures are procedures and blame is blame. Apparently, in New Orleans prior to and during "Katrina's" presence, it's Mayor had no idea of what to do since all those who benefited from his budgeted funds fled his city leaving it to a few responsible police officers and many corrupt one's desiring to clean up and ship out their riffraff. Heck, many of his team left to care for their personal possessions. No thought given to bringing in unaffected teams to replace those with individual interests experiencing Katrina. In other words, business as usual and no need to get excited until those levees broke. Louisiana, like former Soviet States, found out that socialism doesn't work. A haven for dependency, New Orleans failed to take care of its people. However, its leadership did point to others initially to failures. Yet, three days before Katrina hit, Federal resources were offered and rejected by those leaders in Louisiana who absolutely had no idea of what to do to evacuate or prepare for this natural disaster predicted for more than 40 years. My point is that when hiring (electing) leadership, make sure they are prepared to lead and understand what resources and assets are available. How much life experience do they have outside of raising money from and for a few. Make sure they are neither self aggrandizing attorneys with no real experience except circumventing precedent and law, nor those who never had responsibility to make an organization productive. George Bush had all requisites needed. He overcame his early years, thanks to Laura. He studied at top educational institutions - not necessarily top ten - rejecting their liberal teachings. He had military experience to meet threats. He had private sector experience to fail and to prosper. He had government experience in networking and staff building. He was elected as President twice. What have all his critics done? Stood up in Congress and demeaned our nation. Reported on devastation without any constructive idea of preplanning, prepositioning, and survival training. A journalist has, generally speaking, no real experience except to tether to a wall in a wind chamber or stand out in a hurricane acting stupid. They report on hearsay, innuendo ignoring fact, and action by interviewing uninitiated individuals speaking beyond their comprehension and then when intelligent, credible individuals factually present plans and actions being accomplished, they cut them short, then follow with fabricated doubt through inane, questionable headlines that mislead, thus creating negative poll numbers. Like George Bush, I very rarely believe media polls. They are divisive, erroneous tools to create misperceptions and fuel emotions in people who have no intention of being realistic - right Cindy Sheehan. You lost your son you say, but he gave his life defending your freedom so you can dishonor him and others for being patriotic and concerned over their mission to keep insurgencies off our land. Perhaps all your followers should follow you to Israel and Palestine to live and learn what it could be like here at home without an aggressive defense posture. George Bush did not allow al Qaeda into this country, Bill Clinton did. My advise Cindy: Pack up and go home. I'm sure your son would honor that! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:32:42 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: ...don't get caught! et al.: Concentration this morning by all politicos, both elected and self appointed in media, has been on deficits and Iraq in light of reconstruction of an economically sound infrastructure in New Orleans. "Sound", because much of our exported goods, farm produce and manufacturing products leave from Mighty Mississippi River ports through Panama's canal to Asia. Empty ships do not generate income so a majority of imports, not just oil, arrive there, too! Imports from Asia, South America and Europe as well. For quick reference of where people live, visit www.gzarwell.us to discover how money flows by night. Remember North America is last market to close each day while less than 8 hours later on a new day, Asian and Oceania markets open. As incredible as these pundants sound crying the blues, there was absolutely no thought given to how you become globally competitive and a world leader. Just a couple of thoughts addressing that concept. Maybe more - here goes: Deficit spending is a Congressional thing because for many years Democrats believed and still do that wealth belongs to government. Former Lewinsky dildo stated that taxes should be raised by rolling back previously guaranteed tax breaks. See! give it to Government for a one time use instead of spreading revenues six-times throughout local communities to build strong economies. Fact is that private wealth has paid all of United States' bills. And used to be most generous in crisis contributions. It has only been a new phenomena that government tries to outdo private citizens and now celebrities have rallied to take some credit, too. It is from that pool of resources that jobs are created and taxes can be paid. If Government holds wealth, it allocates some for national needs and then doubles or triples it with pork for local constituents after selling us taxpayers that it will cost much less for government to meet any Presidential budget. Congress spends our hard earned money and does not regenerate it; except for a few insider Politicians like Kennedy and Kerry through blind trusts and kick backs through PACs and soft contributions. Yes, our government borrows from strengthening nations who wish to compete with strong currencies. This results in weakening U.S. Dollars making our goods in a free trade market exceptionally competitive. This was brought out at United Nations deliberations this week by President Bush. By competing with unstabilized - fluctuating - currencies, a global free trade policy will redistribute or create jobs to some developing third world nations that are slowly realizing that war and dominance does not build community, a concept that political democracies cradle where people contribute to national growth, development, and global strategic partnering. If products from China are sold at higher prices due to a stronger Yen, then US products will be more desirable at lower prices - thus, competition reduces global costs for labor, production, and wages stabilize as buying power increases without inflation distorting value or worth. Today $3 per gallon of petrol compares with a 1950 gallon at 32 cents. How you ask? Our Dollar is close to 12 cents buying power in comparison making a $3 purchase equivalent to 36 cents; only four cents higher than in 1950. There are more nations turning to democracies for survival than there are welcoming al Qaeda. Thank GOD for Iraqi sacrifice that has opened other nations' eyes and ears about terrorism. A good analogy was made this morning stating that our nation seems to be run without elders. Duh! We elect them and they fail us. Panning President Bush about learning curves is a little like media misleading us on foreign policy and local government controls. They haven't a clue and can only say "I think...". I wonder when they will. I'm sure it will be "first" since their last time whenever... On another subject: It was brought to my attention recently that regulators in every state seem to be discouraging compliance through over-regulation. By stiffening their rules and guidelines, they have created unmanageable work loads upon those they spout about regulating and huge turnovers in state personnel. Hence; if you are trying to get those who ignore compliance to comply, you don't penalize those who do with over-regulation. I had one State regulator call me to see if I could create a professional licensing exam based upon our online Continuing Educational programs. When I stated that we already had that capability using our unique platform of programmed instruction, it was interested, but then called back to say that it's contracting office already had three bids to develop such a program. We were contacted too late to bid. However, our development was ready and others would get $150,000 to $250,000 to create a new platform that could be tested for three years eating up State monies as opposed to reducing costs and work loads of small regulating departments. How much kick back do you think that contracting officer anticipated? Have you heard the one about over regulating driver's licensing? States want "X" generation parents who lost Driver's Ed in classrooms due to litigation in the late seventies and eighties to teach "Y" generation offspring to drive. However, because some legislators have relatives and friends with Driving schools, they are requiring in addition to 40 or 60 hours of parental mentoring to be logged around prescribed lesson plans, new drivers must go to $300 "professional driving schools" where they will receive a certificate for 30 hours of classroom instruction and 6 six hours of actual driving. If our schools failed and "professional driving schools" cannot accomplish teaching driving why would an amateur parent who is neither a teacher, mentor, or experienced in teaching driving be a solution for ill prepared drivers. Perhaps, we need fewer opportunities for lawyers to make money from non-compliance. Oh! Student drivers must now by regulation take familiar eye tests and written tests to get a learners permit. Nothing new there. Then they must enroll in a 36 hour course to be prepared for driving with their "mentor" for an additional documented 60 hours after which they will take a parking lot driving test where being able to parallel park a car and make a "u-turn" in a 24 foot boxed area qualifies them for a "provisional" license restricting their driving for 18 months with threat of restarting that 18 months if getting caught violating any law or being involved in an accident before getting a full driver's license. How many people do you think will comply? Doesn't this program actually discourage compliance of those who could care less and penalize those who do comply. I doubt if anyone of our legislators tested this concept before voting on it. If they did we would have discussed this in 2002. One last note on this - did you know that unless there are posted speed limits; speed limit is 35 mph on highways with businesses along side, and that it is against the law to drive in excess of posted limits whether they be 25 mph or 65 mph? Not many others do either! And, they don't get caught. So who cares? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 10 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:16:00 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Don't they learn? et al.: It was a good mood in New York today when President Bush spoke about his programs to resolve and reform United Nations problems. His appeal to other nations to join with Americans who have a resolve to help those with less restore their dignity and modernize their countries was strong and hopefully not to deaf ears. He thanked those countries who helped in Katrina's aftermath, reminding them that other nations need similar aid. He asked each to support global grants instead of loans to poor undeveloped countries. It came after media reports that actually stated astonishment for progress along our Gulf Coast while reporters acting like idiots reported in Ophelia's wrath. Don't they learn? With recovery in New Orleans months ahead of schedule, thanks to Federal officials preparing for three phases of rescue, recovery and rebuilding to make sure proper manpower, equipment and supplies were adequate to meet needs after initial shock waves went through devastated communities. I appears our media was again 85 percent wrong in its reporting of speculation and doom. Democratic politicians along Louisiana's coast are eating their words while realizing their inability to plan, execute and coordinate between their Congressional representatives, state agencies and Federal agencies. That was what created most nightmares. It wasn't White House delays or an inability to react. It was simply a breakdown of communications assets and flooded infrastructure denying officials immediate damage assessments and fatality counts. No body could accurately report on damage or lost lives. It was a total lack of preparedness from local governments who failed to assess needs for a total Catastrophe. Thank GOD that organizations like Wall-Mart and others used their heads and distributed much needed food, clothing and other products survivors needs. You cannot hold accountable a Federal disaster relief effort if you cannot identify what level of disaster you are dealing with. Neither Louisiana's governor or New Orleans Mayor had any clue and media stories were not being seen in that viewing area. Not everybody has a satellite phone or a self contained satellite communications truck to report live from disaster center. Our media and those politicians desiring to stake claim to heroism at survivor's cost should be held liable in every court of law for failing to serve their viewers/constituents. Media interference by hyping people to think governments are not responding is worse than terrorist attacks that are immediate. Insidious reports damaging command and control in life threatening situations are tantamount to treason and highly disrespectful of those affected by either a terrorist attack or natural disaster. It is my firm belief that when all is said and done, mistakes made were due to erroneous damage assessments through media speculation and hype. It will also prove out that local officials had other priorities: (1) their own safety; (2) inability to communicate with their agencies and first responders, and (3) lack of understanding to implement plans and tactics rehearsed within previous few months. Let's face it, when monies were given Gulf Coast states to fix their levee systems or build barrier reefs, they built casinos and tourist attractions. What they didn't realize while media reported on doom and gloom was that Federal action was repairing levees and building access infrastructure to get assistance to where it was needed after they identified where those resources were needed - no thanks to local officials who had no idea. Tens of thousands of people were isolated on a high-spot called a Convention Center with no communications, roadways or access to survival supplies. They were told to go there to board buses that never left a parking lot and which could have been propositioned before Katrina came to town. By the way, it was Coast Guard, National Guard, Army, Air Force, and Navy that supported local people helping others while local police attempted to identify and evacuate survivors who failed to heed official warnings. Never mind those who claimed poor and disadvantaged, they should have been the Mayor's first priority since they were in lowest lying areas and furthest from an exit route. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 7 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:15:41 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Gee! et al.: Youth wins out over experience in this week's US Open. It was a great match taking media hype out of mind for a few minutes. However, hype returned this morning as media sources continue to undermine search, rescue and rebuilding operations. It is evident that media can destroy any positive effort to assist communities surrounding New Orleans, Biloxi and Mobile. Media seems to think White House resources are instantaneous. It wasn't Washington that didn't take Katrina seriously. It was Louisiana's politicians, all Democrats, who had no clue about how to operate in an emergency they were supposedly waiting for over forty years to hit. Where were their tin cans with string to communicate from above down to flood waters? Why were their buses parked in a school parking lot? How could Washington know what was going on when Governor air-head didn't even know people were directed by a racist mayor to an inaccessible Convention Center. Why would a national talk show host, George Stephanopoulos, interview Bark Obama from his Washington office about performance of our President. Although he couched many of his phrases not to criticize, his attitude and words told a different picture of his partisanship. If he ever thinks about running for President, he better buy up all that footage of his September 11, 2005 interview. As I listened I couldn't believe what he was saying and thinking that he won't remember until it appears in future campaigns. Talk about racism and slant - he just couldn't commend those who were taking Katrina seriously in any of his comments. Not a leader and not diplomat. As Washington prepared a response team and assembled thousands of volunteers, Democrats complained that they wanted more from Washington. This after they said they could handle it themselves and would use their National Guard under their own command and control. Then never activated them. I believe the break-down was democratic demagoguery trying to upstage the President and FEMA. In retrospect, Bush allowed local leadership their wish to be in control in early hours. Unfortunately, with a Governor and Mayor having no faith in their planning, they cried help after media pointed out misleading extreme assessments that are now being lowered to reality. If any one influence on muddling up Katrina resolve, you can credit our media for misleading everyone on the ground and in lofty buildings with their doomsday reporting and biased coverage. It wasn't until coffeetalks published my piece on what positive things did media do, that they, after seven days actually used their assets to help some people other than relatives to seek relief from available sources. And, now they see another hurricane approaching our East Coast and will probably send their inane reporters to show how stupid they can be another time. One thing that will be apparent is that all those media teams with relatives in North Carolina will show up to be heroes without assisting anyone. How lame! Oh, why are media telling us how bad it is along our southern coastline from their posh stage settings in New York? Short attention span when things happen as they should. You know Hailey Barber, Governor in Mississippi, had much devastation and far fewer media reporting because he was prepared and had his priorities in place. Guess what? He's Republican. In Alabama, little noise about problems with relief and cleanup. Why, because they too were following their plan established after Camille in 1969. One big story that needs more resolve is Congressional pork from funds earmarked for disaster relief and a need to accumulate reserves for rainy (hurricane-terrorist) days. There is no one in the White House that spends our money. Presidential power is in developing a budget for guidance to Congress. It is Congress that spends our money. And, perhaps media had it right when they reported one story about how needed funding to Louisiana had been spent on pork by their politicians who threatened bodily harm upon our President when they couldn't get replacement monies for their favorite programs. Let me reiterate one point I made last week - Instead of building up their levees they built casinos and offshore casino showboats instead. Well, those boats are now on land as permanent structures slightly North of Biloxi. In New Orleans, several bars didn't even close during and after Katrina. Ending as I hear an ABC report on contributions for 9-11 victims families, introduced with statements of much fraud and abuse only for their reporter Brian Ross stating it worked out quite well after immediate greed and fraud was eliminated through our government's handling of those programs. Gee! this was also under President Bush's watch. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 19:34:45 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: ...casinos in place. et al.: Appearances that media is having trouble with their credibility are growing. Their desire to become decision makers is being undermined by those who are. Whining about errors in judgment is coming back to media reports that misled victims of Katrina to believe they could find relief at locations inaccessible to rescue teams. Local politicians had no clue as to where they had access from their 29th floor observation and could only guess to where to move people to locations was better than leaving them in their neighborhoods. There are many heroes in Katrina's wake, but none belong to media. Seek and destroy rescue efforts are slowly being replaced with "there are some good stories here, too!" Many employers that can afford to pay their employee victims are doing that, but not one word about contributions from media reporters or their parent companies about sharing their advertising revenue with those victims and communities. Best news would be for media reporters to leave and let those trained in disaster relief do their job delivering supplies, support, and therapy for those who endured what many only hear about. Kudos to President Bush for having foresight to plan as demonstrated by his choice for successor to Sandra Day O'Conner, now Justice Rehnquist. Not only did he have a pre-confirmation of his choice for Supreme Court Chief Justice, he will have him in place for this 2006 session. This ability to strategize, plan, and implement has also been recognized by many early on the ground in New Orleans and Biloxi as needed supplies finally made it from East Coast staging areas to local neighborhoods along our Southern Coastline over a thousand miles away. There are misperceptions that it took only 24 hours for U.S. Warships to reach Indonesia last Christmas. It was about five days from Hawaii, just as it was to travel from Norfolk to New Orleans. It took more than six months to preposition and stage assistance to Kuwait even after a two year propositioning of CentCom headquarters to Qatar in 1989. Perhaps those who complain about reaction time should think about their 40 years of shuffling along without propositioning after Camille. Oh, they did get their casinos in place. Gambled that would be enough! Was Louisiana's Governor really in charge or just out of the loop? She didn't even think to activate her National Guard during pre hurricane days and weeks, but expected help from other states more than hundreds and thousands of miles away to instantly appear to save her tail. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:03:14 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Media - not invited et al.: It's time to put our media on notice. Harping on their misperceptions as fact should not be tolerated or given credence. Their exploitation of disaster and emergencies is getting old and they cry "wolf" so many times that people don't listen or take them seriously. Reading and listening to how they distort federal assistance to New Orleans where people couldn't get out because infrastructure failed also wouldn't let people in to help. As I wrote, media with their unlimited resources of money were able to get their news teams their via private helicopters hauling one news team. They even propositioned them to show what idiots they were to be there during Katrina's wrath. Had our ships been propositioned with supplies, troops and medicals teams, they probably would've been beached, capsized or incapacitated by Katrina. Local officials had forty years between Camille and Katrina to prepare and they just passed their time away. Miami Hurricane Center warned that coastal population almost two weeks in advance as that storm worked its way across the Bahamas, Florida and Gulf of Mexico waters. President Bush did the right thing by assessing damages and needs before sending empty ships and teams who could not get to survivors without proper equipment, some supplies and an idea of what would be needed since residents thought they could survive as always before. New Orleans Mayor was the only racist in the plan. Just watch the news clips and listen to local politicians who couldn't make a decision until it was too late. Only one road exists into flooded areas and it is miles and miles of detours from a straight line into to New Orleans. Comparing how Coastal people behaved to third world countries like Haiti, Thailand, and Indonesia as well as French control Africa nations is probably a good analysis by many Black leaders. News stories even reinforce that idea. Nobody knew what Katrina would do because some category storms have actually turned South toward Texas and Mexico. When the storm charted its way into our Costal area, Governors and Mayors should have warned their residents to leave not offer death traps for survival. Anticipating flooding to extents of several key levees breaking was not even considered by politicians until after failure. You cannot preposition rescue teams in a disaster because it could shift as did Katrina or not materialize at all. All you numb nuts who sit on your a___s speculating and criticizing didn't even go down there to assist. Why not? Was it too dangerous? Too uncomfortable? or, could you not interrupt your income stream for more than two hours to prepare your tripe? When media cuts off positive testimonial of help that arrived and was accomplishing survival tasks and repositioning survivors, patients and inmates, they cut them off to get back to Bush Bashing. Why didn't Local governments preposition their Guardsmen, move their patients and seek supplies from local retailers and preposition stocks for their residents? Couldn't think that far ahead - just cry for Federal assistance and blame Washington who by the way reacted far faster after assessments than did four Governors, and fifty Mayors. Just remember an oil rig floated into a bridge. Thinks about what four large Navy ships would've done if they too floated into Biloxi as did in 1969. Instead of crying for Federal help, get local and as a precedent to other States, build up your reserves through your own assets and resources 'cause Federal funds take Congress at least five days to allocate. As media calls for one-person in charge of such events - they would not be invited. That's how I handled it in 1969 and again in Granada. They interfere with operations and mislead victims. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:09:34 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Copy kat behavior et al.: Reach out says President Bush. Katrina took its toll and quick responders like our media quickly put their news teams in harms way to tell us many grim stories about human tragedy and mass destruction. They showed survivors how dangerous it was through self risk and total disregard for safety. Their example encouraged looters to seek self help scrounging from all retail and government facilities. A community didn't come together, it was everyone for themselves in New Orleans downtown. When rescue efforts got underway, once again our media abandoned the site to criticize real efforts to help. Assessments were quickly made after Katrina moved out. It's target shifted by more than a hundred miles; levees broke when not anticipated; towns obliterated by nature; but our media points their finger to Washington to say, " why wasn't relief immediately available?" Did our media take boat loads of supplies, medical- food, blankets and clothing, and water? No they took their cameras, batteries and makeup to get a spot light and left when hard work was needed. Did you hear of media dollars being contributed to relief efforts? No. Did they use their assets to retrieve stranded residents? No. Did they offer realistic assessments? No, just speculation and criticism. Did they kill a dead horse more than once? Yes, constantly, without any contribution of encouragement - just doom and gloom. They show video of looting. Mention where food and supplies are available and security missing. Where do looters learn where to go? They learn that from our media our media that is quick to encourage "Copy kat" behavior. Doesn't it sound exactly like what they did in Indonesia? Blame our government for slow response before anyone knew what was needed and how devastating a situation it was. And, then speculate that other nations will rip off American dollars after praising other world leaders for pledges and criticizing our President for taking time to assess and organize more than six-months relief efforts in little over three days and billions of dollars to rebuild Indonesia. Loading ships with proper equipment, manpower, and supplies to address each need takes more than a 2-hour flight with a camera crew. How come our news media didn't load up their vehicles with water bottles, food for immediate relief as they so advocate from everyone else. Well, they did - their reporters had what they needed. Isn't that nice. Wasn't it media speculation that told everyone that Katrina was going to hit New Orleans? Did they ignore a right turn as every hurricane makes hitting land? Didn't they mislead our Deep South governors about how serious this storm could be? Their speculation and misinformation led to much misunderstanding by residents along our Gulf Coast to think this too would pass as before. In 1969, as a young Second Lieutenant, I had the unwanted responsibility to secure our media's safety in Biloxi and Gulfport during Camille's ravaging approach. Never having been in a hurricane and hearing only about those South Florida bathtub hurricane parties, I too was misled. When Camille came ashore, it hit big time. Huge freighters were driven a half mile inland only to take 10 years to dismantle and remove. My assignment in Reserve was as a Public Affairs Officer for a West Palm Beach Garrison conducting annual training at Camp Shelby. No other officer stationed there had media experience as I had so, I was given that honor. For some reason, I remember media thinking it had priority for helicopter support over that of rescue workers. Media ignored warnings to stay clear of certain critical areas. Their presence encouraged looting and stupid acts before cameras - real role models they were. Some like Dan Rather never learned. Well, my two-week tour ended and I returned to Fort Lauderdale, but with Camille on my military Bio, my fate to handle another storm was cast in stone. The Bendix Corporation moved me from Florida where I was responsible for marketing communications at 12 of its divisions up to Baltimore adding three more entities and Goddard Space Flight Center to my list of "clients". That move was just in time for me to become Maryland's 97th Army Reserve Command spokesperson for Hurricane Andrea as it threatened Conowingo Dam, Port Deposit, and Havre de Grace. Not enough can be said for real rescue efforts by hundreds and thousands of volunteers who put their finances and personal lives on hold to help. And, then when they're resources are tapped out cannot get relief from debt or excessive late fees. In most cases they give their rations to survivors, only to be without themselves. Yes, folks, there are many who get ripped off for helping, and many more who abuse that sense of helping to gouge and extort. This is America. Have you ever heard of a Bank or Credit Card Company giving relief to those who truly help? Does government support those who help as much as they do survivors. Millions of dollars went to families of victims of 9-11, but many of us who were destroyed financially by its residual effects on our transactions and savings were ignored and harassed for years to make up huge losses never recovered. In a midst of looting and gun thefts, our media points out that people are just trying survive and should be allowed to do that. President Bush said "No!" I agree. Everyone is in it together and those who abuse should not be viewed as immune to prosecution or heroes unless it is to help everyone. It's a cultural thing. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Date: Tues, 16 Aug 2005 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Not yours, theirs! et al.: Our greatest concern these days is how fast price wheels change on local fuel pumps. It used to be that gallon counts turned faster than purchase price. Today, gallon count turns slowest in comparison to purchase price that is still faster than price per gallon. Or, so it seems. Price of gasoline is not determined solely by Petroleum dynasties as many believe. Although, their influence in market prices has some impact in futures markets. It is not unreal in other countries to pay $5-$6 US for 3.75 liters equivalent to a gallon of gasoline. Speculators have really driven up our pump costs. This could go as did ".com's" not more than 6-7 years ago. Perhaps boycotting a brand like Exxon would reduce revenues to them, and increase inventory forcing them to lower prices and purchase at lower barrel pricing. Then when they start to lower prices, take on foreign companies like Shell and BP, one by one. Obviously those of us with fuel efficient engines and driving skills will fare better than those who don't give a damn. There is one to two percent of drivers that still believe that if you worry over gas prices, you shouldn't be a car owner. Maybe that's government's position too to get you to use public transportation to eliminate infrastructure overload and generate operating capital for subways, buses, and more HOV lanes. Percentage-wise gasoline is still cheaper in America being about 12 cents buying power of our U.S Dollar compared with 1950's & '60's buying power when dollars bought 98 cents worth and 89 cents worth of goods. Gasoline was between 19 cents and 25 cents per gallon. In retrospect, our world would end if gas prices went to 32 cents. In 1973, it again threatened to end as gas prices reached $1 per gallon. However, I was flying more than driving and aviation fuel was $1.90 per gallon with 90 gallon tanks in either wing. Our world didn't end, gas lines disappeared, and people adjusted their discretionary spending accordingly. Early '70's brought about penalty taxes on gasoline and cigarettes to raise money within our sovereign states in reaction to our Federal government taking its bite to pay Congressional pay raises. Well, not only that, but it makes the point that pork comes from gasoline taxes that are supposed to be used for highways, but go into the general fund. Ironically, scientists now attest that any organic oil can fuel an gasoline engine. Endangered are chicken fat, hog fat, turkey fat and very good news is any vegetable oil burns more efficiently than petroleum. Need to lose weight, turn that fat into liquid and save at the pump. Some reports claim non petroleum oils can double your performance from 20 mpg to 40 mpg with some engines generating up 50 mpg with moderate, prudent driving habits and at efficient speeds of 45 -55 mph. Did you know you can drive non stop on most thoroughfares at speeds about 2 mph less than posted limits? Yes, I consistently do that on routes 301 and 3 from Bowie to Ownings Mills. It takes less fuel, gets there with ten minutes to spare - missing multiple traffic lights adding up to 2.5 -3 minutes each. However, it comes with harassment, but with less risk for accident and injury or property loss. How you ask? Well, for one, you have to be well disciplined to drive at 52 without fear of being tail ended. You cannot count on all your limbs how many drivers will risk everything to get around you to get to a stop light first. Not only that they risk everyone's lives around them doing that. At 52 mph, for instance, most reckless drivers will go around you either left or right irregardless of rules stating "passing on left." That's because those in a hurry to get to that next light are ahead of you, and those slower behind you cannot reach you. Thus, prudence and patience, Twins, reduce your risk and awareness helps you avoid those who don't care. In boating and flying passing is to the left from behind and to the right head-on. Slowest has right of way and faster vessels and aircraft must adjust - more work and much more attention needed to accomplish more than 20 -30 decisions per minute making maneuvers. Even though most impatient drivers get to stop lights first, at 52 mph I rarely need to stop and can pick the quickest lane or clear lane. In most cases, after reaching I-97 in Millersville, I'm in front of all traffic by about 1000 yards because I don't start from a dead stop behind trucks. One day, a semi truck driver and I crossed under Route 50. He at 65 mph, me at 50 mph. I looked up at him and signaled slow down, follow me. He drove next to me up to I-97 without once having to go through 15-gears of shift changes. When we reached I-97, without stopping, he waved thanks as we lead a "smart" group stopped at red on 178 and 3. A technique I teach new drivers is an old visual image given me by my dad in 1957. He said, "picture in your mind a cup of hot coffee on top of your steering wheel. Drive like you don't want it in your lap." Not only do you drive sensibly with this fear of personal injury, you drive smoothly without wasting a lot of gas. In 1996 during a contract at Atlanta's Olympic games, I had opportunity to drive a dignitary and guests to some events in one of our limos. We had ten cars from 6-packs to 12 packs and rented 16 -15 passenger vans for the contract. That night I used a 10 pack and once rolling from our pick up point to each destination and return never once stopped the car in traffic or at traffic control points. It impressed my passengers to a point where they actually complimented me on never stopping or spilling their drinks. It came back with a large tip to give to my four charges back then for their entertainment and education fund. I always told my drivers to drive with the coffee cup on the steering wheel. Why? You don't have to clean up the car's interior - which could take up to 5 hours from car sickness and a huge loss of revenue in that venue or any other. Well, I've never had an accident with more than 48 years of driving experience. I still have a lot of patience to arrive early; precision to stay evenly within the white and yellow lines even when entering high speed roadways, and awareness of every vehicle around me to determine whether or not he or she is a risk to my well being or safety. Some say I'm a "fuddy duddy", but I do get there faster in most cases and less stressed; burning far less fuel than most without high risk to life or limb. Don't you wish you could eliminate all that road rage, too? Not yours, but there's! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Go figgur. et al.: When no other news is in view, its back to war in Iraq. Listening to Howard Dean this morning, I learned he really doesn't have a brain. He is lead Democrat Straw man, but a scarecrow, too? Without any military experience, he tries to guess military strategy and tactics. He like most media interviewing him is about 85 percent wrong speculation and 15 percent rumor mongering to strengthen his earning power as Chairman of the DNC. His opinions on any subject are based upon false facts and intuitive speculation to forward his agenda. When countered he backs out of discussions where he could be quoted. He merely likes to criticize those who have the knowledge and power. Although when complimenting those in power he adds his little digs like "although misguided", and "without credibility at home or around the world". Yet, World leaders look up to George W. Bush for his resolve in world decisions, UN reform, and aid to tsunami victims and famished Africans. He is another Nor'easter - blows in fast, makes threats and creates damages, then filibusters media time. Go figgur! Gene www.gzarwell.com Shot 6 over par yesterday, but missed the celebration when my business partner's boat took first place in the Oxford Regatta. Gotta make choices. Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:23:29 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: I don't think so! et al. Americans need to deny our media their assumed right to sabotage our Government with their secular speculation and misinformation to skew public opinion effecting global perceptions of our nation. I listened to several anchor people, some by accident, some by intention to hear them trying to skew public understanding about how our government works. They go out of their way on their ego trips to try to position erroneous views of pending hearings using speculation based upon irrelevant facts from past poor decisions that were enforced because of poor reporting and bias by a Democratically controlled Congress. In fact, Senator Leahy even stated that he was the only one who voted on all members of our Supreme Court ; and he admitted he made mistakes. Now, what gives our media any right to prejudge and misinform their readers and viewers with half-wit analysis and water cooler assumptions replacing testimony under oath. If you've been to any court in recent years you know that our nation's lawyers and Congressional members have no idea of what perjury means or an importance to taking an oath. Truth in our justice system has given way to $settlement$ and intimidation through false statements to circumvent truth. Treason no longer results in a death penalty, just therapy and huge amounts of money for care and feeding. When did accidental, unintentional death in America become a commodity? Our Senate is represented by people who have never been able to tell truths, do not believe in an honest day's work for appropriate pay or serve honorably in our military. Most do not even believe their own words and expect us to give them a respect only earned through performance, experience and wisdom. Why are Kennedy, Kerry, Clinton and Mikulski still there? How many hours do you think they spend on our business out of the estimated 8 months they are paid for? Do you know that an average man-year is around 2,200 hours on the job? In our Congress, by their own analysis, it is estimated at 15% of 1,632 hours or 244.8 hours/year. All other time is used for personal fund raising. We, you and I, pay them a salary of $160,000 plus $1.5 million in annual expenses and perks. So, perhaps they should repay our general fund for those non-productive 1,386.5 hours valued at $135,931.37 plus benefits including staff time used for non public efforts. That could reduce our deficit by $73.8 million in salaries and potentially about three-quarters of a billion dollars in non-productive staff expenses. Think about it. Do you pay your employees to spend 85% of their time on your clock for personal business? I don't think so! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:01:32 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net Subject: Isn't that right Dennis? et al.: Following various news reports of a security leak about a covert CIA operator two or three years after she left that position smells like a political tactic by someone disgruntled about Foreign policy rather than White House advisor. In earlier testimony, Karl Rove explained that Robert Novak presented or dropped a leak idea into a conversation with Rove looking for someone to pin it on. As reported previously, Rove said he heard that, but didn't even know what position she had at "The Company"; or even her name either her cover or Mrs. Wilson's first name. It seems to me that a second reporter confirms a leak attempt from two top government officials, but doesn't say what agency or administration they worked in. Kind of a weak, let's boil the water in "The White House". "it worked with Nixon who sold out his team". Logically thinking; something missing from Teddy Kennedy (a guy with no credibility or service to this country other than his big mouth and media filibusters), and others including our "honorable" media who laugh about stuff like this when they are proved in error rather than take the heat for misinformation; the White House and /or Karl Rove had nothing to gain from any discussions or exposure of a wife of a top Government Diplomat's wife, whatever her named is. My guess is that Novak and others were fishing from leak voiced by Wilson himself or someone who arranged his mysterious travel agenda and through a off -and comment of slip of his tongue mentioned that his wife worked at 'The Company". After all, he couldn't sell his criticism of The White House, but he could implicate it in a retaliatory covert action, wonder where he'd learn that tactic, to claim foul for (1) justification for his disenchantment with his credibility over his travel, (2) entrap The White House to gain publicity for his phony charges by using media hounds looking for their Pulitzer's, or (3) take legal liabilities off his back for his treasonous covert operations and be compensated heavily if he wins a civil suit. Whatever will fall from this trumped up $Tory, media will blow it off a$ a joke, Karl Rove will continue to groom President's, and perhaps the Grand Jury will indict those who support Wilson's covert plans. Isn't that right Dennis - you live next door. This type of fraud - switch and bait - is used by guilty persons everywhere. It is rampant in our Maryland judiciary perpetrated by J. Joseph Curran, jr. and co-conspirator Judge Robert E. Bell in case after case involving Maryland illegal precedents. Go to http://www.noticeoffindings.info and review some facts. My commentary is based upon media reports from American media, observations of bloggers, and analysis from foreign media who usually believe our media is all about $en$rationale$m and controver$ay as opposed to theirs who actually make people aware of truths even if it doesn't $ell more adverti$ing. When national security requires surveillance, England has us beat and it is accepted by all who appreciate how quickly they can shut down covert terrorism as opposed to ours where we challenge privacy and then blame the government for not collecting needed information to shut down covert terrorism. We've been under attack since 1979 and it has been ignored until "W". Perhaps those who complain about surveillance have much to hide - like perhaps, duh, they don't want to be found out. Some want the publicity. Isn't that right Dennis? Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:46:25 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Big "D" Democracy et al.: Media spokespersons seemed to get a new message from our Government. If they want to quit pushing the war on Americans, then they'll have to quite pulling the insurgents through their defeats. Even statistics are telling a different story than media interprets; i.e.: "recruiting is down". In reality, perspective changed from a 1980's doctrine of saving money by building combat support units in the Guard and Reserve to lower sustaining military costs just wasn't as good an idea as it seemed. It helped Governors decrease their budgets to operate their militia units for statewide emergencies and subsequently, they lost control over their units' deployment. That was Congressional fiddling in state business to save money and reduce sustaining cost so they could expand their entitlements for other Government workers. Thanks Mikulski! So, emphasis is on building more support units in active Army and relief for our "Home Guard" like it was when Paul Revere called them out to defeat the Brits. Today, most of those units are now seeing combat because active forces aren't trained in support roles and their numbers were down throughout the '90's because its Commander in Chief had no clue about what force structure was needed in preparing for widely scattered global skirmishes from insurgencies as predicted in mid-'80's and developing after 1992's elections. No resolve followed insurgent initiation of terrorism and thus, it matured under the radar. What is needed now is something our media can help with - that being introduction of the big "D" - Democracy in evolving democratic governments. How can our media help? Well, their liberalism can encourage communities, counties, cities or states to adopt or partner with developing communities in those evolving nations to exchange business and political information through a 'foreign exchange " program of executives and students. If 100 communities participated that would be 200 more communities around the world that would understand "D". It is not a totally ingenious idea. It worked through our Peace Corps., and through Department of Commerce "sister city" programs, but never did it have so much importance as today to help reformers understand how to make their democracies work. In my global involvements, I've seen and experienced many forms of Democracy, from our pure democracy experiment with a lame Congress, to Monarchies with elected Prime Ministers and representatives, to President Gorbachove's 1990 through 1991 plan to form a democratic government, through Australia's preferential Democracy and third world democracies of tyranny. Democracies have as many versions of democratic government as we have Congressional wannabes. There are more than 30 English Languages around this globe with more than 190 nations trying either to learn English or use it to develop their government's economic programs. Every nation looks to these United States for economic aid as long as we don't interfere with how they use that money. Why? Their politicians want to get rich like America politicians. Where do they get that impression - our media! America has no secrets - well - maybe it should. "Freedom of the Press" information grabs are a great right with responsible media. To all those others, it is a legal nightmare for our Departments of Justice, Defense, Commerce, and Homeland Security. Other nations have more secure information than we do as our security agencies proved prior to 9-11. Americans are not that gullible, but maybe lax when it comes to responsibility from assuring national security to backing SUV's over their own kids. Are we just lazy and arrogant as 85 percent of the world's peoples believe? Why does Michael Moore's 9-11 movie have more credibility than our media? Or, for that matter, our Government actions? Could it be misrepsentations by arrogant, over stuffed, overpaid, Congressionals and media attempting to create their own Pulitzer prize expose? Well, this writer is not looking for a media award. Just a change in perception that Americans are really interested in others lives, concerned for their wellbeing, and helping to stabilize a global economy while others are interested in greed grabs to compete with our American way. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Submitted to Coffeetalks (thurs, 5 May 200) From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net Subject: in the bag With lack of political controversy in DC, media reports are really boring. However, they do try to make everything controversial. Nancy Reagan comes to town and first question asked of her was if it bothered her to stay at the White House with the President after he disagreed with her about stem cell research. A Pennsylvania student pilot with less than 40 hours of flight training wandered off course as he tried to avoid restricted areas around DC. Yes, he should have filed a flight plan. Yes, his instructor should have guided him around the area. No, that airplane doesn't have very sophisticated instruments and radios. It is not equipped for instrument flight. It barely goes 100 mph and holds less than 50 gals of fuel. Honest mistake, yes! Overreaction, Yes. Media hype, Yes. Was there a chance of an incident - only in media eyes. I cannot wait to learn how that story was received over seas. We must look like idiots to the rest of the world. I guess it just doesn't top the story about a student pilot flying from America to Red Square in a similar airplane in 1972. If it isn't negative, it doesn't air. Media errs! What does matter, is success in Europe and Eastern European relations. With all speculation that President Bush was intimidating Russian President Putin, it wasn't a good story. Why, oh why, does our media try to derail relations with their negative $peculation$? America came out well this week in global perceptions. President Putin came out as well. Tony Blair did extremely well and balanced his government. Is that what you heard as well. Well? Best thing happening this week was reported by Robin Roberts. Another mother hen brought her ducklings to visit the White House. Seems that quacking gets around. Perhaps that mother hen was born under Reagan's term and just wanted to revisit Nancy. It's too bad she had to evacuate. Perhaps, our media should wait to report news after it happens rather than write their stories before news happens. It's coming to a point where Congress may out-rank media anchors while remaining just below trash collectors. Media speculation is scaring our kids, Congress misappropriates our money, and trash is picked up after we create it. Michael Jackson, a waste of time, court expense, and non-story. All to satisfy a greedy illegal alien, house maid. California's Comptroller should reimburse Jackson's defense costs and make restitution on his loss of professional entertainment income. Let's legitimize America's judicial process. Keep media out of the process until after a decision is made. Reporters do not have enough training to investigate fairly any incident or legal matter. Not even lawyers have that. Lawyers know where to look for precedence to circumvent truth and fact to delay decisions and deny justice. Media without fact arrives at conclusions that distort or distract our judicial process. Heck, there are many incarcerated people who are legally innocent. Take Jeffery MacDonald for instance; there was an eye witness who corroborated his account of that night in his North Carolina home. That witness was black and hitched a ride with the hippies. White prosecutors discredited his report. It was however, mentioned in a television film. I talked with that witness in 1993. I asked him to write an account of that night. He did. It exists, but is being held hostage by a Rockville Law firm that has little regard for law as they try to extort $10,000 for those files. In all fairness, this wasn't worth the time to write and you probably agree with that. In Walter Cronkite's words - "That's the way is was, May 11, 2005". Today's thought - "Zarwell wins Golf Tournament with a final birdie!" Now, there's a premature headline. I wasn't using a Nike ball. It just rolled in. F.Y.I., the tournament is next week. Perhaps this will repeat at a Russian golf club next month. It is true that I no longer have my caddy carry a weed whacker, chain saw, or scuba gear to hole out. Usually I carry two boxes of balls. However, lately, I've brought my playing ball home again; and still have a few in the bag. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 12:18:28 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Who's the bully? et al.: Ted Kennedy after being asked the same question more than 12 times finally stated, " let me finish." Well, Massachusetts give him his wish next year or recall him from your Congressional delegation now. He did tell us that he believes a woman has the right to choose regarding life or death. Guess we don't need courts after all in his nation. Although that choice he talks about comes down to "knees together, knees apart." Bob Schieffer gave him credit as a most influential Democrat and he just doesn't live up to it. In his own words he proclaimed that he was against John Bolton's nomination because he was a bully and not a diplomat, yet, Bolton has been confirmed by Congress 4 times in those very similar positions. Kennedy has never been confirmed, not even his innocence in Chappaquiddick. The question he was asked, "do you think that Senator Frist will accomplish the change in filibustering". Kennedy never answered, but gave a list of things he and his party have held up in Congress since last year's election. Well, why would he want to curb his art form - no matter what forum he is in. He filibusters every news interview and never stakes claim to a positive thought - only berating to avoid standing up for anything. So, who's the bully? Definitely, not as powerful as my six-year old and her beach ball. I note with disappointment that numbers of subscribers to Coffeetalks has fallen as well as number of participants contributing. I hope my original thoughts aren't the cause of this decline in what I originally anticipated was a forum for exchange of Republican ideas. It was never my intention to be the only contributor of original thinking of analysis or perceptions from media reports. Even though several of my articles haven't appeared for whatever reason, I do post all of my coffeetalks on my website as well as pass them along to several other sources and a personal list of confidants and advisors. Past items posted have appeared in Coffeetalks prior to posting on my site. This too, must evolve into a singular event being posted as submitted at the same time due to relative news worthiness of my observations as they happen. I enjoy opportunities to fine tune our political base and hope many of you benefit from discussions about perceptions that I present to wake up a somewhat complacent thought process. If every vote counts; we need more of them to be counted. As I pack to travel, my next coffeetalks may come from overseas, and much to many expectations, may actually be shorter. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:14:17 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Congressional embezzlement et al.: "Incredible" is only one way to express Congressional concerns about Social Security. Something's are "incredible" because they're unbelievably "too good to be true". Unfortunately, this is not one of them. This is incredible because it is hard to believe that grown men and women are afraid to fix a broken promise with realistic change. Not one Congressional in either house has come out to support reform without kicking and screaming nonsense. "My little six-year old girl friend brought her beach ball to The President" and all in Congress want to play with it in their sand box. They just don't know how." They want her or The President to tell them. After all, they have no life experience to compare their tripe with reality. Democrats passed Social Security following President Roosevelt's plan for a safety net to provide dignity to workers after working hard for 40 or more years. It was supposed to be just that; a safety net paid through taxes on earnings to help those who didn't plan for their retirement or those who lost their retirement from failed economies. Democrats are also the one's who changed Social Security from personal accounts, your secret Social Security number, to "a pay as you go" government funding source. They also passed a tax that is paid as you collect what you already paid taxes for. So not only do you get taxed to pay in, you get taxed to withdraw. Yet, if you object, they will charge you penalty fees far exceeding those they accumulated , in their dreams, your wealth. "Pay as you go" has become more or less "we got your money, but it isn't enough" so, "we want more for us and less for you". "We cannot pay back what we extorted from you to pay our pork, but we don't want to disclose how well we embezzled your hard earned money to contribute to our retirement allowing us our Congressional personal accounts, plus our full salary qualified after our first day on the job (notice it does not require work), and a tap into your social security accounts to supplement our over-paid entitlements even though we don't contribute to any gross national product or any productive revenue generation to pay government bills." I appreciate President Bush's dilemma in trying to treat this issue as a gentlemen and a leader. He has given Congress a chance to redeem itself as they go kicking and screaming, "we don't want a lot of visibility into our entitlements, and we don't know how to fix Social Security without drawing attention to our government entitlements that should be more in line with those meager accounts we set up for those hard workers who pay our bills. How can we give them benefits for their tax payments resulting from over 40 years of hard work invested into what was thought to be a government type insurance program "safety net" when we (Congress) have spent their money and given them IOU's to repay them, but don't have the money to pay them back and keep our benefits for sitting on our asses debating how to over-spend their hard earned money? Congressional Democrats don't have a clue about accountable spending as witnessed by years and years of Social Security fund abuse. They want The President to do their job of proposing fixes for solvency and reform. It has been lacking for decades. In private sector such actions are labeled as embezzlement for redirecting employee benefits to other accounts for personal use just as tax payer contributions are being used for Congressional entitlements and personal favors to special interests in pork barrel amendments that only generate campaign contributions as a result of 85 percent of Congressional time being spent on nonessential issues. And, we thought Martha Stewart was a crook for selling failing stocks that tripled in less then five months while she was incarcerated for changing an email subject line. Perhaps in light of Congressional junkets and boondoggles, we should place on all Congressional members and staffers electronic ankle bracelets that not only locate, but voice record to monitor their activites that are not work related, just as they do Martha. Every Congressional member who voted for taxing Social Security benefits should be indicted; and any who voted for increased Congressional entitlements should be indicted. For that matter, every Congressional who voted for increased government entitlements for parity while increasing taxes on private sector workers should be indicted. As I have said for years, government entitlements and pay should be a percentage of national equivalents of same job in private sector employment to have parity. So fire 30 percent of them and keep only essential employees. It galls me to hear that Maryland's Milk-us-key proposes amendments on every spending bill to increase government pay and benefits while ignoring those of us who pay for it. If military recipients get well earned delayed pay increases, it shouldn't necessarily trigger additional pay for government workers who have never missed an opportune pay hike. Now, I must confess that the safety net is working for me because both the Federal Government and State government screwed over me regarding my hard earned pay by; (1) denying me payment for 2,200 hours of federal contract work by replacing it with two weeks annual training orders at basic none-title 10 or 32 benefits at about 10 percent of that earned; and, (2) imposing state sanctions denying me opportunity to seek out of state employment, or develop a startup company with international banks by removing documents from a claim to make me appear fraudulent, thus libeling me to friends, professional associates, and government decision makers. I receive after 34 years of military reserve commitment reaching a rank of Lieutenant Colonel and being blocked from my last two promotions for being a direct commissioned officer as opposed to being an academy graduate, only $1,664 per month plus only $1,020 from Social Security after 43 years of concurrent corporate, and private sector employment. There was no safety net when a Corporate owner owing me $250,000 died after using my earned income to pay his IRS frozen corporate assets while I was in Russia building a very successful conference event. All I received was a federal bankruptcy court decision that no assets existed to pay me what was earned. Following that 1990 loss was Defense's 1991 pay debacle for a similar amount putting me in homeless shelters for 12 weeks while trying to recover from financial disaster and almost dying from pneumonia caused by a military doctor giving me medication as a result of a wrongful diagnosis. I collapsed from Entax-LA while taking a mandatory PT test during a two-mile run. I then was told to do 50 sit-ups to qualify for promotion. Because of the stress, my heart stopped for a bit and I failed that test, and was told it would effect my promotion opportunity. A civilian doctor two months later diagnosed my allergy to Entax-LA. He was shocked at their diagnosis and demands. In 1997, six years after not being paid by Defense, a meager amount of settlement monies from my legal action in the Federal Court of Claims was deposited in my account, but were debited, by 50 or more companies never dealt with, within seconds after deposit through identity theft as a result of a one-time use of my debit card without protection from a very well advertised bank in America during a merger with another national bank. No recovery. No law protecting debit cards back then. That was followed by state sanctions and harassment that was addressed in court and through fraud on the court by J. Joseph Curran, Jr. and his staff. After asking the State to assist in an employment contract collection, the State removed qualifying documents and accused me of fraud as the company filed bankruptcy to avoid paying earned income. I filed a claim against the State to recover from its fraud. It has been in default since November 1997. Anne Arundel County's Clerk of Court ignores it because his office failed to identify it as an administrative non-appearance; and Chief Justice Robert M. Bell considers it closed because Curran's office dismissed a bogus case never filed in court as attested by several judges, some of whom have resigned, retired or figure they will never have to admit to their collusion because they were never asked to dismiss the case before the courts. They were asked to dismiss another case sporting the docket number and identifying a private sector company as defendant in an appeal instead of a the State of Maryland in a claim for damages. By the way, I survived with a strong support network of friends with faith plus a German work ethic through a natural ability to survive turmoil. Some people even credit me with intelligence. I would say that I probably accomplished more with less assets/resources than a lot of people do with millions more. I will never regret any of it, including the State's attempt to discredit me professionally, politically, and financially; and, this is in America. Through all this, I attained a priceless degree of understanding law proclaimed by several law professors to be of a higher level than taught in their law schools at major universities. They were impressed with my filings, tactics, and truthfulness without embellishments or circumvention of law in every level of court within America's judicial system from small claims through U.S. Supreme Court (this is a good place to unabashedly plug my book at www.proselegal-ez.com). I have nine three-ring binders on of State pleadings, a 1 foot cubed box of Federal case pleadings and evidence and all of it compressed on a CD available on line. For that, I should deserve to collect that which is owed since 1991 while government spends more money to deny me my pay and/or benefits, as well as damages and penalties from my Maryland claim in default since 1997. There are others who failed to pay thinking they, too, can stiff me if government can. To them I say, enjoy it while you can and may your conscience guide you. Some day I will write about my last 15 years accomplishments. It was trying, rewarding, and unregretable. It had its limitations. As explained by several of my pastor friends, the good lord only gives us what he deems we can handle. Well, as an identical twin I have always felt he could pass some of it around. Perhaps, as witnessed. He was right! I could handle it. So, now you know how a simple meager safety net can help when all others relied upon fail to keep their promises. Although, I had no assurance that I would ever collect either because, in 1994 all my military records disappeared, thus a perceived loss of military entitlement, and no Social Security earnings throughout the '90's. I thought I was screwed again. Does this sound like how our Congress thinks about a safety net? Not at all. They just think how can we keep those Social Security monies coming in, so they can assure their benefits will grow in personal investments and increased entitlements. It's time to hold them accountable and give our President support to protect our safety net and fix it to allow our kids and grandkids to prepare better for those unpredictable demises like the one's I endured for the last 12 years. Gene You can read all my Coffeetalks at www.gzarwell.us/messages.htm Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:11:08 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: $75 ducky bill et al.: "Valley Dolls" make an appearance once again. Unbelievable is the only way I can describe Nancy Pelosi's appearance with George Stephanopoulos this morning. Not only does she represent all "out of" Stepford wives across our nation, she has a limited vocabulary and one answer to all questions followed by a caveat that if Congress doesn't do its job of accounting for Social Security then it will fail. She blamed President Bush for using Social Security funds and demanded it should be repaid. Isn't that Congress's role to tweak the budget and provide resources to fund? Democrats take credit for borrowed monies being returned to Social Security, said Pelosi who then conceded that it was President Reagan who established a budget allowing for those payments through his demeaned "trickle down" economy, they called it. Clinton was benefactor of shrewd political/financial planning by Reagan Republicans. They forget that when convenient. Democrats need to pick their spokesperson on credibility and not dumb looks and limited speaking skills. What a travesty to put her on - air without a script. Her thought process leaves much to be desired. She obviously doesn't understand that television audiences can see through that tripe. Nixon learned it the hard way - she should too! Belated Happy Easter to Pelosi who really is behind in our time. Next week, is Mothers Day Congress person. Easter was a month ago. She blamed President 43 for deficits and borrowing from a fictitious trust fund. As far as I know, it is Congress that defines where monies come from to pay for their programs and to their special interest cronies. She claimed she was carefully picking her words wrong, doesn't know her job, and doesn't know what it is. Is this normal in Congress? Perhaps it was a free trip not reported in time according to procedure, Nancy. Presidential role is limited to recommendations and providing a budget setting priorities. In fact we have elected 50 Senators to manage the budget and 453 Congressmen to account for it, and no one to audit it by Congressional design. To operate in any manner close to current Democratic philosophy would take us to a monarchy. If they can't handle the workload between trips, then get out of the way and let Treasury, Office of Management and Budget, and White House Budget handle Congressional responsibilities. An obvious question would be; "Why do we need a Congress if they won't or can't do their jobs. Acknowledgment that President Bush has a long term vision for our country beyond that which most President's account for - only four to eight years - is comforting. Kudos to First Lady Laura. No holds barred. Great evening. It's the delivery and looks to husband George that made it real. Really a male horse? Take the chain off the saw! Democrat Dick Durbin finally figured it out. They're going to have to work in their job skills and get off their special "interest phones' if Republican reform of majority vote overrules filibustering. Well, then it might be a good thing, do you thunk? Chuck Haegle's remarks that we don't know how big this Iraqi insurgency is sparked a thought in my mind. Even Bob Schieffer caught it and remarked that we don't know the ways and how's this war is being sustained by our enemy. After Kerry's testimony in Congress in the early '70's, our military asked that I conduct a public service advertising program reaching out to our media to support military recruiting. They did and we over enlisted our units resulting in relative peace around the world during the '80's. It wasn't until 1993, that Muslim extremists decided to take on American materialism and immorality - Clinton role modeling and policy. Our media doesn't support our military, but it gives more free time to insurgents and al Qaeda leadership than it ever gave to our troops. It is no wonder insurgents feel powerful enough to take us on. Over 58,000 troops were killed in Viet Nam, about the same number killed on "D-day", and although I feel terrible that we are losing soldier's lives, our casualty levels are far lower than anytime in history and would be lower if media wouldn't hype insurgent successes. Schieffer ended with a note on technical developments and educational arguments over moral and social issues. American teachers are underwhelming in their approach to teaching and their abuse of our trust in them to teach. It has deteriorated over two generations from learning to reward for nothing - witness next month's many graduation ceremonies for passing grades. This was not a ceremonious occasion when I was in school. It was an objective we all had becasue of peer pressure if you failed. No one fails today. We hold their hands and tell them, "Oh, "you be" alright in your next grade. That teacher will give you remedial education; and, you can get help from outside commercial ventures." What does our education tax pay for? Law suits, police as hallway monitors, and RN's in every school to ward off lawyers not viruses. It's backwards. Kids get away with murder. They have no measure of discipline from which to gauge their performance. Let me correct all that. Our media makes sure we all know about how bad our teachers teach and how rude our kids are, and how intimidating gangs are before they ever report on how great our kids are doing. Perhaps, when Education and Defense developed our Internet - not Al Gore as he claimed - it was idea before its time that is so available today that teachers and mentors are being undermined by sex, violence and parental inability or lack of interest to role model their kids. Classroom is boring compared with Internet speed and diversification. Kids today reach boredom in less than seven minutes thanks to television. Teachers are distracted by lowest intellectual levels keeping smart students at low speed. Yet, basics aren't learned. Calculators, computers, PDA's, and mobile phones all replace a need to learn those life skills like math, reading, writing and remembering. >From all appearances, we have a generation developing into leadership that was cheated of family-life experience. Are two and three jobs really necessary to keep up with the Jones? Do day care providers really have multi-level attention spans to thwart pre-school temper tantrums and 3 year old bullying? Shouldn't we get another cup of coffee and rethink our priorities and smell the flowers before we kill them with pesticides, and sterilizing everything we touch deactivates our immune systems? Can we really entomb America from outside contamination? Answers: (1) no; (2) no; (3) yes; (4) no. She should've timed it better. Treasury ducks early for Mother's Day. I nominate the little mom for a picture on a "ducky" 50 cent piece. Oh! Who uses coins today? How about a $75 bill to replace the $1 bill. Maybe on new Treasury bills! In 1988, I had the pleasure of witnessing nine ducklings hatching and growing up under my deck at my Water's Edge Condo in Virginia. Recorded on video, they learned to sail (move upon the water), then with help from a second hen, learned to fly. First they flapped their wings to gain strength. When weight and strength were developed, they lifted off, an inch or so, surface water , but some caught their toes slapping their tiny necks on water's surface; much like a water skier catching a toe rounding a buoy. As they progressed their flying followed FAA rules. Local flights around our pond - dual and group flights. They're first landings, a little rough , as several caught their toes, again sending their eye balls to pond bed and up again. I know that feeling only too well. It took about 8 hours of dual before their instructor hen took them above our community and then one by on she took them on cross country flights. Each was sent on solo trips with a watchful instructor not that far behind. Mom stayed grounded to keep an eye on those eager to take off on their own - none did. She was proud and respected, vocal mom. Graduation day came about 40 training hours into their training as they all went up and circled to set their homing instincts. They did return after wintering south. Sometimes I would get into my float with a camera to get interviews. They would squawk into my mike just like Congress. They sailed with my 12 meter yacht and steered clear of "Antji" a remote controlled German trawler used to retrieve a grounded "Robbe" racing hull. Life is remarkably simple with discipline, respect and leadership. Gene www.gzarwell.com P.S.: Reread last week's recommendations on Social Security. Democrats in Congress just want to ignore battle to protect their benefits while diverting discussions to Medicaid and Medicare. Both programs undermined up by Clinton Democrats. Chris Dodd broke ranks today and actually was engaged by George Allen into a discussion about fixing all three. Even Tim Russert had enough tap dancing and changed his direction to John Bolton's nomination as UN Ambassador. Four times Congress confirmed him and from my intelligence, he has my vote for performing and not putting up with a lot of c... Everyone believes the UN needs a diplomat with resolve to reform it on behalf of member nations. It just amazes me that U.S. Dollars have more value in corrupting other governments than it can buy here at home. That's a misnomer, Gene. Oh! Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 08:08:01 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Wimps or hype et al.: Terrorism as reported by International media may be just a an inconvenience to America's upper middle class and wealthy individuals. That fits a profile of a member of Congress. In fact, it fits a majority of them except for our most outspoken real veteran, Senator John McCain and phony John Kerry. That makes all others cowards and shirkers waiting for our upper middle class and poor to fight their battles. This wasn't our perception in the mid '70's and it surely wasn't Russia's or Europe's perceptions either. What has happened? Inexperienced media reporters happened. They don't know what military stands for let alone how to interface or interact without compromising our soldiers to enemy or insurgent fire. I talk with returning soldiers frequently to learn that they wish American media would be isolated away from their operations. It is dangerous to take them along because they have no regard for safety of soldiers or themselves resulting in target creation for insurgents to get combat experience and media to get Dan Rather footage (fabricated for effect). Sad as it is, Americans are viewed as wimps. Our military viewed as professional, but inconvenient to serve. In Russian English that means improper. Around the world nationalists in all countries want American presence to fight their battles, our media reports opposite creating doubt and vulnerability, thus, Iraq has become a training ground for newly recruited insurgents that will be deployed to other countries as fast as they get trained. To be a leader they must kill an American soldier. Just like gang members in Virginia and throughout our society. Turkey's government is taking on a new role bringing nations together from around and near the Mediterranean Sea to close Iraq's border to new recruits and insurgent organizations. Now, that's a border security program. Russian President Putin wants to hold a conference in Moscow next October inviting amongst his middle east neighbors to create a new peace. And, he should. He should've been there from the start. I think he and others would've been there early on had our media supported America's calling in the UN hand holding them accountable to enforce their resolutions and sanctions on Sadam Hussein. It's about time, those nations realized that American presence will not be forever and they must secure their nations from militant Muslim factions. Contain them in their home lands or suffer tragic circumstances. While on border discussions, I feel strong that we must secure our borders; but not to itinerant workers. If they are barred from farm work in our Southwest, tomatoes, lettuce, and other fruits and vegetables could price out near or above $5 per like as quickly as they went to $2 just a few months ago due to extreme rain and hurricanes. Perhaps, we should just keep terrorists out by requiring registration and no carry on baggage in the pick up truck or van. Of course we could close if American youth were willing to work and Americans would fill vacancies in produce fields or take jobs in our convenience markets and at our nation's gas stations. As prices increase, Congress's solution is to raise minimum wages to career living standards. Why you ask? Well, if workers earn just over poverty, Congress can tax them, thus, keeping them below poverty after taxes. Perhaps we should reward those itinerant workers with tax free overtime and vacation pay for keeping reasonable prices at our produce markets. Maybe we should reward all low-skilled wage workers working for minimum wage, but with opportunity to grow; and while they are getting motivated by greed give them those tax breaks to spend on their families. They might even open retail shops and offer services at reasonable rates to become real taxpayers contributing to our national economy. It won't take long before they grow into better jobs and begin to train others to farm our lands. However, I wouldn't advocate entitlements for itinerant workers and definitely not more than emergency medical to be paid by employers. No voting rights, but I would grant drivers licenses for two reasons. One to make sure they know the rules on our highways - it would be nice if everyone did - and two, to be able to locate them within a geographical area. Perhaps after five or ten years working here, they could apply for dual citizenship and be given access to some education and other job opportunities. I've taught several the words to our National Anthem in preparation for their green cards. It has been my experience that entering America legally is more difficult than any other place on the globe. Illegally, "we have no problems mon and there is no record", most immigrants say. Now, I've given you more insight into my thinking and understanding of our government than any elected official you ever met; but, don't elect me to public office for that reason. Elect me because I can raise money to corrupt my values and become contingent upon special interests that drain your pocket book and bank accounts. Give me that job at $160,000 so I can spend 80 percent of my time talking to contributors who want to move your money out of your accounts and into theirs. Hey, just give me $160,000 per year to do essential things for you in Congress and let me play golf. I promise I will neither sleep in a Washington office for 29 years. Nor will I let special interests over rule local desires effectively rendering elected community leaders impotent. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 06:54:38 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Fw: "First"...again resend ----- Original Message ----- From: GZarwell To: coffeetalks@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 19:56 Subject: "First"...again et a.; Goods news is that Bob Schieffer gets more face time on his evenings news broadcast than Charlie Gibson gets filling in for ailing Peter Jennings. Schieffer can thank former anchor Dan for that. Rather's ratings were so poor advertising revenues were down meaning less commercial breaks than ABC's 18 minutes out of 30. For the first time since my "First" Coffeetalk, a national news story began with a creative lead eliminating the "First: word when Bob Woodward reported that, "Pope Benedict XVI is the oldest Cardinal elected Pope in 275 years". Congrates to Woodward and thanks to his writers for thinking first before "First" reporting. This may qualify for an entry in Guinness's Book. On a related matter, it is surprising to me, a partial German American, to see speculation by so many who think that immorality should drive the church rather than church traditions. I am not Catholic, but let's face, most Catholics like John Kerry don't know how to follow their faith. There must be a reason why so many Hollywood -Canadian film producers always include a scene in a gangster movie where the "mafia" leaders go to confession. Forgiveness is a great blessing for those who have no self resolve or choose dance with the devil. In fewer years than last, we will remember this Pope for his resolve and church leadership regardless of his life before, during and after Hitler destroyed Germany's strong work ethics and personal discipline through his exploitation and misguided superiority complex. And that ends this "first" discussion with a note of optimism for Peace on Earth as both John Paul II and Benedict XVI worked and work so hard for. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 06:55:10 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Fw: "We The People" can. resend ----- Original Message ----- From: GZarwell To: coffeetalks@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:27 Subject: "We The People" can. et al.: As politics becomes a tertiary subject buried in newscasts, effects of George Bush's campaign tactics seem to be wearing down those who have no clue what their job is. Congress wants to wait for polls to declare for or against a proposal based upon The President's analysis that Social Security needs to be fixed. It was Congress who messed it up, ignored it for decades, and taxed it to death to prevent it from working as a safety net for those who need it. What drives their interest now is their desire to blame The President for opening the door to discussions because polls show that members of Congress who skirt the issue, men included, may not be electable next year for being obstinate, cantankerous, and unwilling to fix Social Security. Well, it's about time Congress heard "We the People's" voices and understand that we don't need them if they are paid $160,000 to spend 85 percent of their time raising money for re-election. Here are some fixes for Social Security: (1) Remove any taxes assessed against distributions; (2) Remove Government employee payouts unless minimum quarters are earned in private sector employment; (3) Offer enrollee accounts similar to bank savings accounts, deposit savings accounts, and multi-generational annuities. (4) Allow private sector workers to deposit or contribute to their Social Security account an amount they wish use to build a better fund for their retirement, either privatized or annuitized by Government (sounds like, works like, accrues like an annuity - could this be administered by private sector insurance companies?); (5) Keep deposits in Social Security without Congressional taps - no more loans or general use of Social Security funds; (6) Return charity to charitable organizations through donations from both government and private sector workers (no more SSI for self imposed health risks - druggies); (7) Have a minimum distribution if account holder dies before earliest age to be applied to surviving family members accounts; (8) Move administration out from under Congressional scrutiny to Treasury and Federal Reserve - to remove Congressional ATM access; (8) Eliminate Civil Service retirement programs by offering privatized retirement insurance that civil servants could purchase individually without government overhead and taxpayer contributions; (9) Require 20 years minimum service before vesting government workers to a government pension at age 62 for not more than 50 percent of their highest pay rate; (10) Reduce government pay by 28 percent below national averages of equivalent private sector pay to discourage career employment, thus reducing entitlement costs exceeding any, a responsible private sector, entity experiences. (11) Perhaps have elected representatives log in their time to declare that time for "We the People", fund raising, special interest, and junkets - thus allowing for adjustments to pay based for those activities not related to time spent for "We the People" deducting private time to raise campaign funds, cavort with special interests, and penalties for missing votes whether "abstain", "nay" or "yea" (this could reduce government payroll by 85 percent allowing more money to pay "We the People" back for decades of misusing our funds - termed embezzlement in private sector transactions). (12) Allow withdrawals of earned interest income from a Social Account in times of need not to cut into accrued principal similar to loans from "Whole life". ; and to make this a bakers dozen; (13) Allow Social Security depositors to take lump sum distribution after age 62 to provide for private sector long term care plans, living benefits, and roll-over to private sector annuities returning immediate cash and up to two generations of survivors. Listening to talk show rhetoric this morning makes it sound just like that little girl I refer to frequently. You know, "it's my ball and I'll take it home if you don't play with me". She was six. I remember the arguments in Pentagon halls the week before our troops quelled insurgents in Granada. Each service chief taking a piece of that operation because we went decades without a war for which upcoming academy graduates could get medals for combat service. Sounds trite and it was. This just underscores priorities. In fact, I was in a position to contribute to that battle plan and recommended that we not tell the media until one unknowing pool reporter was in flight with our 5,000 troops to that island to rescue the American students held hostage by 50 Cubans. That recommendation came from watching our media leak operation plans in previous operations in Beirut and Africa before we could achieve our goals, thus putting our troops in harms way by alerting those we considered enemies in those operations. Our media never learned from those experiences and were totally upset with Granada that went off without a hitch and was resolved in just a few hours - with no interference. However, it did have a downside. When asked to produce a video report for senior staff on Granada, there was no footage except several minutes taken by Reserve troops who brought their camcorders. It was a very short video report. My last assignment on temporary active duty was with a Four-star general who was the youngest Army officer promoted to general ( you can learn his identity by visiting my website at gzarwell.us/page8.htm). He was a talented forward-thinking strategist and played "hard-ball" when interpreting policy, procedure, and team leadership. We became good friends for one basic reason: if he wanted something done, he would ask and it would get done. However, this wasn't always the case. His staff of Colonels seemed to think that if the general asked them to do something, they had to ask him how to dot the "t's" and cross the "i's". That statement probably best represents what happened. This general's reputation was that he ate Colonels for breakfast. He really just wanted them to perform instead of asking him aevery detail about how to do something, what color it should be, and where should they go for details, information, and resources. In other words, tell me exactly what you want me to do, tell me how to do it, then let me take credit for it; so, I can become general, too! Well, many feared his strength and resolve. I did not, because as a major (often referred to as Field Marshall) I never knew you were supposed to ask all those questions. He told me what he thought he wanted; and I asked when he wanted it; then I delivered it without delay, redo, or extensions, etc. Instead of videos costing $250,000 and more than three redoes, I delivered under budget ($57,000) on time the first time. That's why we got a long and became great friends. He promoted me from Major to Lieutenant Colonel. It didn't however, endear me to those Colonels or Lieutenant Colonels who could not accomplish anything. In fact after 27 years of solid respect, a Reserve BG Bultman from my home state of Wisconsin with-held orders and denied promotions because all he could do was promote those female officers he slept with as the Deputy Chief -Army Reserve. He screwed the males by not promoting them, thus, the Army Reserve followed patterns of sexual harassment in the '90's under Clinton as Commander in Chief. That is why I was not fully paid for 2,200 hours performed in 1991 on an extremely intensive after-action video on "Desert Shield/ Storm". I was requested, I delivered, I was not compensated as agreed. Pretty sad commentary about how military treats success. I guess it's influence comes from Congress. And, for years we were told there is no politics in our Defense Department. Doesn't it sound like our "media-take" on upcoming Vatican votes for a new Pope? If there ain't no politics, our media will assure there is - for headlines, speculation and interference with duly noted historical precedence. And, then Bob Schieffer returned and headlines his show, "Congress in turmoil - what does it mean to taxpayers?" Nothing Bob. Congress has no control of private sector business other than regulating them to death for pork barrel spending and campaign contributions. There is absolutely no reason to "air or not to err" Congressional ineptness and misuse of "We the People's" time and money. As a friend told me yesterday while approaching an Eastern Shore golf course, responsible people don't need to be bothered by Congress or State government because it just doesn't matter to those who produce acquire and take responsibility for themselves, families and employees. That is a concept missing in our society that would overcome all the rhetorical trash put out by elected officials in designer suits and silk shorts. Tom Delay is our new media target to sell advertising space and time. He and every other Congressional representative has self-proclaimed immunity from self-importance as if they are relevant to how we survive. They are not; and enough is enough. Again, the discussions between Rep Charlie Rangel (D) who sounds like a Kennedy but doesn't look the part, and David Drier who knew when to quit the foolishness, sounded like those boys after she took the ball away. What a waste of media! Other revelations about Presidential hopefuls is scary. A Senate seat should never be a stepping stone to the High office. We need resolve, determination, and an independent voice in that office. Someone with a sixth grade language capability (media standard) and a 35 year old mentality (Constitutional requirement). Not independent from a party, but from partisan politics. A voice of representing "We the People" and those who create the Gross National Product. Congress is supposed to define a budget based upon Presidential direction, then fund and administer that budget on behalf of "We the People". Can they do that? Apparently not! Can we outsource it? Apparently not! So what can we do? Outsource Congress by voting in a new crew! That, "We the People" can do. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	From: GZarwell To: coffeetalks@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 09:24 Subject: "go ahead get a cookie"; et al.: Somethings in Congress need to change. As most Americans have no clue about its inner workings, it's not all politics. Take a media bite about filibusters. Are they good or bad? Maybe some concerns should be addressed. After all, pre six-year olds learn that technique at home. Just watch "Nanny". In some families it is more prevalent and others not. Ever listen to a Democrat answer a media question - they filibuster to keep Republican comments and questions to a minimum. Kennedy is the guru of talking nonsense until time runs out. Many Democrats actually get angry during their "panic-busters" and say just about anything they may regret later. It's their frustration as "second seater's". Republicans are not that far ahead as they succumb to pre-school tactics. Debate is good for America. Most times it leads to defeating bad policy or inane laws and sometimes a good idea gets through that will enhance our lives as opposed to effect our lives. Big difference. Perhaps confirmations of Presidential appointments should not be available for, or susceptible to "filibusters". Why, you ask? Well if a President is going to have chance in making tough decisions and impact changes in old antiquated laws, programs, and agencies, then he should get an honest "yea" or "nay" without all that banter and misinformation enveloped in emotional tripe from not only Congress, but also media. At least American parliamentary proceedings don't model from the English. In fact on a level of professionalism, we probably have the highest standard, but, it is not an ultimate. I don't think every news bite on Congress should mock "reality TV'. Jerry Springer is not a role model - just scum, as are so many physical and verbal abusers taking up our air time with tripe and trash. Is this our new moral standard. Should Congress really follow that order? Or, should we demand a moral high-ground! Presidential appointments are just that and should be private hearings, no leaks, no media, and no political filibustering. When a name is submitted to Congress it should keep secret until confirmation to not destroy deserving individuals as media and special interests tend to do. If you want to have an opinion on an appointee, then risk your livelihood through politics and get into it. Risk is big if you lose an election and that has destroyed many good Americans. Few recover or are ever heard from again if they fail. These appointments are important to us, but the world needs not to know how and why we decided upon who will contribute to policy until after they are in office and have authority to act. People submitted by Presidential Appointments are respected in may circles and have credentials others do not. If someone is asked to serve, it is an honor that turns to harassment and horror from media, special interests and then opposing Congressional members who really have no input into why a President's choice accepted. Presidential decisions are not, not up for public opinion. Polls are skewed to attain a client's goals, not reality. Statistics are misleading and are distorted to preconceived results. Only a fool would believe a media poll - Kerry did! There were good reasons in past administrations to conduct private or secret meetings to discuss strategies and plans that affect our lives - security and future. Generally, it was to keep enemies from learning our strengths and weaknesses. Media has really blown that, as they still feature insurgencies over success, in headline news. Congress, on the other hand - leaks things. It weakens our security by defrauding our media with false charges, misinformation, and deceit to American voters. Any time an emotional plea is entered into a discussion , truth is far, far behind, and if mom won't give you a cookie, maybe dad will. If dad said, "go ahead get a cookie"; and you did, shouldn't be a factor in a Congressional confirmation for seeking a second opinion many years earlier. Truthfully, I've seen pre-teens act better than our Congressional delegates in debates. I guess you have to be an adult to act like an out-of-control six-year. What role models! Why is prime time television so confrontational. Yelling screaming, raw humor and ignorant behavior by high-paid actors and actresses. Do they follow or lead or Congress? Think about it! We need more Walter Cronkite's, Ted Koppel's, Bob Schaeffer's, and Alistair Cooks. They make news important, others are just jesters. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:19:32 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "Wake up each next morning" et al.: Waking up this morning was great! In fact, it is one of my real goals in life - "wake up each next morning". Another, is to have to make a decision whether or not my next plane needs short or long-range tanks. I'm leaning towards long range since my world expanded from two to four continents in the last 15 years. This morning though, my waking thought was about law. Are we a society that lost sight of "right and wrong", "truth but fabrication", "integrity vs. deceit", "order or monarchy", or are we just giving away our rights from thinking that it is someone else's responsibility? People, we all need to wake up to a fact of life. We are responsible for what we create. Who we trust for our vote. If we don't like how our neighbor's kids behave; they probably don't like how ours behave. If kids need gangs to have family, where is the family? "Ten Commandments" for eternity were chiseled in stone. They haven't changed. Man has changed and keeps wanting for more responsibility for his own fate. Yet, more and more laws, regulations, precedents, oppression seems to be what a majority of people want. Maybe it's just the media hype. Why? Could it be that most people don't have any moral sense of person? Could it be an oblivion of "thy neighbor"? Do we take for granted an innate level of capability to education before pre-school? Do we trust millions of laws to protect us from everyone, but ourselves? Does anyone have to earn praise today, or is it just given out wholesale? Graduation from pre-school? What?? Where'd all those zeros ($0's) come from? Duh, from a bunch of zero's spending our money. Remember, "Where's the 'beef'"? Well, "where's the discipline leading to responsibility - it ain't in the beef as major sports proved! Why? I bring this up because our courts are becoming a battle ground of deceit, conflict, and bad judgment by precedent or fraud - Congressional role modeling. In my last fifteen years, I've become very aware of law from (1) intimate involvement as both defendant and plaintiff to right eleven wrongs; (2) states are requiring more and more compliance upon private sector professionals while not presenting role models; (3) governments are demanding ethics without guidelines because their moral fiber has eroded from basic guidelines of; a) Ten Commandments, and; b) the Golden rule. These are concepts leading to morally, acceptable behavior leaving persons accountable to themselves, their neighbors and a higher power. Is there any better concept? Not! However, there are walls and walls of books of law that present precedents over hundreds, thousands of years telling us that for every law in our favor, there is a precedent against us. For every Congressional thought, there are 453 different ways to look at it. So, when does a law make sense. Only when you disobey it. And, if you abide by the law, then they must create a law you cannot abide by in order to raise money. Government is built on denial, not satisfaction. Governing is denying success; denying wealth for those who succeed. It is exchanging truth for deceit to force distribution of wealth from those who earn it to those who don't. Everybody has right to life, liberty and a pursuit to happiness. What you do with those rights is your responsibility and your legacy. If you want government to schedule, demand, provide, protect, fund, your life, your liberty and your happiness, you are expecting way too much from those who have no clue. Most have had no life experience in creating success. Maybe their parents have or their great grandparents, but not them directly. So, they only know how they got there's - not how you got yours! As I write this I am listening to program after program of lawmakers rationalizing their ineptness in leading. What they discuss is about as relevant as that little girl I wrote about who was denied playing in a sandbox until she picked up her ball and went home. Nottingham... a name throughout literature representing an oppressed taxed society. We all should know its legacy. It boils down to "take from the rich and give to the poor". Perhaps a "greater wealth" is motivating those who would receive; to earn what they get. Let's give responsibility back to people - "persons". You know, if your kid gets in trouble before age 18, parents must answer for that wrap. Sounds though, but why should all of us take a wrap for your kids. For that matter, why should all of us pay others' debt through bankruptcy for their lack of responsibility? I didn't take that risk, so why should I be penalized through "usury" rates or higher prices. Was credit a bad idea to begin with? Not for banks. Many say not. They are the ones owing; while others say "use someone else's money to make money." Yet, debt ruins family upon family, business of doing business, and corrupts those we elect to control our nation's wealth. Well, it goes back to law. With so many variables, lawyers lose sight of truth, fact, and evidence. They speculate, circumvent, fabricate, and precedent everything to death leaving our judges more confused, disoriented, and without a basic judgment of "right or wrong". Why? There is no precedent for truth today. Perjury is a threat to the honest.. Trial lawyers generally are immune from what they present if they can "plea bargain" over circumstantial findings or "coach" a client to distort truth enough to create doubt - for the win. In my book "Pro Se Legal-ez", I stress "truth will win out", but "truth never gets heard over procedure or technicalities", I say. By the time a court is ready to hear "truth", they have heard motion upon motion of technicalities having absolutely nothing to do with "right or wrong" while truth addresses fiction and fabrication without evidence to what was right, and now is wrong. For every order a judge rules there are two or three motions for clarification, correction and reconsideration. This results from hundreds and hundreds of precedents that have nothing to do with a case before a judge; but , rather, decisions made by judges in other cases. Last week, I wrote about my claim to be paid for work performed based upon 27 years of precedence. Those who are denying that compensation are being paid at far greater amounts for the same period than I agreed to. Yet, it is alright for me to sacrifice my livelihood to perform; and for them to deny fair and just compensation because fourth and fifth parties to my negotiations didn't understand the regulations, and a third party agency didn't have jurisdiction to right the wrong. The case comes down to "I delivered what I said I would 'in good faith' and our Government didn't". In another incident, I asked for proof of claim from an unknown-fictitious company when sued for an enormous amount of money, only to be denied information about who it was, and any evidence that such claim existed. Then, through "technicalities" using heresy to determine an amount of claim without addressing heresy reported in the same document countering almost totally a claim to a second party removed, but one year later identified as an alias to the fictitious company retained a right to deceive without accountability. Whew! Well, that's about how confusing it is in this case perpetrated by a Rockville Law firm, K&N, desiring to keep a client while breaking five tenants of Federal law to not only deceive me but also their client as they try "in confidence" to extort monies for access to evidence. Gives one faith in our judicial process as practiced by "Law-schooled Officers of the Court". This brings up my point: "How can you justify even thinking about spending time discussing fabrication, deceit, or fraud when relevant facts are denied and evidence withheld. This by the way, is acceptable in courts, but not acceptable under United States Code. In fact, in most cases it is the only way to thwart settlements and judgments in favor of rightful claimant or defendant. It is a precedent of trial law exercised in Maryland courtrooms by those elected and appointed officials sworn to uphold law of both Maryland and U.S. Constitutions. With role models like that , do we wonder why more drugs are sold on our street corners, over the Internet and stolen, than in pharmacies? Or why, today's kids think they are entitled to what you have accumulated whether they will inherit it, or just take it from a "neighbor" at any cost to whomever? Is that a lasting legacy for developing a Global role model? Gene You can read all my Coffeetalks at www.gzarwell.us/messages.html Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:18:30 -0400 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: GOD bless you John Paul et al.: On Sunday, I wrote a short piece about Pope John Paul II. It didn't send. Pope John Paul will be missed. His impact on world development has been noted , recorded, and a driving force in bringing us all to our knees to understand how we all must be one and yet be diverse. In 1979, I lived in Keego Harbor, Michigan, not far from where he visited his brother shortly after his installation. Although, I didn't meet him, it was a great feeling knowing that he had been that close. When his second-removed predecessor Pope John V convened a worldwide church congress in Chicago and Milwaukee to restructure its liturgical music, a public relations firm called me about broadcasting live their deliberations. My immediate answer was yes, what is it? It turned out to be 50 hours of broadcast from a dozen locations in the two cities. As producer, host and director in my senior year of college at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, this challenge to be ready in two weeks with live feeds, remote crews and enough continuity to fill when all feeds failed was enormous. In 17 languages with interpreters, I met clergy at all levels of the Church. Attending planning sessions with local priests, Bishops and Archbishops to learn ritual, ceremony, business, and protocol was one of my most foreign activities - not in nations; but in unknowing. When all was over, I packaged those 50 hours for Vatican release in 17 languages and for its archives. I still have one reel of original music and some interviews, but no reel-to-reel playback device. How technology changes! This event was one-year after my successful World's Fair Show where I met everyone who had status in the world. It gave me a hint of celebrity and how to deal with those who truly were; without being awed to a fool. Briefly, I attended one session with the Pope in attendance. My job was to anchor all 50 hours and interview monks, lay ministers, Priests, Fathers, Cardinals, Bishops, monsignors, and everyone else either creating new music or performing new musics. What a learning experience! Gregorian Chants were introduced and sung. New hymns introduced. Church organs played loud as many of the areas Cathedrals had recently installed some of the largest pipes I had ever seen. Not only did I visit all sites, I anchored in the studio where young students talked about their involvements in performing modern/contemporary musics, and their duties as youth in their parishes. They expressed their love for Pope John V much as we heard this week by everyone remembering Pope John Paul II. As in all broadcasts, I was invited to visit Oxford by the Reverend Peter Peacock, and by monks wearing heavy wool robes and sandals in Milwaukee's 100 degree humid/heat to drink wines with them in acre-sized underground, wine cellars beneath German and French Cathedrals. That experience gave me a great insight into faith and beliefs with a sense of why ceremoniously Christ is celebrated. Some years later I married in a Catholic church in Falls Church, Va. and attended services on Sundays. My parents raised me and my two brothers in a Trinity Presbyterian faith in Milwaukee. With all my travels over the years I have attended services in just about every Western religion and some Eastern European. There is a common thread that Pope John Paul II professed and preached that binds us all together. A common belief that GOD had sent his son to sacrifice for all of us to forgive our sins and give us hope for eternal life. He did for religion what many feared could not be done - diminish over 2000 years of religious and territorial wars. Until this year, not many of us admitted or demonstrated our faith. Recent events have brought it out and even those who would deny can no longer speak with one voice to challenge a diverse many. For that we will miss John Paul and his motivation to take a lead in reforming humanity in this world. GOD bless you John Paul, may you Rest in Peace. And, may we all continue your work with your blessings from above. Gene www.gzarwell.com A note: As Peter Jennings discloses his Lung cancer, I wish him well. I didn't lose my hair to cancer - but radiation oncology eradicated my prostrate cancer two-years ago. I like to think that, I now don't do many things in the dark. Peter - keep a positive demeanor - don't think about it much, just live as though it never existed, and that attitude will help your system overcome it. Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:10:34 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: rid bureaucrap! et al.: Not all government is good. In fact, some in government are more corrupt than those of us who work hard to be screwed by government. Yet, government blames private sector success for its failing to govern. As a young boy I always looked up to those in Washington believing they protected our common good. Well, dispel that theory. If you think Enron and WorldCom were private sector tragedies. Think again. Rules they followed were failed. Government created those rules, but when it was opportune, retroactively changed their interpretation. The '90's were a time of deceit, fraud, and power mixed with what our media give us regularly - explicit sex. A legacy President Clinton should be proud of. If I were to take classified documents out of my office, there would have been MP's knocking on my door. Really, I turned down an opportunity to shred documents in The White House basement for Ollie North. Sticking documents down your pants is not a mistake. Sandy Berger better get what all of us would get for something less. Plenty of time behind closed doors to think about what he threw away. Although, sticking things in your pants was a White House MO 1993 to 2001. That perversion destroyed American resolve and personal integrity at all levels of government. There were more sexual harassment incidents in our military, as its Commander-Chief established his legacy, than ever before. He was a civilian without military experience acting (not one Oscar performance she said) as leader and role model of our military, where 10 years earlier Congress removed from a commissioned officer's charter the requirement to be a "Gentleman." What! Perhaps Congress couldn't live up to that standard. My briefcases never contained any documents marked "Top Secret" even though I had that level of trust. In fact, in the '80's while working on unclassified projects dealing with Military technology development, my wife and I had Secret Service protection unknowing to us until it was revealed in a cafe at White Sands Proving Ground, in 1985. Flattered that our government thought enough to protect us from possible abduction because of where we traveled made us feel proud to be American. Two agents traveled with us for more than eight years unbeknownst to us. Their explanation, "we were traveling to all the sensitive areas and that could be construed that we knew more about "secret" development of weapons systems and telecommunications technology than we really did. We were required to keep our reports unclassified for public consumption and (our government) wanted to protect us from possible harm. What an honorable gesture! Well, that changed in the early '90's. Some in lower-level Pentagon assignments evidently felt left out by such concern. In 1990, I was recommended by several agencies for a project about our Reservists serving during "Desert Shield/Storm" because of my private sector professional assignments building up support for public acceptance of our military deterrent. Changing 1970 perceptions through public service advertising after John Kerry's tearing down our country's resolve, morale and public perception of soldiers on duty gave me a well respected reputation for being able to affect national issues. Through several meetings and negotiations with appropriate agencies, I agreed in January 1991 to do a two-month project for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (OASD-RA), Stephen Duncan. His executive officer and several marine colonels on special orders contacted me and asked for help in producing a video tape. Prior to that request, I had a high profile list of assignments at Defense Department major commands producing, writing, directing and editing more than 40 videotapes and multi-projector presentations in less than 4 years. This 1991 project was particularly interesting to me because I had been involved with early concepts of an Iraqi theatre of operation with CENTCOM (Central Command at McDill AFB 1986 - an automated briefing on preparations for an Iraqi war) and earlier with CINCLANT (Commander in Chief - Atlantic 1975 - an automated briefing on joint operations by land and sea called "Solid Shield"). My concurrent, 30-year, civilian career had been Account Director on Reserve and Guard recruiting contracts at Baltimore's W.B. Doner and Company as well as on teams at Grey Advertising, NYC; McCann-Erickson, Detroit; J.W. Thompson, Detroit; and N.W Ayer ABH International, Philadelphia; plus assignments at FMC, Md; ATO, Oh; Bendix, Fl/Mi/Md; Ford Motor Company, MI and 60+ others. My peacetime direct commission as an officer in 1969 was often looked at as strange by Academy graduates because, normally those were battlefield commissions, when leadership was killed in combat. However, marketing was a profession Defense needed after Viet Nam. Same reason I was asked to join a World's Fair exhibit in 1965 (that stint raised $82 million for New York's failing commission). My reputation to get things done earned me an "honorable" moniker as "Field Marshal" Zarwell in Army circles among those knowing of my ability to accomplish on first attempt rather than after many contract ad-ons. On several assignments my efforts restructured accounting procedures using automated, computerized technology requiring tons of punch cards, and another to audit agencies, units and contractors for fiscal management performance ( I found millions of dollars laying idle collecting interest for other than our government). I tell you all this background to help you understand a strange turn of events that has been very costly to me personally. Remember reading a few seconds ago about "Desert Shield/Storm". Well, that project changed in scope several times. At first it was a videotape report needed for a July 1991 NATO Coalition leadership conference in Italy on utilization of global Reservists from eleven countries. Within a couple of weeks, another videotape was requested for presentation, "Finest, Fighting Force" at a March 1991 "Employer Support for Guard and Reserve" conference honoring employers for releasing and protecting jobs for activated Reservists. Over 500 hours of field-video provided post-production footage. Normally, ten hours is enough to do a 10-20 minute report. It took me, personally, an enormous effort to review, research, script, audition narrators, contract video and audio studio services; and, choreograph graphics, music, and video into a simple high impact presentation, "Answering the Call". It got standing ovations every time it ran. Reviewing all that tape in real time took two individuals more than 1,000 hours to come up with enough good material for me to edit into a 13 minute, highlight video of International Reserve performance in 100 hours of combat under Air-Land Battlefield doctrine (the only war conducted under that 20-year doctrine). Desert Shield turned into Desert Storm bringing a unique mix of active military fighting forces into a 100 hour conflict supported in pre-war readiness by Reserve units and volunteers for up to 12 months pre-combat and six months post-combat. We already knew that by mid-nineties we would be planning a whole new force structure under a "2001 Doctrine" developed in a 1984 videotape, Day One", stressing importance of restructuring to withstand scattered insurgencies on many fronts as threats of nuclear proliferation expanded to developing global importance. That video tape required cooperation between The White House, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Materiel Command, Training and Doctrine Command, Army Security Assistant Command, and European Command while I was on special assignment to Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics throughout most of the '80's. Bush 41 was President, Dick Chaney was Secretary of Defense, and Colin Powell was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Status of my relationship on this 1991 project, though, was a civilian contract at $100 per hour, a military rate reduced from $150 for corporate projects. OASD-RA did not have a vacancy position or TDA (Table of Distribution) authorization for such personnel, so it would impossible to get a military assignment. With agreements and negotiations through Defense Audio-visual to establish a rate comparable to previous projects authorized through them for Selective Service, National Guard Bureau, and Army Reserve with funding through Army's Visual Communications office underwritten by Pentagon's Washington Area contracting office, I felt comfortable working this project. In was intensive, after realizing that officers who proposed this project had no concept about videotape production. Although considered an expert in video production, my Reserve military rank of Lieutenant Colonel was beneath all others in that office and, thusly abused as is normal. It was 'round the clock for more than 5 months. I personally logged 2,200 hours ( a normal man-year) in that short time for which I was paid five weeks equivalent of Reserve officers basic pay or about ten percent of that negotiated. A contract was eminent, I was told in January and in February 1991., In March, a two-week order was requested for annual training as an emergency stop-gap to get me some capital. It was marginally illegal with a pay category that doesn't include many military benefits. It was issued changing my assignment from First Army Headquarters to instead report to a Defense Department office, that of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs for that period in March. Now mind you, I had already performed two and a half months under an assumed contract with preliminary planning sessions in December 1990. Most officers who knew of this said, "why did you perform?" "As a matter of integrity", I answered. My well documented reputation for loyalty and ability to get things done over 27 years was usually rewarded by fulfilled promised contracts or legitimate orders with full benefits. I had no reason to suspect anything different in 1991 after 27 years. Well, honorable individuals were embarrassed to tell me that couldn't accomplish a contract or legitimate orders until after the project was enthusiastically received by Pentagon leadership. I received five weeks pay and told that Reservists are supposed to sacrifice for their country. One officer charged that I fraudulently applied for illegal orders and was not due any monies. Another, indicated that he had a friend that he wanted assigned to that project, but OASD-RA wanted me, so he blocked any legitimate orders. After years of trying to find out why I couldn't get paid in either case, I began to run out of options and filed in the Court of Federal Claims across Lafayette park from the White House and received Judgment in my favor against our Justice Department, but only after a negotiated settlement to accept meager pay with option for military benefits to come from Defense. Then, I received a stipulation with all sorts of legalese, mumbo jumbo, and restrictions never discussed by Army's or Justices lawyers in their interrogation rooms. After winning that judgment late 1997, I was instructed to file through Army's Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) for military benefits. That effort was thwarted in 1998 by those same officers who blocked legitimate orders originally in 1991. Several years later, 2003, I filed again when informed that several action officers remembering OASD's fiasco with contract/orders encouraged me to re-file with ABCMR now that several POTWOPs (a Wisconsin National Guard acronym for "pissers on the wheels of progress") had retired. A several month investigation proved not all had left, leaving me to appeal through common sense. Well, I ran into "military intelligence" after asking the President for some help. His office forwarded my request to a lawyer citing a chief attorney that never inquired about the case other than recite the bogus stipulation I challenged. However, persistence is not a failure of mine as I now challenge several "POTWOP's" at Defense to rid themselves of "bureaucrap" and look at this case again from perspective of "satisfaction"; not from one of "denial" at all costs. In simple none legalese, "I delivered, now you deliver." You can help me by contacting one of them: T. L. Bush, Principal Director OASD-RA, 1500 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1500 or call him/her at 703-693-7490 and put in a good word for me. As an aside, this incident in 1991 prevented promotions to Colonel, and Brigadier General including loss of pay; and a medal that I was asked to draft its justification for Uniformed and civilian personnel serving in wartime at Defense Headquarters. My illegitimate orders didn't qualify me for that either, in addition, to OASD's inability to ratify a contract in-waiting; didn't qualify me for pay. Now you "knew!". Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:28:46 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: goose liver and duck sauce et al.: It is not for us to judge our Congress on its political orientation, Religious or other orientation. They are just as confused as many of us with respect to "Right to Life" and/or "Right to Die". I'm not a Theologian, nor am I an elected lawmaker, so, I will try to use a recent analogy with another case of uncontrolled destiny. I am a licensed commercial pilot. Not too long ago, an airplane took off from Southern Florida carrying a favored Professional golfer, Paine Stewart, members of his staff, and two pilots. Through an alleged lack of oxygen, all aboard lost conciseness, and the plane's brain not susceptible to oxygen continued to function. It was programmed to fly straight and level at 14,000 feet until it received a different parameter or way-point. With lack of any change because its controller received input from its flight crew and they were incapacitated, this jet airplane flew itself at 500 mph for almost 7 hours until its fuel was exhausted. With no propulsion, it quickly lost its ability to fly or perform as man had designed. And we lost a good role model, friend, and professional golfer whose life lacked nothing except conscience control of that fated plane. If you see any parallels in current events, you realize that God assemble human beings with many systems. We all have a fuel system, waste disposal system, control system, mechanical system, hydraulic system, optical system, audio system, air purifying system, electrical system, repair system, a motor with heart; a computer; etc. He also gave us a capacity to reason and make decisions unlike an airplane's computerized flight controller lacking reason. That airplane did what it was supposed to do - fly. It lost its connection to intelligence to control its many systems that just kept performing as designed. It continued to follow its last instruction until after seven hours its energy was exhausted. Could we have intervened to redirect that airplane? They tried. Could we have terminated its performance? Yes, but, would it have saved its crew and passengers? Not. ------------------------------- One eminent event anticipated for Terri Schiavo has sparked a discussion in our nation that will bring us all together, eventually to those intents of our founding fathers. For that, Terri, we pray thanks to GOD for allowing your body to remain with us as long as it took to get us back on track. It hasn't been an easy assignment. Happy Easter - it's significant. ------------------------------- Approval ratings this week varied by media reports. Some attempted to blame it on government intervention, others on Social Security misunderstanding. Scrutiny from all over our land had different takes depending upon pollster and media agenda. It's confusing foreigners big time trying to determine what America is all about. They understand monarchy and dictatorship, but for the life of them they cannot understand why in a Democracy, do people demand personal decisions from their top government officials instead of appropriate professionals with expertise! Is it a lack of resolve by those elected to preserve personal freedoms and personal financial decisions to stay a course of local governing; or do "We The People" really want one decision maker as Democrats tend to look to "The President" to resolve their business of solvency in our government? As a leader, his role is to direct attention to issues needing attention by those who represent us. Failing their action to collectively seek common resolutions a third branch will interpret inconsistently ignoring "We The People". Within our system, our President gets the next to last word protecting us from anarchy. I don't email the White House to decide for me whether or not I should drive 15 miles to Fort Meade's commissary or two blocks to a local grocery chain to buy milk. I certainly wouldn't take Congressional advise on that matter, 'cause milk would be far more expensive than 10 fold. Do you think that maybe most people polled didn't understand what they were asked to assess? If you go to a restaurant and don't like your meal when it is served, do you blame the waitress, chef, hostess, your wife, kids, date, or do you admit that a French delicacy you ordered was in reality, goose liver? Or, a right bank cook poured hot duck sauce on your ice cream instead of chocolate. Something you'd never want again! Perhaps, we should consider who should replace Congressional "goose liver" cause they don't seem to be that delicacy we ordered. And, its on both sides of the aisle, goose liver and duck sauce. Togo - "did Dorothy's "Tin man" ever get a brain?" Togo, " No he got elected, arf, arf,". ------------------------------- Congratulations to Bill Plante, an acquaintance from our college days. It's been a long career of integrity in news reporting without sensationalism that makes him one of our more revered White House reporters. I do remember one of his early broadcast innovations in news - that of reporting "weather in the weather" at Milwaukee's WISN-TV in the '60's. For weeks, station promoters hyped his innovation and that night finally blew in with a Blizzard that literally blew him away. I mean, really, blew him away. Through his honesty and quick thinking, he abandoned his set, went inside, witnessing as Jody Foster said in "Nell" "Blow in the win" and then his set was, "Gone with the Wind". Bill was on WISN's staff, I was one of several teen volunteer producer / hosts of "The Other 98", a show about teens who accomplished, rather than those two "percenters" who were in the news - criminals not wealthy. It is great to see another early media friend anchoring here in Washington. Today, Bill hosted "This Week" for CBS's Bob Schieffer on assignment in NYC. In 1982, WJLA's Doug Hill aired on WXYZ-TV in Detroit where I met him at Friday noon Croquet tournaments and Wildlife Safaris held, on-site, outside their studios for us ad execs. It's true I have a trophy to prove it. ------------------------------- "Meet the Press", Tim Russert really had the last word today. His 1960 piece with Adli Stevenson about Religion and government is priceless. Of all the concerns that fill our media today - they haven't changed one iota. Russert feels they won't for another 70 years either. Gene writes, " Heck, our country was founded on those issues; and are founded once again." In Walter Cronkite's words - Good Day! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:59:24 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Prey for Terri. et al.: Boring is the only way you could describe this mornings back seat drivers. There wasn't one moment on any of the shows that stood out today. Very mediocre. "Obviously", it is that most issues were off their plates due to administration accomplishments taking away any criticisms. As several arm chair pundants put it, "George Bush is confident and has his team in place. It shows, and world leaders are getting behind him." Impressive was Sec Def's take on military capability and that of Joint Chief Meyers. You can rest assured that our military through its volunteers will meet or exceed any task given them. That is if media, teachers, lawyers, and hippie parents don't dissuade our patriotic youth from taking an interest in a future for their country. Criticism leveled at our Reserve and Guard is from those who never experienced a commitment to serve their nation or given any discipline to adhere to principle. Free thinkers who went to Canada or didn't get a '70's lottery ticket for ten of the best physical and mental preparedness weeks offered during their lifetime. Perhaps, those who keep a doomsday preconception about entering our third year in Iraq should reconsider their facts. There have been less battlefield deaths and maiming than one-month on our highways protected by insurance companies, police, lawyers, paramedics, and lawmakers. Numbers of our military casualties comes no where close to those here at home where untrained, less disciplined personal put young and old drivers at risk just about 14 times per second on a ride around a city loop and through many neighborhoods. More serious is a thought provoking situation that may not have a resolution. Confusing and almost a travesty is Terri Schiavo's plight. Media represent her as disfigured, immobile, and incapable of reason using one video clip over and over again with her mother kissing her. Her family believes she is alive and well and fully understands her quality of life. Her supporting doctors saying she is alert and expresses her thoughts. Yet, no audio or video to support that. Her husband and news anchors tell us she has been in a vegetative, brain dead, life support for 15 years confirmed by another team of physicians and neurologists. Congress against all common law and medical expertise takes up her "right to life" by subpoena to appear before Congress. A subpoena to have Ms. Shiavo appear at a Congressional hearing is the worst bad joke I've ever seen since Senators subpoenaed Anita Hill to scandalize Justice Clarence Thomas or Monica Lewinski to testify about Bill Clinton's performance. Personally, I hope Terri shows up to dispel any and all perceptions. But alas, if I were in her condition, as video'd, I think I would've pulled the plug myself. Let her go. If there was foul play as her parents suggest, her spirit will avenge or otherwise rest in peace. My thoughts go out to her and may God give her a peace and serenity she deserves. I cannot understand why this circus goes on for half of a second decade using up political capital on a global stage that is as misunderstood around the world as it is here in America. Please say that a "right to life" is more than being propped up in a costly hospice with a feeding tube for 15 years. Pray for Terri. The rest of you will go..... your way. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:08:18 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: ...isn't paying off...anymore! et al.: CBS may have finally hit the right note. Bob Schieffer has certainly changed their tune. A good mix of news without harping on political rhetoric or innuendo. Balanced reporting without speculation based upon a sense of value to each story. He neither approaches a story with a superiority complex, nor does he add commentary, but sticks to story sources whether positive or negative. Looks like Mickey will have to rethunk his tune and get a real anchor, now. That Canadian anchor is rusting and should turn in his harp. I received Walter's question regarding Mike Steele's jumping ship again, and again, and again. It would not be in Steele's interest and it surely would not be in Maryland's Republican interest. If Erhlich has a shot for a second term, he won't if there is no loyalty to him from his Lieutenant. If Steele doesn't think Erhlich can be reelected why would we think he could win a Statewide race without Schaefer's support? He hasn't accomplished anything for anyone except his rhetorical self. Besides, gossip says Schaefer's people will support Curran's son-in-law to get slots taking that pool of power plays, gambling monies, and deceased voters away from Republican ballots. History shows us that no matter how much money or little money spent on Republican campaigns in Maryland, candidates essentially expend efforts for voter apathy. Yes, Roscoe and Wayne got elected because they had Republican support from their neighbors - one hand shake at a time, and very little hype. As Republican leadership in Maryland looks to bail out of elected positions, they are wasting Bush political capital in Maryland thus, continuing our legacy as second "seaters" instead of Congressional chairmanships. What Maryland needs is a Republican Party chairman who can raise money and get voters to polling sites in a general election without Democratic powerhouses calling the shots. Not someone who can talk about it, but cannot raise enough support for a real cohesive slate. Maryland's republican party has always been one to look to its few candidates to raise monies and get out the vote. There are several million Republicans in Maryland who sit back without committing to this party in either effort or funding. They are content to say they are Republican. Let's face it, Erhlich won in 2002 because Schaefer's backers wanted him to push slot machines and KKT wouldn't. They also didn't want a Kennedy setting up a dynasty in Maryland. There are six statewide Congressional seats considered to be up for grabs as Democrats fight to see who can replace Sarbanes. How many can Republicans fill? You will note that not one Republican challenger won a statewide seat in 2002. Two years later, not one Republican challenger won a statewide seat. Two years after that, can one Republican challenger will win a statewide seat if its Governor and his lieutenant don't believe they can? Liberal media is already positioning Republican leadership as weak suggesting spouses and has-beens to go up against their favorite socialists. We don't need another Keyes to take us for another embarrassing ride. As I receive invitations to attend Lincoln Day dinners, I see that no-one asks a challenger to be guest speaker. Instead, they isolate their views to incumbent Congressionals from other States or RNC and many committees have touted our Governor who did nothing to help them elect local officials. I think honoring Ronald Reagan at this year's round of chicken dinners closes the door to honoring today's real hero with a resolve for redirecting European wrath into real support. Not one member of Maryland's National Guard or it's several Reserve Commands is being honored. Not one Candidate who spent over a million dollars to support our media is being recognized. None have asked a gaming executive to disclose how much money Maryland is losing without slots. Have you noted that Las Vegas no longer promotes its gambling? Its their immorality they're selling now - "What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas." Perhaps gambling isn't paying off that extreme overhead anymore. Gene (Maryland's reigning perennial candidate) gzarwell.com Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 7 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:13:49 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Way too much time et al.: Thought I'd take a break from coffeetalks this week until news media started trashing recently prepared stories by government. Actually, he didn't. We've been using factual media since video tape was invented - early in my lifetime I hate to say. I've trained thousands of military journalists and recruiters in effective media to present solid testimonials and information exchange with the unknowing. I even produced for Congress a multi-projector slide presentation (1973 "Solid Shield") justifying Defense spending for joint service exercises conducted prior to organizing the five Joint Service Commands; i.e.: CENTCOM, PACCOM, etc.. I wonder why Clinton thought it necessary to start such a precedent, according to Peter Jennings. Could this be necessary because of media's inability to sort out truth, honesty and fact from their own speculation, misinformation, and fabricated events to create news? Or could it just be their "air" heads couldn't move up in ratings without sensationalism and eroticism? Maybe it is that with more than 2 hours of news during dinner hours, they just don't have enough to report on. I think their five minutes of stories with any relevance to interest of viewers is just about right. Why do we have to listen to their table chatter, hyped headlines for their upcoming stories 10 minutes before the news hour, and then again three times within the first 11 minutes before they ever tell us anything that may closely ally to being news worthy or even live up to their hype? George Bush put them all on notice not to derail a Congressional process to get Senators and Representatives to build a solid, permanent plan for Social Security. He also pointed out to Congress not to assume Homeland Security funds are available for their Pork. Truthfully, if their district/state uses up its allotted funds for nonsense - who cares? Their constituents just won't have any emergency services. Money will be worthless anyway, if our economic system is destroyed. It's not as media would like. "Homeland Security" is not about money, but it is about eliminating threats to destroy our nation. And, there are many people taking as much money as they can now, before our next emergency or terrorist attack. Only those who know how to live without money may survive when our financial infrastructure no longer exists. As with many issues, Bush wants involved people to contribute to a permanent plan. What this means to a congressional is that he or she must poll his or her constituents to find out what people want. It isn't about what Congress wants or doesn't want. It is about what "We The People" want. We don't want a monarchy as many in our media believe is how American works. Most of them came here as native born Canadians or are returning after avoiding our 1970's draft lottery. Hey, it worked for some politicians. Good leadership comes from getting people to identify what it is they need, assemble a team to determine what assets are available, and what resources need to be tapped to accomplish a goal through many short term objectives. It isn't one person saying this is how it will work and the rest sit back to chip away with criticism. The Dick Durbin's of legislation just don't have a clue. Durbin doesn't even have a good command of vocabulary thinking and speaking about privatization as though its a synonym to Congressional pork. It's just the opposite. Privatization is accountable to government working through the lowest bidder. Well, in the '60's and '70's it was the lowest bid that got us to the moon. Since then Congress has learned how to recoup some government monies into their personal accounts. "Pork" is unaccountable to government and synonymous with gifts to generous supporters. Listening to Durbin cry about how Democrats haven't got a clue and would appreciate it if someone could think it through for them so Kennedy could rant and rave about whatever he rants and raves about is almost embarrassing to see on International television. Look Ted made a statement about the McCartney murder, but I have no idea "what" he was talking about - neither did he. Where is Durbin's resolve, sense of nationalism, and for that matter base of experience to contribute wisdom and insight as to positive and negative impacts on global economics, world peace, and citizen retirement. Social Security is a global issue that is increasing in demands as governments fail to privatize and motivate personal responsibility to plan for long lived retirements. In fact, not many in Congress even know to spell "constituent service" or "privatization" let alone claim they have any worldly working experience other than holding their seats. They do know how to spend Social Security monies on everything but Social Security and are looking to deplete our Homeland Security reserves. This is relatively short because several friends have told me I have way too much time. That's what happens when you're used to working 24/7 in 24 time zones. Can anyone get me at least three more time zones so I can get some sleep? Gene (Maryland's reigning perennial candidate for statewide or national office) www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:53:55 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: U think! Et al.: This is the “first time” I awoke and decided to write a “coffeetalk” since yesterday. This writing is truly “Free” to those who read it; unlike other free things you may get for buying something else, or a rebate that you pay over time (rebates are really a way to charge more interest on your auto loan or big appliance purchase). It differs slightly than getting cash with your debit card while purchasing food because you don’t pay an ATM fee directly, but your bank gets a larger percentage fee as a result. I switch on my lights ever since rotating light switches were replaced with toggles. Therefore, you could say, “I toggle my lights”. I always ask why news reporters start a story with, “This is the first time since….”. It gives me pause to think that perhaps what they meant to say was that “so and so hasn’t accomplished this since (when). If it is actually a “first time”, perhaps it should be reported to “Guinness Book of Records” in which case it would be documented. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Well, probably you poured a cup of coffeetalk for the first time today before you read my coffeetalk, since you had coffee yesterday, but there was no Gene’s coffeetalk. Enough of that! Let me commend Chris Burry and Dean Reynolds for some outstanding reporting on American successes in helping empower people of other nations to believe in their selves. And, how about all those “bloggers/journalists” who finally agree that George Bush got the ball rolling while others tried to derail American efforts. Only 70 American survivors of Iwo Jima along with 150 Japanese attended a ceremony this week where 7,000 Americans lost their lives in a one-month battle to secure a Pacific island as 20,000 Japanese did likewise. Why? Oh why; does our news media discredit our military today for their very conservative number of casualties over a three year period. Since, 1979, our military-industrial community developed user friendly weapon systems extending soldier/sailor capabilities with higher levels of protection reducing combat risks from direct exposure to biological and traditional enemy weapons. One figure quoted by Chris was 6-10 percent that of previous battlefield counts. Political watch list – Hillary trying to be more Republican while Kerry thunders his liberal back handed compliments to Bush. Media pundants extol Hillary’s newfound source of votes as she tries to befriend the Bush organization. Highlighting this morning was Condoleezza Rice who through interviews with George Stephanopoulos, Bob Schieffer, and Tim Russert stayed on message and drove them all nuts with their attempts to speculate at her expense. They didn’t get away with it. Why do media types think they can drive American policy on any issue? They all wanted a timetable on this and that. Why? They are obsessed with that. It’s probably due to their deadlines and desire to hold government to be accountable to variables so they have something to attack with later. To sum up State Secretary Rice’s take on International events; “People through free elections will create a balance of politics for their individual nations”. There are many ways to help emerging governments and one-way is to let them form it without interference so they can determine what kind of assistance they need. No preconceived results. She further stated that she will not run for President. Saying, “ I don’t want to run. I won’t run. I don’t intend to run. Maybe in three or more years, we can remind Madame President for being “First” not only as first woman in that office because Americans want her there! Is the draft back? Maybe for Commander-in-chief! Think hard about it. George Stephanopoulos had a rough show. He was couldn't get it together today He just couldn’t get his points dignified. What I like about Dr. Rice is her concise, straight forward discussions without being sidetracked or “side showed” into answering dumb questions. Topics covered Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Afghanistan. In addition, all media hosts obsessed on one question – “what timetable is acceptable for U.S. policy in Syrian pullout, in Iraqi reform, in Afghanistan poppy fields, and Hezbollah power plays?” Media seems to believe they can establish foreign policy through innuendo in loaded questions – the old Democratic party way – polls of a small, select group of opinions favoring their misinformation. Even their suggestions to Ms. Rice that other nations need approval from U.S. leaders to reform or comply makes no sense. She put the record straight that it will be "free" voting people around the world that will determine whether their governments will change and when. There is a reason why media is losing its credibility. Bush administration policy is steadfast, confident, and full of resolve. This is missing in Congress where self-important , pseudo leaders think as media would like them to. Not only that it is comforting to see I-TV (International Television) documentaries showing how liberated reporters in new democracies (like Iran wants, Afghanistan is practicing) are taking U.S. efforts seriously and thanking us for giving them a rudimentary concept of "Free speech, or freedom of the press." However, they still fear reprisal if not substantiated reports prove false. Maybe U.S. media should take heart! U think? George Wills agreed with Rice that before we congratulate our selves we must wait to see what, when, and how these new governments will reform to their peoples’ vote. Cokie Roberts reflected that past American support for rogue, ruthless, and corrupt regimes was because they were stable. Stability is again developing through legitimate elections in newly democratic nations. Adding, she said, “The U.S. is doing good work around the world and is 90% of the World Food Program among others.” In a rare appearance these days, Sam Donalson made some good points. “Policy is not the spin (why) because we did something,” he said when discussing Karen Hughes appointment to head State Department’s public policy office to sell it.” Cokie reminded him that Ms. Hughes will "tell it better", implying that media hasn’t done such a good job through its negativity. There was discussion by Senators Richard Lugar, Joe Biden, Lincoln Chaffee, and Ben Nelson (Benator Nellie) about Bush’s success. They are thinking he switched his philosophy to diplomacy because he now agrees to work with Europe and the United Nations. See that’s a democratic ideal – Clinton, Kerry, Kennedy and Biden all say one thing before an audience and another to another –audience. Biden recently said he would consider personal accounts (not synonymous with privatization) but signed a letter saying he would never consider such reform. Where were they when George “W” went to UN Security Council meetings to rally support for change in the Middle East? Lest they forget, our media presupposed UN delegates to reject our offer to take lead in urging Sadam Hussein to comply with UN resolution after UN resolution. Now that Bush showed them we had the resolve to put our money where our mouth is, they all want to be included and seek U.S. resolve to back their proposals. And, to reinforce our success, we did it with less casualties than any other sustained operation in military history while rebuilding Iraq with over 5,000 ongoing restorations of their previously deteriorating infrastructure. I wanted to recap each “talky’ program’s discussions about Social Security, but neither guests nor hosts understand economics or how Congress has botched our Social Security program with their phony budgets. However; Social Security is a “hot topic” in all major Nations around the world including England, Russia, France, Spain, and Germany among other smaller nations. My perception is that George Bush has our media thinking, thereby, forcing “talking political-heads” to think about how to reform Social Security. In other words, media, politicians, and recipients are all constructively entrenched in reform - big question is who will put it all together into a viable program? Will it be global enough to prevent another global economic collapse as endured individually after 1989’s fall of “Communism” in Eastern Europe, and later in 1991 of a former antagonist, The Soviet Union – now, 15 Republics. Our Congressional “thunk” tank fears that privatization, a misnomer, has something to do with it. Private accounts were the basis of the program 70 years ago - kinda like an insurance company’s pooled resources to help those in need. Abuse of both – misuse of Social Security funds and fraudulent insurance claims by subscribers and medical practitioners or restoration shops has depleted and discredited those programs making them more of a liability than a safety net. It was that huge reserve of money that Congress wanted to tap for constituent votes back home where it went awry. A massive accumulation of insurance company assets tempted fraud and greed. Providers created claim situations. Insured’s over-claimed for high dollar settlements ruining that good neighbor Samaritans concept. Why? ‘Cause claims outnumbered adjuster’s and paying up was less costly than litigation. Print more money. Go to an ATM. Use your credit card – it works for Congress. The boss told them to reform it and gave them some ideas to start with. Now, those in Congress who cannot comprehend what needs to be done should move along with their lives and let those who have some idea get in the fray. Consensus is that any solution must be bipartisan when addressing Social Security’s solvency. Duh! Don’t you think they should think about total government financial solvency? They need to stop the bleeding from include increasing entitlements to government workers at ALL levels? In addition, they need to curb discretionary spending while rethinking several million non-functioning, but costly government sponsored programs. Perhaps, they need to eliminate Congressional personal retirement accounts if they are so costly. Perhaps, they need to reduce benefits to their members bringing them down to private sector parity – something government pushed upward some 20 years ago and now far exceed private sector economics. Senator Paul Sarbanes did the right thing – announcing retirement before he got blamed. Bob Schieffer honored him right when he said, “Sarbanes was a most unusual senator who never searched for microphones. He never said much.” Never did much. He did catch up on his sleep. Fun begins now! Politicians are lining up for an open seat in Maryland. Most have never accomplished a thing in their lifetime to date except to sit in a seat in which they have no perspective from which to decide what’s good for you and me. A list of Democrats includes those who have contributed nothing to state or local reform, or progress. No clue to how America works or who provides government resources; Politicians who look to a Senate seat as a promotion rather than a challenge, or a step up without fulfilling any previous commitments. Yes, the race is on! By the way Senator Harry Reid, Americans do want privatization to reduce the cost of government, but not to mange our financial retirement funds. Personal accounts are a good thing. Congress has them, and so do most private sector executives. What is wrong is misrepresenting that concept to America’s private sector workers who depend upon pay check to pay check without an ability to put money into savings. One other issue came up on all shows. That was Congress’ next Thursday hearing on use of steroids. Bill Weir summed it up on GMA Sunday. He said it would sell more of Jose’s books. Others said it would give Senators face time on news bites. And, yet Committee leader Senator Tom Davis made a case for investigation to head off a public health crisis amongst our youth. It seems that substance abuse in sports promotes capability to perform or essentially, cheating to get ahead. Blames all on pro-sports figures that become role models for kids. Shouldn’t Dan Rather be called to the hearing as an expert in alternative ways to get ahead? Shouldn't parents get involved before "tee" ball competition becomes an entry level competitive sport? Oh! Maybe that's too late. One last thought. Last week I missed spelled Edward R. Murrow’s name. I decided not to change it because you would all think about that fact more with it wrong than with it correct. I grew up listening and watching Murrow on radio and on a six-inch screen television that cost relatively more than a pocket sized entertainment center we call a cell phone today. Erroneous spelling or mis types were a technique used at the Pentagon to get concepts approved or considered. Generals had a tendency to read with red pencils; sooo, we programmed some errors into documents to assure they read those concepts where critical decisions depended upon comprehension. It worked and many good ideas became battlefield doctrine and internal fiscal management procedures, and not disposed of. You know I must just consider that Senate seat - one more time. After all, I am now head perennial candidate in Maryland. It should be good for something! Good day…. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:18:10 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: demand; yet, deny others et al.: Sometimes concepts look and sound real through rationale. Here's one that seems to haunt America's very fiber. "Freedom of the Press" does not exist. It is being exploited once again by irresponsible journalists who would like access to misinterpret everything government accomplishes while not being accountable for their instigations should their 85% record of misinformation as commentary replaces factual reporting of news. I'm all for fairness in their "quest" for unaccountable access, however, without any assurance that news reporters know the difference between supposition and speculation of commentary and that of factual reporting without subjectivity is lacking by those in that profession who grew "notoriety" by abusing a First Amendment right. Journalism is probably the second oldest profession with about as much accountability and prurient interest as the first one. "National security depends on public trust," AP President and CEO Tom Curley said. "The trend toward secrecy is the greatest threat to democracy. We must be vigilant at explaining and fighting for accountable government in every jurisdiction." The initiative was announced ahead of "Sunshine Week," a weeklong campaign for government openness spearheaded by the AP and more than 50 news outlets, journalism groups, universities and the American Library Association. Curley's view point is a one way street to disaster by a news agency struggling to earn an "Anti-Americanism" press reputation. He wants to have access without accountability from his profession. Can't they "$ell" truth, or don't they want the same access by government to their inside decisions as to how they will distort government in progress for $ale$. Perhaps "Sunshine Week" will shed some light on news "fog' with a media awareness to how choice of words can or "subjective editing will destroy a profession that really has lost its ethical values. Dan Rather should not be their icon, look more to Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murray, Bob Schieffer, and newcomer, George Stephanopoulos. If media can take commentary and promotional rhetoric out of news, they'd probably have 98% more time and space to $ell adverti$ing thus, more reward for distortion. Media responsibility is not about hype, self gratification over awards or even celebrity status because of face time or bi-lines. It is about separating preconceived speculation using only that information that will support their false premise - News should be identified as news and any, any conclusion presented by its reporter(s) (originator) should trigger a banner stating "this is a commentary and is not credible" just so readers can have the opportunity to discard its value. This caveat should appear as often as it appears when media use public letters captioned with their legal caveat "this does not represent views and opinions of this entity". If not industry checked, irresponsible reporters who discredit real life events, decisions, or work in progress in order to create perceptions resulting in costly controversy for personal fame will ultimately destroy their virtual shield - "First Amendment" . It really only says they can exercise "the freedom of speech; "or" of the press - same as you and I. It does not give them license to create false news reports to incite or misrepresent events, decisions, history to suit their personal whims, or to hide their sources. If they expose someone in an article and fail to name their source, they are violating their own false fairness doctrine of the '50's. As much as media would like to hold government accountable, they need to build some sense of industry responsibility, so their deception has some credibility. Cheering that a story destroyed a common goal or a respected business man or women through selective editing and then media not owning up to its 95% failure to get it straight doesn't really give them a "right to access" of sensitive materials. In fact "freedom of information" should not just be access to sensitive government documents, it probably should include all documents generated in business by law. Personally, if it comes to that, I will blame the media for abusing our more important rights to privacy - something they demand; yet, deny others. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 14:44:02 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Bush---exceptional job! et al.: Just a reminder! What I write is perceptions from what others say and how I hear it. It is based upon years of experiencing government from inside and out. So, here goes today’s “perception update” in order of appearances. I’ll start out with one of my favorite “Bumble” heads – a talking head from Massachusetts who today told Hillary she’s not going to get Democratic support from the North East. He remains behind Kerry. Yes, Ted Kennedy talked about Social Security; giving us misinformation campaign rhetoric usually reserved for liberal media types. “Privatization” as he tries to scare people, means to him, something nasty that could reduce government control driven dependency for “We The People”. Let’s set “privatization” straight - it is giving “We The People” an opportunity to create less expensive ways to operate our government through more productive workers earning their money the “Old fashioned way” – hard work with risk if non-performing. Kennedy says that Social Security was a Roosevelt promise to “We The People” that it would be there when we needed it. Now, Roosevelt was talking about having monies available to “We The People” after a great depression and a World War where 50,000 Americans lost their lives on “opening day” at Normandy. Roosevelt also promised that Social Security would never be taxed. During three decades of Democratic dominance in our pockets, they have not only borrowed our money, they have over-spent that money while imposing taxes to take back that money to cover their over-spending. Logically, you cannot believe a Democratic promise to provide a safety net. All they want is a fund to spend from – their “pork” safety net. Kennedy talks like a control freak; he’s afraid Congress might lose that discretionary fund. His whole life has been dependency on government and he wants it for everyone. Let’s face it, if Social Security is reformed, Congress will have to reform its retirement and benefit packages to bring it down in parity to what it believes private sector workers are entitled to while government workers double and triple-dip into our money through Federal, State, Local, military, and Social Security. Add that all up and you see why they don’t want to address personal enhancements to Social Security. A “Gross National Product” that generates private sector monies comes from private sector productivity – hard work - not from government spending. Government spending adsorbs “private sector earnings” making huge government contracts more burden than asset. Most corporations balance consumer production with government contracts as a percentage of Gross revenues because when some Congressman wants that money spent in his district, a corporation could lose jobs in another district. Thus, to perform with fiscal responsibility they cannot have 100 percent government contracts – this is how minority companies lose everything over short time reliance. Byrd likened Republicans to Hitler’s reworking of government in a monologue on the Senate floor. Kennedy however, rationalized Byrd’s remarks as meaning Republicans took control of Congress (after how many decades) and spreading that dominance to our judicial branch. In other words: Kennedy doesn’t want justice according to our Constitution, but rather follow Communist Manifesto guidelines – government controls and people depend. Praising Bush over successes in the Middle East was his most sincere moment; however, with a caveat that generals anticipated that we would be there for quite a while unless those governments take responsibility. Duh! They are, one-by-one through democratic elections not only there, but throughout Eastern Europe, too. A lack of military experience shows in Kennedy’s diatribe about losing American lives in Iraq. Like so many, they fail to recognize those Americans lost on our highways in greater numbers than those in combat on behalf of our national security. Getting back to Social Security, John Snow, Treasury Secretary, cited Einstein’s third theory, his most powerful one, “personal accounts are the most powerful force for mankind”. Fact: Social Security is not a retirement fund. It was set up as a safety net for “We The People”. However; it has become a safety net for Congress – something Democrats are afraid of losing control over. If President Bush’s goal is to establish a dialogue, he’s succeeding. As November 2006 gets closer, there will be more reform activity than rhetorical debate. This engagement may fix a poor democratic idea of social security to give back some money, and then tax it reducing its benefits even more than ludicrous discussions of costs to “We The People” for hanging onto our money. When Democrats extrapolate costs of reform, keep in mind they are talking about reduction in discretionary funding for their pork. It has nothing to do with running a financial institution to secure funds for future benefits. George Wills today insists the debate’s not over. Even though, there is “no plan in Congress, yet”; Republicans have a plan, in fact many plans”, he said. Democrats have a slogan – “Fix it, don’t nix it”. They will wait to criticize any resolution for fear that if reform happens, Republicans will be reelected. Hopefully, we’ll be able to redistrict them out). Democrats have an idea! They’ve used it before; raise payroll taxes, and increase taxation of Social Security benefits, too! To their surprise, any solution to Social Security reform will include personal account options – these will be voluntary for those who don’t trust Congress to protect their safety net. Kwasi M. Fume was in on the roundtable with Stephanopoulos. His contribution was not much except to say that President Bush would be a hero for addressing this difficult issue, but not his program. Duh! It’s not the President’s program. It belongs to “We The People”. Just a few days ago, I recall, democrats faced a setback from their 18 to 29 age demographic who supported personal accounts. When they figure out that was their last majority demographic, perhaps they’ll see the light and quit trying to scare seniors about losing 40 percent of their benefits. Under Clinton many lost everything. My slogan is: “If Congress don’t fix it – reelection nixed it”. Another subject interjected today was bringing International law into consideration in American law. If our Constitution supports it – fine. Usually, International law looks to our recent, in comparison, Constitution for guidance and inclusion into “old” law. It’s because our Constitution has its basis in A.D. Commandments and not tribal rivalries. Between my news favorites, I caught an obituary about Dan Rather. I thought he died. Not so; he didn’t go. It was just a goodbye, even though he’s not going. When will he go? He destroyed journalistic credibility years ago. Taught our kids that anything goes to get ahead. To him truth or consequences was just a game show. Responsibility was not necessary as long as you weren’t the one being held responsible. His double standard will not be missed. Back on subject. Media seems impressed by Bush’s trip to visit heartland supporters to reinforce positive perceptions of positive reforms to Social Security. If you think I’ve over used this term today, you’re absolutely right. It’s the hot topic right now. Meeting the people and redirecting their attention to predisposed beliefs about an issue can only be done face to face. Paid messages from the DNC and RNC only distort truth through a concept in reading difficulty called “Fog Factor”. We had negative perceptions, nationally, in 1973 about our military from two-wannabe hero’s. One was John Kerry who through his false allegations damned our troops for caring, and the other, Dan Rather, trying to show his macho side in combat reporting. Yes, those two personalities fabricated their experiences in Viet Nam to match screenplay actors performing before film cameras – remember those? Kerry with his awards (mocking JFK’s real heroism) and Rather with his (John Wayne) reenactments of combat – staged for network news. In 1973 I was asked to change those perceptions of our Army for a two-week recruiting effort in First Army territory – 22 States east of the Mississippi. With 10 weeks to do that, I created specific PSA’s (public service announcements) with help from N.W. Ayer ABH International Advertising and funding from Army. With six new spots (PSA’s), we took our message to Television public service directors – one by one. I visited 205 of them at their stations during a gas crunch using commercial airline flights. We found out quickly why media perceived military as a bad thing. They didn’t know about it, other than what John Kerry professed, confessed or misspoke; Dan Rather misrepresented. Within five minutes in most cases and sometimes 30 minutes of reception area debate or hallway discussions – even in some offices, support to change those perceptions was unanimous. We reached influencers who never experienced basic military training or specific skill sets for any occupation imaginable. Influencers such as teachers (deferred from military); parents who experienced military leaving them jaded by Congressional testimony and litigation; professionals who bought their way out, and those who didn’t win the lottery from Selective Service who returned from Canada and England. Results for our April two-week recruiting drive was 100 percent over our goal of 6,000 with more than 12,000 qualified recruits enlisted. By 1976, our military strengths were dropping to below 65 percent in National Guard unit memberships. Our Soviet opposition felt strong about their military dominance until 1978 when we took our PSA program nationwide to build up our National Guard. Within 18 months, unit strengths climbed over 110 percent of authorized strength. Majority of enlistments were for patriotism, not commercialism. All volunteers who trained on highly technical weapons systems designed as force multipliers for new-age battlegrounds – Airland doctrine. It demoralized Soviet Generals who couldn’t grasp that people would volunteer for military duty; one of our greatest deterrents leading into the ‘80’s. Similarly, Bush’s road show will do for Social Security what PSA’s did for national security. It was President Roosevelt who proposed a safety for those who couldn’t plan, for whatever reasons. It has been three decades of Democrats neglect that destroyed what could’ve have been and may well be again with an “Extreme Make-over - Social Edition”. Before I end this lengthy discussion, I must bring to your attention a Barbara Boxer, California viewpoint. She hasn’t a clue. Because of a newspaper report, her party line is that President Bush is out to destroy further, what her party already has. “Privatization” a Democratic mantra these days, has no connection with Social Security reform. While other nations seek privatization to reduce government over-head; our Congress looks the other way at reducing costs by fabricating inflated numbers to protect their control over our lives – in their minds only. Debt talk by Democrats who in final years of their recent Presidency destroyed private accounts on Wall Street, NASDAQ, and foreign markets have much to sell with no case to make. In fact, Boxer mentioned several times that without any attention to reform, Social Security will be solvent beyond her life time or at least until 2038. So, what’s the rush to fix it now? Do you know anyone who will be 62 years old then? They were born in 1966. Our kids, they’re 39 now and need to invest now for 2038 when that day’s dollar will probably have about .001064 cents buying power. That’s why we have to fix it now, Ms Boxer. When Congress talks about debt service of $7+ trillion, they are talking about what they owe us, “We The People”. That’s what they borrowed in one budget to attain a false surplus five years ago. Then, when emergency funds were needed, it showed on the books as war, nature, and spending of that administration’s successor - maybe not all of it, but at least half. Chuck Haegle stated it correctly. “President Bush in on target. A controversial idea to some may get the debate started, but Democrats only want to wait”, he said. Ms. Boxer, there is less gamble for “We The People” in personal accounts than there is in risking our money betting on Congress. Can’t forget Bob Schieffer’s panel today. Senator Mitch McConnell admonished Democrats for trying to “campaign” this issue rather than reform it. Dick Durbin in his wisdom contradicted himself in 1998 when he said Social Security lost 35 percent of its funds and needed to be reformed. Today he said it was stronger than in the ‘90’s. Why is that? Bush doing an exceptional job, or like Kerry, Durbin has two takes for whichever audience he addresses. Social Security needs to establish dedicated funds whether it be in personal accounts or a lock box (Gore rhetoric). We need one government source for Social Security and only one. What “We The People” don’t need is to be paying for Congressional retirement/benefits, along with State/Local retirement benefits, and military retirement/benefits from different pots from which each of the previous add to their programs as they collect Social Security for a few months pay deductions. “We…” lose and others don’t earn it. Qualifying for Social Security takes a minimum of 40 months contributions through FICA (payroll taxes) in addition to Medicare and Medicaid if you weren’t employed by a government agency. Congressional retirement takes one-minute after oath to qualify for 100% highest salary received. Get the point? It takes 20 years to get a percentage from military service. Congress is incapable of reforming. Bottom line. In 2006 – all must go. Gene www.gzarwell.com Note; When Republicans speak, Democrats always follow with rhetorical criticism. When Democrats speak, Republicans don't need to. Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:51:46 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: No "prophanitee" et al.: With Moscow's Mayor holding media, weather personal, responsible for retail sales losses due to overstated weather forecasts, it could become a global trend. Do weather personal overstate nasty weather for headlines and ratings? We may never know. However; this last week we've seen and heard parents of school-aged children complain that they had to forego work to take care of their kids at home when there was no snow on two snow emergency days -as of this writing. Why are Washington area schools so dramatic about a little snow, anyway? DC's government even upheld a decision that was materially wrong to enforce snow emergency route parking rules. As tow trucks were towing cars and billing owners $250 on snow emergency routes where there was no snow, DC's accountants were writing additional revenues into their budget. I think in most towns with adequate management, Mayors, Councilmen, and traffic authorities would have cancelled that snow emergency or delay it until snow actually fell. In "Hiz" Honor's infinite wisdom, DC's Mayor decided he would reduce the fines from $250 to $30 because there was no snow. Get that. "cause there was no snow! Puts a "hole" new meaning in "emergency." He should have awoke earlier and cancelled the "emergency". In August, if DC needs more money to operate perhaps they'll declare a snow emergency and charge, maybe $25 because there will be no snow, but connected tow trucks operators can make money to pay next year's licenses to rip you off in 2006. When I lived up in Hayward, Wisconsin, schools closed after fallen snow flakes accumulated to heights towering our tallest six-grader's head. Generally, when it snows, temperatures range between 28 to 33 degrees Fahrenheit. Average temperature in Northern latitudes at night during late November thru early March was -30 degrees; that's minus thirty degrees. Dogs wouldn't run, kids didn't go to school. With snow falls of 4 feet per day that sublimated (evaporated rather than melt from cold contractions due to extremely low temperatures) in 12 hours down to several inches. That dry powder was excellent for dog sleds and snow shoes. Kids could get to school. On the other hand, cars wouldn't start unless you plugged them into an electrical line to run a small pump circulating antifreeze through a small heater to bring engine temperatures up to a warm 0 - 20 degrees when oil viscosity and transmission fluid would flow - then you could start the engine. We had very few lawyers in Hayward. In our National Capitol area, we have many, many lawyers per capita who cannot wait for "a" mention of snow, freezing rain, or sleet and slush in a weather forecast. It is with eager anticipation that school administrators will declare snow days even if television weather forecasters indicate that a snow storm is coming in 10 days, 5 days or tomorrow. Then if a storm doesn't materialize they wonder how they'll punish our kids with extra summer days to make up for their foolishness. Is this a big problem? Well - YES! Because lawyers sharpen their pencils as soon as snow flakes start falling; school administrators have a propensity to check weather at 4:00 a.m. to determine if road conditions will be conducive to accidents. It has nothing to do with student safety as much as it has to do with costs to defend litigation from suit happy parents with aggressive attorneys seeking or fabricating personal injury cases. A greater percentage of school administration funding goes to lawyers than it does to educate our kids. Did you know that? If you did, why don't you do something about it? Governments generally are made up of lawyers who by going to law school believe they know better how to construct laws to protect the safety of our kids - yeah! right. Nothing can protect our kids except for caring parents, comprehensive training on using common sense, and if you believe this, insurance companies (Oh, wait a minute. Insurance cannot protect your kids, prudent instruction and caring will reduce risk, but insurance companies can only pay for medical care, if it isn't eliminated in small print, and from losses through litigation - the most costly). Lawyers go to school to learn how to write bills offering great pay-outs for litigation from where most money is available- usually in education coffers, corporations, or class actions if they cannot pin it on one defendant. There is more money available by suing a school board for negligence or liability if a school bus is forced off a road, hit by a speeding trucker or side swiped by a teenager in an overpowered street rod or SUV with a rear wheel drive axle, or an inattentive driver on a cell phone trying to tell someone they'll be late to work or "just dropped off the kids". Lost revenues to shops, retail outlets and financial institutes also are more prevalent when nasty weather is forecast. Toilet paper (I've never figured this one out), peanut butter, bread, milk and other food essentials disappear from grocery shelves. Hardware chains run out of last year's inventory of snow scoops, shovels and sidewalk rock-salt. Why? A local economy comes out ahead is if our Federal government declares a "snow day" requiring only essential employees report. Non-essential employees will go to the malls, drop their kids off at arcades and movies while they spend government dollars (their pay checks) in local retail outlets. This actually is the only way to get government money back into a local economy, especially if its cash, debit card, and not credit. Snow was a fun word when I grew up. We went sledding, built snowmen, as teenagers built snow women, and had snow ball fights from cardboard box brick constructed igloos and snow forts. Today, its a horror. It seems nobody knows what to do to navigate in snow. Take it from V.I. Singh - if you can putt on ice, you'll learn that touch on smooth greens. Yes, folks; it works. You must gingerly drive your car in fresh snow until you get the feel of how far your car or truck will slide at 5-7 mph before you try to run a "red" light. Accidents just don't happen. I don't care how much insurance the guy you run into has, it will not prevent an incident. You must do that; to get those lawyers off your "payroll" (out of your insurance company's assets needed for real emergencies). Now, I know that if I decide to run for public office again, my constituency will not be lawyers or HMO's. I would hope those of you who are responsible and want responsible government would do everything you could to get me elected for whatever office I would decide to file for. Perhaps you'll suggest one. No "prophanitee" please. Without that commitment, just keep losing work days, school vacation days, and wages to pay increasing government fees, more taxes replacing reduced income taxes, and increasing wages of those working on our behalf to protect our money from foolish spending by lawyers making more laws to raise more money for themselves. With all that said - celebrate. Have a snow cone in February. Carve out a snow angel, and toboggan around a knoll. Frosty will last until temperatures rise above freezing (that's 32 degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Celsius) or until you give him a super hot "sub" sandwich. Tomorrow, around here - June in Hayward and International Falls, MN. Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:21:43 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Go figure! et al.: Not much exciting on "political" talk shows this weekend. Although some pundants were trying to create some news. It seems that politicians are finally figuring out that they can redirect questions to more substance and less speculation diminishing pundant credibility. Impressive was Arnold Schwarzenegger's discussions about future political aspirations with George Stephanopoulos. He is one of a few public officials to finally explaine that his role as Governor keeps him occupied with California issues, and others about federal government are really not within his scope - he is right. Media usually looks to unknowing spokespeople just to create news. They've done it for years since the first Union debate took place behind closed doors and reporters sought impressions from those on both sides of locked gates in front of a manufacturing plant. Now, that's a lame precedent that has been normal media performance for years. If you can't get to a source - create one agreeing with your preconceived point-of-view. Arnold graciously dismissed himself from speculation and acknowledged George's "Clinton" years in a political "hot seat" as knowing where lines cannot be crossed. Cokey Roberts later agreed with Arnold on redistricting corruption with an observation that really makes sense. Arnold wants to redistrict with a five percent variance in party affiliations in congressional districts. "creates a fair selection process. Cokey said, "(Arnold) is on track by trying to redistrict California so voters choose their House Representative rather than House Representatives selecting their voters." Great concept. Note: It makes sense when Republicans are in power to redistrict the Old Democratic way. Go figure! Being "on target" on a lot of issues, Arnold would be a good national candidate. However, as an immigrant from Austria, I agree that Arnold would be ineligible. Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates should be native born to prevent political insurgencies by rival nations grooming puppets for future take-over. We know some global elements plan for years their take-over activities of opposing ideologies. H. Michael Blumenthal and Henry Kissinger were two great minds born in Germany whom probably would've become candidates for leading the free world. Blumenthal became Treasury Secretary under President Carter and Kissinger was Secretary of State under Nixon. Those were the highest offices that they could hold as foreign born. I worked with Blumenthal during his stint as The Bendix Corporation Chairman and as a commercial pilot flew Henry's brother, Walter, around to his companies in Michigan in my plane N711EZ. I was taken back by Donna Brassile's comments about President Bush's recent diplomatic conferences in Europe. She has no clue except she coached a loser in 2004. She obviously doesn't understand priorities or missions. She only knows to oppose anything or demean anything a Republican accomplishes. I guess that comes from very low expectation of success for politicians in her party. Her's didn't win and Clinton didn't perform well on the International scene, but did moderately well in the Oval office - ask Monica. Summing up as best I've ever heard, was George Wills' question to Ms. Brazile about Democrats in 2004 having a majority of votes from the 18-29 year age demographic. He asked, now that 18-29'ers have shown great propensity for private Social Security accounts, "did Democrats finally find a way to lose all voter (skews)? Just a note about Bill Giess...he referred to a car wreck in "Sideways" where he said it crashed into a "Weeping Willow". When looking at it I thought it was more a Eucalyptus. Just a thought. Having heard all Hollywood's hype leading up to Oscar night; disappointment came early when Chris Rock seemed not able to score on any humor. Although many audiences members encouraged his take off on George Bush's "genius" and he went beyond that fine line. Really bad timing with misquoted perceptions. Holding Michael Moore in esteem - puke. Perhaps, just perhaps, our other 49 states should treat California like they treat us. You know ignore their pleas for Federal assistance when their homes side down hillsides, and water becomes a rare commodity, or wild fires approach their estates. Seems fair to me. Why should we pay for rebuilding all that opulence. If we keep entertainment out of politics (censorship) perhaps Hollywood could keep politics out of their insensitive, obsessive racist humor espousing their lack of integrity, loyalty and common sense intelligence. Get real Chris! Comments not respected by those you depend upon can discredit all you've accomplished - it's called "black balling!". Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:00:09 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Tax reduction? et al.: (emailed to state legislators 02/26/2005) Congratulations on encouraging passage of slots. We taxpayers look forward to all those benefits slots will bring to reduce personal liability to pay State income taxes, property taxes and school taxes. Just don't present us with any bills to pay for infrastructure or add-ins to appease operators. Slots must pay their own way and guarantee more than $2 billion per year before you guys come back to us to rebuild what will be destroyed by your greed. However, in your wisdom I believe you forgot to include those benefits in your bill. I didn't see one item stating any benefit to Maryland citizens, just political monies to a few. Why should we taxpayers gamble on slot machines producing revenue without cost. Perhaps you need to review my recent coffetalk that can be found at www.gzarwell.us/messges05.html click on Kudos. Schools need to be run cost effectively. In private sector business, not professional corporations offering lawyers and politicians free income streams, operations are funded from revenues generated making available salaries dependent upon production. Losses in private sector business come from over taxing, redirection of available consumer spending, and imposition of government required non-essentials. Granted production in schools is not a requirement for salaries, nor is it a requirement by local legislators; but revenues available are being squandered by public officials -cronyism, over-rated services, nepotism, and brown bags. Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay that, why would you think losers should. The only way slots will benefit schools or reelections is that more losers will pay the bills. As if they would be at slot machines if they had money to pay bills. Why drive more industry out of Maryland? Slots will only divert retail dollars to Atlantic City and Las Vegas gaming executives. People aren't traveling these days to gamble, so you're going to let them hit on us at home. No fiscal advantage in the long run to local economic development. However, it is a short-term windfall that some politicians could call a succe$$ 'cause they ran on slots with money promising huge revenues in percentage points to gaming officials . That's what you are doing. We taxpayers gamble just electing you losers, so you don't have to perform in a real world. You're over-paid for part-time work; you have not shown any responsibility protecting our monies in your care. Get serious now and develop plans to encourage productivity and not stupid gambling. Slots are a bad after-affect from numbers games leading to full blown casinos. What a great legacy for our kids - gamble, you'll never have to work a day in your life. Probably wouldn't live too long after accruing huge gambling debts either. Why not legalize street drugs while your at it. Then at least you could require licenses of those intersection drug dealers and collect taxes. That would be better than taking money from losers - take it from those who take it from losers. Perhaps that way those street dealers would find it more productive to be responsible and not look forward to 18 months in jail so they can live beyond age 20. Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Gene Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:27:20 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: same buck - yours. Et al.: As pure as white snow is - hazards lurk under its cover. Like mountain streams that flow quickly down stream giving serenity to turbulence below. Picture in your mind, shinny flat ice covered lakes with ice boats gliding across its surface tacking hither and froe as winds gently blow. Not a care in the world. Then; here comes a truck. Auger and hut in tow to cut a hole in a placid world and take from it some of its natural resources. Now ice fishing is enjoyment and in some parts of our nation, is necessary for life to exist. There are no laws saying it is illegal, and there never should be. Prudent, nature-wise individuals know that thin ice is dangerous, big holes in ice weaken its surface, animals quake with nothing covering clear ice as they look down noting although they see danger, they cannot for a moment believe that. Why, oh, why do legislatures ignore what’s below their bottom…line? Let me tell you, as if I had to say that. Laws are written from emotional appeals and “passed” through monetary appeals. Just listen to our news. Most recently, a school bus driver reached for her cell phone lost control of her bus and went off the road. No one was seriously hurt, but many kids were shaken up with minor but needless injuries. Reports are that because there is no law about driving school buses while reaching for cell phones, she will be charged with one or more other violations that have been on the books for years. Yet, some legislators decree that a new law banning school bus drivers from reaching for cells phones should be written. Perhaps, we need a law making illegal for an infant to throw their pacifier out of the stroller. Because a mother will stop to pick it up, someone else not paying attention may stumble over her , the stroller or slide on the pacifier. I'm sure a new law will prevent kids from throwing nasty pacifiers out of their strollers.discussion is, police cannot enforce all the laws on the books now that are available to entrap or charge citizens for any act that may result in some form of imposition on someone else especially when witnessed by, yet another, someone else. In their infinite wisdom, legislators will contemplate new laws as long as someone is willing to contribute to their campaign for reelection. It matters not whether a new law is needed, it just matters how long they can debate it to keep that money flowing into their coffers. We pay legislators at all levels to provide rules and guidance already spelled out in “The Ten Commandments”. They spend years studying, yeah!; those issues on their high paid seats, telling us it will good for us to resolve or reform government and then never do for fear we won’t buy it and they will lose their (I was going to use another word here, butt…) seats on the government payroll. Congress and state legislatures used to be part-time positions. It was an opportunity for citizens to participate in discussions about common issues affecting society. They would bring their life experiences to a table or meeting hall and debate relevance to common good before presenting recommendations to change society. Then, they would go back to their farms, bakeries, general stores, and other private sector labors to experience more and diverse aspects of common life. Today, we pay them to get into that top two-percent of taxpayer status even though their taxes pay nothing, They don’t have to experience private sector life. Many never learned how to live in a real world of responsibility, caring, and prudent actions to survive. They only know their high-life and phony sucking up. So, without that life experience it is no wonder they spend so much time trying to figure out how to create wealth for themselves without any productivity. One way they do it is to legislate pay increases; another is to create controversy and collect from special interests; still more ways are to impose more restrictions on responsible individuals and ignore those who need to learn basics at an early age. For instance: when has legalized gambling made a positive difference in society? How will more stringent laws effect driving habits? Has jail time ever deterred murder? Did a law ever prevent a car from turning over? How many laws prevented a flood, tornado, or icy roads spins? They won’t. They don’t. And, they cannot! Our schools are improving, but not because of government. It is because some parents are threatened by how their kids learn how to beat the system as teachers look to monetary bonuses for achieving empirical statistics through proctoring response rather than teach how to learn. We reward dishonesty to produce statistics at student expense. Yes, national test scores are important, but not as important as our student’s honesty and dedication to that golden rule and personal development. We encourage them to fail by stressing only statistics. Perhaps a two-year old is too young to make decisions about its life. Maybe parents need to impress responsible life styles. Too much day-care trauma is damaging. When and where do kids learn personal responsibility? Their elders ignore them because respect is not inherited. Literally, our good kids are punished because a few disruptive ones are attended to while others are ignored because they abide by that golden rule. It is not the golden rule that prevails. It is the law of lowest common denominator. We are a society that expects less from our brightest, and reward those with minimal development, while paying most attention to those who abuse the system through intimidation. You know it used to be that you corrected misbehavior immediately. Today, you bite you tongue, wait for an adult to make a decision, then respond to a lawyer’s phony charges, and wait until a representative of the aclu has a chance to review any punishment to see if it may be consistent with Constitutional rights based upon “The Ten Commandments” rather than follow its preferred rights in the “Communist Manifesto”. Truthfully, do we need to write every judges decision for him or her so they can protect their integrity with precedent. Are lawyers that lame, that they cannot honor truth and justice as officers of the court? Why do lawyers believe circumventing law is honorable? It mu$t be $omething important. Do they really need millions of laws allowing and disallowing human behavior? Now, there’s a concept! Laws try to change behavior in a society, but all a judge can reward is money. Why is that? I’ll tell you. It’$ becau$e lawyer$ make a non-productive living off of $omeone else’$ behavior. Every law has to be tested before it becomes a precedent, so the feeding frenzy begins when someone says – you can’t do that! Who says? Well, I’m sure Congress will, to debate a law. When it becomes law, lawyers will if he or she can find someone to pay for time spent to research millions of laws to see if there are precedents saying either that you can or that you cannot. If there is some law that says you can; another that says you cannot then, several lawyers get in on the deal. Now, how does a Judge rule? Some will go for the buck and others will take it under advisement. Still, others will rule for what’s right and probably be circumvented by opposing forces. So, why should a judge bother to make a decision? Well, one way to assure responsible judgments is neither creating opposing law nor offering conflicting application of certain precedents. Just maybe legislatures should review their books and books of law to determine if maybe there are some that need to be withdrawn or redrawn but not just adding more and more and more tripe. Another way is to not spend taxpayer dollars on new programs encouraging corruption, deception, or graft. Does anyone know a politician/lawyer who can do that? Someone wrote to me that other day stating, “I may have too much time”. They said get a job! Well, I have plenty of jobs to do. Yes, I have plenty of time –24 hours each day of which most are productively spent helping others grow businesses and giving advice to those in other nations who ask, plus writing my thoughts for others to ponder about. I need more time. Can Congress legislate 10 more hours a day? That’s not a good idea. Someone will determine that more time to work on things will cause more overtime and then Congress will reward themselves with more virtual tax-income revenues to spend on themselves. Oh! What’s the difference between a politician, lobbyist or lawyer? Not much, they’re all driven by the same buck – yours. Last week I wrote about four ladies on “Meet the Press”. Because I was writing at the time I missed their names. I called Tim Russert and learned that these ladies were: in addition to NBC’s Andrea Mitchell; included BBC’s Katty Kay, and Washington Post writers, Dana Priest and Robin Right. Once again, “kudos’ to each of you. Now we know, because last weekend I didn’t. Gene Visit my website at www.gzarwell.com There are many new pages of photos you might enjoy. Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:44:21 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Kudo's to each of you. Et al.: Congratulations to Maryland’s Senate leadership. Their infinite wisdom to condone slot machines will build a viable economy based upon losers as they are. Perhaps, instead of taxing production in our private sector, we can now just take from losers what they are willing to give up. Monies can go to build homeless shelters for those risking all, and perhaps bus tickets to get them to other states with more liberal welfare assistance. Oops! I misstated. Maryland is high on that list of “most generous states” to reward losers. For industry this decision means that workers can go to slot parlors for lunch where they can be absorbed into the high life and maybe even drink in some of it (a cousin of mine does Miller’s advertising). Years ago, an Uncle of mine told me that in Jacksonville and throughout the South, they had trouble keeping good managers at Wynn-Dixie. He was the Dixie part of that organization. Reasons were Bahamian casinos! On Friday evening, after intense decision making all week long, many recent transplants to Sunny Florida would take the 80-mile flight to Nassau and gamble away their wages, mortgages, family and other prized possessions on slots and wheels. Many would return broken losers. Many lost their jobs for not showing up at work. Remedy to rebuild their life was to move on and find work in non-gambling environments. Yes, building education based upon slot machines is a definite motivation for our young people; an easy way to make money with no accountability. It’s kind of like being in government when you compare effort to rewards - a lot of hot air with no substance, but a lot of attention to capturing dollars for personal gain. Or going to ATM's-with or without a card, take the machine. For employers, it will certainly increase recruiting activities and employment opportunities through rapid turnover of successful workers willing to lunch money pay-off’s with a one-armed, now buttoned, bandit. Perhaps, just perhaps a corporate remedy will be to reduce wages so workers cannot lose much and then reward them with tax-free benefits for production that can be saved when each gets past their gambling addiction 30 years beyond puberty. Or perhaps, we could include homeless quarters next to our day-care centers to provide for family members who ultimately pay the price of their loser’s losses. Divorce attorneys must be jumping up and down over this prospect of legalized gambling in Maryland where total population is less than most major metropolitan areas. Whatever happens, it will probably make a few wealthy legislators and politicos while gaming organizations take Maryland money to Las Vegas or Atlantic City as our new gaming authority executives rack in perquisites from expansion and paybacks. Now, let’s get to today’s news. Former, former John Edwards just doesn’t understand that he is out of touch with Iraq. He claims groundwork wasn’t done before successful elections. Had he been aware of military operations he would realize that until you provide a model of power to oppressed populations, they have no comparative to their previous tyrannical life. That’s what happened in Iraq. No comparative and now there is one. Until American troops provided that first step towards national stability presenting a model of strength against an innumerable insurgency, Iraqi citizens had no resolve for change, but now gained confidence that they could overcome their former oppression. (Note: George Sepp’s report on rebuilding accomplishments in Iraq) John Edwards may have a good heart as a "do-gooder"; but his experience is limited to a very, very small dimension of the world's diversity. He came from a small town family, had a career chasing ambulances, and got elected to a Senate seat that he gave up. Not enough life experience to understand how to create national pride, strength, or resolute decisions. Iraqi Prime Minister candidate Chalibi put into perspective his country’s future in fewer words than most American politicians could answer a “yes-no” question. It is obvious, that Iraqi’s new government has a clear understanding of their challenges, their power, and their new resolve to make it work. As prime minister, he would present excellent diplomatic skills on a global stage, something many of America’s democratic leadership should emulate. George Stephanopoulos held his best panel discussion ever. Joining Fareed Zakaria and George Wills was Dick Clarke. All three sung praises for Presidential resolve in developing foreign relations preventing a global breakup. Clarke biting his tongue as he always does, admitted that George Bush put together a solid leadership team to head up America’s Intelligence community. If he would only have done that after 1993 revelations, perhaps, it wouldn’t have waited 9 years until a President with personal resolve restructured that community in 2001; and after two commissions admitting that it should have been earlier, but with one individual calling all the shots. I liked George Wills’ take on it when he said he thought there should be several feeders of intelligence into the White House for diversity, as Clarke followed up saying “Wills’ idea was a bad idea”. As if Clarke would know. Bob Schieffer invited Senators Lindsey Graham and Hillary Clinton who both sounded extremely encouraging about our involvement in Iraq. Although their common issue is a long-standing discussion about healthcare for Reservists, it was previous Democratic policy to cut/limit benefits for Reservists to reduce our Defense budget. It is about time to recognize America’s powerful Reserve force of experienced and dedicated professional military enlisted and Commissioned Officers who perform equally well both in civilian life and on military orders. I noted though, in Schieffer’s voice, a skepticism that his questioning was not eliciting a critical evaluation about American policy or support for favorite Democratic resolve to destroy early on Presidential resolve to strengthen Iraq as a model for democracy in the Middle-East. As he was immersed in their discussions, he softened up and began a constructive discussion about future legislation and George Bush’s dream to get both sides of the aisle discussing important issues. However, as Lindsey indicated that it would take bi-partisan cooperation, Clinton verbosely said that she was going to wait to see what the President proposes. Obviously, she has no clue. Just like her husband, she cannot lead or is willing to state her resolve. We all know she wants a socialistic society with secular rule against all premise of our Constitution. As suggested earlier in the week she should probably run for governor of Arkansas or Massachusetts. One thing I disagree with Schieffer is reporter immunity. Although, as he claims she did not write an article, it is in our national interest to disclose privately (secretly) that information with immunity and not with impunity. Remember! Media is not licensed or certified by any professional organization or society. Media representatives believe that they have free reign to roam wherever they want and when they want without accountability or legitimacy. Perhaps, when media demonstrates some sense of professionalism on an ethical standard rather than a celebrity payroll standard, they will earn enough respect to report credibly. Switching to Tim Russert’s show, both Senators McCain and Clinton appeared live. As a Macaw she parrot’s Bush’s resolve quite well his state of the Union address with underlying verbal and smiling disbelief in what she is espousing. She must be running for or against something. McCain states he cannot understand why Europeans haven’t been more forthcoming with support to Iraq. Where has he been? John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, what’s her name Pelosi, and who’s this guy, Reid, all told our European allies that Bush was wrong. He wasn’t; and now everyone wants in. American leadership is taking a stand, assessing its impact, taking action, and accomplishing global goals with its allies. French and American soldiers on Iraqi's borders with Iran and German soldiers training Iraqi soldiers in Turkey. Ms. Clinton, don’t use the word "we" when discussing your narrow view. Media and Democrats never had a eye on the ball. They closed their eyes to global events concentrating on President Clinton’s sex life. Yes, Hillary is full of Republican resolve now and preaching Bush’s doctrine almost word for word rattling on like a Kennedy. She tried to project Bush's agenda in Europe as though White House planners are incapable of foreign policy. Guess what, Hillary... why do you think Condoleezza Rice preceded Bush's trip? My training at the University of Wisconsin and throughout Command and General Staff College was not to divulge plans prematurely. Set some goals, research objectives, and try out your ideas with others before taping the pages together. However, when asked, McCain said, “Senator Clinton would make a good President.” She, when asked, about McCain said, “absolutely,” while laughing. Perhaps, if she has another baby, another Clinton might be President. Once again she attested that her resolve to reform Social Security is to wait until the President tells Congress how to do their job.” Well, Andrea Mitchell, sees through Clinton’s posturing to steal Republican resolve for her own political future. This will be interesting because media seem to put stock in Hillary’s parroting of George Bush. She is a typical liberal lawyer in a Senate seat – no resolve or ethical base; just a desire to circumvent obstacles to win at whatever compromise to values with as many words as it takes to impose those dreams. Meet the Press’s panel of well-spoken women in media was most enlightening and credible. Their insights, analysis and understanding of how foreign policy develops presented how Bush resolve may be tested on a global platform this week. Don’t let Putin adversaries in Russia’s Duma break up American-Russian relations. Remember, some world leaders have different domestic pressures and use different tactics to gain support for change. In short, they all believe Bush’s appointment of Ambassador Negroponte to head America’s Security community was exceptionally on target. Their discussion should be archived for future study by those wishing to enter media from an intelligent - ethical basis –no speculation, folks, just analysis of fact. I wanted to give them credit here for their outstanding discussion, but after broadcast I could not find a listing either on their national web page, local station web page or via telephone to each NBC and NBC4. So, as celebrities will do - Kudos' to each of you. You know who you are. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:33:14 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Who knew? et al.: Did you know this? Did you know that 47 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq? Did you know that the Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people? Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq? Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers? Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2004 for the re-established Fulbright program? Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment. Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operation squadrons, 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 bell jet rangers? Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion? Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers? Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks? Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities. Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations? Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October? Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%? Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations? Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004 and that the Iraqi economy is BOOMING? Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a recent televised debate recently? Who knew? Of course we didn't know! Our media wouldn't tell us. What is their agenda? You decide. For that matter what is Congress' agenda regarding our Freedoms? So far, 1,200 Americans were killed for Iraqi freedom in little over three years while 6,800 loss their lives taking Iowa Jima in a matter of hours. We cannot even get a real count on those killed on our highways because numbers increase as seconds tick by. That total exceeds by multiples those given above which were in combat zones in less than one month. We do know that 3,500 innocent NYC victims perished on 9-11 in one-hour and 15 minutes while over 100,000 were swept away in tsunami waters within seconds. Did you know that more than 150,000 American military families have been affected by media ignorance and Congressional wrath about protecting our freedoms? Unless, you've been there, and most have not, you wouldn't understand uncertainty of conviction. Thanks to George Sepp seppg@sbcglobal.net for letting us know. Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:49:34 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "unidentified credible sources". et al.: Well, our media wants to establish laws giving them a "Shield" to protect their sources, or not sources. In other words, they want to be able to speculate without accountability. When challenging their information they state that it is a First Amendment right to withhold certain convenient information preventing accountability. Perhaps, they want preconceived immunity to be able to misinform at will and present gossip as gospel truth or cover up their inappropriate use of "off-the-record" comments. If they want real professional status they should be licensed by a board, similar to The Public Relations Society with its certification for "Accredited Public Relations" status through a full day of written, oral, and testing by a panel of "Pro's". As the first Military Reserve officer to attain that title in 1981, I wholeheartedly subscribe to being guided by "Professional" accountability and ethical standards. At present journalism is a free spirit; "be damned" about truth as long as it sells and retrieves golden statues or Pulitzer awards among others; i.e.: "New York Times", "Washington Post", "Time", and CBS. I may have these players erroneously listed , but I shouldn't divulge my sources. First amendment rights offer "freedom of speech", but "freedom of the Press" means it can publish what it wants without abridging their printed word; or in broadcasting, perhaps their scripted commentary. No where does it give anyone immunity from being held accountable for consequences suffered through libel and slander or conscience misinformation. Laws created by lawyers state that libel and slander of public officials is OK, but is it really? Causing a commotion over innuendo to entrap public officials is not quit ethical. Just like Martha Stewart's situation where she didn't explain that she changed an email subject twice to federal prosecutors and spent 5 months in and will spend another five months on home arrest. She was a corporate CEO. Yet, J. Joseph Curran, Jr. commits "Fraud on the Court" as a regular procedure and gets away with it. Why? He's an elected official with power to control Maryland's Judiciary and legal system through intimidation and retribution. However, disqualifying, no connected judge will rule against him. Why do you think Martin O'Malley stood up to a microphone to dignify charges of his alleged unfaithful behavior? Stupidity, or guilt? Perhaps, a little of both; or, maybe he's just naive enough to believe that those charges could stick if he didn't attempt to save face at home. Who knows? But remember Gary Hart was forced by media to withdraw from a Presidential race over something like what President Clinton got away with in the White House. Times are a changing! Go to America's ghetto's and listen to what goes on. Relatives accusing each other of serious crimes that were never committed just to harass each other through a court hearing or welfare agency. Unchecked reporters behave in similar fashion as witnessed by "paparazzi" and it's invasion of privacy, dignity and any sense of professionalism. Wait, media is immune to any sense of privacy, dignity or profe$$ionali$m as long as someone will read or li$ten to it. How lame? Every other profession has associations that work hard to maintain a sense of common goals - medical, real estate, insurance, contractors, plumbing, even now, residential mortgage loan originators must comply to vigorous laws requiring periodic continuing education . Lawyers abuse every tenant of court challenging their very ethical standards as officers - perjury, deception, and fraud to win their cases because "We The People" let them get away with it through their intimidating and fraudulent practices. They even advertise that they will get you "what you deserve". Or at least 40 percent of what you deserve. Isn't this what drives up insurance costs to protect you from harm, injury, or losses? Does it really protect you? I don't think so. Caution and responsible actions will protect you better than a lawyer and an insurance policy. However, an insurance policy will help you replace or pay for legitimate losses or damages caused by unnatural or abnormal weather, behavior of others, and accidental control of vehicles. Remember, "We The People" cannot claim ignorance of the law in a final argument. Lawyers on the other hand can ignore that because they are practicing attorneys and can misrepresent anything to win a case - for liability reverts to their clients whether it be monetary penalties or incarceration. This is the same rationale that drives street reporters and news anchors to misinform and speculate; except they don't go through any certification or licensing as lawyers do. That lack of credibility and accountability sets a standard for unethical, unchecked profe$$ional behavior. Acknowledging that both go to the BAR; lawyers to get approval from their professional peers to practice; and reporters to wet their appetites and bury their guilt. Perhaps with that clarity at the bar is when they get their "unidentified credible sources". Gene www.gzarwell.com Note: John Kerry's bragging about supporting our troops smacks of a serious attempt to recover from his own battle scares from Swift Boat war. "Just shoot me", he implies, "in the foot so I can't put it in my mouth". Didn't he do that once before? Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 13:08:15 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: "Buy-partiszan" et al.: New buzz word by Democrats seems to be "Buy-partisan". Even before a drug benefit goes into effect, Dems want to change it for fear: (A) It might be successful; (B) It might cause reelection problems if seniors receive funds; (C) they cannot raise campaign funds without a negative issue or opposition to anything that's different from "Congress spends taxpayer money without accountability". Only one point Rangel made had any substance. Privatization will lose, lose, lose. I don't buy that! Of course he thinks it will destroy Social Security, but who loses? Congress! I buy that. It will lose more money to spend on pork while workers gain more security at higher ROI's (return on investment) to build a real retirement program giving in a small way some of those flexibilities that Congress rewards themselves in a big way at our expense. Too fix Social Security, you need to draw down Government entitlements. Nobody is entitled to government monies without serving, just as I am not entitled to a Wal-Mart retirement - I never worked there. Maybe that's not a good analogy, 'cause there are a lot of people that don't work "work" in government that get benefits. To save taxes, every company organization should form a personal services corporation giving those who work there shares equivalent to ten times there pay and then its board of directors can declare 10% dividends for those shares giving tax free benefits to all - except Congress that is. They already are tax free, because they pay taxes with our money. Chuck Haegle got it right. Taxpayers trust Wall Street (during Republican administrations) more then they trust Congress with their money. Look how Clinton's handling of our economy ruined retirement approved "tax deferred" accounts in 1998-1999. He should have deferred s-x instead and handled preventative security issues. Most dems speaking out about Social Security today talk about "their spin" without even addressing facts of issues. When Rep Rangel was asked about a Dem plan, he sounded like Kennedy ranting and raving about how he doesn't get it while trying to misinform about Presidential intent. Rangel said, that he's not supposed to think about a plan-that's the President's job. Congratulations to Howard Dean. Former, former Senator/Vice Presidential hopeful (not) John Edwards' dream for two Americans may now develop as a microcosm of Left wing democratic liberals and centralist Democrats who obviously have little voice to make a difference. Solving our Social Security dilemma will take a rethink of Federal benefit packages to bring them down to a level comparable to "social Security" benefits for hard working private sector taxpayers paying the bills. Rangel thinks everyone has the same nine point benefit package he has and doesn't want to give that up through productive discussion. Parity, parity, parity should be one voice in Congress to give back to taxpayers all that money spent on Congressional benefits and retirement plans giving them full salary retirement for life after one-day of "reporting for duty." I'm not sure whether Senator Dick Durbin understands what his job is. Rhetorical innuendo is not going to fix Social Security any better than Rangel's impersonation of Kennedy. Senator Rick Santorum stuck to facts and found it difficult to follow Durbin's misstatements. In fact, both Bob Schieffer and Tim Russert cutoff dem guests when they contributed no substance to discussions. George Stephanopoulos had as guests Democrat Mike DeWine and Judd Greg, Republican. Both agreed that it would take about four hours in a secure room to fix Social Security without all the opposition rhetoric and negative politicking. It's not a rocket science to fix a program that has an exclusive revenue stream with exclusivity on its uses - oops, we don't have that. That's what the debate is all about. "Either I get better return from my investment in Social Security and Congress loses access to it" or we privatize it to keep Congress from embezzling our funds for their packages. It's as simple as that! A note for George Stephanopoulos: You know you're getting old when a young woman calls; "Sir, can you tell me where ,,,, is?" It's even more traumatic when a colleague ends a friendly "on-air" conversation with; "thank you sir!' as ABC's GMA Weekend co-host, Bill Weir, an upstanding mid-westerner from my home state, did this morning. (just kidding George. First time I was addressed as "sir" I was only 27 ( it was by Congressional edict that my enlisted troops address me that way. Back then, when were commissioned as "Officers and Gentlemen") Closing this monologue, I add that Social Security is a common issue in world nations. Both England and Russia are discussing it as vigorously as we here in America are. Through all that leadership being expended on figuring out how to take care of those who created a prosperous post-war environment and sacrificed more than any other generation in history; perhaps a consortium of opinion will create a workable solution that will once again save an emerging global economy that so many of us enjoy, but at someone else's expense. Where's the debate? It's all about how much more Congress can spend without accountability. Congress~you're fired! Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Note: I heard an English reporter describe John Kerry as a good leader with a "Sterling" military record. This only two weeks after Kerry himself declined to answer a question about credibility of Swift Boater charges. I guess our BBC reporter meant tarnished silver. Back to Subjects
	Message: 2 Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:32:14 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Amazing! et al.: Social security reform isn't about us who pay into it. It's about reelection. Democrats trying to steal it as an issue saying that they may support it to protect their reelections. Republicans, say they want to discuss it because according to a poll (unclear who conducted it) seniors are against any changes in this system, even though it doesn't effect our meager benefits. But, they feel if they take action seniors may not vote them back. Hog wash! You've got it backwards guys. If you don't resolve it this term, you won't reelection problems. You're fired! This poll dems refer to lacks substance. It is just another way to keep a failed system in check to prevent parity between government and private sector. If AARP was truly interested they would look beyond their membership income and make serious recommendations. I don't believe they took a real poll - its just speculation from opposing parties to raise reelection campaign funds through media exposure while scaring uninformed seniors to send in their campaign contributions to protect what they already receive. That was illegal in the "30's. Sure there were other ways we could save for retirement, but only a small percentage could do that. And look at how they ruined our savings in that 90's decade through inflated IPO's and fraudulent investment scams, and failing retirement investment accounts. Where was that safety net????? Savings bonds surely were not keeping up with other forms of investment that ultimately failed us through greed by investment brokers, financial planners, and stock manipulators and insider traders - you know they were top executives supposedly running the show. Insurance companies kept one-step above current law and by year 2000 offered many tax deferred options to help smaller investors protect their funds from cyclical erosion using techniques Congressional's used like multi-generational annuities, professional incorporations issuing tax free dividends to themselves; and many more. Another note I read stated that savings were down over previous generations. Well, why would anyone ('70's generation) consider saving after being media hyped into living for today. Government persuading us to rely on Social Security as their retirement guarantee to us? Now, that was a hoax perpetrated by Congress to get people dependent. As leaders, Congressionals should set a standard to live within their means. If you take entitlements out of their budget and remove income from social taxes as projected revenues, their budget would be about 60 percent of what they now anticipate. Of that 40 percent is entitlements and almost 30 percent is debt service, leaving Congress with very little to spend above their own income and benefits packages. For every dollar Congress allocates to common services for operation, security, infrastructure, they add an additional $2-$3 for home-town (pork) projects or bribes to vote for or against someone else's grand plan to spend more of our money. Is there something wrong with our system? Not according to Congress. Unlike an investment that may return more, spending by Congress has no return. There guarantees worthless. Using local taxpayer contributions to build sports facilities generally returns those funds in 18-36 months with great revenue streams, but taxpayers see no relief or return from it. Local government officials just find more ways to piss it away. However, government is just an expense we are intimidated to contribute to. Unfortunately, we elected all those scam artists to protect our money and/or quality of life, and they don't. We should demand that government operate on a zero balanced budget each year. Governments should operate within scope or districts, counties, states, or cities where those elected officials determine funding for their constituent programs and live within projected budgets showing anticipated revenues against real community needs instead of debating all this nonsense about developing programs designed to rip off more taxpayer monies. Every time they dream or go to session, it costs us dearly. It's like we gamble our hard earnings on personalities who only know one solution to problem solving- throw money at it. Truthfully, water does a better job on fires than money. If your mayor, delegate, state senator, Governor, or congressman puts forth a bill that doesn't benefit your quality of life - don't vote for him (or her) again. You'll find out by reading their record who they are most concerned about - it ain't you or your kids. Here's the best one yet. I misspoke about government employees getting social security without contributing. Well, I wasn't wrong about it, though. Here's how that Congressional scam works: Government employees in recent years pay into our system and draw their "Safety Net" along with their other programs including selected payments to private accounts in addition to their government retirement plans. There are three different ways government employees get retirement funds - all at taxpayer expense. By the way it was sold to us as though their contributions would increase revenues to protect our "Safety Net". Yes, we taxpayers cannot have a similar level of financial security even though we pay all those government employee benefits, and their salaries from which those funds are deducted. Is it fair? Absolutely not! Do our contributions paying government retirement scams increase revenues into our Social Security System - absolutely not. All it does it cost us more in taxes to pay their benefits and other - lifetime healthcare, subsistence, day care, and expanded vacation/personal/sick pay - government entitlements. They pay into Social Security, selected investment accounts, and a government retirement fund - all with taxpayer monies. Because! Because that represents a huge portion of their income, government employees get COLA's to pay these additional savings plans - all at taxpayer expense (Milkuski is a major player in those scams). Congress includes revenues generated from government employee contributions as income to itself. It is does not even equal entitlements - a net loss - a big net loss far more serious than Enron's demise. However, Congress includes that revenue into their spending bills even though it doesn't exist and in fact is a heavy burden upon us taxpayers. Why do taxpayers have to pay three retirement plans for government workers, and then pay taxes on benefits they receive on their one and only "safety net"? Although, Pelosy and others yell loudly that seniors will suffer, it is really themselves who may lose their multiple government pension plans if a serious discussion results in reform of government entitlements. Too be quite honest - they should. We should put more emphasis on supporting our military dependents and less upon those government workers not at risk. That's why they're challenging our President on rethinking their social spending. Too make this system work, we need to give government employees that same low return as we get on our money and no more. In the process we should determine minimum Congressional wage and maximum government pay not to exceed an average American wage plus a five year moratorium on entering private sector positions in their area of expertise. Here's the plan we need to sell our government: abolish taxes on Social Security distributions; allow senior taxpayers an opportunity to increase their retirement by allowing unlimited revenue earnings (no taxes on earned income) and after qualifying for Social Security (age 62) without indexed penalties or limits placed upon income now penalized heavily, with heavy taxes. This needs to include a "no- income tax penalty" (total income tax exemption after first Social Security check on all earned income). Government retirement age qualification is 20 years service for military and one-day for Congressionals which could result in retirement pay as early as age 26. Private sector retirees who are working after age 60 are generally trying to pay their escalading bills. I would not oppose some tax reform on unearned income because generally that is "windfall" money according to Congress, but it is generally not depended upon because it is as risky as gambling and sometimes more devastating - Enron, Dotcoms, and investing without cash into real estate, shares, and some get-rich-quick scams (MLM's) to include all those tax deferred retirement plans that invested heavily in stocks and worthless junk bonds. Remember, when we, pre-baby boomers (baby boomers missed those years; and X generations had a much lower buying power but more zeros in their bank accounts) were contributing to Social Security; dollars had closer to 98 cents buying power. Today, we are held to paying our bills with virtually worthless dollars in comparison without any reevaluation to our contributions. Buying power of U.S. dollars is between 7-14 cents in comparison with 1950 dollars at 99 cents or a '60's dollar having about 79 cents buying power. For every one-dollar we paid in, we now get 14 cents to pay a one-dollar expense today that costs us $14 plus stiff penalty taxes if we figure out how to survive better than that Congressional "Safety net" provides. Around that time that we were putting money into Social Security we could rent a luxury apartment for $100 per month. That same apartment today is more like $1,400 per month and our infrastructure sucks, adding that our "Safety Net" distributes a drastically weakened dollar against that extremely strong dollar we contributed. Now, that's something AARP should address to Congress. For example: my 23 year-old car keeps getting bigger. In 1982, a $10 food run to the supermarket filled my trunk. Today, it holds more than $100 worth of groceries. Amazing! I guess it happened when my Chrysler convertible became a Mercedes several years back. See, I always bought American cars to be politically correct, but secretly wanted a Mercedes. As time passed my car became what I wanted. By the way, over the years, that car cost me a total of $29,000 (round numbers) or $106 per month to maintain. That's $3.49 per day with an original price of $16,000. For a more detailed breakdown, let me say that $10,500 went to "paid labor", and $18,000 went for parts over the years (fuel and fluids not included). It was financed for two years and now operates on its fifth engine. Insurance averaged around $100 per year. It's all documented in a four-inch, three-ring binder. I live quite well on $2,600 per month - no debt. My receivables are astronomical. I travel worldwide and provide CEO talent to up 17 entities. Shot 4-over-par this last summer. Survived cancer and am quite shy - yeah! (This is not a personal, just confirmation that frugal works). Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:24:39 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Don't cry foul! et al.: Martin O'Malley has fascist leanings. He doesn't understand that cities belong to States. Our Federal budget shouldn't provide cities with all their funding to provide over-rated services to its citizens. If cities cannot operate from within, then they must change to assure that they can. The way it works, is that a state budgets monies for programs benefiting all state residents not just government workers. Cities raise taxes from taxpayers to pay for programs for all their residents , and from those monies raised, they pay their bills to provide those programs. If they cannot raise the money, then cancel some programs. If they over program their funds, then cancel some programs or impose fees upon those residents benefiting from those programs, or scale down your requirements. You cannot solve fiscal problems by blaming those above who gave you that responsibility. If there is a problem in the cities, blame the Mayors. If states have funding problems blame the Governors. But, to secure Federal funds, you better take it down a notch. Don't cry foul if your payrolls are too high. We taxpayers are always told that educational professionals are under paid at up to $200,000 per year. Home schooled children get much higher aptitude scores and their teachers aren't even paid. Three ways to make that work; (1) audit your needs; (2) assess your costs; (3) allocate those necessary funds, and; let's add a fourth - live within your budget to fulfill your dreams. This means hard decisions about whom will benefit and whom will provide. Providers should not be the benefactors more than those who pay for those programs. Needs are determined as fiscal resources, physical resources, talent, ingenuity and motivation. It is not determined by high pay, over budgeting, and lack of motivation, overt desire for more at someone else's expense, or political jeopardy. I heard rumors that O'Malley wants to run for Governor. With his understanding about how government works, he will need to revisit elementary school and repeat those social studies in fourth grade that he obviously missed. Oh! He's too young to remember American or Maryland history as it happened. I believe they changed history in writings after our baby boom. Before that we, pre-baby boomers, worked hard to provide monies necessary to build a great nation. What we didn't do was turn crime into legal activites, and demand that if we were a little different from others that we were entitled to their same life style without working hard to get there. We neither imposed our idiosyncrasies upon others, nor did we believe that is was right to take what we thought was ours even though it belonged to our neighbor. We helped when we could without federal dollars through our faith based Churches, neighbors, and contributions to certain causes. Too, many found out how to bilk those funds; and today for every appeal from a legitimate source, there are hundreds from fraudulent sources. Just like those phony politicians crying about their inability to balance their budget or sacrifice talent (five under-mayors???) to live within their means. And, what about those constituents that think they can demand without voting, or requiring tough decisions from their politicians. When was the last time you heard an elected official say he couldn't provide a service without more money. Answer: Yesterday. Martin O'Malley. But just three days earlier, you heard the top Elected Official tell us that he proposes cuts to take out non-functioning programs and reform those that are too costly in order to operate within those funds that could reasonably be raised. I'm sure Martin wouldn't go to his father-in-law to pay his electric bill or even his children's schooling. So why would he expect our Federal government to fund out of scope. His father-in-law must be a bad influence on that young man. You see, Governors gave away their autonomy to run their states back in the '70's. They decided they could just keep asking Federal government to govern their States or pay their bills through federal resources. However; with that funding, the Feds took over some programs and that's when families broke up, schools went down hill, State Governments became heavens for criminally connected thugs, and moral values went the way of Roma, Sodom and Gomorrah. Check the roles of government agencies and see how many relatives, close friends and estranged relatives are on each and every state agency payroll. Then, look to see how much each is paid. You will even find them floating from one government agency to another just to block other citizens from experiencing public service and receiving those high payroll checks. One way to get it all back into perspective is to keep civil service at an uncomfortably low wage level to encourage productive and gainful progress rather than provide cradle to grave for a few and deny those who pay for it any opportunity to effect government on behalf of "We The People". Too many State (not just Maryland) programs seek Federal funding because they can't see spending their own money on them. Why should they? They need to take it home. Truthfully, States don't need all those bogus programs for a few, too lazy to work productively. Our republic was founded on a small central government to provide security and common services for its people. "We the People" established it "to form a more perfect Union, 'by' establishing Justice, insuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defence, promoting the "general" Welfare, and securing the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Prosperity, 'as we" did' ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Back in my school days we recited that regularly along with a Pledge of Allegiance making us feel good that we were part of this great nation. For more than 200 years it worked fine and then fascists, liberals, and seculars decided that our government should fund life for its citizens from cradle to grave without any responsibility to live within its guidelines or contribute to its security or productivity. Just take what you can, if you get away with it. Sound familiar with today's new threats? Not really. New threats are to annihilate us, if they can get away with it!. As Americans, they thought that all they had to do was put their name on a list and collect entitlements (Soviet system). They've been getting away with it by scamming our benevolent taxpayers with fraudulent and misleading "civil liberties" and costly programs designed to divide us between those who are productive and those that don't want to be responsible. As an American, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; us, 'We The People'." To me, it says that "to benefit we must abide by those "Ten Commandments" written in stone (basis of our common law) and give up those leanings toward adopting those ten items listed in a misguided Communist Manifesto. Or just vote out all those who express a weakness in making tough decisions so they can continue to take form us our Liberty, our pursuit of Happiness, and weaken our defenses. Here's a thought. Those who do not vote, do not get. And, those who do not contribute, do not vote. "Those" refers to non-productive individuals on the dole or dependent upon government and does not refer to family members in contributing households. Federal Government programs should be available to everyone and thusly should be created not to be restrictive to any one individual or group of individuals. That's why, as an example, we allow insurance companies to operate, to collect group funds and distribute to their policy holders those benefits they think they are entitled to. Legitimately, it works - fraudulently it doesn't. Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Note: Results to date show that most people are jaded by politics and have no enthusiasm take action, but have trouble making tough decisions that may require energy, giving, and a will to be heard. Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:11:59 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: huge tomatoes et al.: Flip-flop-flip is getting better as Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi does another take. As it becomes very apparent that her party cannot get it right the first time or the second time, they pool their heads and come up with an idea to maybe bring the two parties together to sort out how to save Social Security or better yet, reform it. Gee, last Wednesday, she and her party said there was nothing wrong with as it stands and that Presidential programs wouldn't work. What changed? The wind blew in her face and her staff briefed her - that's what changed. Hilary isn't the only one trying to be Republican to get votes. One discussion that Democrats or for that matter Republicans fail to address is their retirement package and why they cannot change it to mirror Social Security. Now that discussion would really give credibility to their recent Presidential campaign saying "We The People" deserve the same retirement benefits they get along with healthcare. However, they don't want the same program we have and will never get real about how only a select few can have adequate benefits and those that pay for those benefits cannot participate. So, the debate goes on. Just reelect them and let them debate this until 2042. Better yet, don't reelect them and get action before 2008. Kudos' to Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Instead of using Congressional speculation and attempts to answer poorly framed questions based upon speculation, he characterized his responses based on fact and reality. When asked to speculate on other Departments of the Executive Branch he did exactly what he should of - defer to that source of expertise without defining, speculating or countering others in decision making positions. Truthfully, Bob Schieffer's defense of the media and is bias was not reality, but something he and I learned through experience and journalism in the '60's. That was time when truth was important rather than $ale$. It was a time when those entering broadcast media had relevant experience in life as well as disciplined military training giving them that resolve to be right or not to go there. Today, our highly paid inexperienced "air" heads (def: those headshot of stooges reading scripts written by others while on the air) have no basis from which to make judgments, but do anyways. That's not their job - just read the paper you hold out of camera view. In business and government we do have legal opinions on just about everything we profess. Challenging those professions is generally done by those not in knowing positions and their materials are not legally reviewed before asking. In lawyer speak; if media reporters misinform and misstate their sources through editing out-of-context build erroneous conclusions, they should be held as liable as they hold those they interview. Same level of integrity and accountability. Media should probably be held at higher level, being well compensated for their "professionalism" (self proclaimed with any certification requirement), but not necessary held to lower standards set by legal professionals. I sensed today, that media talk show hosts are in uncharted water as they try to become legitimate after CBS's recent debacle. I find only George Stephanopoulos has any credibility with his interviewees. He frame questions for his guests and does not lead them into speculation as each Bob Schieffer, Tim Russert, and others still attempt to lead discussions outside of scope and context. Thank GOD, our Commander in Chief has an ability to keep dedicated professionals on the job who understand government with dedication, forthrightness and intelligence to redirect unguided misinformation back to its source. Both Condoleezza Rice and Don Rumsfeld may not have gone to journalism school, but they sure discredited those with prepared questions to entrap without intimidation or speculation. They did with thoughtful assessments and carefully worded impromptu clarifications. Perhaps journalist in all public media, that which we don't have to pay for, will learn a lesson about challenging reality with misperception based upon self importance that "well, I'm a journalist and I have no experience in military or government, but as an expert can you speculate on something outside of your scope so we can create a controversy to sell newspapers and broadcast advertising. Senator Kennedy now restates his request for Rummy to resign as "well, that's not what I meant. I was talking about making changes in...." In other words, Kennedy doesn't know what he is talking about as usual and just likes to hear himself talk as restate George W. Bush's resolve. Kennedy just talks, no substance; but with an erroneous authoritarian tone as though he actually has some sort of intelligence. When cornered he confuses response with highly emotional cover-up meanness as he talked about how 35 Massachusetts soldiers were killed in Iraq, but never once mentioned how that compares for the same period of time on Massachusetts highways and its well known Combat Zone in Boston. Teddy (not Roosevelt) as he likes to compare his brothers history with Cuban missiles with more than 20 years of planning a contingency for Iraq. His problem is that its a Republican who had enough resolve to take on the challenge while their favored President Clinton spent his second term having sex at our expense as he ignored intelligence reports and force structure reforms defined in 1986 to prepare for insurgencies throughout the Middle East, Africa and developing democracies. Impassioned rhetoric about nothing and lack of any substance, Kennedy just talks trying to make a point, but never does. Kennedy just wants to obstruct any discussion regarding reforms until he can get his face some air-time. I've dumped buckets of what he was sharing on top of tomato bushes. Pure-bred Arabian horse's produce the best to grow huge tomatoes. When Russert realized that nothing important would come out Senator K's "talking", Tim quickly changed to favorites in today's Super Bowl. When Kerry and Kennedy are his slotted guests, I surmise he is having credibility problems to get those who are trying to reform government programs to talk about it on-air before those issues are defined. Wouldn't it be nice if we could open up an issue, pour some water on it, and have instant policy decisions resolved through lottery winnings requiring no taxpayer contributions. When I started this column, it was going to short and dull. Well, maybe I accomplished one of those. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 1 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:29:29 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: You can't have it. et al.: There goes that anti-American Press (AP) again. Calvin Woodward and another writer corroborated on an article proving that they obviously don't understand government or journalism. By leveling charges that only one side of an issue was presented over a charge to Congress to fix ailing programs is absolutely trash. In their urgency to say nothing at all, they did that. Complaining about programs that some take advantage of, Congressional private retirement funds, while trying to justify denying others that same luxury, is just something the aclu would do. "If its too good for me, you can't have it." Now DC's wannabe, Delegate Eleanor Holms Norton, a non-voting representative needs to learn how to spell leadership. What it is not - is dictating policy. Not any one of our U.S. territories has a dictatorship, why would we want D.C. to be one. Leadership is guiding, showing the way, directing, and not one's ideas as carved in stone (that would be illegal in some states). Good leaders identify problems, research potential fixes, then offer it up to discussion or concurrence. Kinda like the way we responded to 9-11, restructuring government to perform, and tsunami relief by assessing needs and fulfilling them until a month later when others could help or rip off global emergency funding. This last step is where Congress comes in, not ripping off global funding, but they're good at doing that with domestic funds. Their role is to create legislation to establish fixes to program problems. This however, is written by lawyers and lobbyists creating programs that will require lawyers to interpret them later at extremely high fees. They figure their role is to obstruct, not to fix, mend, or create solutions to meet our nation's needs, except to improve their sovereign wants. DC's delegate complains that Bush didn't write out legislation for adoption to save all those we hire (elect) from a task that may affect their reelection possibilities due to their pre-emption tactics that will bite them in the ....face in 2006. Maybe Congressional figures are on a free ride; but taxpayers and retirees earn every cent they report. Returning a mere pittance they called social security under a guise that is a retirement fund is ludicrous. In fact, it was set up that each of us would designate certain funds from our earnings to a personal account managed by government that we would tap into after retirement. Now, it is a fund we contribute to so others who don't earn can live off of before we get to retire. Not only that, Congress thinks they have the right to those funds to pay for their retirement package of 100% salary equivalent after their first day on the job. They placed taxes on our retirement fund, but failed to impose it on theirs. Why?, probably because their retirement money comes from government funds. Doesn't Social Security also come from government taxes - payroll taxes, Medicare and Medicaid taxes, investment penalties, and public access to public facilities fees? There must be something wrong in government to tax us to create funds for distributions and then tax us for its accepting it's distributions. Democrats told us last night that Social Security was like an insurance program except its taxable income where insurance proceeds aren't. For those in media and Congress who lack leadership skills, I guess all of you, the President told you what your tasking will be this term and unless you get in step, "We The People" will vote you out. We don't need to buy your newspapers or listen to your tripe on public media whether cable or airways or Internet news broadcasts. An only alternative to Bush's personal account plan is for Congress to give up its retirement package and become a part of Social Security's growing community. Those millions of dollars could save Social Security in less than ten years and reduce government's entitlement burden. Oops, they already are. They get benefits, too without contributing. Wait they don't contribute in neither their program nor ours. Something needs to be fixed. That's what leadership said last night. Perhaps, fixing the system would deny free lifetime money for about 543 elected wimps plus all those others who haven't died yet. See, Eleanor, that's leadership, giving up something to benefit those you lead whether it be equipment, environment, or resources needed to accomplish a mission, not just handouts. It's that latter phenomena that ruins good government from providing security and infrastructure to allow its citizens an opportunity to earn, EARN, a good quality of life through productive work. Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:47:54 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Maybe you should! et al.: Talk about confidence. This President lives his beliefs. Rather than wait for someone else to set an agenda, he did it tonight. Democratic spokesman Harry Reeds should have listened before speaking because he really misstated the President's goals and programs. He claimed George Bush created huge deficits. I don't think so. Terrorists started the ball rolling after it was realized that huge Clinton spending years were covered up and differed to after 2000 elections. Besides, Democrats criticize Bush if he rejects spending. Clinton could exercise a line item veto that has since been rescinded. If Bush doesn't spend in Democratic constituencies, then Democrats criticize him for not caring. I think George W. Bush did all right in his priorities given the terrorist threats and natural disasters our government met over the last three years. Representative Pelosi just didn't get it. With all her ability she just couldn't speak her own words. Her lack of understanding is embarrassing and her inability to keep security vulnerabilities secret scare most of us who understand what motivates terrorists. I think she just likes to hear herself talk. By the way Nancy, diplomacy doesn't work without resolve and until George Bush showed the world America's resolve, diplomacy didn't work. Just look at the 8 years before 9-11 - that should tell you. Just before the speech, it was reported that Harvard did a study to learn that healthcare insurance problems result in more and more bankruptcies in America. They teach their law students how to circumvent law to create class action suits. Isn't their business model really how to get all the money they can from intangibles rather than from manufacturing? Gosh! In the last three decades insurance rates generated huge, huge, profits for insurance companies who then became used to those high profits. Then baby boomers grew up and claims started eating into those windfalls created by responsible baby boomers who were prudent in their claims. Those very cautious, prudent efforts are rewarded by insurance companies by denying payments against policies while policies are written for less responsible generations who have an attitude that fraudulent claims are the norm, and responsibility is an insurance companies game; "why; I don't have to worry, I've got insurance." In 1999, it was evident that home mortgages were lacking because many of the people desiring to refi their properties to pay medical bills were denied by lenders (Banks), after finding bankruptcies reported on their credit reports due to emergency medical bills exacerbated by others fraudulent claims, HMO's not paying medical professionals on behalf of patients from monies their employers insurance plans provided and lawyers representing medical professionals sued patents to collect when HMO's failed to distribute proceeds form insurance claims. There is a commercial with a young man explaining that President Bush blames victims for frivolous lawsuits. Whomever wrote that should be tarred and feathered because it is misleading. Frivolous lawsuits are filed by ambulance chasing trial lawyers who would rather sue in court than settle with an insurance company to cover costs. Because of those "frivolous" law suits, we all suffer from under insured due to the fact insurance companies must protect their bonuses and compensation plans before they can provided care coverage for their subscribers. It just a fact of business. I get mine first; then you do. Not my type of business - I get mine after all else is paid. I was interested in learning that Congressional medical programs far exceed anything Congress is willing to give up or pass along to us. Even their retirement program includes personal accounts under another name. And they want to stop us from have that same benefit. Any Congressman (women, too) who doesn't vote parity on Social Security should be "fired" for good cause and pull back their severance and retirement pay for unfaithful service to their constituents. If it ain't good for us, we shouldn't pay it for them or at least they shouldn't be able to use their Congressional salaries to buy into those frivolous scary private funding programs. I think its good for us and I would rather pay into my personal account than any Congressman's slush fund. It shouldn't surprise many that I watch ABC a lot. After all, they are more credible in recent weeks much to George Stephanopoulos impact on reporting with intelligence instead of speculation. He does his homework and now others are catching on. I normally, don't like it when reporters brag about their invitations to White House lunch. But to know that they were awed by our President enough to mention it 10+ times says they want us to know they have access. Their reporting showed it too. Noted - Dan wasn't there nor Brian Williams. Ever since George W. Bush inserted personal accounts into Social Security language, Democrats are running around trying to learn how to spell "Personal accounts." They still get it wrong. They spell it: "privatization". That's their trouble. They don't understand leadership or how to listen. Harry Reeds just wants to kill any programs that a democrat doesn't understand. It doesn't matter that after thirty years of Social Security, Democrats haven't figured out that it is was never intended to be a revenue stream for their excessive spending. It was meant to be what they now claim it should be - an insurance program - that government shouldn't tap into. It's that thinking why we need personal accounts like those Congressmen use to guarantee life long income through to their great grandchildren you know multi-generational annuities and gifting annuities. Martha Raditz reported on Iraqis bracing down for post election harassment to disrupt rebuilding infrastructure. Although some criticize amounts spent on infrastructure to date, it was prudent to wait until Iraqi's themselves build a resolve to protect it. Earlier would've been throwing the money into a fire pot. Peter really put down Pelosi for her comments about lack or training for Iraqi security forces, police, and first line defenders. My words, she just doesn't get it - it takes time to train people in order for them to get OJT experience under erratic conditions. The reason our forces are so potent in that environment is that a majority are Reservists and National Guardsmen who have 20-30 years experience over our active military with young recruits filling the ranks. Tavis Smiley is the most obnoxious lack luster the network has. Maybe it's the California water, but thinking that leading from the center would accomplish anything it absolutely idiotic. We wouldn't have had a 9-11 experience if the previous administration would've lead more from the right. Apologies, hugs, and encouragement for terrorists just will not build a strong national security. It takes guts to make right decisions and to lead those gutless wonders elected to Congress. Mark Haperin says the President plans to work for the next four years. He also said he didn't think Democrats could afford not to back the Bush agenda. Linda Douglas added that she didn't think Democrats knew what to oppose because if they don't get it fixed, they will not be there to even try. Terry Moran concurred with insight that even Republican representatives are seeing the light that if the President's programs are successfully passed, then elections will favor those who stood up to the challenge of reforming necessary programs while eliminating others that don't. I'll bet anything that those programs Bush identified as useless will materialize in our media as cuts in social spending. For G--'s sake, let's invest in America and quit spending for spending sake. Peter Jennings acknowledged that Bush put the cards on the table and now we'll see who will rally behind him or show a better hand. Terry Moran agreed and said if those representatives, Democrats or Republican don't get involved, they'll be out. George Will in his serious humor explained that the President doesn't play softball, and that he threw his cap over the wall and the rest better follow or be left behind. Our President will be on a permanent campaign to reform America's forgotten programs. Even Bush explained that some programs have been debated for decades without adjustments to reality. Fareed Zakaria is way to close to Iraq to understand American resolve and prioritizing tasks to take advantage of success rather than failure. He did say that America was no longer under pressure to succeed in Iraq, but Iraqi interim leadership would now have to create its government. He had no doubt that Shia's handling of Sunni involvement would play a big part in stabilizing the country. There was an interesting video insert after the panel discussions that mentioned how many minutes Bush spoke as compared to an hour and half that Clinton "talked" during his second State of the Union address. That's why Bush is respected today because he speaks substance and Clinton liked what he heard when he talked. Big, big difference. Cokie Roberts assessed that working with the Senate will be more important than the House. She also said that Democrats were intimidated by the rigorous tasks presented and should not just use Republican language to gain popularity. Stephanopoulos ended the show with a "George Bush lesson learned" that if he, the President didn't set an agenda, then someone else will. With that restated, I'm going to bed. Gene Take time to fill out my survey www.gzarwell.com Note: If you have an opposing opinion, please send it in. If you have no opinion, don't worry about it. Maybe you should! Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:04:55 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Great President et al.: It's a great day when we can all say, Madam Secretary. Some say it with reservation, some say it out of respect, others say it because Secretary Rice has been able to identify obstructionists in our Congress, rein in American media, and challenge those who impose their misconception through intimidating questions to dignify their lack of knowledge. I obviously agree with the latter. Condoleezza Rice will be our strongest most credible Secretary of State in post WW history much to solid positioning from Secretary Powell who set the stage. He never compromised our President as previous Secretaries did and continue to do to separate themselves from failed policy. He never had to face failed policies. I personally look forward to how her presence will change world opinion about how our President took charge, offered others opportunity to participate, and did not sell out American resolve to satisfy continental European lack of resolve. As I wrote last week; without proving our resolve, there would not have been elections in Iraq today. Without proving that resolve, bullies around the world would take us to task just as they did when Mrs. Clinton's estranged, strange, or often considered husband was President. Some observations today about media reports. ABC and CBS acknowledged and praised American resolve for successful elections with few interruptions, but, NBC with its jaded reporter, Brian Williams, speculates on all that could be negative without any substance. It's just a choice of words that makes a big difference in perceptions. Even Dan Rather seemed honorable this morning. He couldn't fabricate one negative thought or situation to derail American resolve. In fact, he almost seemed awed by George Bush's accomplishments. Peter Jennings was very supportive and actually talked positive with only one inference speculating some aftermath. It wasn't even worth it, but that's just Jennings. It reminded me of Ted Kennedy's negativism recently trying to obstruct global popular appeal of Secretary Rice because of her forthrightness and insider access on critical issues affecting global politics. His comments prove that , yes, we have a two party system. One that thinks out resolve, makes tough decisions, and impacts positive change. Another that obstructs, takes credit for, and destroys resolve just to hear themselves talk about nothing. Maybe, between Kennedy and Kerry, they actually have global leaders afraid to meet with her because of her strong resolve on our behalf. This moral strength will certainly help her through these next four years and beyond. I guess Tim Russert couldn't find a credible guest to fill his hour today and called upon John Kerry who is still replaying his misperception of flop-flip and I told you so, but I told you so the other way, too! He couldn't explain one idea that was his. It's always, someone else's and I don't know what I'm taking about but I like the sound of it! Senators Lugar and Biden seemed to be on one sheet of music; Dr. Rice's. Although all three supported each other is fact and concept, Joe Biden had to make some political rhetorical statement just to hear himself talk. Getting back to Kerry, he still speculates and has no resolve. He doesn't believe as a leader that he could lead. He just likes to hear himself talk. He says that President Bush doesn't address crises in our country. Yet, Social Security was criticized by previous Congresses and our Clinton administration as being in trouble. Now that our President it taking an initiative to discuss reform, Democrats, Kerry and Kennedy, attempt to destroy tasking this reform and bring back failed policy decisions of several former Democratic Presidents that would never work before and won't work now. In Democratic thinking, it is not that you look for possible causes that can be fixed, it's that you superficially make a change and claim it will work, and if it doesn't - Blame the President. Look, Roosevelt stated that Social Security would never be taxed. Two Democratic Congresses taxed it and they don't want to give it up. Monies generated from taxing government benefits doesn't add up to more available spending money. It adds up to less money in circulation that could generate six-times those tax monies in local economies and return sales or use taxes. Keep this in mind, folks, Hillary Clinton is getting ready to steal Republican resolve just to get elected. Her chameleon tactics to be Jewish in New York, democrat at conventions, and republican when it suits her is being slowly exposed. Her socialist policies will only enslave free people to government. It is better we have someone who understands ownership and responsibility. Our President and Congress were never elected to be our "Super Nanny". Wouldn't it be nice if Hillary lost a 2008 primary before any vote? Howard Dean will help, but first, he needs to be elected as DNC chairman. Kerry certainly would help because he really turned off voters to North Eastern liberals. Al Gore could probably carry a primary vote in his home state and maybe even in Ohio. We know from Iraq that people with resolve turn out to vote, those who don't know how to spell resolve; don't. Intimidation doesn't stop voting by those with resolve, ignorance does. George Will summed it all up this morning. "We need to quit politicking in America and give it a rest. I think Evan Bayh may have mentioned that too when pressed to announce his Presidential run in 2008. However; Bayh couldn't project one positive thought about what is going on in government today. He was acting as a spin doctor on how Democrats would like to take credit on stated and documented Bush resolve, reform proposals, and military strategies. Why is it that guys like he seem to know more about how to do something and never do it? Keeping media and politicians out of Presidential decisions is how you keep tactics in line with strategies. Otherwise, enemies, insurgents, will know what is next. Look building democracies or, for that matter ,securing peace is not done by reading a "How to Book". If it was, Wolf Blitzer and Anthony Cordesman wouldn't have told the world that they couldn't understand why we were approaching by sea during "Desert Storm". By the way, it was in battle plans written at CENTCOM in 1986. A chapter on "How to use media to influence enemy actions - 101". It was only to feign that approach so American forces could proceed from sunset and to give Iraqi troops a chance to surrender without being killed by Hussein's advancing Republican Guard - those same soldiers, Kennedy, Kerry, Bayh, and others said we should have employed to help secure peace during "Iraqi Freedom". Yah! Let's hire those losers and see how many they can kill from inside our coalition. Their loyalties certainly wouldn't support our resolve. It would probably have resulted in twice as many casualties having not only our media, politicians and global leaders questioning our resolve, but also hired guns with a history. My concern is that in 2006, incumbents will get reelected without reforming Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, but will use our money to line pockets of their special interest contributors to get fund their campaigns keeping challengers at bay. I said it before and I'll say it again, "it isn't about them, it is about us." If reelection is foremost in their media bites, vote them out as the gutless wonders they are. If you like throwing your money in your toilet, vote for those who look to do that with your contributions to them and through taxes to our government. Whether you pull a lever on a toilet bowl, slot machine or voting machine, your money disappears similarly unless you take charge of who or how you're money is disposed of (drug money usually disappears down toilet bowls before the cops come, special interest gets it from two other options). Take ownership - sounds like a good idea to me. I heard someone else say that recently. And Yes, Bob Schieffer, "George W. Bush will be remembered as a great President" even if Congress doesn't have a will or resolve to reform government spending to fix social spending because tough decisions are beyond their comprehension. Perhaps, we should eliminate Congressional retirement programs and use those funds to shore up Social Security until we can elect Senators and Representatives to fix it without increasing fixed government costs of increasing entitlements. At least Congress could make it appear that they want to fix it for "we The People". Oh, that's all they do; then never do! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 3 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:44:14 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Unpublished precedent Et al.: Don't think New Jersey and Washington State have a lock on fraudulent politicians. Maryland has few and you'd be surprised at who they are...or maybe not! Below is an excerpt from a case history in progress. You can read the entire record by going to www.gzarwell.com/Precedent.htm. An unpublished Maryland Precedent worth taking note: Substitute a fictitious case for the one you would lose if all facts were presented. Under this precedent, you can remove files from the record if they do not support your perception of how a case developed. You can even substitute fraudulent documents from a unrelated third party to create a sense of credibility for any fictitious case. Take note, you can use this tactic and cite this case from the bibliography at the end to support your tactic in filing your case. Defense strategy, you must miss “answering” deadlines and question whether original cases filed are civil actions or appeal actions, that way you assume 30 – 60 more days before opposing parties will catch on to any fraudulent switches. It also creates suspicions with judges who are not completely read into the original action to question what type of case was filed. This will result in a request to plaintiff to explain this misperception. Done to give opposing legal teams an opportunity to reset court-filing calendars giving them a new initial answering date. ~ >> >> ~Sovereign immunity is rendered mute if in performance of official duties a felony is performed or conspired. Common law that many courts are trying to eliminate; public officials hide from until caught, then they retire or move on for personal reasons. There is quite a list of honorable people that resigned over this scenario rather than continue its charade, they are listed in a news release as indicated in the bibliography below (referencing website bibliography). Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 4 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:39:37 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Here~goes~Johnny! et al.: We've all missed Johnny Carson for many years. Some of us hoping to see him in unprecedented guest appearances that he rarely if ever made. I met him through his sidekick, Ed McMahon, who along with Peter Storer, sponsored me, a student studying broadcasting, to attend a Society of Television Broadcasting dinner and conference in New York during my junior year (1964) at the University of Wisconsin. It was my first trip to New York aboard a Capital Airlines, tri-tail Constellation. Up to that time I only flew in training planes as I earned my Private pilot license in six months during 1963. Aside from that, Ed was my host and introduced me to Johnny after one of the sessions. They invited me to that night's "Tonight Show". It was one that took more than five hours to record, without air conditioning in New York's August heat" as Buddy Hacket tried to clean up a joke that kept getting funnier and funnier. Taping as I remember was completed ten minutes before air-time with its final half-hour still being edited as its first half-hour aired. Our paths crossed several times since. During my 1965 Water Ski Show stint as part of Florida's Pavilion during New York's Worlds Fair, Ed and Johnny came to see it "unbeknownst" to me. At that point I figured I should go to their show and placed a call to Jeannie, Johnny's secretary/assistant. She said I could get some tickets to tomorrow's show. I would have to pick them up. Between our noon show and our 4 p.m. show (we did six a day) I took the sub from Flushing Meadow Park into the city and walked over to Rockefeller Center to retrieve those tickets. I didn't have much time and Jeannie was busy, so we talked briefly and as she gave four tickets and said enjoy. As it turned out, I couldn't go that night due to some schedule conflicts with our show. Instead, gave my tickets to our two married couples who skied mixed doubles in our show. They sat in front row seats to my amazement. They were the only audience members wearing sweats. Back then, most people dressed in business attire to attend television shows. Johnny made mention of it as a camera panned onto them. As planned would have it, they were sweats bearing our show's name. It gave Johnny a chance to remark about it. Well, over our ten weeks, we had audiences from 200 people to over 16,000 attending our show making it difficult for me to break away in our final weeks to repeat attending "Here's Johnny!" live. However, before catching my flight back to Milwaukee, I stopped at Rockefeller Plaza to thank Jeannie for those four tickets and maybe take her to lunch at Hurley's. She said; not to speak too loudly because those tickets were Johnny's parents for that night. At that point Johnny interrupted wanting to know who I was, until I turned toward him and he recognized me from two years earlier. At that moment, he suggested we all go down to Hurley's along with Ed. I think I had a "Reuben" and a "Samuel Adams" along with one of the most enjoyable lunches I've had. One of my great thrills. Our paths crossed again in Hollywood during tapings while I produced videos and films for our Defense Department in mid-1980's. This is off subject. During an "Horatio Alger" annual meeting, I was part owner of Centurian Limousine and decided to drive that job myself because our contract was for it's Chairman and his family. On our third major event, after their awards dinner, I picked up the family in front of Washington's Marriot. After assuring I had everyone settled inside, I walked around the car and bumped into Ed and Vicky who obviously lost contact with their limo. I looked at him and said, "Ed let me thank you personally for sponsoring me in 1963 at the Television Society's dinner". He replied, "well its been a long time, Gene. How's life treating? "Great", I said. Johnny was my inspiration in broadcasting. >From 1962 thru 1967, I had several radio talk shows (WOKY-AM, WEMP-AM, WISN-TV/FM, and WRIT-AM) plus several television shows in Milwaukee (WTMJ-TV, WITI-TV, and WISN-TV) while studying that industry. My shows' sponsors were interested in our youth orientation. We promoted those kids in a majority, "The Other 98(%)", who were not written up in newspapers or TV news. Good kids with accomplishments. I helped organize High school appearances on a pre-Dick Clark "Bandstand" show live from a dirt floor barn north of Milwaukee near Fox Point. Hosting "Campus Calendar" was taped for airing 15 minutes before Johnny. That show presented me with opportunities to work with Bob Hope, Zero Mostel, Carol Burnett, Alan Alda, Hal Holbrook, and many, many others. My first big production of International scope was producing 47+ hours of live radio over PBR of Pope John V's Church Music Congress held in Chicago and Milwaukee. I later packaged it in 17 languages for Vatican distribution. For a great stint in broadcasting following in your footsteps, but never really stepping into them, " I thank you. God will welcome you to eternity as we all did in our homes for 30 years. We are grateful to you for your warmth, courage, professionalism, and respectable humor." As you pass through those pearly gates, we all acknowledge... Here ~goes ~Johnny! Gene www.gzarwell.com Back to Subjects
	Message: 5 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:13:49 -0500 From: "GZarwell" <gzarwell@ccconline.net> Subject: Bam! more hot sauce, less sex et al.: Maybe we should start by defining some terms. We've all heard the jokes about "military intelligence". Some are funny and some speak truth. One thing about military intelligence is to keep secret your intentions, your whereabouts, and your capability. We've heard about "political correctness". What is it? It doesn't come from Congress. It isn't taught in Universities. It really doesn't exist except in advocacy and law. It has nothing to do with politics. JohnJohn taught us that when they proved nothing is correct from the right or from the left or in the middle. So, political correctness has no definition, just a perception that whatever you do is correct and what others do is not. Why is that? $omething to do with an intangible - tangible or a promi$e to pay dollar$ instead of effort, goods or trust. "Political Correctness" relies upon perceptions and innuendo to suit personal expression of individuals who have "free speech" but deny others of it. So "free speech" is for those who can't cope with commitment or have an ability to become a part of a majority society. Another term we hold dearly without practicing is "ethics". Not many people really know that word today. It really refers to how your grandmother perceives your performance as her grandchild. After all she saw how your parents turned out and want it better with you. Seriously, ethics is about how you want people to treat you. The Golden Rule so to speak. An awful lot of people don't want to treated too well. "Contract" is another word that seems to have more power than substance. Every time I enter into a contract with someone, two lawyers make money. Because of that, my rule of thumb is; that if I can't look someone in the eye to get a promise to pay for service or product, then a contract is not to going to get me paid anyway. Within five minutes of talking to someone I can usually tell whether or not they will perform as agreed; i.e.: I promise to create something for someone and they agree to pay me. That is until the work is done, then they say thanks, claim bankruptcy or tell me to hire an attorney. So, what's so good about "Contracts"? You can go to court, pay lawyer, obtain a judgment and still not get paid. Repeat - So, what's so good about "Contracts"? Another term is "common sense". This is the basis