Tuesday, August 30, 2011

What does this mean for our future and our economy?

 From Lenny Bloom:

"CEO'S STEPPING DOWN...

ARE THEY GOING UNDERGROUND.
Are the rats abandoning ship before it sinks?


Apple CEO Steve Jobs Stepping Down : NPR
Logitech CEO steps down after money losing Q1
Schmidtfaced. Google CEO stepping down
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg Steps Down
Affymetrix CEO Stepping Down
Boston Scientific C.E.O. Steps Down
IBM CEO May Step Down in 2011
Clearwire CEO Stepping Down For 'Personal Reasons'
Campbell Soup CEO to step down July 2011
Japanese Game Leader DeNA's CEO Steps Down
Bronfman steps down as Warner Music CEO | Reuters
Dow Jones CEO steps down
MTV Networks CEO Steps Down
Public power CEO to step down in 2011
Current TV CEO steps down - On Media - POLITICO.com
T-Mobile USA's CEO Robert Dotson To Step Down In May 2011 ...
Murdoch may step down as CEO of NewsCorp
LPS CEO Steps Down
Co-CEO of Havas Digital Stepping Down to Start Own Agency ...
CEO Turnover Continues In 2011; DISH Network CEO Steps Down ...
Kimball steps down as RealNetworks CEO | Digital Media - CNET ...
ActiveRain CEO steps down
Endemol Chair/CEO Ynon Kreiz Steps Down Amid Financial ...
Report: Sony CEO Stringer asked to step down by shareholder ...
Alibaba CEO and COO Step Down
Houghton Mifflin CEO stepping down
Charter International CEO steps down - FT.com
Cal eConnect CEO steps down | Healthcare IT News
HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down | threatpost
Univision CEO Joe Uva steps down - latimes.com
Foote to step down as USG CEO in 2011 | Home Channel News"

Thursday, August 4, 2011

In Remembrance of David Shafely

He was 52 years old.  He would offer to help all kinds of people.  He wanted to become a Social Security payee for disabled people.  He brought in a young man whose mind was non-existent from drug use.  He was on SSI.  Dave had to call the cops 3 times to get him out of his house.

Then recently he had another person move into his house to share the rent.  Whoever this individual was, Dave again called the cops to evict the man.  The cops wouldn't Baker Act* him.  Dave got so frustrated he hit a cop with his cane.  They arrested him and a friend bailed him out.  He retained an attorney.  Apparently he now owed $700,000 in legal fees.  He lived on Social Security Disability, so he didn't have much money.  His elderly mother had dementia.  He was trying to care for her like a nurse.  His father, too, was elderly.  These are things he told people before he died.

Dave suffered severe depression.  He had a nice neighbor, a woman he would talk to for long periods of time.   But even she couldn't help him.  I believe the photo of him here was a mug shot.  In his eyes you can see fear, paranoia and panic.  The walls were closing in.

One afternoon he went into K-Mart and was detained for shoplifting soda and rechargeable batteries.  They brought him back to a security office.  He explained his problems.  Then he pulled out a .22 caliber gun and shot in the direction of the doors where the guards were standing.  They ran.  They heard another blast.  He killed himself.  Actually, he was taken to a nearby hospital and died there.

He was always out to help someone.  But his health was never good.  He had a colonectomy at the age of 16, was gay and feared intimacy, was a recovering alcoholic and was often in a wheelchair for back injuries and pain.  Another thing I remember about him: he looked like Jesus Christ!


                                                 Flowers for Dave
                                    He helped everyone he could,
                                       Yet life was harsh for him.
                                                 Rest in Peace


*In Florida a Cop decides if you're drunk or disorderly.  If the former they arrest you; if disorderly, you might wind up in a psychiatric ward.  It's a law called "The Baker Act" and is often referred to humorously.

Watch This Word

Anytime you hear the word "Global," look out.  This is not a benign word or concept.  You hear the politicians discussing "global" plans.  Organizations bandy about the word.  "Global" means they're going to take away your liberty.  The US has a Constitution and there may be people in power who want to throw it out and conquer other countries.  "Globalization," in my opinion, will lead to nuclear war.   This is Communism, or Socialism at best.  A one world order.  This is what the Nazis were after.  Genocide and world control.  Bilderburg, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations and several other entities want us all to be conquered, basically, "for our own good."  There'll be no religion; they'll dictate what job you should have, maybe how many babies you can have.  These are all "Global" parties.  The word "Global" is not good.  What they're promising is a world straight from John Lennon's song, "Imagine."  That song spells out communism to such an extent the Cubans erected a bronze statue of Lennon sitting on a bronze bench and I understand it is all right now for the Cubans to listen to Beatle music.

I am very cautious when I hear of "International Studies" in a college curriculum.  And who will become the reigning power  -- the US, England, the Reunification of Germany, Russia?  How about China?  There are more of them than there are of us in the United States.  When you hear of this "Global" effort, remember our Constitution.  We are not "Global" and we should never become "Global."  We are our own country, which we fought for.  We are not the colonies.  We are independent.  We need to stay that way.
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