THE ENTERPRISE—USEFUL INFO
WANT TO SEE HOW FAST OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS PILING UP?
This is scary. Bookmark it and check it from time to time.
http://130.94.230.21/debtclock.html
SOME WORTHWHILE READING AMIDST A SEA OF BOOKS
By some estimates, 185,000 books were published last year. Which ones are worth reading? Here are a few, (I think) that are worth the time and the money.
HEAVEN & EARTH BY DR. IAN PLIMER
This Australian scientist and widely acclaimed academic joins the huge number of "Deniers" who claim, backed with scientific evidence galore, that CO2 based global warming is a giant myth, perpetrated for political purposes. Plimer's book sold out the first 5 printings globally and I had to wait weeks to even get a copy. Clearly, the rest of the world would rather trust a credentialed scientist armed with proof than a washed up politician armed with lies and fictional data.
Consider one of Plimer's more direct quotes:
-----"If we humans, in a fit of ego, think we can change these normal planetary processes, then we need stronger medication."
Regarding the IPCC reports upon which Al Gore and all the Global Warming alarmists based their claims, not only was the data manipulated, but the so-called scientists were ill-equipped to even analyze data of this kind.
-----"In the 1996 report on the impact of global warming on health, one contributing author was an expert on the effectiveness of motorcycle helmets. That author had also written on the health effects of mobile phones. Other authors were environmental activists, one of whom had written on the health effects of mercury poisoning from land mines. ...In the 2007 report, the health effects of global warming were expertly dealt with by two lead authors, one of whom was a hygienist and another a specialist in coprolites (fossil feces.)
----To reduce modern climate change to one variable (CO2) or more correctly, a small proportion of one variable (i.e., human-produced CO2) is not science, especially as it requires abandoning all we know about planet Earth, the Sun and the cosmos."
----"...CO2 is not a pollutant. Global warming and high CO2 content bring prosperity and lengthen your life. Carbon dioxide is plant food, is necessary for life, and without CO2, there would be no complex life on earth."
Plimer includes a chart that compares temperature increase from 1990 to 2008 against computer predicted CO2 emissions--with a negative correlation, not a positive one. At the end of the caption, it says: "This diagram shows that the hypothesis that human emissions of CO2 create global warming is invalid."
Of course the political and environmental movement want to make CO2 the culprit and extract huge "taxes" in the form of Cap & Trade. Form your own opinions.
PURSUIT OF ELEGANCE BY MATTHEW MAY
(From the dust cover) In this thought-provoking exploration of why certain events, products, and people capture our attention and imaginations, Matthew E. May examines the elusive element behind so many innovative breakthroughs in fields ranging from physics and marketing to design and popular culture. Combining unusual simplicity and surprising power, elegance is characterized by four key elements: seduction, subtraction, symmetry and sustainability. ...May offers surprising evidence that what's "not there" often trumps what is.
LIBERTY & TYRANNY BY MARK LEVIN
This is a book that conservatives will love and liberals (described as "statists" by Levin) will--and do--hate. In fact, it is one of the best manifesto's of what conservatism stand for that is good, and how its opponents will and are wreaking havoc, as they steal or liberty, and resort to outright tyranny in the process. Levin goes back to the tenets of the founding fathers and Natural Law to build forward.
HOW THE MIGHTY FALL BY JIM COLLINS
In a small book intended to be a paper, not a book, Collins analyzes from hard data why a group of once great and mighty companies fell into oblivion. The book is worth the price just to understand his Five Stages of Decline and how they happen: 1) Hubris born of success; 2) Undisciplined pursuit of more; 3) Denial of risk and peril; 4) Grasping for salvation; and 5) Capitulation to irrelevance of death. Forewarned is forearmed.
HOW WE DECIDE BY JONATHAN LEHRER
Lehrer's goal is to answer two questions that are of interest to just about anyone, from CEOs to firefighters: How does the human mind make decisions? And how can we make those decisions better. (NOTE: I am only about 1/3 through this one and I am fascinated already.)
RULES TO LIVE BY BY AN ELDERLY AMERICAN FROM CLEVELAND, OH (posted below)
They say that with age can come wisdom. This lady sure proves that point. Post these somewhere prominent and read them often.
A LETTER FROM AN IMPRESSIVE EXECUTIVE--LOU PRITCHETT (posted below)
This has been floating around the Internet for several months. It has been verified as from him--and frightfully accurate.
THE OPINIONS OF MANY AMERICANS--AMERICAN PULSE BY BIGRESEARCH (posted below)
This highly regarded research firm simply confirms what most of us are feeling and believing. We are concerned.
I HOPE YOU FIND THIS EDITION USEFUL
It is full of rich sources of wisdom--at least for me it was.
Best, JOHN
PS: CHECK OUT THE NEW FEATURE: THE BOTTOM LINE right at the very end...
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RULES TO LIVE BY
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile & saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.
Written By: Regina Brett , 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
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Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends - an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management.
Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me. You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world
You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
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American Pulse™ Townhall Survey: People Feel They Have Lost Their Voice, Fix Economy First
Slowdown, Fix the Economy First Then Healthcare
COLUMBUS, OH – (MARKET WIRE) – 8/18/09 – Townhall meeting reaction to healthcare reform as seen on TV newscasts appears to be grounded in grass roots feelings that people have lost their voice in Washington. According to the latest American Pulse™ Townhall of over 4,000 people 18+ (conducted 8/14-8/17/09), many people appear to feel disappointed, disgusted or bad towards Congress.
Overall, a general sense of being left out is how respondents feel when it comes to the economic stimulus and healthcare reform. 83.4% of respondents think Congress and the President should fix the economy before doing healthcare reform. 74.4% say they feel they’ve lost their voice in Washington. 87.1% say Congress is not spending tax dollars wisely and 70.2% agree/strongly agree that, “Congress is only interested in their own ideas rather than those of the people."
Interestingly, 74.6% agree that returning the remaining stimulus money directly to taxpayers would stimulate the economy. When asked if the President has done enough to stimulate job growth, 55.2% disagree/strongly disagree.
60% feel healthcare is too personal to be developed without reflecting the will of the people and 48.2% think the healthcare legislation is being developed too fast. 59.7% say even if healthcare reform isn’t accomplished during the current year, healthcare will not be jeopardized.
Other findings:
· 70.7% say how their Congressperson votes on healthcare reform will influence how they vote for them in the future.
· 59.7% say protests at townhall meetings on proposed healthcare reform are citizens making concerns known, 20.8% say its manufactured protests.
· 60.7% say “Cash for Clunkers” won’t help the economy recover, 39.3% say it will.
· 28.8% think Cap-and-Trade won’t help the economy grow, 15.2% disagree.
· 43.8% say Cap-and-Trade won’t impact jobs, 30.8% say it will eliminate jobs and 25.4% say it will create new jobs.
· 41.3% are somewhat/very concerned about the H1N1 virus; 34.7% are not very/not at all concerned.
· 39.3% will get an H1N1 vaccine if it’s available; 36.2% won’t.
· 41.9% think that the U.S. government is doing enough to protect against the virus, 20.7% say its not.
· Top 5 one word descriptions of feelings towards Congress: bad, disappointed, sucks, neutral and disgusted.
For the full complimentary report (segments include age, income, gender and political party): http://americanpulse.bigresearch.com.
About American Pulse™ Townhall Survey
The American Pulse™ Townhall Survey is the largest and most accurate online “townhall meeting survey” with a margin of error of +/-1.6%. The survey is collected by BIGresearch every month exclusively utilizing Survey Sampling International’s (SSI) U.S. panel. Over 4,000 respondents participate, providing greater insights into how Americans really feel about public affairs, such as the economy, healthcare and government. http://www.bigresearch.com
About Survey Sampling International (SSI)
Survey Sampling International is the premier global provider of sampling solutions for survey research. SSI offers access to more than 6 million consumer and business-to-business research respondents in 54 countries via Internet, telephone, and mobile. Additional client services include custom profiling, survey programming and hosting, data processing, sampling consulting, and survey optimization. SSI serves more than 1,800 marketing research clients, including nearly three-quarters of the top researchers worldwide. Founded in 1977, SSI has an international staff of 400 people representing 50 countries and 36 languages. The company is based in Shelton, CT with 14 additional offices worldwide. http://www.surveysampling.com
Contacts:
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THE BOTTOM LINE:
FINALLY..... THE $64,000 QUESTION WAS ASKED.
YESTERDAY ON "ABC-TV" (BETTER KNOWN AS THE "ALL BARACK CHANNEL") DURING THE "NETWORK SPECIAL ON HEALTH CARE".... OBAMA WAS ASKED:
"MR. PRESIDENT WILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GIVE UP YOUR CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AND JOIN THE NEW 'UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM' THAT THE REST OF US WILL BE ON ????"..... (BET YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER)...
THERE WAS A STONEY SILENCE AS OBAMA IGNORED THE QUESTION AND CHOSE NOT TO ANSWER IT....
IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF SENATORS WERE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS..."WE WILL THINK ABOUT IT."
AND THEY DID. IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY ON THE NEWS THAT THE "KENNEDY HEALTH CARE BILL" WAS WRITTEN INTO THE NEW HEALTH CARE REFORM INITIATIVE, ENSURING THAT THAT CONGRESS WILL BE 100%EXEMPT ! This should speak volumes to all of us.
SO, THIS GREAT NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU AND ME... IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR OBAMA, HIS FAMILY OR CONGRESS...?? WE (THE AMERICAN PUBLIC) NEED TO STOP THIS PROPOSED DEBACLE ASAP !!!!... THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG !!!!!
IF YOU AGREE PLEASE PASS THIS O N ....IF NOT PLAN TO SUFFER WITH THE OBAMA HEALTH CARE PLAN ....FOR FREE.... WHILE OUR SELF-SERVING POLITICIANS MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AT OUR EXPENSE.
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"Government is supposed to work for the people; not vice versa."
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John L. Mariotti, President & CEO, The Enterprise Group, Phone 614-840-0959 http://www.mariotti.net http://mariotti.blogs.com/my_weblog/
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