Sunday, May 08, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Hmmmmm. 2006 .....Bush was president and Wall Street corruption and greed was at its peak. In 2006 large corporations were scamming the public and over-extended, sending jobs and American money abroad...and California had been fending off bankruptcy for about ten years with increased borrowing. In 2006, Madoff was a hero.
Denham's idea, more roads and maybe in 6 years....
Goodwin looking GREAT right now.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Today, Wednesday, February 9, 2011, is the last day of the General Vang Pao funeral. It was a great and memorable event. Such a well-planned 6-day event. The people that I met were very friendly and nice. Lots of the attendees were high level officers in the Laotian military and many people held high level jobs in the U.S. today. I learned alot about Buddhist funerals.
Rest in Peace General Vang Pao. He did a great thing in bringing many thousands of Hmong, Laotians, and Cambodians into the US for safety and a new future. Yes, the stories were amazing.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
FRESNO BEE LIES TO GET HMONG EMOTIONAL APPROVAL
The Fresno Bee printed that the "Obama Administration" denied General Vang Pao the honor of burial at Arlington Cemetery..
The TRUTH is that President Obama's administration had nothing to do with the denial that was presented at General Vang Pao's funeral on February 5th. The decision to deny General Vang Pao was based on a decision by the white generals who oversee the military cemetery. President Obama does not select who is buried at Arlington, he is busy with a few actual wars.
The Fresno Bee struck a low blow to inject racial hatred against President Obama into the decision. Also it shows that these valley republican newspapers are prone to lie in order to get public sentiment on their side. We certainly can not trust what we read in the Fresno Bee or the Modesto Bee.
The TRUTH is that the burial issue will eventually come before President Obama, after the Hmongs appeal this decision by the generals. Amazing as it may seem, President Obama does not even handle the first appeal, so the next decision will also be made by a military review committee. Eventually, the issue will reach the President - but it will be months because the military has a policy of following the "chain of command" and you can not circumvent the process.
The Hmong community understands the truth and will not be deceived by cheap political antics by the Fresno Bee.
See: Youtube: CentralValleyCd19 (posted today - 2/6/2011)
Monday, January 31, 2011
JAKE SHERMAN | 1/31/11 9:14 AM EST
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) caught lots of flak earlier this year for hosting a swank, rock ‘n’ roll fundraiser months after his freshman class was swept to Washington after promising a renewed commitment to frugality and economic restraint.
And all that ire was before the nearly $80,000 in expenses was disclosed.
The night before lawmakers were sworn in, the first-term congressman’s political action committee appears to have doled out $25,000 to have LeAnn Rimes perform in Washington at the W Hotel for an event that raised eyebrows in both Republican and Democratic circles.
The PAC paid the W Hotel $22,000 for catering and lights, and audio services ran up a $5,000 tab. It also paid $10,000 for “floral expense and event design.”
It was a particularly bizarre event, even by Washington standards. Denham invited the media to the W Hotel before the event, where he vowed that “we’re conservatives but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun.”
“Obviously this isn’t just about raising money, this is about having a good time,” Denham said to reporters before the fundraiser. “We have a great entertainer here in Grammy Award-winner LeAnn Rimes. And we’re excited about that, and excited about the event tonight.” Reporters were not permitted to attend the fundraiser itself.
The money that the PAC raised hardly covered the cost of the event — it took in $85,000. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians donated $50,000 to the committee, and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians Native donated $25,000. Blue Shield of California’s PAC chipped in $5,000 and the American Association of Clinical Urologists and a Tennessee-based donor gave $2,500 each.
Although Denham was the face of the event, the political action committee raises money for a slew of first-term Republicans, including Reps. Scott DesJarlais (Tenn.), Robert Dold (Ill.), Renee Ellmers (N.C.), Jeff Landry (La.), Tom Marino (Pa.), Tom Reed (N.Y.), David Rivera (Fla.), Jon Runyan (N.J.), Steve Southerland (Fla.), Marlin Stutzman (Ind.) and Kevin Yoder (Kan.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48487.html#ixzz1CdRE69JZ
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Just wanted to write this correction straight from Aretha. Aretha says she is fine and will reschedule her tour. She says she is housebound for 2 more weeks - then she will spend some time at the beach - maybe Hilton Head.
Thanks Aretha!!
Friday, January 07, 2011
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
BOTTLED WATER A HEALTH HAZARD - TELL THE KIDS AND SAVE BIGTIME
KIDS AND SAVE BIG TIME
TELL KIDS BOTTLED WATER NOT BETTER THAN TAP WATER AND SAVE MONEY
Schools sell bottled water to kids - around $1 a day - and
the costs add up for families. Kids feel because the water is sold that the
bottled water is BETTER - NOT TRUE!!!! School administrators don't care and
continue to allow this message to be given on a daily basis. Tell kids in your
communities the truth about bottled water. Also, the water sold at schools is
often kept at varying temperatures (unrecorded) and for varying lengths of time
(unrecorded). These storage conditions can make the water even worse with higher
bacterial counts. These elevated levels of bacteria can increase oral bacterial
count and increase cavities and gum disease.
Here is an article on
BOTTLED WATER from the web:
How much do you know about the bottled water
you drink? Not nearly enough, according toa new report released today from Environmental Working
Group (EWG)."Bottled water companies try hard to hide information you
might find troubling," says Jane Houlihan, senior vice president of research for
the Washington D.C.-based research and advocacy group.
EWG analyzed the
labels of 173 unique bottled water products and company websites to determine if
companies disclose information on where water comes from, how or if their water
is treated, and whether the results of purity testing are revealed. The
nonprofit also looked at how effective (and advanced) any water treatment
methods are. Researchers followed up by calling dozens of bottled water
companies to find out which ones willingly tell consumers what's in their
bottles.
The Environmental Protection Agency says on its website that
consumers have the right to know where their water comes from and what's in it
so they can "make informed choices that affect the health of themselves and
their families." Tap water is regularly tested and consumers can find their local water info
online. That's not necessarily the case with bottled water, which is
not required to disclose that information to consumers. "Bottled water is a food
product and every one of these companies is complying with federal law,"says Tom
Lauria, of the International Bottled Water Association.
More than half of the
bottled water products surveyed failed EWG's transparency test --18 percent
didn't say where their water comes from, and another 32 percent did not disclose
any information on treatment or purity of water.
Only three brands earned the
highest possible marks for disclosing information and using the most advanced
treatment methods available- Gerber Pure Purified Water,
Nestle PureLife Purified Water, and Penta
Ultra-PurifiedWater.
On the other end of the spectrum, these six
brands got the worst marks in EWG's report because they don't provide consumers
with the three basic facts about water on product labels or their company
website - Whole Foods Italian Still Mineral Water,
Vintage Natural Spring Water,Sahara Premium Drinking
Water, O Water Sport Electrolyte Enhanced Purified Drinking
Water,Market Basket Natural Spring Water,
andCumby's Spring Water.
How does your bottled water brand
stack up? Here's a look at the 10 top-selling* U.S. brands:
1. Pure Life
Purified Water (Nestle),EWG grade = B
2. Arrowhead Mountain Spring
Water(Nestle), EWG grade = C
3. Aquafina Purified Drinking Water(Pepsi),
EWG grade = D
4. Dasani Purified Water (Coca-Cola),EWG grade =
D
5. Deer Park Natural Spring Water(Nestle), EWG grade = D
6. Ice
Mountain Natural Spring Water(Nestle), EWG grade = D
7. Ozarka Natural
Spring Water (Nestle),EWG grade = D
8. Poland Spring Natural Spring
Water(Nestle), EWG grade = D
9. Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water(Nestle),
EWG grade = D
10. Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water (CGRoxane), EWG
grade = F
Filtered tap water received the best grade (an A) from EWG because
if you change your filter regularly, EWG says it is purer than bottled water,
plus it saves money (bottled water can cost up to1,900 times more than what
flows from your tap). Drinking tap water also takes less of a toll on the
planet. EWG offers plenty of tips for filtering your tap
water so that you can drink the healthiest water
possible.
What should you do when bottled water is your only
option?"While our top choice is filtered tap water, when you do need to choose
bottled water, we recommend brands that tell you what's in the water and that
use advanced treatment technologies like reverse osmosis and micro-filtration," says
Houlihan. Advanced treatment technologies remove pollutants that other methods
don't. You should look for bottled water products that tell you where the water
is coming from and how pure it is.
Here are the results for all 173bottled water brands
included in the report. You'll find that some less popular brands rank even
lower than our list of top-sellers.
The advice to drink filtered tap water
can seem confusing when there are often reports about the contaminants found in
municipal water supplies. Just last month, for example, EWG announced that cancer causing hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) is in 31cities' tap water. Houlihan says
chromium-6 is as likely to be in your bottled water as it is in your tap water
and we need action from the federal government on this. She points out that a
reverse osmosis filter can remove the worrisome contaminant. You can guarantee
its removal in your home supply, but in many cases you don't know what's in the
bottle you're drinking from.
*Sales rankings from the Beverage
MarketingCorporation.
DENHAM SELLS OUT VALLEY AND SEEKS LOTS OF CASH
Denham rushes straight for the cash. What a CREEP!!! Denham is not my congressperson because he refused to talk to any Democrats during the past election. But for Republicans, your representative in Congress had a dinner costing $2,500 a plate in D.C. BEFORE he was even sworn in.
Why would anyone pay $2,500 for a Denham dinner?
As I said during the campaign, he is selling out the valley and the buyers came to look over Denham's weaknesses and priorities. He has gold in his eyes. No one would pay to hear Denham speak. He has no significant formal education, he ignored the Valley, so we end up with high crime, poor education, rotting infrastructure, illegal alien problems and many gangs. Denham skips out and brought in Boehner for a $1,000 a plate LUNCH and started selling out the valley to Boehner before the November general election. Boehner took the money and ran, and Denham promised he would do more to fund the Republicans. This will be Denham's place in Congress. He will have no ideas or abilities to help the valley. He is the "dirty dog" or the thug next to the mobster.
Hold on to your pocketbooks and wallets!!!
Repuublicans Fight To Make America FAIL AND STEAL OUR MONEY
John Boehner now becomes Speaker of the
House
of Representatives -- and big banks, insurance companies and
Wall
Street
lobbyists across the country rejoice.
Money is king in D.C.
again.
Boehner before even taking the
gavel already laid
out an extreme right-wing agenda. It starts with
unraveling the last Congress and a vote to repeal health
insurance reform and includes gutting Social Security,
making tax cuts for
the rich permanent and more.
John Boehner's House
will empower
right-wingers like Michele Bachmann and Eric Cantor to roll back
progressive l
egislation and empower big corporations over the middle
class. Our money
will go to the rich even faster and in larger amounts.
Let's just say
what everyone already knows -- John Boehner's
agenda has everything to do
with embarrassing President Obama and nothing to do
with creating jobs and
getting America back on track. Boehner,
Denham, Rush Limbaugh and others want
President Obama, our country and soldiers to fail.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
2 - 5 POUNDS A WEEK
Prescription Appetite Suppressants
Meal Supplements
Other Proven Effective Support Systems
Success for over 25 year
Diabetes, Hypertension
Easy, Flexible and personal care
CALL TODAY FOR FREE CONSULTATION
559-481-1009
209-385-5510
The tale of Marisela Escobedo continues after her murder. Marisela was a nurse in the U.S. who retired after her16-year-old daughter, Rubi Marisol, was found killed and dismembered in August 2008. The suspect, her live-in boyfriend, Sergio Rafael Barraza, escaped into Mexico, joined a gang and had Marisela killed outside the governor's mansion to stop her cries for justice. (see prior article)
Now the gang has targeted Marisela's husband by setting ablaze his lumber business in Ciudad Juarez.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Need help starting a clean path away from addiction?
We help with all types of addictions including; drug, alcohol, gambling, sex, eating disorders and more...
We also treat mood disorders.
No need to wait CALL 559-481-1009 or 209-315-5510
We also provide outpatient and inpatient services.
Credit cards accepted.
Medical Insurance may reimburse you for treatments.
Students OK
If YOU are ready to PARTICIPATE, we will support you ALL THE WAY.
*Suboxone certified
CALL 559-974-2855 or 209-315-5510 TODAY!!
Email: vragg@hotmail.com
South Korea says it will go ahead with one day of live ammunition military drills early next week. The North Koreans are threatening to blast the South even harder than it did on November 23rd, if the South goes ahead with the drills.
The South responded it has to go through with the drills due to their poor response to the North's assault on the 23rd in order to save face.
The North has numerous problems and has little to lose from future battles. This is where sounds minds must intervene.
Jeffery Picower, perhaps a secret partner of Maddoff was paid billions. Jeffery, age 67, died in his Palm Beach mansion swimming pool last year, Today, his widow, Barbara, has announced to federal courts she would return $7.2 BILLION DOLLARS that Jefferey got from Madoff. Madoff, of course, is in prison. Jeffery was under investigation for his part in the Ponzi scheme.
The return of the BILLIONS means Madoff's victims may get 1/2 or more of their investment losses back as a settlement. Some victims have taken jobs as maids due to Madoff's scams. Don't cry for Barbara. Her husbands invetments on the money increased their booty thousands of times. Maybe she should shell out more.
Mexico is becoming a mecca for murders of women and children. A news story cites the tale of Marisela Escobedo a nurse in the U.S. who retired after her16-year-old daughter, Rubi Marisol, was found killed and dismembered in August 2008. The suspect, her live-in boyfriend, Sergio Rafael Barraza, escaped into Mexico, out of American hands.
The set out to find the suspect, and she did in Zacatecas. She led investigators to him and HE CONFESSED and LED THE investigators to the site where he buried the dismembered body.
At trial, Barraza said he was tortured and forced to confess. So, in April 2010, a three-judge panel acquitted Barraza and said the prosecution did not have enough evidence against Barraza. The appeals court overturned the verdict and instated a 50-year-term. However, Barraza was again no where to be found and no law enforcement officers looked for him. In the meantime, Barraza joined a gang Los Zetas and had made death threats against the victim's mother, Marisela Escobedo.
The 52-year-old mother said she was going to stand in front of the governor's palace in Chihuahua city, the capital of Chihuahua state, where the Ciudad of Juarez is located. Marisela said if Barraza and the gang were going to kill her, they had to do it to shame the officials for the injustices.
As the mother protested outside of the palace, a video camera shows a white Jetta stop, a man approached her and she ran into traffic to cross the street. The man was right behind her and shot her in the head with a 9 mm pistol. Marisela died. The hit-man got away. Barraza is still free and part of a very violent gang.
In 1993, there were a string of very brutal murders in Chihuahua, lasting through 2003. The federal government put together units to investigate and prosecute the killers. The problem still exists. Estimates from the news reports put the number of women and girls killed from 1993 thru 2003 around 1,000. The number of men and boys killed was no mentioned.
Friday, December 17, 2010
ADDICTION TREATMENT
Need help starting a clean path away from addiction?
We help with all types of addictions including; drug, alcohol, gambling, sex, eating disorders and more...
We also treat mood disorders.
No need to wait CALL 559-974-2855 or 209-315-5510
Email: vragg@hotmail.com with subject line "addiction help"
We also provide outpatient and inpatient services.
Credit cards accepted.
Medical Insurance may reimburse you for treatments.
Students OK
If YOU are ready to PARTICIPATE, we will support you ALL THE WAY.
*Suboxone certified
CALL 559-974-2855 or 209-315-5510 TODAY!!
Email: vragg@hotmail.com
2 - 5 POUNDS A WEEK
Prescription Appetite Suppressants
Meal Supplements
Other Proven Effective Support Systems
Success for over 25 years
Diabetes, Hypertension
Easy, Flexible and personal care
CALL TODAY FOR FREE CONSULTATION
559-481-1009
209-385-5510