TD's Blog (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/todirsa/month/11-1-2009 Wow did I just get a lesson on the marvels of the internet. Over the past few months I have been sharing with you some of the exchanges that my cousin and I have made. Well he is one of the individuals where I share or pass on other emails I get from other friends. Some of them are just the funny ones or the ones that are cute, but sometimes they are ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:49:33 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/678159 Just got this blog from my cousin. I have got to the point I don't respond to his comments anymore because his mind is so made up that there doesn't seem to be any point. What do you think? Hey Tom, One doesn't have to look to far to find major holes in National Security in The USA anymore, we can just look at The White House. Well I gues...[Read Full Post] Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:53:58 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/678012 "American politics are getting very interesting. In a way I sometimes feel like we are watching the fall of the "American Empire" They argue about some obvious things like health care, they argue about the role of empathy in appointing their judges, and they don't seem to realize the rest of the world has already made major decisions on t...[Read Full Post] Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:45:21 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677905 I responded today to my cousin and used another tactic. Instead of trying to explain and justify what the current president is trying to do I gave him a plan of what he can do to improve the situation. After I wrote it I thought why not share it with everyone. so here it is: "Now you and I can agree or disagree if the economic woes of the US is be...[Read Full Post] Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:24:17 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677775 The last few days I have received a few emails from my cousin where he insists that I am a communist and am running down the USA. Wow! Seems like every time I shake his tree he thinks its an attack on everything he holds dear. Last night I listened to McCain saying the US health system is the best in the world! NOT! It isn't even in the top tw...[Read Full Post] Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:56:42 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677763 The past two days I have received emails concerning the current White House changing the Christmas tree to a Holiday tree and for taking off the term "IN GOD WE TRUST" off American coins. Of course neither were true, but it seems that the ultra conservatives take any rumor and try and turn it into fact. Then blame the administration for it! W...[Read Full Post] Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:25:42 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677659 When the current administration came to office the US economy was in shambles. The Bush Administration had inherited a balance budget that was providing a 500 billion surplus. It was a budget that was reducing the national debt. By putting two wars and military defense on the credit card the surplus soon became a deficit. In addition the administrati...[Read Full Post] Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:44:11 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677456 I remember the day JFK addressed America about the concerns of a Catholic President being influenced by his church. I admired and believed him when he said: "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute--where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:24:59 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677338 The more I read and listen the more I seem to be confused. There are ALL kinds of coverage about what Hollywood and TV personalities are doing. There is plenty of coverage about the various scandals that politicians step into, and we get all the cute coverage about guys pulling buses with their hair or drag queens losing their wigs. What I really wan...[Read Full Post] Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:13:07 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677244 Finally after decades of ignoring health care Congress will begin the debate. What will happen is still anybody's guess. Hopefully the debate will be on honest issues and not the distortions that insurance industry have already used to smoke screen the truth. How many more Americans are going to have to declare bankruptcy due to health costs not c...[Read Full Post] Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:45:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/677135