Posted on 06-06-2008
Filed Under (General News) by melb

Michelle Young, 29, was found beaten to death Nov. 3, 2006. The pieces of this murder of Michelle Young are tough to put together. In fact I don’t know much except Michelle Young and her husband lived in Lake Wheeler, NC but Michelle Young paid a high price. Michelle Young’s husband was supposed to be on a business trip when his wife was killed and is not a suspect in the murder of Michelle Young. Michelle Young had a 3 year old daughter who was at home at the time of her murder.

Another sad story of a beautiful wife and mother senselessly murdered and in this case a 3 year old little girl left without her mother. Michelle Young paid a high price for something that we don’t know at this time but many have tried to read between the lines as Jason Young was the beneficiary of a substantial life insurance policy in Michelle Young’s name and Michelle Young’s husband supposedly had a romantic relationship with a Florida woman who attended N.C. State.

I can only pray that a husband would never do what circumstantial evidence might indicate and as always innocence is presumed until proven otherwise.

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Paloma Jimenez has given birth to the daughter of Vin Diesel despite no one having announced the pregnancy. I really don’t know to much about what happened in this situation but I see Paloma Jimenez’s name all over the place so I started to do a little research and what I wrote is about all I came up with.

At 24 Paloma Jimenez is a star in her own right and is a top model from Mexico. Paloma Jimenez is from Acapulco and was born in 1983. Paloma Jimenez a full blooded Mexican and this is her first child. I am not sure if Diesel has any other kids.

She is very lucky to be in Mexico and maybe more importantly be from there as it such a beautiful place. I spend a week there last year and am planning another trip there this year but this time I plan to stay there for a month. I am going to take my family and we are going to look for a place to maybe come back there and live for an extended period of time. I wonder if Paloma Jimenez likes it there? Maybe if I do a little research I could try to find her and even ask her. Wouldn’t it be cool if I could get an interview for this blog.

Paloma Jimenez is really quite beautiful and living in Mexico she must be on top of the world with a modeling gig and now having a new baby girl with Vin Diesel. Wonder if she is happy. It is amazing that they were able to keep this out of the medias eye and get all the way to the point of having the baby. Maybe it is easier in Mexico where the media may not be so prevelant as it is here in the United States.

Well I wish Paloma Jimenez and her baby the best and Vin Diesel as well in the beautiful life they have in Mexico.

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Posted on 05-06-2008
Filed Under (General News, Politics) by melb

Peggy Noonan is a Wall Street Journal columnist and the best selling author of several books on American politics, history and culture. Peggy Noonan is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Peggy Noonan is a board member of the Manhattan Institute. Forbes magazine said “Peggy Noonan packs a wallop of practical wisdom and insightful tips for rookie and veteran speechmakers alike.

Peggy Noonan comes quite credentialed and she at the same time quite controversial. She has written extensively about Barac Obama recently and I think she has shown a wide range of opinion. Here are some of the things Peggy Noonan has said about Barac Obama over the years. I think she has mentioned Obama Video, Obama buttons, the Barrack Obama campaign that senator Obama is waging right now. She has talked about a Barack Obama speech, and just about everything else that Senator Barrack Obama has touched upon. Here is a list of what Peggy Noonan has written about the now famous Barac Obama.

The Wall Street Journal
Speaking for Kerry July 29, 2004
  … do.

When Barack Obama began his speech everyone watching thought: A star is born. Talk about famous overnight. His Bill Cosby-esque line—”the slander that a black youth with a book is acting white”—was right for the times, which is to say in line with common wisdom, and when he spoke…

So Much to Savor November 4, 2004
  …en for it is Barack Obama. Let us savor.

The elites of Old Europe are depressed. Savor. The nonelites of Old Europe, and the normal folk of New Europe, especially our beloved friend Poland, will not be depressed, and many will be happy. Let’s savor that too.

George Soros cannot bu…

Conceit of Government June 29, 2005
  …careful Sen. Barack Obama, flapping his wings in Time magazine and explaining that he’s a lot like Abraham Lincoln, only sort of better. “In Lincoln’s rise from poverty, his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of …
The Politics of Dancing October 20, 2006
  …On the stump Barack Obama shows pleasure, a lower form of the dance. So does Republican Rep. Mike Pence, who says he’s a conservative “but not in a bad mood about it.” John McCain can dance. In one week he wowed college kids on “Hardball,” bopped Hillary Clinton, and announced that if Re…
‘The Man From Nowhere’ December 15, 2006
  We are getting very excited. Barack Obama is brilliant, eloquent and fresh. He is “exciting” (David Brooks), “charming” (Bob Schieffer), “my favorite guy” (Oprah Winfrey), has “charisma” (Donna Brazile), and should run now for president (George Will). Our political and media establishments,…
New York, New York February 9, 2007
  According to polls, Hillary Clinton holds an early and significant lead among Democratic voters (43%, compared with 22% for Barack Obama in a Fox News poll 10 days ago). She is of course the killer fund-raiser of the race, with one of her contributors crowing this week that she’ll raise mor…
For a Pot of Message February 16, 2007
  … to counting Barack Obama’s nose hairs. Actually they’re reduced to scrambling over each other for the sound bite from the man on the street when they know, actually, that there is no man on the street anymore in terms of . . . innocence, ingenuousness, “my first time seeing a speech by …
A Surmountable Hill February 23, 2007
  Republicans and conservatives have been trying to sink Mrs. Clinton for years, but she keeps bob-bob-bobbing along. “Oh those Clinton haters, what’s wrong with them?”

Only a Democrat could hurt her, and a Democrat just did. Hollywood titan David Geffen, who now supports Barack Obama, thi…

Cold Standard April 20, 2007
  …believe Sen. Barack Obama was second, equating the literal killing of humans with verbal coarseness. Wednesday there was Sen. Barbara Boxer equating the violence of the shootings with the “global warming challenge” and “today’s Supreme Court decision” upholding a ban on partial-birth abo…
The Man Who Wasn’t There May 18, 2007
  …(Voices matter. Ask Obama, who has one. Ask Hillary, who doesn’t.) He comes to a field that may soon start to feel tired. That to some extent already does. His relatively late entry suggests—suggests—his motives are serious, not just ego-related.

But Mr. Thompson’s challenges are real…

What’s Not to Like June 22, 2007
  …obsession is Barack Obama. “Senator Barack Obama (D-Rezko) is busy lately lying about President Bill Clinton” and “attacking entire communities.” “We have written extensively on Obama, and his indicted slumlord friend Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko. We have repeatedly warned David…
Spouse Rules August 3, 2007
  It’s gotten catty out there. Jeri Thompson is a trophy wife, as is Cindy McCain. Michelle Obama is too offhand and irreverent when speaking of her husband, and Judith Giuliani is a puppy-stapling princess. Even Hillary Clinton was a focus, for wearing an outfit that suggested, however faint…
Off to the Races September 7, 2007
  This week the Republican candidates for the presidency tried to make it new again. Summer’s over, autumn’s here, they’re relaunching. I think they pretty much succeeded. Their debate Wednesday night had sparks and fire. And a new candidate moved in.

So while Barack Obama struggles with a…

Just the Facts September 14, 2007
  …own by Sens. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Chris Dodd was equal to the moment, and seemed to me patriotic. They were probing, occasionally strict, always respectful. At one point Gen. Petraeus was asked by Sen. John Warner if Iraq has made America safer and said, “Sir, I don’t…
The Trance October 5, 2007
  Barack Obama has a great thinking look. I mean the look he gets on his face when he’s thinking, not the look he presents in debate, where they all control their faces knowing they may be in the reaction shot and fearing they’ll look shrewd and clever, as opposed to open and strong. I mean t…
The GOP’s 20% Problem October 12, 2007
  …lowed by Hillary or Obama. If the latter happens, the outgoing administration can—and will—blame the loss on lax candidates, on a party that wasn’t sufficiently inclusive, on congressional scandals, on immigration. “If only they’d followed our lead!”

They’ll be fine. The party may be …

Sex and the Presidency October 19, 2007
  …ves smearing Barack Obama in the tones of Tokyo Rose, Chinese businessmen having breakdowns on trains after the campaign cash is traced back, secret deals. It’s always flying monkeys. One always wants to ask: Why? What is this?

The question, actually, is not whether America is ‘‘ready…

Hillary Reveals Her Inner Self November 2, 2007
  The story isn’t that the Democrats finally took on Hillary Clinton. Nor is it that they were gentlemanly to the point of gingerly and tentative. There was an air of “Please, somebody kill her for me so I can jump in and show high minded compassion at her plight!”

Barack Obama, with his e…

Things Are Tough All Over November 9, 2007
  …nd neck with Barack Obama in Iowa, her lead slipping in New Hampshire. There is a sense that Sen. Obama is rising, a sense for the first time in this election cycle that Mrs. Clinton just may be in a fight, a real one, one she could actually lose.

It’s all kind of wonderful, …

Death, Taxes and Mrs. Clinton November 30, 2007
  I will never forget that breathtaking moment when, in the CNN/YouTube debate earlier this fall, the woman from Ohio held up a picture and said, “Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, Mr. Edwards, this is a human fetus. Given a few more months, it will be a baby you could hold in your arms. You all say y…
The Pulpit and the Potemkin Village December 14, 2007
  …things about Barack Obama and drug use, and her following up with apologies that will, as always, keep the story alive. That her guru-pollster, the almost universally disliked Mark Penn, has, according to Newsday, become the focus of charges that he has “mistakenly run Clinton as a de fa…
Be Reasonable December 29, 2007
  …n.

Iowa can make Obama real. It can make Hillary yesterday. It can make Huckabee a phenom and not a flash, McCain the future and not the past. Moments like this happen in history. They’re the reason we get up in the morning. “What happened?” “Who won?”

This is my 2008 slogan: Reaso…

Out With the Old, In With the New January 5, 2008
  And so it begins.

We wanted exciting, we got exciting.

As this is written, late on the night of the caucuses, the outlines of the decisions seem clear: Barack Obama won.

Hillary Clinton, the inevitable, the avatar of the machine, lost.

It’s huge. Even though people have been tal…

Who’s Crying Now? January 11, 2008
  …id.

She left Mr. Obama on the showroom floor.

I would say: All of the above. And more.

While everyone beats the hell out of the media, which is never wholly a bad idea, one should point out what everyone in politics and journalism knows: Hillary Clinton’s own people knew she was…

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do January 25, 2008
  We begin, as one always must now, again, with Bill Clinton. The past week he has traveled South Carolina, leaving discord in his wake. Barack Obama, that “fairytale,” is low, sneaky. “He put out a hit job on me.” The press is cruelly carrying Mr. Obama’s counter-jabs. “You live for…
A Rebellion and an Awkward Embrace February 1, 2008
  …stinging for Barack Obama. If you had asked me in December if I would write that sentence in February, I would have said: Um, no.

If there is a part of you that loves politics, loves the sheer brunt force of it, the great game of it, you are waking up each morning with a spring in you…

Can Mrs. Clinton Lose? February 8, 2008
  …orters, wish Barack Obama well, and vow to campaign for him?

It either gets very ugly now, or we will see unanticipated—and I suspect professionally saving—grace.

I ruminate in this way because something is happening. Mrs. Clinton is losing this thing. It’s not one big primary, it’…

Confidence or Derangement? February 15, 2008
  …m, jumps for Barack Obama. Josh Green, in a stunning piece that might be called a meticulously reported notebook dump, says, in The Atlantic, that Mrs. Clinton made personnel decisions based only on loyalty, not talent and skill. (There’s a lot of that in the Bush White House. The loyalt…
Try a Little Tenderness February 22, 2008
  Barack Obama’s biggest draw is not his eloquence. When you watch an Obama speech, you lean forward and listen and think, That’s good. He’s compelling, I like the way he speaks. And afterward all the commentators call him “impossibly eloquent” and say “he gave me thrills and chills….
Over the Top March 7, 2008
  An overview:

From the first voting in Iowa on Jan. 3 she had to prove that Clintons Are Magic. She wound up losing 11 in a row. Meaning Clintons aren’t magic. He had to take her out in New Hampshire, on Super Tuesday or Junior Tuesday. He didn’t. Meaning Obama isn’t magic.

Two nonmagi…

A Thinking Man’s Speech March 21, 2008
  I thought Barack Obama’s speech was strong, thoughtful and important. Rather beautifully, it was a speech to think to, not clap to. It was clear that’s what he wanted, and this is rare.

It seemed to me as honest a speech as one in his position could give within the limits imposed by poli…

Getting Mrs. Clinton March 28, 2008
  …en view.”

Barack Obama’s campaign called it inappropriate and said Mrs. Clinton should “reject the insinuation.” But why would she? All she has now is bluster. Her supporters put their threat in a letter, not in a private meeting. By threatening Ms. Pelosi publicly, they robbed her of…

While McCain Watches April 18, 2008
  …he die cast. Barack Obama’s supporters will not be denied. He broke through, gained purchase, held his ground, the one thing Mrs. Clinton could not afford. When I speak to superdelegates, the vibration is there: It is the moment of Obama.

And now his problem emerges. It is tw…

The View From Gate 14 April 25, 2008
  …inton is not Barack Obama’s problem. America is Mr. Obama’s problem. He has been tagged as a snooty lefty, as the glamorous, ambivalent candidate from Men’s Vogue, the candidate who loves America because of the great progress it has made in terms of racial fairness. Fine, good. …
Loyal to the Bitterness May 2, 2008
  …ght has been Barack Obama’s friend and mentor for 20 years, this will hurt Mr. Obama. This is borne out in the week’s polls. From the New York Times: 48% of Democrats say he can best beat McCain, down eight points since April. The proportion of Democrats who say Mr. Obama
Damsel of Distress May 9, 2008
  …e triumph of Barack Obama because the Democratic Party is busy having a breakdown. You could call it a breakdown over the issues of race and gender, but its real source is simply Hillary Clinton. Whose entire campaign at this point is about exploiting race and gender.

Here’s the first…

Pity Party May 16, 2008
  Big picture, May 2008:

The Democrats aren’t the ones falling apart, the Republicans are. The Democrats can see daylight ahead. For all their fractious fighting, they’re finally resolving their central drama. Hillary Clinton will leave, and Barack Obama will deliver a stirring acceptance …

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Posted on 29-05-2008
Filed Under (Business, General News) by melb

If you are one of the super duper unlucky ones that have Comcast email this morning or everymorning you are unfortunate indeed!!! I wonder what really happened. I sure don’t know. Did Concast do everything they could or did the security team drop the ball??? We may never know the answer to that one but whatever the case…. security at Comcast has been breached!!! And that is not good for anyone in my opnion.

I personally love Gmail the best. Their security sems to be very good, but who really knows??? but I am not real sure if the Comcast email or Comcast webmail security department is that strong but I feel comfortable that Gmail has gone to great lengths to make sure their customers that security is a top priority. Security personal at comcast.net must be in a real panic this morning with as many customers as they have that are probably feeling like someone is asleep at the wheel at Comcast. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted on 28-05-2008
Filed Under (General News, Health) by melb

You may have heard of Diane Odell in the news recently when she passed away after living in a iron lung for about 60 years. I don’t mean to take away from Dianne Odell and her tragic story, my heart goes out to her family and friends but this story is about something completely different… a person with disabilities has “different abilities”.

If you have ever known anyone that has a disability it probably was not as difficult as it was for Dianne Odell. Her disability although worse than most, was indicative and perhaps an extreme example of the term that some use to describe these folks as having “different abilities”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted on 28-05-2008
Filed Under (General News) by melb
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Posted on 07-05-2008
Filed Under (General News) by melb

I was reading today about the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit near the coast of Japan early Thursday and thought that I would put out a call to anyone in the area that may have video that we could post.

It might be about injuries, damages or aftershocks to the earthquake. It is reported that there was another quake about a half hour later with 5.3 magnitude and that the original one was about 60 miles off the shore of Japan and about 25 miles deep in the ocean. So far there have been no reports of severe injuries although 2100 people are reported to be without power.

This is not the first time Japan has been hit by a major earthquake. Specifically Tokyo was hit in 1923 and 140,000 people were killed in the Great Kanto Earthquake and a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan in July 2007, shutting down a major nuclear power plant and leaving 11 people dead. Read the rest of this entry »

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