Life - Rolling the Dice

Thirty-four years ago, during an all week San Diego business trip I came down with a debilitating flu that forced me to return home to Los Angeles midweek. I scheduled that Wednesday to take off at 9:00 am at Lindberg Field, but was so sick while leaving my hotel that I missed my flight and instead rescheduled it at 10:00 am. I should remind people that this was the days of no 24/7 newscasts, iPhones and the like. At that time, being ill, I was not interested in the newspaper or television, just getting to my flight on time.

As I arrived at the airport another passenger in line told me what had just happened, a mid-air collision. As I boarded my PSA Jet and sat down, I figured the possibilities of another crash like that had just moved up into the zillions to one chance for that kind of accident again that day. Anyway, I was so sick that I just wanted to fly home to go to bed. As I took off flying up through and over the black smoke as it was still wafting up into the skies from the air crash site, the realization hit that it could have been me. 

Message here?   Everyone is born with an expiration date stamp on their forehead. Always look around at the other airplane passengers sitting next to you to make sure theirs is not stamped with today's date.  LOL!

Mid-air Collision kills 153

PSA Jet & Cessna Plane - Simulated Impact PointPacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182 was a Boeing 727-214 commercial airliner jet collides in mid-air with a private Cessna 172 over San Diego, killing 153 people at 9:00 am on Wednesday, September 25, 1978. The wreckage of the planes fell into a populous neighborhood and did extensive damage on the ground.

This was Pacific Southwest Airlines' first accident involving fatalities, the death toll of 144 makes it the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history. It was also the deadliest plane crash in the history of the United States until American Airlines Flight 191 went down eight months later.

David Lee Boswell and his instructor, Martin Kazy, were in the process of a flying lesson in a single-engine Cessna 1732 on the morning of September 25, practicing approaches at San Diego's Lindbergh Field airport. After two successful passes, Boswell aimed the Cessna toward the Montgomery Field airport northeast of San Diego.

At the same time, Pacific Southwest Flight 182 was approaching San Diego. The jet, a Boeing 727, was carrying 144 passengers and crew members from Sacramento, after a stopover in Los Angeles. Though air-traffic controllers at Lindbergh had told Boswell to keep the Cessna below 3,500 feet altitude as it flew northeast, the Cessna did not comply and changed course without informing the controllers.

The pilots of Flight 182 could see the Cessna clearly at 9 a.m., but soon lost sight of it and failed to inform the controllers. Meanwhile, the conflict-alert warning system began to flash at the air-traffic control center. However, because the alert system went off so frequently with false alarms, it was ignored. The controllers believed that the pilots of the 727 had the Cessna in view. Within a minute, the planes collided.

The fuel in the 727 burst into a massive fireball upon impact. A witness on the ground reported that she saw her "apples and oranges bake on the trees." The Boeing and Cessna nose-dived straight into San Diego's North Park neighborhood, destroying 22 homes and killing seven people on the ground. All 144 people on the 727 were killed, as well as both of the Cessna's pilots, 153 total.

The midair collision contributed to San Diego's Lindbergh Field airport being ranked 10th among the world's Most Extreme Airports in a two-hour documentary of the same name released in July 2010, which aired in the U.S. on the History Channel. The PSA 182 accident caused the revision of air traffic rules applicable to the busiest airports across the U.S., with the intention of improving separation of aircraft operating in the vicinity of large airports.

Americans Elect 2012 - 3rd Party Movement

Who is this new Organization?

The battle over our religious liberties should sound the alarm bells for all faith-filled Americans to turn their faces toward the Heavens and cry out to God; after all, we are founded upon our God-given Judeo-Christian principles. There are dark forces at work that want to destroy our nation, our freedom and our culture. And with this being a crucial election year that determines our world leadership role and nation's direction, it is so important -- vital even, that we pray for our nation, its leaders and its people.  Think about it! ...When have we ever had such huge debt growing uncontrollably with utter leadership turmoil in Congress?

So, you better read a little bit about this new group, Americans Elect 2012, especially before you click onto their website and fill out their questionnaire with Too Much Information (TMI) about yourself before jumping on their bandwagon that's parading all over the Internet as "The Answer" to our seemingly painful and disjointed U.S. political election process. Have you considered that, maybe, it is what has successfully endured to allow us to vet, distill and determine what we, the electorate, decide on for our politicians and policies?

Caution: Upon entering their website a cookie will be tracked to your computer, keystrokes will be noted and sections you visit will be tabulated and your email address will be stored for further email communications for fund raising and gathering signed petitions for their voting initiative to add their third party candidate to the ballot choices. 

The following information was taken verbatim from the "About" web page on the Americans Elect 2012  website: http://www.americanselect.org/about  (Do Not Enter the website until you read everything)

What is Americans Elect?

Americans Elect is the first nonpartisan nomination. We're using the Internet to break the gridlock in Washington, open up the political process and give every single voter—Democrat, Republican or independent—the power to nominate a presidential ticket in 2012. Your voice matters. You decide the issues. You choose the candidates. And in a secure, online convention next June, you will make history by putting the Americans Elect ticket on the ballot in every state.

With Americans Elect, you have the power to choose leadership that puts country before party, and America's interests before special interests. You have the power to change politics as usual.

Americans Elect is a nonprofit that is not affiliated with any candidate or candidate committee.

The Information About the Americans Elect 2012

It reads along like an intriguing idea, but it brought up more questions than answers to who they are, what they are, when they started, where they started, why they started, and how they started.

Americans Elect 2012 was founded by Peter Ackerman, the chief of a wealth managementWashington Capitol Bldg. firm, Rockport Capital, and a very liberal activist with extreme Centrist values who supports left-wing candidates dressed up like moderates. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was invited to tour the Americans Elect offices in DC, which he described as “swank offices, financed with some serious hedge-fund money, a stone’s throw from the White House.”  Hmmn?... one website says over $30 Million from just a few donors so far.

The organization promotes a new way of nominating their candidates for president through the internet. First, you sign up to be a “delegate” at their website after filling out a questionnaire about your political beliefs. Then, members will be able to propose presidential candidates and ultimately will cast the votes to officially nominate that candidate as the nationwide nominee. Their goal is to be on the ballot in all 50 states.

Pardon me here, but does this sound a little bit like the Presidential nominee in "Manchurian Candidate"? Just who guarantees that "YOUR Candidate" is selected? Or better yet, who or from where does the "FINAL Candidate" come from that is finally selected to represent the group in all fifty states? 

Historically the U.S. has not had its traditional present-day two party races, Republican and Democrat, since the very beginning in 1776. A lot of political parties Teddy Roosevelt 1904came and went over the years and we finally settled into a two party system. So, does it seem like the idea of a third party candidate even sound plausible given that in the Presidential Election of 1912, Teddy Roosevelt was the last "almost successful" third party candidate from the "Bull Moose" Progressive Party, which after the 1912 Elections the Progressive party blended into the Democratic Party? In 1912, the only election year ever to have a "four way" race, the Republican, Democrat, Progressive, and Communist parties ran. Woodrow Wilson won. Afterwards, the electorate going forward concluded that the campaign season was too long and time consuming, deciding on candidates was easier with basically two choices and under our Constitution the Electoral College system supports a two party system quite well too.

Americans Elect 2012 is an outgrowth of another curious "NEW" outcrop organization, Unity08, which in 2008 did not garner sufficient Internet voter support, add any highly appealing or viable "Candidates" for a 3rd Party on any ballots or raise enough funds and then fails; or maybe by grand design, closed down as their campaign momentum promised an Obama victory. In the midst of the 2008 Obama Election year, Unity08 pursued New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel and then former Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, who was a one-time prospective Unity08 nominee. Nunn also chose not to run and instead endorsed Democratic candidate Barack Obama. So does Americans Elect 2012 want their 3rd Party Candidate to win again by succeeding to Re-Elect Obama this year??

The group also came under criticism by political commentators such as David Harsanyi of The Denver Post, who contends that the Unity08 ticket would have served as a "spoiler" for one party's ticket, siphoning off enough votes from one candidate and delivering the election to the other (while failing to win the election itself).

Ralph NaderHarsanyi points to the third party tickets of Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader inH. Ross Perot 2000 that he claims may have delivered those elections to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, respectively.

In this very close 2012 race, "spoiler" votes will divide voters between Republicans and a 3rd Party candidate. But, it's also a "wild card" play that can backfire on the Democrats trying for a ballot majority with a very high risk of  many Democrat votes also siphoning off to the 3rd Party that could tip the election to Republicans. So, is the Americans Elect 2012 group from the Obama White House?  Hmmn?...

Federally Mandated Obamacare vs. Religious Rights

The REAL Issue is NOT Religious Freedom!

Condoms, Abortion Pills & Sterilizations for the Poor!The Government mandated Obamacare coverage is provided at no cost for any kinds of contraceptives, "morning-after" abortion pills and sterilizations through faith-based entities such as churches and affiliated organizations, which is merely protecting the rights of all women regardless of objections to the contrary. This has caused an uproar to say the least. Catholic leaders have argued that their Main Point is about an unconstitutional infringement on their First Amendment religious liberties... and they're right... MAYBE!

The Health & Human Services (HHS) coverage is all inclusive, with no "exceptions" to religious charities. Birth control issues, viewed by President Obama as inconsequential Catholic Church doctrine, have been overblown way out of proportion by his opponents. Obama further believes that it has unnecessarily energized the Catholic voter base and zealots in the polls. (Less than 10% work in the non-profit sector, even less for "religious" non-profits leaving it in effect for the vast majority) So now, Obama is skillfully framing this medical insurance "exemption", a waiver, narrowly as only a Constitutional issue for the Catholic religious organizations. How does that affect your Constitutional Civil Rights?

Obama is no fool and predictably soon some "financial difficulty waiver", similar to one awarded to businesses like McDonald's who could not afford the Obamacare program, or "category clarification exemption" of the HHS edict will further "exempt" more religious charities such as Catholic hospitals in order to placate this group.

Note: Which classification "word" will Obama use?

An "exemption", "waiver" or "accomodation" are included under current Obamacare law, therefore subject to cancellation at any time.

An "exception" or "exclusion" is not included under current Obamacare law, therefore not subject to any cancellation.  

By doing a "re-classification", Obama really diffuses this volatile 2012 Presidential Election issue to maintain further legitimizing of the rest of the Obamacare by running the clock out for voters to 2013 allowing Obamacare to kick in with benefit costs. This strategy is brilliant because it takes the voter attention off Obama's real targets:

1. It overlooks the First Amendment Constitutional rights of all private companies across the nation forced to pay for this Federally mandated medical coverage.
2. It closes the floodgate of future disgruntled citizens forced to buy and shoulder the costs of Obamacare so they don't ask for exemptions too.

Score a major win for Team Obama!

Not Romney? Not Obama? Then Who?

NOT Romney 2012 - THEN Who?

There are 2,286 delegates.   A candidate must accumulate 1,144 delegate votes to win the Presidential Primary to become the leader of the Republican Party in the 2012 Race. And so, with the delegate votes coming out painfully slow through their caucus process, this year's messy, bloody-letting Republican campaign style certainly mirrors the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama blood-bath in the 2008 Democrat Primary Race. It will become crystal clear as the final votes are tallied and the apparent winners becomes a reality -- time will be the essense to go forward to victory. The party faithful must rally and make a fast stampede off to the Presidential Races to cross the finish line first -- Anyone beats Obama!

Off to the Races

This 2012 Presidential Contest promises to be one of the nastiest, mud-slinging, derogatory and negative campaigns in recent U.S. history. The voters must literally "steel up" for the upcoming battle to defend their Constitutional rights by voting for their candidates supporting  more limited government in size and taxation.

Obama catches up to his hyper-inflated ego - Pride goes before his fall!Barack Obama’s ego has no bounds.  During his 60 Minutes interview in December 2011, Obama ranked himself as one of the top four presidents of all time, “I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history.” It is very interesting that his landmark legislative achievement, the ObamaCare, may soon be overturned by the United States Supreme Court and his greatest foreign policy achievement only consists of having Osama Bin Laden shot in the head -- hardly stellar comparisons to history.

Over the Finish Line Strategy

Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents who demand "Change we can Believe In" are looking forward in doing just that when Obama becomes a one term President in 2012 since he looks just Like President Jimmy Carter.

President Jimmy CarterObama should be wary of what happened to President Jimmy Carter in his one and only term as President of the United States of America. Carter's administration suffered from his inexperience in politics. Carter paid too much attention to detail. He frequently backed down from confrontation and was always quick to retreat when under fire from political rivals. He frequently appeared to be indecisive and ineffective, and did not define his priorities clearly. He seemed to be distrustful and uninterested in working with other groups, or even with Congress when controlled by his own party, which he denounced for being controlled by special interest groups. 

His indecisiveness lead to weak handling of the domestic American economy programs in energy, jobs and price controls. The foreign program policies were also feckless with the Iran hostage crisis; the Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel; and the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT) with Russia all have ended up in the ash heap of historical failures -- looks just like the Obama administration failures too.

Famous Last Words - "One-Term"

Obama told The Today Show’s Matt Lauer on February 1, 2009, “Look, I’m at the start of Did I say that?my administration. One nice thing about the situation I find myself in is that I will be held accountable. You know, I’ve got four years.” 

“A year from now I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress,” said Obama. ”But there’s still going to be some pain out there. If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”