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Today a landmark case of reverse discrimination was decided. The Supreme Court overturned the decision of Sonia Sotomayor in the case of the Connecticut firefighters who had been denied promotion after only whites and two Hispanics had passed the promotional test given, for lieutenant and captain, with scores that would allow them to be promoted – no blacks scored high enough to be promoted to the position of lieutenant or captain.

While intellectually it is a fact that no individual should face workplace discrimination based on race, reality takes a different stance as blacks are still discriminated against in the work place. Had this been blacks who had filed a discrimination lawsuit, the outcome would have been different based on the idea that unless the black person had been called out of their name, discrimination would not have occurred. I know this to be true because I have experienced it first hand where this was the first question all attorneys asked me as though being called the “N” word was the only valid means of determining discrimination on the job.

Even though you do your job better than whites, have more education than whites, blacks are passed over for promotion more often than whites. In some cases, whites are groomed for promotion by being given work assignments that enhance their worth when it comes to testing, this too I have experienced.

Furthermore, since at least the early part of 2000 the debate has been held regarding cultural bias in testing such as Intelligence Testing (IQ Test) and most standardized test. It has been determined that it is extremely difficult to develop a test that measures innate intelligence without introducing cultural bias which draw on experiences not found in all cultures. If this has been determined then why continue to use testing as the exclusive determinant in promotion on jobs.

The current argument against standardized testing in public schools revolves around the concept that different cultures, may value different skills. The test also does not take into consideration learning curves or disabilities.

Based on the education that most blacks get in inner city schools, they are not always prepared to pass such test. All things being equal which they seldom are, promotion should not be based solely on test scores but a combination of job skills, time on job, education etc.

As we take one step forward in a never ending battle of discrimination in the United States we take two steps back as demonstrated by this ruling which could have far reaching consequences that will affect bosses and workers throughout the United States making it even harder for minorities, who are discriminated against continuously, to prove discrimination due to unequal hiring and promotions.

This decision could not have come at a better time for those opposing the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court Justice. This gives them fresh fodder to stimulate their criticism of her ability in effectively making decisions based on the letter of the law, as opposed to feelings and ethnic group dynamics. I say that the Supreme Court did not take into consideration the total picture of discrimination in America and have taken us back to an earlier time in American history.

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While most people spend a lot of time talking about “global warming”, less dependency on foreigners for fuel, the high cost of gasoline, the pollution we breathe, they do very little in their personal lives to offset these things.

Friday the House passed a bill that takes us a step closer to realizing a change in the way we do business as it relates to our environment. This change can and will have substantial consequences in our individual lives having the ability, over time, to affect the costs we pay to run our homes (power we use to light, cool and heat). It also could impact our choice of cars leaning towards smaller, fuel efficient and hybrid electric cars as opposed to SUV’s and other gas guzzling vehicles.

Not only that, the shift in available jobs may be pointed in the direction of “green jobs” as factories and assembly line workers engage in work that involves producing batteries and wind turbine blades while jobs would be created to install solar panels, creation of energy-efficient light bulbs or working for a company that builds equipment that harnesses carbon from coal burning. The wave of the future is upon us with the passage of this bill.

Although this bill is very controversial and is not law yet, it is on the way to the Senate for final approval. This legislation is at least a step in a different direction towards cleaning up the environment. We have known for years just what carbon pollution was doing to the air we breathe as well as the ozone layer in our atmosphere but have, thus far, refused to take the necessary steps to correct the behavior that is causing the problems.

It is the responsibility of every individual living in America to do their part, sacrifice what needs to be sacrificed to turn blame around and redirect the affects we are having on our environment. Change is sometimes hard to adjust to in the beginning, but once you make the adjustment and the benefits are recognized sometimes are you not better for the change.

It seems that in the last few years alone there have been more intense tornadoes occurring across America. You can call it climate change, global warming or whatever you see fit to call it, however, there is no mistaking the severity of the storms that have swept across the United States in recent years. If passed, will the bill immediately begin to improve our environment; I seriously doubt it but it is the first step in the direction of change that will be instituted.

My mindset is you put it out there to see how it works, like a trial run, and tweak it as necessary until you get it functionally moving you in the direction you want to go in. On paper things seem one way but as you put the thoughts in motion, problems occur – acknowledge the problem and tweak it to perfection. Debating issues has a tendency to prolong implementation. The facts of the environment have been on the table of debate for too many years and just like the health care debate, the time for conversation is over - it is time for action.

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The Ayatollah of Iran would have you believe that he is doing God’s work and killing people in His name, however like everything else Khamenei has said and done, these words are all lies and his actions are not those of a godly man.

When you have a personal relationship with God, our father, and his son Jesus - who are one in the same - you have a clearer understanding of the games that are played. Yes, mankind has used the words of God to do malicious things, but your awareness of what’s right, through your relationship with God, ensures that you view these things as not truly God’s work.

When you witness the things that are happening in Iran the God in you allows you to know, instinctively, these things are not God’s plan. Mankind has always used God’s name to conquer and control what is out of his hands, even the people in Iran recognize this and have taken a stand.

No good comes to liars who use God’s words in vain; for their own selfish purposes or material gain. This is what happened in the city of Babel a lesson that is still not understood as this world becomes unraveled and the violence grows with each passing day bringing with it nothing but pain.

While Ayatollah Khamenei attempts to shift the blame for the reasons his country is getting out of hand, the world sees him for who he is, a deceitful, arrogant, murderous man and God’s plan is put into force as the world sees Ayatollah Khamenei as the mad man he is. The desperation, threats of violence and shifting of blame is God’s way of showing to the world this ridiculous man, whose mission in life is to keep chaos in the game.

So he loses the respect of his people and the world as he attempts to maintain his malevolent control. So wrapped up in this quest for control Ayatollah Khamenei fails to realize he is sacrificing his soul. How foolish he appears in the role of a man of God, with his lies and violence misrepresenting God’s words.

To the people of Iran, don’t give up the battle but recognize that there is more than one way for your voices to be heard and indeed in the midst of your struggle, when the Ayatollah Khamenei has attempted to hinder the witnessing of the violence he has ordered, you found a way for your voices to be heard throughout the world as you used the technology that has been placed in your hands.

As we in the world have witnessed the unspeakable violence that has been perpetrated against you in the name of a god, by a man with the heart of a devil, we send you our love as we watch you rebel and hold Neda’s image on a visual level, as a constant reminder of the extreme measures taken to quiet your voices and murder your dreams. Do not waste your time becoming the mirrored image of the violence perpetrated on you by a man who uses god’s name but really does not have a clue.

While we sympathize with your struggle and see things in the real, ultimately it is you who must find a safe way to deal with the ugliness of Ayatollah Khamenei whose wish is to kill while stripping you of your inherent will – stay focused, stay strong but recognize too, that when one door closes, another opens for you.

And that’s the way I see it!!!

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Immortality, a state of being glamorized by Ann Rice in her book depictions of vampires; a glamorization that initially swept me up in possibilities and desires to live forever; immortality as defined by Encarta Dictionary is somebody or something so famous as to be remembered for a long time. Like Elvis Presley, Tupac Shakur, and Marvin Gaye, to name a few, the persona and the music of Michael Jackson will exist long after his death making him an immortal being.

R.I.P Michael, a peace that you never really were able to embrace in life. From early childhood, your life was filled with the madness and sadness forced upon you by others. The only thing worse to me in life than a liar is a pedophile. This is the label that was placed on Michael Jackson, along with Wacko Jacko, by those who felt uncomfortable with his differences; those who found it easier to label him rather than try to understand and truly accept him.

Although I never followed the stories relating to his “crimes against children”, I did have to question the believability of the cases especially the second case. Why would you leave your child alone with someone who has a record of a crime against children unless you had a directed motive – that motive being to provide an opportunity to get paid?

I’m not even sure I believed the first incident, I was not there, I did not witness what went on but I do believe that in his naivety combined with the fact that Michael Jackson was indeed “different”, he left the door open for parasites to paint the picture they wanted to paint in order to benefit. When you don’t know who you are in life, there will always be someone out in the world who attempts to make you into who they want you to be – this was so true of Michael.

Even it these things were true about him, how can you be sure that he was not sexually abused by those he came in contact with during his rise to fame as a young child after all, he tried so hard to look like a girl – what exactly motivated that behavior and what motivated him to lighten his skin?

What I do know for fact is that Michael Jackson was gifted, a highly sensitive being in a world full of insensitivity. That’s a terrible place to be; a lonely place to be. While not all of his music reflected this in the beat, because most of his music was upbeat, some of his music did reflect, so eloquently, the struggles within himself and the struggles that took place in the world with everyday people.

These struggles were very real struggles for Michael Jackson as he sought understanding and acceptance. However, mostly his struggles were struggles to feel loved which personified, in real time, the old adage that money can’t buy you love it also does not bring peace, for neither thing did Michael Jackson ultimately have.

When I originally heard the news yesterday, June 25, 2009, of Michael’s death and heard that he died of heart failure, I visualized his heart having been broken by his life experiences and my heart became heavy with sadness. I realized that all of the negativity that had taken place in his life had conspired to take him away from here way too soon. My soul cried for him but I also realized that in his death came peace and an immortality that will last throughout time without him having to suffer the verbal attacks he experienced in this life just for being different.

This is a true, painless immortality, not like the immortality of vampires where even they grew weary of the world and went into hibernation for long periods of time. Michael Jackson left his mark on a world that was rather cruel to him at times but he will be forever remembered, for his style and musical genius, in the world he left behind - the only way I wish to remember him regardless of what the media brings to light after death. Hopefully, no definitively, I know he has found peace as well as the unconditional love and understanding, he so craved here on earth.

And that’s the way I see it!!!

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Jeff Jordan, oldest son of legendary Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan, has decided to go for what he knows and has dropped out of the life of basket ball to pursue a real academic education. I know this is not my usual flow but I had to give Jeff some love and support for following his dreams!!

Jeff Jordan was a four-year high school honor roll student and earned an academic scholarship to University of Illinois. In 2007 he enrolled at the University as a psychology major and became a preferred “walk-on” basketball player at the University of Illinois. However after two years of playing ball at the University and to the surprise of nearly everyone, yesterday he announced that he would be leaving basketball to focus on school and “life after basketball”.

As the brutal crackdown continues against the protesters in Iran and it becomes clear that Ayatollah Khamenei is the ultimate voice and ruler in the land, as he commits to and enforces the legitimacy of the vote, how can any dialogue with Iran be effective or believable by the United States after witnessing the brutality and the lengths that the Iranian government would go through to keep the lie regarding the election in force?

In 1887 John Dalberg-Acton is quoted as saying “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” He goes on to say in his pronouncement against the great crisis in Roman Catholicism that “there is no worse heresy than the fact that the office sanctifies the holder of it.” Although his words, at the time, were primarily directed towards “the ‘papal infallibility’ which is the dogma in Catholic theology that implies, by the action of the Holy Spirit, the Pope is preserved from even the possibility of error when he solemnly declares or promulgates to the Church a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals…” (Wikipedia/papal infallibility), these same words apply to the Ayatollah of Iran in 2009.

While the Ayatollah Khamenei may not be Catholic, the same concept applies and as the world watches, we see where that extreme, all inclusive power leads. In case we are not all clear on where it leads, generally it leads to corruption, tyranny, authoritarianism, absolutism, totalitarianism and murder; which is largely associated with monarchy and NON-democratic forms of government - the same type of government that rules Iran, as well as North Korea.

Lies confuse any issue and goes to intent. After witnessing the lies and the brutality of the government of Iran, the intent becomes very clear. With this in mind, how do you get around what is real, which is, the Iranian government is intent on turning its people against any foreign country that has not backed their lies; the Iranian government will stoop to any level to “prove” their lies while not recognizing or simply not caring how foolish and transparent they appear; the Iranian government loves its people as long as its people follow them blindly otherwise you die; the Iranian government is the final word in that country – it is neither a government of the people nor for the people but instead a fierce dictatorship that will not tolerate any difference of opinion expressed by its people.

If Iran can viciously murder its own people while the world watches; people that the Ayatollah Khamenei, himself has called his friends, his family, what do you think is in store for those nations the Iranian government views as its enemies, such as the United States and Britain?

In watching the events unfold following the election in Iran and the violence and lies that followed, I can only view the Ayatollah Khamenei as a madman who does not deal in reality only the “reality” that he invents in the name of his god and with the so called “best interest” of his people at heart. To think that this man will have the ability and support to continue his nuclear armament program is indeed a scary realization.

As I watched him discuss the masks that have been stripped from the faces of “arrogant nations” during the crisis in his country, realizing that the only mask that was truly stripped was the mask he wears disguised as a religious cleric, I have to shake my head at the irony of his statements.

When too much power is given, one assumes the posture of a god and we become worshippers of false idols in the form of a man, a human being who persuades or manipulates with words and when all else fails lies through his teeth to perpetuate and consolidate his visions of “right”. How can right be achieved when it is based on lies? More importantly how can the Ayatollah Khamenei feel justified in his actions knowing inside himself the lengths he has taken to conceal from the world what was being done to his people – that in and of itself makes a clear statement that he knows, deep within himself, that he is wrong.

I am having a hard time grasping this injustice and in knowing of this injustice, the world is equally as guilty in condoning the actions of the Ayatollah. When will he suffer some consequences for his actions that are more reprehensible that those of protesting a vote; his actions of obvious lies, deceit and the violence perpetrated on the unarmed, misled, honorable people of Iran.

On many levels, based on the fact that irregularities where indeed found in the votes in some areas of Iran, throwing the vote off by maybe 3 million, I would say the “right and fair” thing to do would be to hold another vote with international monitoring. Otherwise those who died during the protest of the vote, died in vain and the concept of corruption, tyranny, authoritarianism, absolutism, totalitarianism and murder are forever fortified and given credence in the eyes of the world.

On other levels what right do we, in the world, have to interfere in the political processes of any country. I say this is a hard call with our previous calls to interfere, obvious today in the world view of American and with the knowledge that it was not too long ago when we as Americans called a presidential vote in our country unscrupulous. Did Ayatollah Khamenei take a page from our own books to accomplish victory for his chosen one, President Ahmadinejad?

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The story goes that 16 year old Neda lies dying in the streets of Iran after being shot by the militia as she stood watching the protest. Caught on tape was this sight, as people who saw the shooting came to her aid to apply pressure on the wound she received to her neck area. Bleeding profusely as she lies dying, this image has been played and replayed on CNN News.

After days of violence and President Obama attempting to stay out of the internal turmoil evolving in Iran, citing the fact that this was something Iran needed to deal with on its own, he finally had to voice a strong opinion and has called for Iran to halt this violence and unjust actions against the people of Iran. This request, giving voice to the sentiments that have been surfacing here in America - a voice that will not be heard by the Ayatollah, but will be viewed by the Ayatollah as the U.S. meddling in the affairs of his region.

How can Ahmadinejad effectively “rule” or the Supreme Leader effectively lead after the chaos and murder they have perpetrated by their refusal to let the people of Iran be heard. In their attempt to hide, from the world, the violence they are perpetrating on their own people, by refusing media from broadcasting any of the street protest except by permission, protesters themselves are video taping all that they can of the violence and releasing these pictures to the world via Twitter, CNN and Facebook, in an effort to show the carnage taking place, the carnage as ordered by the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah, the spiritual adviser of the people of Iran.

How ironic it is to see a man with such a title as “spiritual advisor” ordering his militia to attack, with violence, his own people, in the streets, as they exercise their right to be legitimately heard. They attempted to go through the legal channels from the beginning by voting according to the rules, the largest turnout ever in the region. Soon they realized that their votes did not count as the “selected” winner was announced shortly after the staged elections.

As the death toll rises and the violence against the people intensified throughout the night with Basijis militia doing home invasion style arrests, my question becomes if control is this important to the Ayatollah; the Supreme Leader what makes him believable about the “definitive vote” he claims was so legal. He is showing, through his order of violence, against the unarmed protesters, that he will do whatever it takes to protect the fraudulent vote and to keep President Ahmadinejad, his puppet, in office.

He would rather kill his own people than to allow for a peaceful resolution to the idea of a fraudulent vote because inside himself he knows that if he gives in to the demand for a new vote with watchful eyes monitoring the vote it would show that Ahmadinejad was not truly the winner. It would show him for the liar he is as he stood before them on Friday and attempted to make them believe and accept the lie of the definitive victory as well.

While this protest in the streets of Tehran was symbolic for the people there requesting their voices be heard through legitimate voting, it has now become a struggle for significance under an illegal, domineering dictator. My prayers go out to the people of Iran and though we may not worship the same God, I believe that any god would be disturbed by the reasons behind this violence.

The lies and deceit that have been instrumental in stirring the pot of this protest, the blaming and false accusation against America, Britain and Israel, committed by someone who is suppose to be a “Spiritual Advisor” seeking and speaking truth to his people. My God says that lying lips, inequality, an unjust men, all the things the “Spiritual Leader” of Iran is visibly guilty of, are all abomination in the eyes of my God. So says the Bible “Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire of their gods.” Those responsible for these abominations will be judged by God and punished accordingly.

It would seem, from the speech the Ayatollah gave on Friday in which he stated that those who continued to organize these protest were wrong and would be held accountable and suffer the consequences, that he thought himself a god but I would say that my God does not work under falsehoods such as those perpetrated by the Ayatollah while the world watches, in spite of his efforts to prevent the witnessing.

While this is not my battle, I feel the struggle, the disillusionment and pain. Again I voice the words – POWER TO THE PEOPLE IN IRAN - LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED the world has seen the face of the Ayatollah without the mask of spirituality he attempts to hide behind. So he has judged you so will he be judged and suffer he the consequences of the LORD.

And that’s the way I see it!!!

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As I watch the health care debate gather speed, I reflect on all the manmade pollutions that have caused grave consequences to health, with prior knowledge that these pollutants had the capability of causing such consequences. Pollution to top soil, to lakes and streams, asbestos, pharmaceuticals; pollutions in the air we breath, the water we drink; pollution at the beaches yet, when medical coverage comes up they give you the impression that your health is affected solely by the choices you alone make in your decisions to overeat, smoke cigarettes, over drink and your lack of exercise.

While these things can have an adverse effect on your basic health, these are not the only things that cause health problems. Stress is a silent killer and stress in the work place is all too common. This level of stress can drive you to want to drink and smoke. This level of stress is just as detrimental to your health, contributing to illnesses such as high blood pressure, with or without the aid of cigarettes and alcohol. Yet “difficult people” are embraced in the work place and instead of teaching the difficult person how to be more conducive to the “team” they hold classes on “how to deal with difficult people”.

Big businesses which are instrumental in adding pollution into our environment deny and deny any culpability in the health of the nation even when the facts are placed before them. There are those who have never smoked a cigarette or taken a drink in their lives yet they die of cancer, more and more this is being explained as a “gene thing”. More and more children are born with Autism and other childhood irregularities, which, over time, tax our health care system.

Add to this the irregularities in the cost of medical care according to the region you live in and the private practice doctors who are allowed to charge outrageous prices for medical care, the refusal, by insurance companies to cover certain treatments, as well as the refusal, by insurance companies, to cover some pre-existing aliments and I would say that it is time for a health care overhaul that is more inclusive when it comes to care and more affordable and assessable to all.

While the subject of health care reform continues to be a peripheral point of conversation in political debates, no real steps have, as yet, been taken to change the status quo. As medical expenses rise, as does premiums on health insurance, we are locked in a continuous debate regarding what is the best way to move forward to reform the present path with no choices made and the threat to cut some healthy kids programs that are already serving children who would otherwise have no medical coverage.

When will the conversations end and positive actions be taken? Who is really gaining in this continuous debate while we, the everyday people, are suffering and in some cases dying, because the medical coverage we have does not allow this type of treatment or that kind of operation? With millions of unemployed Americans who have lost their “company owned” medical coverage with no extra money to replace the coverage they previously held, I would say the time for action is now.

Are health care costs influenced by the fees charged by doctors? Although in today’s world doctors are not necessarily mandated to pledge the Hippocratic Oath, that oath should still exist in the heart. This oath states in part “to keep the good of the patient as the highest priority”. No where in the oath does it state “as long as they or their insurance companies can pay my fees”.

When you take away the oath does the commitment to the people you serve vanish? It would seem so, as more and more, the feeling is that doctor’s are primarily in it for the money and the prestige and pharmaceutical companies are in it for the money, as well, as they place new medicine on the table that adversely affects the health of the consumer.

While you may not be in total agreement with the plan being placed on the table, it is obvious that if we remain on the current path the medical debt to our system will continue to grow and burden the economics of our society. The right health care reform could save over $1 trillion dollars over a ten year period. Something needs to change before this crisis begins to affect more and more people and the debt continues to grow. We have already seen how the swine flu swept the world, when people have no medical coverage how will this ultimately affect a pandemic here in the United States? Just something to think about in the days and weeks to come as the battle over health care reform continues and indecision grows.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood strongly behind the voting process in that country today in a militant speech to his people. I listened to Iran’s Ayatollah speak this morning and as I listened to the words, I was very shaken by the feel of those words.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied fraud had taken place citing fraud as illegal; called the election “definitive and legal and a reflection of the will the people of Iran”. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated that “in every election there are winners and losers, but the way to protest or challenge any differences was through legal channels only”. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that these “protests in the streets were not only illegal but those who initiated such protest would be held responsible and suffer consequences”.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also posed the question as to why have elections if you take to the streets in protest after the elections if things do not turn out the way you want. He called for an end to the protests and stated that “to think you can change the law through protests in the street was wrong”. He called on the “fraternity, friendship and law” of the people to guide them to do the right thing.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the confusion his people where experiencing on outside forces, blaming Britain and United States by name. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually stated to the people that even “prior to the election, outsiders never expected such a turnout for the vote but that these same outsiders came to realize a change in Iran”. He spoke of these same outsiders “removing their masks of diplomacy in the light of the street protest and showing their true faces; their true colors, showing arrogance and glee” in the face of the turmoil that has been taking place in Iran since the election – which in effect, has stirred the pot of unrest.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the looting and burning on “Westerners and Zionist”, and all of this was received by occasional cries of death to Americans. As I watched the crowd most visible to the cameras, I saw grown men weeping and wiping their eyes.

He then touched upon human rights and how the comments on human rights coming from arrogant nations who should feel embarrassed with this discussion as it relates to Iran based on past actions by they themselves and forcefully stated that “we do not need advice on human rights”.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed parts of Britain, mostly, for the dissention happening in his land but recognized America as part of the problem also. I heard nothing but lies and propaganda as I listened to the interpreter translate the words that were spoken by this man.

As I wondered how that country could have counted 44 million votes, by hand, in less than 24 hours to have a definitive winner, the Ayatollah justified the vote by stating that he could see if Ahmadinejad had won by a few thousand votes, where the concern would be but instead Ahmadinejad has won by 11 million votes which speaks loudly to the will of the people.

From listening to this man and witnessing the response of the people I would say that America, Britain and Israel especially need to watch their backs in the future because this is a country that is out of control and hyped up on propaganda spread thick in the name of Allah. CIA, Homeland Security, and all the other agencies need to be diligent in their missions of terrorist intelligence from this day forward – no need to invent a threat because my ears heard the threat.

Note: When I got scammed by 365jobs4u.com I wrote to whoever (don’t remember right now which agency I wrote to) and told them my belief that these people could well be terrorist making money off Americans gullible enough to believe in their professional looking site (yes I was that gullible but I was not the only one – that is why I do not invest money in online ventures).

Today I read an article, on MSNBC entitled “Terrorists recruit for cyberwar, official says”. In this article it talks about how terrorist groups are “recruiting hackers, for cyberwarfare and to raise money through online fraud” – I believe with all my heart that 365jobs4u is one of these terrorist groups. 365jobs4u is listed under many different names – be weary is my suggestion.

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Was it the 2000 election that reeked of fraudulent behavior here in America? I’m not sure I just remember it happening and that is the only thing that is important in this discussion. As I watch people like John McCain try to goad President Obama into taking a stronger stand against the election in Iran, I have to wonder at the motivation.

It is not President Obama’s place to “meddle” in the political confusion that is taking place in Iran. Flip the script and recognize how our country would have been outraged if any other nation had stepped in to meddle in our election fiasco. What would have been America’s respond?

John McCain has implied that President Obama is not being forceful enough in his response to the crisis in Iran. Just what would John suggest Obama do or say, understanding America’s shaky relationship with this country? If we have seen anything in the last few months it is that Obama does not have a “bully mentality” otherwise he would not have been able to reach out his hand in friendship to those who mean us harm; he would not have been able to stand up and admit America’s short comings of the past while pointing out the short comings of other nations as well.

Reality dictates that although Mr. Mousavi may be a better candidate for the people of Iran, his point of view is not too much different than the views held by President Ahmadinejad when it comes to dealing with America. He, like Ahmadinejad, both stated that they have no intention of giving in to Western demands to halt uranium enrichment, this being said with Russia more or less backing Iran’s nuclear armament mission.

Even if Mousavi did win the election, he does not have “ultimate power,” he only has delegated power. Ultimate power in that country comes from “The Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who holds no real respect for the United States or much desire to “get along” with the United States and who, incidentally, is a stronger backer of Ahmadinejad. The only issue that is really at stake in the Iranian election fiasco is that when the people of Iran spoke, they were not heard.

My question becomes with the understanding of who holds ultimate power in Iran and the knowledge that regardless of who is in office when it comes to international issues, Iran does not have peace or America’s best interest at heart, why would McCain come out putting Obama down for not taking a stronger stand unless his goal is to drive a wedge in the perspective of the people in the United States regarding Obama; those people who do not take the time to do their research but instead blindly follow ignorant, bully mentality people.

I am so, so very glad that McCain did not win this election. He is deceitful, I do not trust him and he still tries, whenever he can, to show to the people that Obama was the wrong choice. This is the same attitude he held during the election when he thought he could appeal to the “good old boys” – a dying breed I hope - of America to win the election.

John McCain knows these facts regarding Iran – or does he? He ran for president, he has been in politics forever, he backed Bush on much of his policy, he has been a prisoner of war yet, what has he really learned from these experiences – my answer would be “not one damn thing!!!”

And that’s the way I see it.

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