tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072915472530299002024-03-13T04:39:35.603-07:00Foggia In AmericaComposites of Cosmopolitan Aggies unified in Diversity from both sides of the pond; via Reports from the middle sister cities Foggia of Italia and Bryan-College Station of Texas...MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-29218594987801065832010-05-14T17:45:00.000-07:002010-05-15T05:32:06.560-07:00420FL versus NFL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJQyGzgt0zd_smwfsc2BBt0aB_Tyi_9LHk4oYRaOxG8TLlgFqxtFEZqOKbFULOLSiDGAldOQXOzZIhqgHNgWerD5FvcStcT-UfsomilV6yDU9Il_8NqJOZIkGb1CDjOggJNpyu2lXElCJ/s1600/zzzzNFL_Helmets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJQyGzgt0zd_smwfsc2BBt0aB_Tyi_9LHk4oYRaOxG8TLlgFqxtFEZqOKbFULOLSiDGAldOQXOzZIhqgHNgWerD5FvcStcT-UfsomilV6yDU9Il_8NqJOZIkGb1CDjOggJNpyu2lXElCJ/s640/zzzzNFL_Helmets.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmjv4mOgJO-fL5MNY8hQu9bxhpHX8oyYuDZwnfhrcNt7pnAZ7znzfwPsnpjuGsfLSM_Ii8LsZ0qr57zoTLBoMN_2Oozq92TWWh0qxk_jPPJc5U6HCbl-Gw8szahYuXAp9Uv5EuBkcbZ1K/s1600/420-nfl.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmjv4mOgJO-fL5MNY8hQu9bxhpHX8oyYuDZwnfhrcNt7pnAZ7znzfwPsnpjuGsfLSM_Ii8LsZ0qr57zoTLBoMN_2Oozq92TWWh0qxk_jPPJc5U6HCbl-Gw8szahYuXAp9Uv5EuBkcbZ1K/s400/420-nfl.png" width="326" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I resemble that remark: "Nice work N.F.L., now you’ve given every dog and pony show blog a reason to show the offensive logo." <a href="http://pribek.net/2010/05/14/makes-as-much-sense-as-fantasy-football/">HERE</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/05/13/the-420-football-league-and-the-nfls-issue-with-their-logo/">SOURCE</a> : The NFL has sent a cease and desist letter to the 420 Football League because their logo looks a little too much like the original.<br />
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According to the letter, the 420 FL logo will “tarnish the image of the NFL … and dilutes the strength and value of the NFL trademark.”<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSE4YV1RLs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSE4YV1RLs</span></a><br />
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<object height="360" style="clear: left; float: left;" width="580"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iaSE4YV1RLs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iaSE4YV1RLs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object>In case you don’t get it, the 420FL has to do with smoking weed. There’s a rapper you’ve never heard of involved and you advance the ball a yard for every second you hold in a “hit” of “pot.” Is there really a ball? Um, no.<br />
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Laura Ling, the sister of former The View co-host Lisa Ling, and fellow Current TV journalist Euna Lee have been sentenced to twelve years in a labor camp by a North Korean court for crossing that country's border.<br />
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Calling it a "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the Central Court of North Korea convicted and sentenced the two reporters in a trial that began last Thursday. The U.S. State Department said that outside observers were not allowed to witness the trial's proceedings.<br />
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Friends and family of Ling and Lee insist that their border crossing was accidental and have been publicly pleading with the North Koreans for mercy in recent days. Reports CNN:<br />
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"When the girls left the United States, they never intended to cross into North Korean soil. And if they did at any point, we apologize," Lisa Ling, Laura Ling's sister, said on "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday.<br />
"And we know that they are very, very sorry. And we ask that you show mercy today," added Lisa Ling, a special correspondent for CNN.<br />
Despite the limited communication, the families say they've heard enough to know the women are "terrified" and "extremely scared."<br />
Current TV employees, including company Chairman Al Gore, had been ordered by their legal team to remain quiet about the situation with Ling and Lee, a stance that they held fast to both individually and as a company, despite some public outcry.<br />
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Obviously, this whole thing is a situation fraught with horrendous peril, not only for Ling and Lee, but for the United States in general. One can't escape the feeling that the convictions of Ling and Lee are less about North Korean law and more just another example of provocation by a renegade country led by a mad man. What Kim Jong Il and North Korea hope to gain by this situation is anyone's guess, but one can only imagine what sort of horrors take place inside a North Korean labor camp, and we certainly feel that it's time for the former two-term vice president of the United States to break his silence and start throwing his weight around to crack some serious skulls if he has to in order to get Ling and Lee freed. The Current TV strategy of silence has not worked up to this point and will only continue to reflect poorly on them and Gore going forward.<br />
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In the meantime, our thoughts are with Laura Ling and Euna Lee and their traumatized families.<br />
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Reporters Get 12-Year Terms in N. Korea [CNN]<br />
Pic via Getty<br />
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David Smith <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"Let's compare the U.S.A. with some of the dictatorial regimes!</span><br />
If you cross the North Korean border illegally you will get 12<br />
years of hard labour.If you cross the Iranian border illegally you will be detained<br />
indefinitely and/or declared a spy.If you cross the Afghan border illegally you are shot.<br />
<a href="http://www.city-data.com/forum/illegal-immigration/863263-if-you-cross-border.html">Check out the website</a> ...<br />
IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO <br />
POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT. <br />
IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET :<br />
* A JOB, <br />
* A DRIVERS LICENSE, <br />
* SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, <br />
* WELFARE, <br />
* FOOD STAMPS, <br />
* CREDIT CARDS, <br />
* SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE, <br />
* FREE EDUCATION, <br />
* FREE HEALTH CARE, <br />
* A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON <br />
* BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR <br />
LANGUAGE <br />
* THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT<br />
Calling an illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a drug dealer an umlicensed pharmacist.<br />
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Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/illegal-immigration/863263-if-you-cross-border.html#ixzz0n6hlUZOw<br />
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Smith For U.S. House of Representatives<br />
www.dsmithforcongress.com<br />
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Chris Thornton Enter Mexico illegally you get 2 years for first offense. 10 years for the second offense. Should be the same here in America.<br />
Yesterday at 10:21pm<br />
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Patrick Darnell (from the LINK) As in USA when you cross the border; one gets --<br />
-a job (pseudo-slavery)<br />
-a drivers license?<br />
-a social security card?<br />
-welfare at the taxpayers expense <br />
-subsidized rent, or even a loan to buy a house <br />
-free education, often in your native tongue <br />
-free health care, again, at the taxpayers expense <br />
-a lobbyist in Washington D.C <br />
-billions of dollars worth of public documents printed in your native language <br />
-the right to carry your own country's flag while you protest --that you do not get enough respect in the country that you are in illegally. <br />
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some of this is questionable... to me.. SS Card? for real?<br />
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Illegal Immigration is a sick joke, and has very little credence as a "term"... my point is "if it is so commonplace, how then is it such an issue?" Yes, and no one is laughing.<br />
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The purpose of being a "Legal Alien" is to be something that can be taxed... nickel and dimes are needed from the millions of "illegal aliens" to pay for their overburdens... eh?<br />
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Hey Illegals -- if you want to hang with us Homies in this land of plenty, you have to pay the tolls just like we do. That's all this is about. Lost revenue... I say get the dough, Mr Smith. And I have best wishes for you in your campaign.<br />
Yesterday at 10:26pm · <br />
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David Smith Yes, You do and can get a SSN. The Gov always want them to pay their share. The thing is, they can be here for years and never pay taxes and turn around and draw Social Security. I wish I could do that!<br />
Yesterday at 10:32pm<br />
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Jenna Marie Hughes Me, too!<br />
about an hour ago<br />
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It is tough to make it in this country even if you are a patriot's son, or daughter. But not one of us was here "first." Not even the American Indians, if the fossil record is telling us the truth these days. We are all immigrants in this land. Shoot, man, if I am accurately reading birth certificates posted all over -- Barry our Prez is an illegal alien... <br />
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Welcome to Modern nastiness... the illegal alien in Texas does all the shitty jobs. Small business Owners, city Employers cannot compete without the immigrant filling a spot on chain gangs, sweat shops, or in the field point-repairing sewers, like bonded slaves. <br />
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... gravy train, government cheese, a Cadillac in every carport ... why is the sewer all backed up? How come we have to ration water in New Mexico cities? <br />
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Hey: today, right now, Make everyone already here "legal" and make everyone pay their taxes. Pay or get a year in Leavenworth for tax evasion.<br />
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I sure get weary reading everyday some half-bent slippery slope argument about [wtf] "illegal aliens" -- what is this -- the GAZA strip? All this is about sealing fate of immigrants.<br />
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Here's another solution: Extend the American Indian territories to the Mexican-US border and let our Sioux, Comanche, and Apache brothers police the border ... <br />
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I hear a lot of complaining, but seldom do I hear any solution... why is that?<br />
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David Smith See, I have been offering. Just no one wants to listen. So I'm tired of the bitching and complaining. Feel free to make comments, but I would hope people would start paying attention.<br />
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http://www.dsmithforcongress.com/Immigration.php<br />
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Might I also mention, of all the Candidates and Current congressmen (Water walkers), I seem to be the ONLY one making any offers!<br />
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MooPig<br />
I have read the processes you are suggesting there Dave. Believe me I agree with the process, only it will put a strain on prisons, creating a monster paper trail, for a country -- Mexico, -- who has no way of keeping a paper trail. <br />
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And I do understand you have a campaign to run, but this is fBook and in here if something pricks a finger, it is a possible source of viral mandates... the Houston Mayor won her election by being in fBook all during the campaign. <br />
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So essentially we are two people who just met on the street... And I don't even know who you are. So good luck with all that testing the waters in here. And I am sure I am not in your district... <br />
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And, many will avoid you due to the campaign... and not voice their opinions for what ever reason. But if you are going to be subversive to your opponents' mediocrity, and propose a track for illegals to become legals, remember you have to sell that one to the Mexican senators and police, as well as taxpayers like me..<br />
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After two paragraphs I can tell you this is too complicated for the average Mexican laborer trying to work in US.<br />
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Mexico has no rule of law, and it looks like in the fifty years I have been neighbors with Mexico, seems that they never intend to improve their system. So, heck no to imprisoning illegal aliens over here, I won't stand for that. <br />
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Now for instance:<br />
Mexican Labor: Who do you think had last hand in the blow-out override system in the recent oil spill in the Gulf? Do you think NASA rocket scientists prepared the pipe and valves that go into that blowout preventer? Who do you think drove the Lull to pick up the valve, and who held the spigot that sandblasted the unit, and who powder coated that son of a gun? Who loaded it on the barge? It is done by the lowest bid contractors... who employ illegal aliens, period.<br />
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No? it is Mexican labor, legal or illegal... I know this first hand or I wouldn't bring it up. Having been supervisor of illegals, in and around all types of nutty situations... scooped day laborers off the curb in three states... Illinois, MO and Tx... yep <br />
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...And I can't get past the first two points of your "what you propose" as this twelve steps to become a legal... ?<br />
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So I get to point two: capture illegal using our military base personnel... finger print, photo, and buy them a ticket back to Yucatan, or Guatemala City... that's my tax dollars you are using there. I won't stand for that. My military -- until further notice -- is not a police force.<br />
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Why not just treat the border creepers like Loggerhead turtles... collar them, epoxy a GPS trans-ceiver on their backs, let them loose and use the data to empirically set up capture-free zones for staging claims. No more anchor babies? Try to put that one past the Loggerheads...!<br />
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I agree, but like all our laws today... the detention and release program is not something I am volunteering my paycheck to cover, Sorry.<br />
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That's why you turn it over to a third party, an agency, privatize this game... forggedda'bout using my cherished army folks, or any other Federal thing I pay through the nose for. <br />
You are welcome for my comments.MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-14112968479436725932010-05-01T12:50:00.000-07:002010-05-01T12:50:05.369-07:00AMERICANA<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">How's This For Nostalgia? </span></i><br />
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It took three minutes for the TV to warm up?<br />
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Nobody owned a purebred dog?<br />
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When a quarter was a decent allowance?<br />
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You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny? <br />
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Your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces?<br />
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You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time? And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?<br />
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Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?<br />
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They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed. . and they did it!<br />
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When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady?<br />
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No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?<br />
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Lying on your back in the grass with your friends?<br />
and saying things like, 'That cloud looks like a... '? <br />
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Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?<br />
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Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?<br />
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And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today.<br />
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When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?<br />
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.. .as well as summers filled with bike rides, Hula Hoops, and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar. <br />
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, 'Yeah, I remember that'?<br />
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I am sharing this with you today because it ended with a Double Dog Dare to pass it on. To remember what a Double Dog Dare is, read on. And remember that the perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care. <br />
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Send this on to someone who can still remember Howdy Doody andThe Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk. <br />
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Candy cigarettes<br />
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Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.<br />
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Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.<br />
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Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.<br />
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Blackjack, Clove and Teaberry chewing gum.<br />
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Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.<br />
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Newsreels before the movie.<br />
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Telephone numbers with a word prefix...( Yukon 2-601). Party lines.<br />
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Peashooters.<br />
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Howdy Doody.<br />
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Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records.<br />
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78 RPM records!<br />
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Green Stamps.<br />
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Mimeograph paper.<br />
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The Fort Apache Play Set.<br />
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Do You Remember a Time When..<br />
Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'? <br />
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'?<br />
'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest?<br />
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Catching The Fireflies Could Happily Occupy An Entire Evening?<br />
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It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'?<br />
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Having a Weapon in School meant being caught with a Slingshot?<br />
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Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?<br />
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'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense?<br />
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Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles? <br />
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The Worst Embarrassment was being picked last for a team?<br />
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War was a card game?<br />
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Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?<br />
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Taking drugs meant orange - flavored chewable aspirin?<br />
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Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?<br />
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Jamsheed Hakiim<br />
Final entry: Project Global Cooling<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">W</span>hen this project was <em>born</em></span>, <span style="font-size: 130%;">the Shah was still in power and Iran was destined to become the <a href="http://www.ahura.info/shah_president.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172874828312928146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe5DNsxcKnsuVjqVwgHT_vQYayBY8Ms2TKBuiHqv7jcEnAP2JxNS5HmDfDyfk_EJ-fUt0jMAAafYVLQMxntZ8H9KFB8Xh6_2yaSe5Q7XUFKKz1nLlLek0TKZwlLHBQ7wSxJw9FI62e_lu/s400/shah_jfk_jackie_02.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>model of the Mideast.</span> My family was comprised of many engineers, geologists and petroleum geophysicists. They were mainly educated in Moscow, Beirut and even one young man, Dafya, went to Loyola College in Baltimore. He was the visionary and guiding light of the project, working diligently and pulling many strings to get to the U.S. to go to school. Dafya also, during this time, became a believer in Jesus and was baptized at the school chapel. Also while he was in Baltimore he discovered the charms of American women, one of them being my mother. Actually, they dated, fell in love and were married by a Jesuit priest. He was called back to Iran, under the pretenses of having an ill relative. When he arrived he was whisked away to one of the research compounds in Bushehr. He was working on his doctorate in computer aided seismography and physics.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">After the Shah died, <em>the</em></span> Ayatollahs began pulling the veil over Iran and shutting them off completely from outside influences. They began using great oil-wealth to finance clandestine Islamic extremist goals all around the globe. Students abroad were coerced back into Iran, by any means necessary. What the world didn’t and still doesn’t know is that the shallow oilfields are not only close to the surface but the reservoirs are shallow and inconsistent themselves. The oil wealth is an illusion. Subsurface fault lines have caused the oil to pool beneath mountains of jack-knifed granite at depths of 5000 to 7000 feet. The great pools are out of easy reach. The Ayatollahs have turned away all of the major oil companies, who have the technology and capability to recover it. Many of my family have been locked –up for years in various compounds by the regime to try and find an answer to the dilemma. Maybe you have read, Japan is very interested in the Azaadegan region, pouring yens and technology here to try and find the oil.<br />
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With the international dialog about Iran’s nuclear reactor development, the perceived reason is for them to build a bomb. However, in reality they need the reactors to generate electricity. My dad, Dafya Jamsheed, has become a top developer of the Iran Project Global Cooling. His ticket back to the U. S. is tied to his ability to bring to fruition a nuclear power plant.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">I</span> recently received an e-mail which read:</span> Dear Jamsheed, Our chance to meet in Baltimore seems to be not much of a chance at all, unless we are able to procure more funds and re-new our passports. The exit fees from Iran have become quite high and unreasonable. If you could open a bank account in your grandfather’s name, you know Grand-pa Raymond (Raymond had become our code word for uranium) However, it would be best if you took the funds from the Jamsheed Trust fund account and pay the penalty for early withdrawal and use the Visa Card in the safe deposit box. The card is in the trustees name and you have the security code. (We don’t have a trust fund, safe deposit or trustee). Once you have the card and funds, put the card back in the safe deposit. Contact your cousins in Fort Murray, Canada right outside of Alberta. There will be a truck there loaded with some artifacts and booty from Grand-pa Raymond’s warehouse. These are from some of the early days of traveling back and forth to Iran. (I knew from other communications that the researchers needed 1000 kilos of uranium hexafluoride to finish an important stage of enriching the uranium. Some smugglers had it in Canada.) Go and purchase what you need and bring the truck to Baltimore. Check with my Physics professor, he now owns La Dolce Vita Amusement Center near the Harbor Freeway. He will arrange a buyer for the rugs and artifacts. (La Dolce Vita was a hang-out for gamblers and nefarious characters). That should furnish enough funds to take care of my exit papers.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;">I </span><span style="font-size: 130%;">was able to make myself inconspicuous</span> <em>around</em> the various registers in Nordstrom’s at Towson Town Center. I waited and shopped like all mall rats do, milling around the areas where women shop. My opportunity arose when you checked out with a leather jacket and gloves. I was behind you talking on my cell phone as you took out your card to pay and I snapped a photo of your card. Actually, I was shooting a video of your transaction. Your bad luck and my enabling providence to be a thief was that you require ID, so you also took out your drivers’ license, which showed up quite nicely on the video. The fumbling with your purse and wallet gave me time to really focus. I sent everything to my computer which had appraisal district software, state police files and typical rosters of residents and soon I had accessed some files from a transaction for a car loan at Bank of America. An inadvertent disclosure of social security got me in the system.<br />
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Your purchase was 1000 kilos of uranium hexafluoride; my fathers exit from Iran and hopefully someday a peaceful and maybe a little bit Christian Iran.<br />
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I stole your identification and card number and carried out this theft in order to help Iran build a nuclear reactor, hopefully for peaceful purposes. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4U1g1-TAwzDmSllzfbAzE35H6P4IiGnlCy4jfcp9AdqwNwD2z4rDGZwATQqMyEq2wqrqFbk_Uz5PlxQLUA_o_dmaKyy6-Q5klWofZCm7LFyrTK5bx4KWM1HxblXCBr85biVY7Ox2Ch2q/s1600-h/xinsrc_172060407145132870456.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="193" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172879243539308450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4U1g1-TAwzDmSllzfbAzE35H6P4IiGnlCy4jfcp9AdqwNwD2z4rDGZwATQqMyEq2wqrqFbk_Uz5PlxQLUA_o_dmaKyy6-Q5klWofZCm7LFyrTK5bx4KWM1HxblXCBr85biVY7Ox2Ch2q/s320/xinsrc_172060407145132870456.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 216px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 319px;" width="298" /></a><br />
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My father made it out of Iran to Singapore and then L.A. So far no bombs have been detected but there seem to be fewer rolling black-outs across Iran.<br />
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I <em>threw</em> your ID in Chesapeake Bay <em>tied</em> to a tire tool.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: 85%;">> D2R2's MTC #8 article written March 1, 2008; posted on this site by moderator MooPigWisdom for author.</span></em><br />
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Just me and the Free Spirit.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-58827894439804652252007-12-13T06:28:00.000-08:002020-11-11T06:27:43.032-08:00Get ahead of them: We'll ambush at the Canyon<div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #666699;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Portable Electric Power Tools</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4b4b6d;">Mission Control <b><i>@</i></b> ABLECorp</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #4b4b6d;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">Analyze and Assess Information Available</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #993366;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">By Patrick Darnell</span></span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #993366;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Strategic Management/ </span></span><span style="color: #993366;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Business Strategy</span></span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993366;">First Draft: Friday 13<sup>th</sup> April 2007/ </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993366;">Pages 3-10 Word Count: 2793</span> </span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Introduction</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It is unwise to label the ABLE Company at this time. Although by definition it appears the company is leveled off in a vulnerable position of weakness. I do not perceive leadership is lethargic, or willing to let go any time soon of what they still claim to have. </span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This paper is a preliminary to more in depth team driven discussion forum. The task is to develop a strategy for ABLECo. <i>What</i> and <i>why</i> we will be recommending will have been hollowed out by the time we are ready to present to Strategic Officers Steering Committee. Our strategic assessment will be also a result of research in secondary sources, and any primary data that applies to our strategy development.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Each agent in the development will be asked to arrive at a recommendation that is:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Plausible</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Defensible </span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rational</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Feasible</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No team member should try to achieve consensus on his recommendations, rather think in terms of the best reciprocating strategies each other will have developed. This initial appraisal refers to the first four chapters of text: <i>Strategic Management in action</i>, by Mary Coulter. Those sections explain concepts and context of strategic management. Also, the author addresses external and internal analysis frameworks for strength, weakness, opportunity, and threats applicable of ABLECo’s new strategy. </span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Task Objective</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Explain strategic management process within global environment</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Integrate and apply knowledge gained in other courses in business administration curriculum</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Use effective communication techniques</span></div></li>
</ul><div align="center" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Task Detail</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As a preliminary step in preparation of business plan, brainstorm major elements of strategic management processes. Using questions as guides, items to include might be:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Insights</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Issues that need to be addressed</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Questions that need to be asked</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How would you go about defining the identity of Able Corporation and creating its mission statement?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Where would you look for the information?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What do you already know about Able that can help?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What are some of the key elements that might be contained in ABLECo value propositions?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What principle would you use in order to prioritize the implementation steps needed to accomplish the strategic objectives?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What post implementation and feedback mechanisms would you have in place to evaluate the effectiveness of the process?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What measures would you use?</span></div></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For the ensuing presentation the deliverables are: mission statement, operating principles, market analysis, company strengths and weaknesses analysis, one-year, five-year and ten-year strategic objectives, sales forecasts, financial and operational objectives, and pro forma financials.</span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Discussion: Driving Force</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Besides market demands what is the driving force of ABLECo? In many cases, a manufacturer in need of help will initially take on too much internal clamor. “The monthly meetings of senior management team have been reduced to arguments over attainment of company metrics [measurements] with each department pointing to its own set of reports to support its positions” (CTUOnline; April/2007).</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Internal operations have evolved for many generations at ABLECo and those divisions may be change <i>averse</i>. If the firm depends on its own strategies it will create too much strife.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Organized by the senior management at ABLECo a future position is envisioned that sets the tone for a new channel of marketing. That channel is of end-users of industrial PEPT, Portable Electric Power Tools, who are drifting into the consumer PEPT channels of distribution. A shift in the gap between higher costing industrial tools and lower consumer tools is significant, so reports say. In this instance the gap is closing.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The senior staff has formed the position for Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis for our emerging ABLECo. The text defines the position as: “...management of a series of interrelated continuous steps that lead to the outcome” says the author. “Situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation and strategy evaluation” point the company in navigating its course (Coulter, M; 2005).</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For help we look at levels of strategies on different organizational echelons and what they will divulge in context of driving forces. </span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>How would you go about defining the identity of Able Corporation and creating its mission statement?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our firm has one vision, though yet to be assessed, but has several missions. Functional areas at ABLECo are ideal in finding the various missions emerging for the now strategically employed company. Major function areas are commonly:</span></div><ul><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Production</span></div></li>
<li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Financial</span></div></li>
<li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Distribution</span></div></li>
<li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And, unique areas to ABLECo</span></div></li>
</ul></ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To establish competitive advantageous mission statement for ABLECo we will have evaluated our competitive levels in all departments. Once done we will attempt to implement, and evaluate our changing competitive strategy in a continuous improvement cycle. Competitive business unit strategy levels are comprised of:</span></div><ul><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Resources</span></div></li>
<li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Capabilities</span></div></li>
<li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Core competencies</span></div></li>
</ul></ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Each [business strategy] unit’s mission statement still provides an overview of the unit’s purpose, what it does, and its goals,” says Coulter. “Ideally what you have is a broad framework within which organizational members know what they are doing and why they are doing it... aligned with the vision statement, ...with commitment to social responsibility, and ethical decision making” (Coulter, M; 2005 p48).</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Where would you look for the information?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In hope of finding useful information that has a thread of continuity for ABLE Co’s survival; strategic planners will ask management of functional strategic levels “What direction are we going and what businesses are we going to be in? What business do you want to be in” (Coulter, M; 2005, p7).</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Tools to utilize for this stage of conceptual thinking are those already in use by crews. Tools for dynamic change and organized culture that have been in use for the life of ABLECo can be our best inroads.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Otherwise searching for the right path is in generating questions and weighing of ideas springing from those findings. Research questions, means questions about which you will be conducting qualitative research. The outcome of facilitated strategy on internet and secondary findings will lead to develop <i>quantitative</i> strategy that would help ABLECo make its business strategy decisions:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Should explain how statistical tools can be valuable to our business</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Should provide specific examples where we can effectively use statistical tools</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Should create a list of research questions that apply to our ABLECo situation</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Should use persistent links to help generate ideas for research questions</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Also, generate research question ideas by conducting research in library and the Internet to find information about strategy management</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Should study and apply benchmark cases of similar companies</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Strategic decision makers will find plenty of information, too much in fact, when they:</span></div><ul><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Explore Additional Marketing Opportunities</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Explore Alternative Marketing Channels</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Set Up Comparison Shopping Campaigns</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Optimize Marketing Channels</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pursue Credibility Indicators, such as</span></div></li>
</ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Improve Order Process</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Optimize Product Offer</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Optimize Presentation, and</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Implement information technologic Metrics and Testing Platforms</span></div></li>
</ul></ul></ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With a little generous help from researchers, and strategic planners specialized in manufacturer’s unique battery of recent successes, ABLECo will find enormous amounts of information (Alt, B and Usborne, N; 25 April 2006, paraphrased).</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>What do you already know about Able that can help?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What is already known about ABLECo is found in its historical <i>natural attraction</i> minus the new <i>competitive threats</i>. In context of analysis, a preliminary SWOT discloses weaknesses of our firm. Further study into complement context reveals threats, opportunity, and strengths, of this table and will clear up much of “<i>what</i>” is going on.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Evaluation of major strengths will characterize ABLECo culture from the early days and contrast it to cultural actions today. And how that will make our firm prevail?” (Alt, B and Usborne, N; 25 April 2006, paraphrased) This table is paraphrased from CTUOnline Task Details, 2007.</span></div><br />
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</div></td><td style="color: #ffffdd;" width="73"><div align="center" class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Strength</strong></span></span></div></td><td style="color: #ffffdd;" width="162"><div align="center" class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Weakness</strong></span></span></div></td><td style="color: #ffffdd;" width="91"><div align="center" class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Opportunity</strong></span></span></div></td><td style="color: #ffffdd;" width="146"><div align="center" class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Threats</strong></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="146"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Superior Marketing by competition</strong></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Outdated products</strong></span></span></div></td><td width="91"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Cordless for Industrial and consumer</strong></span></span></div></td><td width="146"><div class="western"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><strong>Knock-off, low competitor price levels</strong></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Inefficient and costly</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Net loss in 2 of 4 past years</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Stove pipe, non-functioning, differing metrics in different departments</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>None, no re-investment in company in past 3 years</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><strong>Not progressive, ill-maintained, high-priced</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<tr><td height="3" style="color: #eeffff;" width="80"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Human Capital</strong></span></span></div></td><td width="73"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Venerable</strong></span></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><strong>Bad morale, Insecure, Agitated, pessimistic, failed, layoffs</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="146"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Loss of industry expertise due to exiting key personnel, unattractive to investors </strong></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><strong>Dilapidated, in disrepair, bereft</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Labor high, promotions high, operations high</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<tr><td height="23" style="color: #eeffff;" width="80"><div class="western"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"><strong>Sales/Marketing</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="73"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<strong></strong></span></div></td><td width="162"><div class="western"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><strong>Pull Sales/ push marketing, market knowledge-base at ABLECo is lacking, declining sales</strong></span></span></div></td><td bg="" style="color: #ffe7f3;" width="91"><div class="western"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Remember “ABLE Corporation has come to a decision to not let itself be manipulated in its market without some better reference” (CTUOnline; April/2007). Since stakeholders are timid about re-investing in ABELCo, senior staff turns to strategic planners. Upper Management hopes to distinguish itself and see if it helps boost interest of investors. Knowing it has weaknesses will motivate staff to identify strengths and opportunities.</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>What are some of the key elements that might be contained in ABLECo value propositions?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ABLECo has lost track of its original Value Proposition, VP. In manufacturing we are an innovator of PEPT. However, defining VP is paramount to market penetration; actually the whole purpose of the VP is market penetration. Is innovation our value proposition?</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">If ABLECo were only interested in putting a spin on its marketing it would hire a marketing specialist, and innovation would be the spin. The firm is not looking for a patch. ABLECo has hired a strategy management specialist. Value proposition is to be made using all measurements, Optimized search produces ratio of our <i>value proposition</i> to <i>truth</i>.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">That said, it turns out the key elements will be derived from the internal functions of:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Human resources</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Business Historical perspectives</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Brand values</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And core competencies</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We could at ABLECo devote extraordinary time and resources “developing and fine-tuning the product delivery chain; sales, marketing, distribution, customer service, and all, but <i>fail</i> to assess the most fundamental of business success factors: our Value Proposition. So how did we survive?” Our VP will be <i>the</i> concise statement of the uniqueness of our business that sets it apart from all competitors. Without our <i>Unique</i> Value Proposition, ABLECo “risks becoming lost at sea with a host of similar businesses” (Alt, B and Usborne, N; 25 April 2006, para).</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Analyzing our competitors further identifies our strengths, weaknesses to strengthen our bottom lines</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Competitive analysis helps to develop our VP </span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">VP forces us to Test validity of claims we make about our business</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">VP statement must contain quantitative statements about uniqueness of ABLECo</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What percentage of our market channels truly has an effective value proposition? </span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How will this affect competitive marketing in our channels?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Our primary research question will have to be this:</span></span></div></li>
</ul><ul><ul><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">How do we evaluate our own value proposition?</span></span></div></li>
</ul></ul></ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It seems that many firms try to incorrectly “<i>out</i>-market a poor value proposition” over the top. Messily, if their VP is improper, it is like saying “We can cross over to the island when the tide is out.” The researchers at Marketing Experiments say, “[Those with poor VP’s] use the heavy force of marketing to try to overcome the weak force of their value proposition” (Alt, B and Usborne, N; 25 April 2006, para).</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>What principle would you use in order to prioritize the implementation steps needed to accomplish the strategic objectives?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Because ABLECo is innovator in PEPT, it deserves to reap benefit of better design by being rewarded in large volume of sales. This could be developed in a closed circuit of defining market potential and planning each release to that volume. A little bit more work for accounting management, and operations, but is worth the effort in reduced waste.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our firm wants to carve out its own niches using service supported sales, and matching competitors’ pricing. Our strategic decisions will be based on a “five forces model as posed by Michael Porter in the text.” Our strategy will find exit barriers that threaten and provide opportunities for ABLECo, such as: Buyers; Suppliers; Substitutes, and Potential new entrants creating natural rivalry amongst firms in the PEPT industry (Coulter, M; 2005, p 70-75).</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Volume can be created several ways. One way is to create opposing lines, each with its own curve and completion. Each is the nemesis of the other. While the border of each line defines a whelk, or spiraling development, a well-placed opposing line will complete the strategy. Only a large venerated company like ABLECo could get this to work for them for each generation of innovative tools.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Another way is to create shading and spin. One technique is no more effective than the other, because each must be implemented at the time it best fits. Therefore, the implementation is all about the timing and space the market has for the co-functional operations of these strategies.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Priority for implementation can spring back from force that is working against ABLECo at any given time. The forcers designated are then like this:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Search for market stability</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Produce only a limited product line for a narrow segment of total potential market</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Seek to protect and defend its well established business</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do whatever is necessary aggressively to prevent competitors entering our turf</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Carve out, maintain niches within our industry that competitors find difficult to penetrate</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is paraphrased from the text where is described the characteristics of a <i>Defender</i> <i>Strategy</i> of competitiveness. (Coulter, M; 2005, p 188-190)</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>What post implementation and feedback mechanisms would you have in place to evaluate the effectiveness of the process?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Once the company launches its satellites, it will have a mission control set up. At mission control will be the senior management, directors and investors. Success will have been dependent on strategic continuous improvement of functional levels at ABLECo; therefore monitoring will be a similar process, a common thread running between all divisions.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Team building is our first organization-wide strategy put into practice at ABLECo. For that to come about workers will be needy, demanding much more encouragement and follow-up. I have found one company that comes up in a majority of benchmark discussions: IBM, big blue. “Everyone talks innovation but IBM helps with a: Six Different Potentially Innovative doorways,” says the authors at IBM website. “Responding to competitive pressures and market opportunities requires business systems — and supporting technology infrastructures — to be quickly adaptable and flexible in structure,” claim IBM Partners (IBM Global Services; 2000).</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Post-evaluation is the first functional strategic consideration because the firm must make a decision about its information technology systems right now. In best interest of efficient tracking, the entire company needs a trustworthy, helpful, friendly measuring system that ties functional, competitive and corporate strategies together. Useful strategy evaluations can not be made otherwise. Organizational context and external and internal contexts are not going to be explained properly unless the post-evaluation implements are in place from the beginning.</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">IBM proclaims that they can help with at least six doorways of “Service oriented architecture, SOA that helps clients create business value by helping them develop a more <i>on demand</i> IT infrastructure.” If this sounds familiar, it should: “IBM introduced the idea of On Demand Business.” Continuous managed improvement means to continually:</span></div><ul><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Continually re-consider your business model</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Re-examine your processes</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Constantly challenge your management culture</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Make your products special</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Make your services special</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Respond to changing conditions</span></div></li>
</ul></ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(IBM Global Services; 2000, paraphrased)</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">IBM global Services may have the most recent word on implementing evaluative systems: “But the demands of an increasingly competitive global marketplace — driven largely by the networked world — are driving companies to find new ways to grow their businesses, while at the same time they must operate as efficiently as possible.” If IBM’s logic prevails then the <i>Unique</i> Value Proposition at ABLECo will have to include its new attitude on strategic post-evaluation. I am going to support continuous improvement with post-evaluation in mind at ABLECo throughout my own assessment.</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>What measures would you use?</i></span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Initially our post evaluations will have been structured around our internal and external analyses. However fine tuning of a more universal review to respond to each business unit’s unique function is our goal. With losses showing up in the last few years, ABLECo must support cost of strategic command with senior Mission Control, to curtail awkward downward spirals of functions and business. Rather ABLECo will show compounding gains over all to thwart bad press.</span></div><div align="justify" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In a previous brief we showed how small, incremental gains can produce significant gain when compounded in a sequential manner. When the gains themselves are significant, the compounding effect is quite impressive. Albert Einstein is widely rumored to have once said that the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest, and we can clearly see why from the above data (Alt, B and Usborne, N; 25 April 2006, paraphrased).</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Making ABLECo products special for future generations is the purpose of this strategic analysis after all:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do customers demand our products?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do they convert their friends to use our products?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Are we innovating products that can “<i>best</i> our existing products?”</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How will we be ahead of our competition, when the next big idea emerges?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Will ABLECo be attractive to investors and acquisitions when we finish?</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(IBM Global Services; 2000, paraphrased)</span></div><div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conclusion</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Concluding arguments are pointing to a many-branched, multi-faceted strategy workshop environment for ABLECo. It includes the following, but is not limited to this list. In fact the condition today in the business environment is that there is too much information to sift. Therefore the planning and adopting an efficient outline of strategic objectives that is unique to ABLECo will prove very effective.</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Consider our business vision, value proposition, mission models:</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Has the <i>world</i> evolved faster than our business models?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Has our market changed?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Is new technology enabling new competition, and new opportunities?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Could we <i>leverage</i> our strengths, or the scale and skills of ABLECo partners?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Will we identify where we are competitive and not, then restructure for optimum performance and return?</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Examine processes</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Which processes run smoothly, and, which are bottlenecks?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Are systems and processes outdated?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do we have duplication of processes?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do we have adequate infra-structure communication; do we speak to one another?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do we speak to our partners’ and customers’ processes and systems?</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Challenge management culture</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Is encouraging innovation in your company more than a gesture?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">So the employees share in opinions and sharing ideas?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do we have collaborative projects in the works?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What companies, industries suppliers force ABLECo into exit barriers?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What is labor forcing ABLECo to do?</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Make sales support and services special</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How do our customers rate us?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With real-time feedback form our customers could we respond faster, with more services? And, Plan better?</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Drive loyalty through the roof.</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Respond to changing conditions.</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Put in place comprehensive external studies for each strategy adopted</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Adopt and install a company-wide evaluation system</span></div><ul><li><br />
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Find a business partner like IBM to help expedite our information tech</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Utilize <i>exit barriers</i> to motivate the strategic decision makers into action on IT</span></div></li>
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<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conduct a Competitive Analysis and Price Testing, but also cover market analysis, quantitative analysis, product and program strategy, usability testing, and similar efforts unique to ABLECo way of doing business</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(IBM Global Services; 2000, paraphrased)</span></div><div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div align="center" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">References</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Alt, Brian and Usborne, Nick; (25 April 2006, para) <i>In Search of a Value Proposition </i>Tuesday, 25 April 2006; Editor Flint McGlaughlin; Writers Brian Alt, Nick Usborne; Contributors: Jalali Hartman; HTML Designer: Cliff Rainer; retrieved from April 12- 14, 2007 at: marketing experiments com improving website conversion value proposition </span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Coulter, M; (2005) <i>Strategic Management in action,</i> 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition, Pearson/ Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458</span></div><div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="" name="_PictureBullets"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">IBM Global Services; (2000) IBM Corporation 2000 -- <i>IBM Global Services</i>; Route 100 Somers, NY 10589 USA; Printed in the United States of America 01-00; retrieved April 10-14, 2007 at 935 ibm com services us index wss it service cases its a1002583</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></div>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-9526929808726760042007-11-20T06:57:00.000-08:002007-11-20T07:01:02.380-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5W_zek5v46igIsXRoBfyu1RkK91_gQZFNfzDSBgGFkxXPqnbZPzVnHrwNlwYmMUNpOLMfo_6K0kMCNVbetmmxCdFFAJ_cyFCu1TVIP_gG8Dx5R6qyhE5l81CWRB-vbZZj0p1knAp1s-A2/s1600-h/Picture+003+Marinell+for+jobs+med.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134937591154088290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5W_zek5v46igIsXRoBfyu1RkK91_gQZFNfzDSBgGFkxXPqnbZPzVnHrwNlwYmMUNpOLMfo_6K0kMCNVbetmmxCdFFAJ_cyFCu1TVIP_gG8Dx5R6qyhE5l81CWRB-vbZZj0p1knAp1s-A2/s400/Picture+003+Marinell+for+jobs+med.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Where is everyone? time to check in!</span></div>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-64247724775949734942007-09-10T18:00:00.001-07:002007-09-10T18:01:56.885-07:00Randomn3ss!!!<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_OBgyLvrrfZI/RuXo44UyNhI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x9lmIoOV-zU/s1600-h/Picture+030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108745416211576338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_OBgyLvrrfZI/RuXo44UyNhI/AAAAAAAAAAs/x9lmIoOV-zU/s400/Picture+030.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#33ff33;">W0000sHa!!!!! Don't you wish you were me???</span></strong></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-40351397550075275312007-08-24T09:09:00.000-07:002007-08-24T12:01:24.776-07:00M.I.A.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZzNdl4f9oaGRRgQPOriRX5QJgAKo3qRpNIHMUtAcYi0YgtGOgtexOSuFSXxUPwG9P8_hxML7n5CHUjQjoj5u7GC6cabWRZXPr1DDbw4MMHcBrkqIbQNCTcGJxhj1iBqgNJpjGLEpDLjx/s1600-h/773897-R1-046-21A_022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102342300107752466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="258" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZzNdl4f9oaGRRgQPOriRX5QJgAKo3qRpNIHMUtAcYi0YgtGOgtexOSuFSXxUPwG9P8_hxML7n5CHUjQjoj5u7GC6cabWRZXPr1DDbw4MMHcBrkqIbQNCTcGJxhj1iBqgNJpjGLEpDLjx/s400/773897-R1-046-21A_022.jpg" width="387" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-size:180%;">Sometimes </span>I sit here and think, "Man I really do miss all of my cousins up in Itay now that this time I spent all of two months up there, instead of ten days like two years ago. I got to know all of them a lot more than I have always known them." Sometimes I sit and look through the pictures that I took on the last few days off all of my family that I spent most of my time with up there. I smile knowing that they will always be there for me, then all of a sudden, I start having these tears of joy. The tears are s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNuaoF0TmvRD-cWEb9cQG0_U5Z6F71Y0LvpYQUOtWyEWnkPdygFwxHDD9M1r1o27jhr-gbNniEFXPakz-q7t4B2Q2dGHp1H_tlJrqofMRfE0xqfU28_GtLJEz3f4KccelTtgwAKxeUqeg/s1600-h/Ilenia,+Fabiana,+Me,+Gianmarco1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102319733506216706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNuaoF0TmvRD-cWEb9cQG0_U5Z6F71Y0LvpYQUOtWyEWnkPdygFwxHDD9M1r1o27jhr-gbNniEFXPakz-q7t4B2Q2dGHp1H_tlJrqofMRfE0xqfU28_GtLJEz3f4KccelTtgwAKxeUqeg/s200/Ilenia,+Fabiana,+Me,+Gianmarco1.JPG" border="0" /></a>ometimes for joy and also for that hurt that I feel deep down inside because I wish I would've stayed there. It also because I got too attached to them like I never have before!!! The last time that I spent the most time up there was back in 1988, and frankly, I really don't remember the past that well. So that kind of hurts to know that I couldn't remember all the good times that we had back in those days.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixt7pwQ6wogTx6YTbwAXdkfALfvd8eRYoNuPYVHHAp80yqjqlswVzHuy_9GzQ9Si2k67KPnFghaQqGxHZgPBTDiu3iOHeseIe3LFxZLwq6Tadq7HEg6Gj3gBQW4Y9ou-hrpprnzpuu-laC/s1600-h/8-1-2007-071.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102319737801184018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixt7pwQ6wogTx6YTbwAXdkfALfvd8eRYoNuPYVHHAp80yqjqlswVzHuy_9GzQ9Si2k67KPnFghaQqGxHZgPBTDiu3iOHeseIe3LFxZLwq6Tadq7HEg6Gj3gBQW4Y9ou-hrpprnzpuu-laC/s200/8-1-2007-071.JPG" border="0" /></a>There will be a time when I can go on that travel alone, and that way I can explore everything there is to know about my family and Foggia, where my mother was raised, and to know where my background is from. That way when I <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">eventually </span>have kids of my own, I can explain my roots. I do know this, when it was time to leave Foggia, majority of my cousins offered me to stay with them for a year and then there were others that said I could work with them to see how I would like it there. Then after staying for a year over there, that is when I could make my decision if I wanted to go back to Texas or stay in Foggia, <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">where I belong, with the family</span>, as they put it.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">TRANSLATION<br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2doTAqeCBs_KKV0OgpMvriwiH3IW4c2elmLlpAsMOxSn-DGls-UAwrkRlRKdpICdht39BNpF-pTqJGYRSd-togTq93VLlU5GtFmUuT73kdjl9HGldsPKYLNuAVafFrKe3hMeFjks2OdL/s1600-h/Gino,+Me,+Daniele1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102319737801184034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2doTAqeCBs_KKV0OgpMvriwiH3IW4c2elmLlpAsMOxSn-DGls-UAwrkRlRKdpICdht39BNpF-pTqJGYRSd-togTq93VLlU5GtFmUuT73kdjl9HGldsPKYLNuAVafFrKe3hMeFjks2OdL/s200/Gino,+Me,+Daniele1.JPG" border="0" /></a>A volte mi siedo qui e penso, "uomo che realmente manco tutti i miei cugini in su in Itay ora che questo volta ho speso tutti i alto due mesi là, anziché dieci giorni come due anni fa. Mi sono familiarizzato con tutti molto più che li ho conosciuti sempre." <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdh66D4VY2V_81Cvh3MRUnjHVeZ6LBcH2HVK0JnDV0_eb9GBHTb1f07HNtnq9nT1iudhqprYnV-qEzIL4ZEHWHK49WkfrB0lxR0fl5JWqM16YEU5fT9KLBF1xr5aaM1JBHkF2jxqJ9VHQ/s1600-h/HPIM0392.JPG"></a>A volte mi siedo ed osservo attraverso le immagini che ho preso gli ultimi giorni fuori di tutta la mia famiglia che ho speso la maggior parte del mio tempo con alto là. Sorrido sapendo che saranno sempre là per me, allora tutto di un improvviso, io cominciano avere queste rotture di gioia. Le rotture sono a volte per gioia ed anche per quel hurt che ritengo la parte interna profonda del basso perché desidero il would've di I rimasto là.<br /><br />Esso anche perché ho ottenuto ugualmente fissato a loro come non ho mai prima!!! L'ultima volta che ho speso la maggior parte del tempo in su là era indietro in 1988 e franco, io realmente non si ricorda del passato che buono. In modo che genere di hurts per sapere che non potrei ricordarsi di tutte le buone volte che posteriore in quei giorni.<span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span> Ci sarà un periodo in cui posso andare su quella corsa da solo e quel senso che posso esplorare tutto là deve sapere circa la mie famiglia e Foggia, in cui la mia madre è stata alzata e sapere da dove la mia priorità bassa proviene. Quel senso quando finalmente ho capretti dei miei propri, posso spiegare le mie radici. Conosco questo, quando era tempo di lasciare Foggia, maggior parte dei miei cugini lo ho offerto per rimanere con loro per un anno ed allora ci erano altri che dicessero che potrei lavorare con loro per vedere come la gradirei là. Allora dopo avere rimasto per un anno là, quello è quando potrei prendere la mia decisione se desiderassi andare di nuovo al Texas o rimanere a Foggia, in cui appartengo, con la famiglia, come la mettono</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdh66D4VY2V_81Cvh3MRUnjHVeZ6LBcH2HVK0JnDV0_eb9GBHTb1f07HNtnq9nT1iudhqprYnV-qEzIL4ZEHWHK49WkfrB0lxR0fl5JWqM16YEU5fT9KLBF1xr5aaM1JBHkF2jxqJ9VHQ/s1600-h/HPIM0392.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102320966161830706" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdh66D4VY2V_81Cvh3MRUnjHVeZ6LBcH2HVK0JnDV0_eb9GBHTb1f07HNtnq9nT1iudhqprYnV-qEzIL4ZEHWHK49WkfrB0lxR0fl5JWqM16YEU5fT9KLBF1xr5aaM1JBHkF2jxqJ9VHQ/s200/HPIM0392.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-46529952907423975042007-08-24T07:28:00.000-07:002007-08-24T11:37:03.946-07:00Between Cousins --The Trip/ Planes, Phones, Paul, Robin, and Pic's<div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPmF7v2oPIEx5kmwY_9f7PLPOBzKC8Y3kMu2v_-pX_Y2ZEPh7oNiGyGtXt5lh6e5hqtgYLYcQc_5k5p8w3ih_udecgVv7Nnipq6aIds70jKxxKxuwV4oPm0T_Hny2iHVGVqYaScpfqE-g/s1600-h/102_1422.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102280233535357874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPmF7v2oPIEx5kmwY_9f7PLPOBzKC8Y3kMu2v_-pX_Y2ZEPh7oNiGyGtXt5lh6e5hqtgYLYcQc_5k5p8w3ih_udecgVv7Nnipq6aIds70jKxxKxuwV4oPm0T_Hny2iHVGVqYaScpfqE-g/s320/102_1422.JPG" border="0" /></a><em>An E-mail dialogue of late between Cuzz's: (in reverse order, here latest first!) >>pd</em><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div>What a delicious email CUZ!<br />I will answer in kind. Yes, mama's b'day was fun. We had a feast and dancing<br />and singing and hats.......Alices boyfriend Dan is from Kenya, Africa and the<br />celebration cd he brought for birthdays was magical. We all danced together<br />except for my straight laced Italian husband!<br />The visit with Robin and his lovely wife Diane (they call themselves Big Bird<br />and Lady Di) was great. I think I told you they live in Tampa and Robin is<br />retired and plays alot of golf and Diane works for NW Airlines and is in the<br />military reserves, Navy. Robin is so much like my dad that it freaked mama out<br />a bit.......anyway, it was a good visit.<br />We are familar with the plights of our Italian family and friends being behind<br />the times. I get frustrated when Sam wants me to contact them and most don't<br />have emails! So we have to maybe email a younger cousin who works in a big city<br />and they in turn call and leave messages. Whatever.<br />EDGY, EDGY! Cuz, this is a daily deal with me! And yes I know about the gut<br />wrenching punches when they say and do things that just don't mesh! Mom will<br />complain of sweating in odd places and maybe feeling light headed. I drop all<br />and go down there and find out her friggen thermostat is on 85!!!!! So many<br />little things like this......she didn't want to run up her electric bill from<br />say $50 to maybe $75.................it is a fine line between their dignity and<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOlAc90uq_sXvjHOnU5IYNKRbjjWI4K2mGxy_fMVV2PQ5Wgtq8USb1co3UE9a3O-Bl1vLaN4MAcf829HWOoPjeP0EPIzybaA7imZEFZUpd54c8YNrn6o9ipu2DWKKFEq-RGmnUt23ToY0/s1600-h/IMG_0451+biacocco+lesan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102335363735569362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="176" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOlAc90uq_sXvjHOnU5IYNKRbjjWI4K2mGxy_fMVV2PQ5Wgtq8USb1co3UE9a3O-Bl1vLaN4MAcf829HWOoPjeP0EPIzybaA7imZEFZUpd54c8YNrn6o9ipu2DWKKFEq-RGmnUt23ToY0/s320/IMG_0451+biacocco+lesan.JPG" width="246" border="0" /></a>our sanity. Lets just keep pumping each other up for now! And yes I felt the<br />same way when I found out about cousin Steve and his behavior........he is a<br />selfish one. Very strange too because I always liked Steve.<br />Most girls like sparkling things and to this day I appreciate a good looking<br />diamond! The older I get the more I see my limited jewelery for what is really<br />is. My favorite things that I wear all the time. My wedding ring which<br />represents the love and devotion for Sam my man and all that he is to me; My<br />necklace with the 2 tiny diamonds and one saffire which represent the most<br />precious gift my body could have given me, Cat, Sam and Nina and finally the<br />circle of love diamond ring on my right had which tells me daily that all the<br />crap I put up with in 30 years of marriage was worth it! Ha............<br />You are a wonderul, caring and funny and smart person my CUZ.<br />I am working on getting our moms together and might just get full fare tickets<br />for Jerre and Robert to come and see mom............long story, but moms health<br />i<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNwDWoiUO3T49m10LZvaFDkY8r_HOl4CJRpwiRGPF7QgxSonP_BtjeF2KUMTmpK-gXc2-PsoIdV3Tt4ZETzbwNMKtgxraG-GdSVp6_zsNlwibbINk9W7JFLtEnhPXj0-EG1UJLxDo2wzc/s1600-h/IMG_0434+biacocco.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102335007253283778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" height="214" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNwDWoiUO3T49m10LZvaFDkY8r_HOl4CJRpwiRGPF7QgxSonP_BtjeF2KUMTmpK-gXc2-PsoIdV3Tt4ZETzbwNMKtgxraG-GdSVp6_zsNlwibbINk9W7JFLtEnhPXj0-EG1UJLxDo2wzc/s320/IMG_0434+biacocco.JPG" width="281" border="0" /></a>s too wierd maybe to bring her down there. I am pondering this so we will see.<br />I just know that somehow, some way after NOT being able to see Elizabeth, Fran<br />and sweet, sweet Chuck, our moms have to see each other more often.<br />Gotta go now and ready me-self for a visit with me son.<br />Love to all, Lesan<br />---- Patrick <<a href="mailto:patdarnell@aol.com" __doclobber__="true">patdarnell@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br />><br />> Hi Cuzz's:<br />><br />> It's that time again? Aunt Leslie's birthday, wow what a blessing.<br />><br />> And mystery revealed to our aged-ness; we have yet another cuzz-- Robin!<br />Goodness sakes alive.<br />><br />><br />> Airline travel, especially coach international is not what it used to be. We<br />have had to sweat the details throughout the entire three airport trip. And it<br />was even 30% higher prices than two years a go. Hey, do you want to put our<br />heads together and figure out how to fly to Naples cheaply and comfortably? Sam<br />and you, et al,?should sojuorn there again. Yes!<br />><br />> My peeps are always wanting to see the pictures as soon as I slide off the<br />tarmacks. I apologize in attaching so many pic's and no explanations.?Our folk<br />in Foggia have confirmed again with me this time that their town is fifty years<br />behind the rest of the world. Okay, so what is the translation? They just now<br />have some internet capabilities.<br />><br />> Two years ago it was non-existent in the homes. Today it exists, but at a<br />premium. The reason is simple, as the homes and outlying farmhouses do not have<br />land lines in place. The whole phone system has evolved as a wireless industry;<br />and the cell phones are pre-paid, non-contract. Hmmmm....<br />><br />> That brings me to Mom, Jerre J.,?who has of late been unable to manage her<br />long distance from her land line in Pearland, and they had gotten rid of their<br />cells. Of course I had to wrench the information out of her... so I put her land<br />line on our calling card. We have one of those rechargeable Texas outward<br />pre-paids... This seemed to take the edge off. Les, you know our Mom's do once<br />in a while get edgy?<br />> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7X3sFMQIQ4DFTx1KbSXtr0wnd_tZBixeSpZuA1ZiwycAo_NGNrVaySRYy6FOdGyDJU6AUvPX49GX4B_0UdSXkFZxxvHI31JkT_xPXSBi4JRToEwL9sdI7HnP2pEkFEdX46UtGgdk9G0sq/s1600-h/DSCN0014_edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102336020865565666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" height="167" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7X3sFMQIQ4DFTx1KbSXtr0wnd_tZBixeSpZuA1ZiwycAo_NGNrVaySRYy6FOdGyDJU6AUvPX49GX4B_0UdSXkFZxxvHI31JkT_xPXSBi4JRToEwL9sdI7HnP2pEkFEdX46UtGgdk9G0sq/s320/DSCN0014_edited.JPG" width="238" border="0" /></a><br />> So the next day Mom told me thank you and that she had finally gotten to talk<br />with Leslie. I could have my eyes plucked out, needles stuck under my<br />fingernails, and compressed air blown into my duododenum -- but when Mom tells<br />me that she has been putting off catching up with Leslie because of the f@#$*&<br />phone companies -- well that is a special gut slip-knot. It was kind of like<br />when I heard Steve B out in Atlanta never invited Ankle Chuck into his house,<br />after Chuck drove the gamut from OC. Good lord, Padre Pio, and all the pierced<br />saints at large.... sorry Steve but that was a low one<br />><br />> Lesan you are a rare jewel amongst us pieces of charcoal. I remember once when<br />we were tiny, right! me tiny, and Paul was taking me around on his motorcycle,<br />Honda 90. We stopped at the Piggly Wiggly or something and we put our dimes and<br />quarters in the gum ball machines. I noticed he was gambling on the machine<br />reserved for girls. "So, Paul what are those for?"<br />><br />> "These are for Lesan, she likes that sort of thing. Here try it," said Paul.<br />He was so right, as in accurate,?that he was like St. Francis teaching a child<br />to talk to a swallow. So I put all I had left into getting sparkly things for<br />you, Katy, Alice, Sylvia and Justine. It turned out just like Paul said.<br />><br />> Can we get a witness? Love and hugs... happpppy week, and Vive Italia.<br />><br />> ?Patrick Darnell<br />> Foggia '07<br />> <a href="mailto:patdarnell@aol.com" __doclobber__="true">patdarnell@aol.com</a><br />> moopigwisdom.blogspot.com<br />> italianwomanintexas.blogspot.com<br />><br />> -----Original Message-----<br />> From: <a href="mailto:lesliebaiocco@tx.rr.com" __doclobber__="true">lesliebaiocco@tx.rr.com</a><br />> To: Pat Darnell <<a href="mailto:patdarnell@aol.com" __doclobber__="true">patdarnell@aol.com</a>><br />> Sent: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 5:37 am<br />> Subject: The Trip<br />> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwb46LERaOI971jJGNP6i7EnrveHHXIHDEZmFd_88X0Q2LQtTLkIrh0fmSuYI9CvQbQ4dTpmXKiLBixCIfUpQ6JvY-e_3ngZ_sMobqIFUU9zVN5s9nuPL5gcx2Y2PCLQs84sDa4DNlZsrZ/s1600-h/033_30_edited.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102337567053792242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="179" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwb46LERaOI971jJGNP6i7EnrveHHXIHDEZmFd_88X0Q2LQtTLkIrh0fmSuYI9CvQbQ4dTpmXKiLBixCIfUpQ6JvY-e_3ngZ_sMobqIFUU9zVN5s9nuPL5gcx2Y2PCLQs84sDa4DNlZsrZ/s320/033_30_edited.JPG" width="259" border="0" /></a><br />> Hi Patrick and Marinell,<br />><br />> What a wonderful trip for you and the photos and presentation are<br />> awesome.......can't wait to show my Sam. I am sure it will put him over the<br />edge<br />> and want to return to his family ties in Italy. I am happy for you.<br />><br />> Take care cousins, Love Lesan </div></div></div></div></div>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-74439833684226053712007-08-13T17:47:00.001-07:002007-08-13T17:49:42.992-07:00ICA, Phrase of the Week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvV3x53Xq7t-ohrJlf-2Z7AV1ihLRu61N7kIykiTs2yzy-KIAqqc3rjThwXyCdSDipxYZuHw3JqrrO65XROEKw58igT-HVkKkmEScxWv994UR-pxgTTtyMwkqMzIa1vBwei9DSXfinKDX/s1600-h/Phrase_of_the_Week0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098351682708481570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvV3x53Xq7t-ohrJlf-2Z7AV1ihLRu61N7kIykiTs2yzy-KIAqqc3rjThwXyCdSDipxYZuHw3JqrrO65XROEKw58igT-HVkKkmEScxWv994UR-pxgTTtyMwkqMzIa1vBwei9DSXfinKDX/s400/Phrase_of_the_Week0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.austinitalians.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=16&MMN_position=24:24">http://www.austinitalians.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=16&MMN_position=24:24</a>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-28868528814546886942007-08-01T17:55:00.000-07:002007-08-01T18:35:20.159-07:00Lo Campo, Ruggiero, Padre Pio, io Darnellio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdB8mpcKLWus43Q8Mg3v13BHpOKw4UBDaqvVTssuDCofA0ROp9RH8aEivX9TtmA5rIG7-nVoRvbNhMw29Y3Q3Z5up8aXImnmjiQDFcFpqBETnOzhn1gODssdrb3EzB560xJfhq1-9v2oF/s1600-h/773894-R1-030-13A_015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093910523315659666" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="184" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAbHCcS9o9EcFgNFxQnxelGvx5WLx79JxegFPeXNM0-cgAnR9MP3j1XMOqiTaVd5Gi1LUZOZOPtmrQInxs95UgAR1wKeM3ZX67KRTbVv_nXNCWvVviTDcyAr7PN4LufyXPY0hLZHwobda/s200/fq2foggia9.jpg" width="256" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70eGgwcCGjLAdJlydfk1N7LHN8ZTamULscbz5YfMHHHzhQqHK3c9H_O7UY4Ja6iSe58hmHrFIdo9YEFMShvPBkj41IXr2ok7ISfrZopiCFtkFI_1Cb3DD8qA9Q93S7RkWxqLZtibzhsaV/s1600-h/102_1268.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092982664350834786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" height="349" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70eGgwcCGjLAdJlydfk1N7LHN8ZTamULscbz5YfMHHHzhQqHK3c9H_O7UY4Ja6iSe58hmHrFIdo9YEFMShvPBkj41IXr2ok7ISfrZopiCFtkFI_1Cb3DD8qA9Q93S7RkWxqLZtibzhsaV/s400/102_1268.JPG" width="242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>classifica e premiazione delle classi cc1300 dal 1° al 5° classificato cc1500 dal 1° al 5° classificato<br /><a href="mailto:roberto2743@interfree.it%20">ROBERTO RABBAGLIETTI</a> roberto2743@interfree.it<br />tel 0881 880284 dop le 18,30 cel 329 0110112</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-42849183293069318702007-07-30T04:20:00.000-07:002007-07-30T04:32:46.789-07:00Colors<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_g23luxfc5AY/Rq3L0tvaoAI/AAAAAAAAAgA/MVCobsii2n0/s1600-h/102_1205.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092950860118007810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_g23luxfc5AY/Rq3L0tvaoAI/AAAAAAAAAgA/MVCobsii2n0/s200/102_1205.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">The Colors That Make me<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Passionate Purple</span> is the color that describes<br />passionate and caring<br />loyal and loving<br />a helping hand that somebody can reach out to.<br />But there’s a very sad part in me,<br />charcoal black, very dark <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMdZKxg8WTtAR0i_B1hpv1jilHOtqfw-OLZtk2WTzXhLaI4qQnt5zlGiWF9ja4t2qLyCDeDgBaYDjvRmzuxVuFB3VGWHNN82lEaWsS85Akie8rQJGX03LAvDkZ4wm1pwBBmJRuiTnXSOZ/s1600-h/102_1673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092950533700493282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMdZKxg8WTtAR0i_B1hpv1jilHOtqfw-OLZtk2WTzXhLaI4qQnt5zlGiWF9ja4t2qLyCDeDgBaYDjvRmzuxVuFB3VGWHNN82lEaWsS85Akie8rQJGX03LAvDkZ4wm1pwBBmJRuiTnXSOZ/s200/102_1673.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />depressed and upset <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD655a6gNbZDlyLK-ppHq4dJKX1M-GopUFzS8XUlC8kIBRnio4Vb3MUN-C9JBMG-Lqsi-vjj2wFFsYv4g3ysp4J8lzZhr9kyuiCTp3lCZzAYiIsfq3O_ObJ-3UVTkY73i3waQETxICKYdU/s1600-h/102_1834.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092950241642717138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 145px" height="227" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD655a6gNbZDlyLK-ppHq4dJKX1M-GopUFzS8XUlC8kIBRnio4Vb3MUN-C9JBMG-Lqsi-vjj2wFFsYv4g3ysp4J8lzZhr9kyuiCTp3lCZzAYiIsfq3O_ObJ-3UVTkY73i3waQETxICKYdU/s200/102_1834.JPG" width="184" border="0" /></a><br />mournful and deeply sad<br />sulking and sobbing, waiting for the pain to end.<br />They both have very different meanings,<br />yet, they are very, truly beautiful, and describe me.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYy_u5N7ZItZWfBBEuAQRG7UQJBDpftCbh6vuFxmy8Tf84zh8I4i-U6AnlH_5G2WyDisPMURsTAnuFb8pxgjJFSz9rmH4EHtaonksVKIW9nrO2cqtAeptWRDF-mxXNwMNLEH2_JRXc4u-0/s1600-h/102_1481.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092950705499185138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYy_u5N7ZItZWfBBEuAQRG7UQJBDpftCbh6vuFxmy8Tf84zh8I4i-U6AnlH_5G2WyDisPMURsTAnuFb8pxgjJFSz9rmH4EHtaonksVKIW9nrO2cqtAeptWRDF-mxXNwMNLEH2_JRXc4u-0/s200/102_1481.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Desiree 2006</div></div></div></div>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-64467575425045707592007-07-20T08:47:00.000-07:002020-11-11T06:29:45.400-08:00Us Dorks in FoggiaMooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1207291547253029900.post-10863557187796495132007-07-07T12:55:00.000-07:002007-08-24T11:39:08.680-07:00To GC; or not to GC... that is not the question<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu235ldZIhoGPDIovi28bJS61pjVhoUYSptzNPEBbF9cSmN1qGEYsSULb2KIbTh7fQCw3cBdnzjEZ_kXhAN6B1S_BQ0yLSuqu3CpHHt6984A3WTrm-zKUR3aK4Hcfzgza6deEJnOw5nblJ/s1600-h/a.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084554979981057298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu235ldZIhoGPDIovi28bJS61pjVhoUYSptzNPEBbF9cSmN1qGEYsSULb2KIbTh7fQCw3cBdnzjEZ_kXhAN6B1S_BQ0yLSuqu3CpHHt6984A3WTrm-zKUR3aK4Hcfzgza6deEJnOw5nblJ/s320/a.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WIJtgguyQHMgD-XDBhbmK3OckCod9NwFsViRbWWz8LksIcp1bxYbY4sNfAgIGNlU7_jG6VA0araLBfpxwtufbk7s56j-c-0pJR-yNQ3budB6vDwhTqmuIUoq-EJxfLE4hc_SzljFHUZ5/s1600-h/d.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084556225521573218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WIJtgguyQHMgD-XDBhbmK3OckCod9NwFsViRbWWz8LksIcp1bxYbY4sNfAgIGNlU7_jG6VA0araLBfpxwtufbk7s56j-c-0pJR-yNQ3budB6vDwhTqmuIUoq-EJxfLE4hc_SzljFHUZ5/s320/d.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">George Carli<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztO-mUTjJK8-gBw7WU8tFi-XDTgNTEvipahyoa2PEDWMEjpXnTFPEa_5pJbX1QR6S0WoHsK9micLhViUd0Rd-CYRDrDYV7l2MhqiEHTuvlDvAJ0v62yL5jF2QQxanMf5n3dwibTI8omg6/s1600-h/eyes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084556599183727986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztO-mUTjJK8-gBw7WU8tFi-XDTgNTEvipahyoa2PEDWMEjpXnTFPEa_5pJbX1QR6S0WoHsK9micLhViUd0Rd-CYRDrDYV7l2MhqiEHTuvlDvAJ0v62yL5jF2QQxanMf5n3dwibTI8omg6/s320/eyes.jpg" border="0" /></a>n's* Solu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZ6EL_Uija3f-Z6MRevx8sns-PMsOBHDJBEyiZGdg5GkBsb9ja7NWr9YJBu8WzsNXWgA1QCu6RLk5rORXYYMDhBDzzECqL6ChCbAGXphZI89ccWeSiquIW_Q6Xaj280wQoPM0VckVuDNW/s1600-h/f.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084557299263397266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZ6EL_Uija3f-Z6MRevx8sns-PMsOBHDJBEyiZGdg5GkBsb9ja7NWr9YJBu8WzsNXWgA1QCu6RLk5rORXYYMDhBDzzECqL6ChCbAGXphZI89ccWeSiquIW_Q6Xaj280wQoPM0VckVuDNW/s320/f.gif" border="0" /></a>tion to Save Gasoline</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">"Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use..... The best way to stop using so much ga<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4sOR51vxrfyKfqyHWnn-CY5ufSmSRrSvUssotMKUq0ee4aJFnW7m4kXFcWM-x4hOikrjYkH4ur0hXbExAzHg3ksP4kTAvEMoyvHwBm1iaI41BBgrOMuU99RdwNt_qP9_pc95vhbBub6I/s1600-h/g.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084555177549552930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4sOR51vxrfyKfqyHWnn-CY5ufSmSRrSvUssotMKUq0ee4aJFnW7m4kXFcWM-x4hOikrjYkH4ur0hXbExAzHg3ksP4kTAvEMoyvHwBm1iaI41BBgrOMuU99RdwNt_qP9_pc95vhbBub6I/s320/g.gif" border="0" /></a>s is to deport 11 milli<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVRVu6x4UyVBALjdV0_ti9NMK9Oa_17Q2rX8t3Y8n1RTME-ldfq0qPrmRC3meQI8_iZ_9Gv_qG9bPa9-rFfihlSuseobMLe_rcB-kqCqcUh3DarHhw81gJaOnydnd-UCpbjhp7VTwiNbv/s1600-h/nose.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084555740190268738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVRVu6x4UyVBALjdV0_ti9NMK9Oa_17Q2rX8t3Y8n1RTME-ldfq0qPrmRC3meQI8_iZ_9Gv_qG9bPa9-rFfihlSuseobMLe_rcB-kqCqcUh3DarHhw81gJaOnydnd-UCpbjhp7VTwiNbv/s320/nose.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjNs8sl9qhtvAwybv_r1YKS3S-a_3rC7Ei2_EKzYcm8y2gNNeyJuKww-CKQUB_uitgisQTwHyJmrdxYBXbMTqBqG8hf39pl1QRP8oq-9wJ1tLrjq0d3zsLZK2Jt4wK467U939hyphenhyphenabLsXO/s1600-h/h.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084555894809091410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjNs8sl9qhtvAwybv_r1YKS3S-a_3rC7Ei2_EKzYcm8y2gNNeyJuKww-CKQUB_uitgisQTwHyJmrdxYBXbMTqBqG8hf39pl1QRP8oq-9wJ1tLrjq0d3zsLZK2Jt4wK467U939hyphenhyphenabLsXO/s320/h.gif" border="0" /></a>on illegal immigrants!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">That would be 11 million less people using our gas.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">"The price of gas would come down..... Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the Border.... When they<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuze1rIYvX6pbiHyMyKbMyaZsfCLZ-K2wTHBoin6GmTVmE_cUrUoRAfRX_2YzeUoilkNo5iRrPd8FO87I1rEY0phV0gMiHO4KlPj5nKcrI8M10YDaHPw-nfB6FfPNpy45cl_AczcMpjx_/s1600-h/i.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084557209069084034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuze1rIYvX6pbiHyMyKbMyaZsfCLZ-K2wTHBoin6GmTVmE_cUrUoRAfRX_2YzeUoilkNo5iRrPd8FO87I1rEY0phV0gMiHO4KlPj5nKcrI8M10YDaHPw-nfB6FfPNpy45cl_AczcMpjx_/s320/i.gif" border="0" /></a> catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq .... Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military.....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">"Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it..... After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country...... He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot......</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">"This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves......</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;">"If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo..... Problem solved....."<br /><br />*George Carlin</span><br /><br />"Floating around the Internet these days, posted and e-mailed back and forth, are a number of writings attributed to me, and I want people to know they're not mine. Don't blame me.<br /><br />Some are essay-length, some are just short lists of one and two-line jokes, but if they're flyin' around the Internet, they're probably not mine. Occasionally, a couple of jokes on a long list might have come from me, but not often. And because most of this stuff is really lame, it's embarrassing to see my name on it.<br /><br />"And that's the problem. I want people to know that I take care with my writing, and try to keep my standards high. But most of this "humor" on the Internet is just plain stupid. I guess hard-core fans who follow my stuff closely would be able to spot the fake stuff, because the tone of voice is so different. But a casual fan has no way of knowing, and it bothers me that some people might believe I'd actually be capable of writing some of this stuff.<br /><br />"HOW TO SPOT A FAKE Here's a rule of thumb, folks: Nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it came from one of my albums, books, HBO shows, or appeared on my website. If you see something with my name on it, and you really need to find out if it's mine, post a question on my <a href="http://www.georgecarlin.com/forums/default.asp">bulletin board </a>. But only if it's really important to you; don't fuck around with me for a lark." GC website: retrieved 7/7/07 <a href="http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html">http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MooPighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242994505170821020noreply@blogger.com0