reality

Sign of the times.

I recently asked my friends' little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? ' She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' Her parents beamed.'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house ' She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ' Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?

I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.' Her parents still aren't speaking to me.

AMAZING

FOR ME, THIS WAS A VERY POWERFUL AND MOVING VIDEO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xnl1jTvEHw&feature=related

JUST A THOUGHT

it`s sad,that first Church was divided by Catholic and Orthodox.We all are Christians, but politics and ambitions divided people,then countries,nations,history...

COMMON SENSE MANAGEMENT

Sure profits are good, and that is the purpose of business, BUT!! Management's first job is managing the business. The ultimate test of management is business performance. Achievement and knowledge is a necessity. Management is practise, rather a science. A manager, whether running a mom and pop store to running a Wal-Mart, is the life-giving element in every business. Without a strong manager, his/her leadership, the resources of production remain just that, resources of production, and never become production. With competition at an all time high, the quality and performance of management determine the success of the business, and the life of the business. Management is the specific organ of business.

Management must always place economic first. Every decision, every action, management must justify its existence and its authority by the economic results that is produces. Some consider non-economic results such as happiness of the members of business, the workers, contribution to the welfare and happiness of the members of business, the workers, as a great thing, is successful business management, and yes it does contribute a part in success, but if management fails to produce economic results, if it has failed to supply goods and services that the consumer needs and wants, and at a price the consumer wants with little or no hassle, and at the price the consumer is willing to pay, then management has failed if it does not improve or even maintain the wealth producing capacity it has entrusted management to do.

With all this in mind, I question management as to why the same reasoning does not apply here. We have cuts in staff in order to save a few thousands of dollars, but nobody is taking notice that for every two thousand dollars saved in staff cuts, four thousand dollars is lost in sales as consumers are not being satisfied and catered. WHY??

Cutting staff limits the amount of goods and services the consumers need and want, because there is nobody to stock shelves. Cutting staff on registers limits the consumers ability for a happy, satisfying and quick shopping experience, as they grow tired in waiting in lines. Consumers will get disgusted and disenchanted and they leave carts full of groceries and walk out of the store. Not only does this cause a loss in sales, but a loss in products as food spoilage occurs. Cutting staff limits a clean store. Consumers expect to have clean floors, clean shelves, clean parking lots carts available at all times, consumers expect clean restrooms. With no or limited staff, consumers will just make a U-Turn and walk out and possibly not come back and go to a competitor that actually does the above.

The notion of making, for example, $7 million dollars in profits for a quarter, management should consider making $6 million in the quarter and allow for the rest of the profits to go back to the work-force in order to achieve the best consumer service possible. By managing with common sense and with a little wisdom, the consumer will be satisfied and will keep coming back as it is being served and catered. With times being tough there needs to be a focus on how to get consumers, not making them leave. This is management!

H1N1

As the President's advisor on Homeland Security, I am passing along the following message from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, who are leading the efforts to prepare our Nation for the coming flu season. Fellow Americans, This spring we were confronted with an outbreak of a troubling flu virus called 2009-H1N1. As the fall flu season approaches, it is critical that we reinvigorate our preparedness efforts across the country in order to mitigate the effects of this virus on our communities. Today, we are holding an H1N1 Influenza Preparedness Summit in conjunction with the White House to discuss our Nation's preparedness. We are working together to monitor the spread of 2009-H1N1 and to prepare to initiate a voluntary fall vaccination program against the 2009-H1N1 flu virus, assuming we have a safe vaccine and do not see changes in the virus that would render the vaccine ineffective. But the most critical steps to mitigating the effects of 2009-H1N1 won't take place in Washington — they will take place in your homes, schools and community businesses. Taking precautions for this fall's flu season is a responsibility we all share. Visit Flu.gov to make sure you are ready and learn how you can help promote public awareness. We are making every effort to have a safe and effective vaccine available for distribution as soon as possible, but our current estimate is that it won't be ready before mid-October. This makes individual prevention even more critical. Wash your hands regularly. Take the necessary precautions to stay healthy and if you do get sick, stay home from work or school. We are doing everything possible to prepare for the fall flu season and encourage all Americans to do the same — this is a shared responsibility and now is the time to prepare. Please visit Flu.gov to learn what steps you can take to prepare and do your part to mitigate the effects of H1N1. Take Care, Kathleen, Janet and Arne

CONCERNING

I received this on an E-mail, and it is pretty scary if it is true:

In a document entitled Bioterrorism Evidence, Bürgermeister points to an international corporate criminal syndicate and extensively details its plan to carry out mass genocide against the American people by unleashing a deadly flu virus and instituting a forced vaccination program.

HAPPY FOURTH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-DInYrms6Q

As we celebrate the birth of our nation, our one and only home, let us pray that our elected officials wake up and come to their senses before it is too late to save our nation, our freedoms, and liberties. This our one and only home, we have nowhere else to go, so please pray that our home is saved for our kids and their kids.