We need more positive role models

Ok, I probably could write a whole post about how we need to stop focusing on how we can't get things done on our own, and how everyone needs help and focus on the people who overcome odds and turn their lives into sucess stories because well, I don't think we get enough of that these days. Too many people spend too much time on victims and it engenders a society of people who expect things handed to him.

But I'll save that for another day. Im content just sharing this video instead :)

Yes, heres another video about a guy who shows that you don't need to be handed life on a silver platter to still be successful and happy.
(I give him my props)

The Catholics point of view

Someone sent me this video, and I thought it was interesting to see what the catholics had to say about the election and what they thought was important (the video really is well put together).

In case anyone cares, the website is http://www.catholicvote.com/

Ingenuity

This man wins the "Ingenuity Award of the Week" for his creative way to solve his problem, and for doing it in style.

I was at the airport on Monday and a group of people came out of a terminal, and they were obviously a little confused and foreign (they were trying to get directions but were having a hard time with the language).

None of this has to do with the problem he solved, this is just me giving you a little background into this man. You see, he had one of those old hard suitcases with a simple handle on the top that makes carrying possible, but awkward as it can throw off your balance, and make any long walking, or fast walking difficult to say the least. On top of that, its an awkward carry on in general.
Remember these guys (no wheels on these guys):



Well, having an older suitcase sure didn't stop this gentleman from using his creativity and ingenuity to solve the balancing problem, free his arms up, and turn his suitcase into a backpack:



Now, I know the picture isn't perfect, but if you look close you might see the bungie chords that were holding his suitcase to his back.

This made my day, and I really do give kudos to this guy.
He deffinately deserves the "Ingenuity Award of the Week" in my eyes.

Vader March

Who doesn’t love Star Wars? - - - the epic 1970-80s trilogy that took the world by storm with its amazing special effects and bold acting (well, at least the special effects were good). So . . . is Star Wars dead in our day? Have people forgotten the forerunner of the sci-fi movie industry? I don’t think so, even now we see pervading influences that remain with us. A perfect example of this is the Star Wars theme song that the BYU marching band plays when the defense forces a punt or makes a good sack. My buddy Josh asked me the other day why we do this? I had always thought I understood why we robotically would move our arms to the beat of the familiar stellar jingle- but when asked, I realized I didn't know. So now my friends, I ask you . . . how did this cheer start?

As a side note: the first BYU football fan website I found had picture above covering the screen.

Another interesting shirt

This is a website that has a brand of shirts they call "crack no more".
Interesting idea :)

Maybe not as cool as a drum set on your shirt, but this could in handy....
At least I'm sure we've all wished someone was wearing something like this once or twice...

Coolest Shirt Ever

My Sister sent me this link, and I think its worth noting that it is probably the coolest shirt I've ever seen :)



It is a shirt that is actually a drum set as well. No, not just a picture of a drum set. A drum set that actually plays the sounds for each individual piece as you hit it.

Big Deal about the bailout

I normally have fun writing whatever I want, and that often times is not always something super important, just me having fun.

But when I read this, I couldn't agree more, and wanted to share it (I got it in an email, so no, I can't guarantee it's accuracy, but I will support its content. As received in the email, the letter claims to be from Ron Paul.).

Letter from Ron: Time is running out

Dear Friends,

Whenever a Great Bipartisan Consensus is announced, and a compliant media assures everyone that the wondrous actions of our wise leaders are being taken for our own good, you can know with absolute certainty that disaster is about to strike.

The events of the past week are no exception.

The bailout package that is about to be rammed down Congress' throat is not just economically foolish. It is downright sinister. It makes a mockery of our Constitution, which our leaders should never again bother pretending is still in effect. It promises the American people a never-ending nightmare of ever-greater debt liabilities they will have to shoulder. Two weeks ago, financial analyst Jim Rogers said the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made America more communist than China! "This is welfare for the rich," he said. "This is socialism for the rich. It's bailing out the financiers, the banks, the Wall Streeters."

That describes the current bailout package to a T. And we're being told it's unavoidable.

The claim that the market caused all this is so staggeringly foolish that only politicians and the media could pretend to believe it. But that has become the conventional wisdom, with the desired result that those responsible for the credit bubble and its predictable consequences - predictable, that is, to those who understand sound, Austrian economics - are being let off the hook. The Federal Reserve System is actually positioning itself as the savior, rather than the culprit, in this mess!

• The Treasury Secretary is authorized to purchase up to $700 billion in mortgage-related assets at any one time. That means $700 billion is only the very beginning of what will hit us.

• Financial institutions are "designated as financial agents of the Government." This is the New Deal to end all New Deals.

• Then there's this: "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency." Translation: the Secretary can buy up whatever junk debt he wants to, burden the American people with it, and be subject to no one in the process.

There goes your country.

Even some so-called free-market economists are calling all this "sadly necessary." Sad, yes. Necessary? Don't make me laugh.

Our one-party system is complicit in yet another crime against the American people. The two major party candidates for president themselves initially indicated their strong support for bailouts of this kind - another example of the big choice we're supposedly presented with this November: yes or yes. Now, with a backlash brewing, they're not quite sure what their views are. A sad display, really.

Although the present bailout package is almost certainly not the end of the political atrocities we'll witness in connection with the crisis, time is short. Congress may vote as soon as tomorrow. With a Rasmussen poll finding support for the bailout at an anemic seven percent, some members of Congress are afraid to vote for it. Call them! Let them hear from you! Tell them you will never vote for anyone who supports this atrocity.

The issue boils down to this: do we care about freedom? Do we care about responsibility and accountability? Do we care that our government and media have been bought and paid for? Do we care that average Americans are about to be looted in order to subsidize the fattest of cats on Wall Street and in government? Do we care?

When the chips are down, will we stand up and fight, even if it means standing up against every stripe of fashionable opinion in politics and the media?

Times like these have a way of telling us what kind of a people we are, and what kind of country we shall be.

In liberty,

Ron Paul

If you care or want to read more, I suggest you read this on his website:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=606

as well as call or email your representatives today!

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

Again, I realize this is a different kind of post than this blog is accustomed to, but I think his message is spot on.