Political Drama by Thomas-All we need is Love

There is something terribly wrong right now that all of us can do something about. What I am referring to is the killing of the doctor in Kansas and the incident that occurred in Washington DC. Two men so consumed with HATE that they had to unleash their venom on innocent people. I will not mention them by name but only say that what they did goes against every thing that we have learned growing up. All of us have learned to respect and love all human life and to treasure and nourish well being towards others. We learn that from our parents and grand parents, our teachers and clergy, everyone we come in contact with. Our social interaction with everyone is the essence of human life. That is what makes us so unique. Our social interactions can be good or bad, positive or negative. Unfortunately there can be extremes. This is the case with these two incidents. All of us need to reach out in times like these and show one another how much we care, need, and enjoy our lives with each other. Just like the Beatles said, "All we need is Love". And, that is what Jesus has tried to teach all of us. We all need to love one another.

Political Drama Column by Thomas-Torture---Water Boarding

There has been a very large debate going on the past several weeks about torture. Torture to make our enemies give up information. One of those forms of torture is called "water boarding". This was a form of torture that came out of the Spanish Inquisition. To say it is inhumane is an understatement. During the last century it was banned by all the major countries including our own. Certain public officials have said that we need this to protect the American People. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is the leading proponent of this type of "enhanced interrogation".

The question is what kind of people would do something this inhumane? Do we as a people condone this type of torture? Do we as Americans consider ourselves better that these people we would torture to get information? And finally, do the other countries of the world consider the Us in a positive or negative way because of this torture?

Let me know how you feel. We would like a good and open discussion of this issue.

Political Drama---Questions for you to answer!

Hey V.I.T.s,

Thomas is out today so we are blogging his Column on Political Drama today. We have no idea what to say, so we are going to through out some questions to you. Please leave your answers on Twitter @dekoposh or right here. So easy, so painless! SUP???

Drum Roll Please........................

Question #1...How do you think President Obama is doing?

Question #2...What are your thoughts about the economy?

Question #3...Do tween and teens care about politics?

Question #4...Should we have dress codes at school?

Have fun answering, we can't wait to here your answers!

dekoposh, Inc. Team blogging for Thomas

The Recession-April Fools, and The Obama's

The recession is still ongoing. The latest jobs report shows that we have lost 2,000,000 jobs in 3 months. Staggering numbers. But, there are some economic indicators that we may be starting to rebound from the recession. Keep your fingers crossed. Meanwhile in Europe Pres. Obama and Mrs. Obama are wowing the continent. Even Queen Elizabeth gave Michele a hug. Its nice to see that America is appreciated and not hated.

Last Wednesday was April Fools day. The republicans presented their economic proposal. No, fooling.It was a little underwhelming. Let's see we need some good news. I know, baseball starts this week. At least we will have something else to talk about. Oh, I almost forgot, TIGER IS BACK!! Tiger Woods won his first tournament in 8 months. So with good thoughts of our economy showing some signs of recovery, baseball and spring in the air, life is looking up. Keep being positive and remember there are people who still need help, do what you can. By helping one another better days are ahead.

Political Drama--OUTRAGE OUTRAGE OUTRAGE

That's the theme this week. The news has been dominated this week by AIG and the AIG bonus situation. Everyone and I mean everyone is totally outraged by this situation. Here we have a company that, we the people, now own 80% and these bozos are getting huge bonuses for incompetence. But it goes beyond AIG, its the whole Wall Street situation. There was such an aura of greed. It is totally unimaginable. Can you imagine taking a dollar and making $30 dollars out of that. All of this thru financial manipulation. It was a feeding frenzy of money. One of the best things this last week was the confrontation between Jim Kramer (Mad Money) and Jon Stewart. If you haven't seen it go to you tube. It is great!! Its about 21 minutes and Jon Stewart totally humbles the Mad Money Man.

I think these block head politicians finally get it. Now they know why the American public is so fed up with these bank and financial institutions. Lets keep the Rage going. Lets channel it into something productive and maybe, just maybe it will work to our advantage. We should all say to these financial money changers, "never, ever again"

Political Drama Column--Bernard Madoff off the Jail---What do you think?

Justice was served yesterday. Bernard Madoff has plead guilty to all 11 charges against him. The real justice would be if he could stay alive and serve the entire 150 yr sentence. Not likely since he is 70.

I guess you have heard that our "recession" is now being called a "mild depression". Doesn't make me feel any better. Here is one really sobering fact. Our homes have lost over 11 trillion dollars in value. I can't even begin to understand that number. Most of the homes in this country have probably lost almost half their value.

Here's something you probably didn't know; we have lost 28% of our billionaires. The top three are Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Carlos Slim. Even these three have lost billions. Would somebody please pass the bread and water.

The news is so depressing, but our President seems to have plenty of enthusiasm not only working on the economic recovery, but also health care, energy and education. I think we have the right guy on the job. He was going to take a "pause for the cause" to see if the Republicans in Congress could come up with some new ideas, but nada. No cigar, zilch. They all seemed to be intellectually bankrupt. Must be eating too much pork. Speaking of pork, Has anyone seen King Rush I? Looks like he's misplaced his crown and just staying in his bat cave. Maybe Ann Coulter stole it???. See you next week.

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Political Drama Column by Thomas-King Rush Limbaugh

There's a movement growing in this country. Have you heard it? Have you seen it? Well, can you smell it? Yes, I do detect an "odor" coming from our nation's capital. STAND BACK, LOOK OUT here "it" comes. Its KING RUSH the first. Yes Mr. Bombastic has crowned himself King of all that's important in politics. King Rush has proclaimed himself the most important voice and authority to the GOP. and the Conservative right. King Rush has already said that he "hopes Obama fails". Shocking in its candor, but given King Rush's bombastic pronouncements it adds to his stature as the alternative to Pres. Obama. Now, when he comes out in public he is dressed all in black. His list of supporters are growing. They were formally known as "ditto heads" now they are members of King Rush's royal court. Maybe we are getting ready for a "royal rumble". King Rush has come out of his "bat cave" and hurling bombs in all directions. King Rush wants everyone to look at him and marvel at all of his pronouncements. He can't seem to pull himself away from his mirror. Maybe if we "crown" him he'll leave us alone............no, I don't think so. So all hail King Rush and stand back as his GOP ( gravelly old people) come marching by.

P.S. don't forget to pick up Joe the Plumber's book (not!)

Political Drama-30 Days of Obama...Amazing

Hello V.I.T.s,

I'm a little late, I've been reading the Stimulus Bill.  Its over a foot thick
and over 1000 pages.   You can go online and read it yourself.  Let me
come back to that a little later.  President Obama has now been in office
a month.  His pace is staggering.  The Stimulus bill, The program to help
homeowners, Equal pay for women,and the list goes on and on.  If he
keeps this pace up there is no telling what he will accomplish.  His
accomplishments should inspire all of us to do more.  All of us can do
more and we should.  There is so much pain and depression that all of us
can help one another get back on their feet.  The one thing we should
all understand is that we need to reinvest in ourselves.  By doing that
we will be ready to enjoy the reinvigoration that will transform our
country. 

Lets get back to the Stimulus Bill.  Its not really a stimulus, its more
of  plan to prevent the recession becoming a depression.  Most
economists  agree to reverse the effects of this recession we would need
to spend 3 trillion dollars.  That's right 3 trillion dollars.  There is no way
Congress would have approved that expenditure.  In reality, we need to
stop and reverse the recession.  Then we can evaluate what we will need
as we move forward.  Hopefully, this plan will save and possibly start
creating new jobs.  Most people will start feeling the effects of the Stimulus
by April.  Saving our banking institutions, saving our auto industry will
go a long way to getting us back on the right path.  And, with an emphasis
on creating "green jobs and technology"  we may be able in time to get rid
of spending 700 million a year on foreign oil.

This a transformation period for all Americans and hopefully we have
a leader who will move us in this new direction.  Lets hear from you. 
Send us your comments.

Political Drama Column by Thomas-Outrage Continued

Hey V.I.T.s,

I thought I would continue on the subject I started last
week...Outrage.  Lets call this edition Outrage II.  I thought
since we had a lot of comments last week we could open it
up a little more. 

#1 A-Rod.  You probably seen the headlines that ARod admitted
using banned steroids back in 2003.  How do you feel about the
#1 baseball player in America using steroids? Why does such a
naturally gifted baseball player feel he has to use steroids?
Lets hear your comments. 

#2 - How do you feel about the Californian woman who had
artificial insemination and had 8 babies?  She already had six,
so now she has 14 children.  She's not married, doesn't work
and she has all of these children to raise.  Do you think that its
OK to do that?  Do you think she is mentally unstable? 
Lets hear your comments.

#3 Congress held another hearing this week bringing the top
bank executives before them to explain what they did with
the 350 billion dollars we gave them.  Go to you tube to see
some of the highlights. How do you feel about how they used
the federal bailout money? Do you think they should have gave
executives these big bonuses? Have they treated the customer
fairly?  Lets hear your comments. 

OK now is your chance to express yourself.
Lets hear your outrage.
I want to hear from you. 

Political Drama Column by Thomas-Outrage

Hello V.I.T.s,

Today I want to share with you one word..............OUTRAGE.

Outrage is the product of anger and resentment. It is the feeling you get when you are totally disgusted and angry. This week I watched the Congressional hearings concerning the failings of the Security Exchange Commission, The SEC. They are the federal agency that is suppose to watch Wall Street and all the brokers and traders. Congressman Gary Ackerman from New York was "grilling" the senior staff of the SEC as to why they failed to see how Bernard Maydoff swindled 50 billion dollars from investors. His "outrage" and contempt was outstanding.

Outrage is what a lot of people are beginning to feel all over this country. Watch below...



For the past eight years we have been lied to, cheated by and left totally betrayed by the Bush administration. Now people are losing jobs, their home and their savings. President Obama is trying to undo and get this country back on track but we still have some foot dragging Congressmen and Senators trying to derail his efforts. Everyone needs to feel the "outrage" and start writing and calling these foot dragging congressmen and senators. Tell them that "we are mad as hell and we are not going to put up with their crap anymore." They are suppose to represent us, not no lobbyist or fat cat. Give us back our government or get out. Now, that's outrage.. Lets channel all that anger and make this country great again.

Wow that felt good!!!! Thomas

Political Drama Column by Thomas-Obama Needs our Support

Goooooooooood day everyone.

After many weeks of celebrating Mr. Smooths' win in November and enjoying the inauguration festivities I have return. Oh, you didn't miss me? OK, whatever. What a tremendous feeling to now have a president who cares. The only problem is that the problems confronting him are ENORMOUS! Our country is in the ditch. Its going to take a lot of effort on everyone's part to get this country back on track. We all need to support our new president and also to write letters to all our congressional leaders urging them to do the right thing. It will take time to undo all that is wrong. It will take patience, cooperation and lots of understanding. There are so many people losing their jobs it is overwhelming and sad. We are all in this together and if we all pull together better days will be here sooner rather than later. If you have time volunteer to help where ever you can. There are a lot of people who need help, so lets do our share. Give till it feels good and know that your efforts, no matter how small, will be appreciated. The future of our country is in your hands so lets get busy.

Thomas

Political Drama Column by Thomas-New America

Here's a shout out to all of you political junkies

Well, let see where we are now. We sent Joe the plumber home, we sent the lip-sticked pit bull to the pound and Mr Grumpy is home licking his wounds. Now our new president-to-be is deep in conversations with all kinds of advisers and he is trying to put a "Team of Rivals" together to help him make all of his promises become a reality. It will not be easy.Our country is really a mess. That's because we are in a recession. You know what that means don't you. Its like having to go to recess put no one wants to play. Its like there are no games or fun things to do when you go to recess . Its like someone took away all the kick balls, basketballs and soccer balls. Not fun.

So, our new president to be, Mr. Obama needs to find away to get the grownups back to work. Because if the grownups are making things that can be sold to make money our lives will get back to normal. People wont lose their homes, they will have money to pay their bills and maybe have enough money so we can go to the movies. Everyone must do their part to help one another. We can all help and be apart of this "New America". So think of ways you can help your family, your neighborhood and your cities. This can be a great learning experience.

Political Drama Column by Thomas-Obama Wins

hello everyone,

I am sorry I missed writing last week, but I received an email from Mr. Smooth just before Halloween that Mr Grumpy, Joe the plumber and the lipsticked pit bull were coming to my house to "trick or treat" me. I know it was going to be more "tricks" than "treats". Thanks to Mr Smooth's warning I hid out till after the elections.

Well, the elections are over and everyone is totally happy. Mr. Smooth (Barack Obama) will be the 44th president of the United States (hooray).It was a truly historical election.There were a lot of firsts. First of all we have the first African American president.What was really important was the voter turnout. It was the highest percentage since 1908! Over 65% of the people who could vote did vote.95%of the African-American voters voted for Obama. 75% of the Latinos voted for Obama and for the first time ever voters under 30 were a huge percentage of the vote.

So now, the really hard work begins. Mr Smooth must put together a team who will support and help him make the USA number one again. The most important thing to remember about this election is that ANYONE can become president. Black, white, brown, yellow, red or green. It doesn't matter. America is probably the only country in the world where this dream could come true. Your dreams could become a reality.You really can do whatever you want to do. Let the dreaming begin. We all need to reach out and make our goals and aspirations come true. By working to achieve our goals we will all be helping President Obama and our country .USA USA USA.

Political Drama Column by Thomas

Hello all you political junkies.

We have reached that time in the political season when its time to put on your scuba suit and mask. Why? because there is some serious mud slinging going on. If you happen to stick your head up at the wrong time you could be wearing a fresh helping of mud. Yuk!!

Desperate times calls for desperate measures and Mr Grumpy (John McCain) is throwing everything he can at Mr. Smooth (Barack Obama). DUCK!! I think someone just threw the kitchen sink!! Funny, the only one who's looking good right now is that lip-sticked pit bull. It must be that $150,00 make over. Things are going sooo bad for Mr. Grumpy that he is already looking to the future. Yea, he's going to be promoting "Joe the Plumber" franchises. That's right you to can own your own "Joe the Plumber" business.

There's just too much drama right now. I think they should be sneaking up on each other and shoving a big creamy pie in each others face. At least that would be funnier. Well, we only have about a week and a half left before we know who wins. Make sure you get out the vote because it is very important this time. There is a lot riding on this election. Our country is really hurting right now and we all need to come together. Who knows maybe Mr. Grumpy and Mr. Smooth will kiss and make up (ugh!)

Political Drama Column by Thomas-The Last Presidential Debate of 2008

Hello all you political junkies,

Well, we just had the 3rd and last (thank goodness) debate between Mr. Grumpy (aka John "don't call me a grouch" McCain) and Mr. Smooth (Barack Obama). Let me set the stage; it was high noon in Hempstead. (not really but it sounds good) The old grumpy gun slinger rides into town for the last time to face his arch enemy, Mr Smooth. Mr Grumpy starts walking up the street. Its so quiet you can hear his spurs clicking with each step. At about the same time Mr Smooth emerges from a doorway at the far end of the street and starts walking towards the Grumpy one. Slowly, step by step they walk towards each other. When they finally get close to each other they stop and eye one another. All the locals have retreated indoors and were nervously looking out the windows checking out these two old adversaries. Just then Bob Schieffer, from CBS News, comes out and tells them, " OK guys quit the mugging its time to come inside and start the debate."

Debate they did. This was Mr. Grumpy's last shot at Mr. Smooth. Grumpy was foaming at the mouth. He was trying to hit Smooth with whatever he could. Its a good thing they were sitting down or Grumpy would have challenged Smooth to an arm wrestling match. Once again Smooth was too smooth. This was probably Mr. Grumpy's last hurrah. Now its up to the voters. Make sure everyone who can ..vote. Every vote counts.

And as we leave the last debate we are left with the image of Mr Grumpy riding off into the sunset with his lip-sticked pit bull. We wont forgetcha' (wink, wink)

Thomas Column on Political Drama-McCain and Obama Takedown in Tennesse

OK all you Deko/Posh acolytes

It's time for our next discussion of the big political season. I know all these ad and political programs make a mess of our regular TV programs. But, trust me, after Nov 4th they will be gone. So lets enjoy this mayhem while it lasts.

We just had the second presidential debate. Lets call it the "Takedown in Tennessee."

Yeah, it was round 2 of the grumpy old man vs Mr. Smooth. That would be John McCain vs Barack Obama. I think I finally figured out why Mr. Grumpy is so grumpy; its past his bed time. Anyway lets talk about the debate. A debate is where people engage in an argument by discussing different points of view. The word "debate" comes to us from the old French "debatre." Which meant to beat. I don't think anyone got "beat up", but Mr. Grumpy needed to take down Mr. Smooth but smooth was too smooth. So in the end Mr. Grumpy left the debate even more grumpy. Poor guy, he probably needs to eat more fiber and that would help him be a more "regular" guy.

Stay tuned, we will have round 3 of the presidential debates next week. Maybe we will see someone get "beat up" in their last debate.

Thomas

Thomas Column- Politics no doubt

Well V.I.T.s I hope you are enjoying the new season. No, I don;t mean Fall, I'm talking about the political season. Specifically, the Presidential Political Season. Yes, that's right every 4 years we choose who will be the CEO, Head Hancho, or Mr. Big, the president of the United States. Yes, politics can be fun. Of course you know what the world "politics" means don't you? Actually it is a Greek word. Poli and Tics. Poli means many and tics means blood sucking ticks. So there you have it; many blood sucking ticks. I'm sorry I am just trying to be funny. Actually the word politics does come from the Greeks. Thousands of years ago before there was a Greece you had a number of city-states. They were called "polis". The people who lived in these cities were called "citizens". The cities were small so when there was a major decision that involved the city, all the people would come together to decide what to do. This was the basis of democracy. Now you know. OK, lets talk about our current political season.
This year we will either be electing the oldest person ever to become president or we will be electing the first African-American. Now, I don't how you feel, but, as for me I don't want someone who's drinking geritol and rushing out to the early senior buffets. I kind of think it would be really cool that we could elect someone who can make a nice 3 point jump shop.

So, we just had the vice presidential debate. On one had you have the smooth experience Senator and on the other hand you have the "lip-stick'd pit bull". Joe Biden, the senator and Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska. Watching her was great theater. She was winking, mugging to the camera and referencing her friends, "joe six pack and hockey moms". The only thing missing was if she would have been chewing gum. I wasn't sure if she wanted to talk about issues or maybe try to put a head lock on Senator Biden. It was reallly funny stuff. So stay tuned V.I.T.s and enjoy the rest of this political season. It will only get better. There will be another debate next week.

L8R...Thomas