You Think What?

We’ve received several of the latest batch of Republican fear-based email lies about the medical reform legislation. It’s just not true.

Certain opponents to the health care reform proposals are counting on the fact the public will not read the proposed bill. Their stock and trade is in fear. “If we can scare the people we’ve got control”.

As a public service YouThinkWhat presents the controversial Page 425 of the current proposed legislation. (more…)

We know the headline isn’t really earth shattering news;  we don’t know how else to get your attention so you know the banks are being protected.  Your best interests are with someone who knows how to help you get out of your mess. Assistance for getting you out of your mess will not be found at the financial institutions. They are the ones who got us into the mess, and they are the money experts. Think about that.

Requests for assistance, i.e. loan modification, from consumers facing foreclosure or those who have received notice of foreclosure from the lender(s) who hold the mortgage(s) on their house, have increased.

The lenders do not find it profitable to help save your home. Even with the government money for the banks as incentive to help consumers, (more…)

All right. It’s time to get back to the real issues; before we do let’s talk about the soon-to-be ex Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin. (more…)

Back in 1968 a Washington, D.C. group sounding similar to the Temptations  or even more like the Impressions had a hit tune for Father’s Day. Watch the video below and listen closely to the lyrics.

Happy Father’s Day to everyone who nurtures a child!

While some people are upset about a beauty queen scandal and others are upset over a former beauty queen’s non-scandal the bankers are doing what they do best. The financial institutions are preying on those who are unable to save themselves from their predatory banking practices.

This time it’s American dairy farmers. That’s right folks banks across the country are cutting off farmers’ access to credit and at least two dairy farmers have committed suicide in California. (more…)

Laurie Moran Working To Heal The Child

We recently met an interesting and sensitive lady named Laurie Moran. She modestly introduced herself as a music teacher. Laurie is so much more. She is a former rock and roll band member who now plays music to heal the broken souls of children and adults who have been the objects of addiction and abuse. Laurie Moran is  healer.

“There is a circle of love evident in the workshops…people are very present in telling and the healing takes place for them and for me.”~Laurie Moran

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Family and friends will gather to honor the life and contributions to society of the recently slain Dr. George Tiller. Funeral services will be held at College Hill United Methodist Church. (more…)

Mark Fiore is another of our favorite political cartoonists. In this animated piece from May 20, 2009 Fiore gives a recap of what is happening since the Obama administration has come into power. Take a look. This pretty scary stuff.(Scroll down to see animation.) (more…)

Three months ago, under the guidance of Demetricia Patterson, Consignment Furniture Etc. opened its doors with its mission to provide one half of the profits toward funding a foundation which gives drug assistance to senior citizens.

Demetricia Patterson is the owner of the consignment store and the creator of the Demetricia C. Patterson Foundation, a non-profit drug assistance program for people age fifty plus.

Ms Patterson says she established the foundation because she has witnessed  people in her community who must choose between purchasing necessary medication or buying food. (more…)

Where can a young male between the ages of eleven years-old and 18 years-old, in the Daytona Beach, Florida area go this summer for interesting educational field trips, tutoring in science, math, reading and writing? Where can a youngster who is considered “at risk” go to remove the stigma of that label as he improves himself and prepares himself for his later life at a college or university? What other year-round program offers trips to the Jacksonville Zoo, Epcot and Universal theme parks, the state legislature in Tallahassee with an opportunity to meet the legislators or the Kennedy Space Center?

The answer is Bethune-Cookman University’s Explorer program. On June 8, 2009, from 9am until 1pm orientation for young males who wish to (more…)