Thursday, September 29, 2011

About Herman Cain...his background/resume

The following comes from www.hermancain.com/about
If you don't know much about him, just read this...I copied it from his website. He has a rags to riches story...shows you where education, hard work, and determination can take you. He really is an impressive man...

HERMAN CAIN BIOGRAPHY
Herman Cain grew up in Atlanta, Georgia with loving parents and little else. His father worked three jobs—as a janitor, a barber and a chauffeur—and his mother was a domestic worker. Even though these jobs required hard work and little glamour, his parents knew this life was better than the dirt farms upon which they grew up. They also knew that this hard work was the key to achieving their American Dreams.
Herman’s parents had two dreams. First, they wanted to own their own house. Secondly, they wanted both of their children to graduate from college. During the segregation era in the Deep South, these aspirations might have seemed lofty, but they knew that if they kept their faith in God, faith in themselves and faith in the greatest country on the Earth, they could achieve.
The first dream was realized in a modest brick house on Albert Street in Atlanta, Georgia. After years of saving from his many jobs, Herman’s father surprised the whole family, even his wife, by purchasing a home for their family. The second dream was realized when Herman graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in mathematics in 1967. His brother, Thurman, would go on to graduate from Morris Brown College.
Inspired by the work ethic and character of his parents, Herman continued his education by earning his Master’s degree in computer science from Purdue University while working full-time developing fire control systems for ships and fighter planes for the Department of the Navy. Though Herman enjoyed using his talents as a civilian employee for the Navy, he gravitated towards the culture of business.
Herman returned to his home of Atlanta to begin working as a computer systems analyst for the Coca-Cola Company. After considerable success at Coca-Cola, he moved to the Pillsbury Company. Within a short period of time, Herman rose to position of Vice President. Although the comforts of a corner office on the 31st floor of a majestic corporate building seemed satisfying, Herman knew that he needed a challenge.

He became the regional vice president of Pillsbury’s Burger King division. This meant starting from the “ground up,” dodging grease fires and broiling hamburgers. Herman was assigned to lead a low performing region of 450 of their restaurants. Within three years, it became the best performing region in the company.
Energized by overcoming the many obstacles of his job at Burger King, Herman took on the biggest challenge of his career. He accepted the call to become the President and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a company that was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. In just 14 months, Herman returned Godfather’s to profitability and he led his management team to a buyout of the company.
His professional successes garnered the respect and admiration of industry peers who named him the President of the National Restaurant Association. Under Herman’s administration, the group grew significantly and began to lobby for the interests of America’s restaurateurs and small business owners.
In 1994, as head of the National Restaurant Association, he had the opportunity to speak with President Clinton during a nationally televised town hall meeting. Here, Herman challenged the President regarding the impact on businesses if his health care overhaul proposal were passed. President Clinton attempted to assure him and the millions of viewers watching at home that his legislation would not harm American business owners and their employees.
Herman was skeptical. “Quite honestly Mr. President, your calculations are incorrect,” he said. “In the competitive marketplace, it simply doesn’t work that way.” His words echoed across America, and Newsweek named Herman Cain the primary saboteur of Hillarycare.
Through these and other appearances on behalf of the National Restaurant Association, Herman began working with business leaders across all sectors of the American economy. This led to his acceptance of a position on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and he was subsequently elected their chairman. In this role, he analyzed economic conditions in the region and notified the Federal Reserve of how their policies should respond.

Most recently, he hosted a radio talk show, “The Herman Cain Show,” on Atlanta’s WSB 750 AM/ 95.5 FM. He serves as a regular contributor on several broadcast networks and as a keynote speaker at conferences and events around the nation.
Despite the many professional commitments of his life, Herman continues to enjoy most the time spent with family and friends. As his children got married and had their own children, he knew that he had an extraordinary obligation to do what he could to make this a safe and prosperous nation for them. The paramount joys in his life are his wife, Gloria, his children and his grandchildren.

Herman Cain...

I'm watching the local news here in Memphis...and what's making the headlines? Herman Cain's comments he made yesterday regarding African-Americans. He stated that African Americans are brainwashed and conditioned to voting democrat, and are not open minded to conservatives.

Hmmmm....this has created some controversy, and as you can imagine...the black population is offended by this statement. Why is this population of people offended? There are always exceptions to the rule, and Herman Cain is obviously an exception. Funny enough, every single black person they interviewed regarding this issue were democrats. Ironic huh?

Here's the deal...I can give you specific conversations with African Americans within the healthcare industry, that will admit they agree with conservative values and as one lady told me, "I probably agree more with the moral values of the Republicans, but I've always voted Democrat."

People may not like what Herman Cain said, but he is correct as a general statement. Heck, you can go vote with us and see the response we get when we asked to vote Republican (the majority of the people that vote where we do are African American). Heck, my husband works with conservative valued African Americans...who vote Democrat. Regardless of this population being offended, Herman Cain was stating the truth...like it or not.

Here's the deal with Herman Cain...the man is sharp, very sharp. I would pay money to see him and Obama debate. Cain would eat him alive...and I hope they get the opportunity to do so one day. Let's be honest...Obama sucks when it comes to the economy. Our economy has not rebounded since he's been in office (3 years). With Herman Cain, he knows business and the economy. All you have to do is look at his resume to see his sucess and knowledge when it comes to business, economics, taxes, etc. Not only that, he is a Christian. I used to listen to him on the radio and know parts of his testimony. Don't get me wrong...I will admit that he doesn't have government experience, which has its pros and cons. The man is sharp...and I admire him.

Monday, September 26, 2011

A First For Me...

Today I witnessed something that I've never seen...
Before I tell you what it was, I need to tell more of the story. My family and I have started attending another church. The more we go to this church, the more we see God's hand all over it. Just this morning they showed a testimony (get ready for chills) of a black woman who needed a kidney. This lady's sister was in a life group at this church, and that life group had been praying for a donor...that's when the good Lord prompted this white woman. She told her husband she felt led to give her kidney. Turns out, she was a match ...living in a city like Memphis, and seeing how God can bridge the racial gap is amazing. Not only that, what an amazing story. These women didn't know each other prior to this...can you imagine just giving your kidney to someone you don't know?

In the above, I wanted you to see how Jesus is at work in this church. The preacher literally preaches from the Word...oddly enough, he has spine and backbone...which means he isn't scared to actually preach on controversial topics (just in the short time we have been there, he has spoke out about abortion, homosexuality, and government in small ways). Last Sunday, he told us about the homosexual agenda going on in the Memphis area...one area of concern is the push for a law to force Christian business owners to hire homosexuals, even if it is against their beliefs. Therefore, our preacher gave us information to a website to see who this homosexual activist group was endorsing...he did not tell us how to vote, but simply said to vote your conscious. (atleast we would know who the homosexual activist would want their supporters to vote for since there are elections going on right now)

That leads us to a couple of things...the media got wind of what was said at church last week, along with homosexual interest groups. And you think the persecution of Christians isn't going on? Then, as I was leaving church today and driving off with my family...

homosexual activist were protesting on the sidewalk of the church...as families and people who just got through worshiping the One True God are leaving, there were signs about being gay, etc. I was caught off guard at first...and then realized this...our world is morally declining. It's as our preacher said last week...we don't condemn the person, but we don't condone the sin. That's simply it...these people need help, like any other sin. Those caught up in a sinful lifestyle need help. Although they were there for the wrong reasons, they were at the precise place they needed to be...at church. Now if they will only come inside! Jesus says, knock and the door will open!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Sad but true...D vs R

Over the last few days, I have been fortunate to talk to businessmen from the healthcare profession...we also heard/saw Obama's "pass this jobs bill today" speech...and then I literally just saw how Obama is going to tax millionaires even more than they already are. What's my point, as if you don't already know...
THIS MAN HAS NO CLUE HOW TO FIX OUR ECONOMY...HE HAS NO CLUE HOW BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS WORK...AND YES, HE IS OUR PRESIDENT.

This isn't meant to come across as beating him up...but simply the truth. He doesn't know how to do anything without stimulating union jobs, taking more of people's money, creating infrastructure/construction jobs (paid for by the government), etc. Maybe you will recall his comment about reducing payroll taxes for business owners...but from what I'm told, that doesn't really add up to enough to make a difference.

As for Obama's comments...taxing those that make over $250K. Someone this week made the comment to the effect of, "I will just see fewer patients and not hire anyone else...I'll make sure I stay just beneath that amount so I won't get taxed even more than I already do." Now, this guy is a speacialist...and no telling how much debt this man has from school...he deserves any money he makes. I honestly have no idea what this guy makes, but I will tell you this...Obama's plan to do this de-incentivizes people to work. They will work less, not as hard, or not hire people to do more work in order to stay under this amount. Once again...why does our government de-incentivize people to work?

The more I learn about government and economics, the more I realize these general comments (and they are not 100%, but I assume to be the majority):

Democrats generally do not understand business...what it takes to take a risk, to employee people, to have loans to pay back, what taxes can do to a business and its owner, and so much more. They don't understand how government regulations hurt business, which makes it harder to compete and employee people. Generally speaking (atleast the Democrats that I know and talk to)...have been paid by the government, including teachers...have been a part of a union, which unions all vote and fund the Democratic party, have government affiliated jobs, or are on a government hand-out (disability, food stamps, etc)

Republicans on the other hand...tend to understand business, the value of competition, perhaps and hopefully the moral and social issues affecting our society, understand incentives to work hard, compete, and goals to succeed. They see how too much government involvement (regulations, higher taxes, etc) can hurt the economy.

I hope this makes sense...but this is definitely the reality between friends of mine that are like minded and Conservative, versus friends/family that vote Democrat. I just encourage you this, talk to people...in the terrible economy, talk to business owners who are successful. Talk to several of them...and see what they say. Why aren't they hiring more people? Why are they having to shut their doors? Ask about taxes, Obamacare, the de-valuing of the US dollar, etc...

Yes, this is a complex issue...the economy that is, but something has to change.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

#2-the Jobs Bill

I'm not gonna lie...I didn't watch ALL of the President's speech. However, I did see enough of it...
and as you could have guessed, I DO NOT AGREE with him. Heck, you can look at the headlines on www.msn.com and see this ("approve a nearly half-trillion-dollar plan to help the economy.") Did you catch it??? HALF TRILLION DOLLAR PLAN = SPENDING MONEY...that we don't have! Need I remind that man...AGAIN...that we are in debt above our eye balls. Seriously, please think about this. If you went to a financial adviser...you were already in a world of debt that was almost too much to overcome...and instead of helping you find ways to "cut back" and pay off your debt...he suggested you just keep spending more. Hmmm...point made.

Don't get me wrong...Obama speaks with such confidence that he is believable. Heck, that's what sales is half the time & he was selling tonight. BUT, if you listened to him...listened to the words he was saying...this is literally what I heard at one point from Obama, "We need to provide more jobs to construction workers by fixing infrastructure (government work contracted out to these workers), invest in more teachers (government affiliated paid by tax payer money), work for our veterans (once again, veterans are affiliated with government obviously), and honestly there was one more that I can't remember right now.

Then, he did talk about cutting taxes for businesses in order to initiate job creation. That sounds good and I hope he's right...BUT, let's look at this...in the above paragraph he has talked about spending more money in several different ways, but yet he also wants to cut taxes which provide the money to spend on the government jobs mentioned above that he wants to create. See where I'm coming from...MORE DEBT! This man does not get it...seriously he doesn't.

Oh yeah, he also mentioned looking at all of the regulations the government has that are holding job creation back...talk is cheap Mr. President. Just looking doesn't do anything...ACTIONS do something. I work in an overly-regulated industry...the government watches your every move and literally determines the words you can and can't say. I've seen several businesses, including the one I used to work for, go out of business...in part due to regulations our government made that made it impossible to succeed in.

I could obviously go on forever...but don't buy this President's smooth talking and confidence for proof and actions. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS...and this economy hasn't recovered since you went into office...it has gotten worse. Look at the facts...worse!

#1-One Million Moms

If you are a mom, please go to onemillionmoms.com

This organization is a group of mom's who care about the issues being portrayed in the media, etc that can have negative impact on our children. I've heard about them for a while now, but they recently made national news when they spoke out about the casting of Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars. I had already made a decision not to watch this anymore once I saw the casting...you may think that is ridiculous of me to say, but what gives our national media the right to try to normalize something that is obviously wrong. (Just if you were wondering their stance on the casting of this show, they believe...as do I...that this casting will confuse children. Here you have a female, who made a decision to attempt to become a man, who will be dancing with a woman, but is a biological female...do you get the point)
God made HER as a female...everything about her is female, but she decided to surgically become a male. That doesn't make her one...and I don't say that in help, but in hurt. I hurt for Chaz Bono because she is hurting and needs help...actually, needs Jesus. I truly believe that. That statement isn't made out of hate, but out of love...a love that knows how Jesus transforms lives.
So back to the message at hand...if you sign up, they will send you action alerts about various things going on that we may not notice or realize. We can all see how this world is on a moral decline...and this is one way you can take action. I encourage you mothers, sign up.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Competition is GOOD

I had a conversation with someone earlier in the week that made the following statement in regards to my job..."I wouldn't like the competing aspect."
WHAT? All business is competition...every single industry, business period is competing for something and against someone.
Why is competition good you might ask...it holds people, businesses, and companies accountable and forces them to provide quality services/products...or they lose business.

It really is that simple...competition is good, regardless of the industry.
Now you know me...tie this into politics!

There is a reason that Healthcare Reform (Obamacare) will be bad for our country. If it continues as is written, it will ultimately force a single payer system (which is possibly the plan from the beginning since Obama was quoted saying he preferred a single-payer system, which means the government).

So, as the political debates heat up...don't be misguided. Competition is good, the free-market is good AND people with money (and the companies they work for) are not bad. The more I hear it, the more it drives me crazy...people with more money are not the enemy.
Look at it this way..."to much is given, much is expected." as paraphrased from the Bible. Those who are fortunate to make more income...God expects more out of them. Not only that, but they have competed at some level in order to set themselves up to have the ability to make that money. (whether that be in education, hard work, etc)

Let's quit playing this political game they want us to play...let's look at the facts as this political season starts to heat up.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Indoctrination on TV...

I remember taking a communication class in college...which obviously talked about media content and various topics related to it. Over the last year, I've thought about the power of the media...

There is no doubt that most major television/media outlets are liberal...they put their money toward the 'Left' and they are constantly pushing limits and boundaries. Although some might just say this is no big deal, it is when you actually think about what this accomplishes.

TV has gotten so out of hand...and I won't lie, I watch shows that I know are not pure (are any of those shows even on tv anymore?) If you still aren't sure what I am talking about or what really inspired this post...we will go with how the media are trying to normalize the sexually immoral lifestyle in more ways than one.

You have shows that I used to really like, ex Grey's Anatomy, that has had frequent homosexual kissing on tv in the past...almost every series has homosexual relationships on tv, which leads the viewing audience to believe that these actions are normal and are everywhere. Don't believe this lie...this is not the case.
Then, possibly the icing on the cake and what inspired this post...the casting of "Chaz Bono" on Dancing With the Stars. RIDICULOUS. Here you have Cher's daughter...whose had major issues in the past, decide for herself that she was supposed to be a man (not a female like God created her)...so as if homosexuals aren't thrown in our face on television in order to normalize this, now we are having transgender people thrown in our face in order to sympathize and normalize.
There are only a couple of things I have boycotted...and this will be one of them. The only thing you can do with issues like this is hurt them in their pocket...by losing viewers, they will lose advertising and funding...so would you join me in this boycott! If you aren't up for that, atleast be aware of what is going on and do not let this fool you...those lifestyles are not normal.