Residents dig out ambulance stuck in snow, save man’s life
Carrie’s Take Comment: Once upon a time, somewhere in the past, neighbors helping neighbors was actually the norm. May we now be at the turning point and heading back towards the “good ole days” of compassion and looking out for each other.
The above story is heart-warming and gives true hope! Neighbors weren’t asked — they simply did! May they forever be blessed!
Interesting news is that Michelle Obama’s comments were allegedly edited by ABC.
According to Charlie Spiering, Commentary Staff Writer for The Washington Examiner :
In an interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts aired this morning, First Lady Michelle Obama recalled the tragic death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton who was shot and killed in Chicago after performing during the President’s Inauguration celebration in Washington D.C.
“She was caught in the line of fire because some kids had some automatic weapons they didn’t need,” the First Lady explained. “I just don’t want to keep disappointing our kids in this country. I want them to know that we put them first.”
Chicago police reported, however, that Pendleton was shot by a man who “opened fire with a handgun before fleeing in a waiting car” according to the Associated Press.
Once again, misinformation is given about the type of gun and who was responsible. It apparently wasn’t an automatic weapon and it wasn’t a kid. It was a hand gun and it was a man according to the reports Spiering was relying upon. So, what part of the truth is so difficult to comprehend and take into consideration? Or, is it that the Obamas and other gun control supporters are merely taking advantage of the crisis at hand and doing a little altering here and there to fit their preferred argument for more restrictions?
The politicians, their wives, the activists and lobbyists should all be held accountable for the misinformation they are trying to spread to gain support for what they personally want, rather than what is necessarily for the good of the people.
It’s time that the “misinformation” be addressed, rather than merely ignoring or editing out inconvenient statements as first done by NBC & now ABC. It’s time truth and facts get air-time and Running Man like behavior stay in the movies where it belongs. This is, after all, “real life”, not some action movie meant to entertain for a couple of hours. On the other hand, the Running Man plot sure seems eerily familiar.
Oprah Winfrey, a few years back, catapulted Dr. Phil into a massive fad that no one could seemingly escape. His pictures… his books… his everything was everywhere. It appeared there was no escaping this alleged expert on everything from relationships to diets to how to overwhelm the store aisles with his likeness. Oh, the world was indeed in love with Dr. Phil and his advice became what some hung onto as though it was God’s own gospel with, “Dr. Phil said …“ Yes, “Dr. Phil said…” was almost as everywhere as his face and his books and his everything.
Then Oprah gave us Barack Obama as her golden one for president. Suddenly his pictures…. his books… his everything was and is everywhere. He’s supposedly an expert on so many things, but most wouldn’t know about that it would seem. He has sealed his records, so we only know about what he wants us to know and little more if anything at all. We’re just supposed to take his word, and his handlers’ words, that all is as presented or alluded to by any and all of them.
It’s amazing how fads can be carefully crafted and presented to be what will make them sell, rather than entirely what they are. Just how much is truly known about these fads Oprah gave us? Anything, or is it kind of like assuming Robin was Dr. Phil’s first wife, though she really wasn’t? Likewise how much about Obama is really not as assumed either? One can only wonder.
Maybe when the sparkle wears off, we’ll actually see the core, rather than the illusion that was carefully crafted and sold to the eager public hungry for whatever seemed to be lacking in their lives at that particular time. Or, maybe the public will just move on to their new hero of the day and leave the guru and the so-called messiah to fade into the distant past where people are no longer fascinated and wonder why they ever were.
Let’s see, who is it that is supposed to be fighting for pro-choice for women? Guess that’s only when they are killing helpless babies. They’re apparently not allowed to shoot at grown-up perverts that are threatening them.
Bobby Schindler, brother of the late Terri Schiavo, has filed a petition in the New York Supreme Court – Chemung County asking guardianship of Gary Harvey be turned over to him. How can the County refuse to resign or disagree with the petition? How could they dare say this guardianship transfer would not be in the best interest of Gary Harvey? Legitimately, they can’t.
Should the County fight Bobby Schindler’s effort, then the County (and those involved in the case on their side), shall have been proven to have lied to the court and the community. The County claimed it did not want to be Gary’s guardian, but there was no one else. Now there is. So, if they fight to retain guardianship, that means there is an ulterior motive for doing so. After all, just why would they fight so desperately to retain a ward they didn’t want in the first place or thereafter; have warehoused; and, seem to think is bothersome and time consuming in the isolation and hide the information (from his wife) health care plan they have prepared for him?
Bobby Schindler has an impeccable reputation. He is knowledgeable about TBI (traumatic brain injury). He has first-hand experience in dealing with a family member suffering from TBI. He is compassionate and caring. He is hopeful and realistic. Just what part of all that he is, could the County honestly say is not good enough to be guardian of Gary Harvey? Can we say – none?
Time will tell us what the County will do. Let’s hope they choose the honorable path and agree it is in the best interest of Gary Harvey to appoint Bobby Schindler his guardian. It is, after all, the right thing to do!