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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Dialing 800 Numbers!!! I thought this was a great idea and so I'm sending this along...

If you think so too, please pass it along to your friends. If our government can't figure out how to create jobs here, well then it's time to show them how it's done.   Bring jobs back to the USA.

USA - DO NOT DELETE BEFORE READING!

The gas company serving this area brought their call center back to Phoenix from India last year after numerous customer complaints. What a difference now when you call them...and it created 300 jobs.

I know this works because they were so bad that when India answered I wouldn't even deal with them.

I'd simply ask to be transferred to a representative in the U.S. and they would comply.
Now that I know it is the LAW - I will do it for sure

Any time you call an 800 number (for a Credit Card, Banking, Verizon, Health and other Insurance, Computer Help Desk, etc.) and you find that you're talking to a foreign customer service representative (perhaps in India, Philippines, etc.), please consider doing the following:

After you connect and you realize that the customer service representative is not from the USA (you can always ask if you are not sure about the accent), please, very politely, say, "I'd like to speak to a customer service representative in the United States"

The rep might suggest talking to his/her manager, but, again, politely say, "Thank you, but I'd like    to speak to a customer service representative in the USA."

YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED TO A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE USA. That's the rule and the LAW.

It takes less than one minute to have your call re-directed to the USA.

Tonight when I got redirected to a USA representative, I asked again to make sure - and yes, she was from Fort Lauderdale.

Imagine what would happen if every US citizen insisted on talking to only US phone representatives from this day on? Imagine how that would ultimately impact the number of US jobs that would need to be created?

If I tell 10 people to consider this and you tell 10 people to consider doing this - see what I mean. It becomes an exercise in Viral Marketing 101.

Remember: The goal here is to restore jobs back here at home - not to be abrupt or rude to a foreign phone representative. You may even get correct answers, good advice, and solutions to your problem.

If you agree, please tell 10 people you know, and ask them to tell 10 people they know, etc., etc. most of the time you can't understand the Foreign Representative!!

THE FINAL TOAST! When they bombed Tokyo 73 years ago. ...

They once
were among the most universally admired and revered men in the
United States .. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942,
when they carried out one of the most courageous and
heart-stirring military operations in this nation's history. The
mere mention of their unit's name, in those years, would bring
tears to the eyes of grateful Americans.

Now only four survive.

After

Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United States reeling
and wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn the war effort
around.

Even though

there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan for the United
States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised. Sixteen
B-25s
were modified so that they could take off from the
deck of an aircraft carrier. This had never before been tried --
sending such big, heavy bombers from a carrier.

The 16 five-man crews, under the
command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle, who himself flew the lead plane
off the USS Hornet, knew that they would not be able to return to the
carrier.
They would have to hit Japan and then hope to
make it to China for a safe landing.

But on the day of the raid, the
Japanese military caught wind of the plan. The Raiders were told that
they would have to take off from much farther out in the Pacific Ocean
thanthey had counted on. They were told that because of this they
would not have enough fuel to make it to safety.

And those

men went anyway.

They bombed Tokyo and then flew
as far as they could. Four planes crash-landed; 11 more crews bailed
out, and three of the Raiders died. Eight more were captured; three
were executed.

Another

died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew made it to
Russia.

The Doolittle Raiders sent a
message from the United States to its enemies, and to the rest of the
world: We will fight. And, no matter what it takes, we will
win.

Of the 80

Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as national heroes,
models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a motion picture based
on the raid; "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," starring Spencer Tracy and
Van Johnson, was a patriotic and emotional box-office hit, and the
phrase became part of the national lexicon. In the movie-theater
previews for the film, MGM proclaimed that it was presenting
the story "with supreme pride."

Beginning in 1946, the surviving
Raiders have held a reunion each April, to commemorate the mission.
The reunion is in a different city each year. In 1959, the city of
Tucson,
Arizona, as a gesture of respect and gratitude,
presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of 80 silver goblets. Each
goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider.

Every year, a wooden display case
bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city. Each time a
Raider passes away, his goblet is turned upside down in the case at
the
next reunion, as his old friends bear solemn
witness.

Also, in the wooden case is a
bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac. The year is not
happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy Doolittle was born.

There has always been a plan:
When there are only two surviving Raiders, they would open the bottle
at last, drink from it and toast their comrades who preceded them in
death.

As 2013

began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February, Tom Griffin
passed away at age 96.

What a man he was. After bailing
out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo
raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost died. When he recovered,
he was
sent to Europe to fly more combat missions. He
was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of
war camp.

The selflessness of these men,
the sheer guts ... there was a passage in the Cincinnati Enquirer
obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface, had nothing to do with
the war,
but that was emblematic of the depth of his
sense of duty and devotion:

"When his

wife became ill and needed to go into a nursing home, he visited her
every day. He walked from his house to the nursing home, fed his wife
and at the end of the day brought home her clothes. At night, he
washed and ironed her clothes. Then he walked them up to her room the
next morning. He did that for three years until her death in
2005."

So now, out of the original 80,
only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole (Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo
raid), Robert Hite, Edward Saylor and David Thatcher. All are in their
90s.
They have decided that there are too few of them
for the public reunions to continue.

The events

in Fort Walton Beach marked the end. It has come full circle;
Florida's nearby Eglin Field was where the Raiders trained in secrecy
for the Tokyo mission. The town planned to do all it can to honor the
men: a six-day celebration of their valor, including luncheons, a
dinner and a parade.

Do the men ever wonder if those
of us for whom they helped save the country have tended to it in a way
that is worthy of their sacrifice? They don't talk about that, at
least
not around other people. But if you find yourself
near Fort Walton Beach this week, and if you should encounter any of
the Raiders, you might want to offer them a word of thanks. I can tell
you from first hand observation that they appreciate hearing that
they are remembered.

The men

have decided that after this final public reunion they will wait until
a later date -- sometime this year -- to get together once more,
informally
and in absolute privacy. That is when they
will open the bottle of brandy. The years are flowing by too swiftly
now; they are not going to wait until there are only two of
them.

They will

fill the four remaining upturned goblets. And raise them in a toast to
those who are gone.

Their 70th Anniversary

Photo

PLEASE SEND THIS ON TO

EVERYONE

IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK,

ESPECIALLY

TO THOSE WHO WERE TOO YOUNG

KNOW ABOUT THESE BRAVE

HEROES!.

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IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.

IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER

ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.

IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER

ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER

ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER

ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER

ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY

YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET !!!

A JOB,

A DRIVERS LICENSE,

SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,

WELFARE,

FOOD STAMPS,

CREDIT CARDS,

SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,

FREE EDUCATION,

FREE HEALTH CARE,

A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE

THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT

AND, IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU CAN VOTE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION !!!

PLEASE KEEP !!! THIS GOING......FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY

IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, April 23, 2016

TRUER WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN, but ...

By: Jeff Foxworthy:
If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots WE DO LIVE IN SUCH A DUMB COUNTRY!!
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE IN ALL UPCOMING ELECTIONS. MOST OF THE IDIOTS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THEM IN DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY DO BUT ONLY WHAT THEY SAY.

New details about an alleged hit squad run out of Honduras' National Police headquarters carrying out high profile assassinations...

Weekly InSight | 22 April 2016

News Analysis

Denials Follow Revelations in Honduras Drug Czar's Assassination

New details about an alleged hit squad run out of Honduras' National Police headquarters carrying out high profile assassinations for organized crime have met with a wave of denials, claims of ignorance, and more action in the political arena than the legal realm.