Posts tagged United States

Good Bye, Chase, I Wish I Would Miss You.

Dear Chase,
It is with great sadness that I am forced to write you this letter. I enjoyed our relationship together for the past year. But, you see, since you took the TARP money from the taxpayers of the United States to go on a bank-buying spree, you’ve become so abusive to me that I began [...]

Someone Seems To Get It At Ford

I visited the 2009 Los Angeles International Auto Show this past weekend. Given how much the automotive industry has been in the news lately, and how long it’s been since I’ve been to an auto show, I thought I would share with you what I discovered. (Editor’s Note: This is an unsolicited review, and I [...]

Three Things We All Do

I’m constantly amazed by my interactions with people. It seems the vast majority of us don’t realize that we are so similar to other people. Instead, we think that whatever we’re going through, however we’re thinking and acting… that somehow we’re completely unique in that. We’re not that unique. Human beings, it seems, are very [...]

I’m Waiting For The Christian Take-Over of Christianity

You’ve seen me write about this before. It can be so upsetting to understand Christianity, to get what Jesus was talking about, and then to see the Social Conservative Nazis in the United States claim to be basing their words and actions on Christianity.I received an email yesterday that got my entire day side tracked. [...]

A Personal Reflection About The Current Health Care Debate

I looked in the mirror this morning and saw the angry mob looking back at me. I am angry, frustrated, and looking to break something. Fast. I haven’t always been this way. I spent the last eight years quietly going about my business of being an American, keeping silent on so many issues: torture, Katrina, [...]

Leanne Hoagland-Smith Raises Everyone’s Bar

Book Cover of be the Red Jacket in a sea of Gray Suits

In my daily interactions with people, I meet extraordinary personalities that embody the level of success I value in myself and others. Leanne Hoagland-Smith is one of those beautiful people who devotes much of her time and energy in helping others become more successful.
I caught up with Leanne to ask that she share her insight [...]

Jan Wasserman Saves The Swallows

Jan Wasserman established the Jan Wasserman Tree Swallows Nesting Project nearly 2 decades ago.

Jan Wasserman is a fine example of someone who found her niche in life by following her passion. Wasserman, a native of Los Angeles, endured a 15-year career as an insurance adjuster before finding her true calling as a bird bander.
Bird banding is a process for tagging individual species to help scientists study their migration [...]