Lurking at our borders with ever increasing boldness are the REAL TERRORISTS! Since 2006 over 28,000 and counting people have been murdered as a result. Recently 4 people were decapitated and their corpses hung on a bridge, a grisly reminder of the powerful influence that this Juarez cartel wields over the population.
*The attacks are mimicing the car bombs that we have come to know so well in Iraq. Taking a page from the Middle East, the cartel dressed a wounded man in a police uniform, and lured the cops in. When a doctor came close, they detonated a car bomb killing more people.
Despite a major funding iniative, between President Bush and President Calderon, the Mexican govt has only appropriated about 9% of it in fighting the drug wars so far. One has to wonder why? Do they really take the drug war seriously, or have they given up?
There is a lot more at stake than what appears at the surface.
The personal safety of our own citizens is now in question in Arizona.and other border states.
the safety of tourist even in Mexico coastal areas is now suspect.
the Obama administration has been strangely silent on this issue and border protection.
The greater perspective of our country's finances looms large: our illegal immigration and the lack of a cohesive drug war strategy are weighing heavily on our healthcare and law enforcement systems.
See articlehttp://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41450.html
As more and more money and troops are funneled into Afghanistan, I wonder why the real close and present danger is being virtually ignored. Who are we kidding here? the violence is an exploding monster, that gets bigger and bigger as it feeds unchecked. The salient question is: When will the administration wake up and address the real issue of our country's security..it had better be soon!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Comfort level....The Seduction of the Familiar
Have you felt it before? The whisperings of dissent turn into the incessant voice that says, "There has to be something more" or "I know i am not living up to my potential" I need to get out of my comfort zone.
Every football or basketball player has an exercise called windsprints. Now these windsprints are designed to developed anaerobic endurance. That is the ability to function better under duress. If you have ever hung on to you shorts and bent over gasping for air, or heaved your dinner after going through them, well you know what i mean. They are meant to get you out of your comfort zone. Why?
Because that is the only way that game time conditioning can be developed. Ask any serious coach on any level. When you are pulled out of your comfort zone it means that you have the ability to upgrade your life on some level by passing this test.
Ever wonder how we can be easily seduced into thinking that everything is OK, but feel bored and restless? Im pretty sure you have.
Do you want to move out of your financial limits? take on a challenge and finish it. Do you want to move up in your level of physical fitness, take on a challenge and hire a personal trainer. Stick with it!! Do you want to take your business to a whole new level? Then be willing to take those extra steps, to go the extra mile, that marks the separate the men from the boys. ( .“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” you can choose to go back toward safey or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again: fear must be overcome again and again.!
Lets check back in a few days and see where you're to. Do you have an accountabiltiy partner? This usually spells the difference between success and failure. Do it, do it now!
~Abraham Maslow
Start doing one thing in each area of your life that pushes your comfort zone, this I promise you will start to change your life. This wont be huge changes, but incremental ones.
Ninety to ninety-five percent of people will withdraw to the comfort zone when what they try doesn't work. Only that small percentage, 5 or 10 percent, will continually improve themselves; they will continually push themselves out into the zone of discomfort, and these are always the highest performers in every field.
~Brian Tracy
Every football or basketball player has an exercise called windsprints. Now these windsprints are designed to developed anaerobic endurance. That is the ability to function better under duress. If you have ever hung on to you shorts and bent over gasping for air, or heaved your dinner after going through them, well you know what i mean. They are meant to get you out of your comfort zone. Why?
Because that is the only way that game time conditioning can be developed. Ask any serious coach on any level. When you are pulled out of your comfort zone it means that you have the ability to upgrade your life on some level by passing this test.
Ever wonder how we can be easily seduced into thinking that everything is OK, but feel bored and restless? Im pretty sure you have.
Do you want to move out of your financial limits? take on a challenge and finish it. Do you want to move up in your level of physical fitness, take on a challenge and hire a personal trainer. Stick with it!! Do you want to take your business to a whole new level? Then be willing to take those extra steps, to go the extra mile, that marks the separate the men from the boys. ( .“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” you can choose to go back toward safey or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again: fear must be overcome again and again.!
Lets check back in a few days and see where you're to. Do you have an accountabiltiy partner? This usually spells the difference between success and failure. Do it, do it now!
~Abraham Maslow
Start doing one thing in each area of your life that pushes your comfort zone, this I promise you will start to change your life. This wont be huge changes, but incremental ones.
Ninety to ninety-five percent of people will withdraw to the comfort zone when what they try doesn't work. Only that small percentage, 5 or 10 percent, will continually improve themselves; they will continually push themselves out into the zone of discomfort, and these are always the highest performers in every field.
~Brian Tracy
Friday, August 13, 2010
More than a watchman waits for the morning...
I am by profession of this moment a security officer in the employ of Grainger Worldwide. a good job with better pay and benefits than many other jobs. Working as a officer on night shift I am accustomed to the long hours in the dead of night, and in the head, my own thoughts. The job requires me to spot on in my decisions to protect property and assets worth hundreds of millions. however in the interim there much of what the job requires watching and waiting.
Waiting on something bad or trouble to happen is simply part of the job.This is particularly hard for me, as I am a proactive person, rather than passive. Waiting on something to happen is generally not a good idea anyway, however in this case its true. The essence of security is to be poised and ready should any medical, fire or industrial accident were to happen. The bulk of the job is routine inspections, access control, reports, and reporting safety violations.
The Psalmist, David tell us in Psalms 130, "My soul waits for you Oh Lord, more than a watchman waits for the morning." ... and I can certainly identify with that! There are many times in life when we are called upon to wait on the Lord, hesitate or pause. These are not easy or pleasant associations for the 21 st century American. Who wants to wait? after all we want what we want, NOW! Time seems to drag when the shift is on the downside and almost grind to a halt in the last hour,,,we eagerly wait for the relief from the guys on first shift. Much the same, we wait for God in His timing.
God's wheels of justice may grind slow someone said, but they grind exceeding fine!
Waiting on something bad or trouble to happen is simply part of the job.This is particularly hard for me, as I am a proactive person, rather than passive. Waiting on something to happen is generally not a good idea anyway, however in this case its true. The essence of security is to be poised and ready should any medical, fire or industrial accident were to happen. The bulk of the job is routine inspections, access control, reports, and reporting safety violations.
The Psalmist, David tell us in Psalms 130, "My soul waits for you Oh Lord, more than a watchman waits for the morning." ... and I can certainly identify with that! There are many times in life when we are called upon to wait on the Lord, hesitate or pause. These are not easy or pleasant associations for the 21 st century American. Who wants to wait? after all we want what we want, NOW! Time seems to drag when the shift is on the downside and almost grind to a halt in the last hour,,,we eagerly wait for the relief from the guys on first shift. Much the same, we wait for God in His timing.
God's wheels of justice may grind slow someone said, but they grind exceeding fine!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sheltered or Sharing?
Every year statistics by World Health Organization says that over 4 million people die of starvation each year. One third are overfed, one third are underfed, and the other is starving. grossly undernourished. Since you have been on this site 200 people have died of starvation and every 3 second someone dies of hunger..the problem is enormous/ 3 billion people in the world struggle to get by on $2 a day, while 1.3 billion or more live on less than a dollar a day. It would cost the US only 13 billion to feed the worlds hunger, while the United Kingdom and us spend more on that for perfume. Why do I mention these facts, after all almost everybody knows that our trash is the rest of the world's treasure. we throw out more stuff than the world knows what to do with.
Do we realize what we have? A trip to a number of Third World countries will hit us full in the face with the abysmal prospects that people in these countries face. Today I worked a Open House event with Grainger my employer and enjoyed the sunny skies and the people that I work with. In talking with them, i get to discover their stories, and realize just how fortunate i am. I met Virgil Ellison some weeks ago, in talking with him I quickly realized that this is no high school dropout.. (he worked with the janitorial contractor on sight) Virgil had graduated from University of Kansas with a Masters degree in Public Administration and was working on another degree. At this point in his life he had been laid off his previous work and was having trouble finding work in his area. Skilled and articulate I begin to ask myself some questions. This man had more education and skill with computers than I have, yet found himself having to take work "beneath him"
many of us would be mad and bitter at the prospect of having to work a similar low paying job if life dealt us that hand. How would I react? would i be gracious enough to handle it well? Could I endure the occassional taunts, and superiority of others in management? There are a lot of people who not only have fallen fast, losing their nice homes to foreclosure; but have had to swallow their pride and take jobs with much less pay. We lead protected by sheltered and protected lives, try living in Jakarta, Indonesia a city of 12 million, with only a cardboard shack by a filth river, scraping by on scraps and a skimpy meal day! or how about those sweat shops with companies such as Nike and Tommy Hilfiger? Many very hard working people eke out an existence on about 2-3 dollars a day, while many of us take home 4 to 5 figures a month.
Recently I have been convicted of not putting my money where my mouth is, and will start pledging my money to world relief org like Compassional International and VOM. These organizations not only make a physical investment in lives but plant a spiritual seed to help those helped, turn their lives around. While you read this, a few more thousand died, will you take action? or will you be another mildly interested cooly aloof that says, "keep me out of this."
Do we realize what we have? A trip to a number of Third World countries will hit us full in the face with the abysmal prospects that people in these countries face. Today I worked a Open House event with Grainger my employer and enjoyed the sunny skies and the people that I work with. In talking with them, i get to discover their stories, and realize just how fortunate i am. I met Virgil Ellison some weeks ago, in talking with him I quickly realized that this is no high school dropout.. (he worked with the janitorial contractor on sight) Virgil had graduated from University of Kansas with a Masters degree in Public Administration and was working on another degree. At this point in his life he had been laid off his previous work and was having trouble finding work in his area. Skilled and articulate I begin to ask myself some questions. This man had more education and skill with computers than I have, yet found himself having to take work "beneath him"
many of us would be mad and bitter at the prospect of having to work a similar low paying job if life dealt us that hand. How would I react? would i be gracious enough to handle it well? Could I endure the occassional taunts, and superiority of others in management? There are a lot of people who not only have fallen fast, losing their nice homes to foreclosure; but have had to swallow their pride and take jobs with much less pay. We lead protected by sheltered and protected lives, try living in Jakarta, Indonesia a city of 12 million, with only a cardboard shack by a filth river, scraping by on scraps and a skimpy meal day! or how about those sweat shops with companies such as Nike and Tommy Hilfiger? Many very hard working people eke out an existence on about 2-3 dollars a day, while many of us take home 4 to 5 figures a month.
Recently I have been convicted of not putting my money where my mouth is, and will start pledging my money to world relief org like Compassional International and VOM. These organizations not only make a physical investment in lives but plant a spiritual seed to help those helped, turn their lives around. While you read this, a few more thousand died, will you take action? or will you be another mildly interested cooly aloof that says, "keep me out of this."
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