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I live in a blight-filled area of Michigan called Cottrellville Township. Over the last five years, Cottrellville Township has turned into an extremely ugly place to live in throughout quite a few areas. No matter where you live in Cottrellville Township, you don't need to look far to find blight. This is why I -- Michael Zoran -- have decided to run for Trustee and also Precinct Delegate in the upcoming Cottrellville Township election on August 7, 2012. (By the way, my political signs are going to cost over $750. If anyone would like to make a donation using PayPal, please look on the right side of your screen to do so.)

Morris of Ramsey Digital is a close friend of mine. As soon as Morris found out how I was doing things such as signing contracts with Comcast to bring township meetings into the homes of residents on public access TV channel 12 and also on YouTube channel michaelzoran, Morris decided to help me out.

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Please Sign this Petition for Fair Taxes

I was always taught how the Republican philosophy is based on the concept that says low taxes should exist so the tax savings can then be invested in the American society by wealthy entrepreneurs who have made a proven success of themselves. This would theoretically create well-paying jobs for Americans living in America. But you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to realize this has not happened, even with the Bush Tax Cuts. Instead, the wealthy people are greedy and invest in foreign markets.

This greed seen by millionaires really defeats the whole purpose of what the Republicans once stood for. Based on my observations, millionaires are far greedier than billionaires. This is probably why millionaires are still fighting for every penny, even if it means taking advantage of tax loopholes and trying to create tax loopholes where they don’t currently exist. But billionaires such as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have proven that they truly care about all Americans – both the rich and the poor.

Like many working people, you probably pay 20, 25 or even 30 percent of your hard-earned dollars in taxes. Billionaire Warren Buffett paid a lower rate than that, a lower rate than his own secretary! By Buffett's own admission, that just isn't fair.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Tammy Baldwin have introduced the "Paying a Fair Share Act" in Congress, requiring millionaires and billionaires to pay at least a 30 percent effective tax rate. The Senate will be voting on it Monday and they need to hear from you!

Click below to let your representatives know that you support tax fairness:

http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=116

During 2010, the first year of economic recovery, 93 percent of income gains went to the top one percent. Everyone else's income stalled. Obviously this is NOT FAIR! Quantitative measurements of accounting, statistics, and every other form of mathematics PROVE this is NOT FAIR!

Since the top one percent pay such low tax rates on what may be millions of dollars in investment income, sometimes as little as 15 percent, government has been forced to close schools, tell seniors to live on less money and less food, and avoid repairing unsafe bridges that could be deadly to anyone at any time – similar to the way a bridge over an expressway collapsed on top of drivers in Minnesota!

What does it say about our values as a country that the only thing we can afford anymore is a handful of millionaires and billionaires? This is not what our Founding Fathers were all about!

Enough is enough! Let's have a fair tax code again. The simple fact is, we do not currently live in a country offering a fair tax code!

http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=116

The majority of Americans oppose the recent tax code changes that let billionaires pay lower rates than secretaries. This is why we’re working with our friends at DailyKos to say loud and clear that it’s time for our wealthy members of Congress to with us rather than against us. We want Congress to hear our voices in order to make sure the message is heard: “We want the ‘Paying a Fair Share Act’ to be fully supported!”

Remember, the amount of tyranny we put up with is the amount of tyranny we end up with! If you do not stand up for yourself with fellow Americans paying high taxes, you deserve to be put down and walked on by the much smaller number of millionaires and billionaires. We have the opposition outnumbered, but EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

Please, DO NOT BE LAZY! Take ONE MINUTE to sign this Petition online! I, Michael Zoran, have already done so. The only information that will be asked is your name, email address, and zip code. This will be done in order to verify that your signature is real.

Click below to tell your representatives to support the Paying a Fair Share Act.

Tell Congress to Support Fair Taxes!

In solidarity,
Mary Kay Henry
President, Service Employees International Union

Thank you,
Michael Zoran
Owner of Résumé Design Service, Web Force Now, and Controversy
[email protected]

Donald Trump is Officially Trumped by Michael Zoran

Recently, Donald Trump has been criticizing President Barack Obama in very personal ways. In particular, Mr. Trump has selfishly questioned whether our president is actually a citizen of the United States and whether our president is actually a Christian or a Muslim. Mr. Trump went so far as to arrogantly ask President Obama to personally show him his birth certificate.

Thankfully, President Obama does not believe Donald Trump deserves any form of special treatment. President Obama is not the type of man that believes a wealthy person such as Donald Trump is any different from any other American citizen. This is the concept that America is based on – the one that specifically states “All men are created equal.”

Donald Trump has foolishly claimed that President Obama “Almost certainly will go down in history as the worst president ever.” Fortunately, President Obama has responsibly proven that he is not going to waste valuable time replying to foolish comments made by an arrogant millionaire like Donald Trump any more than he would waste time replying to anyone else making a foolish statement. In all likelihood, President Barack Obama will be remembered for the fact that he is the first African American President of the United States and the fact that he is one of only four American presidents to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize honor.

Unfortunately, in the controversial world we live in, this still leaves some people wondering if there is any merit to the subjects Donald Trump mentioned regarding the birth certificate of President Obama and his birth origin. Thankfully, anyone that invests even the smallest amount of time researching this subject can easily find the answer. There is no doubt that the original birth certificate with a raised seal and an official signature stamp exists at Hawaii’s State Health Department. This birth certificate document confirms that Barack Obama meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship.

I want to confirm this fact and reinforce this subject. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapi'olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital (now called Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barack Obama’s original birth certificate is also on file at this hospital. In addition, several local newspapers in Hawaii have documented his birth at that time with public announcements of birth. This means that in August of 1961, local newspapers in Hawaii showed Barack Obama listed as a Newborn Baby.

Here is a quote from The Associated Press:

“State officials say there’s no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Health Department Director Dr. Chyome Fukino said Friday she and the registrar of statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama’s original birth certificate.” Dr. Fukino went on to say that no state official, including republican Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama’s birth certificate be handled differently. State law bars the release of a certified birth certificate to anyone who does not have a tangible interest.

Obviously, Donald Trump does not have a tangible interest in the life of Barack Obama. This is the reason why President Obama has not taken time away from focusing on important areas of war, gasoline prices, taxes, and national debt in order to concentrate on childlike nonsense with a man like Donald Trump – a man that enjoys portraying himself as a bully but always runs away when confronted by even the weakest people.

For example, Donald Trump loved aggressively bragging that he was rated ahead of President Obama in a hypothetical political poll conducted last week. But after that subject drew a lot of publicity, it obviously affected the results conducted the next week. This week’s poll showed President Obama with 49% of support from voters, while Donald Trump had only 34%.

When Megan Alexander of Inside Edition asked Donald Trump about his declining support from poll voters, he incorrectly told her that the results of that poll were from a long time ago. When Megan tried to tell Mr. Trump that the poll was just released, he quickly pulled his microphone off and said he needed to leave. This is the clear act of a self-proclaimed bully running away when someone stands up to him.

Donald Trump continues to say “Why doesn’t Barack Obama give his birth certificate?” The answer to that question is because President Obama doesn’t need to! Doctors, registrars, and newspapers have already confirmed the birth of Barack Obama in Hawaii! Any critic that invests a small amount of time can visit websites such as FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com to see high-resolution 3D scanned images of the original version of President Obama’s birth certificate. This proves the birth certificate has a raised seal and it confirms Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States.

Now that I have proven it would have been effortless for Donald Trump and his staff of employees to obtain the answers he was asking about President Obama’s birth certificate, it raises a very important issue that needs to be answered. Did Donald Trump really care about President Obama’s birth certificate and his status as an American citizen? Or did Donald Trump have some other motive, such as politics, for continuously talking about this subject?

Donald Trump’s inability to find the answer to his question about the birth certificate of Barack Obama has confirmed two very important issues. First, we have learned that Donald Trump lacks the enthusiasm and intelligence needed to be Present of the United Sates of America. Donald Trump’s actions, or lack thereof, reveal he is incredibly lazy and/or incredibly stupid – to the point that he doesn’t even know how to personally use the Internet or read official statements confirming Barack Obama is an American citizen.

Second, we have learned that Donald Trump lacks human resource management skills, since the staff currently working for him is incredibly lazy and/or incredibly stupid – to the point that the staff of employees representing him doesn’t even know how to use the Internet or basic search engines. If Donald Trump, his children, or the delegated employees that represent his management skills would have taken just five minutes to enter several keywords into an Internet search engine like Google, they would have easily found all the answers to their questions from official sources representing the state of Hawaii!

With that in mind, it is possible to make two logical conclusions about Donald Trump. Both of these conclusions prove Donald Trump does not possess the qualifications needed to be President of the United States. These two conclusions are listed below:

1. Donald Trump is a man that lacks management skill. The employees Donald Trump feels confident enough to delegate responsibility to do not possess the level of skill needed to answer the easily-answered questions he publicly asks. If Donald Trump’s staff of employees lacks the skill needed to find and analyze the answers to easily-answered questions, such as President Obama’s birth certificate, it is logical to conclude Donald Trump does not possess the skill or human resources needed to solve complex problems as President of the United States.

2. Donald Trump’s primary motive for continuously asking to see the birth certificate of Barack Obama is inspired by one word: Greed. Each time Donald Trump immorally questions the citizenship status of Barack Obama, Trump believes it helps his political career. Donald Trump currently has a desire to be the 2012 republican nominee for president. But even if Donald Trump decides to change his mind, he still places financial value on all the promotional publicity the media is currently giving to him. Donald Trump sees this publicity as a free form of marketing promotion, even though it actually comes at the expense of another man – Barack Obama.

Once again, I’d like to reinforce that these two logical conclusions confirm Donald Trump lacks the qualifications and skills needed to be President of the United States. It is logical to conclude that even if Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States, he would lack the skills needed to hire a qualified staff capable of responsibly assisting him in ways that would provide answers to questions he considers crucial.

I’d also like to discuss something very disheartening and very discouraging. Donald Trump’s recent public comments reveal that he analyzes information based on selfish points of view. These selfish points of view allow Donald Trump’s mind to perceive himself as a superior individual. In addition, when Donald Trump is presented with facts he doesn’t want to believe, he aggressively accuses the person presenting the evidence as a conspirator against him!

For example, the New York Post specifically said "$ize Matters," because Donald Trump claimed that he's much more wealthy than potential GOP rival Mitt Romney.

"My net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney," Trump said on CNN. Obviously, this exaggeration-filled statement reveals that Donald Trump lacks the management negotiation skills needed to be President of the United States.

Afterwards, at a news conference, Megan Alexander of Inside Edition asked the specific question, “Should a presidential candidate be decided on their wallet size?” Donald Trump replied by saying, "No not exclusively. All it is is an indicator. I have had tremendous success and have done a great job with business and as a company. Frankly, if I run, I will have to disclose financials and when I disclose my financials I can tell you people are going to be very, very impressed. I have done a good job.”

However, during an interview on Good Morning American, host George Stephanopoulos questioned whether the American public would believe Donald Trump did a good job with finances after those financial records and taxes were released. Donald Trump foolishly responded by claiming that he may not be willing to release these financial records unless Barack Obama is willing to release his birth certificate to the public! This certainly proves Donald Trump does not have the ability to handle tough questions under fire – confirming the logical analysis that Donald Trump does not possess the negotiation skills needed to be President of the United States.

But this was not the only absurd statement Donald Trump made in this interview with George Stephanopoulos. Donald Trump’s other statements confirmed the logical analysis that Donald Trump lacks the management skills needed to be President of the United States. This is especially true in the area of human resource management, as we saw when George Stephanopoulus questioned Donald’s Trump about the lack of evidence his private investigators have found regarding President Obama’s birth certificate.

During this interview, Donald Trump questioned whether Barack Obama is an American citizen. Stephanopoulus immediately stood up to Trump by saying “There is no question” regarding the status of Barack Obama as a natural-born citizen of the United States. Trump relied by saying “I know exactly what you’re getting at,” but Stephanopoulus fired back by assertively saying “The Facts!” At this point Stephanopoulus started citing official sources that provided those facts – facts that Donald Trump obviously was not interested in learning about.

If Donald Trump was an unselfish American with a true “Hope” to learn Barack Obama is an American citizen, Trump obviously would have listened to the mountain of fact-based evidence presented by George Stephanopoulus. Instead, Donald Trump made the ludicrous statement saying, “George, they’ve co-opted you.” When Stephanopoulus asked “Who’s they?” Trump replied by saying “Well, obviously, Obama and his minions.” This statement clearly shows that Donald Trump is not willing to believe facts that he does not want to believe.

George Stephanopoulos then asked Donald Trump if the investigators he hired to visit Hawaii were finding anything about the citizenship status of President Obama. Previously, Donald Trump had told the media that his investigators “Could not believe what they were finding.” Donald Trump replied to Stephanopoulus by saying, “That’s none of your business right now.”

George Stephanopoulus calmly asked “Have they found anything?” Trump replied by saying “We are going to see what happens.” Stephanopoulus asked “What have they found?” Like a broken record, Trump replied “We are going to see what happens.” Stephanopoulus asked “When?” At this point a shaken Donald Trump continuously answered “We are going to see what happens,” and then like a bully that had been called out on a bluff insisted that George move on to the next question.

All of the statements of Donald Trump focus exclusively on the good things that he has done in his life. But Donald Trump apparently doesn’t realize that in order to make it into the White House you need to be able to withstand the hot white spot light or else you are going to get burned by the media. One of the rules of this world is that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

With that in mind, why doesn’t Donald Trump talk about the times he declared bankruptcy? From that particular point of view, I – Michael Zoran – am a far more qualified candidate for president than Donald Trump is. After all, I’ve never been forced to declare financial bankruptcy the way Donald Trump has.

Scoreboard Points
Michael Zoran: 1
Donald Trump: 0

Well, I’ve written a long article since I type far faster than most people in the world – over 100 words per minute. This is many, many, many, many times faster than Donald Trump. While we are only looking at things from this one point of view, let’s conduct the election right now so I win. In case you hadn’t noticed, I was being very sarcastic in a way that mocks the exaggerating statements made by Donald Trump (although, I really do type over 100 words per minute on a keyboard).

I believe life is like a game of cards – you need to play the hand you’re dealt. Donald Trump really has done a nice job of using the last name he has been blessed with for marketing purposes that helped make him a millionaire. On the other hand, I’m just a regular guy that graduated at the top of his class in business administration – but I have an epileptic disability that has severely hurt my career since I can’t drive.

This time I am the one that has been blessed by the name of Trump. This time I am the one that gets to use the name of Trump for marketing purposes associated with standing up to a bully. I’m not co-opting with any man or his minions; I’m merely co-opting against a bully. This time the hand I have been dealt is a hand that allows me to publicly declare:

Donald Trump is Officially Trumped by Michael Zoran!

Hopefully, this headline and this article will get some media attention and allow me to pull some of that unearned spotlight away from a bully like Donald Trump. I’d love to be able to tell a story someday about how I moved from the bottom of the ladder to the top, even though I have epilepsy. But will this career-changing and life-impacting event occur with the media? We will see what happens!

Here is some useful information for you to see:

Birth Certificate Photo 1: Fold and Seal:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_1.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 2: Full Certificate:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_2.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 3: Full Certificate:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_3.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 4: Top Third:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_4.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 5: Middle Third:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_5.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 6: Bottom Third:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_6.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 7: Stamp and Seal:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_7.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 8: Seal:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_8.jpg

Birth Certificate Photo 9: Stamp:
http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/birth_certificate_9.jpg

Gears of War 3 is King of Graphics and Co-Op Gameplay!

Gears of War is generally considered the greatest Third-Person Shooter game series ever released. This has been proven time after time by incredibly high reviews from professional sources and incredibly high ratings from all the reliable fans in the world. Gears of War is the games series that has spent more time on top of the graphics throne than any other videogame series this generation. 

Recently a new game called Crysis 2 was released for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 version of Crysis 2 has been called “The most graphically impressive game ever released for any console.” But Gears of War 3 definitely proves that Gears of War 3 is the new champion waiting to be crowned when it launches this September. 

One of the main reasons why Crysis 2 looks so great is because you can see so far into the distance – far further than a game like Killzone 3 on the PS3. The campaign of Crysis 2 is amazing in that aspect. The outdoor environments are filled with realistic types of lighting, shading, reflections, and lens flare that most First-Person Shooter games don’t focus much attention on. Cyrsis 2 obviously uses the newest technology available to developers in modern-day graphics engines. 

Gears of War 3 uses graphics technology based on the newest version of Epic’s Unreal Graphics Engine – the most popular graphics engine this generation. Developers programming Gears of War 3 now have access to all sorts of graphics techniques that were not previously available in videogames. Gears of War 3 is a showpiece designed to illustrate all of the amazing graphic and gaming features developers will now have access to if they use the new Unreal graphics engine technology that Epic has created. 

This is the reason why Gears of War 3 has such an incredibly high development budget and developers are taking their time to make sure everything about the game is nearly perfect. Normally, shooting games such as Call of Duty, Halo, and Gears of War are limited to two years of development time. But Gears of War 3 has been given three years of development time so developers know how to use all that new graphics technology. The thought of the skilled developers at Epic having that much time to work on Gears of War 3 really puts a smile on my face. 

Gears of War 2 used the same graphics engine as the first Gears of War game. Only minor adjustments were made to improve graphics. The reason for this is because the first game was created in about two years, while the second game was actually released with less than two years time of development. Gears of War 3 is the first Gears of War sequel that will be using technology that has been significantly updated.

Gears of War 3 almost looks like a "next-gen" type of game because it is so far ahead of Gears 1 and Gears 2 in so many ways. Gears of War 3 has an incredibly far-reaching line of sight, similar to Crysis 2. When you are playing in an environment where it is possible to see small details from a far distance, you see all of those details in Gears of War 3. 

What’s even more amazing is that weather has an affect on virtually everything. The lighting, shading, reflections and lens flare are just as good as Crysis 2, if not better. But Gears of War 3 takes this a step further by adding storms, lightning, rain, and other environmental affects that are each influenced by moving objects and weather. The reason for this is because the new Unreal Engine has so many graphics modifications and improvements, it is absolutely incredible! 

I studied the new Unreal Engine and everything new to Gears of War 3. Like I said, there are all sorts of weather tricks and graphic techniques to make fire, smoke, wind, lighting, shading, and reflections react perfectly in relation to everything else. For example, now we see Cole's Thrashball helmet has high-gloss reflections and lighting, just like a real football helmet. 

Another example would be how the women in Gears of War 3 have faces and hair with so many polygons it looks vastly superior to other games. For example, I was watching how a new female villain character in Uncharted 3 has an area of the face around the jaw area that is made up of straight lines instead of curves. Having a face that isn’t curved shows there’s not enough polygons available for the character in that graphics engine. It isn’t like that in Gears of War 3 where the female characters have nicely curved faces. 

This can also be applied to hair seen on characters, which is why it is much more noticeable when looking at a female. In Uncharted 3 the female villain looks like she has about four or five patches of texture-mapped polygon hair, similar to a low-polygon PS2 game. These patches of hair are clumped together in a triangular way that doesn’t look realistic compared to the men in Uncharted. In Gears of War 3 the females have nicely designed hair that curves and runs smoothly, even blowing in the wind while fighting during thunderstorms! 

One look at Gears of War 3 and you will see the new Unreal Engine is absolutely phenomenal. This is particularly true when used with the high-power GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) of the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 GPU is the most powerful GPU ever in a gaming console. 

The way Epic has it set up so you can customize and unlock your weapons in Gears of War 3 is awesome. The thought of having a pink lancer or an orange shotgun really brings a smile to my face for one simple reason: it is fun! This is the Gears of War equivalent to having a Star Wars collection of light sabers with various colors. 

The way Gears of War 3 has 4-player Co-Op in the Campaign mode is fantastic! There are parts of the Gears of War 3 Campaign where you will be fighting alongside all four of your teammates. There will be other times where two of you split down one road and two of you split down another road, and then meet up somewhere. And there will even be certain spots where all four of you split up on your own! 

During these co-op moments, all of you will still be talking with each other on your Xbox Live headset microphone. Even when you are split apart from your teammates, you will be telling your friends what or whom you are fighting against. Just hearing about what your friends are going through, hearing them say things like “Whoa!” and “Man that hurt!” and “I finally got that guy!” is going to add to the fun of Gears of War 3! 

Gamestop is the best place to preorder Gears of War 3. You get the ability to play a beta test of Gears 3 later this month. You will be helping to improve the game! Plus, you will also be able to earn custom forms of weapons, armor, helmets, and other stuff that can be used in the final version of the game when it is released in September! With your input and suggestions, virtually every aspect of Gears of War 3 is going to be nearly perfect! 

And just so you know, those custom forms of weapons, armor, helmets, shields, and other items are actually valuable in the real world! Believe it or not, custom items like those sell for quite a bit of money online! Gears of War 2 launched with a special Golden Lancer if you preordered the game. I’ve seen the token code that allows you to get that Golden Lancer being sold for hundreds of dollars online! 

Gears of War 3 is definitely ahead of the pack! It will definitely be the king of graphics when this year comes to an end, and it will have the best Co-Op Campaign mode any Gears of War game has ever seen. There is even a new mode where we get to play “as” the Locusts and beat up on the COG soldiers such as Marcus Fenix, Dom, Cole, Anya, and the oldest brother in the family, Clayton Carmine (seeking revenge for the death of his younger brothers). 

Gears of War 3 is definitely a winner, so preorder now while you still can! … And let’s hope the character named Clayton Carmine lives! 

Here is a video for you to see for yourself:

 

More Gears of War 3 Videos

Here is a great new video called the Horde 2.0 Briefing. The graphics are unbelievably impressive -- far beyond anything seen on a console so far. The new game play modes add unlimited replay value and significantly increase the strategy level used in the game.

More Gears of War 3 Videos

Time for Us to Fight Back Against Pirates - SOS Style! (Save Our Seafarers)

Over the last year I’ve heard quite a bit about how Somali pirates on the Indian Ocean have been hijacking boats of all sizes in order to steal things and take money from people on board. Gradually I heard more about the crimes being committed by pirates, which meant the crimes were being committed at a faster rate. Over the course of time, it seemed like the pirates were targeting larger boats to hijack. This clearly shows the confidence of the pirates was growing at a fast rate. 

The question is, “Why would these pirates suddenly feel such a high level of confidence?” The answer is that there are very few government laws or penalties to prevent pirates from committing those types of crimes. Laws of various countries have different rules and regulations for dealing with criminals such as pirates. 

I’ve learned that some of the various countries don’t even approve of law enforcement officials doing anything at all to take a hijacked boat back from the pirates. What’s worse is that there are laws in place that make it so pirates don’t face any form of legal resistance or any form of legal penalty once they attempt to hijack a vehicle. Once a pirate has been captured, the governments of foreign countries release 80% of the criminals so they can go back out on the water and commit the same crimes again! 

Earlier this year I saw that pirates had hijacked a multimillion dollar oil supertanker! This ship, called the MV Irene SL, has a crew of 25 and carried two-million barrels of oil valued at over $200 million. This huge amount of oil represented 20% of the daily crude oil import of the United States, and about 5% of daily world oil imports. 

Only during the last several days did the pirates decide to release this huge oil tanker and its passengers after 58 days of holding them hostage! Piracy in the open waters has truly become a well-planned and well-managed industry. This was proven when we learned that the pirates were using this huge oil tanker as a “mother ship” for their smaller pirate vessels! 

I thought to myself, “How in the world were low-budget pirates able to conquer this huge oil vessel so easily?” I thought it must be more difficult to hijack a huge oil vessel than a smaller boat. But that is actually not the case at all. 

The reason pirates had such an easy time hijacking the oil tanker is because the pirates were armed with weapons while the crew was not. Those huge oil tankers do not allow the crew to carry weapons on board, even when they know they are travelling through pirate-infested waters! Hopefully this policy is going to officially change now that the problem of piracy in the 21st century has become more of a real threat to vessels of any size and any value. 

Thankfully, we’ve learned that the hostages from the oil tanker were recently released in good health by the Somali pirates. Often, people are systematically tortured and even killed by pirates. And just in case you care, the oil tanker was being returned to a port, now that the pirates are finished with it. These facts were confirmed in a public statement released by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO). You can read this statement on their website: www.intertanko.com.  

INTERTANKO makes it 100% clear in their public statement that piracy is not going to disappear any time soon. Governments are encouraged to work together to find the root cause of piracy and stop it. Unfortunately, this statement realistically points out something most all us knew all along. The fact is, it is generally accepted that the different beliefs and different laws of various countries will prevent that from happening. For now, INTERTANKO wants everyone to know that every vessel is at threat in the open waters of the Indian Ocean – an area where 40% of the world’s oil supply passes through. 

I really do recommend that you visit the website at www.intertanko.com. INTERTANKO wants people to realize governments in that part of the world do virtually nothing to stop Somali pirates, and even when the pirates are caught they are released most of the time. Only recently did India decide to crack down slightly harder by retaking a large mother ship from the pirates. The 62 pirates on board were not released; they were taken to India and await trial for their crimes. 

Let’s Fight Back! – SOS Style (Save Our Seafarers) 

Two clicks of a mouse can play the roll of two swords fighting back against pirates. With just two clicks of your mouse you can write a letter to a government official. Save Our Seafarers (SOS) is a campaign formed to help people like us grab the attention of foreign government officials overseas that would never hear us any other way. The website of http://saveourseafarers.com/ is where you visit to use your mouse as a tool of force that helps fight piracy. 

The lack of government law enforcement against piracy on the Indian Ocean proves government officials are not aware of the severe problem that exists in that part of the world. We need to bring this problem to their attention so the shipping industry and logistics of the world do not experience problems. History has already proven that piracy problems can be so severe that it causes interferences with economies and disrupts world trade. Supplies will be affected and shipping costs will rise – expenses that ultimately will be felt by consumers, since those expenses will be passed on to us at stores and oil pumps. 

Remember the famous saying: Those who are not aware of history are destined to repeat its mistakes. 

Friends, we are aware of the problems piracy has caused in the history of this world. It makes absolutely no sense for us to repeat those mistakes. We need to invest a little bit of time by becoming a part of the campaign against piracy by visiting http://saveourseafarers.com/. 

Of the 8,500 letters that have been sent to government officials, India has received the most letters so far – about 1,460. With that in mind, it probably isn’t a coincidence that India is the one government that finally decided to crack down on piracy a little bit harder. But the way India only seems to care about huge mother ships is not enough. India and the other countries need to crack down a lot more against piracy and the pirates committing the crimes. 

I encourage you to visit http://saveourseafarers.com/ so that you can use your voice to help send some chills down the spines of government officials working for foreign countries allowing innocent people to be held hostage, tortured, and killed by pirates. This website is a great tool that will help us twist the arms of those lazy nations that claim they aren’t aware a problem exists! 

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Here is a YouTube video that talks about how piracy has affected world logistics. It shows an oil supertanker that was hijacked. The pirates demanded $25 million for this huge oil ship.

 

Sacred Heart of McMahon Nepotism

Vince McMahon and his entire family are 100% liars, cheaters, thieves, and hypocrites. The same can be said about the board members of Sacred Heart University. I’m not just referring to “entertainment” forms of wrestling; I’m also talking about real life. I’m going to talk about several subjects that really anger me, since I play fairly by the rules but often seem to come up short in the game of life.

Recently I was watching some old wrestling matches on YouTube and I saw something that absolutely amazed me. I saw that Vince McMahon was being given an honorary doctorate degree. This really upset me because student loans placed me over $30,000 in debt while investing in my bachelor’s degree. I have no idea how much it would cost me to invest in a doctorate degree. I also spent a countless amount of time studying in order to graduate at the top of my class. But Mr. Vince McMahon gets a doctorate degree given to him for free, without investing any time other than showing up at the graduation ceremony!

I decided to do some research to see what college was offering this doctorate degree to Vince McMahon and what their motive might be for doing so. The name of the college giving this doctorate degree to Mr. McMahon is Sacred Heart University. I wanted to see why Sacred Heart University was willing to give Mr. McMahon a doctorate degree, even though no other college in the world was willing to do such a thing.

It didn’t take me long to find out why Mr. McMahon was being given a degree that he didn’t earn. I found out that Mrs. Linda McMahon, the wife if Vince, is a board member of Sacred Heart University. This type of environment is the perfect type of place for nepotism to rear its ugly head. For those of you that don’t know, nepotism is a form of bias and favoritism shown to a family member.

This means the reason why Vincent McMahon was not being offered a free doctorate degree by any other college on the entire planet is because Mrs. Linda McMahon is not a board member of those other schools. However, I think it’s pretty safe to say that if Linda McMahon were a board member of any other college, she would make sure that her hubby—Vince—got some form of degree that he didn’t earn, and therefore did not deserve to receive.

This type of immoral behavior is no surprise coming from the McMahon family. We saw a perfect example of this when Linda McMahon was running for governor of Connecticut. Linda repeatedly dodged questions about whether or not people employed as wrestlers for the WWE organization she owns are being given steroids. Linda McMahon looked like an acrobat the way she tried to dodge answering that question.

For example, when Linda McMahon was asked if her WWE wrestlers were being given steroids and using them, she repeatedly said “The health of our athletes is carefully monitored.”

Well, in the world of business and realism that statement is interpreted as “Yeah, we pay our doctors to ‘prescribe’ steroids to our employees; that way, we can get away with doing it legally. And if the blood-level measurements of our athletes start to exceed what we believe are safe, we stop giving them steroids for a while.”

The problem for Mrs. McMahon is that everyone else in the sports world and the world of moral ethics believes that what she and her husband are doing is unethical and puts the lives of the wrestlers at risks (something the selfish McMahon family is known for doing, as proven by the deaths of various wrestlers).

This problem upsets me even more when you think about the fact that Vince McMahon was recently on the cover of Muscle & Fitness Magazine because he looks so good, even though he is in his 60’s. If Vince McMahon had accomplished this achievement in a fair way, it might have been an inspiration to readers of the magazine. Sadly, Vince McMahon is definitely not someone readers of any fitness magazine would want to pattern their life after. Vince McMahon ended up with a muscular physique thanks to taking illegal steroids – something he has admitted to doing in a court of law.

What’s even worse is that Shane McMahon, the son of Vince and Linda, is also a user of steroids. What father in the world would actually be proud of his son being a steroid user? One minute Vince McMahon and his wife Linda are telling kids in Connecticut and across the world “Not to take steroids,” while the next minute Vince and Shane are injecting each other with illegal steroids. The only good thing is that Linda McMahon was not elected as governor of Connecticut.

Sadly, Vince McMahon’s whole reason for telling people not to take steroids is because he also markets nutritional supplements. Forms of protein, vitamins, and other supplements are the real reason why McMahon tells people to do things honestly. In reality, Vince McMahon wants you to buy his products in order to help him gain money. McMahon and his son will still take those illegal steroids in order to be better than you.

The difference is that McMahon employs doctors and can constantly monitor his health levels in safer ways that normal people can’t. But McMahon isn’t “normal,” he is “special,” since he takes steroids – cheating at the game of life, yet being rewarded for breaking the rules.

During his commencement speech at Sacred Heart University, Vince McMahon told the hard-working high-paying graduates “It’s important in life that you’re not afraid to fail. If you are not afraid to fail then you will be successful in life.”

The actions of Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon prove that they certainly weren’t afraid of taking illegal steroids. And the actions of Linda McMahon certainly proved she wasn’t afraid to lie about whether or not her family and her employees are given steroids. The message Dr. Vince McMahon is sending to graduates is that if you play by immoral rules like that, you will succeed in life.

The really sad thing is that Vince McMahon is correct. Hard-working people in today’s society put themselves hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in debt with student loans, only to find out that they can’t find a decent-paying job. This is something I personally experienced in life. What’s worse is that so many people play by the rules and do things fairly, yet end up as losers in the game of life.

The real losers of this situation are the students of Sacred Heart University. Due to the fact that they allowed Vince McMahon to receive a doctorate degree he didn’t earn and didn’t deserve, it means Sacred Heart University has lost accreditation. Sacred Heart University students have board members that illegally provide employees and family members with steroids and give undeserving family members degrees they didn’t earn.

Any student considering Sacred Heart University should definitely not attend that school. If you have not yet wasted money on Sacred Heart University, you should be thankful you still have the ability to avoid that bias-filled college. It’s the former graduates who paid money and worked hard for degrees that truly suffer thanks to Linda McMahon and Vince McMahon. It is these hard-working graduates that now possess degrees with less value thanks to the McMahon family.

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The Candies Foundation: Made from Palin Crap

Bristol Palin, the daughter of Sarah Palin, is one of the biggest hypocrites of all time. Bristol Palin stands alongside Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Judas as some of the biggest hypocrites in the known universe. Judas followed Jesus one minute, and the next minute Judas was motivated by money to betray Jesus. Bristol Palin certainly did learn a lot of similar types of hypocrisy from her politician mother; that’s for sure.

Governor Schwarzenegger is a wealthy politician all because of his acting career – a career that originated thanks to steroid use. If it wasn’t for steroids, Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been Mr. Olympia. If it wasn’t for steroids, Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been Conan the Barbarian. And if it wasn’t for steroids, Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been Governor of California.

Like a true hypocrite, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tells California men not to take steroids because of risks to their health, even though the potential gains to their acting careers and sports careers far outweighs health risks – as proven by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s success. I’d be willing to bet that Schwarzenegger wakes up every day 100% thankful he took all those steroids. And at public-speaking events where Schwarzenegger is telling people not to take steroids, I bet Schwarzenegger thinks to himself “Young man, if you want to give yourself an advantage in Hollywood, don’t listen to my PR nonsense; take the steroids! Just do your best to monitor your health while taking them.”

In that same way, Bristol Palin now tells teenagers not to get pregnant because of the difficulties associated with motherhood. Most people might think Bristol seems like a poor girl that is having a tough time in life. But people like that aren’t aware of the fact that tax records prove how 20-year-old Bristol Palin has been paid over $262,000 to speak out against teen pregnancy. I think it goes without saying that the majority of 20-year-old women would definitely want to trade spots with Bristol Palin and her bank account filled with over $262,000! I know teenagers who aren’t currently pregnant but would want to become pregnant for that kind of money!

But here is where the concept of politics and hypocrisy gets even worse with Bristol Palin. The group that has paid Bristol Palin $262,500 is a non-profit group known as The Candies Foundation. This so-called “non-profit” organization has been paying Bristol Palin incredibly high amounts of money as an “Ambassador” in order to speak out against teen pregnancy, even though she was pregnant as a teen! This is literally like giving someone a financial reward for violating the behavior that The Candies Foundation stands for!

Similarly, this is like paying Judas to be an Ambassador to tell the world how it was a mistake to betray Jesus. In reality, how sorry would greedy Judas be if he was making $262,500 as payment! The correct thing for The Candies Foundation to do is ask for a volunteer to do the public speaking; that way the $262,500 can be used to reach a larger market with advertisements rather than paying unqualified teenage kids who got knocked up too early.

Politicians such as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin always find a way to abuse the term “non-profit.” For example, in the terrible earthquake that Chile experienced, we found out that all of the “non-profit” organizations claiming to help Chile only sent pennies on the dollar to help the people of Chile. Politicians such as George Bush said “Give money, not food or clothes.” The problem is that virtually none of that money made it to the people of Chile!

Politicians and their business friends always find legal ways of doing immoral things in an unethical and selfish way. All of those non-profit so-called charity groups that claimed to help Chile said it took amazing amounts of well-paid talent and human resource skill to provide the people of Chile with the help they needed. As a result, these people paid themselves incredibly high salaries rather than volunteering their time and help. This was a legal way for those non-profit charity organizations to legally get away with stealing money that was donated. These greedy employees working for the so-called charities sent the people of Chile such a small amount of financial help, while keeping most of the money for their own paychecks.

Bristol Palin’s gratuitously high wages as an “Ambassador” working for The Candies Foundation is yet another example of a selfish person doing something selfish as a hypocrite. Bristol doesn’t have the skills or talent that deserves to be paid $262,000; only a fool would say such a thing! So the question is “Why did she accept the payment?” The answer is simple: Because the opportunity was there for her to take the money. Instead of allowing that money to be spent on commercials or other advertisements to send the message to teenagers, Bristol took the money for herself.

The Candies Foundation is a group I had never even heard of until I read an article about the insane amount of money paid to Bristol Palin. You can read the article I’m referring to here:

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/bristol-palin-earns-262k-for-teen-pregnancy-work/59875

This goes to show what a poor job The Candies Foundation and its Ambassadors have done sending their message to the world. Obviously, The Candies Foundation needs to stop paying their Ambassadors so much money. Better yet, The Candies Foundation should ask all those millionaire celebrities to be volunteer Ambassadors, as many would be glad to do. This would result in the organization having more money to spend on advertisements to their target market of teenagers.

Instead, it is 100% obvious that The Candies Foundation uses the term “non-profit” as a way to make it seem like financial donations are being used in a good way. In reality, the majority of all financial donations end up in the pockets of wealthy politicians and other selfish celebrities that have been labeled as Ambassadors. At this point in time, it’s safe to say The Candies Foundation is definitely not a group you should be sponsoring – not unless you think the wealthy Palin family needs more wealth, at your expense. The bottom line is that if you donate money to The Candies Foundation, the majority of that money is going to end up in the pocket of an Ambassador such as Bristol Palin or some other overpaid employee.

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Jose Canseco - Immoral Man

Jose Canseco has sent his twin brother, Ozzie, to fight in his place in a celebrity boxing match he was being paid $5,000 to participate in. This was an illegal thing to do, and it happened because Jose Canseco wasn’t willing to take any pain. Jose Canseco has always been the type of person who tries to take shortcuts to reach glory. As a baseball player and now as a celebrity host, Jose Canseco takes illegal shortcuts that ultimately result in his name and the name of his employer being disgraced.

Jose Canseco originally started out as an excellent baseball player. He possessed excellent strength and speed – a combination that is rare in major league baseball. Jose Canseco was the founding member of the 40/40 club. This means he was the first player in history to ever hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in one season (42 home runs, 40 stolen bases). As long as people thought Jose Canseco had worked hard to earn this glory on his own, everything was fine.

People were very disappointed to learn that Jose Canseco had used performance-enhancing drugs as a player. The sport of baseball lost popularity thanks to selfish players such as Jose Canseco. Ratings and attendance dropped because people don’t want to be around cheaters and liars inspired by tarnished records set by Jose Canseco. The only thing Jose Canseco can say he did was cheat people out of money and use illegal substances to unfairly get to the top.

The simple fact is that if a man uses steroids but doesn’t lift weights, he will still generate muscle faster than a non-steroid-using man that works hard lifting weights. It truly is a disgrace when a steroid-using man such as Vince McMahon ends up on the cover of Muscle and Fitness magazine, since McMahon admits to being a steroid user! Jose Canseco used those performance-enhancing drugs while training in excellent facilities, all while monitoring the health of his body professionally to minimize health risks (a page out of the playbook of the McMahon family).

I think it is an absolute disgrace when men like Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hulk Hogan, and Jose Canseco tell kids not to take steroids because of health risks. Each of those men would be absolutely nothing if it wasn’t for performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids! These men probably wake up every day and thank the Lord for anabolic steroids. And when these men speak to kids in California, they probably are thinking “Kid, if you want to make it as an actor in the 21st century, do yourself a favor and start taking steroids now!”

Think about how performance-enhancing drugs affected the careers of Jose Canseco, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Hulk Hogan. If it wasn’t for those drugs, Jose Canseco would not have possessed the strength needed to hit 42 home runs or the speed to steal 40 bases. If it wasn’t for those drugs, Schwarzenegger never would have been able to become a Mr. Olympia bodybuilder. Schwarzenegger would never have been cast to play Conan or star in movies such as Commando or Predator. And we certainly would never have seen Hulk Hogan become a wrestling star without steroids.

People realized that Ozzie Canseco was not Jose Canseco for two main reasons. First, people noticed that Ozzie Canseco is smaller than Jose. This initially wasn’t enough, though, because some people hadn’t seen Jose in as long as 18 months. The big piece of evidence was found when Ozzie did not have the tattoos on his arm that Jose Canseco is known to have.

Ultimately, the people to feel bad for in this situation are the fans that purchased tickets specifically to see Jose Canseco get his butt kicked. The fans were not given a refund by the promoter. Instead, the fans were given tickets to the next event. If that was me, I would be demanding my money back!

Currently, the promoter probably doesn’t care. He will actually make money as a result of this situation. He gets to have all those tickets sold along with a lot of expensive food and beverages. The promoter also gets to sell lots of expensive money-making food and drinks at the next event. This isn’t fair to the people who only wanted to see one thing: Jose Canseco get beaten up for being an immoral idiot!

People really should stand up for themselves and DEMAND their money back! This would cost the promoter of the event a lot of money, but he would get it back. The promoter of the event would take Jose Canseco to court for that huge financial loss. This financial loss along with punitive damages would motivate Jose Canseco not to commit crimes like that in the future.

Believe it or not, this is actually not the first time Jose Canseco and his twin brother Ozzie have worked in illegal and immoral ways like this. The Canseco family tries to take advantage of every possible opportunity to take money from people. Apparently, Jose did not believe the smaller events were worth his time, but he still acknowledged the value of the smaller events. Ozzie handled the smaller stuff and kept the money for himself. This was something Jose approved of, since Ozzie is his brother.

There have been times in the past when Jose and Ozzie have used this type of illegal bait-n-switch advertising before. For example, hard-working loyal fans would pay hard-earned money for the autograph of Jose Canseco. But Ozzie is the one that would show up in place of Jose. What’s worse is that Ozzie would actually sign the name of “Jose Canseco” and claim to be his brother!

Jose Canseco should be fired by any employer that values a quality reputation. The same can be said about Ozzie Canseco. If you have any items that were ever autographed by Jose Canseco, I suggest you confirm it was really Jose Canseco who did the signing. History has proven there is a chance Ozzie may have been the one playing the role of Jose Canseco!

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Hulk Hogan is Still Holding The Torch

Ever since 1987 there has been something in the professional wrestling industry known as “The Torch.” This mythical Torch officially came into existence at Wrestlemania 3 shortly before Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant. But I personally believe Hulk Hogan unofficially held this Torch before Wrestlemania 3. Hulk Hogan possessed what The Torch represents several years before the concept of the Torch was officially labeled.

The way Hulk Hogan tells the story, he and Andre the Giant were in the locker room getting ready for Wrestlemania 3. At this point, Andre specifically told him “I am passing the torch to you tonight.” In other words, Andre the Giant was telling Hulk Hogan the responsibility of being the leader of the wrestling industry would be his from that point on. This is when the concept of The Torch officially was labeled and considered a valuable asset as a concept, particularly by Vince McMahon. Mr. McMahon apparently appreciated and placed great value on that concept, since he has tried to replicate the process (albeit unsuccessfully) several times since then.

We all know that at Wrestlemania 3 Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant and took the wrestling industry to new heights that it had never seen before, setting worldwide attendance records in the process. Hulk Hogan essentially took that Torch and raised it to new heights it had never reached when being held by Andre the Giant or anyone else. The entire wrestling industry gained popularity with Hulk Hogan as the main attraction. Hulkamania was running wild, carrying that Torch throughout the 80’s and early 90’s!

But in case people didn’t notice, Hulk Hogan was actually leading the wrestling industry all over the world prior to joining the WWF. And it was in 1984 (three years before Wrestlemania 3) when Hulkamania was born after Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik. It was actually rather arrogant of Andre the Giant to say he was passing The Torch to Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 3, especially when you consider it was Hulk Hogan that was invited to be in Rocky 3 as Thunderlips in 1982. Hulk Hogan was travelling from America to Japan and all over the world as the biggest star ever seen in the wrestling industry. I believe that although the concept of “The Torch” was not officially labeled yet, Hulk Hogan was in fact the industry leader prior to Wrestlemania 3.

At Wrestlemania 6 we saw that Vince McMahon wanted Hulk Hogan to “pass the torch” to The Ultimate Warrior. This ended up being a failure that would repeat itself several times. Vince McMahon told Hulk Hogan to lose the match, and Hulk Hogan did his job by doing so. At Wrestlemania 6 Hulk Hogan showed sportsmanship by handing his Heavyweight Championship belt to The Ultimate Warrior. Hulk Hogan was then branded as “Immortal” (something that would later haunt Vince McMahon and help TNA Wrestling).

As Hulk Hogan returned to the locker room we saw the disappointed fans cared more about Hulk Hogan leaving the arena than they did cheering for The Ultimate Warrior in the ring. It was no surprise that The Ultimate Warrior only held the WWF Championship for a short time before he lost popularity with the fans. At that point you could say The Ultimate Warrior dropped The Torch.

McMahon thought that it was simple to “pass the torch,” as Andre the Giant said. But in reality, Andre the Giant didn’t pass The Torch to anyone. In reality, Hulk Hogan had taken The Torch in order to take the wrestling industry with him to new heights never seen before.

Unfortunately for the wrestling industry, nobody else was available to pick up The Torch after it was dropped by The Ultimate Warrior. The business side of the wrestling industry significantly damaged the relationship between Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon in real life. Hulk Hogan had made it clear that he was not ready to pass The Torch to anyone yet. Yet Vince McMahon selfishly wanted to make sure he had someone else in place leading the industry.

Hulk Hogan was not willing to work in the wrestling industry if his talents and skills were not being fully taken advantage of. This is when Hogan started working on TV shows and movies as a full-time job. Consequently, the ratings of the entire wrestling industry dropped to its lowest point in a very long time.

But in the early 90’s Hulk Hogan realized it was time for him to return to the world of professional wrestling. The TV show Thunder in Paradise had a nice run and Hulk Hogan made several movies. But he realized it was time to return to the wrestling ring. Hulk Hogan then got a nice offer from Eric Bischoff working for billionaire Ted Turner and the new World Championship Wrestling organization known as WCW. The offer was too good for Hulk Hogan to refuse.

When Hulk Hogan made his return to the wrestling world as a member of WCW the fans went crazy with excitement! We finally got to see legendary matches that we had always wanted to see. Thanks to Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner it was now possible to see “The Hulkster” Hulk Hogan versus “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair. And it was now possible to see Hollywood Hogan versus “The Icon” Sting! The ratings of World Championship Wrestling shot through the roof and it was clear that Hulk Hogan was once again carrying The Torch as the industry leader of professional wrestling.

It was in WCW where Hulk Hogan did something unprecedented to take the entire industry to new heights never before seen. This is considered the second Golden-Era of professional wrestling in the eyes of many people, since the overwhelming majority of industry talent was in the WCW. While in the WCW Hulk Hogan said he started to realize that people showed a lack of interest in his character, perhaps because they knew what to expect after seeing the same thing for such a long time. He and Eric Bischoff decided it was time to do something never before thought possible – turn Hulk Hogan into a villain! This is when the real American hero known as Hulk Hogan became the selfish Hollywood Hogan.

When Hollywood Hulk Hogan came into existence it nearly put the WWF out of business. At one point Vince McMahon told the Hart family there was a danger of bankruptcy. New technology such as satellite broadcasting made it possible for people to watch WCW on TNT in markets that previously were not possible with cable TV. All of this was a benefit to WCW thanks to Hulk Hogan.

DirecTV said they constantly had people subscribing saying the reason they wanted to subscribe was so they could watch Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Nobody could believe Hulk Hogan was a bad-guy, and everyone wanted to see it for themselves! But Hollywood Hogan was the guy everyone loved to hate, which is why they watched every week. Obviously Hollywood Hogan had taken The Torch, raising it and the entire industry to new levels of success never before seen.

At the end of the 90’s Hulk Hogan decided he wanted to leave the industry for a while. Hulk Hogan is a believer in Andre the Giant’s concept of “passing the torch,” so he agreed to lose to Bill Goldberg in order to make him the industry leader. Goldberg was a wrester whose energy was very similar to The Ultimate Warrior. Goldberg was even able to use a brainbuster finishing move on the 500 pound villain known as The Giant! This meant he put a 500 pound man over his head in a suplex style move and held him there before dropping him to the ground!

Of all the people that ever held a chance of successfully taking The Torch from Hulk Hogan, Bill Goldberg really was the most qualified. Unfortunately, we never got to see how things played out. Bill Goldberg was rebranded as “Goldberg,” which caused him to lose popularity. Goldberg was now seen as a gold iceberg rather than a tough person with a temper in the eyes of many people. Without Hulk Hogan WCW lost its popularity and was eventually purchased by the WWE. Vince McMahon’s poor management completely destroyed the character known as Goldberg, motivating Bill Goldberg to leave the wrestling industry.

When it became clear to Vince McMahon that none of the characters in the WWE had the ability to take the industry to new levels on their own, he decided that it would be best to bring Hulk Hogan back for Wrestlemania 18. McMahon wanted Hulk Hogan to pass The Torch to The Rock in the main event. Hulk Hogan agreed to do so, but it was at this point in time when we saw that Hulkamania would truly NEVER DIE!

Vince McMahon brought Hulk Hogan to the WWE as a villain shortly before Wrestlemania 18. Hulk Hogan was playing the role of Hollywood Hogan. Nevertheless the fans were glad to see the Hulkster again! Fans continuously rooted for the Hulk, even though he was being portrayed as the bad guy! This is something I had never seen before!

At Wrestlemania 18 we saw The Rock beat Hulk Hogan, essentially passing The Torch from Hulk Hogan to The Rock in the eyes of Vince McMahon. But at this point we saw that The Rock held The Torch for less than one second before dropping The Torch and being completely burned by it!

The moment the referee reached the count of three, the fans (including me) were in disbelief. Even though Hogan was the bad guy, we still wanted our Hulkster to win! All of the fans in the arena started “BOO-ing” The Rock! Dwayne Johnson was in disbelief when this happened!

Hulk Hogan realized that Vince McMahon had once again selected the wrong person to try and be the leader of the wrestling industry. On the Larry King show, Hulk Hogan referred to that incident as a “disaster.” I personally believe this event put an end to the wrestling career of Dwayne Johnson, because after this incident he left the wrestling industry.

This confirms once again that McMahon did not select the right individual to receive The Torch from Hulk Hogan. Dwayne Johnson did not show the loyalty McMahon expected. Vince McMahon has said many times over the years that he wants his employees to concentrate on wrestling as their primary career. Dwayne Johnson left the WWE for years in order to concentrate on his acting career rather than wrestling. It kind of makes you wonder what would have happened if the fans would have cheered for The Rock instead of booing him. Maybe we wouldn’t have seen all those bad movies Dwayne Johnson was in.

The next person Vince McMahon wanted Hulk Hogan to try passing The Torch to was Brock Lesnar. Once again Hulk Hogan was asked to lose the match in order to try passing The Torch, this time to a young athlete qualified in amateur wrestling and mixed martial arts. Brock Lesnar was never capable of having The Torch successfully passed to him. Lesnar simply didn’t care enough about his career in the professional wrestling industry to remain a part of it.

Brock Lesnar’s overall charisma was not right; he didn’t have the fascinating resources needed to portray himself as the leader of the professional wrestling industry. Brock Lesnar didn’t look like an Ultimate Warrior, sound like a Macho Man, or charm ladies like a Nature Boy. Lesnar looked like a baby-faced 17-year-old trapped in a body filled with steroids. Consequently, Lesnar left the WWE in order to concentrate on mixed martial arts.

2011 is the year we currently live in. Hulk Hogan has now officially become an Immortal in TNA Wrestling. The instant Hulk Hogan joined TNA the weekly ratings saw their highest levels ever! This continues to happen each time stories continue to unfold and plots reveal themselves.

It was The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, who said “To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man.” Up to this point, we haven’t seen anyone take The Torch away from Hulk Hogan. With that in mind, Hulk Hogan is still the one carrying The Torch that lights up the wrestling industry. The question I want answered is whether or not anyone will ever take The Torch from Hulk Hogan? If so, who will it be?

Sting is currently the most exciting active wrestler in the industry. The WWE recently did everything possible to try and get Sting to sign a contract with them in order to be in the main event at Wrestlemania. Thankfully, Sting listened to the fans and decided to remain with TNA. I was very pleased when I saw “The Icon,” Sting, had made his return to TNA two weeks ago! The fans ERUPTED with CHEERS!

I believe there is an excellent chance Sting will lead the industry as its biggest attraction for quite a while. I don’t know if it’s possible to just “pass the torch” to a young wrestler and expect him to lead the industry to new levels. In today’s environment it may be necessary to allow experienced wrestlers to lead the industry as long as they can remain active wrestlers. TNA saw its highest ratings of 2011 when Sting returned two weeks ago. With that in mind, I think Sting will remain Heavyweight Champion for quite a while!

But we saw at Wrestlemania 18 that Hulkamania will never die and will always remain the top force in the history of the wrestling industry!

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God Wants Us Focused On Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton set an excellent example for Americans to follow. She experienced a very difficult time in her marriage, yet she overcame those obstacles and remained very happy. Americans and people across the world can look to Hillary Clinton as an excellent example of how to keep a marriage together by looking to God for guidance. I want to explain how God uses leaders such as Hillary Clinton as examples so that we know what to do when experiencing problems of our own.

In Jeremiah chapter 3 verses 14 and 15, we learn that God wants us to return to Him when we backslide away from him. God is our Heavenly Father, and we are his children – He cares about us. Like any loving father, God wants us to have a close relationship with Him since we are His children. God wants us to know what is right, which is why He does everything possible to make sure we have leaders that set a good example for us to follow.

¹⁴ “Return, O backsliding children,” says the LORD; “for I am married to you.

¹⁵ And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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This word "shepherd," that is used here not only applies to leaders such as pastors and priests. It actually goes further and focuses on people with any form of authority, including kings and government leaders. God wants our leaders to set a quality example for us to follow. When our leaders acknowledge their iniquities and ask God for the power of grace to overcome obstacles in life, we know that God will provide the grace needed.

In our democratic society, we literally get to choose our leaders. In other words, we provide ourselves with leaders (e.g., shepherds) representing our "hearts." Our leaders represent a reflection of what we are as a society.

I sometimes hear people that claim to be "religious" saying negative things about the marital problems President Bill Clinton experienced while in office. Sometimes I hear people say the once-backsliding President should have resigned, but I personally disagree with this due to the fact that President Clinton is such a skilled man. President Clinton did such an excellent job helping our economy grow, balancing the budget, cutting the national debt in half, and forming political alliances. From an economic and political point of view, Bill Clinton is one of the best Presidents in the history of our country.

Nevertheless, President Bill Clinton did experience marital problems that many people do not approve of. But what those people don't realize is that in America approximately 50% of all marriages end in divorce. An even larger percentage of marriages involve adultery. It simply doesn't make sense for such a skilled president to be asked to resign when he is doing what over 50% of married Americans are doing. But there is also no doubt that President Clinton did not set a good moral example for married people to follow.

At this point in 2011 Bill Clinton continues to lead the world – helping to provide food, education, and other healthcare to children and adults across the world. We know the founders of our country would never approve of American citizens aggressively saying negative things about a wonderful philanthropic leader such as Bill Clinton. Selfishly focusing on the small number of negative things in a man's life rather than the large number of positive things in a man's life is always counterproductive.

Everyone makes mistakes in life, but not everyone is willing to acknowledge personal mistakes and ask God for forgivingness – the key to salvation. We need to give credit to Bill Clinton for maintaining a relationship with the Lord, remaining married to his wife, and remaining a father to his daughter. It definitely is the will of God for a married man to remain married to his wife and stay in a close relationship with children. With that in mind, Bill Clinton actually joins the 50% of Americans who remain married – an impressive achievement in today's society.

Jeremiah chapter 3 verse 15 made it clear that God gives us leaders after His own heart whenever possible. The one thing our leaders need to do in order to achieve this is look to God for guidance. We know that Hillary Clinton has said many times that she prayed to God, looking to Him for guidance during that rough time of her life. God used Hillary Clinton in a way that helped all American citizens and everyone else in the world see that marriages can be saved if people are willing to look to the Lord for guidance and accept the divine power of His grace to overcome obstacles.

Hillary Clinton is the one God wants Americans to focus their primary attention on in this particular situation involving marriage and marital leadership. Hillary Clinton was hurt and embarrassed in this situation, yet she responsibly gathered her thoughts and realized it was best to remain married. Hillary Clinton didn't allow a selfish form of pride to take priority over her lifelong commitment to marriage. Hillary Clinton looked to God and prayed for the grace to overcome all obstacles she faced. As a result, Hillary Clinton was able to happily remain married to her husband and work with him to enjoy raising their daughter in the type of environment God wants.

"Haters" are groups of people that often exist in the world of politics. Almost every time I hear someone saying something bad about President Bill Clinton, it is a selfish person who labels himself as a Republican. I've studied history, and I can tell you that the Founding Fathers of our country did not want our citizens battling back and forth fighting each other in a hateful way while labeled as either a Republican or a Democrat. Our Founding Fathers wanted the most skilled leaders possible leading our country, regardless of race or sex.

The simple fact is that Hillary Clinton set a 100% positive example for American citizens and people across the world – both male and female. God wants us to realize that Hillary Clinton is the shepherd (i.e., leader) that He provided to us in order to show us exactly what we need to do in order to save a struggling marriage. God wants us to look to Him for guidance at all times, especially the era we currently live in that makes a successful lifelong marriage very difficult to achieve. When a marriage experiences problems, the answer is to follow the lead of Hillary Clinton by looking to our Heavenly Father for guidance and praying to Him for the grace needed to overcome those problems.

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