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jeff mark dearly beloved

2009-10-21T08:15:00.001-05:00

jeff mark

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Dear Beloved.

My names are Jeff Mark from New Zealand,
I worked with British embassy in London for twelve years before I fell sick March 2009 and during the process I lost my wife and my only son,

since then I have been on medical treatment after which it was confirmed by my doctor that I have cancer in June, I do not know if I am going to survive this illness,

so I want to donate the sum of 7.2 Million Dollars to a church or a Christian individual that will use these funds to fund orphanage homes help the needy and widows,

including reasonable Business investment to keep the long terms needs of the needy and to ensure the house of God is maintained.

If you are interested in what I have explain herein, I want you to respond back to me as soon as possible for more information's. Yours in Christ, Mr.Jeff Mark, note my email: mrjefferymark@aol.com.

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Private mail.

2009-09-03T05:54:00.001-05:00

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Dear Friend,
I bring you greetings. I am Chan Lee; I work with Bank of China, Hong Kong. I have a Business Proposal of $17.5M for you to handle with me from my bank. I need you to assist me in executing this Business Project from Hong Kong to your country. I need to know if you will be able to handle this with me before I explain to you in details. Should you be interested please send me the required information below;
(1). Full Names
(2). Current Residential Address, telephone number, fax number and email address.
I will want you to reach me on my private e-mail; (chan.lees@yahoo.com.hk). Finally after that I shall provide you with more information.
Regards,
Chan Lee.

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From Western Union Money Transfer

2009-04-02T21:20:00.000-05:00

>From Western Union Money Transfer: Office In charge Of Your Fund.

Attention: Fund Owner.

Based on the instruction passed to this Western Union department from the office of the Presidency, your total sum of $1,000,000 (One Million United States Dollars) can only be paid through this Western Union Money Transfer Department of Bangkok, Thailand. This is to help us check-mate all the fraudulent activities going on here in Bangkok and Asia at large. You shall be paid bit by bit until your total sum is completely received paid to right at the Counter of Western Union right in your country.

After a meeting that was held in the office of the Presidency in regards to this, we have agreed to pay you a total of $10,000.00 in every Seven Hours (7hours) until the funds is completely paid as agreed in today's meeting. Below is the Money Control Number (MTCN): (443-670-9203) For verification Kindly call our International service number +18003256000 or 8003256000 and follow the voice prompt, then insert the control number above to hear the availability of your funds ready for pick up, or visit our official web site www.westernunion.com, find TRACKING on the top right of the site page, and kindly insert accordingly this detail (Boakye Yaw) and (443-670-9203) following the instructions bellow.

Money Transfer Control Number: (443-670-9203)
Sender First Name: Boakye
Sender Last Name: Yaw

Check Status AND CLICK ON CHECK STATUS

I 'am Kasit Piromya, after the failure of the Agent assigned to deliver your Winning Cheque, for reason aligned with the British high commission and other bodies, I was ordered from the office of the President to make your payment swiftly via this medium, you will be receiving $10,000 every seven hours, from the above control number till your payment is completed.

I request that you send to me your full receiving names for your payment and an activation fee of $450 only for the names to be activated to the officer in charge at the counter here in Bangkok Thailand as you make the payment we shall activate the names you have given us to enable you receive your first installment payment of $10,000 accordingly, this control number (443-670-9203) should be kept confidential for your own security, to avoid any further complications which you have experienced in the past, make the payment today and start receiving your money.

Here is the information needed for the Transfer:

Your Full Name:
Your Full Address:
Your Direct Tel:
Copy Of Identification:

You can call Mr. Andreas Georgetown for more verification in this matter: + (66) 811-415-810 and E-mail us immediately for the transfer of your Fund: wumt_transfer@msn.com

Congratulations in advance.

Mrs. Kasit Piromya
Western Union Director
Bangkok, Thailand

Fw: Historic Passage of Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

2009-03-25T15:08:00.001-05:00

Finally after seven years in his past!

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter T. Wilderotter, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation <peter.wilderotter@christopherreeve.org>
Sent: Mar/25/09 2:03 PM
To: Mark Felling (Mark@Felling.US)
Cc:
Subject: Historic Passage of Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act

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Dear Mark,

Today we applaud the United States House of Representatives for passing the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act (CDRPA), included in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. The legislation was named for the late Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana, whose courage and grace in the face of adversity, coupled with their extraordinary activism, were an inspiration to millions around the world.

The landmark legislation, which enjoyed bi-partisan support and passed in the Senate on January 15, 2009 will promote collaborative research, rehabilitation and quality of life initiatives for millions of Americans living with paralysis and spinal cord injuries.

Today is a day of celebration for the paralysis community and we commend Congress for quickly passing this much needed legislation, which honors the spirit and legacy of Christopher and Dana Reeve. There is no better tribute to their dedicated efforts, and they would be so proud, yet humbled, to see this tremendous achievement. We look forward to the President signing this bill into law.

On behalf of the Reeve Foundation and millions of Americans living with paralysis, I would like to thank Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) as well as Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) for initially sponsoring this important health bill and for their tireless efforts.Their extraordinary leadership and dedication was instrumental in passing this historic legislation.

"Passage of this bill today is extremely gratifying," said Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). "We honor the activism of Christopher and Dana Reeve with this bipartisan effort to better treat and, we hope, cure paralysis and other serious motor impairments. Chris and Dana used their visibility to work on behalf of families in all parts of the country who face the challenges of paralysis and impaired mobility. This legislation is part of their legacy," Baldwin said. Ms. Baldwin introduced the bill on January 8, 2009 along with co-sponsors Bono Mack, Langevin and Bilirakis.

The Reeve Foundation is especially grateful to former Congressman Michael Bilirakis (R-FL) who was the bill's original sponsor and first introduced it in 2002. Today his son Gus Bilirakis, who holds the same seat, is carrying out his father's mission and has been vital to the final passage of this landmark legislation.

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act will improve the quality of life for people living with paralysis and mobility impairments from any cause - stroke, ALS, spinal cord injuries and others. It encourages coordination of research to prevent redundancies and hasten discovery of better treatments and cures, as well as to improve the daily lives for those living with paralysis. The Act has three components that support and enhance paralysis research, rehabilitation, and quality of life programs:

Paralysis Research - Expands research on paralysis at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This will encourage collaborative research by connecting scientists conducting similar work to further enhance understanding and speed discovery of better treatments and cures.
Paralysis Rehabilitation and Care - Builds on research to enhance daily function for people with paralysis, including a Clinical Trials Network, to measure effectiveness of certain rehabilitation tactics and encouraging shared findings on paralysis to improve rehabilitation.
Improving Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis and Other Physical Disabilities - Works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve the quality of life and long-term health status of persons with paralysis and other physical disabilities.

We cannot thank you, our advocates, enough for all your support during this process.

Yours truly,

Peter T. Wilderotter
President and CEO

Remove yourself from this mailing.

Remove yourself from all mailings from Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

Accomplishments - Adapted by Mark Felling

2009-03-16T23:42:00.001-05:00

Accomplishments

The greatest ideas will be shot down by those with the smallest minds.

Think big anyway.

What you spend years creating could be destroyed overnight.

Create anyway.

Give the best you have and it will never be enough.

Give your best anyway.

Success will win you false friends and genuine enemies.

Succeed anyway.

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

Those most in need of help may attack viciously when it is offered.

Help them anyway.

If you are kind people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

Be kind anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Honesty and sincerity make you vulnerable to deceptive people.

Be honest and sincere anyway.

If you find happiness, other's jealousy and envy will soon follow.

Be happy anyway.

Adapted by Mark Felling from the version found written on the wall in Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta which was adapted from "The Paradoxical Commandments" by Dr. Kent M. Keith written in 1968 as part of a booklet for student leaders.

Fw: Giving appreciation and HONOR to entrepreneurs

2009-03-16T22:35:00.000-05:00

I received this e-mail below yesterday about entrepreneurs. Even though it was written for marketing purposes from Perry Marshall, a marketing guru to sell his consulting services, it is very nice and touches home to many truths! I thought it was worth sharing for all those entrepreneurs and self-employed small business people upon whose back the great American economy is borne!

- Mark Felling

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Mark,

    I just came home from a seminar by Paul Manwaring called "A Culture of Honor." As he spoke about how carelessly people criticize each other on TV and in daily life - and how uplifting it is to receive words of affirmation - I was struck by how little appreciation most entrepreneurs get from... well, anybody.

    The evening news is no celebration of business people, that's for sure.

    The government ain't doing much to make your job easier.

    So... why would you risk everything, endure multiple bankruptcies, work 17 hours a day for weeks and months at a time, to be the first to be taxed and the last to get paid in a game that offers no guarantee of success whatsoever?

    It takes a very special kind of person.

    It takes a person who is driven from the inside by passion and vision and a bit of eccentricity. It requires you to be so dissatisfied with the status quo that you feel like you can endure anything so long as it's not the present mediocrity.

    You're one of those people who just can't stand following the car ahead of you on the expressway to some cubicle for the rest of your life.

    Or maybe you have this idea for a product or a way of doing something and you're convicted to your very soul that the world needs to see things *your* way for once.

    In any case, I doubt it's because you're just some greedy, money-grubbing over-achiever who needs to take a chill pill. No, that popular depiction is deeply misleading.

    I just want to say... Wherever you are in your journey, I'm proud of you, I HONOR you, and I cheer you on in your effort. Any honest business is a noble and honorable thing.

    I'll never forget my 2nd trip to Africa. I'm somewhere southwest of Nairobi Kenya, visiting George Karanga and his wife Jane, two very special people who run a foster program for AIDS orphans.

    I'm meeting a woman whose husband is dying of AIDS, he's down to 66 pounds... all kinds of kids who've lost both parents to HIV and now live with aunts, uncles or grandparents... people who are deathly sick for lack of $1.00 for a bus ticket to go to a medical clinic... a woman who's 8 years a paraplegic, living under a tin roof in a dark mud hut, her sole entertainment her radio, her cat, and her kind neighbors who look after her.

    Not a cheery scene.

    But the epiphany occurs when I meet a fellow named Paul Mungai, who runs a cobbler shop. Paul, ironically, is crippled, but he knows how to make and fix shoes. And he knows how to run a business.

    He started with just $50.00 of seed money and now has, by Kenyan standards, a sound business. He's feeding his family, he's paying his rent, his kids have uniforms to wear to school, and everyone in his care has enough to live on.

    There's a gleam in his eye. We exchange a few words and share our mutual understanding: There is one and only one path out of poverty. The one and only path out of poverty is entrepreneurship and business success.

    It ain't government. It's not social programs. It's not charity. It's not even jobs or technology.   It's entrepreneurship.

    The message was loud and clear: What you and I do may be daring, crazy, irrational and largely misunderstood. Condescending do-gooders may tell you you're greedy or too successful. Your brother-in-law may think you've got your head stuffed in a cloud.

    The government may think it has the right to confiscate your profits and give them to "education" or other well-intentioned social programs. You might cater to some strange market, doing something that most people consider frivolous.

    But the fact remains: What you and I do is profoundly important. You and I pave the road that leads from poverty to success. We create the ingenuity and jobs and wealth that makes good medical care possible.

    We create the world that has enough to eat, the world where even welfare kids in housing projects get three square meals a day.

    So don't ever apologize to anyone for doing what you do. If it wasn't for you, me and the rest of us entrepreneurs, "they" would still be sleeping on dirt floors.

    That conversation with Paul in Kenya sparkled with the mutual awareness of what I just described to you.

    And as George took me to see other recipients of Micro-Enterprise seed funding - a lady selling sardines and tomatoes on a nailed-together stand on the side of the road, several women selling fruits and vegetables in the local markets, I thought of the entrepreneurs I meet in the US, Canada and Australia.

    I thought of those rah-rah Amway rallies I was going to years ago, and the easily-exploited naivet? that's so characteristic of the "Biz Op" market as it's sometimes called.

    And like it or not, it's that raw enthusiasm and independent spirit that drives the prosperity of the West.

    Where that drive, imagination and ingenuity are lacking, people starve - literally.

    So yes, some business people are too greedy. Some entrepreneurs don't care about their fellow man. Some people do make their money by dishonest means. But remember, the character quotient is no better on the poor side of the fence.

    So if you're prospering by means of an honest enterprise - or if you're struggling to put one together - then you are a hero. The bards and minstrels may not sing songs about you, and your handsome face may never appear on The Apprentice, but what you do every day when you get out of bed is a worthwhile and indeed necessary thing.

    Don't ever forget it. What you do matters. A lot. It's worth celebrating and it's HONORABLE.

    Perry Marshall

DONATION FOR THE WORK OF GOD. From me to you.

2009-03-13T20:03:00.001-05:00

DONATION FOR THE LORD
From: Mrs. Monica Tema

PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD.I am the above name person from Sierra-Leone. I am married to Dr Ebenezer Tema who worked with Sierra Leonian Embassy in South Africa for nine years before he died in the year 2001. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christians and we lived happilly. Since his death, I decided not to re-marry.

When my late husband was alive he secured $15Million (Fifteen Million U.S. Dollars) with financial institution here in Cote D'Ivoire. Presently, this money is still with the financial institution. Recently, my Doctor told me that from all the test conducted on my health, I am not going to last long, expecially, due to my cancer and stroke. But what disturbs me most now is stroke.

Having known my condition, I decided to donate this fund to churches or Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct. I want a church or individual that will use this money to fund churches, Orphanages and Widows. Also, the propagation of the work of God, building and maintaining the house of God through this money, is very important.

The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians. I don?t want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers, for their own selfish interest and in an ungodly manner. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, and because of the presence of my husband's relatives around me sometimes. I don't want them to know about this development, but I know that With God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Financial institution in Ivory coast. I will also give you all information regarding the deposit of this money. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original- beneficiary of this fund. I want you and your church to always pray for me because God work in misterious ways. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Who ever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.

Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a church or christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hear from you soon.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs Monica Tema

Calvary Greetings ( MRS ETHEL COY)

2008-12-27T07:26:00.001-06:00

Calvary Greetings,

Please read this slowly and carefully, as it may be one of the most important emails you ever get.I am Mrs. Ethel Coy from Greece . I was
married to Late Mike Coy. The Director of Vikhroli Link.Ltd,a seasoned contractor in West African Region. He died on Monday, 31 July 2003 in Paris.
We were married for seven years without a child. After his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.When
my late husband was alive, he has over the sum of $5.2 Million USD in banks and security companies in Europe, which is yet unclaimed.My Doctor
told me that I would not last long due to cancer problem that befalled me.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this funds to better the lives of the less privileged.
I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this money in accordance with my instruction.
I want the funds to be used in funding religious organizations,orphanages and less privileged propagating
the word of God. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I don't want my husbands hard earned money to be misused. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank, and my attorney also with
a copy of the WILL. For legitimacy, he will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you
as the original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, any delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose.

If you are not interested, kindly pardon me for contacting you.
Thanks,

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Ethel Coy.
email: ethelcoy_bless@live.com

Grant Award

2008-12-15T06:32:00.001-06:00

You have been awarded Â£850,000 from the OXFAM GB -UK the cash/grant Promo. Contact Dr.Terry Williams via terrywilliams0880@jmail.co.za
Qualification Number(OG/N231/E101/BDB)

WILL

2008-12-02T22:49:00.001-06:00

My name is Mrs. Felicia Adam Swanson I am a dying woman wo hav decided to donate wat I
have to yu/ church.I thought i wil die during the Christmas period. I am 59 years old
and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 yers ago.I have been toched by God to donate
from what I hav inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of God. I have
asked God to fggive me and beliv he has because He is a merciful God.I will be going in
for an operation later today.I decided to WILL/donate the sum of (five.five million
dollars.)to you for the good work of the lord,and also to help the motherless and less
privilege and also for the assistance of the widows. At the moment I cannot take any
teliphone calls right now due to the fact that my relativbes (They had squandered d
funds i gave them for this purpose before)are around me and my health status. Do not
mind my spellings, i am dyinf. i don tink i wil make it out. pray fow me. I have
adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware.If you are lucky, you can reach me on this
number before go in for operation. the number is +447031923361 that is my lawyer cell
number. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please
use the funds wel and always extend the good work to others.Contact my lawyer with this
: Name: Patrick James Telford.

Email: patrick_telford01@live.com

Tell him that I have WILLED(US$5.5M) to you by quoting my personal reference number
Jl/Wds/953/5015/GwrI/316us/uk and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount
to you for a good work.I know I dont know you but I have been direted to do this.Thanks
and God Bless.

sincerely,

Felicia Adam Swanson

Contact Dr Pinkett

2008-12-01T08:35:00.001-06:00

Send your info in which are stated below for the claims of £1.000,000.00 GBP which has been won by your E-MAIL Address in our UK Promo AWARD 2008 Do get back to this office with your requirement such as

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Reply to this confidential E-mail Address:
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Best Regards

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LOTTERY DIRECTOR

claims of £1,350.000

2008-12-01T07:41:00.001-06:00

£1,350,000.00 GBP has been won by your E-MAIL Address in our Irish Promo. Do get back to this office with your requirement such to contact Mr.Edward Brown via (edward.brown26@btinternet.com) with your

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From Mrs Rose Wood

Claims Of £500 000 Pounds

2008-11-29T04:45:00.001-06:00

£500,000 pounds has been won by your E-MAIL Address in our COMPAQ ELECTRONICS SEASONAL AWARD 2008. Do get back to this office with
your requirement such to (jerry.smith22@live.com) with your

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Best Regards
From Mrs Sarah Wood

Chevron Petroleum Xmas Promo

2008-11-27T15:03:00.001-06:00

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(NIG)your email address attached to ticket number 244156CPNG has just won for you the
sum of

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GOODLUCK MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR .

End Of Year Award.

2008-11-27T08:25:00.001-06:00

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Address:..............
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Regards
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claims of £500,000 pounds

2008-11-25T06:10:00.001-06:00

E-MAIL (jerrysmith001@live.com) for the claims of £500,000 pounds which has been won by your E-MAIL Address in our COMPAQ ELECTRONICS SEASONAL AWARD 2008 Do get back to this office with your requirement such as

Names :...............
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From Miss Sarah

Confirm Your Won Amount

2008-11-23T15:20:00.001-06:00

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Please acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below to Mr Sean
James,
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2008-11-22T10:57:00.001-06:00

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McCain Economics

2008-10-07T08:44:00.001-05:00

Over the weekend, John McCain's top adviser announced their plan to
stop engaging in a debate over the economy and "turn the page" to more
direct, personal attacks on Barack Obama.

In the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,
they want to change the subject from the central question of this
election. Perhaps because the policies McCain supported these past
eight years and wants to continue are pretty hard to defend.

But it's not just McCain's role in the current crisis that they're
avoiding. The backward economic philosophy and culture of corruption
that helped create the current crisis are looking more and more like
the other major financial crisis of our time.

During the savings and loan crisis of the late '80s and early '90s,
McCain's political favors and aggressive support for deregulation put
him at the center of the fall of Lincoln Savings and Loan, one of the
largest in the country. More than 23,000 investors lost their savings.
Overall, the savings and loan crisis required the federal government
to bail out the savings of hundreds of thousands of families and
ultimately cost American taxpayers $124 billion.

Sound familiar?

In that crisis, John McCain and his political patron, Charles Keating,
played central roles that ultimately landed Keating in jail for fraud
and McCain in front of the Senate Ethics Committee. The McCain
campaign has tried to avoid talking about the scandal, but with so
many parallels to the current crisis, McCain's Keating history is
relevant and voters deserve to know the facts -- and see for
themselves the pattern of poor judgment by John McCain.

So at noon Eastern on Monday, October 6th, we're releasing a 13-minute
documentary about the scandal called "Keating Economics: John McCain
and the Making of a Financial Crisis" -- it will be available at
KeatingEconomics.com, along with background information that every
voter should know.

Watch a preview right now and share it with your friends.

The point of the film and the web site is that John McCain still
hasn't learned his lesson.

And this time, McCain's bankrupt economic philosophy has put our
economy at the brink of collapse and put millions of Americans at risk
of losing their homes.

Watch the video to see why John McCain's failed philosophy and poor
judgment is a recipe for deepening the crisis:

http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideo

It's no wonder John McCain would rather spend the last month of this
election smearing Barack's character instead of talking about the top
priority issue for voters.

But if we work together, we can make sure the focus stays on the
economy -- and how to fix it.

Please forward this email to everyone you know.

Thanks,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

Need to Create GimpSquad

2008-10-04T21:56:00.001-05:00

I was just speaking to another new customer today about the VoiceIR Environmental Voice Control System for controlling his TV, TiVo, stereo, etc. He lives in a nursing home in Washington DC - is almost identical in function to myself as a C4/C5 Quad. He unneccessarily paid Best Buy Geek Squad $500 to help him set it up! On two different trips the Geek didn't want to take the time - instead they just billed him $250/hr and left. Nothing against the Best Buy Geeks, but they just are not equipped over at the houses in Moscow your point is here either as ever as long as soon as you know I feel it is like you think is like a physical rejection of the you I think the past is that this is a stretch in the you know this is compressing it up with.

I told him he needs to get his own apartment. He agreed and went on to say because of finding my website is now decided to go back to college for his bachelors in rehabilitation engineering / adaptive technology. It was just a statement of fact, nothing more, which to me was more significant. But as they say, mimicking or copying is the ultimate form of flattery and that one choked me up a bit. I am facetious when people say I am inspirational for little other reason than being why have always been even though they mean it as a nice complement. Motivating this young man to go back to school is something I'm very proud to have apparently inspired. Actions and results always have more impact than words.

So if you're a "Gimp Geek" with the communications skills, patience, and motivation to be resource to increased independence by helping other disabled individuals in your local area setup and learn to use their new adaptive technology for a reasonable fee, let us know so we can add you to a list and refer those in need of assistance to you. Join Broadened Horizons' GimpSquad!

Mark Felling

Target Website Accessibility $6 million Settlement

2008-09-03T12:37:00.001-05:00

E-commerce for the blind: Target Website Accessibility $6 million Settlement

It's good business -- and it's the law -- for companies to make their websites fully accessible to the visually impaired.

August 30, 2008

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires "public accommodations"

http://www.ada.gov/pubs/ada.htm to be accessible to the disabled as well as the able-bodied. That's why stores, government buildings and churches have elevators and ramps, not just stairs. But when the National Federation of the Blind urged retail giant Target Corp. three years ago to modify its website to aid the visually impaired, Target balked. The disabilities act applied to its brick-and-mortar stores, not its branch in cyberspace, Target's lawyers argued.

And so began a legal battle that ended Wednesday, when Target announced that it would pay $6 million to settle http://www.dralegal.org/downloads/cases/target/Final-Agreement.pdf a class-action lawsuit by blind shoppers who'd struggled to use its website.

Target also has agreed to change the site in ways suggested by the federation, making Target.com fully accessible to the blind by the beginning of March 2009. Most significantly, perhaps, a federal judge's pretrial rulings http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=8539 in the case held that the disabilities act and California law did apply to the online counterparts of physical stores and services.

As is so often true, Target will end up spending a lot more to modify its site than it would have spent to design it to be accessible from Day One.

There's plenty of help online http://www.w3.org/WAI/ for companies trying meet the needs of the disabled. The World Wide Web Consortium, a group that develops voluntary standards for the Web, has been publishing accessibility guidelines http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/ for almost a decade, including to help designers make their sites work with the specialized equipment used by the disabled. The blind rely on expensive software that reads aloud the contents of each Web page, so images and forms on the pages must include some identifying text. They also can't navigate with a mouse -- try using one with your eyes closed -- so pages need to be designed for navigating with a keyboard. That's not much to ask.

The problem is that, like Target, too many companies didn't focus on accessibility when they made the leap into e-commerce. If they had, they would have found an underserved audience of disabled shoppers. A website can be a far more inviting place for a blind person than a crowded mall, if the site is designed the right way. And the number of vision-impaired Americans (at least 1.3 million http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=15%23num

are legally blind) is expected to grow as the population ages and the incidence of diabetes http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/06/25/diabetes.rates.ap/index.htm

l climbs. With more commerce and services moving to the Internet, it's increasingly important that companies make accessibility a part of everything they do online. If that's not clear in federal law, it should be.

And although Target may have needed a push to embrace the disabled, at least it's showing the rest of the retail world how it's done.

Republicans help the rich, Democrats help the rest of us! Proven using census data post WW2

2008-09-03T01:59:00.001-05:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/business/31view.html?em
Economic View
Is History Siding With Obama's Economic Plan?
By ALAN S. BLINDER
Published: August 30, 2008

Alan S. Blinder is a professor of economics and public affairs at
Princeton and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. He has
advised many Democratic politicians.

CLEARLY, there are major differences between the economic policies of
Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. Mr. McCain wants more tax cuts
for the rich; Mr. Obama wants tax cuts for the poor and middle class.
The two men also disagree on health care, energy and many other
topics.
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Such differences are hardly surprising. Democrats and Republicans have
followed different approaches to the economy for as long as there have
been Democrats and Republicans. Longer, actually. Remember Hamilton
versus Jefferson?

Many Americans know that there are characteristic policy differences
between the two parties. But few are aware of two important facts
about the post-World War II era, both of which are brilliantly
delineated in a new book, "Unequal Democracy," by Larry M. Bartels, a
professor of political science at Princeton. Understanding them might
help voters see what could be at stake, economically speaking, in
November.

I call the first fact the Great Partisan Growth Divide. Simply put,
the United States economy has grown faster, on average, under
Democratic presidents than under Republicans.

The stark contrast between the whiz-bang Clinton years and the dreary
Bush years is familiar because it is so recent. But while it is
extreme, it is not atypical. Data for the whole period from 1948 to
2007, during which Republicans occupied the White House for 34 years
and Democrats for 26, show average annual growth of real gross
national product of 1.64 percent per capita under Republican
presidents versus 2.78 percent under Democrats.

That 1.14-point difference, if maintained for eight years, would yield
9.33 percent more income per person, which is a lot more than almost
anyone can expect from a tax cut.

Such a large historical gap in economic performance between the two
parties is rather surprising, because presidents have limited leverage
over the nation's economy. Most economists will tell you that Federal
Reserve policy and oil prices, to name just two influences, are far
more powerful than fiscal policy. Furthermore, as those mutual fund
prospectuses constantly warn us, past results are no guarantee of
future performance. But statistical regularities, like facts, are
stubborn things. You bet against them at your peril.

The second big historical fact, which might be called the Great
Partisan Inequality Divide, is the focus of Professor Bartels's work.

It is well known that income inequality in the United States has been
on the rise for about 30 years now — an unsettling development that
has finally touched the public consciousness. But Professor Bartels
unearths a stunning statistical regularity: Over the entire 60-year
period, income inequality trended substantially upward under
Republican presidents but slightly downward under Democrats, thus
accounting for the widening income gaps over all. And the bad news for
America's poor is that Republicans have won five of the seven
elections going back to 1980.

The Great Partisan Inequality Divide is not limited to the poor. To
get a more granular look, Professor Bartels studied the postwar
history of income gains at five different places in the income
distribution.

The 20th percentile is the income level at which 20 percent of all
families have less income and 80 percent have more. It is thus a
plausible dividing line between the poor and the nonpoor. Similarly,
the 40th percentile is the income level at which 40 percent of the
families are poorer and 60 percent are richer. And similarly for the
60th, 80th, and 95th percentiles. The 95th percentile is the best
dividing line between the rich and the nonrich that the data permitted
Professor Bartels to study. (That dividing line, by the way, is well
below the $5 million threshold John McCain has jokingly used for
defining the rich. It's closer to $180,000.)

The accompanying table, which is adapted from the book, tells a
remarkably consistent story. It shows that when Democrats were in the
White House, lower-income families experienced slightly faster income
growth than higher-income families — which means that incomes were
equalizing. In stark contrast, it also shows much faster income growth
for the better-off when Republicans were in the White House — thus
widening the gap in income.

The table also shows that families at the 95th percentile fared almost
as well under Republican presidents as under Democrats (1.90 percent
growth per year, versus 2.12 percent), giving them little stake,
economically, in election outcomes. But the stakes were enormous for
the less well-to-do. Families at the 20th percentile fared much worse
under Republicans than under Democrats (0.43 percent versus 2.64
percent). Eight years of growth at an annual rate of 0.43 percent
increases a family's income by just 3.5 percent, while eight years of
growth at 2.64 percent raises it by 23.2 percent.

The sources of such large differences make for a slightly complicated
story. In the early part of the period — say, the pre-Reagan years —
the Great Partisan Growth Divide accounted for most of the Great
Partisan Inequality divide, because the poor do relatively better in a
high-growth economy.

Beginning with the Reagan presidency, however, growth differences are
smaller and tax and transfer policies have played a larger role. We
know, for example, that Republicans have typically favored large tax
cuts for upper-income groups while Democrats have opposed them. In
addition, Democrats have been more willing to raise the minimum wage,
and Republicans have been more hostile toward unions.

The two Great Partisan Divides combine to suggest that, if history is
a guide, an Obama victory in November would lead to faster economic
growth with less inequality, while a McCain victory would lead to
slower economic growth with more inequality. Which part of the Obama
menu don't you like?

Flawless Moral Character- at 44 McCain left his wife to marry a 26-year-old really rich gal

2008-09-02T23:05:00.000-05:00

Mom, I know you’d be interested in reading this one…

“When John McCain left his first wife in 1980 to marry the wealthy and glamorous Cindy Hensley, he used his newfound riches to provide his discarded bride a life of relative comfort. Carol McCain, who has not remarried, continues to cheer on her former husband from afar.”

http://www.citypages.com/2008-09-03/news/tim-pawlenty-jilted-for-sarah-palin/

That means 28 years ago when McCain was 44 he left his wife Carol who faithfully waited for him for years while he was in a prison camp, and married a 26-year-old really rich gal almost half his age. (who could help fund his campaign’s maybe?) The article discusses how McCain did the same to Governor Palenty with Palin as he did to his first wife, but without a big check to live on.

Now there’s typical celebrity of flawless moral character. Far better than the 50% black family man with an African immigrant father who has spent most of his granted much shorter political career working to help the working class people in southern Chicago.

RE: The future versus the past, fear, and Mark Warner's speech

2008-09-01T18:15:00.001-05:00

Mom,

Before today I had not made a decision except to defeat what I felt were fears of the unknown. So to hold true to my own emphasis on researching anything sufficiently to obtain something closer to the truth, I spent the afternoon watching what our presidential candidates had to say about themselves, America, the economy, health care, our military, and each other. I no longer have many questions remaining in my mind. However, don’t take my word for anything. I’m nobody – just a staunchly independent man. Please, research and make up your own mind. Here’s a brief curriculum to speed you along although there will be plenty of diversions along the way.

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First a piece of history… The truth about what was said

Barrac Obama, 2004 Democratic National Convention, Keynote Address

http://media.libsyn.com/media/barackobama/obama_2004_dnc_med.wmv

Next, an introduction to reality, our current state of affairs.

Mark Warner, 2008 Democratic National Convention, Keynote Address

http://www.markwarner2008.com/pages/watch-the-speech

But don’t make any decision without getting V. complete story, without looking at both sides of any debate or argument! If there is one fundamental rule I live by it is this.

John McCain’s website campaign videos
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/MultiMedia/Default.aspx

When I went to his website, I truly had much more hope for John McCain. He’s a great man, a brave man with courage and military experience, and I believe would truly be a great Commander-In-Chief of the military. However America needs much more than military leader, much more than borrowing $10 billion to fund operations in Iraq every month when the Iraqi government has a $79 billion surplus! We need a plan, to answers to hard questions rather than “Yes I believe in [fill in the blank]”! We need much more of a military leader - there is a reason generals have earned their stars. I think we are safe and deferring to their better judgment and an elected leader who will represent recognizes that, rather than depending on someone who thinks they know better. We’ve had enough experience with that. We require more than bravery and courage in oneself, we require the bravery and courage to guide and lead - to trust in others. We require someone who recognizes an election is not about them, but about everyone casting ballots!

Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech
http://www.barackobama.com/tv/

We are all rightfully afraid of the unknown. Its program within us from the time of our birth. There is nothing like the fear of change that holds people back yet there is nothing like the promise of change that gives us hope and immeasurable drive to bring it about! However, fueling fear has results in little measurable success other than maintaining power over the fearful. We live in a world full of dangers, dangers that must be addressed, but if crippled by our fear we will never succeed or move forward!

Any sound decision requires truth. Obtain it for yourself from multiple sources! Don’t believe hearsay or simply what someone tells you. Don’t believe me. Every mother tell their child “Actions Speak Louder Than Words!” Without more information I don’t know whether these items define truth or response, but I do respect that they have not been returned!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/christian

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/behindthesmears

We are a society that has been built on the industrious motivation and backs of our immigrant ancestors. My great x5 grandfather settled in central Minnesota and traded with, prospered in collaboration with, and was respected by, local Native Americans when others nearby feared them. Uncontrolled immigration is not helpful, but neither is a month or separated from her infant child, or people working under unfit conditions because the alternative is far worse. In a positive manner, let us once more return to being the land of the free, home of the brave, were all men are created equal and have the opportunity of the pursuit of happiness while contributing to that of their neighbor. Let us throw off the burden of fear and with courage embrace the change, possibility, opportunities that come with each.

Your loving son, with as you know and sometimes criticized with affection, far too much of a mind of his own,

Mark Felling
Quadriplegic Engineer, Inventor, MBA

PS: For anyone who dares declare me insufficiently supportive of our military and the far too young men and women serving within it, I challenge you to talk to a few of my customers who have given and lost more of their physical abilities than many people believe they would be able to endure - including myself at one time. I challenge you to spend even one day “walking” in our shoes.

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Subject: The future versus the past, fear, and Mark Warner's speech

Mom,

Yesterday we briefly discussed a bit of politics. I wasn’t quite sure how to articulate my thoughts in a way you wouldn’t find contradictory or emblazoned against. I want to emphasize to you to not let fear of the unknown sway your judgment. That is of course how Bush led us into Iraq. Convincing everyone of ”weapons of mass destruction” which simply did not exist except in his his own mind. By implementing the terror threat index that never gets below orange. It led to denying hope for new technologies and healthcare involving stem cell research and other areas out of fear of the unknown. Teaching/Preaching fear is characteristic of dictators to maintain power through it.

Fear of change has often been cited as the greatest force and restriction on people’s freedom. It touches all levels from restricting your thinking to actions. People have demonstrated they will even choose to stick with a horrible government like The Soviet Socialist Republic, Stalin, the hardliners of Iran, the current North Korean government, and even the Nazis and other various dictators through history out of fear of the unknown. Somehow people always believe it could be worse and it’s safer to stick with what is known - to stick with the past. You really need to watch this speech. It is one of the best I’ve seen or heard in a long time.

http://www.markwarner2008.com/pages/watch-the-speech

Mark Warner does a great job of breaking things down to the fundamentals. The future versus the past, moving forward versus being stuck in the mud, fear of the past versus hope for the future. Understanding the new dynamics of the global economy in which social change is inevitable as people are able to move about the world far more freely.

I haven’t made up my decision yet, but I’m listening and reading. I’m about ideas and the people who lead by them, not parties, not hype reported by self-identified experts. I’m not asking for a decision one way or the other, only to open your mind, listen to what is said with an open mind not limited by fear, and consider all the possibilities before making a decision that doesn’t need to be made for some time!

The future versus the past, fear, and Mark Warner's speech

2008-09-01T13:20:00.001-05:00

Mom,

http://www.markwarner2008.com/pages/watch-the-speech

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Republicans help the rich, Democrats help the rest of us! Proven using census data post WW2

Flawless Moral Character- at 44 McCain left his wife to marry a 26-year-old really rich gal

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