Now that the NFL season APPEARS to be getting underway shortly. I am very much interested in listening to the Cleveland fans and media in regards to the Browns. In particular I will be interested to see the browns draft picks, I for one feel the Browns had a n excellent draft and I even feel it was better than last years draft in which the browns got great quality in the likes of Haden, Ward, Hardesty and others. I personally believe that Taylor will be a monster against the run, teamed up with Rubin. Looking forward to Jabaal Sheard but, I feel he will need another proven big time DE on the other side of him to prosper. I also believe that Greg Little will have the most impact of the rookies that the browns selected. The reason I say this because he is someone that can catch anything and everything and will look to catch alot of balls from Colt McCoy who doesn't have a strong arm and will concentrate on throwing short passes.
On Colt McCoy.....
I will be watching very closely the balls the Colt throws. I want to see what kind of throws he makes, especially I want to see if he can make the deep out throw to the sidelines and the deep ball down the middle of the field. Last year, I can count on one hand how many times he made these types of throws. I don't know if it was him or the coaching staff but , I don't think he will have the same excuse this year if it wasn't him. With Hillis, a healthy Hardesty with Cameron Jordan, Little, MoMass and Robiske, I think it's time for Colt to put those critics to rest who question his arm strength ( I am one of those critics).
On the Indians...
Shame on those media folks and fans who think the Indians should just stand back and do nothing, simply because they don't feel that the Indians should give up prospects to go after pieces they might need. These individuals don't learn from previous failures where the Indians had chances to get ballplayers to put them over the top but, elected to go with prospects who either had marginal careers or was later traded for something else that didn't put the Indians over the top. I would like to see the Indians go out and get Hunter Pence, he would be my first choice because he is an impact player. Other players under consideration would be Morse from Washington, Melky Cabrera, Jeff Francoeur, Chris Davis and a few others. I also, would like to see the Indians get a Super Sub and another starter preferably a vet who can come in and win some games down the stretch . I would love to see the Indians bring up both Jason Donald and Jason Kipnis to go in their infield. Donald could play third and Kipnis would be a real stick at second base.
On the Cavs trading JJ Hickson...
This was a typical Cleveland move IMO. First, the Cavs have no one to start at Power Forward if we were to start the season. Tristan Thompson isn't even close to be ready to start. I do like his defense and the fact that the Cavs are making a more concerted effort to improve the defense, however, you must score at some point in time and the mere fact that you don't have anyone in the front court that can score consistently at all anymore is troubling. I also don't like the fact that they traded a guy who is 22 years old and over the last 40 games averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds, AT 22 !!!! I know people mention that he isn't very smart and doesn't get it on defense. This maybe true but, some times and coaches no how to get the max out of players who seem to be weaker in some areas. Also, what I find hypocrtical is that the Browns fans will be quick to work around Colt McCoys weakenesses such as, his suspect arm, his limited athletic ability, his propensity to be injured. They will be quick to defend him but, they will say get other players around him and the players around him aren't any good. JJ Hickson has weaknesses, his players weren't very good but, he thrived and was shown the door instead.
One last thing the person they got for Hickson is a back SF on a good team and will be marginal at best. THe draft pick you will probably never see, SO you gave away a 22 year old, who averaged 18-12 his last 40 games for nothing !!! Also, if money was the issue and the fact that JJ was going to ask for $10 million a year. I think your argument is weak because Andy Verajao is very one dimensional and is getting $8 million at 28-29 !!!
This was a horrible move by the Cavaliers and it took away the euphoria I had when they drafted Irving. Also, the cavs weren't able to pull the trigger on the TPE. This IMO is totally unacceptable and depending on how the season goes once the lockout ends and the other moves they might make then it might be time to start taking a look at both Scott and Grant to see if they are what we need in our coach and GM.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Those who have failed NEO ...
Simply put, the people of NEO has to take responsibility for allowing the Democratic Machine to flourish and to have a stranglehold on our region. For far to long the people of NEO have turned a blindeye to those who say they are representing us but, are really using us to get back into office so they can continue with the status quo. The status quo in terms of having a greater allegiance to the party rather than to us and grooming others to come in to take their place once they move on.
The problem isn't in the fact that we make these mistakes but, in the fact that we keep making them and putting the same people in office FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS!!! I'll give you an example. The district 7 race for County Council had two very qualified Lawyers running one being a Democrat and the other being a Republican. James Levin was the Democrat and Phyllis Lucia Crespo was the Republican. Both worked hard on their campaigns, however, Yvonne Conwell happened to be in the race as well. Yvonne Conwell worked in the Recorders office with the big double dipping boss Vivian Greene, in addition has no education, had no campaign or yard signs, had no website, never attended a debate or forum but, yet she defeated both more qualified candidates by a 3-1 margin. Yvonne Conwell's only claim is that she is the wife of Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell!!
In going to council meetings and listening to Yvonne Conwell speak it is thoroughly embarrassing. She can barely put two sentences together and seems very much out of place. If you were a company and you were thinking about relocating to this region and you spoke with Yvonne Conwell, would you think twice about relocating to this region ?? I would !!!
I can cite several examples of this type of behavior from our County Executive Ed Fitzgerald onto some of the people at Cleveland City Council. The key question is what are WE going to do about these individuals ?? Are we going to keep voting these people in so they can keep misrepresenting our region or become more astute and educate ourselves to the point where we know who and what issues to vote for?? I thought we were on the right tract with the passage off issue six, however, I was extremely disappointed in the fact that we allowed the same people who put us in this mess to get right back into office.
Ed Fitzgerald represents this unfortunate type of continuous behavior by the people of NEO. Ed Fitzgerald was the city councilman of Lakewood before running for and becoming Mayor. During his tenure of Mayor Ed Fitzgerald immediately campaigned among the Democratic party to try to oust Frank Russo from his position of Auditor. Soon, the issue of issue 5 vs. issue 6 was on the table and Ed keeping up with his allegiance to the Democratic Machine campaigned vigorously against issue six. Ed's reasoning was that the position didn't have the controls necessary for him to support it and therefore, he would vote against it.
Notice that Ed Fitzgerald didn't say I will support issue six but, I feel that it will be enhanced even more if we had more controls to be able to oversee even the executive. This is where research comes into play. Ed didn't support issue six because he wanted to be incoherence with the rest of the Democratic Machine and union people so they can continue to rape the area with their selfishness!!!! Ed not only campaigned against the passage of issue six but, turned around a month later and ran for the exact office he dared to not want.
During the campaign Ed promoted his FBI background(all 1.5 years) . Remember, the County Executive main charge is to bring jobs and economic development to the region. So, the question is why would you elect a person who has NEVER created any jobs ?? More importantly, who in their right mind would vote for a person who not only doesn't have a background in creating jobs but, doesn't even a have a plan get any either ??? This was no surprise because all throughout the campaign Ed avoided the job procurement of the position like the plague.
Sure enough the answer to these questions that I presented is in the African American community. African African(blacks) feel that no matter what they have to vote for whomever, the Democrat is because of what Dem's say they are going to do for them and Republicans have an unfair reputation of taking away from blacks. That being said, it seemed as though the blacks rely on SO-CALLED leaders of the black community to tell them whom to vote for. These individuals don't have black people's best interest at heart, they have are in the hip pockets of the party bosses of the Democratic party and Unions to go out and get you to vote form them. In return they are given monetary gifts and other things. The name of the game is to keep you ignorant and keep the status quo !!!
Back to Ed Fitzgerald though. He didn't say anything about bringing in much needed jobs because he didn't have a plan and is incapable of developing one but, he knew that those black so called leaders like George Forbes and Marcia Fudge were going to get you to vote for him(Keeping you ignorant and keeping the status quo is the name of the game). In doing so, you voted in a guy that clearly seems overwhelmed to the job that he was elected to do. Here are some examples on how he is overwhelmed and hence failed in his position.
Ed Fitzgerald was suppose to come in and have an five year economic development plan within the first six months of taken office.In this plan it was suppose to be specific on what companies he was going to bring, expand to bring much needed jobs. In his May 30th five year economic development plan it says nothing specific on how and/or where he will create jobs, it states our obvious assets and doesn't set a proper course on growing the local economy. Remember this was the number one charge of the County Executive!!!
Ed within his first six months was suppose to right size the County government to the point where it represented the population of NEO. One of Ed's opponents mentioned that close to 2000 employees needed to be terminated so even more saving could be created to put towards economic development. Since Ed, Fitzgerald has taken office about 150 people have been terminated. That is 7.5% of the 2000 employees that need to go. It will take Ed many terms to be able to achieve this number and this is not the change that we wanted or expected.
Ed has yet to put up assets like the AmeriTrust towers for sale so the public can recoup some of the money that was squandered by the County Commissioners. More importantly the it will allow someone to develope the land to make it viable for the rest of the county. Other pieces of property as well that can be put up for sale and the land bank could be used to see what properties we have moving forward to use or to sale. Ed has yet to fill this promise as well.
I say these things because if we had paid attention to what these individuals were saying we would clearly understand and see that these individuals don't and can't do the jobs they are seeking but, want the jobs to continue allign themselves with the unions and the Democatic party to continue the status quo and the culture of Corruption. In doing so we shoot ourselves in the foot because our jobs situation hasn't improved and won't improve with the likes of Yvonne Conwell and Ed Fitzgerald because these individuals are incompetent in the jobs they have. In order to break this cycle we must get in the habit of not doing what the likes of George Forbes, Marcia Fudge, Dennis Kucinich and others want us to do but, seek out information so we can vote astutely and separate those who simply want the job for selfish reasons !!!
Our Mantra should be : DESTROY AND TERMINATE THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC MACHINE !!!
The problem isn't in the fact that we make these mistakes but, in the fact that we keep making them and putting the same people in office FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS!!! I'll give you an example. The district 7 race for County Council had two very qualified Lawyers running one being a Democrat and the other being a Republican. James Levin was the Democrat and Phyllis Lucia Crespo was the Republican. Both worked hard on their campaigns, however, Yvonne Conwell happened to be in the race as well. Yvonne Conwell worked in the Recorders office with the big double dipping boss Vivian Greene, in addition has no education, had no campaign or yard signs, had no website, never attended a debate or forum but, yet she defeated both more qualified candidates by a 3-1 margin. Yvonne Conwell's only claim is that she is the wife of Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell!!
In going to council meetings and listening to Yvonne Conwell speak it is thoroughly embarrassing. She can barely put two sentences together and seems very much out of place. If you were a company and you were thinking about relocating to this region and you spoke with Yvonne Conwell, would you think twice about relocating to this region ?? I would !!!
I can cite several examples of this type of behavior from our County Executive Ed Fitzgerald onto some of the people at Cleveland City Council. The key question is what are WE going to do about these individuals ?? Are we going to keep voting these people in so they can keep misrepresenting our region or become more astute and educate ourselves to the point where we know who and what issues to vote for?? I thought we were on the right tract with the passage off issue six, however, I was extremely disappointed in the fact that we allowed the same people who put us in this mess to get right back into office.
Ed Fitzgerald represents this unfortunate type of continuous behavior by the people of NEO. Ed Fitzgerald was the city councilman of Lakewood before running for and becoming Mayor. During his tenure of Mayor Ed Fitzgerald immediately campaigned among the Democratic party to try to oust Frank Russo from his position of Auditor. Soon, the issue of issue 5 vs. issue 6 was on the table and Ed keeping up with his allegiance to the Democratic Machine campaigned vigorously against issue six. Ed's reasoning was that the position didn't have the controls necessary for him to support it and therefore, he would vote against it.
Notice that Ed Fitzgerald didn't say I will support issue six but, I feel that it will be enhanced even more if we had more controls to be able to oversee even the executive. This is where research comes into play. Ed didn't support issue six because he wanted to be incoherence with the rest of the Democratic Machine and union people so they can continue to rape the area with their selfishness!!!! Ed not only campaigned against the passage of issue six but, turned around a month later and ran for the exact office he dared to not want.
During the campaign Ed promoted his FBI background(all 1.5 years) . Remember, the County Executive main charge is to bring jobs and economic development to the region. So, the question is why would you elect a person who has NEVER created any jobs ?? More importantly, who in their right mind would vote for a person who not only doesn't have a background in creating jobs but, doesn't even a have a plan get any either ??? This was no surprise because all throughout the campaign Ed avoided the job procurement of the position like the plague.
Sure enough the answer to these questions that I presented is in the African American community. African African(blacks) feel that no matter what they have to vote for whomever, the Democrat is because of what Dem's say they are going to do for them and Republicans have an unfair reputation of taking away from blacks. That being said, it seemed as though the blacks rely on SO-CALLED leaders of the black community to tell them whom to vote for. These individuals don't have black people's best interest at heart, they have are in the hip pockets of the party bosses of the Democratic party and Unions to go out and get you to vote form them. In return they are given monetary gifts and other things. The name of the game is to keep you ignorant and keep the status quo !!!
Back to Ed Fitzgerald though. He didn't say anything about bringing in much needed jobs because he didn't have a plan and is incapable of developing one but, he knew that those black so called leaders like George Forbes and Marcia Fudge were going to get you to vote for him(Keeping you ignorant and keeping the status quo is the name of the game). In doing so, you voted in a guy that clearly seems overwhelmed to the job that he was elected to do. Here are some examples on how he is overwhelmed and hence failed in his position.
Ed Fitzgerald was suppose to come in and have an five year economic development plan within the first six months of taken office.In this plan it was suppose to be specific on what companies he was going to bring, expand to bring much needed jobs. In his May 30th five year economic development plan it says nothing specific on how and/or where he will create jobs, it states our obvious assets and doesn't set a proper course on growing the local economy. Remember this was the number one charge of the County Executive!!!
Ed within his first six months was suppose to right size the County government to the point where it represented the population of NEO. One of Ed's opponents mentioned that close to 2000 employees needed to be terminated so even more saving could be created to put towards economic development. Since Ed, Fitzgerald has taken office about 150 people have been terminated. That is 7.5% of the 2000 employees that need to go. It will take Ed many terms to be able to achieve this number and this is not the change that we wanted or expected.
Ed has yet to put up assets like the AmeriTrust towers for sale so the public can recoup some of the money that was squandered by the County Commissioners. More importantly the it will allow someone to develope the land to make it viable for the rest of the county. Other pieces of property as well that can be put up for sale and the land bank could be used to see what properties we have moving forward to use or to sale. Ed has yet to fill this promise as well.
I say these things because if we had paid attention to what these individuals were saying we would clearly understand and see that these individuals don't and can't do the jobs they are seeking but, want the jobs to continue allign themselves with the unions and the Democatic party to continue the status quo and the culture of Corruption. In doing so we shoot ourselves in the foot because our jobs situation hasn't improved and won't improve with the likes of Yvonne Conwell and Ed Fitzgerald because these individuals are incompetent in the jobs they have. In order to break this cycle we must get in the habit of not doing what the likes of George Forbes, Marcia Fudge, Dennis Kucinich and others want us to do but, seek out information so we can vote astutely and separate those who simply want the job for selfish reasons !!!
Our Mantra should be : DESTROY AND TERMINATE THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC MACHINE !!!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The steps to take....
We in NEO CLAIM that we are tired of being the butt of jokes nationally, wonder why we can never seem to advance like other major cities. We wonder why businesses leave, why are schools fail, why we can't big time athletes to come without significantly overpaying. We wonder how and why we got major corruption and why we can never find a perfect formula for using the greatest deposit of freshwater on the universe that would absolutely transform the entire region if put to use properly.
The answer to these issues is quite simple folks. That is, we refuse to CHANGE!!! All to often to many people feel they have to do things because that's the way it has always been done, they feel they must vote for a certain candidate or for a certain political party because they voted for them 25 years ago, etc. These are good examples of how holding onto certain things that clearly aren't working for has caused us to be in the predicament. Moreover, until we can change our attitude about these things and similar issues we as the people of NEO will continue to the decaying of our area.
In supporting one particular candidate I was stunned to find out how stubborn and apathetic the people in NEO were when it came down to knowing who and what to support. I couldn't but help to notice the reasoning by some people on why they should keep going with the same candidates who are or affiliated with the people who put us in this mess. I listened to things such as: I can't support him because he's to rich, he wears nice clothes, he has an expensive car, he can't identify with the poor, he won't do anything for black people, I don't support anyone who isn't black, I will wait for my minister to tell me who to vote for, etc. After hearing these things I couldn't help but to finally come to the conclusion that the people deserve exactly what they get(BTW, the same can be said about different athletes as well). The disheartening thing about this is that the people don't realize that you destroying the region with this destructive behavior.
This destructive behavior at work is with the County Corruption where to this point around 30 or more of the people with some with the trust of the public within them have either pleaded guilty or implicated in some type of wrong doing. Wrong doing on any level is never right, however, we must find out the origins of the wrong doing and find away to figure it out on how to never let it happen again. Fortunately, there are clear cut ways to go about making this change and in doing so we are going to transform our immediate area.
Let go of the past: Not to be labor the point but, just because you did something before or that's the way it's always been done is no longer a valid reason to keep doing them. The status quo is totally unacceptable, especially when we know that it isn't or hasn't worked. Also, be on the lookout for improving and making things more efficient because in the world of diverse groups with various interests strictly being a working class area is looked upon as being more of a detriment than a plus.
Focus on the issues: In supporting Ken Lanci for County Executive I couldn't help but, take note of how many people were more interested in the car he drove, the clothes he wore and the money in his pocket rather than the ideas he brought, the business experience he brought to the table and the homework he did. These individuals on the other hand thought the County Executive Race was a Law Enforcement position because of the County Corruption Scandal. These individuals failed to do the homework necessary to make informed decisions because the County Executive position is a job for bringing jobs and economic development to the area. If these individuals had paid more attention to the issues rather than the material things then maybe they could have made a more informed choice on who to elect.
Do your homework: Go back into the archives and research any and all issues about people who we look upon as leaders and who seek leadership positions. Keep in mind that these individuals don't walk on water and they aren't perfect, however, see where they stand on the key issues pertaining to the job they seek and go back as far as possible to see if they made the appropriate decisions along the way. If not, then ask them to explain how they came to that conclusion at that particular time. I was stunned to see that during the campaign season how our County Executive refused to elaborate on key issues such as the economy and how to bring jobs and economic development to the area. It was clear to me at least that he didn't have a plan and didn't elaborate because he had already had the election won based on the loyalty to the Democratic party by the African community. BTW- it's apparent that our County Exec still doesn't have a plan that we will show in a later blog.
Stop waiting for someone to give you answers: All to often people go to church, council people, supervisors and others to tell them who and what to support. What they don't realize is that these individuals aren't telling them this information based on what's in the best interest for the community but, based on what's in the best interest of themselves and the party in which they serve and you are the bait they are using. We have certain individuals who come into the black community to tell us who to vote for BUT, when you start asking the tough questions(after having done plenty of research) on why you should support these individuals you will start to hear alot of backtracking and double talk. These individuals find it profitable to keep the status quo and in doing so are enriching themselves rather than doing what's in the best interest of all of us.
Stop looking at success as being evil: Successful people and businesses are to be admired. It's apparent that successful people know things that will help us and that we try to extract as much KNOWLEDGE from these individuals as possible. Also, we should embrace them because if we don't it comes across that we are so unhappy with our lives that we are willing to bring others down-THE LAW OF ATTRACTION.
Again once we decide who and what we want these individuals will soon fade away because now we are equipped and ready to make informed decisions and not listen to the party bosses who have pillaged and plundered beautiful NEO.
The answer to these issues is quite simple folks. That is, we refuse to CHANGE!!! All to often to many people feel they have to do things because that's the way it has always been done, they feel they must vote for a certain candidate or for a certain political party because they voted for them 25 years ago, etc. These are good examples of how holding onto certain things that clearly aren't working for has caused us to be in the predicament. Moreover, until we can change our attitude about these things and similar issues we as the people of NEO will continue to the decaying of our area.
In supporting one particular candidate I was stunned to find out how stubborn and apathetic the people in NEO were when it came down to knowing who and what to support. I couldn't but help to notice the reasoning by some people on why they should keep going with the same candidates who are or affiliated with the people who put us in this mess. I listened to things such as: I can't support him because he's to rich, he wears nice clothes, he has an expensive car, he can't identify with the poor, he won't do anything for black people, I don't support anyone who isn't black, I will wait for my minister to tell me who to vote for, etc. After hearing these things I couldn't help but to finally come to the conclusion that the people deserve exactly what they get(BTW, the same can be said about different athletes as well). The disheartening thing about this is that the people don't realize that you destroying the region with this destructive behavior.
This destructive behavior at work is with the County Corruption where to this point around 30 or more of the people with some with the trust of the public within them have either pleaded guilty or implicated in some type of wrong doing. Wrong doing on any level is never right, however, we must find out the origins of the wrong doing and find away to figure it out on how to never let it happen again. Fortunately, there are clear cut ways to go about making this change and in doing so we are going to transform our immediate area.
Let go of the past: Not to be labor the point but, just because you did something before or that's the way it's always been done is no longer a valid reason to keep doing them. The status quo is totally unacceptable, especially when we know that it isn't or hasn't worked. Also, be on the lookout for improving and making things more efficient because in the world of diverse groups with various interests strictly being a working class area is looked upon as being more of a detriment than a plus.
Focus on the issues: In supporting Ken Lanci for County Executive I couldn't help but, take note of how many people were more interested in the car he drove, the clothes he wore and the money in his pocket rather than the ideas he brought, the business experience he brought to the table and the homework he did. These individuals on the other hand thought the County Executive Race was a Law Enforcement position because of the County Corruption Scandal. These individuals failed to do the homework necessary to make informed decisions because the County Executive position is a job for bringing jobs and economic development to the area. If these individuals had paid more attention to the issues rather than the material things then maybe they could have made a more informed choice on who to elect.
Do your homework: Go back into the archives and research any and all issues about people who we look upon as leaders and who seek leadership positions. Keep in mind that these individuals don't walk on water and they aren't perfect, however, see where they stand on the key issues pertaining to the job they seek and go back as far as possible to see if they made the appropriate decisions along the way. If not, then ask them to explain how they came to that conclusion at that particular time. I was stunned to see that during the campaign season how our County Executive refused to elaborate on key issues such as the economy and how to bring jobs and economic development to the area. It was clear to me at least that he didn't have a plan and didn't elaborate because he had already had the election won based on the loyalty to the Democratic party by the African community. BTW- it's apparent that our County Exec still doesn't have a plan that we will show in a later blog.
Stop waiting for someone to give you answers: All to often people go to church, council people, supervisors and others to tell them who and what to support. What they don't realize is that these individuals aren't telling them this information based on what's in the best interest for the community but, based on what's in the best interest of themselves and the party in which they serve and you are the bait they are using. We have certain individuals who come into the black community to tell us who to vote for BUT, when you start asking the tough questions(after having done plenty of research) on why you should support these individuals you will start to hear alot of backtracking and double talk. These individuals find it profitable to keep the status quo and in doing so are enriching themselves rather than doing what's in the best interest of all of us.
Stop looking at success as being evil: Successful people and businesses are to be admired. It's apparent that successful people know things that will help us and that we try to extract as much KNOWLEDGE from these individuals as possible. Also, we should embrace them because if we don't it comes across that we are so unhappy with our lives that we are willing to bring others down-THE LAW OF ATTRACTION.
Again once we decide who and what we want these individuals will soon fade away because now we are equipped and ready to make informed decisions and not listen to the party bosses who have pillaged and plundered beautiful NEO.
Who do we want to become...
As I look at NEO I often wonder how and why did you end up in the position we are in today. In case you are wondering the position I am talking about is poor public schools, widespread corruption, massive foreclosures, lack of jobs and economic development, consistent and persistent population loss and brain drain, etc. In doing research I spoke with both friends and family members about the different events that were big in NEO and from that information I couldn't help but point the finger in one direction and that direction has to go to the constituents of NEO.
The people of NEO have allowed jealousy, racial politicking, fear mongering and down right ignorance to destroy what very could be the best city in America. Make no mistake about it, it was a reason why Cleveland and NEO was called the best location in the nation at one point in time. If we correct our flaws, we will not only be called the best location in the nation again but, THE BEST LOCATION ON THE PLANET and we will have people from all over the world coming to set up shop and thrive here!!!
In coming out of this whole we the people of NEO have dug ourselves in WE must come to the realization that how things were done in the past is working anymore and that the status quo is unacceptable more often than not. Holding onto concepts from the industrial revolution isn't applicable to the diverse world we live in today. In today's world you have to be nimble and open minded to any and all ideas no matter if you agree with them or not or even they go against your moral beliefs. The reason I say this because you cannot place your morals on others and dismiss what they may or may not bring to the table because of it. As I said be open minded to any and all possibilities in today's world. I say this because we often allow ourselves to get caught up in material things and what somebody said 20 years ago rather than focusing on the issues that are plaguing our area.
We must take ownership of the area in which we are to become and not allow anyone, any political party or race for starters to stop us from achieving who we want to be. I look at Cleveland and wonder why we are under 400,000 people when the resources we have indicate we should have well over 3 million people in the entire city we are holding ourselves back with the lack of focus of what we want and the ways to go about getting there.
Folks, if we are going to do it, we must do it together and have one voice on how we are going to do it and then we will reach our awesome potential!!!
The people of NEO have allowed jealousy, racial politicking, fear mongering and down right ignorance to destroy what very could be the best city in America. Make no mistake about it, it was a reason why Cleveland and NEO was called the best location in the nation at one point in time. If we correct our flaws, we will not only be called the best location in the nation again but, THE BEST LOCATION ON THE PLANET and we will have people from all over the world coming to set up shop and thrive here!!!
In coming out of this whole we the people of NEO have dug ourselves in WE must come to the realization that how things were done in the past is working anymore and that the status quo is unacceptable more often than not. Holding onto concepts from the industrial revolution isn't applicable to the diverse world we live in today. In today's world you have to be nimble and open minded to any and all ideas no matter if you agree with them or not or even they go against your moral beliefs. The reason I say this because you cannot place your morals on others and dismiss what they may or may not bring to the table because of it. As I said be open minded to any and all possibilities in today's world. I say this because we often allow ourselves to get caught up in material things and what somebody said 20 years ago rather than focusing on the issues that are plaguing our area.
We must take ownership of the area in which we are to become and not allow anyone, any political party or race for starters to stop us from achieving who we want to be. I look at Cleveland and wonder why we are under 400,000 people when the resources we have indicate we should have well over 3 million people in the entire city we are holding ourselves back with the lack of focus of what we want and the ways to go about getting there.
Folks, if we are going to do it, we must do it together and have one voice on how we are going to do it and then we will reach our awesome potential!!!
Friday, July 8, 2011
The Law of Attraction...
Do you ever come across people who no matter what happens they always seem to get the most negative meaning out of everything ?? These people seem to dislike the job they go to, the food they eat and the company they keep to just to name a few things. Conversely, you have those individuals who no matter what, they seem to look at things in the positive light. No matter what happens to them no matter if it's a death in the family, no matter if it's a loss of a job or if they are sick in any kind of way, these individuals will extract the positive and look at things in a way that it won't get them down for long or at all.
What has happened in the first scenario is called the law of attraction and these people seem to attract those people who feel the same way they feel. People who are depressed and oppressed about everything. They feel like someone is out to get them and feel that success is out of there reach so they paint a doom and gloom picture about anything and everything. These individuals have a mistrust of people who are successful and will do anything to stop someone from enjoying there success. This is part of what is plaguing NEO in several different areas.
First, we have become to complacent and caught in everyday life that we forget that the world is so much bigger than NEO. Alot of the people I am describing simply have not been anywhere or done anything to see this simple fact. As a result, we feel that the whole world feels or should feel the way we feel even though the world is so diverse . This is unfortunate because part of the problem is that these individuals are often exploited because they don't have anything to compare NEO to and therefore, don't understand that WE in NEO could be doing so much better if we indeed did open up and tried to explore and find out new things.
If we did find out new things we would see that we are being used by those who say they love us and want to take care of us. We would see that NEO has a much potential and resources and anywhere on the planet. For example, NEO has the biggest deposit of freshwater on the planet and the proper use of this precious resource could and would transform the region into ONCE AGAIN THE BEST LOCATION IN THE NATION. I have been to Houston, TX and I marvel at how the Oil and Gas Industry has transformed that region into the 4th biggest city in America and prosperous people everywhere. Houston didn't blink during the recession because of this precious resource. I got news for you folks. Houston would trade all the oil and gas in the world for access to that to that FRESHWATER!!!!
I am saying this we as people of NEO have to make it up in our mind in what we want and work each and everyday until get precisely that. No more of going with the wind and opposing everything just because you are afraid to make changes. This leads to complacency and isn't good for the region or for the individuals. Once we make it up in our minds we will use the law of attraction to surround ourselves with and things will start to happen. We will start to improve not only ourselves but, our neighbors as well. We will demand that our politicians are not only ethical but are competent in providing leadership and jobs in the way we want. It all has to start with YOU !!!! No one else can make this change.
What we can do in order to make the changes necessary to get us the right track:
Dress apart: Make sure you are clean and smelling good at all times. Do this no matter how you are feeling because people will take notice and you will start to feel good about yourself.
Read, Read and Read: Do this with things you love, however, understand that the world is huge and experiment with things that you never tempted or tried to like. Read about sports, religion, politics, business, etc. You never know what might pique your interest until you give it a chance. You will appreciate the vast variety of different people when you come across them as well.
Surround yourself with smart and positive people. These people will demand excellence out of you. You will start to mimic their success and the things that they do. You will ask questions for tough situations and they will use their experiences in order to help you and if they don't alot of the time they will know someone who knows how to respond in that given situation.
Take interest in what's surrounding and come up with ways to make it better. This will propel you to start thinking about the individuals who say they represent your best interest. You will find alot of the time that these individuals don't have your best interest in mind because if they did the work they have done would speak for itself. You will see that they are using the law of attraction in order to surround you with people who are negative and want you to feel that you can't think for yourself. They know that alot of people have limited experiences and therefore, exploit you to believe that if you elect them then they will do x, y and z for you
Ask yourself, do these individuals have the background to be able to pull off what they say they can do?? Let's look at previous track records, use the law of attraction in order to evaluate them. Do the people who endorse these individuals do it because they are the best or if these individuals going to do what they want wants they get into office??
Stop looking at successful people and entities as being evil because they are in fact successful Alot of times these individuals know something or have a skill that this very useful and it would be wise for all of us to learn whatever we can from these individuals. Not saying you have to agree with everything but, I find successful people more often than not willing and able to explain and show how they got that way.
These are just a few ways that we can use the power of the law of attraction to turn around not only our own lives but our area as well.
What has happened in the first scenario is called the law of attraction and these people seem to attract those people who feel the same way they feel. People who are depressed and oppressed about everything. They feel like someone is out to get them and feel that success is out of there reach so they paint a doom and gloom picture about anything and everything. These individuals have a mistrust of people who are successful and will do anything to stop someone from enjoying there success. This is part of what is plaguing NEO in several different areas.
First, we have become to complacent and caught in everyday life that we forget that the world is so much bigger than NEO. Alot of the people I am describing simply have not been anywhere or done anything to see this simple fact. As a result, we feel that the whole world feels or should feel the way we feel even though the world is so diverse . This is unfortunate because part of the problem is that these individuals are often exploited because they don't have anything to compare NEO to and therefore, don't understand that WE in NEO could be doing so much better if we indeed did open up and tried to explore and find out new things.
If we did find out new things we would see that we are being used by those who say they love us and want to take care of us. We would see that NEO has a much potential and resources and anywhere on the planet. For example, NEO has the biggest deposit of freshwater on the planet and the proper use of this precious resource could and would transform the region into ONCE AGAIN THE BEST LOCATION IN THE NATION. I have been to Houston, TX and I marvel at how the Oil and Gas Industry has transformed that region into the 4th biggest city in America and prosperous people everywhere. Houston didn't blink during the recession because of this precious resource. I got news for you folks. Houston would trade all the oil and gas in the world for access to that to that FRESHWATER!!!!
I am saying this we as people of NEO have to make it up in our mind in what we want and work each and everyday until get precisely that. No more of going with the wind and opposing everything just because you are afraid to make changes. This leads to complacency and isn't good for the region or for the individuals. Once we make it up in our minds we will use the law of attraction to surround ourselves with and things will start to happen. We will start to improve not only ourselves but, our neighbors as well. We will demand that our politicians are not only ethical but are competent in providing leadership and jobs in the way we want. It all has to start with YOU !!!! No one else can make this change.
What we can do in order to make the changes necessary to get us the right track:
Dress apart: Make sure you are clean and smelling good at all times. Do this no matter how you are feeling because people will take notice and you will start to feel good about yourself.
Read, Read and Read: Do this with things you love, however, understand that the world is huge and experiment with things that you never tempted or tried to like. Read about sports, religion, politics, business, etc. You never know what might pique your interest until you give it a chance. You will appreciate the vast variety of different people when you come across them as well.
Surround yourself with smart and positive people. These people will demand excellence out of you. You will start to mimic their success and the things that they do. You will ask questions for tough situations and they will use their experiences in order to help you and if they don't alot of the time they will know someone who knows how to respond in that given situation.
Take interest in what's surrounding and come up with ways to make it better. This will propel you to start thinking about the individuals who say they represent your best interest. You will find alot of the time that these individuals don't have your best interest in mind because if they did the work they have done would speak for itself. You will see that they are using the law of attraction in order to surround you with people who are negative and want you to feel that you can't think for yourself. They know that alot of people have limited experiences and therefore, exploit you to believe that if you elect them then they will do x, y and z for you
Ask yourself, do these individuals have the background to be able to pull off what they say they can do?? Let's look at previous track records, use the law of attraction in order to evaluate them. Do the people who endorse these individuals do it because they are the best or if these individuals going to do what they want wants they get into office??
Stop looking at successful people and entities as being evil because they are in fact successful Alot of times these individuals know something or have a skill that this very useful and it would be wise for all of us to learn whatever we can from these individuals. Not saying you have to agree with everything but, I find successful people more often than not willing and able to explain and show how they got that way.
These are just a few ways that we can use the power of the law of attraction to turn around not only our own lives but our area as well.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Why we are in this position today...
Cleveland and NEO finds itself in the position today of Massive foreclosures, poor schools, extremely limited job opportunities, massive population loss and the loss of many businesses for a variety of reasons but, mostly do to the fact the people of NEO refuse to CHANGE!!!!!
Change can be a scary thing especially if you haven't done the proper research and analysis to know what you're planning to change to but, on the other hand change is necessary and at times demanded in order to get the desired results wanted and needed. You might ask, when is change demanded?? I would reply that change is demanded when what you have been doing doesn't seem to be working and the alternative is keep getting frustrated with repeated failures or CHANGE the way you think, your behavior and/or actions. This is the lesson that seems to be lacking with the people of NEO. I say this because our mindset has to change in order for the region to prosper and realize the awesome potential the region has. Once this change occurs we will begin to change our behavior, by this we will start to demand certain things on not only ourselves but, from those around us. Finally, our actions will change because we will start to see the results of the positive changes of our mindset and our behavior in how we think and how we look at things. We will be to realize that the status quo is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!
You will start look at those officials who say they represent you as only servants for themselves and the parties that they serve and see thru the obvious schemes they play in order for you to keep them in power so they be a gatekeeper for the one's that come after them. You will also see that how our inability to let go of the past makes it difficult to recruit athletes and makes Cleveland and NEO not the most desirable place for athletes to come. It will take alot of CHANGE folks, it won't be easy but, you will love the new NEO, WELCOME!!!
Change can be a scary thing especially if you haven't done the proper research and analysis to know what you're planning to change to but, on the other hand change is necessary and at times demanded in order to get the desired results wanted and needed. You might ask, when is change demanded?? I would reply that change is demanded when what you have been doing doesn't seem to be working and the alternative is keep getting frustrated with repeated failures or CHANGE the way you think, your behavior and/or actions. This is the lesson that seems to be lacking with the people of NEO. I say this because our mindset has to change in order for the region to prosper and realize the awesome potential the region has. Once this change occurs we will begin to change our behavior, by this we will start to demand certain things on not only ourselves but, from those around us. Finally, our actions will change because we will start to see the results of the positive changes of our mindset and our behavior in how we think and how we look at things. We will be to realize that the status quo is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!
You will start look at those officials who say they represent you as only servants for themselves and the parties that they serve and see thru the obvious schemes they play in order for you to keep them in power so they be a gatekeeper for the one's that come after them. You will also see that how our inability to let go of the past makes it difficult to recruit athletes and makes Cleveland and NEO not the most desirable place for athletes to come. It will take alot of CHANGE folks, it won't be easy but, you will love the new NEO, WELCOME!!!
Beautiful North East Ohio( NEO)
Being a native Clevelander, I am very proud of where I am from. I have learned alot and see the awesome potential of not only Cleveland but, all of North East Ohio.
I see a beautiful lakefront, I see World class Hospitals, world class symphony, we have world class educational institutions. Soon we are to have a downtown casino, a world class medical mart and a new convention center to go along with our outstanding museums thoughout the region. We also have a history of having tremendous manufacturing. We have three tremendous professional sports teams that we all should be proud of.
This blog will be highlight our outstanding assets but, the places where we must do things differently in order to become the awesome place NEO can be. It will take changes and at times massive changes in not only how we think but in our actions.
I am looking forward to this journey with you and at the end we will welcome a whole new NEO, Enjoy !!!!
I see a beautiful lakefront, I see World class Hospitals, world class symphony, we have world class educational institutions. Soon we are to have a downtown casino, a world class medical mart and a new convention center to go along with our outstanding museums thoughout the region. We also have a history of having tremendous manufacturing. We have three tremendous professional sports teams that we all should be proud of.
This blog will be highlight our outstanding assets but, the places where we must do things differently in order to become the awesome place NEO can be. It will take changes and at times massive changes in not only how we think but in our actions.
I am looking forward to this journey with you and at the end we will welcome a whole new NEO, Enjoy !!!!
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