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11.27.09
Cancer Cure: Natural Cures May Heal More Than Is Commonly Recognized

The human body cures cancer every day. Cancer is not a tumor. A tumor is a mass of mutated cells that are the result of the body not ridding itself of old cells when new cells are produced. Cell production is a natural process that occurs every day to replace worn and used up cells. Most cells divide at a controlled rate and die off when they are supposed to (atoptsis), but when so many new cells are created there are some errors. These damaged cells divide at a faster rate than normal. This is cancer. About a million of these occur every day in the average body, but the body’s defenses eliminate the damaged cells, preventing or curing a potentially cancerous tumor. In short, cancer is simply a process where the mutated cells grow faster than the body’s ability to kill them. Eventually, these cells form a tumor.

11.23.09
Thanksgiving: What Do You Have To Be Thankful For?
Americans of all shapes, sizes, colors and ethnic heritages will come together on Thursday to celebrate that most American of Holidays, Thanksgiving. Originally conceived to celebrate the first year the Pilgrims survived in the New World, and coinciding with the final harvest of crops before the onset of winter, Thanksgiving has come to mean a celebration of all things American. The turkey, an all-American bird with the misfortune of having delicious meat, is the centerpiece of most holiday feasts. Accompanying the bird are other American staples of holiday fare; pumpkin pie, mince meat pie, stuffing for the bird (the variety of which is a regional thing), sweet potatoes, green-bean casserole, cranberry sauce and a host of other choices.
11.09.09
Healthcare Reform: Is The “Fix” In?

What is it about politicians that they all think they have to “reform” or “change” the systems they were elected to administer to . . . and a lot of things that they were not elected to manage, like businesses and healthcare.  The bloated bureaucracy in Washington, DC has a history of mismanaging nearly everything they touch, so what makes them think they can manage the healthcare of the USA, or General Motors, or Chrysler, or AIG, or CIT?

10.19.09
The Annoying Salesperson: What not to do to prospective customers

Annoy – (verb) to disturb or irritate, especially by repeated acts. The last thing any salesperson wants to do is to annoy a potential client, but that is often what they do by not following the rules of basic salesmanship. The sales presentation should consist of an opening, the product presentation, the summary and the close. The initial call becomes annoying when the salesperson isn’t prepared, disrespecting the time of the prospect, when they obviously haven’t researched the prospect’s needs and they become too pushy when trying to close. It is alright to offer alternatives as part of the close, but not to ignore the client’s signals to end the pitch

10.12.09
Of Taxes and Rightness
 That renowned Socialist, George Bernard Shaw, made a statement that is appropriate for our government’s approach as seen by a significant number of American (non) taxpayers, “The Government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” Another statement that is very appropriate is from Winston Churchill, “Trying to borrow oneself into prosperity is like standing in a basket and trying to pick oneself up by the handle.” Another timely statement is that the fall of an economic/government/social system is ordained when the populace learns that they can vote themselves all sorts of entitlements that others have to pay for . . .
10.07.09
For Sale, Cheap: America

The United States is being bought up by foreigners. It’s sort of like a rummage sale or a department store bargain basement. Investors are buying up US companies at a record pace and foreign governments are “buying up” the Federal Government through loans to finance Congressional and Presidential deficit spending and corporate bailouts. On one recent day, the stock market reported more than $14 billion in stock acquisitions, some of it in buyout deals by foreign financiers.