Clooney said the same thing I said back on November 4

Here it is:
OBAMA PRESIDENCY NOT APPRECIATED

Obama pulled the country out of disaster, unemployment is low, he passed equal pay for women act, but Republicans have rejected it. | The GDP has leaped forwards to 4.6% | Gas prices are below $3, how many people will thank him during the thanksgiving and Christmas holidays | Home foreclosures have gone down | 10 million new jobs have been created | Budget deficit is in checks | He will leave a good solid infrastructure of roads and bridges to last for another 30 years | Imagine the Romney presidency, he would have bombed Iran, but screwed American to the end, he would have finished the wreck Bush left, thanks to Obama for saving Americans from another disaster.

Obama has an impressive record but his folks did not make a big deal out of these and let themselves run down by the Republicans. http://centerforamericanpolitics.blogspot.com/2014/11/bad-news-for-america.html

Bad News for America

As the counting had begun, I wrote the following posts on the Facebook

CONGRATULATIONS

• Gregg Abbot - though I did not vote for you, you are the governor. Your statements about women were not polished at all, and I am surprised Texas women voted for you. Hell, you are the governor, just behave. 

• Wendy Davis, it was a good effort, a Democrat would have been better for the sake of women's rights. There is the next time; it is a significant achievement for your party. Don't wait for three more years, begin your campaign now. 

• John Cronyn, I did not vote for you, but hope you serve our great state of Texas
• Kenny Marchant,  I voted for you, congratulations keep us represented well
• Pete Sessions, my support has been there for you will continue, congratulations
• Louis Gohmert – I am surprised at your win, you are an embarrassment to Texas
• Mark Veasey – Congratulations, you have the sincerity to serve your constituents
• Eddie Bernice Johnson – Congratulations, you are the longest serving congressperson
• Keith Ellison, congratulations, it’s a great victory against the bigot Daggett.
• Michelle Bachman – good riddance, glad not to see your name.
• Mitch McConnel -A reluctant congratulations, just be graceful to the people for giving you a chance. Don't F_up things that are in place, just empty your hate for Obama, show some respect for the current president, if not how can you expect Americans to respect you.

Man it feels, good to be independent - to be able to congratulate both Republican and Democratic candidates and chew them out too.

Rush Limbaugh has said (2012), that  a Good republican cannot even say good things about Obama and he did not like John Huntsman for praising Obama. He defined a good republican to be an asshole. That is the kind of creepiness creeping into the party. 

Well, I am proud to be an American - it is a great tradition to watch the winners and the losers graceful acknowledge each other

BAD NEWS FOR AMERICA

I am saddened with the outcomes, we the people will lose out in the next two years.  We are making a mistake in giving both the houses to the same party. The assholes will become arrogant and pass crazy bills, remembers all the wars and bad things have happened when both the houses were with the same party – either Republican or Democrat.

Senate 47 v 42- Republicans just need 4 out of the 11 to get the majority.
House 176 v 102 – Republicans need 42 seats and they will get it.
Prayer is all we can do – God bless America

I was hoping the Senate to remain with Democrats and house with Republicans – they need to work, they need to debate and fight on every bill instead of dunking it. Americans will lose out with this scenario. We have to be responsible to keep checks and balances in place.  Never again should we give them a pass.

DEMOCRATS ARE DONE FOR 2 YEARS

At this moment, Republicans got 51 senate seats and 218 house seats!

Tomorrow, Mitch McConnell will be out on the path of destruction. I am afraid; we will face some nasty decisions in the next two years - We made the mistake of giving both the houses to the same party - Never again! God save America.

They are anxious to bomb Iran and weaken America, all the good we have achieved together as Americans will be torn up. They will pile up the budget deficits and finish America. Those SOB' have nothing to lose, it is the average American, that is you and I who would lose. We have to be guardful of them now. God Bless America!

OBAMA PRESIDENCY NOT APPRECIATED

Obama pulled the country out of disaster, unemployment is low, he passed equal pay for women act, but Republicans have rejected it. | The GDP has leaped forwards to 4.6% | Gas prices are below $3, how many people will thank him during the thanksgiving and Christmas holidays | Home foreclosures have gone down | 10 million new jobs have been created | Budget deficit is in checks | He will leave a good solid infrastructure of roads and bridges to last for another 30 years | Imagine the Romney presidency, he would have bombed Iran, but screwed American to the end, he would have finished the wreck Bush left, thanks to Obama for saving Americans from another disaster.

Obama has an impressive record but his folks did not make a big deal out of these and let themselves run down by the Republicans.

Mike Ghouse, independent voter

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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, food and foreign policy. He is commentator on Fox News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post.  All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are atwww.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. 

Who is the right candidate to vote, here is the answer

Whoever aligns with your own thoughts is the right candidate for you, and you must VOTE to see that person is elected.  Who do I align with the most?

This quiz will help you determine to go Republican, Democrat or Independent.  http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz

Mike Ghouse, Independent voter
http://centerforamericanpolitics.blogspot.com/  or www.facebook.com/CenterforAmericanpolitics 

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Thank you
mike
Mike Ghouse
(214) 325-1916 text/talk
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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, food and foreign policy. He is commentator on Fox News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post.  All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day. 

I voted today, early voting on 10.31.14

It was a smooth process!  I asked Google, “Where do I vote today” – it responded with the address of Marsh Lane Baptist Church on Royal at Marsh Ln, that is where I went.

Had a nice conversation with the folks in the line and inside the voting room, I sought permission from the precinct Judge to take pictures and here are a few.  It was all efficient… within a few minutes it was all done.

Outside the building,   I talked to people if they went straight party line or chose the individuals – the answer was pleasant – all the 14 people responded that they chose to vote individually.  That’s how it should be, voting for the individual and that takes time to go through the entire list, if you chose party, it is just one single click.  I hope it is a trend!  How did you vote?

Among the biggies, I voted Wendy, Alameel – democrats and Marchant – a Republican and then for the state representative and senator I went with Democrats but among judges, went with the Republicans I knew, others went democrat. I was surprised with a page full of names of only Democrat judges on the ballot without contest; the same was with Republican judges on some pages.  That easy?
 
I have always shared who I voted. We don’t need to play games to be politically correct, you are who you are, and I am who I am and we need to learn to accept each other. If someone does not like you for the way you voted, and don’t want to be friends, their friendship was shallow anyway, and I say good riddance.

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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, food and foreign policy. He is commentator on Fox News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post.  All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.
 

Republican no more, going independent

It was written on 10/30/2014

Republican No More

It is one of the most difficult decisions of my life to quit being a Republican. The more people I talk to, the more confident I feel that the GOP has completely lost the anchor values it was built upon and the extremists have crept in and ruined it beyond repair.   I have written over a hundred pieces about this, and all of them are listed in the links at http://CenterforAmericanPolitics.blogspot.com and www.TheGhousediary.com

Finally, I have chosen to go independent. I am an American, and my loyalty is to America, and not the party. I am not a Republican anymore,  nor will I be a Democrat. There are enough independents out there who choose the candidates based on the good they can do for America, all of America and not just a segment of America, I would rather be free than bounded by party politics.  

Why did I choose to go independent?

I have been debating about remaining with Republican party ever since Bush and his cronies lied to the American Public about WMD, sacrificed over 5000 American men and women for no good reason,   and in the process terrorized and killed nearly half a million innocent Iraqi’s and Afghans.

If an individual wraps bombs to his waist and kills a busload of people, we rightfully call him a terrorist; however, if a head of a Democratic nation wraps missiles on our jets and bombs hundreds of thousands of people, we let him hide behind the word “war”, as if it makes him less of a terrorist." 

The debates in mid-term 2006 elections and again in 2008 were shameful.  There was no Republican in the forefront who would talk about peace – everyone was eager to bomb and terrorize others; it was sickening to hear McCain, Romney and the other insignificant men and women in the Presidential debates. They wanted Americans to support them based on hating and harming someone or the other, it was demoralizing to hear them all.  How can we fall for such stupidity? Have we lost our ability to see through the destruction they were causing to America?

Millions of Americans lost their jobs causing thousands of divorces, home, and business foreclosures, people lost insurance and several died for lack of it. Half a million innocent foreigners were massacred for no good reason, and thousands of women were put on the street to sell flesh.  Thanks to the immorality caused by our president.  The Middle East was a pretty stable region except for the Israel Palestine conflict – the Bush invasion gave birth to every damned conflict and the evil we see in the ISIS.

The Nation had a surplus when Clinton left, and in 8 years Bush screwed America by piling up $10 Trillion in the budget deficit.  Yuck, there was no accountability for the wrongdoing.

I shudder at the thought of Romney Presidency, he was too eager to Bomb Iran, too anxious to please his buddies Netanyahu and McCain. Of course, he had nothing to lose and does not give a flip about the 47% of the Americans. He would have completed the destruction of America that Bush had left unfinished.  There would have been massive unemployment, divorces, home and business foreclosures, increased crime rate and an unbearable budget deficit.

Yet there was no significant dissent among Republicans, what do I take – that Republicans are war, mongers? They are a bunch of gutless obedient conformists, and I am not, and don’t belong there.

I was sick of being a lone ranger in peace meetings, interfaith meetings, and other community service meetings, peace talks are anathema to the Republicans and rarely do you find them in peace meetings.

They don’t know nothing about biology or mathematics or polls and have made the dumbest remarks about these issues.

They are opposed to same-sex marriages – opposed to women making their own decisions about abortion. Do they know the meaning of liberty? I mean the hotheads representing the party, and not the good for nothing conformists.

The turning point was when Republicans voted against equal pay for women. That was gutsy, and I hope the women will remember that.

They claim to stick to the constitution which is the biggest joke of the century and goes to prove their hypocrisy. Facebook is loaded with their bigotry- check out the postings of Republicans undermining the president indiscreet language.

This week, they are showing their loyalty to a foreign leader over our president, that is disgustingly unpatriotic. Shame on them.

This president has pulled the nation from the doldrums, despite the blatant opposition of Mitch McConnell and ugly acts of Ted Cruz and his racist father, blatantly going against him by declaring that he will oppose every bill Obama proposes and shutting down the government. Did any of the Republicans question that racist father Cruz who wanted to send Obama to Kenya; did anyone tell him to go to Cuba instead? Shame on us to give a pass to these radicals.

Thank God for Obama, gas prices are down and the average service person can afford to pay for a tank full of Gas. Unemployment will be low and by the time Obama is done he would have fully restored the economic prosperity that Americans enjoyed during the Clinton era, to be continued by another Clinton.   Obama will also leave a legacy of updated roads and bridges to last for two more decades.

We have to be open to immigration; this nation was built on immigrants. Sometimes the stinky Republican attitudes ( if the majority of Republicans did not approve that attitude, they did not condemn it either) and demonstrators at the border makes me wish, that the Native Americans had put an electric fence around America to prevent Columbus and his hordes from illegally entering America.

Most of the mistakes made by our government are when the house, senate, and the administration are all from the same party.  If we can wise up for the sake of America, and give the Senate to Democrats and house to Republicans, but not give them big majorities, the SOB’s will become arrogant.  Let them fight over the bills, debate extensively than slam dunk with a majority or go against each other. In the end, they will make good decisions for America with the checks and balances we build, it is in our hands.

Finally, I have chosen to go independent. I am an American, and my loyalty is to America, and not the party. I am neither a Republican nor will be a Democrat. There are enough independents out there who choose the candidates based on the good they can do for America, all of America and not just a segment of America, I would rather be free than bounded by party politics.

References, links to my articles on Obama, Romney, and some of the many stupid things

Republicans have said will all be at http://centerforamericanpolitics.blogspot.com/  and www.TheGhousediary.com

More below
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THINGS REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID ARE HARD TO DIGEST

• “I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created — in the sense of rape — but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you… rape victims should make the best of a bad situation.” Rick Santorum
   
• "Some girls rape easy.”  Roger Rivard
• “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways of shutting that whole thing down” Todd Akin
• "As president, I will create 12 million new jobs.” –and within 45 minutes he said this, ”Government does not create jobs. The government does not create jobs.” – Mitt Romney 
• “white men who are in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency,” according to an audio recording of his comments provided to CNN. […]” Lindsey Graham,
   
• “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” ~ George W. Bush
• “Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.” ~ Rep. Michele Bachmann
• ”Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.” ~ Rush Limbaugh
   
• “I went to a number of women’s groups and said: ‘Can you help us find folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.” ~ Mitt Romney
   
•  ”The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” ~ Pat Robertson ( do you remember a similar statement from a Saudi Cleric? He thought if women drive, they would become Lesbians - How stupid are these guys!
•   “If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” ~ George W. Bush
   
•  “Abortion Leads To Cancer, Birth Defects, And Everything  Else” – Richard Burgess
   
• “Evolution Is (Still) Out To Get Jesus” – Marco Rubio
   
• “Good Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.” ~ Jerry Falwell
• “How did [the Holocaust] happen? Because God allowed it to happen… because God said, ‘My top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back to the land of Israel.’ Hagee
• http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/12/16/60-ridiculously-stupid-republican-quotes/
   
• http://www.politicususa.com/2012/12/29/top-ten-dumbest-republican-quotes-2012.html
• http://www.uselections.com/tx/tx.htm  
• http://www.politics1.com/tx.htm  -  
• Quiz- How Republican or Democrat are you?
  http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz

Warning to Terrorists - the BIG red poster

CLICK ON THE RED POSTER TO VIEW IN FULL SIZE

The acronyms SOB, AH, BS and others are certainly uncouth, but they effectively communicate a purposeful message, hence I made that choice.  The Warning poster to Terrorist is a double edged sword and is at the bottom - the big red poster.

The following comments have been received against the poster below. 

1. “sometimes your brain goes on strike I guess”,
2. “Don’t jeopardize”
3. “Who gave you the authority to represent Muslims?”
4.  “Not appropriate and safe for you in today's hostile environment.”
5.  “this is a mindless drivel”
6. “You are not qualified to speak for Islam”
7.  “Do you think your severe warning will have any darn effect on these fanatics”
8. “I second it”
9. “it is appropriate response”.

In a learning environment, good thoughts and concrete ideas are developed with criticism and feedback; here is why this kind of response is needed. 

1. Don't bark at the religion for the acts of bad guys. Punishment is set for bad acts, to restore the trust in a given society. When a Rapist is running around in a neighborhood, everyone is apprehensive, but when the guy is caught and nailed, peace of mind is restored in the neighborhood. Instead of catching the guy, if we blame his raising, his family, his religion, his race or nation, and his imam, rabbi, pastor or pundit – we will not restore peace. I intend to aggressively communicate this idea, the right idea, and intend to speak at various law enforcement agencies as well as religious institutions.  
2. The criminal ought to know that he will be punished; we will not allow the poor alibi of religion, not at all. The Law enforcement and the media people also need to get this in their heads, the purpose of investigations and chasing the bad guys is to restore trust and not to aggravate by barking at a non-entity like Religion. The more you bark at criminal’s religion, race or ethnicity, the worse it gets. You cannot shoot, kill, hang, beat or bury the religion, then why bark at it?
   
3. 72 Virgins are promised. Both the terrorists and the communicators of the problem (Media and Politicians) to the world at large have gotten it wrong. The poor guy needs to be outraged at the recruiters that he was duped, and there are no 72 virgins waiting for him, instead the SOB will rot in Jail if we Americans get him, or killed mercilessly if he is caught by the opposite party. No Geneva conventions will be observed by either the terrorist or his chasers.  The Media needs to stop the BS of propagating the falsity with nothing to back up in the Qur'an. 
   
4. Both the criminal and the law enforcement (coupled with the media and politicians) must be aware that it is the Sin, and not the sinner we are after. The clarity should prevent us from being unjust.  We should not be abusive in disciplining or punishing the wrong doer. As a civil society, we cannot become the very evil we want to eradicate. 
    
5. We should seek the criminal to lead us to the source of recruiting material and the recruiters by mitigating his punishment. 
6. The Challenge to “read the right translation/interpretation” of Qur'an applies to both the criminal and the law enforcement. I am certain, the criminal will become a genuine repenter, and the law enforcement will not buy or propagate the dished out non-sense in the market or bark irrelevantly.

This is the right time to forge peace to the society in general, and American society in particular by boldly and loudly getting people to get the message, and i.e.,

I am being assertive, never has any Muslim or other communicated this so clearly and it is time we do that, thank God for the opportunities he has blessed us with to find solutions.   If I don't, no one will speak, and I sincerely hope many of us to speak up, do it on your own or join me.

It is time we separate the evil from good.

Bottom line is to free Islam and Muslims from the stupid stereotyping, and focus on punishing the bad guys and restoring trust in the society. 

  
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You SOB, you are the damned murderer, you messed up the peace, and your ass will nailed big time. 

Don’t give me the BS about your job, childhood, parents, kids, siblings, spouse, imam, rabbi, pastor or the pundit. You did it and you'll pay for it.

I am not stupid to buy in your argument that your religion made you do that, and then bark at the religion endlessly. AH, you are the bad guy and you are going to pay for it. I am here to restore justice in the society and not be detracted and scream at your religion like a stupid ass. I can hang you, shoot you, bury you and beat you up to restore justice and trust in the society, and that is my goal

 Note: Mr. Terrorist, I don't condemn you, it is your sin I condemn. If you claim to be a Muslim, just remember, those guys who recruited you, and cheated you with  false promises of Hoories and virgins in paradise were dead wrong. There is no such thing nor is it mentioned in Qur'an, instead you will rot in jail for life. Would you turn in your recruiters for cheating you? Would you read the correct translations of Qur'an, we might minimize your sentence? 

This should be the attitude of Law enforcement
Authorized by Mike Ghouse, World Muslim Congress.

Thank you
 
Mike Ghouse
(214) 325-1916 text/talk
www.WorldMuslimCongress.com  
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Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a commentator on Pluralism at work place, politics, religion, society, gender, race, culture, ethnicity, food and foreign policy. He is commentator on Fox News and syndicated Talk Radio shows and a writer at major news papers including Dallas Morning News and Huffington Post.  All about him is listed in several links at www.MikeGhouse.net and his writings are at www.TheGhousediary.com and 10 other blogs. He is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day

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