I hope you all have enjoyed a happy Easter even though many of us are still dealing with damage caused by severe weather. Many in Missouri and North Carolina are faced with completely rebuilding their lives because of tornadoes.

Unfortunately as so many are rebuilding, Obama still seems determined to transform the United States and force his radical changes down our throats. Gas prices hit $5/gallon in Chicago this morning and instead of blaming his shutdown on drilling, Obama wants us to blame the oil companies for being greedy. As long as Obama wants to destroy the oil and coal companies, we had better get prepared for the worst. The price of gas is expected to keep rising.

There are abundant untapped oil and gas deposits in the United States that can be safely extracted but our current government still blocks production. Shell Oil has just announced cancellation of plans to drill in Alaska this summer because of excessive government regulations. I don’t think any of us object to alternative energies that improve efficiency and price but right now the alternative methods just aren’t there yet.

Obama’s war against gas and coal is bad enough but his political manipulation of the economy is now a national debt crisis. Last week Standard and Poors lowered their outlook on United States debt from stable to negative. Whatever steps Congress takes to try to control the president’s spending, we will start noticing higher prices on many items in June if not sooner. A lot of food items are already showing substantial increase in price.

Keep aware of the changing economy and plan ahead the best you can to avoid as much pain as possible. I’m not optimistic about the current Congress stopping Obama’s radical policy before the 2012 elections.

It is especially important for you to stay aware of price increases and inflation if you are already on a fixed income like many on the senior side of 50. A little planning may prevent you from having to do without things you may need later.

I’m not trying to alarm you but I do hope you will keep aware and be prepared for unpleasant changes later.

Best regards,

Charles Moore

Although it looks like we’re all going to enjoy a beautiful spring of this year, I hear that this summer is going to hit us with some unpleasant challenges.

We are already dealing with price shock at the gas prompts. The day Obama became president, gas prices were $1.44 per gallon and as of April 4, 2011 gas prices were $3.68 per gallon. With all the unrest in the Mideast, future oil supplies are uncertain and prices are reflecting it. What is infuriating is that Obama still prevents our oil companies from drilling. We have abundant sources for oil in the United States and the technology to safely drill for it but it seems Obama prefers to let prices spike to the point he can force his green energy experiments down our throats.

It seems that we better be ready to suffer through unnecessary high prices for gas until we can elect a president who doesn’t plan to destroy US oil and coal companies. Unfortunately these current high gas costs will also raise the prices of everything else we buy that has to be shipped to the stores. I’m sure you’ve already noticed the increase in grocery prices recently.

Last week, the head of Walmart stated that he is already seeing significant price increases in the goods Walmart is buying for the summer season. He predicts that we will start feeling this inflation everywhere as soon as June.

On the positive side, the economy does seem to be making some modest gains and some of the politicians are admitting that government policies are doing too much harm to our economy. We will need to be prepared for a rough economy and high prices until we can change leadership with the 2012 elections but at least the public and some of the politicians are already demanding changes.

I’m not trying to ruin your mood during this pleasant spring weather but I do hope you will plan ahead so that radical politicians and high prices won’t spoil your summer plans.

No matter what part of the country you live in or even which country you live in, you most likely had to deal with some sort of severe weather over the holidays. If you didn’t have snow, mud slides, floods, tornadoes and or brutal cold, you were very lucky.

Here we had our first white Christmas in 120 years. Plus I’ve been dealing with a plumbing problem all week that I believe is going to get the best of me. At least I haven’t had crocodiles swimming into my house like some in flooded areas of Australia.

With a start like this it’s got to mean things are going to get better in 2011. Today a new U.S. Congress takes control and promises to stop the insane spending of the past two years. Conservatives pledge to repeal the government takeover of health care which is already proving to be a massive failure. Over 250 companies have already been granted waivers from Obamacare to prevent them from having to cancel health care for their employees and the plan hasn’t even taken full effect yet.

Another promising indicator is that the private sector added 297,000 new jobs after the extension of the Bush tax cuts was approved. If reckless government spending stops and companies regain the confidence to hire employees, the economy may rebound quicker than we expected.

There are still many serious problems that we need to deal with this year but hopefully our new representatives will keep the promises they made to get elected and make our nation more prosperous for all of us. It will be a pleasant surprise if we all get the happy new year we wished for a few days ago.

This has been a hectic holiday season already. Since the elections, most of us are wondering how much the economy will improve in 2011 or if it will continue to flounder.

With the new Congress I am optimistic that we will see government intimidation start to ease and the economy showing signs of growth and progress again. It’s sad to see how many liberals are so rabid to promote class warfare to punish the rich instead of promoting free enterprise and getting people back to work.

As I write this, Democrat Senators are loading their version of the tax bill with billions of dollars of pork payoffs for their special interests. Harry Reid is leading the charge so he can pay off the casinos and unions for getting him enough votes to stay in DC for another term. There is even an add-on for rum companies in Puerto Rico. There is so much controversy surrounding this bill that Obama has even called in Bill Clinton to get him out of trouble.

If the tax bill doesn’t pass before January 1 unemployment extensions will also be delayed. Whatever the Democrats do between now and January 1 things should start to improve with the new year, though I’m sure it will be a battle.

On top of the political storm, much of the country is now facing severe winter weather to make Christmas shopping and travel even more of a challenge. I hope that these political games and crazy weather will not spoil any of your family’s Christmas plans.

Enjoy the holidays and look forward to a better new year. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

I had a very strange morning last Thursday. I was driving to the other side of town on some routine errands on one of our busier four-lane surface streets. As I passed through an intersection I noticed two police cars on the other side of the road, one off the side of the road and the other stopped in the middle of the street. It was the last day of September and traffic was heavier than usual, so I had to keep moving but nothing other than the police cars seemed unusual.

I had just driven about 200 yards when I saw what they were waiting for. Over a hill came a procession of police cars with all their flashers on but no sirens. Then as all the other cars tried to move out of their way, I noticed a blue Acura kept slowly winding through the other cars. I could barely see the driver’s head behind the steering wheel.

I counted eight police cars slowly following and knew there were at least two more waiting just ahead. From what I saw I thought it was a slow speed chase that we see on television so often. It wouldn’t last long, not only was the driver headed toward denser traffic, he was also approaching police headquarters. As I drove on, two more police cars passed with lights and sirens blasting, that put my count to 12 police cars. I thought it seemed like a lot for just some slow chase but went on with my errands.

About 30 minutes later I was back in my car and heard over the radio the police had been after an armed bank robber. Our police had enough notice to completely block the robber as he got closer to the town center. He pulled into a shopping center and as police approached his car, he shot himself in the head.

It only took eight minutes from the first 911 call for our police to locate and stop the man. They did their job well and no one was hurt except the bank robber and that was by his own hand.

Authorities are still trying to learn about this man but right now all we know is that he was 32 years old, single, lived about 50 miles away and had been unemployed for several years. He had never been in any type of serious trouble before this. It’s sad for anyone to end up this desperate but thankfully he didn’t harm anyone else.

I’m sure you’ll agree it was a memorable morning for me but why should you be concerned? Well, I just saw a report on Fox News that stated there are currently 14.9 million people currently unemployed in the United States. In 2009, 5.1% of the US workforce was made up of illegal aliens and Obama seems more concerned about benefits for these illegal aliens and open borders than he is about jobs and security for legal US citizens. He still has a moratorium in force that prevents US companies from drilling in the Gulf which puts thousands of oil workers out of work and also affects many others who depend on their business for a living. This is after two separate federal judges have ruled against the legality of this moratorium.

In addition, the immigration problems along our southern border seem to get worse and more violent each day. Mexican drug “Pirates” reportedly shot and killed a US citizen on lake Falcon which straddles the border between Texas and Mexico just last week. Phoenix, Arizona is now claimed to be the kidnapping capital of the world due to the illegal immigration problems. This flood of illegals is not only a problem for law enforcement but causes a major drain on our economy and employment opportunities. Yet the Obama administration behaves as if border security does not deserve their attention.

Many US citizens are currently facing economic and employment situations that cause them to be concerned and worried about their futures. They need help from leaders who want to encourage business and job growth not those who dream up schemes to confiscate the wealth of successful corporations and business owners.

Please keep in mind this sense of desperation so many are living with now when you vote in November. It’s time to return to opportunity and reject repression. Too many good people are unemployed and frustrated due to misguided attempts to “fundamentally transform”  our nation. We all deserve better.

Everyone agrees that the mortgage crisis has caused the near failure of our banking system. Many banks or financial institutions have failed or been absorbed by government directed takeovers. This economic crisis has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs, caused unbelievable losses in real estate and forced  a horrifying number of mortgage foreclosures. There have also been many well planned and hard earned retirement plans wrecked which I know has been a very painful reality for so many of us already over 50.

We have all been living through this nightmare for the last 2 years and I’m sure these facts are not news to you. The real blame for the problem has been argued since the crisis became evident.  The November Midterm elections this year may be the most important for this country’s future since the Constitution was enacted and I want you to have a clear knowledge of how we got to the situation that now exists.

The following video shows what happened in 2004 when a banking inspector warned the House Banking Committee of the problems he had discovered at Fannie Mae and the troubling actions of Frank Raines.

As each day passes and more oil spills into the Gulf, it is becoming evident that Obama intends to take advantage of this crisis to advance his personal agenda. Obama has made a number of references that this crisis requires us to transform our basic energy structure.

Day three of the spill the Dutch offered assistance of special skimmer ships which can pick up 20,000 tons of sludge a day, yet at day 65 Obama still refuses the offer. Europeans claim that they could clean up the oil in four months on their own and with US assistance only three months. However Obama chooses a nine-month plan without outside help.

On June 22, a federal judge in Louisiana reversed a six-month moratorium on all drilling when it was discovered that the recommendations of a board of experts investigating the situation had been misrepresented by the government. Even so, the Interior Department pledges they will get the drilling ban back in force as soon as possible.

It’s sad that people in power are willing to do so much damage to the Gulf Coast and so many thousands whose jobs depend on the oil industry to manipulate this crisis for political advantage. The federal government has even stopped dredging operations to protect the Louisiana coast because they didn’t like where the sand was dredged. They even shut down a skimmer ship because its life preservers were not the right type.

It’s a shame when an accident as serious as this occurs that our federal government appears to be trying to prolong the problem and delay those who are most desperate to repair the damage and put their lives back together.

It seems that as it becomes obvious that Obama’s policies go against the desires of the majority of our population, he wants to limit the amount of information you can access. In a graduation speech at Hampton College, he stated he thought people are receiving more information than is good for them. The truth is that the people receive more information than is good for Obama.

The old saying that you can’t fool all the people all the time is starting to seriously interfere with Obama’s plans. Too many good people are out of work and in financial distress while Obama keeps increasing the national debt like he’s in some kind of contest. Yet Obama doesn’t seem to regret his actions but does resent the voters being so aware of what he is doing.

Obama’s pledge for a transparent government seems to have died when he took the oath of office. Some early elections and primaries for the November elections are reflecting dissatisfaction with Obama and the current Democrats. Most US citizens still want a constitutional government that serves us not rules us.

Barack Obama wants government to have more control, for example government run health care. To control information to the public, Obama rarely speaks without reading a script from a teleprompter and has recently been issuing taped videos to control the message and avoid questions. Even at a Press Freedom Act event, he refused to answer questions from the press.

Another recent move is to redefine the Internet as a “telecommunication” system instead of an “information” system to give the FCC power to regulate information on the Internet. This is one more example of more government control and less freedom.

Now that Obama has made it clear that he wants to control the auto industry, banking industry, Wall Street and even the flow of information, it is up to the voters to decide what type of government you want to have. The elections are in November.

It’s up to you.

My last post was about the opportunity available for anyone with a computer connected to the internet to make money online. I realize that online marketing will not appeal to everyone but with the state of the economy and the job market, I also know many are desperate to find a source of honest income.

I had not finished the last post long before I found a blog post by one of my favorite experts detailing another method of making money online. Again though, this is no magic get rich quick idea or push button automatic system. You can make a lot of money but your results will be related to your efforts and persistence.

The author of this blog is Lynn Terry and she has made a very successful living on the internet for 13 years. Lynn knows what she is doing and she genuinely enjoys helping others. This post lists the steps necessary to start earning income as an affiliate and also links you to more resources for additional information. It is also targeted for beginners and is titled; How To Make Money Online (For Beginners) .

This method is also effective regardless of your age and does not require any significant cost to get started. It is an opportunity available to anyone who is willing to do the work necessary to be successful.

Lynn also refers you to additional entries on various steps to making money as an affiliate so you can get a detailed explanation of this process to earn income. I’m certain you will find this information well worth your time. Lynn is a great teacher if you are willing to learn.

For the information simply click; How To Make Money Online.

Best regards,

Charles Moore

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4 million jobs were lost in 2009 according to government data and experts claim unemployment is expected to remain near 10% for 2 or 3 more years. Certain states are already above the 10% level and getting worse.

These are bad times for most of us and many have their backs to the wall through no fault of their own. Unfortunately, it seems our nation’s leaders are more interested in raising taxes and bailouts than policies that will rebuild job growth.

I’m not trying to unduly alarm you here but give you some encouragement. Since you are reading this you already have the skills and resources to earn extra income over the internet. This is no “get rich quick” scheme or some pyramid scam. You can choose the path that best suits you, I’m just going to recommend a method that many who are willing to do the necessary work have found successful.

A Simple Technique To Make Money Online

Whether you only need to earn a few extra dollars to supplement your retirement or if you need to completely replace your income, it is possible with internet marketing but you will need to do the necessary work and have a good plan to follow.

A successful online marketer, Jennifer Ledbetter (Pot Pie Girl), has written a free report that shows people one method they can use to start earning money online. She describes it as “A simple technique to make money online on your time”.

She explains her process step by step and shows you how to get started using completely free resources. Her instructions are easy for anybody to follow and you can have a sales system running as soon as you complete the steps she explains. If you follow the steps as she shows you, it is possible to start getting results pretty quickly.

Her report is called the DAM Report. This guide is effective and free. You will learn how you can make money online without any significant cost to you.

To learn more, simply click DAM Report. Whether you try it or not, you’ll be impressed with how she shows you step by step to get set up and how much information she provides in this report. Some of you may just find the report to be impressive information but others may find it to be a financial lifeline in this difficult economy.

As shopping over the internet continues to become easier and more secure, more people are taking advantage of its convenience and this trend keeps growing. Shoppers can not only find hard to locate items but they can compare prices from various sellers to get the best price. Research forecasts that online retail spending will increase from $95 billion in 2006 to $144 billion in 2010.

This situation allows those who will learn effective methods of internet marketing, the opportunity to earn a little or a great deal while working on the schedule they choose. There are even some doing things the hard way and still making a good living from the internet, but many more fail if they don’t work smart.

There is no one path you have to follow, but there are various methods that can function on auto-pilot and continue to generate a steady stream of income to provide you with a better retirement. My point is that the opportunity is there and available to you regardless of your age.

Although many of the “internet superstars” charge a small fortune to share their methods, there are also many very successful marketers who will share the information to build a successful business at a price anyone can afford. So there is no reason that anyone who really wants to earn income online can’t find the information and guidance they need.

The purpose of this message is to inform you of effective and affordable programs that can simply supplement your retirement or possibly change your life.

Many can make a great deal of money online but don’t look at this as a “get rich quick” scheme or you will most likely wind up disappointed. If you will make sure that the people you take advice from are reputable and you do the necessary work to build a good foundation, you can earn an online income that can make your retirement much more enjoyable. If you really want to apply these methods to the max, you could realize your dreams or you may simply want to take a little financial pressure off your shoulders.

These aren’t get rich quick or make easy money schemes. You will need to do some hard work but the opportunity is there regardless of your age for you to use as you wish.

Whatever you do, I hope your life after fifty is happy and everything you hoped it would be.

Best regards,

Charles Moore

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