Jane Doe Chronicles

"Doctors opt-out on Medicare Patients, Banking Money Woe, Economic Correction"

JDC Bullet News Forecasts: Doctors are saying bye-bye, and changing the way they provide patient services.

Doctors are choosing to not service Medicare patients as Congressional cutbacks continue affecting their bottom-line.  The July 1st 10.6% cut has been delayed for another year, due to the physician's outcry hitting lawmakers on the Hill hard in this big election year.  They should be happy over the delayed reduction, since their plea for higher reimbursements is ignored.

The situation becomes critical for Medicare recipients as doctors elect to retire, even though there are many practicing well into their 70s.  It is a sad commentary as other physicians refuse to accept new patients.

A small percentage of doctors are testing the waters changing their practice to a yearly based fee of $1,000 to $1,500.  These doctors believe, cutting the bulk of their clients will allow them to spend more time with the patient and better serve those who can afford it.  I guess it is a two-way street. . .the doctor benefit: less patients - less work - less stress, and not having to deal with insurance areas in which they have to fight to get paid.

It is highly unlikely this would catch on throughout medical offices in the U.S., as the government should be monitoring any growth. so as not to cripple health care.

Banking Pain and Money Woes:

It's tough, but the bottom has not fallen out of the money industry.  A lot of foolish purchases and loans, commercial overbuilding, and greedy speculators are contributing factors to the painful money crunch. 

Stocks of one-third of the big banks is down more that 50%, while smaller banks are in a better position to be of assistance as they pickup the slack from big lenders who are becoming more demanding in their scrutinizing of customer loan qualifications and repayment capabilities, a procedure smaller institutions can't afford to overlook.

Money is available, but will be harder to get.  Now might be a good time to recheck your credit status and remove any errors.

Economy Happenings:

With home sales starting to creep along, exports enriching the economy, and speculation of oil drops quoted to $110.00 a barrel. . .a very slow recovering should start around the end of the year, despite the foreclosures which will affect the economy into 2009.

Our country has been overdeveloped and increased sales via the Internet is taking its toll on the economy affecting retail store closings into the thousands.

Everything goes up and everything always comes down.  We Americans live vicariously, foolishly pampering our whims and taking for granted the decades of prosperity, living for the now with an absence of common sense. . .and a desire for immediate gratification flying by a shoe string.

Despite what appears to be a bursting bubble, a major correction is at hand.  A preview warning for the future.  A chance to recoup and get it right.  It's called a learning curve!

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                                              CeCe Day Hill - Copyright (c) 2008
                                         Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                                 349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451- 1.815.485.4871
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News: "Medical Tourism Failing; Back to the Pennies of World War Two"

JDC Bullet News Forecasts:  What's new on the horizon of change and development?

*  Americans Sent Overseas for Medical Procedures:

This has got to be one of the wackiest ideas overall.  I understand how employers and insurers in the health-care industry may see this as a cost cutting attempt; a big time one at that.

America has exported jobs to places like India, China, and Thailand, so what is so ridiculous about outsourcing human health care to many of these same countries?  Unless one chooses to, why would an American covered under an insurance plan in the U.S. desire to travel abroad for medical procedures?

Agreed, the cost is about one-fifth of what it might be in the states, yet pros and cons exist on rising liability for botched surgeries, in addition to a significant inconvenience of unnecessary travel, quality of services and recovery time in a strange land away from family members.

Though this idea is not catching on insurers and employers aren't giving up.  They are seeing green dollar signs of savings.  Pressure on both fronts is quiet while they try to figure out how to market the idea so it will be easily accepted by Americans within the next five years.

*  Steel this steel that:

Steel metal, this 2008 will be used for more than construction.  One can find a new surge in jewelry designs. . .and now, Uncle Sam is getting into the act, potentially saving the government a significant amount of dough - mullah - cash, to the tune of 100 million dollars a year.

With significant increases in metal to manufacture our coinage, switching to steel with a clad alloy will bring down costs.  Presently it cost 1.26 cents to produce a penny - 7.7 cents to turn out a nickel.   The coins will look and feel the same in weight. 

For those who remember,  steel pennies were first used as a temporary fix during World War II to free up metal for the war effort.  Current  economics indicate something had to be done to deal with rising prices of copper, zinc and  nickel.  The government should be run like a business, with attention to  the bottom line.  In this case someone is paying attention.  Look for the new coins later this year after congressional approval.

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Politics: "Democratic Congress Plays Dirty Pool While Americans Suffer"

JDC COMMENTARY: Why is Congress stalling on the oil issue?  One guess. . .self-serving politics.

Democrats continue thumbing their noses while 75% of Americans want Congress to start making changes and stop hiding behind the rhetoric: "We can't drill our way out of this issue," as gasoline prices float from $145 dollars a barrel, to $118 today.  Bush's move on the removal of the moratorium on drilling in the U.S. has had its impat in addition to car trade-ins, lower driving patterns, and excess oil coming into the marketplace.  

According to Martin Kady of Politico.com, Democrat Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House is telling Dems behind closed doors, if it will help them in upcoming elections to appear independent on the energy and drilling issue, she will become the fall-guy stopping any legislation from coming up for a vote.

The Democrats on the Hill are desperate for an Obama win. Their stalemate tactics of not allowing drilling legislation to come to the floor for a vote has been ongoing since 2007.  There are fears,  legislators in Pelosi's own party who are for drilling could make passage of a bill feasible. Something she and her staunch supporter Democrat Harry Reid are against.

Congress has flip-flopped in a plethora of excuses why they can't take action on the issue of drilling since 1979. The excuses are the same. . .B.S., and politics as usual.

Congress has had 29 years since the last oil crisis to develop alternative options to make the U.S. reasonably independent of foreign oil, especially in lieu of domestic production here in the U.S. steadily dropping since 1940.  Evidently the access to inexpensive oil over the years has contributed to legislators lax in tackling the energy issue for future time.  It wasn't worth the effort.

Media buzz by pundits and independents resound in unison, Democrats are geared up to take over the White House at any cost. Stalling and doing nothing on the oil issue, in lieu of a November win after which they will take up the debate in the Spring session of 2009 on their own terms.

The reality: America needs to catch up with the rest of the world on energy. Businessman and billionaire T. Boone Pickens is investing billions of his own money to further develop the wind corridor from Florida to the Canadian border, which he states: "Could provide 20% of U.S. electric from wind power.

Boone agrees America must pursue ALL alternatives now including: drilling - improvement of U.S. coal processes as America has the largest, cheapest source in the world - start the 10 year development of nuclear energy, biogrades, solar and other renewable sources. 

Drillers Oceanic Technologies, indicate drilling offshore of the Atlantic Coast and The Gulf would take less than two years to provided gasoline at the pumps, a start of projected long-term goals according to Fox News Media.

This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. It affects us all at the pump, in our homes and our pocketbooks.

With the threat of Iran to block the Straight of Hormuz, where 50% of the world's oil in transported through, it's about time the American people came down hard on legislators.

Do you have a voter's voice or do you believe there is nothing you can do but suck-it-up? Can you live with the gas lines of 1979, gasoline monitoring, closed stations and sky rocketing heating bills? Legislators need to come back out of a five week vacation and work until the job is done, or lose their Congressional seat down the road.

Senator Nancy Pelosi knows Americans want drilling, but chooses to ignore the will of the people in favor of the Nancy Pelosi gotcha doctrine of arrogance.

This is a major election year. The squeaky wheel always gets the grease providing there is one that will squeak.  If you can live with the mess more power to you; if you can't what are you going to do?

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                                                          CeCe Day Hill - Copyright (c) 2008
                                                    Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                                    349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL. 60451 - 1.815.485.4871
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Poetry: Perlier Elariia Italian Garden of Delight

JDC Poetry:� In an unyielding world of stress, seek out an oasis of peace

Billowing swells of Tuscan winds kiss the narcissus sway .
That must have been made in heaven on another day
A nymph of narcissus pears through the stems
Inviting you within, to calming luxury of a magical world
She whispers oh so softly:
"Come, pamper yourself - rejuvenate your soul
In an oasis away from arms of a frantic world."
In the Perlier Elariia, Bath and Body Garden of Delight

Of treasures and mixed organics from the land of milk and honey
Of Italian Alps and mountain sides of pollinated purity
A rhapsody of raining sensuous moments and aromatic splendor
With soft bouquets of lavender mist, of peony notes, of verbena zest
Of frangipani-plumeria mysteries and decadent fruit sensations
Of childhood days, chocolate, and luscious floating vanilla flavors
Oh yes, alluring freshness of Double Latte and baby powder memories
In the Perlier Elariia, Bath and Body Garden of Delight

Therapies of lush caressing softness, beeswax and silky glows
Of Gardenia's feminine charm; of Orange Blossoms so bittersweet
Of Olive Oil and Figs, and Pink Grapefruit a tangy treat
With the light and airy Hemp of moisturizing pleasure
Of intoxicating sensual Mimosa of ancient sea-faring days
She whispers oh so softly:
"Come, pamper yourself - rejuvenate your soul"
In the Perlier Elariia, Bath and Body Garden of Delight

CeCe Day Hill
Copyright (c) 2008

News: "Rumbles in the Heartland of Bias Media Politics Will Insure a McCain Victory"

JDC Op-Ed:  No jump in polls on Obama's international tour.  Could it be because 76% of the Nation's polled voters believe the "trip" is nothing more than a photo-op?

Straight talk:  The American pot of public opinion is starting to heat up slowly like a percolating volcano, firing up for an explosive eruption as the media continues its premature coronation of Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate.

I hear it in the confines of little towns - I hear it in the restaurants - I hear it in the shoppes, wherever the voice of America congregates:  "What ever happened to fair representation?" 

The talk - the debate - the stories, 76% worth, are the same.  "Bias for Obama is Obvious," as expressed by Sgt. Greg Saganich (retired), U.S. Air Force, Riverside, Illinois as reported in Tuesday's July 22nd Chicago Sun-Times.

"How is it that John McCain visits Iraq and Afghanistan eight or more times and never gets your front page.  However, when the biggest left-wing liberal traitor to America, Barack Hussein Obama, visits the Middle East, he gets pages one, two and three?  Your bias toward Obama, though now anticipated and predictable, remains disgusting."

John McCain, the experienced political thoroughbred he is, is running neck and neck with the charismatic relaxed gravity of Barack Obama and his deeply inspirational message of hope, but whose achievements are mostly in his future.

McCain continues to move with a conscious but quiet assurance gaining strides, as Barack Obama's move is the backed media darling; a media whose desire is to see him elected, though his background of being a reformer does not comport with the reality of his past political record or the rhetoric of his present.

The opinion that counts . . . is the one at home, made by Americans at the ballot box, attempting to choose the best qualified person to run their democracy and secure their freedom.

The quality of a man's character is in his past. . .his word; his actions.  John McCain's and Barack Obama's political expertise and viewpoints can be reviewed with revealing insight.   Does one of them qualify to run the Office of the President at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?  Review legislative histories at:  www.thomas.gov

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                                         CeCe Day Hill -  Copyright (c)  2005-2008
                                         Jane Doe Chronicles - All Right Reserved
                            349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - 1.815.485-4871
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News: "How Sound is Your Bank, Check it Out!"

JDC Insight Today:  FDIC problem bank list is not available to the public, but with the click of a mouse you can have peace of mind . . .know how sound your bank is. . . .

People are feverishly searching for the names of failing banks on the FDIC's list.  According to MSN  Money, the list contains 90 names being monitored out of the 9,000 banks and thrifts.  Overall, the Banking industry appears sound with good capitalization and asset protections despite economic conditions.

Here is an option you can monitor yourself no matter what state you live in.  The source is (Bankrate) Bankrate.com's Safe & Sound service.  A proprietary system designed to provide info on the relative financial strength and stability of U.S. banks, savings institutions and credit unions; you don't have to pay for the information.

Bankrate applies a twenty-two test measure on capital adequacy, asset quality, profitability, and liquidity.  You can look at that information in an easy to understand memorandum format and/or an official asset statement report.

Start your search with: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/safesound/ss_home.asp   You will find a rating system from 1 to 5. . .with 5 being the lowest rating, in addition to new and closed banks.  This makes it easier to analyze the memorandum information on your current bank, or one you may be considering.

Start back at the top of the page, and you're on your way to "peace of mind."

In searching by options keep in mind a bank division in a small town may come up under its parent bank in a larger city - i.e., State Bank of Illinois, Mokena came up as State Bank of Illinois for overall evaluation.  Try all options if need be.

You will be able to monitor bank updates at any time and have a good idea if your bank's rating is slipping and why.

Of greater concern is how your accounts are setup.  The aggregate FDIC amount for an individual in any bank is $100,000, not $100,000 per each account.   That aggregate amount is the combined total of funds in any banking form, as checking, savings, CD's and money markets. . . from single accounts in your name and any combined account with someone else ($100,000) is the max. 

The two exceptions to the FDIC rule is: IRA's which are insured up to $250,000 and, what is termed a "beneficiary" account (where more insurance protection is provided according to the number of beneficiaries).

If your aggregate individual totals are over $100,000 you might want to have assets in more than one bank.  Before taking any action, your banker may be of assistance, though many are lax in their knowledge of FDIC coverage.

I would recommend getting the information you need direct from the horses mouth!  Contact the FDIC direct at 1-877-ASK-FDIC (1-877-275-3342).  Their staff can tell you exactly how much insurance coverage you have on everything at your bank.

Another FDIC Consumer Resource: the Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator (EDIE) at http://www.fdic.gov  -  You can securely input your account information and the program will give you an estimate on the insurance coverage for all your assets in a bank.

Using both areas as a tool should keep your investments in a bank safe, because you will have more control with easily updated information worth its weight in gold.

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About the Author:  CeCe Day Hill has writing experience spanning 18 years, and a diversified Banking background.  To review detailed Author profile - creative article writing visit: www.janedoechronicles.typepad.com
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                                          CeCe Day Hill - Copyright (c) 2005-2008
                                        Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                              349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - 1.815.485.4871 
                                         Email:  janedoechronicles@comcast.net

 

Politics: McCain's Word the Tested Metal its Weight in Gold

JDC Insight Today:  Talk is just that talk, until it is backed by precedent. The token sign of "can do." 

The ears of the nation have been ringing and the brain is spinning from the malady of the disordered state of constant bantering and rhetoric by candidates of the 2008 Presidential election.  In each case tracking and defining the truth of their words can only be found in the tested and proven veracity of their past actions and associations.

"I've spent my life putting my country first comments John McCain.  I am often asked why I want to be President of the United States.  And my answer is that I believe in the greatness of this nation as a beacon of goodwill throughout the world.  I believe each and every one of us has a duty to serve a cause greater than our own self-interest.

I've spent my life in service to my country, and I've spent my life putting my country first.

When I was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973, I was given the option to come home early because my father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy.  I refused to go, because I put my country first.

I am convinced that every challenge I have confronted during my years of serving our country and its ideals, has made me better able to lead our country as president.

As President of the United States I will always put my country first, I want to promise you that.  You can count on me because it is what I have done my entire life.  As your Republican candidate for president, I have an enormous sense of responsibility and duty.  That's why I am not in the habit of making promises to my country that I do not intend to keep.

If I am so fortunate to be elected to our nation's highest office, I give you my word that I will always put the needs of country above my own.  I will always put my country first because I don't seek the office out of a sense of entitlement.  I owe America more than she has ever owed me."  -- John McCain

You are America; you are the country.  Vote from a stance of accurate knowledge and the power of your privileged voting right.  Clicking on the voting records of McCain and Obama is an education on how they think - significant legislation they participated in - what type of legislation they may have crossed over the aisle to sponsor or participate in, and most importantly, what type of legislation they added their names too. 

Visit: www.thomas.gov - find the truth in the records of black and white pages of voted legislation.

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About the Author:  CeCe Day Hill has writing experience spanning 18 years.  To review detailed Author profile - creative article writing visit: www.janedoechronicles.typepad.com
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                                          CeCe Day Hill Copyright (c) 2005-2008
                                       Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                             349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - 1.815.485.4871
                                         Email:  janedoechronicles@comcast.net

News: "Microsoft to Stop Sales of Windows XP the end of June"

JDC News Update:  Do you want a Windows XP system before they are gone from the marketplace or do you want to dive into the coolly received VISTA computer system?

Newer computer models with faster and higher technology pop up almost as fast as we buy them.  It is decision time for many of us who have been toying with the pros and cons of replacing an older computer.  In  part, Microsoft has just made that decision for us.

Microsoft has announced:  effective the end of June 2008, the company will stop selling the XP operating system as an option on PCs.  The good news is:  they will support the Windows XP system until 2014.  Microsoft needs to maintain support for the vast network of customers who have shunned the new VISTA program. 

As systems change so do other categories of software and support capabilities such as virus scan and fire-wall programs, Internet access programs, writing software and the like . . . many now, either cannot be downloaded or used with any system prior to Windows XP.

Computer life is between six and ten years dependent on personal system need and available support systems.  Software becomes limited in scope, while companies like Microsoft create; others work to keep up.  It seems to be the American way . . . free enterprise: make it bigger - make it better - make it faster; whatever the traffic will bare.

Every new computer system requires updating oneself in its use as well as working with the more compact and variable extra port system capabilities and new wireless technology.   Computer manufacturers are starting to provide required cable and software, allowing the customer to transfer all data from the old computer to the new in as little as three or four easy steps.  A $150.00 savings; the average out-of-pocket expense to get it done.

It is your pleasure and your pocketbook.  Upgrading to an existing XP system remains a viable option for the next six years and possibly a couple more thereafter.  Microsoft worked to eliminate any bugs within the VISTA system as quickly as they were found.  Who knows, Microsoft may even have the next 21st Century system almost ready to go by the time they stop XP support in 2014. 

                                         

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About the Author:  CeCe Day Hill has writing experience spanning 18 years.  To review detailed Author profile - creative article writing visit: www.jandoechronicles.typepad.com
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                                      CeCe Day Hill  Copyright (c) 2005-2008
                                     Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                          349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - 1.815.485.4871 
                                      Email:  janedoechronicles@comcast.net

Business: "Simple Strategies Can Put a Feather in Your Cap!"

JDC Office Politics:  Be in control.  Use simple techniques that can provide big business dividends.

Travel Preparation:  "Book me a flight," says the boss.  Seems easy enough, but what happens if the day's scheduling unexpectedly changes?  Oh man, a time-sensitive panic.  A feeling of loss of control - anger - a disgruntled ending to the business day that preparation may have eliminated.

One simple option to keep the nerves calm is to include along with the basic flight information time frames for earlier and later departures, in case one needs it.  It's the wonder of thinking out-of-the-box, the little stuff that makes the cogs in the business wheel moving smoothly and the boss happy.

Who Did You Say Was Calling?  What a day - is it wonderful or a day from "hell"?  The phone rings and the voice on the other end is not familiar, nor do you remember the "name," at that hectic moment.

Unfortunately any returned call may become an embarrassment breaking one's train-of-thought as well as putting a dent into your intangible professional persona.  Not too good, if a contract is in the offing, or your looking for money from your favorite commercial banker or the call gets fumbled by the gate-keeper, who is suppose to cover your tail.

Whether your management or not, piece of mind is a list away.  The computer is not a good avenue for this, because one is dealing with split seconds in time on a major issue of: making an impression.

Create a simple system:  Using your own abbreviated shorthand jot down the name, purpose of the call and the time.  Keeping this next to the phone will also allow you to know who has not returned your call at day's end.

Don't let yourself become a victim of corporate theft.  With today's climate of cut-throat competition, fraud and stolen ideas. . .make sure your daily lists are shredded.  This is critical for anyone in the negotiation process - a buy-out - and any field there are secrets - product deadlines - head-hunting - in other words, basic information that could be leaked to a source and kill a deal.

As mysterious as the missing sock eaten by the modern day technology the dryer . . . One never knows where a competitor's spy can infiltrate, especially when that information is tossed into "file 13."

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About the Author:  CeCe Day Hill is a writer and Entrepreneur with experience in customer relations,  design, R&D, marketing and sales.  To review detailed Author profile - creative article writing visit: www.janedoechronicles.typepad.com
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                                          CeCe Day Hill  Copyright (c) 2005-2008
                                         Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
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                                           Email: janedoechronicles@comcast.net



 
 

Politics: "Homosexual Marriages Approved by Four California Judges Defies the Will of the People!"

JDC Commentary:  CA - California's judiciary seems to have legislated from the bench by will; not by precedent.

America is slowly destroying itself from within with the likes of Supreme Court Judges who have declared as reported in the New York Times, "A Victory for Equality and Justice," "Momentous," "historic," "a major victory for civil rights," "a scrupulously fair ruling based on law, precedents and common sense."  Reported by Patrick Buchanan in his separate Human Events evaluation article last week. 

Perhaps both the four justices and the New York Times need a head evaluation?  Why?  Where is there any rule of law or precedents that makes common sense?  None, according to the "will of the people," who have voted down the issue of homosexual marriages.  Has Congress or the State legislated such unions - NO?  Nor can it be found in the California constitution.   Where is the so called fair ruling based on law other than in the reporting of the New York Times?   So what's wrong with this picture?  Confusing for sure.

In the Supreme Court - why is law being made instead of law being upheld?  Since when does opinion without precedent make law?  Where is the wisdom of discernment and discipline against judicial advocacy? 

Francis Bacon has said: ". . . that the justice of a cause should be evident.  If there is no precedent and the will of the people has been trampled upon where is the legal twinge of moral conscience that makes the case for the Supreme Court's four judges decision?

Hey, New York Times. . . this is not equality or justice.  It may be a victory for civil rights, but it is a throwback to another history in time of immorality and abomination, which we apparently have not learned from. 

What we have is:  Supreme Court Judges who are poorly legislating instead of interpreting.  In effect they have declared the institution of illicit homosexual marriage to be equal to or on the same plane as the marriage arrangement instituted by nature's Creator - God who has defined marriage to be between a man and women uniting as one flesh procreating and filling the earth in connection with his original divine plan.  Even in the secular the Courts decision doesn't make sense based on American values and our laws governing marriage that have set a precedent in terms of tested time and adherence.

Not amazing is the correlation between the past and the present.  Homosexuality running rampant now and in Sodom and Gomorrah shortly before it was destroyed. 

Archaeology and secular history testifies as to the above event and makes mention of it.  Sodom near the Dead Sea was a countryside - a paradise.  Prosperous filled with carefree people - eating - drinking - buying - selling - planting and building.  A society that was also grossly immoral. -- "When a man lies down with a male the same as one lies down with a woman, both of them have done a detestable thing."  - Leviticus 20:13

Have you ever wondered why there is so much Archaeological and Historical verification of Biblical facts?  Could it be because the facts are scientifically sound on matters that human researchers have discovered over many lifetimes?

Despite Biblical verification, in accordance with our secular courts it seems the issue should not be one of religious viewpoints, hence the need for the separation of religion and the state. . .but be subject to existing law and legal precedent and, the will of the people.  So it would appear, decisions of opinion and interpretation should be made with common sense in reviewing any case law - not changing it - and most of all not creating it.

That is the question was justice done scrupulously or just judiciously?

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About the Author:  CeCe Day Hill has writing experience spanning 18 years.  To review detailed Author profile - creative article writing visit: www.janedoechronicles.typepad.com

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                                            CeCe Day Hill  Copyright (c) 2005-2008
                                          Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                              349 West Circle Dr., New Lenox, IL 60451 - 1.815.485.4871
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News: "Air Travel, Paying for Comfort; Bye Bye Junk Mail; Re-register Do Not Call List"

JDC Bullet News Forecasts: What's new on the horizon?  Your Money - Your Privacy

More Air Travel Comfort Will Cost You.

A long time ago, air travel was a delight, a luxury and a comfortable means of transportation. That pleasure has lost its allure as vacationers and business class individuals have become accustomed to the hassle and emotional exhaustion of just getting to the boarding ramp.

More airlines are joining the "pay for comfort" trend as a means to facilitate the bottom line, and then, offering what you should have had in the first place. . .more legroom.  Expect to pay between $10 and $25 depending on the length of the flight and the amount of extra inches available.

Soon you will be coughing up more of your hard-earned cash for "all" checked baggage.  Some airlines currently charge for blankets and pillows - but curbside check-in and priority boarding will ding your wallet for more.

Hotels Play Big Brother is Watching

It's not only states and businesses who are maintaining smoke-free zones - the hotel industry are paying staff to report guest violators, who may breach no-smoking rules according to The Kiplinger Letter. So next time you check in beware - hotel eyes are peering.  You just may end up with a fine added to your tab.

I Can't Stand the Junk Mail - Help!

Help is on the way if you take the time to alleviate that money making marketing we call "junk mail" from dancing into your mailbox every day. 

Send a letter with the pertinent name and address information and a $1.00 check or money order payable to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association - P.O. Box 643, Carmel, N.Y. 10512

Consumer Reports notes: The World Privacy Forum, created a list of 10 "opt-outs" - another source to help get your name off marketing list.  Visit: www.worldprivacyforum.org/toptenoptout.html  A little extra work to clear out the clutter, but worthwhile.

Do Not Call List - Don't Forget to Re-register

This June will be the 5th anniversary of the temporary Do Not Call List.  You will need to re-register your phone numbers.  Numbers will start dropping off in June.  Uncle Sam is working to make registrations permanent.  Visit:  https://www.donotcall.gov/

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                                              CeCe Day Hill Copyright (c) 2005-2008
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Senate Votes to Block Environmentally Sound Developement of Oil Shale in Colorado

JDC Commentary:  Senate falters while Saudi Arabia does more to lower American gas prices, then the Senate Appropriations Committee vote.

For decades Congress has refused to make the changes that could alleviate the spiking spiral of gasoline prices affecting - your ability to stretch the value of your hard-earned dollars.  Congress is not credible in their efforts to do what they have been sent to Washington for. . . to take care of you, and not themselves! 

Senator Wayne Allard (R) of Colorado lays it on the line.  "If we are really serious about reducing pain at the pump, this is a vote that would make a difference in people's lives."   Fourteen Republicans voted for, while  fifteen Democrats voted down drilling.  The same appropriations committee that refuses to allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which holds around 20 billion barrels of crude - offshore another 30
billion.  Those NO votes will cost the American public the equivalent of $150 billion in an increase in every area of life from the gas pump - to  heating - and beyond.

The arrogance and self-interests of Congress appears to be sending America on the path to less energy, higher prices - even weakened national security connected to trades for oil in foreign policy.  To read more facts from one of the nation's credible business dailies visit: the Press Release from Investor's Business Daily Editorials: "Crude Mistake at: www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=295831226052594 

Congress just doesn't get it. . . or should I say they choose not to get it.  Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated this past Friday:

"The President seems to value his friendship with the Saudis more than his obligation to help the American people with gas prices."  --Yet, it was the President's visit to Saudi Arabia that brought the boost of 300,000 barrels a day.

A solve-all, no, but as Newt Gingrich states: "It won't make it worse."  He paraphrases Ronald Reagan:  "The answer isn't easy, but it's simple - so simple it could fit on a bumper sticker - Drill Here - Drill Now - Pay Less."  For an in-depth viewpoint from the former Speaker of the House visit: www.humanevents.com 

Why won't Congress act. . .could it be they don't want to step on the toes of environmentalists or the oil lobbyists?  Why are they behaving as insecure adults saying: "No we can't," instead of the great politicians they believe themselves to be?  They do know - they just don't want you to know.  

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                                            CeCe Day Hill  Copyright (c) 2005-2008
                                          Jane Doe Chronicles - All Rights Reserved
                              349 West Circle Dr - New Lenox, IL 60451 - 1.815.485.4871 
                                            Email:  janedoechronicles@comcast.net