A new breakthrough secret is all you now need in order to forever shed countless pounds, stay healthy, and add many years to your life!
A lady doctor from Arizona has blown the lid off the best-kept secret in weight loss ever discovered -- and this has the whole diet food and drug industries turned upside down and in nothing less than a torrential uproar.
Her name is Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, and she's marching to the beat of a different drum.
And no, nothing about her "secret" is difficult -- nor does it require that you do something completely out of the ordinary or anything unnatural.
Instead, the Arizonian boasts proudly "...this is something that I caught onto just before 2002 when there was so much research and exploration going around concerning the human colon and digestive system working in harmony with nutritional absorption, and I started doing independent studies just to test things at first ... but which I later expanded on after seeing some fantastic results."
This same woman medical practitioner went on to accurately determine a definitive correlation between harmful plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and people suffering chronic obesity -- and who despite intense diet and exercise appeared to be unable to lose any weight whatsoever.
Over the course of six years the Arizona doctor developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these same harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly reproducing digestive parasites -- and when applied to even worse-case patients suffering extreme obesity (98% of which were in immediate danger of dying) she saw a 100% effectiveness and success rate.
She then borrowed from her research on the severely obese, and applied the same strategies on milder cases of overweight persons -- only to find the same effectiveness and quality results as described above (although the individual weight loss per subject wasn't nearly as much as those obese patients 100 lbs to 200 lbs or more overweight).
So powerful is her secret that she's able to reverse diabetes, rid illness altogether in people suffering from cancer (linked directly to poor diet and overweight factors), as well as an elimination of an entire spectrum of serious and otherwise life-threatening diseases.
Nearly 100% of all her case subjects were told in the alternative by "conventional doctors" that they either had just months or years to live, or they would never live a life anything resembling remotely a "normal" existence -- yet after applying Dr Suzanne's treatments saw a complete contradiction to others doctors' prognoses.
Again, nothing about her secret is unnatural or requires someone to do any major action or modification in their lives.
In fact, her entire treatment is based completely on built-into-nature 'protection agents' scattered throughout the world in the form of select herbs, extracts, and organic constituents, and which can be found in a variety of plants -- but when combined in specific combinations and carefully chosen amounts make for a solution to what is perhaps the world's worst ever plague: OBESITY (and the illnesses and diseases resulting from it -- or at least severely aggravated or exacerbated by it).
Now to everyone else's great gain, whether suffering from just a few extra pounds and inches, to those extremely fat and overweight, this brave, bold lady doctor is releasing to the general public her secret for forever destroying the tight unrelenting closed-fist of obesity's stronghold over the now more than 40% of Americans labeled obese, and others worldwide.
But she's not promising any of us for how long.
Some experts and sociologists suggest that in the bigger scheme of things, the world will never tolerate a discovery of such magnitude, any more than it would be realistic to expect a car that runs on water (even if very real) to ever become commercially available to the general public for day-to-day use.
One well-respected and famous diet & wellness author wrote years ago that if anyone ever "truly unlocked the keys to permanent fat loss, they may actually suffer the same fate as JFK."
It is currently available at:
=> http://markbax1.AllInOneHealth.com
...so you may want to head on over there now and get it and before someone or "something" gets it forever yanked out of ever getting in YOUR hand at least.
It's in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level.
While you're there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in rapid, massive weight loss and extremely improved and enhanced health, now made freely available to the rest of us?
-mark baxendale
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010
How to Make Money Online Today
We'll Show You How! If you want to make money online today, now is the time to make your move. There are many marketers out there who will try to woo you into buying their get-rich-quick schemes. But in reality, THEY REALLY DON'T WORK THAT EFFECTIVELY AT ALL.
Believe it when I tell you that I speak from experience. I have seen it all - been there, done that. And I know enough to tell you that programs like Carbon Copy, MaxPro & Infinite Income, Abunza, LGN, Coastal, Big Ticket, Gifting Programs, Matrix Programs, Reverse Funnel, etc. will never give you the kind of results that you are looking for.
Everything these marketers say is mostly hype and fluff. My team and I have tried them all, one program after another, just to see if they really could deliver on their promises. But they always fell short of our expectations.
Based on our experience in researching about methods all promising to help you to make money online today, we came to realize that there are FOUR MAJOR KEYS that a money-making system must possess in order to ensure superior results and genuine profits.
It is only through these keys that a specific program will give you great results each and every time. If all four keys are present, you will succeed with that system, no matter what level of knowledge and know-how you have, or your circumstances.
These special keys enable the system to work full force in generating big profits for you straight away! With the 4 major keys, you will be well on your way to earning up to $10,000 monthly in the next two days!
It's about time you asked yourself if you are really satisfied with your "less-than-ten-thousand-dollars" salary.
Ask yourself:
* Am I able to pay the bills on time while still having a lot left over from my paycheck?
* Am I able to buy all the things that I REALLY want and need in my current situation?
* Will my current job ever give me a salary of $10,000?
* Will my life change if I could just start earning the kind of dream salary I've only been fantasizing about all the time?
If you have weighed everything considered in your questions and found your present way of making a living lacking, then we offer you an offer you can't refuse!
Make money online today, GUARANTEED.
To know more about this brilliant solution, all you have to do is enter your name and email address below. The minute you send your information will be the moment that your eyes will be opened to the secrets to earning $10,000 a month once you are equipped with the proper system.
If you liked this article, and want a team approach to making a 100K Power Income online with Executive help, then visit us and Make Money Online Today
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Believe it when I tell you that I speak from experience. I have seen it all - been there, done that. And I know enough to tell you that programs like Carbon Copy, MaxPro & Infinite Income, Abunza, LGN, Coastal, Big Ticket, Gifting Programs, Matrix Programs, Reverse Funnel, etc. will never give you the kind of results that you are looking for.
Everything these marketers say is mostly hype and fluff. My team and I have tried them all, one program after another, just to see if they really could deliver on their promises. But they always fell short of our expectations.
Based on our experience in researching about methods all promising to help you to make money online today, we came to realize that there are FOUR MAJOR KEYS that a money-making system must possess in order to ensure superior results and genuine profits.
It is only through these keys that a specific program will give you great results each and every time. If all four keys are present, you will succeed with that system, no matter what level of knowledge and know-how you have, or your circumstances.
These special keys enable the system to work full force in generating big profits for you straight away! With the 4 major keys, you will be well on your way to earning up to $10,000 monthly in the next two days!
It's about time you asked yourself if you are really satisfied with your "less-than-ten-thousand-dollars" salary.
Ask yourself:
* Am I able to pay the bills on time while still having a lot left over from my paycheck?
* Am I able to buy all the things that I REALLY want and need in my current situation?
* Will my current job ever give me a salary of $10,000?
* Will my life change if I could just start earning the kind of dream salary I've only been fantasizing about all the time?
If you have weighed everything considered in your questions and found your present way of making a living lacking, then we offer you an offer you can't refuse!
Make money online today, GUARANTEED.
To know more about this brilliant solution, all you have to do is enter your name and email address below. The minute you send your information will be the moment that your eyes will be opened to the secrets to earning $10,000 a month once you are equipped with the proper system.
If you liked this article, and want a team approach to making a 100K Power Income online with Executive help, then visit us and Make Money Online Today
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Vanessa_Mae
Thursday, 4 March 2010
How to Make Money Using the Internet - Stop Clicking Sites For Pennies and Make a Real Income
Do you want to learn how to make money using the Internet? There are so many people who go on the Internet on a consistent basis trying to find a magical way to start making money online. These are usually the people that fall for the different sites that tell them, we will pay you pennies for clicking and the more you click the more you will get paid. These sites are a complete waste of time because you really are not building an income from home.
If you want to make a real income online make sure you focus on learning about the different home based Internet businesses available. These businesses have proven themselves to be a great way to make an income online. The only thing you will have to do is to invest your time and a little bit of elbow grease. I can tell you right now that by clicking sites for money you are pretty much wasting your time and this valuable time can be spent on learning about the different opportunities available on the Internet.
You can start building an Internet business from home by simply dedicating some time to choose a business and then to find a way to promote it. The concept is very simple once you understand it. There are many different opportunities and businesses online so if you have no prior experience it can be difficult to make a choice. But don't worry because I will direct you on the right path.
My suggestion is for you is to choose a business that is both affordable and has been around for at least five years. Many of the businesses you encounter will describe themselves as being legit and affordable but the only way you will know if they are telling the truth is by doing research. Research is very important and at the same time is very simple to do. All the information you require is all over the Internet so you simply have to use the search engines to find it.
Did you know that Global Domains International is the hottest way to make money online? Did you know you can start for FREE? Did you know that you are missing out on big money by sitting in your chair and not doing anything?
Take action today. Start FREE with me.
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Willox Perez is a 22 year old Internet entrepreneur who is revolutionizing the way most people make money today. He teaches simple techniques that anyone can use to put extra cash in their pockets from their homes.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Willox_Perez
If you want to make a real income online make sure you focus on learning about the different home based Internet businesses available. These businesses have proven themselves to be a great way to make an income online. The only thing you will have to do is to invest your time and a little bit of elbow grease. I can tell you right now that by clicking sites for money you are pretty much wasting your time and this valuable time can be spent on learning about the different opportunities available on the Internet.
You can start building an Internet business from home by simply dedicating some time to choose a business and then to find a way to promote it. The concept is very simple once you understand it. There are many different opportunities and businesses online so if you have no prior experience it can be difficult to make a choice. But don't worry because I will direct you on the right path.
My suggestion is for you is to choose a business that is both affordable and has been around for at least five years. Many of the businesses you encounter will describe themselves as being legit and affordable but the only way you will know if they are telling the truth is by doing research. Research is very important and at the same time is very simple to do. All the information you require is all over the Internet so you simply have to use the search engines to find it.
Did you know that Global Domains International is the hottest way to make money online? Did you know you can start for FREE? Did you know that you are missing out on big money by sitting in your chair and not doing anything?
Take action today. Start FREE with me.
http://www.GlobalDomainsInternationalBusiness.com
Willox Perez is a 22 year old Internet entrepreneur who is revolutionizing the way most people make money today. He teaches simple techniques that anyone can use to put extra cash in their pockets from their homes.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Willox_Perez
Monday, 1 March 2010
When Money Becomes the Root of All Evil
Greed is evil, but is money? Remember the saying, "The love of money is the root of all evil?" I think that's even scriptural. Here the word "love" is key as in "love of money." That "love of money" is what leads to greed, not the money or having money itself.
Money can lead one to being evil but having money doesn't make everyone who has it evil. Only evil people are greedy with money. We have plenty of wealthy people who are not greedy. Some wealthy people are among the kindest and most generous and charitable among us. There is nothing evil or greedy about them. Still, others blessed with wealth do meet that evil and greedy profile that all good people despise.
A good analogy is those leftists who declare that guns are evil. Guns don't kill but some people who have guns do kill. However, the overwhelming majority of gun owners are not killers. There are probably far more violent people who don't own guns then those who do.
They're also plenty of people of modest means who are extremely greedy and selfish. Most of us know people like that and have witnessed and/or experienced it far to often. It's about what is in your heart, not what is in your possession. We ought never lose sight of that.
Money is a necessity but like food and water, too much of it will make you fat and unhealthy and will eventually kill you, but not enough of it can kill you too. Think about it, it's true.
Here's how I view it. Greed is bad. Ambition is good. Charity is good but "transferring wealth" is bad. Charity is freely giving to the needy and destitute but "transferring wealth" is just plain ol' theft through legal coercion and mandate. It's repugnant and evil. It is the essence of "greed."
It's not wrong to aspire to a better life. It is wrong to aspire to a better life at someone else's expense (i.e. transferring wealth) instead of taking advantage of opportunity and earning it yourself. If you didn't earn it, you don't deserve it and you are certainly NOT entitled to it. If you get something that you didn't earn then show a lot of gratitude because your benefit is a gift, not a right. An obvious exception is children, all of whom are dependent minors who always deserve to be cared for. They will grow in to their responsibility like everyone else.
Those who are poor through no fault of their own should be helped. That's what genuine charity is all about. Good people don't object to such charity, they embrace it and give freely and often. It's the "Christian thing" to do. However, if you dropped out of school, became a drug addict or an alcoholic, choose to break the law and develop a criminal record, got bad grades and flunked out of school because you were to lazy to study, if injured yourself because you elected to do something stupid, if you got an STD because you were promiscuous, or if you failed to show up for work or didn't earn your pay while at work and got fired, etc. etc., then that's on you. Your bad luck was self-made. It's your own damn fault. You don't deserve charity. The only thing you earned and deserve is a whole lot of ridicule and a good swift kick in the posterior. Perhaps you deserve a "second chance" or even a "third chance" to "earn" and get it right, but you are not entitled to anything.
To take from hard working Americans who weren't lazy, who did study hard, who played by the rules, obeyed the law, who saved and sacrificed, who had a good work ethic, who served their country, who behaved responsibly, etc. etc., and then force them to "share their wealth" with these others who elected to do the opposite is both immoral and sinful. It is wholly unfair and completely unjust.
Inheritance is neither earned or deserved although far to many people believe that it is. If you feel "entitled" to your inheritance then you are an especially greedy person. You may have a legal right to your inheritance in much the same way as a lottery winner has a right to his or her winnings, but neither of your earned it. Both of you just got lucky. You are not "entitled" to it. With two exceptions that I will discuss later, entitlements should not be "won," the should always be "earned." An example of earned is a pension "earned" for work. If you did the work, met your contractual obligations, then you are indeed "entitled" to the benefit.
Think about this, just because your parents worked hard and earned a small fortune, how does that in anyway "entitle" you to what they have? It's not yours. You didn't earn any of it. How dare you think that you have a birthright to it?
Certainly, if your parents want to "will" their fortune to someone that is entirely there business. It's their money so they can do what ever they want with it. Just be mindful that inheritance is still a gift, not an entitlement, and should be received with gratitude. You don't deserve boasting rights if you become rich through inheritance. Pride like that is a sin. You should feel especially humbled when you receive such good fortune.
Of course, the state has even less right to your parents' wealth then you do. For this reason alone inheritance is a good thing, no doubt about it. Without inheritance anything left behind by an industrious and successful hard workers would end up in the coffers of government. There it would quickly disappear, spent by corrupt politicians who clearly didn't earn any of it, and who will never feel a shred of gratitude or humility upon receiving it. Politicians, with very few exceptions, have largely become among the most selfish, corrupt and greedy group of people in human history.
People who paid in to social security and MEDICARE are "entitled" to compensation when they reach the appropriate age. They earned it. They fulfilled their obligations as citizens to both trust funds. That makes it an "entitlement." However, those who did not contribute to the social security or MEDICARE trust funds should not be in anyway entitled to social security compensation or MEDICARE. If they are indigent and sick, let them receive MEDICAID, a welfare program, to set them aside from everyone else who actually "earned" their entitlement.
Whenever congress or the president "transfers money" out of the social security trust fund, or the MEDICARE trust fund, to anyone who did not contribute to these funds it is nothingness than an outright act of theft and it should be identified as such. Any law that legalizes such theft should be immediately replaced with new moral and ethical laws that hold lawmakers criminally accountable and civilly liable whenever they do this.
Even when one does the right thing, works hard and raises his or her kids to be good, decent law abiding citizens who contribute to the country and our economy instead of sponging off of it, that parent has no monetary claim if their child becomes successful. All you "deserve" is a sincere "pat on the back," an "Atta Boy" or an "Atta Girl," for being a good parent. They also get the joy that should naturally come from your child's success and the comfort in knowing you don't have to worry about them.
Being a good parent and raising your kids right is your duty as a parent. No child deserves less from his or her parent. Parenting was your job; parenting is a hard job to be sure, and sometimes even a thankless job, but remember your child didn't employ you to become their parent, you did that. You're being a good parent in no way entitles you to share in your child's fame or fortune. You earned yours and they earned theirs. You both earned and received what you deserved - end of story.
We see so many parents and other family members "latch on" to the success of a family member as if it were their own success and they feel a sense of "entitlement" to their family members success, again as if it were their own. Common sense tells you that is not true. Sometimes a parent will say, "I gave him/her birth" or "I raised him/her" so they couldn't have done it without me. That's pure BS! If that were true then all their children would have enjoyed the same success without fail. If that parent knew how to "do it," to become successful, then they would have done it for themselves and they would not need to share in the success and prosperity of their child as if it were their own.
Sure, some parents genuinely go above and beyond, even labor and sacrifice to help their child succeed, often under very difficult circumstances. That's different. Those parents deserve more then just a little gratitude. Their child knows it too. He/she deeply loves them for that. Out of gratitude their child will usually do everything they can for that parent even though the parent doesn't ask for anything or expect anything. Even then, it's a gift, not an entitlement. If the successful child wants to voluntarily "share his/her wealth" with their parents or other family members out of "gratitude," then that's appropriate. But for the parent to feel "entitled " to a portion of what their adult child earned is "greed" at a shameful extreme. Siblings and extended family don't have a birthright to an anything. They didn't "earn" any part of their family members success and are therefore "undeserving" and not "entitled." They should just feel happy for their relatives' success.
This is also how liberal progressives relate to our country and it's all wrong. When the country as a whole is successful they seem think they have a "birth right" or a "right of citizenship" to "share in the wealth' even if they didn't do a anything to contribute to that success. They're just a bunch of freeloading leeches. That's wrong! That's socialism!
Unfortunately, that is also precisely what President Obama is trying to do. It's what liberal's and socialists routinely do. They want other peoples money and they want to spend or transfer others peoples money, but they are rarely generous with there own wealth. Note that charitable contributions by President Obama and Vice-President Biden in 2008 was not only laughable, it also proved to be an embarrassment for both of them. They seemingly knew little or nothing about "personal generosity." They only knew how to spend and share "your money."
Naturally those who earned what they have object to such "transference of wealth" at their expense. As explained before, the involuntary "transfer of wealth" is the essence of "greed." It also helps to explain President Obama's sudden and massive drop in the polls.
We must break free from this trend toward socialism as demonstrated through this horrific spending and "transference of wealth." We must free our society of this "entitlement mentality." Here are what Americans are actually "entitled" to and nothing more or less:
1. Equal opportunity
2. All the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed in our constitution and bill of rights.
Nothing else is or should be an entitlement for any American unless it is "earned."
///END///
Author/Poet Biographical Sketch: Ed Coet is a retired US Army officer and professional educator. Currently the editor of the Blue Fog Journal, Ed Coet is also a widely published freelance writer and poet. Ed's short stories and poems were published in over 30 magazines and journals world wide. Ed's anthology credits include Namaste Fiji - The International Anthology of Poetry Book, The "Breaking Silences" Poetry Book Collection, the 2007 Scars Poetry Collection Book - We The Poet's, "A Hudson View" Poetry Digest - Winter 2008 International Collection and South African Poet's Printery's, "Tonight, An Anthology of World Love Poetry." Ed Coet's book, "Poet Coet," is now available at major on-line book outlets such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Visit with Ed Coet at "The Coet Blog" at http://thecoet.blogspot.com/.
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Money can lead one to being evil but having money doesn't make everyone who has it evil. Only evil people are greedy with money. We have plenty of wealthy people who are not greedy. Some wealthy people are among the kindest and most generous and charitable among us. There is nothing evil or greedy about them. Still, others blessed with wealth do meet that evil and greedy profile that all good people despise.
A good analogy is those leftists who declare that guns are evil. Guns don't kill but some people who have guns do kill. However, the overwhelming majority of gun owners are not killers. There are probably far more violent people who don't own guns then those who do.
They're also plenty of people of modest means who are extremely greedy and selfish. Most of us know people like that and have witnessed and/or experienced it far to often. It's about what is in your heart, not what is in your possession. We ought never lose sight of that.
Money is a necessity but like food and water, too much of it will make you fat and unhealthy and will eventually kill you, but not enough of it can kill you too. Think about it, it's true.
Here's how I view it. Greed is bad. Ambition is good. Charity is good but "transferring wealth" is bad. Charity is freely giving to the needy and destitute but "transferring wealth" is just plain ol' theft through legal coercion and mandate. It's repugnant and evil. It is the essence of "greed."
It's not wrong to aspire to a better life. It is wrong to aspire to a better life at someone else's expense (i.e. transferring wealth) instead of taking advantage of opportunity and earning it yourself. If you didn't earn it, you don't deserve it and you are certainly NOT entitled to it. If you get something that you didn't earn then show a lot of gratitude because your benefit is a gift, not a right. An obvious exception is children, all of whom are dependent minors who always deserve to be cared for. They will grow in to their responsibility like everyone else.
Those who are poor through no fault of their own should be helped. That's what genuine charity is all about. Good people don't object to such charity, they embrace it and give freely and often. It's the "Christian thing" to do. However, if you dropped out of school, became a drug addict or an alcoholic, choose to break the law and develop a criminal record, got bad grades and flunked out of school because you were to lazy to study, if injured yourself because you elected to do something stupid, if you got an STD because you were promiscuous, or if you failed to show up for work or didn't earn your pay while at work and got fired, etc. etc., then that's on you. Your bad luck was self-made. It's your own damn fault. You don't deserve charity. The only thing you earned and deserve is a whole lot of ridicule and a good swift kick in the posterior. Perhaps you deserve a "second chance" or even a "third chance" to "earn" and get it right, but you are not entitled to anything.
To take from hard working Americans who weren't lazy, who did study hard, who played by the rules, obeyed the law, who saved and sacrificed, who had a good work ethic, who served their country, who behaved responsibly, etc. etc., and then force them to "share their wealth" with these others who elected to do the opposite is both immoral and sinful. It is wholly unfair and completely unjust.
Inheritance is neither earned or deserved although far to many people believe that it is. If you feel "entitled" to your inheritance then you are an especially greedy person. You may have a legal right to your inheritance in much the same way as a lottery winner has a right to his or her winnings, but neither of your earned it. Both of you just got lucky. You are not "entitled" to it. With two exceptions that I will discuss later, entitlements should not be "won," the should always be "earned." An example of earned is a pension "earned" for work. If you did the work, met your contractual obligations, then you are indeed "entitled" to the benefit.
Think about this, just because your parents worked hard and earned a small fortune, how does that in anyway "entitle" you to what they have? It's not yours. You didn't earn any of it. How dare you think that you have a birthright to it?
Certainly, if your parents want to "will" their fortune to someone that is entirely there business. It's their money so they can do what ever they want with it. Just be mindful that inheritance is still a gift, not an entitlement, and should be received with gratitude. You don't deserve boasting rights if you become rich through inheritance. Pride like that is a sin. You should feel especially humbled when you receive such good fortune.
Of course, the state has even less right to your parents' wealth then you do. For this reason alone inheritance is a good thing, no doubt about it. Without inheritance anything left behind by an industrious and successful hard workers would end up in the coffers of government. There it would quickly disappear, spent by corrupt politicians who clearly didn't earn any of it, and who will never feel a shred of gratitude or humility upon receiving it. Politicians, with very few exceptions, have largely become among the most selfish, corrupt and greedy group of people in human history.
People who paid in to social security and MEDICARE are "entitled" to compensation when they reach the appropriate age. They earned it. They fulfilled their obligations as citizens to both trust funds. That makes it an "entitlement." However, those who did not contribute to the social security or MEDICARE trust funds should not be in anyway entitled to social security compensation or MEDICARE. If they are indigent and sick, let them receive MEDICAID, a welfare program, to set them aside from everyone else who actually "earned" their entitlement.
Whenever congress or the president "transfers money" out of the social security trust fund, or the MEDICARE trust fund, to anyone who did not contribute to these funds it is nothingness than an outright act of theft and it should be identified as such. Any law that legalizes such theft should be immediately replaced with new moral and ethical laws that hold lawmakers criminally accountable and civilly liable whenever they do this.
Even when one does the right thing, works hard and raises his or her kids to be good, decent law abiding citizens who contribute to the country and our economy instead of sponging off of it, that parent has no monetary claim if their child becomes successful. All you "deserve" is a sincere "pat on the back," an "Atta Boy" or an "Atta Girl," for being a good parent. They also get the joy that should naturally come from your child's success and the comfort in knowing you don't have to worry about them.
Being a good parent and raising your kids right is your duty as a parent. No child deserves less from his or her parent. Parenting was your job; parenting is a hard job to be sure, and sometimes even a thankless job, but remember your child didn't employ you to become their parent, you did that. You're being a good parent in no way entitles you to share in your child's fame or fortune. You earned yours and they earned theirs. You both earned and received what you deserved - end of story.
We see so many parents and other family members "latch on" to the success of a family member as if it were their own success and they feel a sense of "entitlement" to their family members success, again as if it were their own. Common sense tells you that is not true. Sometimes a parent will say, "I gave him/her birth" or "I raised him/her" so they couldn't have done it without me. That's pure BS! If that were true then all their children would have enjoyed the same success without fail. If that parent knew how to "do it," to become successful, then they would have done it for themselves and they would not need to share in the success and prosperity of their child as if it were their own.
Sure, some parents genuinely go above and beyond, even labor and sacrifice to help their child succeed, often under very difficult circumstances. That's different. Those parents deserve more then just a little gratitude. Their child knows it too. He/she deeply loves them for that. Out of gratitude their child will usually do everything they can for that parent even though the parent doesn't ask for anything or expect anything. Even then, it's a gift, not an entitlement. If the successful child wants to voluntarily "share his/her wealth" with their parents or other family members out of "gratitude," then that's appropriate. But for the parent to feel "entitled " to a portion of what their adult child earned is "greed" at a shameful extreme. Siblings and extended family don't have a birthright to an anything. They didn't "earn" any part of their family members success and are therefore "undeserving" and not "entitled." They should just feel happy for their relatives' success.
This is also how liberal progressives relate to our country and it's all wrong. When the country as a whole is successful they seem think they have a "birth right" or a "right of citizenship" to "share in the wealth' even if they didn't do a anything to contribute to that success. They're just a bunch of freeloading leeches. That's wrong! That's socialism!
Unfortunately, that is also precisely what President Obama is trying to do. It's what liberal's and socialists routinely do. They want other peoples money and they want to spend or transfer others peoples money, but they are rarely generous with there own wealth. Note that charitable contributions by President Obama and Vice-President Biden in 2008 was not only laughable, it also proved to be an embarrassment for both of them. They seemingly knew little or nothing about "personal generosity." They only knew how to spend and share "your money."
Naturally those who earned what they have object to such "transference of wealth" at their expense. As explained before, the involuntary "transfer of wealth" is the essence of "greed." It also helps to explain President Obama's sudden and massive drop in the polls.
We must break free from this trend toward socialism as demonstrated through this horrific spending and "transference of wealth." We must free our society of this "entitlement mentality." Here are what Americans are actually "entitled" to and nothing more or less:
1. Equal opportunity
2. All the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed in our constitution and bill of rights.
Nothing else is or should be an entitlement for any American unless it is "earned."
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Author/Poet Biographical Sketch: Ed Coet is a retired US Army officer and professional educator. Currently the editor of the Blue Fog Journal, Ed Coet is also a widely published freelance writer and poet. Ed's short stories and poems were published in over 30 magazines and journals world wide. Ed's anthology credits include Namaste Fiji - The International Anthology of Poetry Book, The "Breaking Silences" Poetry Book Collection, the 2007 Scars Poetry Collection Book - We The Poet's, "A Hudson View" Poetry Digest - Winter 2008 International Collection and South African Poet's Printery's, "Tonight, An Anthology of World Love Poetry." Ed Coet's book, "Poet Coet," is now available at major on-line book outlets such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Visit with Ed Coet at "The Coet Blog" at http://thecoet.blogspot.com/.
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