<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:22:30.631-08:00</updated><category term='prejudice'/><category term='bishop'/><category term='negro'/><category term='Sarah Palin McCain Obama politics vice president'/><category term='black'/><category term='citizen'/><category term='politics'/><category term='congress'/><category term='immigration'/><category term='economy'/><category term='change'/><category term='Global Warming'/><category term='government'/><category term='communion'/><category term='civil rights'/><category term='USA world image ugly'/><category term='nuclear highlands duke disaster'/><category term='Made in the US'/><category term='infrastructure'/><category term='catholic'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='Kmiec'/><category term='government waste'/><category term='healthcare'/><category term='slavery'/><category term='recession banking'/><category term='slave'/><category term='obamacare'/><category term='lies'/><category term='Obama'/><category term='illegal'/><category term='state of the union'/><category term='bigot'/><category term='legislation'/><category term='EPA'/><category term='healthcare reform'/><title type='text'>Brahmer Concepts</title><subtitle type='html'>You are warned. 
What follows is a plethora of perspectives which originate from or are promulgated by one single person and his pursuit of the meaning of life. If there is one.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6105507678629747952</id><published>2011-06-14T15:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T15:34:43.292-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The middle classes could become a revolutionary class.</title><summary type='text'>For three years I have said it is time for revolution.Gerald Celente, the CEO of Trends Research Institute, predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax rebellions - all within four years - putting food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying Christmas gifts by 2012.He is renowned for his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6105507678629747952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6105507678629747952&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6105507678629747952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6105507678629747952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/06/middle-classes-could-become.html' title='The middle classes could become a revolutionary class.'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4437106183500719553</id><published>2011-04-14T16:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T17:01:55.963-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nuclear highlands duke disaster'/><title type='text'>Nearest waiting disaster is a money maker</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4437106183500719553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4437106183500719553&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4437106183500719553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4437106183500719553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/04/nearest-waiting-disaster-is-money-maker.html' title='Nearest waiting disaster is a money maker'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B64GPh6vQFw/TaeKOSa7E4I/AAAAAAAAAMc/yB2Te1is-sw/s72-c/nuclearrange.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4554648001711873975</id><published>2011-03-22T09:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T10:19:57.134-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='infrastructure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recession banking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Economic forecast - the end of Capitalism?</title><summary type='text'>The budget deficit of Japan's economy was more than twice the country's GDP (as of June 2010) before the current tsunami/nuclear crisis.Most of the major European economies are struggling with massive debt.The United States, UK, Europe, Japan...and so it goes...announcing that things can only get worse if austerity measures aren't introduced right away.What conclusions can be drawn from what has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4554648001711873975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4554648001711873975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4554648001711873975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4554648001711873975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/03/economic-forecast-end-of-capitalism.html' title='Economic forecast - the end of Capitalism?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-2867411017420984309</id><published>2011-03-19T11:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-19T12:41:45.852-07:00</updated><title type='text'>US Civil War and Moammar Gadhafi's Libyan military forces vs rebels in the east.  The principle of free choice?</title><summary type='text'>On one handOn the other handMoammar Gadhafi's military forces pushed into the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Saturday. Artillery rounds landed inside the city, and pro-Gadhafi tanks rolled into the town firing rounds, witnesses said.U.S., European and Arab leaders met Saturday at a last-minute Paris meeting on Libya.  "There is minute-by-minute consultation between the United States and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/2867411017420984309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=2867411017420984309&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/2867411017420984309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/2867411017420984309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-one-hand-on-other-hand-moammar.html' title='US Civil War and Moammar Gadhafi&apos;s Libyan military forces vs rebels in the east.  The principle of free choice?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-8047930830833868219</id><published>2011-03-18T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-18T13:02:38.344-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='citizen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='infrastructure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illegal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare reform'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>How do illegal immigrants actually harm?</title><summary type='text'>Our society maintains an infrastructure of support to its citizens, paid by its citizens, earned by its citizens and defined by them. Whenever a non-citizen makes use of the infrastructure resources, it reduces the availability to those who rightfully deserve it. Roads, water supply, sewers, power grids, telecommunications, social services, markets etc. are examples. Your family is limited in its</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/8047930830833868219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=8047930830833868219&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8047930830833868219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8047930830833868219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-do-illegal-immigrants-actually-harm.html' title='How do illegal immigrants actually harm?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-8964267709944351866</id><published>2011-02-16T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T10:38:56.868-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It takes 33 years?</title><summary type='text'>ATLANTA (Reuters) A federal judge refused late on Tuesday to issue a stay of execution for a man who claimed Georgia's supply of lethal injection drug sodium thiopental has "almost certainly" expired, meaning he would be subjected to an unnecessarily painful death.In his ruling, Judge Timothy C. Batten held inmate Roy Willard Blankenship failed to prove his claims Georgia's supply of the drug has</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/8964267709944351866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=8964267709944351866&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8964267709944351866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8964267709944351866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/02/it-takes-33-years.html' title='It takes 33 years?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4751750669255391615</id><published>2010-03-18T18:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T19:05:33.942-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legislation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare reform'/><title type='text'>We don't want it but legislators do - why?</title><summary type='text'>Poll after poll shows that people, by and large, have made up their minds about current health care reform legislation. In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 36 percent said they believed Obama's health-care plan was a good idea while 48 percent called it a bad one, leaving just 15 percent without an opinion. The trend for a year has been that opposition runs in the upper 40%, support </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4751750669255391615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4751750669255391615&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4751750669255391615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4751750669255391615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-dont-want-it-but-legislators-do-why.html' title='We don&apos;t want it but legislators do - why?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-8048652766269317176</id><published>2010-03-17T17:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T17:50:23.143-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>To Congress</title><summary type='text'>To congressmen, with love!These votes you make on health care reform today are going to be stories to tell your children and great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your political life; don't make it your last!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/8048652766269317176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=8048652766269317176&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8048652766269317176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8048652766269317176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-congress.html' title='To Congress'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4392191495908423836</id><published>2010-03-16T13:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T13:35:30.202-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Global Warming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><title type='text'>Global Warming - Duh?</title><summary type='text'>Systemic Information Failure Events Trigger New Call for EPA to Reconsider its Global Warming DecisionIn two separate filings Tuesday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute challenged massive energy regulations forthcoming from the Environmental Protection Agency. The actions come in the wake of damaging disclosures this week by Phil Jones, head of the disgraced British Climate Research Unit, who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4392191495908423836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4392191495908423836&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4392191495908423836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4392191495908423836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/03/global-warming-duh.html' title='Global Warming - Duh?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-8189270981462903898</id><published>2010-03-15T13:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T14:13:35.207-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>These are segments of a Washington OP-ED about Health Reform plus separate personal commentary at the end.Obama's illusions of cost-controlBy Robert J. SamuelsonMonday, March 15, 2010 Click here to read the originalAlmost everything you think you know about health care is probably wrong or, at least, half wrong."What we need from the next president is somebody who will not just tell you what they</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/8189270981462903898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=8189270981462903898&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8189270981462903898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8189270981462903898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/03/these-are-segments-of-washington-op-ed.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-3941823002280253034</id><published>2010-01-27T21:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T21:08:30.507-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From the State of the Union Speech - comments</title><summary type='text'>And one year later, the worst of the storm has passed. Impossible to verify and denied by a majority of citizens in various polls.They don't understand why it seems like bad behavior on Wall Street is rewarded but hard work on Main Street isn't; Wall Street is the gambling playground of the rich and powerful.Main Street is the workplace of the poor and have nots.Money begets money, work begets </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/3941823002280253034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=3941823002280253034&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3941823002280253034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3941823002280253034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/01/from-state-of-union-speech-comments.html' title='From the State of the Union Speech - comments'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-7115013729342051251</id><published>2010-01-26T15:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T17:34:08.381-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state of the union'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>What has changed?</title><summary type='text'>"Their concerns must be our cause," said President Barack Obama in his first speech to Congress on Feb. 24, 2009. To demonstrate the focus of the goals of his administration he physically presented three persons with real life concerns. This is where change would be made. Now a year later here are the results.Leonard Abess (Banker)distributed his $60 million payout on retirement as majority </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/7115013729342051251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=7115013729342051251&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7115013729342051251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7115013729342051251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-has-changed.html' title='What has changed?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4538266991399189321</id><published>2010-01-20T08:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T08:54:04.465-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yes, Haitians suffer and they did so, well before the recent earthquake. There are issues of human suffering all over the globe, some at the hand of nature but more at the hand of man himself. A point to consider is that in every instance not all suffer within each country. There are some who live relatively much better and some outrageously better. Most often these well to do are of, or exert </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4538266991399189321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4538266991399189321&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4538266991399189321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4538266991399189321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/01/yes-haitians-suffer-and-they-did-so.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-290226355321019998</id><published>2009-11-08T11:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T12:30:24.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Healthcare or Insurance</title><summary type='text'>The House of Representatives has passed a bill which addresses insurance. Insurance does not address health care, it addresses how health care is paid. U.S. citizens pay more for medical care than most other countries and the care received is less accomplished than in most other countries. Medicaid and Medicare are current government programs which are much more costly than ever was projected. By</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/290226355321019998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=290226355321019998&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/290226355321019998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/290226355321019998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/11/healthcare-or-insurance.html' title='Healthcare or Insurance'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-8512543001912980118</id><published>2009-09-18T11:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T12:12:40.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Schedule Retreated</title><summary type='text'>To my funeral  I could not go, on my schedule it was not.With undeniable force, I was there, but not laid at rest.One's life must be defined, managed, and given a slot.Adherence to that is the measure of living done best.Timed frames for duty and diligence are needed!These planes of  life you cannot refuse as if blind.Meetings met at appointed times well heeded,Have worth greater than mere </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/8512543001912980118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=8512543001912980118&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8512543001912980118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8512543001912980118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/09/schedule-retreated.html' title='&lt;b&gt;A Schedule Retreated&lt;/B&gt;'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6251606832650979428</id><published>2009-09-12T17:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-12T18:37:00.048-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's time for revolution!</title><summary type='text'>Today I received yet another email from our President...asking me to write congress urging them to support his health reform...and asking for money to support the cause.Citizens have funded campaigns in the selection of elected officials.  Why should citizens continue to pay for their elected officials to do their job? I pay taxes and they receive salaries with immense perks with those taxes. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6251606832650979428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6251606832650979428&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6251606832650979428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6251606832650979428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-time-for-revolution.html' title='It&apos;s time for revolution!'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4764490446507161970</id><published>2009-08-21T18:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-21T19:41:57.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Insurance is NOT health care reform!</title><summary type='text'>My fellow Americans (grin):After days and many hours spent reviewing data sources, fact checkers, census reports, politician statements, truth reports and commentaries about health care in the USA, it is clear to me that Orwell was an optimist regarding the manipulation of language and communication functions. As for statistics the old saying applies, 'Liars figure and figures lie.' You can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4764490446507161970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4764490446507161970&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4764490446507161970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4764490446507161970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/08/insurance-is-not-health-care-reform.html' title='Insurance is NOT health care reform!'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6374593566049576358</id><published>2009-08-13T17:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T20:13:20.295-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is the most salient question on health reform  !!</title><summary type='text'>Tom Coburn, a U.S.Senator from Oklahoma and a medical doctor, raised concerns in his article of 10 August 2009 regarding "health-care reform" entitled 'Ten Questions Politicians Won’t Answer.' [Source article] You may hold issue with some or most of the Ten Questions, but there is one which I think is the most salient, most prominent of all. The way he put it was, "How will a government-run </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6374593566049576358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6374593566049576358&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6374593566049576358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6374593566049576358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-is-most-salient-question-on-health.html' title='This is the most salient question on health reform  !!'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4133498452739516988</id><published>2009-07-03T03:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T03:51:21.332-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slavery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slave'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civil rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prejudice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bigot'/><title type='text'>Black like me excuses</title><summary type='text'>You're black? So?I was raised in the deep south at a time and place where negroid people were treated as a separate race, with separate public facilities, separate social structures and separate rights. Since that time many social changes in America have addressed the plight of negroes. Despite the legal destruction of "separate but equal" judgement for negroes, they are still treated as a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4133498452739516988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4133498452739516988&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4133498452739516988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4133498452739516988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/07/black-like-me-excuses.html' title='Black like me excuses'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4923512972846778637</id><published>2009-06-22T00:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T00:34:26.664-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Everyone knows the dollar's got the blues. Twenty-twenty hindsight is often bashed as "easy for you" to affix blame. But it also allows you to examine the flaws which lead to disaster. So this is about an hour's worth of simple research from which I draw some conclusions that you might want to consider as you think about what you can do to determine cause not blame.Whose work is 1000 times worth </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4923512972846778637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4923512972846778637&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4923512972846778637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4923512972846778637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/06/everyone-knows-dollars-got-blues.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-3688088770509207131</id><published>2009-04-05T13:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T14:44:38.321-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How did things get so bad and what now?</title><summary type='text'>Japan once found itself trying to recover from disaster after WWII in much the same conditions as the United States now finds itself. At that time it was generally accepted that anything "Made in Japan" was of little value. In fact, one manufacturing town made use of its name which was Usa to label its products "Made in USA" (Usa, Japan is located in Oita Prefecture on Kyushu Island and was so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/3688088770509207131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=3688088770509207131&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3688088770509207131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3688088770509207131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-did-things-get-so-bad-and-what-now.html' title='How did things get so bad and what now?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-510742533953839884</id><published>2009-01-30T08:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T09:32:15.335-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama Stocks White House With Lawyers</title><summary type='text'> Well, I won't be the first, and likely not the last, to suggest that lawyers make poor government managers. However, many attorneys from both parties marvel at the sheer number of lawyers Obama has appointed or nominated so far, particularly at the White House counsel's office, which will have at least 22 attorneys working under counsel Greg Craig. That's more than twice as large as the office </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/510742533953839884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=510742533953839884&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/510742533953839884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/510742533953839884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-stocks-white-house-with-lawyers.html' title='Obama Stocks White House With Lawyers'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-160804203200256310</id><published>2009-01-28T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T15:38:22.650-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No iterative improvements - change</title><summary type='text'>President Barack Obama and many lawmakers want to use infrastructure projects to create jobs. The House was expected to pass an $825 billion economic stimulus bill on Wednesday. Of that money, $150 billion would go to fixing infrastructure.Our infrastructure requires more...much much more. At least $1 TRILLION to restore aviation, bridges, roads, waterways, drinking water, waste water, dams, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/160804203200256310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=160804203200256310&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/160804203200256310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/160804203200256310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-iterative-improvements-change.html' title='No iterative improvements - change'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-9120380053299928197</id><published>2009-01-07T08:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T11:34:02.654-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Made in the US'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I recently read a comment by a reader regarding US automaker bailouts and "Buy American" :you want us to "step up".......the gov't wants us to "step up".........the car makers certainly want us to "step up"...........try this one:buy an American car....get a lifetime guarantee for the vehicle....yes, we've gotta maintain the vehicle, etc, etc......but, no tricky clauses, no "gotcha's".......plain</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/9120380053299928197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=9120380053299928197&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/9120380053299928197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/9120380053299928197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-recently-read-comment-by-reader.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-1914948013497628208</id><published>2009-01-04T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T10:59:38.957-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bright spark of newly discovered freedom</title><summary type='text'>Just when you think you've awakened into an alternate world where nothing makes sense, you find something which accurately expresses your view of that world with style and reason. Yahoo! Maintains a question and answer forum...you ask a question...anyone can answer and the answers are listed for all to view (including you). Quite often you can tell by the questions and answers, that a majority </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/1914948013497628208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=1914948013497628208&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1914948013497628208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1914948013497628208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2009/01/bright-spark-of-newly-discovered.html' title='Bright spark of newly discovered freedom'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6823445553113224484</id><published>2008-12-18T21:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T21:39:49.499-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Words tell you how things should be, action makes it happen.If rules and regulations truly governed people, those ten commandments would be all that's needed. As extremists have shown us, the pen is NOT mightier than the sword.We need the right people, doing the right things and doing them well...a job description doesn't make that happen. Words don't either.While it is of value to encourage an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6823445553113224484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6823445553113224484&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6823445553113224484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6823445553113224484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/12/words-tell-you-how-things-should-be.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4247130176318989324</id><published>2008-08-30T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T22:48:15.790-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah Palin McCain Obama politics vice president'/><title type='text'>Beauty does not exclude ability or brains</title><summary type='text'>Having once been a beauty queen does not make you stupid or unable to play the game.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4247130176318989324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4247130176318989324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4247130176318989324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4247130176318989324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/08/beauty-does-not-exclude-ability-or.html' title='Beauty does not exclude ability or brains'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_z9W7QWjveFc/SLospYpwlYI/AAAAAAAAADM/XI3TqUnH5s4/s72-c/mccain4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-7253085378504457151</id><published>2008-08-30T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T22:21:42.969-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I usually see our two-party system as two teams of hired guns whose methods are the same and whose goals are more alike than different...watched by a betting sadistic crowd who cheer when someone they dislike gets shot. Last man standing wins.Recently I read an article...another "who shot who" of political grist that is a blatant example of the charade. But hidden in the unpleasant prejudice I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/7253085378504457151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=7253085378504457151&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7253085378504457151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7253085378504457151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-usually-see-our-two-party-system-as.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6359247968429917063</id><published>2008-08-22T15:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-22T16:03:38.807-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA world image ugly'/><title type='text'>Image USA - Not good?</title><summary type='text'>Recently I was asked to comment on the image of the United States globally considering it is so negatively viewed and often reviled:   The USA image isn't reality but perception molded by media and political forces, many of which are greatly biased. History reveals that of the evils (as you might choose to say) committed by the USA, there are many other countries who have done the same. The point</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6359247968429917063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6359247968429917063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6359247968429917063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6359247968429917063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/08/image-usa-not-good.html' title='Image USA - Not good?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-2570472854625294383</id><published>2008-06-23T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T09:53:35.997-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I got this from a friend's email. But I have comments to this below.Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. They believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/2570472854625294383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=2570472854625294383&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/2570472854625294383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/2570472854625294383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-got-this-from-friends-email.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6721785290010787990</id><published>2008-06-09T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T15:32:47.117-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why people behaved the way they did</title><summary type='text'>   Well, I suppose that everyone cared  what their neighbors thought of them and at least tried to be civil to those  that didn't. While a rich kid with lots of toys was great to visit, we still  preferred to go home. And if visiting us, that kid threatened to take his  marbles and go home if we didn't let him win...he went home. Your value system  wasn't about things...it was who was a good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6721785290010787990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6721785290010787990&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6721785290010787990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6721785290010787990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-people-behaved-way-they-did.html' title='Why people behaved the way they did'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-7268991549057857024</id><published>2008-06-05T16:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T17:17:12.523-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kmiec'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bishop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='catholic'/><title type='text'>A schism of Catholicism in the making...in America?</title><summary type='text'>Word spread like wildfire in Catholic circles: Douglas Kmiec, a staunch  Republican, firm foe of abortion and veteran of the Reagan Justice Department,  had been denied Communion.   His sin? Kmiec, a Catholic who can cite papal pronouncements with the  facility of a theological scholar, shocked old friends and adversaries alike  earlier this year by endorsing Barack Obama for president. For at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/7268991549057857024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=7268991549057857024&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7268991549057857024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7268991549057857024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/06/schism-of-catholicism-in-makingin.html' title='A schism of Catholicism in the making...in America?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-3252316426211567414</id><published>2008-05-27T14:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-27T14:24:41.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Undisclosed Recipient" emails from a person who has never ever sent me a personal note.</title><summary type='text'>Some people have a group name which includes most of the addresses they have and they send anything of interest to everyone in that group name...Sometimes when I receive such an email, I know that the person who sent it was just broadcasting and the email really isn't something the author thinks would be of interest to me.EXAMPLE: I got an email addressed to "Undisclosed Recipient": It was an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/3252316426211567414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=3252316426211567414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3252316426211567414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3252316426211567414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/05/undisclosed-recipient-emails-from.html' title='&quot;Undisclosed Recipient&quot; emails from a person who has never ever sent me a personal note.'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-4015351831614383084</id><published>2008-05-23T11:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T11:46:24.324-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government waste'/><title type='text'>Give 'em a Big Mac and Fries</title><summary type='text'>"The Farm Bill" H.R. 2419 has been widely criticized, vetoed by the President, and that veto overridden by congress. You can see why almost any citizen should be incensed by examining provisions of the bill(Link provided here)Here is one item as example:Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended by adding at the end the following:(k) Nutrition Education and Promotion </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/4015351831614383084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=4015351831614383084&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4015351831614383084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/4015351831614383084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/05/give-em-big-mac-and-fries.html' title='Give &apos;em a Big Mac and Fries'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-3315473629819991128</id><published>2008-05-04T17:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-04T18:12:15.678-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Legalize Prostitution</title><summary type='text'>I advocate a legalized form of prostitution !!!Why? Differences betwen a married couple and a prostitute with her John: Married CoupleProstitute and JohnSanctioned by the churchIllegal IAW local laws Government licensedGovernment enforces prohibitionWoman has papers on man Woman profits by pleasing manChildren - sometimes  Children not desiredFailure = havoc on all forever Failure = one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/3315473629819991128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=3315473629819991128&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3315473629819991128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3315473629819991128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/05/legalize-prostitution.html' title='Legalize Prostitution'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-3471039718858923360</id><published>2008-04-25T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T09:19:15.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Let us re-examine the use of punishments not often used:the words that come to mind are banishment, deportation, exile, and expel among others.An efficient, practical and productive answer to resolve many of our social ills is to banish individuals to underpopulated or unpopulated areas or outside our borders.Citizenship implies entitlement, responsibility  and rights. The rehabilitation of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/3471039718858923360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=3471039718858923360&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3471039718858923360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3471039718858923360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/04/let-us-re-examine-use-of-punishments.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-1662294592828370395</id><published>2008-04-15T07:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T08:13:35.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Suppose  you didn't  vote "for the lesser of two evils"</title><summary type='text'>Suppose "not voting" for the lesser of two evils, responsible citizens could vote NO to the candidates presented by the parties?On JULY 4, 1776 The thirteen united States of America made a declaration.This declaration began with these words.When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/1662294592828370395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=1662294592828370395&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1662294592828370395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1662294592828370395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/04/suppose-you-didnt-vote-for-lesser-of.html' title='Suppose  you didn&apos;t  vote &quot;for the lesser of two evils&quot;'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-2743703739202459425</id><published>2008-03-18T13:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T14:03:10.866-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recession banking'/><title type='text'>Revise the Federal Reserve Act of 1913</title><summary type='text'>At  2:39PM EST today, March 16, the Federal Reserve lowered the Key Interest Rate another .75 percentage points to 2.25%.This further denotes a recession in the United States. We have all become  "comfortable"  with the way the Federal Reserve affects our economy and few of us understand how it does its job. However, it may be that time has come for us to be more knowledgeable of that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/2743703739202459425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=2743703739202459425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/2743703739202459425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/2743703739202459425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/03/revise-federal-reserve-act-of-1913.html' title='Revise the Federal Reserve Act of 1913'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-3665783198058677387</id><published>2008-03-11T18:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T20:24:11.954-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Us Constitution defines the necessary qualifications for president as:No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/3665783198058677387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=3665783198058677387&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3665783198058677387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/3665783198058677387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/03/us-constitution-defines-necessary.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-1175379771773595880</id><published>2008-01-29T23:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T23:54:50.807-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Politics in the American process is based on garnering votes during elections to the promotion of advantage of one group's interest as opposed to others. A vote for candidate xyz is to insure that the government's funds will be expended with emphasis on your special interest and not others, because as of yet,no government is capable of satisfying all of the people all of the time.And money votes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/1175379771773595880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=1175379771773595880&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1175379771773595880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1175379771773595880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/01/politics-in-american-process-is-based.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-7352181191402940198</id><published>2008-01-23T15:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T16:16:37.643-08:00</updated><title type='text'>United States "American/English" biased issue</title><summary type='text'>Let me begin by denoting this is an  United States "American/English" biased issue that might well apply to other peoples and  should be considered in that fashion. Just substitute your own  nation/language(s) into the logic. I stumbled upon the DoNotCall  register regarding the US FTC's online process and registered my phone with the  government's program. While there, I noted a special section </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/7352181191402940198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=7352181191402940198&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7352181191402940198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/7352181191402940198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2008/01/united-states-americanenglish-biased.html' title='United States &quot;American/English&quot; biased issue'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-8835453819897437342</id><published>2007-11-09T13:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T14:12:40.362-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No queen can be more mother</title><summary type='text'>Humans, without regard to any cultural, societal or genetic difference,can experience with equal enjoyment much of what is upon this earthand the width of this experience grows. Equal in this view is that from thelowest to the highest, no man can be without happiness nor can heenjoy any less or more than other men...in this he is equal.The exquisite rapture of sexual climax, is felt so well by a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/8835453819897437342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=8835453819897437342&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8835453819897437342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/8835453819897437342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-queen-can-be-more-mother.html' title='No queen can be more mother'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-328688957734562009</id><published>2007-11-06T04:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T05:23:11.944-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Presidential election = an ugly spectator sport</title><summary type='text'>Our democratic process, as currently practiced, has proven unsatisfactory to the great majority of Americans. Even with hopeful new signs of internet enabled participation, our national elections remain essentially poll-driven, mass media campaigns and little more than an ugly spectator sport, though one with enormous stakes.NPC Caucushttp://www.nationalcaucus.com/about"Is this true," he asks </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/328688957734562009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=328688957734562009&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/328688957734562009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/328688957734562009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2007/11/presidential-election-ugly-spectator.html' title='Presidential election = an ugly spectator sport'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-486352462377043588</id><published>2007-11-04T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-04T11:49:25.352-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Would Lie Down</title><summary type='text'>Walking upon dried leaves their edges ragged to decayIn browns, yellows and red, still they show what once they wereThrough the forest limbs they fall in brittle cackleSunshine embers glow on those few that hang on.Shuffling in a wishing walk the leaves shush me to quietLook down!  something says, and capped acorns wink back.Leaves everywhere clapping along a ground breezeThat I would lie down </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/486352462377043588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=486352462377043588&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/486352462377043588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/486352462377043588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-would-lie-down.html' title='I Would Lie Down'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-6938533033237921901</id><published>2007-10-30T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T15:03:55.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fred Thompson quoted Burke</title><summary type='text'>18th century Irish political philosopher Edmund Burke: “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.”That's what Fred said when a constituent complained about a vote on a controversial issue in which his vote was contrary to popular opinion.A consummate  actor, Fred knows how to deliver his lines.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/6938533033237921901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=6938533033237921901&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6938533033237921901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/6938533033237921901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2007/10/fred-thompson-quoted-burke.html' title='Fred Thompson quoted Burke'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-5926803722758329774</id><published>2007-10-26T14:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T14:30:27.505-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Let me begin by denoting this is an "American/English" biased issue that might well apply to other peoples and should be considered in that fashion. Just substitute your own nation/language(s) into the logic. I stumbled upon the DoNotCall register regarding the FTC's online process and registered my phone with the government's program. While there, I noted a special section for those who required</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/5926803722758329774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=5926803722758329774&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/5926803722758329774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/5926803722758329774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2007/10/let-me-begin-by-denoting-this-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-1696785484091729193</id><published>2007-10-17T20:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T21:08:22.250-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Crucial Time</title><summary type='text'>Never before has their been such a need for advanced citizenship in the United States directed towards our political system and the selection of leaders.Please go here and become knowlegable:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21116732/Remember to consult the enternet for what 'real people' think versus what the media tells us what we think. The source above is a media center but the video clips are "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/1696785484091729193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=1696785484091729193&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1696785484091729193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/1696785484091729193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2007/10/crucial-time.html' title='A Crucial Time'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-114705268815976954</id><published>2006-05-07T18:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T18:56:41.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What issues do Americans say will be most important</title><summary type='text'>What issues do Americans say will be most important to their vote for Congress? Right now, there isn't one issue that clearly outdistances the others in recent polls. According to some polls priority of issues are : the economy (16 percent) and gas prices (15 percent) edge out Iraq (13 percent),  followed by immigration (12 percent), health care (11percent), and terrorism (10 percent). Two issues</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/114705268815976954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=114705268815976954&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/114705268815976954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/114705268815976954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-issues-do-americans-say-will-be.html' title='What issues do Americans say will be most important'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-114693089618922191</id><published>2006-05-06T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-06T08:54:56.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>They come to America</title><summary type='text'>Regarding illegal immigrants, their protests, and the expectation of United States of America citizens:Immigration is not a right of entitlement...it is a plea for inclusion. To be included there is a price. Fortunately for those who are born citizens, someone in their ancestry paid that price and to them they should be thankful but the remainder of the price is working within the system to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/114693089618922191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=114693089618922191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/114693089618922191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/114693089618922191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2006/05/they-come-to-america.html' title='They come to America'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-114064409308601873</id><published>2006-02-22T13:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T13:50:50.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Orleans : How did we get here?</title><summary type='text'>I received this in an email and checked the authenticity of the author and this article - and it is valid.I add my comment at the end.Moral poverty cost blacks in New OrleansPosted: September 21, 20051:00 a.m.EasternREV Jesse Lee Peterson        Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions:        What would you do?        What would you do if you were black?        </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/114064409308601873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=114064409308601873&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/114064409308601873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/114064409308601873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-orleans-how-did-we-get-here.html' title='New Orleans : How did we get here?'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-113718012302832138</id><published>2006-01-13T11:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T11:53:25.880-08:00</updated><title type='text'>To be honest</title><summary type='text'>P.S. I've come to adopt a perspective now, with such religious conviction, that truly you cannot cheat an honest man...and that given time and opportunity, most people will do the right thing. It's a comforting feeling to know there is a protective God present at every human endeavor. I think you would agree.However, I'm practical enough to know that doesn't mean one might consider having been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/113718012302832138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=113718012302832138&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/113718012302832138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/113718012302832138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2006/01/to-be-honest.html' title='To be honest'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11767077.post-111209077172558050</id><published>2005-03-28T21:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-29T02:06:11.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Advanced citizenship</title><summary type='text'>You are warned.What follows is a plethora of perspectives which originate from or are promulgated by one single person and his pursuit of the meaning of life. If there is one.    I decide.I may include items which not only seem but are inconsistent with my views. Do not be alarmed, but do be aware, that in consulting other views one often finds answers or clarification in that other source’s </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/feeds/111209077172558050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11767077&amp;postID=111209077172558050&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/111209077172558050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11767077/posts/default/111209077172558050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brahmerconcepts.blogspot.com/2005/03/advanced-citizenship.html' title='Advanced citizenship'/><author><name>Kenneth Brahmer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12605237906446751303</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='17' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mTO8J4iXioU/TVywuZcnIII/AAAAAAAAAL8/SBI35jnpOJ4/s220/kenneth3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
