http://people.bakersfield.com/home/RecentPostComments Recent Post Comments on Bakersfield.com en-us http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/25013 2000 views. Wow. I hope this helps some people. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/115475 I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. I know I have some very sentimental sports memoribilia myself and would be crushed if I could not pass it on to my gRandchildren. I have come acroos simular items over the years at yard sales, but you may want to keep an eye out on eBay and Craigs list as well...even the classifieds. I will print your post so I have the details and pass them on to others that go to yard sales and swap meets. Let's see if we can find these crooks ! Best wishes on recovering them. !! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/43129 I would like to add your information about Hart Park to our website. Would you be OK with that? hartpark.wordpress.com I would also reference your name as the originator. Thank you. Kenny Beal Stewards of Hart Park http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/111167 Let me answer your questions Cindyb1. I changed my page because it was requested that I do so. So I did. I did nothing wrong. The comment had nothing to do with my work. Any medication that may have been prescribed to me is no one business but my own. I do not know who Nicky T is but I thank them for there comment. I did not ask anyone to post any comments here. If you work for me why hide behind a female alias when I am just guessing from what you have written you are a male. Since the way this is written is the way you come across when you talk. I am pretty sure I know this is and if I am wrong please let me who you really are I am sure everyone would like to know. What I deserve is to be left alone to do my job which is what I am still doing despite this posting so if that is what you meant by me getting finally what I deserve. THANK YOU I will continue to Manage my stores and you as I always have. Wayne http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/111167 First of all let me say that if there wasn't anything wrong with the general managers page then why was he so quick to change it. He obviously knew what he did was wrong he just didn't care. And not once did he ever say if he was even prescribed the pills or not. I would think not because if he was prescribed the pills he would have made it a point to say that they were prescribed to him. And another thing Nicky T. Honey it is obviously that this man is either related to you a friend of his or your sleeping with him to. You and his other two supervisors. Did he have you post a comment. Really though because it doesnt seem like you really know what your talking about. I workin the same store as him. He is my boss and he gets a way with a whole lot. I'm just surprised hes finally getting what he deserves. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/111167 Wow I cant believe people are so wrapped in in the myspace thing that they believe everything that is there is true. DO you really have that much time on your hands to just look for stuff like a line that says "I live for vicodin" and come write about it.I agree with the managerI looked at the site and saw no correlation to drugs and petro. Furthermore if you say you are a trucker and have always had good clean service from this place why would that stop you now from going there just because of one comment some random person made. If in fact this managers "vicodin" use was such a problem that affect his work and somehow this brings the moral of the company down wouldnt you have seen the difference. It sound more like a disgruntled ex- employee who is tring to get back at his amnager. Because how convenient is it that this person knew the exact location of this place just by looking at a myspace page. I looked at the page myselp and nowhere did it specifically say wheeler ridge.it only says lebec,ca and it just says petro not petro stopping centers. Like I said get a life and stop trying to make other peoples life miserable. peopel it is just "myspace" not the bible its where people are able to expreess their rights to "freedom of speech" The company is obsured if they take this myspace thing seriously and try to punish a manager who has his right to privacy amd free speech. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/111167 Everyone is free to express there opinions about something. That is what free speech is all about and Mr. Riley has expressed his about my one line MYSPACE comment about vicodin and that I work for Petro. There is nothing on my MYSPACE page that promotes drugs; there use or that I use drugs. There are no pictures or other comments about drugs. There is no correlation between the comment and my working for Petro. This page is just what it is a place to meet with some of my friends, post pictures to share and show off the stores that I run. I am proud of the work I have done at Petro. I run two of the busiest Convenience Stores in the company. If my comment has offend someone or will cause someone not to go to Petro because of it then for that I am sorry it was never meant for that. It is my hope that those of you who visit my MYSPACE page can see that. Sincerely, Wayne Hensley http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/111167 I AM A TRUCK DRIVER FOR 16 YEARS.TRAVELED ACROSS AMERICA AND USUALLY STOPPING AT PETRO STATIONS FOR GAS/CLEAN FACILITIES AND GOOD SERVICE.IVE VISITED THE MY SPACE SITE AND I WAS APPAULED.I DO GO TO THE PETRO STORES OFF THE I-5 . THEY HAVE LOST MY BUSINESS AND IM SURE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRESED TRUST ME THERES MORE TO LIFE THAN PILLS http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/111167 if petro doesnt fire him then they agree to his views http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/110322 <p>Not all sex offenders are required to reigster. If you know someone for a fact is required to register and fails to comply, then&nbsp;I feel it is your civil duty to report that individual. You can do this from the Megan's Law site.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/102661 <p>Greetings Ralph. I couldn't find another place to comment on your most recent article about grammar. I'm pleased and encouraged at the spirit of your piece.</p> <p>However (and I may be wrong), I'm not sure about the usage of the word &quot;squashed.&quot; I normally would let it go, but since the article was about usage, I had to comment. &quot;Quashed&quot; might have been the word you intended.</p> <p>According a summary Internet search, quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze.</p> <p>By this definition, the Ebonics movement was quashed, not squashed.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/109496 Hi Beth or Sheila, I have been a member of GOLDENAIRES for 5 years now ... and your ad is almost identical to what I have been posting. We are a chorale of men and women about 30 in # right now (we need more). We are starting our new season Wed. Sept. 9th, 3 pm, in the meeting hall of the Church of the Brethren on the corner of Palm and 'A' streets. Our Director is Phil Witmer (who also directs the Bakersfield Masterworks Chorale!!). We are a fun-loving group of mostly seniors, but all ages are welcome. Would you like to come as a group and meld with us? Just a thought. Or come and visit. :-) Yours in song, Audrey Barger (Treasurer -- Goldenaires) 661-397-7562 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/107374 The lender did not offer a form letter and would not accept our letters. I then requested that they offer an acceptable form. Who sends a "Proof of gift form" when they send a gift? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/107374 Something wrong with that picture. I am in the process of trying to purchase a home. My dad is helping me with the down-payment and closing costs and all I had to do was have him sign a "gift-letter" - a form given to me by the loan officer, which states that the amount he gave me is a gift and that there is no agreement at this time to pay it back. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/56055 Comment for Estrellachica77 you only wish El Adobe could compare to Arizona Cafe I have eaten at both places and will not even go back to El Adobe in less you'r paying ......... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/104744 Well written. I agree that we should revisit the purpose of education, and that it should be more to produce students who demonstrate successful completion of work that is meaningful for them and for their communities, and less to produce students who 'know,' as measured by standardized tests. What students learn during sports and 'extra'-curricular activies are far more useful than what they memorize in math and science--the "school" part of school. Sports and other performing courses shoud be curricular, not extra-curricular. The idea of 'knowledge transfer' on which mainstream education is unquestioningly based, does not, and never has worked. What has worked, for centuries, is apprenticeship--the most effective form of education. Apprenticeship works because students do the tasks, not just prepare to do them, and later rely on the myth of transferability of skill. So let change the curriculum along this dimension--more vocational education, more sports, more applied versions of math and science. Read more at forumbakersfield.com http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/104735 This dog has been adopted. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/102661 Ralph, I am glad that you are writing for TBC. Your unique point of view on life is a welcomed "sight". I worked with you several years ago and you always sent me away laughing. ~JAT http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/102661 Welcome Ralph, great to see you here. I enjoy your show when I'm out and about and love your style. Oh yeah, tell Preston he has a very infectous laugh. I grin every time I hear it. You're a great pair! Oh, gotta tell you though, I've said "good googly wooglies for decades and you, as well as Noggins Ferocious Beast, changed it to "good googly mooglies." I can live with that. Tell Jaz hi for me, he's abondoned us on the blogs. I've GOT to get in on your chat room. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/102661 Nice plug for Gino, Ralph! Great column. I heard you tell this rent check story on the air. Had me cracking up. It was sooo you! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/100707 sounds like fun, maybe I'll go since i was born and raised in Oxnard, i used to live like right by the beach in port Hueneme but since i moved to Bakersfield in 97' i kinda miss my hometown.... so maybe I'll stop by! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/100739 donmason made the comment I’m sorry, but the author is an idiot. All he’s proposing is a last, final reinflation of the credit bubble. Subsidizing the home building industry with governments funds is just one last bail out. Interest rates are already far too low, considerably below the actual inflation rate. His CPI data has notihng to do with reality. Negative interest rates in real terms is exactly what got us into this mess. A boom is a party, but the bust is a b**ch. You have to pay to play. The paying will take a long time happyashell's answer To donmason To completely understand the principles behind the Alternative Economic Stimulus Plan you will need to read it and the other economic policy papers. About 5% of the money we use to exchange our goods and services is represented by paper money. The other 95% of the means of exchange is created with credit. Credit expands the money supply. Because of the collapse of the price of housing and the stock market, trillions of the means of exchange (money), has evaporated (gone). The economy has an insufficient amount of the means of exchange in it to create enough demand to balance demand with available supply. This is why people are being laid off. Our available supply is greater than we need, because people have less money to buy the products they want. Their confidence to make long-term commitments has been shattered. They are only willing to spend money on the things they need and not make long term plans for the future, because they are not sure they will have a job tomorrow. The federal government created a huge deficit to increase the means of exchange in our economy to increase demand, so our economy will start working again, and the unemployed will be re-employed. I am offering an alternative idea. Give the power to the people. Let them create the money. In this way we make the decision about what the money will be spent on. The restarting of the economy is the easy part. It is the slowing down of the economy, before inflation is created, that is the hard part. The currant method of increasing interest rates until the means of exchange is too expensive to conduct business creates a recession. If the policies I have outlined in the Alternative Economic Stimulus Plan had been enacted, the housing bubble would not have occurred and we would not have create the deep recession that we are going through. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/100034 Audrey, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Sam was a lucky cat to be so loved. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/98465 oh and if you sign up for etsy today say vbarton24 sent you http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/97739 Thank you SO much for expressing what many people feel regarding the inappropriate question put to Ms Prejean by someone who was there to be an impartial judge, not to further his own political agenda. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/97578 god help us if this is indicative of the voice of our youth......barely literate, and unable to construct meaningful communication... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/97578 Learn how to spell. I hope to god this was not a media release from the Fresknow Kounty cheriff? And by the way look at the headline. I was unaware drug cartels had powers of arrest. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/85545 Correction on this - it turned out to be a SINGAPORE F-15SG, not an ROK F-15. ( Brian) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/96908 I agree with you as well. I was under the impression it was supposed to be orderly. next thing i know it was a free for all. my son was crying and upset because he wanted to pick up the eggs himself. If i let him do that he wouldnt have got the ten little eggs he got with raffle tickets. what am i supposed to do with those. sigh. i faired better than some I guess i got a free two year subscription to bakersfield magazine. the printout looked like it was left over from a multiple sclerosis walk that happened sometime this year. I was kind of mad as well because of some people who like walked out with 50 eggs. well at least if i sign up for the bakersfield magazine my son will have something to tear up for two years. I feel like I need an apology and my money back also. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/96187 I love Georgie! At least all that short hair is easy to bathe before bed time :o) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/96432 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/96178 i have had a spinal tap before for too much spinal fluid on the brain and it hurt. the second one i had to drain the fluid the Mercy ER dr. screwed it up and caused a fluid leak causing a worse headache. i had to then go and get a blood patch to stop the leak. and i am not a weiny-i am pretty pain tolerant. i would have wanted a second opinion too. it is a very invasive procedure. The parents could have been given instructions to come back in immediatly if the fever returned. and yes calling CPS was wrong. you can get some idea by looking at the parents how they take care of their children. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/93009 <p>From another survivor of childhood abuse and the life long struggles and unhealthy relationships it creates I say harrah to you Hannah. Awakening and life's lessons come hard won, and I am so glad that you finally met a well deserved love. Hope reigns supreme and God's promises will prevail.Oh and Hannah, you do have a degree in human relations that no university could ever match.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/91064 <p>Hi Foreclosure Tsunami: Have you heard of anyone receiving a notice in the last year. I heard they suspended that tax for a couple of years. You might want to check with the IRS an let everyone know what you found out. I am sure a lot of people would like to know for sure.&nbsp; Your article was very good. I got the impression that you would help your fellow man, instead of kicking them while they are down, like a lot of people who want to&nbsp;point fingers and&nbsp;blame people for the currant economic crisis and not help.I would like to share a letter and article I sent to our local newspaper. Please e-mail your thoughts about this very important matter and if you can help us (you and me and our posterity), the little people, by increasing the sound of our voices. Courtenay EdelhartC/O The Bakersfield Californian P O Box 440 Bakersfield, CA. 93301 Ph. 661-395-7361 or 661-395-7500 CSUB Professor Evans was quoted as saying, &quot;We are going to have to live with large deficits for a long time, there is no other way.&quot; I disagree with that statement. I believe there is another way. I have over 40yr of being in the financial world. President Obama and Professor Evans are relying on Keynesian Economics. John Maynard Keynes created these economic policies in the 1930s. Many economist of his time disagreed with him, but it turned out he was correct, in his time, in an inefficient way. His policies, put governments into massive debt, more government programs are created. Over the years, larger and larger governments are developed. His policies work but he did not leave a handbook behind on how to correctly slow down the economy when it is so strong that it is creating an economic crisis. Our economy is in economic crisis. Not from being too strong but from being too weak, after a very strong period. President Obama is once again applying Keynesian Economics to the problem. Our economy has changed tremendously since the Great Depression. The economy has become so large and electronically sophisticated, that we need new methods of correcting economic crises. People have become more aware of credit use, which expands the money supply without government spending. The Government has to have the right policies in place at the right time in the economic cycle for the economy to work efficiently. The old ways do not work any more. We have to try something different. What the government is doing is not working! I have developed new policies that correct economic crisis, such as recessions, inflation, and depressions, in a more efficient way. My desire would be for you to read the Alternative Economic Stimulus Plan. It is not over a 1000 pages like President Obama&rsquo;s Economic Recovery is. It is posted at www.americansolutions.com Put &quot;happyashell&quot; in the search box. There are several articles; I would start with THE VULTURES ARE CIRCLING. There I hope you will find answers to the questions. How did we get ourselves into this economic crisis? How will we get ourselves out of this economic crisis? I believe that unless Congress hears from the people we will continue reliving history with gloom, boom, and doom economics. Sincerely, Leonard C.Tekaat THE VULTURES ARE CIRCLINGThe value of our homes has been the backbone of our money supply. If you presently owe more than your home is worth the vultures are circling. The bankers and investors servicing your loan want you to make payments on a loan that may be more than what your home will sell for. The vultures are waiting until you default on your loan, to pick the economy&rsquo;s bones clean. The housing bubble has burst and prices are coming down. This has led to federal action to stabilize and re-inflate the housing market. The government (your representatives in Washington) should change the tax policy for bank business losses, so banks are motivated to lower the principle balance of your loan. We should support President Obama as he lowers interest rates and pays banks or investors one-half of the amount that is forgiven on each home loan. If interest rates are lowered low enough, the mortgage reduction policy is the only part of his plan we may need. We may not need that policy either, if the banks and investors come to realize that marking down the mortgage is in their best interest, tax and capital wise. Let me explain the capital advantage. When a bank has a non-performing asset the value of the asset decreases more than if the bank discounts the mortgage. After discounting the asset's value, the asset becomes a performing asset and is worth twice as much. An investor will pay more for a performing asset than a non-performing asset. If a bank waits and allows the property to go to foreclosure they can now sell the collateral, perhaps at market value, but if the sale price does not cover the cost of foreclosure and lost interest payments, (unless the mortgage is insured), the bank not only loses money but a customer forever. www.seekingalpha.com/article/12394-the-end-of-the-credit-crisis? sourse=article_1b_artic&hellip; The homebuyers, our elected representatives, the investors, the bankers, we all have equal responsibility for this economic crisis. We must all understand this business fact. That until the excess amount of the mortgage is forgiven, in some manner, the real-estate market and the economy will not recover. The economy will remain in recession and could move into a depression. To encourage banks, investor and servicing companies to lower principal amounts, the policy of claiming a business lose, when banks or investors write down the value of an asset, should be changed. (Asset meaning your mortgage) The business loss should not be allowed until the amount of the mark down is passed through to the homeowner. Housing Investors are buying 75 % of the houses that are selling in CA., NV. AZ. FL. The foreclosed properties are selling because the loan amount to buy the house is equal to the value of the home. We must send the vultures packing by changing the policies our economy is guided by. STABILIZE YOUR HOME&rsquo;S VALUEAll across this nation people have seen their home values decrease. There are three things that must be done to maintain the price of your home.1. Enact the Zero Inflation Taxation policy. This policy will increase confidence of investors to make long-term money investments, creating a market for 30yr mortgages. It will automatically change the income tax, as economic conditions change in our economy, from recession to the inflation cycle. 2. Interest rates are too high. All through the 1930s the banks kept interest rates 400 to 600% or more above the inflation rate, making the Great Depression worst than it should have been. (www.Crestmont/Reach.com) After World War II, interest rates have not been over 100% above the CPI. Currently mortgage interest rates are 750% above the CPI, and increasing, as deflation increases. We must create mortgages that have interest rates that are no more than 300 percent above Consumer Price Index. Maintain mortgage interest rates with Adjustable Rate Mortgages at no more than 50 to 100% above the C.P.I. Banks cannot lower their interest rates low enough because of profit margins and depositor insecurities. The U.S. Treasury is a not for profit government agency and does not have these concerns. It would borrow the money from the Fed and would fund these mortgages, at cost, until the banks have the confidents to lower their mortgage rates and investors start investing in mortgages securities. This would stimulate the economy. By decreasing mortgage rates by 50%, mortgage payments would decrease. A $1500.00 monthly interest mortgage payment would decrease to $750.00. That is a $750.00 stimulus check every month for 30 yrs. Nov.&rsquo;s 2008 C.P.I. was a negative 1.7%. A 3% starting mortgage rate would be 470% above the deflation rate. This policy will make housing affordable. It will bring more buyers into the market and eliminate the foreclosure problem. With safe guards included, the chance of another housing bubble occurring is practically nil. When the economy is correctly guided it will produce more tax revenues for federal, state and local governments without raising taxes, as the California Congress has done. The tax increases can then be eliminated. 3. Call! President Obama 202-456-1111 Fax 202-456-2461 Treasurer Tim Geithner Fax 202-622-2000 Opinions? http://www.bakersfield.com/ or http://www.contactingcongress.com/ Please blog this letter and articles across the country. Home prices are decreasing all over the country. The news has been covering the economic problems. How about a solution? President Obama plan is foreclosure plan is destine to fail. It does not take into account that most homes in CA .NV. AZ, FL. has decreased in price by 40% or more. The rest of the country an average 20 to 30%, His plan only allows for homes to be 5% underwater. The real estate market will not recover until the other 90% of homes that are more than 5% underwater have their excess mortgages adjusted. They cannot be sold or brought until they go through foreclosure or the banks and servicing companies forgive, in some manner, the excess portion, of the loan. I present one idea in my ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN. You can read it at http://www.americansolutions.com/.The economy needs the real estate market because our homes are the backbone of our money supply, just like gold was many years ago. I do not want to re-inflate the economy. The reality of the modern world is that we no longer barter to exchange our goods and services. We use paper money or credit. They are both based on promises. If it is credit that you use as a means of exchange, the collateral must maintain its value over a long period of time, similar to gold. Our homes have served this purpose for many years, until people changed policies to create more credit available. Human history has shown us that the borrower must be at risk of losing something of value, as much as the lender, and the terms of the loan must be affordable. This is not the case of the people who are losing their homes. The lender made the loan unaffordable, because of the change in the interest rates and the homeowners looks at the house as having no value, only an excessive burden. I realize there are a lot of people that should not own their home until they are educated and are more financially able to. On our Federal Reserve notes read IN GOD WE TRUST it should read IN THE FED WE TRUST. When the government with its misguided policies and the Fed with its interest rate policies cause the economy to be guided in the wrong direction, they are responsible. If you divert a stream and it does damage to people, you are responsible for paying for the damages. Since this is a government by the people, I guess we are all responsible. The government, which gave its power over the money supply, to the Fed, screwed up, period. It is not the responsible homeowner's fault if their mortgage is underwater. A lot of people put 20% or more down and they are in financial trouble today because of the government and the Fed.It does not do anybody any good, except the people who created the problem and got out; to have housing prices go up as fast as they did during the housing bubble. It is better to maintain the economy at a pace that allows as many people as possible to participate in the economy, so they can provide for themselves. What we do not need is for the economy to slow down so much that people lose their jobs and become government dependent, as the millions of the unemployed are doing. When the Republicans want to increase people&rsquo;s disposable income, they want to lower taxes and reduce regulation. When the Democrats want to increase people's disposable income they want to deficit spend, create jobs and government programs and increase regulation. Both of these policies reduce government revenues and increase the national debt and the government's deficit, in the beginning of the recovery cycle. Lowering interest rates does not cost anything and increases more people's income, by a greater amount, much quicker. This policy puts people back to work faster and the problem does not get out of control. The government's liabilities are decreased. We do not have to increase taxes to pay down the national debt or to decrease the deficit. With the correct policies enacted the chance of another housing bubble occurring is practically nil. What is recession? A recession is caused by excessive supply created by over production. Recession is also created by insufficient demand because of insufficient available cash purchasing power. A Recession is also credited by the inability or desire of people to obtain credit because of a lack of confidence in the future or it has become too expensive or restrictive to obtain credit. This causes an insufficient amount of money value in the economy, resulting in people not having sufficient cash purchasing power to exchange for new produced value. It feeds upon itself further decreasing economic activity every time some one loses their job. The idea is to increase economic activity so people can go back to work and take care of themselves and their families, increasing their purchasing power there-by increasing demand. A majority of Americans enjoy their freedom and want to earn a living without government interference. If you are going to say people abused the credit system. I agree with you. Credit should be used in a correct manner to increase consumption or increase production of goods and services. Credit should not be used to produce or increase inflation. The economy must stay in balance to provide for as many people as possible. A home should be valued for the protection it gives you from the weather and the security it gives your family. On 2-24-09 the Fed Chairman Bernanke, appeared before the Senate Banking Committee. Senator Bob Corker stated during the meeting, &ldquo;He had not yet heard a definite way out of the economic crisis. That it seems to me that we are continuing to do the same thing as we have been doing. That is, giving large amounts of money to the banks, to capitalize them and nothing happens that benefits the economy.&rdquo; I agree! The Fed is currently acting as a bank, regarding commercial paper. This morning in his question and answer session the Chairman stated that, &quot;Because the banks were not confident enough to loan businesses money, the Fed, by paying the banks .25% interest on their deposits, the Fed was borrowing the money from the banks and lending it to the large corporations. I believe that the solution to the economic crisis is that the same policy should be applied to the housing problem. If the ARM mortgage starting interest rate is low enough to jolt the economy back to life, the toxic securities will become valuable again. The new mortgages will become performing assets. The banks will make huge amounts of money rewriting the mortgages and servicing them. Thereby becoming profitable and help capitalize them. We are currently trying to capitalize the banks by infusing the money directly into them. This policy is wrong because the collateral is losing value. This situation means the banks will need more and more capital to remain viable. The value of the collateral must be stabilized first, for the banks to be confident enough to lend money against it. I am the author of INFLATION THE ECONOMY KILLER (Amazon.com). I had to reverse my policies for inflation control to correct the currant economic crisis. High inflation and deflation are both economic crisis, which are created when the economy becomes unbalanced. The policies to correct them are opposite of each other. Our concern now is the deflation that is occurring in the real estate market, mainly the housing sector of the economy. The housing sector is so important because it is the consumer and household formation that creates 75 to 80% of the economic activity in our economy. I want you to ask yourself three questions? 1. What is the first thing the Fed does to stimulate the economy? Answer: Lower interest rates, this permits people and business to refinance their debt at a lower rate of interest, which in turn lowers their monthly payments, freeing up monthly income, which increases their disposable income. With more disposable income, people have money to spend on other things, other than interest payments. 2. Why did it not work this time? Answer: Collateral prices were going down. Banks or investors cannot refinance people's loans until the price of the collateral stabilizes. When the banks did not follow the Fed's lead of lowering interest rates it made the deflation worse. 3. How do we solve this problem? Answer: The banks cannot lower their interest rates low enough because of the risk factor of the collateral's price going down. They have to make a profit and pay a high enough interest rate to keep their depositors satisfied. The US Treasury, which is a not for profit government agency, can borrow the money from the Fed, just like the banks do, and fund the refinanced mortgages, at near cost, until the collateral's price stops decreasing and investors start investing in the new mortgage securities. The Treasury would receive the cash flow to fund more mortgages. When the economy is up and running again, the Treasury would sell the mortgages to investors. The banks and other financial institutions would arrange these new loans and mortgages or modification agreements. It has always been the 90% of the population who spend their money and pay their bills that brings the economy out of the recession. When their disposable income increases and they are able spend money on household goods and services, big ticket items, autos and trucks ect. I have petitioned the U.S. Congress to hold open meetings to discuss and debate the Alternative Economic Stimulus Plan. As of today I have not heard back from Congress, about this basic right of American citizens to petition their government. My Plan does not rely on a trillion dollar government Jobs Program. In fact the Alternative Stimulus Plan will not cost the American people anything over time. The Alternative Stimulus Plan also includes a policy that will help those people that owe more on their mortgages than what the house will sell for. This policy is outlined on the web site. Free info. www.americansolution.com Search articles/comments by &ldquo;happyashell&rdquo; Leonard C. Tekaat is a retired economic Analyst, Financier, Investor, businessman, author, and a former Candidate for California Congress. He has experience in the financial world of over 40 years. If you agree with any part of the plan, write or telephone the newspaper, your friends, Congressman or anyone else that will help spread the word. You can also send a copy of this letter to the editor. Maybe if the little people stand on each other shoulders and shout loud enough, we will finally be seen and heard!Copyright by Leonard C. Tekaat All rights reserved. Contact information: E-mail http://www.leonardc@earthlink.net/ or http://www.economysflaw@yahoo.com/ PS Be sure you read the other articles and comment to get the complete picture. .</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90926 <p>$300.00 - $296.00 = $4.00</p> <p>1st sign of something fishy...other than the fact that he left the train depot to 'fish' for money in the first place. </p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90853 Shyanne: You DO make a difference, even if it is picking up an animal that you ultimately have to put down..its a better and much kinder fate that being lost, abandoned and starving to death over time, or dying all alone after being hit by a car...I couldn't do your job, and I have a hard time doing my "job" most days! Hang in there, Dogmomma at Canine Canyon Ranch Rescue in Tehachapi http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/33500 <p>Hi:I don't know if you remember me. My name is Behnam A. I was married to Dina in 1990. I think I even saw you couple of times and your beautiful kids. I just became aware of Dina's death an hour ago. All I want you to know is that Dina is missed and I always loved her. She was a great woman and she is in peace now. Love,Behnam A.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90153 I think what your doing is very honorable and is exactly what I want to do after my state work days are done. I am currently a huge advocate of rescues and point people in that direction every chance I get. I have also looked at your rescue site online previously. I wouldn't hesitate to send someone that way. Great job! I appreciate you and your work! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90206 Ah c'mon now, all is crazy, don't get mad and mentally hazy. Words are complex, some escape me, still I write them, still they shape me. Make me what I am today, make my mind rhyme anyway. Hyperboles are funy things, we use them quite a bit, and as you say the word is hard, and causes us to sit --to think about how we may say the funny word a hundred ways. Excuse me's rather funny, I had not thought of that, but dear old friend my head recalls that YOU would think of that! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90092 I believe this will be the first year there is no DVD or recording of the performance. I know B&L productions did a taping, but I've heard through the grapevine that won't be happening this year. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90065 Can't call you old fashioned, you're way way too young, 'Sides, if I call YOU that, I'll bite my own tongue. For I can remember almost as much, To give all the memories a personal touch. Snail mail was lovely, those notes in the box, That someone would send to this batty old fox, Would make my heart happy, that someone believed, That I should get love from a box I retrieved. We got so excited when someone would say, Somebody wrote you a letter today! So I guess that the email can stay in net space, But the old fashioned letter they cannot replace. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90092 Awesome! Some of my band members and I have all been in KC Honor Band. I still have the records they recorded at the concerts. Do they still do that? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/90065 I definitely agree with you. Email can never replace snail mail. What's missing? Heart, emotion, meaning, inflection, intent, sincerity-which may be intended but isn't always reflected. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/88511 Good for you 'Poo'...and Welcome Home.. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/38726 I was a freshman at Highland High School. I remember going to school. Dust storms were not unheard of so it didn't seem like anything more than a slightly nastier day than usual. By the time my sister (a senior) got to HHS the power was out and we were sent home. I don't remember how we got home but I do remember being in the vicinity of the traffic signal on Oswell Street at the northeast corner of Compton JHS and seeing the signal alternately disappearing and reappearing behind the blowing dust. Then it got dark as night. At that point I realized this was a little more than a dusty day. We managed to get home and the power was out for a week. I made money cleaning up the mess for people. I distinctly remember shoveling dirt a foot deep out of the carport of one customer. I live in Sacramento now and we just don't have such exciting weather events or crash-boom-bang summer thunderstorms. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/29285 Dude, Ever hear of Photoshop? Needs enhancement. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/75508 Thanks Apollo Dawn for your valuable suggestion. I have just posted this article to my blog with a new postscript comment. Richard http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/75508 Would you please post this in the Blog section as well? I have been watching for your next contribution, but I have only been checking the blog. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/79538 The government is in all kinds of places that they don't belong... you know the kids can't have Christmas stuff at school, but how many schools are CLOSED on Christmas? All of them! You have double standards! Seperation my foot! LOL http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/79688 AWWWW... what a perfect lil pumpkin pickin' her pumpkin! Actually, she looks just like my little "niece!" =) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/79534 Beautiful. Alicen http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78813 very powerful and moving. thank you for your courage as a mother, to stand behind your son...NO ON PROP 8 =) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78813 A beautiful story, hopefully people will see things from another perspective and understand what you went through. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78813 What a great story. It made me think about how my mother must have felt when she found out I was gay. Brings a whole other prospective to the table. It is great how your family is accepting of your son and his boyfriend. I wish I had the same acceptance. Thank you for sharing your story! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78802 Thank you Anon1. I see what you mean now. It actually makes me feel a little better about it. I will keep an eye on it and report back on this topic as I see progress happening. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78813 Thank you for writing this. You truly did what you set out to accomplish. I immediately forwarded it to my mother, who will be voting yes on prop 8. Thank you. Thank you so much for sharing your story. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78802 The court has not ruled on this matter. If you review the docket and documents carefully, you will notice that the DRAFT ORDER associated with link 27 is NOT signed (as is the order under link 4 with the little gavel next to it - indicating that the judge has made a decision). Another draft order was attached to the motion associated with filing 8. It is common practice for lawyers to file draft orders when they file the motion so that, if the judge agrees completely, he/she can sign the draft order and make it official rather than having his/her judicial assistant type up a new order. It's a way to make it easy on the judge. Link 27 just indicates that a motion was filed. If an order was issued, there would be a separate link and the description would mention that it contains an order. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78802 <p>Well, I just found the courts ruling on this matter. As of October 22, 2008 The court declared that Senator Obama is not a &quot;natural born&quot; or &quot;naturalized&quot; United states citizen and is inelligible to run for president.&nbsp; The court then <strong>ordered</strong> the Democratic National Convention and Barack Obama to cease all campainging on his behalf and to remove him from the presidential ticket.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To read about it follow this link and read document 27:</p> <p>http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-paedce/case_no-2:2008cv04083/case_id-281573/</p> <p>WHY HAVE WE STILL NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS ON THE NEWS!</p> <p>For more information please contact the plaintiff:</p> <p>Philip J. Berg, Esquire<br /> 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12<br /> Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531<br /> Cell (610) 662-3005<br /> (610) 825-3134<br /> (800) 993-PHIL [7445]<br /> Fax (610) 834-7659<br /> philjberg@obamacrimes.com</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/78184 With much sadness, Dean Little passed away Saturday October 18th in Las Cruces, New Mexico at age 75. Services in Bakersfield are pending. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65268 AudreyB: You should post more often. Your work is beautiful. Again, it would be good to see more of your own posts -- it's impossible to see all of your comments. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/77982 A very well thought out and intellectual response to the current situation. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/61869 Hear hear! I love this guys response about the ACLU you as well. They support NAMBLA! They have spent far more time and money protecting the religious rights of Americans than anyone in NAMBLA, but when you're intellectually lazy what else can you expect? Keep telling it like it is! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/77369 Much needed prevention tool! It will save millions of lives and help keep all Americans safe! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/77369 A domestic violence database makes sense! The database will prevent violence and save millions of lives! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/24170 Truth Tabernacle has been a place where my family and I have received practical and real life teaching. My husband and I have received and continue to gather tools that help strengthen our marriage and home. My family and I are truly blessed to be part of this wonderful church family! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/20951 Last year I did the same thing, only on a different road, I broke both of my wheels and blew out both tires on my scooter, just by the grace of God, did I not crash! I put in a claim to fix/replace just the wheels and tires, well the City is not liable for any damages it has been notified about the POT HOLE before hand... So, I was out of luck and almost $400... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/56055 whoevery wrote this! i am a friend of el adobe! ive been to arizona cafe and it does not even compare to eladobe!!!! arizona cafe does not even have the potential to be compared to el adobe!!!! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/43205 If only I could agree with you. He has made life-changing decisions about my medical condition without even speaking to me to my face; he's been sending messages and refusing treatment through my main GP. He may be good with general medicine, but I can only assume that he is one of many, MANY "old-fashioned" doctors. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/62132 I'm SO happy you came out to talk about this. Bakersfield needs more awareness. I've been struggling 14 years, myself. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/27455 Also curious, I can't click to your profile and if I post and the "I" or "l" comes up then my comment is lost. What is going on with your blog? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/27455 <p>I notice your blog has a different portal for commenting than anyone else's.</p> <p>Other than that, this blog reminded me of a girl I loved in 6th grade. Her name was June, and she was a Hawaiian beauty. I would sit her atop my bicycle and carry her books while gently pushing her home.</p> <p>Our first and only kiss was engineered by her older sister who felt a certain empathy for my hopeless affliction of love.</p> <p>That&nbsp;first chaste kiss was orchestrated next to a mud puddle in the desert surrounded by discards and old, junk&nbsp;tires. Her sister, Cheryl, told us to imagine a beautiful, mountainous lake scene and imagine we did.</p> <p>That gentle touching of our lips, no longer than two or three seconds, travels like a beam of light to adorn the crown of my gathering years with a precious memory filled with child like innocence.</p> <p>Like Helen Keller wrote about the many, &quot;have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.&quot;</p> <p>Such &quot;kisses&quot; are rare and precious, but few there are among young people today who can recall a first brush with true beauty because it never happened for them.</p> <p>Selfish moderns, the vulgarians,&nbsp;have determined that for them.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/27236 Sam, this is a delight to read and useful to understand just how far we have gone down the path into socially engineered insanity. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/70844 Went opening night. Place was packed but service was excellent although it took a while to get a table. It was also my birthday and the accommodated us very well. Food was good as all four of us ordered something different. I have some friends from Scotland also. I will definatley go back, it's less that a mile from the house. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/70833 Its a sad day when such a truly revolutionary airframe as this one was is gone in what seem to be a flash. I was working at Meadows field (as a Security Guard) when the first Nighthawk crashed outside of Bakersfield and had to run down a general aviation pilot for violating the No Fly Zone set up the Air force and FAA. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/69338 Okay, so obviously you are in shock! Because you are putting this off on God and society-do "We People believe in second chances?: - For the most part our society is forgiving but when is enough, enough? Has your brother not already been given a second chance? Is he not the same person that has changed his name from Michael Banner to Michael Montgomery? And plead out a case of assault with firearm on a person, attempted murder, and carrying a loaded firearm without registration, when he was 17 years old, serving a meagar 70 days in juvenile Hall, out of a 2 year prison sentence? Forgiveness? HA!! How about REALITY.... We do have laws in this country, and they are mean't to protect "you people" from criminals such as your brother. Do you not understand the devastation the families of the victims are going thru right now? Your brother took someones's child, sister, brother, mother, cousin or whatever relationship away from another persons family. They will not be able to see or feel that person again. They will never be able to talk to them again. Oh so poor you., you will have to go to prison to see your brother! This is a very personal issue for me. My daughter was hit by a drunk driver last year and greatfully she lived thru it. So I have zero tolerence for drunks. And society should punish your brother to the full extent of the law. He knew he was drunk and still got behind the wheel of a vehicle and drove, not only himself but others as well. He took on the responsibility of their lives when he started the engine of that vehicle. No sympathy here. And I would hope and pray that most of our society feels that he needs to be punished. Actually I am quite surprised at how many people have viewed this and not commented. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/69338 You need to get real. Your brother killed 2 people. It's got nothing to do with God working in mysterious ways and calling them home. That is so offensive and insulting to anyone with half a brain. I hope your brother goes to trial and I hope I'm on the jury. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/69338 Get 'em Missy! I knew you would find this interesting. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/69338 Hey, I have a suggestion, why don’t you try to look at it from the VICTIMS point of view instead of feeling sorry for yourself and your CRIMINAL brother. Im sure you are sad that you brother totally jacked his life up but why should anyone feel sorry for him? Try feeling sorry for the people he killed and for their families. You can feel bad all you want but think about the families of the victims…. VICTIM being key word here… you brother did this to them..nobody did it to him! Whatever happens now is on him and its something he will have to live with everyday and the fact that you and your family are sticking up for him and saying what he did was not wrong is just messed up. You talk about God being a major factor in this so maybe you should go pray for forgiveness…. Because its people like you that make people like your brother think that drinking and driving is okay…I happen to be a victim of a serious drunk driving accident on the same HWY and its something that I have to live with everyday, the pain, the memories, the scars, the physical disabilities, and the nightmares…. I came very close to losing my life because some idiot decided they wanted to drive drunk..its not cool, its not funny, and its definitely NOT OKAY!! There’s a reason they have a law against it, or did you think that was just a suggestion, because apparently that’s what your brother thought and he got proven wrong didn’t he? So before you go ranting and raving about how upset you are because your brothers life is messed up and his families as well think about how stupid it makes you sound..because the people he killed(yeah, they were people!! Real live people with families and lives!!!) will never get to experience anything again, and their families will never get to see them..>EVER..so how about you just shut up, because you have NO idea what you are talking about!!And yes, I DO!! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/69338 You're worried about not seeing your brother while he is locked up in prison? What about the families of the people he killed? They will never see them again...EVER! He was WRONG! He was DRUNK! So by your standards, we should just give the OK for people to drink and drive on a regular basis. He broke the law... bottom line... and he should be punished. Talk about putting the shoe on the other foot.... what if he was the passenger and he died. What would you expect to happen to the person responsible? You would want them to be punished to the full extent of the law. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/69312 And? What is your point? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65977 As soon as we get that little "restraining order" missunderstanding cleared up we will be fine! haha http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/68572 Hey I know a great handyman for hire! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65330 Please update this information http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/67873 Happy Birthday, from one military wife to another. My husband just returned home from a year in Iraq. He left 4 months after we were married. We missed our birthdays together and all our "first" holidays as husband and wife, and it looks like he may be gone again, soon, so I understand how you feel. You show amazing strength, courage, and pride, and that is truely commendable. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/66673 I hope ya'll are ok.. I've been checking your post everyday for an update and am just so concerned. I pray ya'll are ok.. Joe http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/67873 "The only true thing that matters most, is that he remains safe and successful in all that he does" wow! if that is not true love, I don't know what is.:) well I hope you have a wonderful birthday!=) God Bless You for your pure heart;) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65977 So how was dinner with Rachel? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/62132 Hi Jolie thanks for sharing your story. Have you ever heard of a band called Superchic[k] - they have a really great song called courage you should totally hear it! check out playlist.com and search superchick and you might find it and hear it. It will totally encourage you. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 ~BIGGEST SMILE!!!~ CONGRATS!!! It was an honor to share this day with you!!! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65256 Most of us can relate to the refusal to give something up, even if only temporarily. Recently I went through closets and drawers and shelves gathering "stuff" in anticipation of making the last (well, almost) run to Goodwill. It's widely accepted that if an item isn't worn in two years, it's time to part with it. The brutal truth was that it was well past time to part with most of the items I had gathered together. There was a black sweater smothered with gold and silver sequins -- perfect for a New Year's Eve night out. I was all set to put it in with my Goodwill package, and I remembered that my daughter had worn that sweater once; we both loved it. It became a "Goodwill" sweater for her. She is young enough for those New Year's Eve dinners and nights on the town; her father and I are content to watch an old movie on TV and go to bed early. So, though I'm parting with that sweater I'd liked so much, I'm not really parting with it. Perhaps she, too, will pack it away carefully in a box or drawer; and perhaps someday she, too, will clear out closets and boxes and make a contribution of a fancy black sweater with gold and silver sequins to one of her own daughters. Enjoy your "bundles of boy"; think of their possible sense of closeness simply by virtue of wearing the same items. Perhaps you will look at your baby and do a double-take, thinking he is his brother. Most of all, think of someone else's little "bundle of boy" who will be surrounded by a feeling of the love and care that went into the very fabric of the clothing he's wearing. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 Kathi & Karen- Congrats and how thrilled we are to share this historic day with you. I have known you both since you were pups in love 12 years ago. You have known Vanessa and I since we were pups in love...we still are and forever will be. To share this day, my birthday, of all days- is the greatest gift I have ever known. To legal wed the people we love- to know civil liberty as it was meant to be, and to have the day as peaceful and beautiful as we all have dreamed- this is all icing on our cake! The day, the media, the hooplah- none of this can even compare to what we feel in our hearts. Like you said Kathi- "Cloud 29!" How honored I am to wed Vanessa amidst all of the progressive, fair and ethical people who were present. The ministers willing to give of their time. The PFLAG group keeping everyone hydrated. The media giving everyone their due respect, and yet, taking piece of our day and commemorating it into history. What a day. We have loved like all other people. We have lost like all other people. But today we WED like all others. We, for this moment in time, are recognized as legally wed- as living , breathing, human beings, allowed to finally share love Legally. No matter where the November election takes us, we will always have this day. This day in Kern County, where the county clerk bows out, yet only one lone subdued protester quietly stood with her sign, and was quickly put in her place- far away from justice and happiness. Far away from the positive emotions of the day, far away from the emotion of LOVE. Politics didn't stop this. Hatred didn't stop this. The so-called religious didn't stop this. This day was meant to happen. We were meant to have our day in the sun. To share love- to feel love and kindness all around us- and to give it right back. Almost biblical. So- to all of the couples who we are honored to share this day with- May we wish you long love and prosperous marriages which- by known statistics alone should drop Kern county's divorce rate significantly over time. I urge all of the couples out there who were afraid of hatred, afraid of angst and protest, and thus didn't say their vows- The time is now. You have until November to take your leap of faith. No one can stop you from loving. No one will ever stop us from loving. Not even the backwards thought and narrow minds we think control our world can stop love. To K & K - may we all grow old in our marraiges together- To all the ministers and help from all over the valley- may your message today carry on and be heard by all those unwilling to accept Civil liberties as much as the change it takes to protect them- And to Vanessa, LOVE of MY LIFE- just like I vowed to you today- I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine. You are. You will always be. NOTHING will ever change that. You are the axis of my world, and the air I breathe- and I will work at this love, cherish this love, and keep this bond forever sacred, as marriage should be. Peace LOVE and Liberty to us all. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 A big congrats to you! I was able to be there today as a supporter and it was a beautiful day full of happiness and joy. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 wow, thanks all for your comments. The energy there this morning WAS truly amazing. I am glad I was able to share some of it with this blog post. Kathi Briefer-Gose http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 Ann Barnett, whether or not anyone realizes it, accomplished something wonderful today, even if not in the way she may think. I went downtown today. Sad to say, I do not enjoy trying to park downtown, and I saw no parking nearby. I did see where the weddings were taking place, however, and I sent some loving magick their way. I saw no protesters. The only reason I could see the weddings is because Ann Barnett did what she did. The sight of it set my heart aglow, and I cried soft happy tears all the way home. The sun seems a littler brighter today, the breeze a little more refreshing and invigorating. Beautiful feelings are in the air for me. What Ann Barnett has done, unintentionally or not, is given love a chance by allowing it to be seen out in the open rather than taking place unseen inside a county building. Love always wins, when it is given the chance to be seen. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 Many congrats. Your story gave me goosebumps and tears. This is a very exciting day for everyone. I remember when I first heard about the supreme courts decision, I called my finace and together we celebrated for all the people who finally get to say thier vows just as he and I will be doing. We are going this evening to a celebration for all of you and we couldn't be more excited! Congrats again! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 Congratulations. I wish you all the best in life. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 <p>Congratulations! Hugs, hugs, and more hugs for you! :)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 Congratulations!! I wish you many more years of love. I am happy that you have (finally) been allowed to share in this civil right. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/65276 Congratulations! All the best to you both! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/61257 My mom wrote this about my papa, and i love him so much as well. To tell you the truth, he is my hero. He is the one that showed me the fun in baseball.