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Monday, January 23, 2012

" Poem about growing older... & Heebow!" 'Marvin Gross' (Source)

"Marvin Gross a financial planner from Western N.Y. Share's with us on a serious note, a poem about growing older..."



Don't be ashamed of a few tears as you read this~~~
I hope this poem has the same effect on you as it did on me... Then sharing this as a guest-blog will be well worth the effort. Walk with me by the moonlight, definitely worth the read.


A Beautiful Poem about Growing older...




Crap,I forgot the words..?


For an encore (Hana Hou) to Marvin's great poem check out the enclosed you-tube about Jewish football star "Heebow!"  ;D)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNV7o9wONHg

Sunday, January 22, 2012

"Glaucoma month is January..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspirational Monday)

Judith Whitehead is back guest-blogging on this Inspirational Monday about  the prevention of eye disease...Judith lives in Amherst N.Y. has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for almost 30 years...

Glaucoma month is January

Since I work in the field of Ophthalmology, I felt compelled to educate the public with this article this week. Yes, January is national glaucoma awareness month but in my book, it should be every day of the year. Glaucoma is a silent disease for the most part; there are very few symptoms to glaucoma unless you have sudden glaucoma from an injury, narrow angle in the eye or are born with it. Glaucoma is sneaky…it is called the sneak thief of sight; it quietly takes away ones peripheral (side) vision slowly until, if undetected, you are left with a tunnel of constricted vision.

The optic nerve degenerates and causes you to lose all of your sight. It is very easy to detect glaucoma; just go to the eye Doc and have your eyes checked. With a simple painless test, you can tell what the eye pressure is in the eye and start treatment with drops, laser or surgery if need be. Just remember, what ever peripheral vision you lose to glaucoma, you can never get it back. It’s too late if the eye goes untreated. There are other ways to detect this disease as well. The eye doctor may perform a test of your peripheral vision, may photograph the optic nerve or measure the thickness of the cornea; all these tests let the Doctor know if you are at risk for this disease. Don’t go blind willingly….get tested. There are clinics and testing sights in every city to get checked. Don’t wait…do it today. I have seen all too many times what this disease can do to ruin your life.
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this blog site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the Publisher of Dakinetalk the blog, but they could? ;D)

Saturday, January 21, 2012

"Which side of the fence, part -2- rebuttal..." 'Douglas Dunn'

Douglas Dunn pictured above with the Commander-in-chief and on the below right with  Secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Doug accepted our invitation to rebuttal yesterdays blog  titled ;"which side of the fence."(  a Pro-Republican email that has been circulating the Internet)
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/which-side-of-fence-marvin-gross-source.html
Doug actually wrote this in a passionate  spur of the moment to counter "which side of the fence." These are all Dougs original words, not just a sourced out email.

 Did someone say this is an election year? Please note, we will run your side of politics too, send us your guest-blog to jrsensei@hotmail.com (dakinetalk is an equal opportunity blog network!)  ;D)
If a Democrat doesn't want an abortion, she doesn't have one.
If a Republican doesn't want an abortion, he wants to outlaw it for
everyone else.

If a Democrat believes in god, she goes to church.
If a Republican believes in god, he wants to force everyone else to
use public resources to require public prayer, crosses and Ten
Commandments on public property, and use of public resources for
other religious observations.

If a Democrat is not a homosexual she quietly lives her life and lets
others live theirs.
If a Republican is not a homosexual, he outlaws marriage for those
who are.

If a Democrat has been blessed with opportunity, she wants to ensure
everyone else has equal access to the same opportunity.
If a Republican inherits a bazillion dollars from Daddy, he wants to
make sure no one else, no matter what situation they were born to,
will ever get the slightest bit of help unless it is a bank or a
failing corporation, in which case there is no limit to the corporate
welfare.

If a Democrat goes to WORK and EARNS money by MAKING stuff, she
happily pays taxes.
If a Republican inherits money from Daddy or opens quarterly
statements showing gains on investments, he thinks he is entitled to
pay a LOWER TAX RATE (or none at all) for the arduous task of
shuffling papers.

A Republican thinks that if they live off the investment gains from
Daddy’s inheritance and never work a day in their lives, they are
“job creators.”
A Democrat knows that jobs are created in response to consumer
demand, and consumer demand is created when the people who actually
go to work and PRODUCE REAL WEALTH are compensated enough so they can
participate in the wealth they create.

If a Democrat sees someone who needs health care, she works hard to
ensure that no one will be denied life-saving care just because of
where they work or how much money they have.
A Republican wants to make sure that anyone who doesn’t have a job
(because they are too sick to work) and could not get health care at
any price because of preexisting conditions, will just DIE and DIE
QUICKLY and decrease the surplus population.

A Democrat is PRO LIFE for people who have actually been born.
A Republican is PRO LIFE only for insentient embryonic cell tissue
but, once you've been born, you’re on your own -- you’re a “rugged
individualist” who, of course, never benefited from public schools,
public roads, protection of assets by law enforcement and military
and firefighters, no, you’re a completely “self made” person living
in a delusional world of absurdest fantasy.

A Democrat will read this because they got a public education.
A Republican will read this and be completely oblivious as to how
real people live in the real world.

A Republican (Mitt “Cayman Islands” Romney) thinks $374,000 is “not
that much money.”
A Democrat fights to protect benefits for middle class working people.

A Republican (Newt Gingrich) has an affair with mistress number one
and divorces wife number one who has cancer, then mistress number one
becomes wife number two. Newt then divorces wife number two (mistress
number one) when she gets MS and he is having affair with mistress
number two who becomes (current) wife number three, while AT THE SAME
TIME, he is engaged in the politics of destruction leading the attack
against Bill Clinton in the name of “family values.”

Democrats do not preach morality to others, but quietly repudiate
those such as John Edwards or Anthony Weiner who betray their spouses
and would be laughed out of town in they EVER tried to run for any
office ever again.
Republicans lecture others about family values, but take their worst
offenders and make them front runners for the Presidency of the
United States.
Republicans are LYING HYPOCRITES.

Republicans copy Internet e-mails.
Democrats come up with something original (and don’t risk copyright
infringement claims against the websites that host their work).

Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen, Publisher.

Friday, January 20, 2012

"Which side of the fence..." 'Marvin Gross' (the source)

Marvin Gross a financial advisor from Western N.Y, is back as the source of this political email that is circulating the Internet. You may agree or you may disagree, it's just interesting to see what is out there on the Internet. Did someone say this is an election year? Please note, we will run your side of politics too, send us your guest-blog to jrsensei@hotmail.com (dakinetalk is an equal opportunity blog network!)  ;D)
 If you ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!

If a Republican doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.

If a Democrat doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A Democrat wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a Republican doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Democrat's demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.


If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.A Democrat demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a Republican reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.A Democrat will delete it because he's "offended".

Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen, Publisher.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

"Monk seal hospital, really..?" 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

"Monk seals an endangered species seem to get better care than many people..." This blog also appeared this same day(01-21-12) as an opinion article in the Kauai Garden island news with the title, "What's next?"
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-january/article_05519842-4335-11e1-ad07-0019bb2963f4.html
The news of a new Monk seal hospital has me scratching my head. This hospital is scheduled to break ground on the Big island's Kona side and will cost an estimated 3.2 million dollars.
 I find this to be the ironies of ironies,  less than 30 days ago on Oahu two hospitals,  Hawaii Medical center east in Liliha and Hawaii medical center west in Ewa shut down hospitals for humans, leaving close to 1,000 people without jobs and a strain on the already existing hospitals and emergency care workers.

http://www.kitv.com/news/30093739/detail.html

I just don't  get it... Whats next , a hospital for sick chickens?

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/monk-seal-hospital-closer-to-reality/article_e4d6f842-4275-11e1-b29a-0019bb2963f4.html

The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this blog site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the Publisher of Dakinetalk the blog, but they could? ;D)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

"World Peace..." James "Kimo" Rosen

"World peace is often preached but can it be reached..?" check out  The world peace Jersey, modeled by Ron Artest himself at;   http://www.nesn.com/2011/12/metta-world-peace-formerly-ron-artest-sports-jersey-reflecting-name-change-for-first-time-photo.html
World peace will never happen, Republicans and Democrats are at war, husbands and wives divorce 50% of the time and the friends you have today can be enemies tomorrow, therefore we can never have world peace if we cannot even get along with our friends spouses and  politicians, although world peace makes for a great sound bite.

On the contrary world peace does exist, it's live and well in Los Angeles,  Los Angeles Laker's basketball star  Ron Artest recently change his name to Metta   'World Peace,' somewhat of of self serving attention getter, none the less plants the notion of world peace in everyone every-time they say his name. Los Angeles Laker's World Peace jerseys are the number one seller for the Laker's gift shop, all in all world peace was achieved just not to the degree it can make a difference.


I guess the city of Angels finally has world peace but for the rest of us it is near impossible to achieve unless of course we all change our name to World Peace...


Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen, Publisher.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

"Help revitalize the economy the little old lady's way..." 'Chester "Unc" Lau



Uncle Chester is back with yet another piece of humor to hopefully make you laugh, smile or just feel a little better. 'Unc' is a retired cinematographer from the original Hawai'i Five O TV series and currently resides in Honolulu Hawaii...

A little old old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once in a while a $20 fell out onto the sidewalk.

Noticing this, a policeman stopped her, and said, "Ma'am, there are $20 bills falling out of that bag."
"Oh, really? Darn it !" said the little old lady. "I'd better go back and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me officer."
Well, now, not so fast," said the cop. Where did you get all that money? You didn't steal it, did you ?"

"Oh, no, no", said the old lady. "You see, my back yard is right next to a Republican owned Golf course. A lot of rich 1 % Golfers come and pee through a knot hole in my fence, right into my flower garden. It used to really tick me off. Kills the flowers, you know. Then I thought, 'why not make the best of it ?
So, now, I stand behind the fence by the knot hole, real quiet, with my hedge clippers. Every time some guy sticks his thing through my fence, I surprise him, grab hold of it and say, 'O.K., buddy ! Give me $20, or off it comes.'


"Well, that seems only fair," said the cop, laughing. "OK. Good luck ! Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag?"
"Not everybody pays."


The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this blog site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the Publisher of Dakinetalk the blog, but they could? ;D)