OBAMA IS DOING THE DAMN THING!!

AS I SIT BACK AND WATCH WITH ANXIOUSNESS AS THE MAN WHO I HELP ELECT AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT WORK HIS MAJIC IN THIS SUFFERING ECONOMY! I PRAY TO GOD EACH AND EVERYDAY THAT WHAT I CHOSE TO DO WAS THE RIGHT THING.

I HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT HE IS "JUST A MAN" AND THOUGH WE ARE PROUD OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT , WE SHOULD NOT PLACE HIM ON THIS PEDESTAL AS WE HAVE DONE WITH SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE! SO I SIGH AT THE DECISIONS THAT HE HAS BEEN MAKING THUS FAR! KEEPING IN MIND THAT THERE HAS TO BE ROOM TO ALLOW HIM TO MAKE SOME MISTAKES ALONG THIS JOURNEY!!

NOW WITH WATCHFUL EYES, I OBSERVE!!
DETROIT – General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares to unveil additional restructuring efforts designed to save the domestic auto industry.

The officials asked not to be identified because details of the restructuring plan have not yet been made public. On Monday, Obama is to announce measures to restructure GM and Chrysler LLC in exchange for additional government loans. The companies have been living on $17.4 billion in government aid and have requested $21.6 billion more.

Wagoner's departure indicates that more management changes may be part of the deal, but it is still unclear who will be put in charge of GM. The automaker recently promoted Fritz Henderson, its former chief financial officer, to become president and chief operating officer. Many in the company thought he would eventually succeed Wagoner.

Detroit-based GM issued a statement Sunday saying only that the company expects a decision by the administration soon but that "it would not be appropriate for us to speculate on the content of any announcement."

A person familiar with Chrysler's management said the company has been given no indication that the government will require any changes at the Auburn Hills, Mich., company, which has been led by former Home Depot chief Robert Nardelli since August 2007. The person also spoke on condition of anonymity because Obama's plan has not been made public.

Wagoner, 56, has repeatedly said he felt it was better for the company if he led it through the crisis, but he has faced sharp criticism on Capitol Hill for what many lawmakers regard as years of missteps, mistakes and arrogance by the Big Three automakers.

Wagoner joined GM in 1977, serving in several capacities in the U.S., Brazil and Europe. He became president and chief executive in 2000 and has served as chairman and CEO since May 2003.

Obama said Sunday that GM and Chrysler and all those with a stake in their survival need to take more hard steps to help the struggling automakers restructure for the future. In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" broadcast Sunday, Obama said the companies must do more to receive additional financial aid from the government.

"They're not there yet," he said.

A person familiar with Obama's plans said last week they would go deeper than what the Bush administration demanded when it approved the initial loans last year.

Wagoner, in an interview with The Associated Press in December, had declined to speculate on suggestions from some members of Congress that GM's leadership team should step down as part of any rescue package.

"I'm doing what I do because it adds a lot of value to the company," Wagoner said in a Dec. 4 interview as GM sought federal aid from the Bush administration. "It's not clear to me that experience in this industry should be viewed as a negative but I'm going to do what's right for the company and I'll do it in consultation with the (GM) board (of directors)."

Wagoner has been credited by auto industry analysts with doing more to restructure the giant bureaucratic automaker than any other executive. But given that he has been at GM's helm for so long, many of his critics say he moved far too slowly to take on the United Auto Workers and shrink the company as its market share tumbled.

While GM has improved its cars in the last two years, critics say the company relied for too long on sales of pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles for its profits and was unprepared for a drastic market shift when gasoline prices hit $4 per gallon last year.

During the Congressional debate over whether to give GM and Chrysler loans last year, many lawmakers criticized Wagoner, including Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., chairman of the Banking Committee.

He accused automakers' top management of having a "head-in-the-sand" approach to problems and said Wagoner "has to move on" as part of a government-run restructuring that should be a condition of financial life support for the auto industry.

David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich., said Sunday that Wagoner's departure gives the government a rationale to provide additional aid to the automaker. He was not surprised by the move, but said he is disappointed because he considers Wagoner a capable leader.

"I think that as a condition for further government support, this helps give them a little cover with the public," Cole said. "Essentially he's taking one for the team."

Cole noted that other automakers have been shaking up management as well. He pointed to Toyota Motor Corp., whose president, Katsuaki Watanabe, recently said he would be stepping down as the Japanese automaker weathers financial difficulty. Also, France's biggest carmaker, PSA Peugeot-Citroen, abruptly ousted CEO Christian Streiff on Sunday, saying "exceptional difficulties" confronting the auto industry require new management at the top.

Cole said Nardelli's departure is less likely than Wagoner's because Nardelli is "relatively new" to the automaker, with less than two years at the helm.

Many GM executives likely will be disappointed at Wagoner's departure, Cole said.

"They had great affection for Rick — someone that's fair, that acts like a coach, that holds people's feet to the fire but has a good understanding of human behavior," Cole said.

GM and Chrysler were required by the Bush administration to get major concessions from debtholders and the United Auto Workers, with a deadline of March 31 for signed contracts. But very little headway was being made with either party this weekend as they awaited Obama's announcement.

Members of Obama's auto task force have said bankruptcy could still be an option for GM and Chrysler if their management, workers, creditors and shareholders failed to make sacrifices. Both companies are trying to reduce their debt by two-thirds and convince the United Auto Workers union to accept shares of stock in exchange for half of the payments into a union-run trust fund for retiree health care costs. The deals also call for executive pay cuts and labor costs that are competitive with Japanese automakers with U.S. operations.

Bondholders have been reluctant to accept the cuts, saying they're being required to sacrifice more than others, but they have been reviewing a recent offer by GM. The union has agreed to other terms of the loans, including work rule changes and reducing total hourly labor costs at U.S factories to a level comparable with Japanese automakers.

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WHEN LOVE GOES WRONG....PART 4

I WANTED TO ROMANCE HER TAKE HER OUT AND SHOW HER A GOOD TIME BUT IT WAS VERY HARD SETTING UP A DATE! NOW ME BEING THE WOMAN THAT I AM, PATIENT AND LAID BACK DECIDED TO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW. EVERYONE LOVED A CHASE RIGHT? RIGHT? AND IF THAT WAS MY WAY OF PROVING TO HER THAT I WAS FEELING HER THEN THAT'S WHAT I WAS PREPARED TO DO!! SHIT I LOVED WHEN A WOMAN MADE ME WORK FOR HER THAT MEANT THE ONES BEFORE DIDN'T GET IN THAT EASY AND ANYONE AFTER ME WAS GOING TO HAVE A HARD WAY TO GO...


SEXY AND SPECIAL IS WHAT SHE WAS AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE THAT SHE WAS DESTINED TO BE MY WIFE!! IT'S A FEELING THAT YOU JUST KNOW. I ENJOYED THE VIBE THAT I GOT FROM HER AND HER REALNESS..DAMN THAT WAS SEXY!! SHE IS SEXY AND THAT TURNS ME ON, DAMN IT TURNS ME ON!

I WAS FEELING HER AND EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN OUT OF THE DATING GAME FOR A MINUTE I STILL UNDERSTOOD WHAT A WOMAN DESIRED, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I DESIRE AND THAT WAS NOT ONLY TO HAVE A LOVER BUT A FRIEND AS WELL SOMEONE WHO I COULD TALK TO AND SHARE MY DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS WITH!!

I WANTED HER MY SOUL NEEDED HER BUT SHE STILL HAD HER GUARD UP AND I COULD UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO GET HURT, SHIT NO ONE REALLY SETS OUT TO GET HURT I SURE AS HELL DID NOT WANT TO! SO I WAIT UNTIL SHE DECIDES WHAT IT IS SHE WANTS TO DO .... WILL I WAIT FOREVER? HMMMMMMMMMMMMM? IF SHE'S WORTH WAITING FOR!

WHAT CAUSES A 14 YEAR OLD TO STAB A MAN WHO IS DEFENDING HER MOTHER!

I NEED PRAYERS AND SUPPORT WHILE I GO THROUGH THIS TRAGEDY WITH MY FAMILY WHILE MY NIECE IS SITTING IN JUVENILE ON CHARGES.. SHE WANTED TO TAKE MY SISTER'S PHONE AND WHEN HER MOTHER REFUSED SHE JUMPED ON HER AND BEGAN FIGHTING HER. COMING AT HER MOTHER'S DEFENSE HER BOYFRIEND WAS PULLING HER OFF OF HER MOM. SHE WENT INTO A RAGE AND AS HE WAS TRYING TO CONTAIN HER SHE WENT AND GOT A KNIFE AND STABBED HIM..


NOW I AM WONDERING WHAT COULD REALLY CAUSE A TEENAGER TO GO INTO A RAGE!! HER FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT AND WITH SO MUCH HOPE AND PROMISE.

ANGELA

Part 3 "When Love Goes Wrong!"

She reminded me so much of myself that it was welcoming, no bullshitting around, straight up and very blunt! This aroused me but not in a sexual way, it starting me to thinking can two women who have set the same standards be compatible as mates?

Was she the jealous or insecure kind? Did she hear my words that when I am with a woman I am with her and only her? Was I coming on too strong? Damn she was sexy as a she wanted to be and looking into her eyes I knew she wasn't about games. I welcomed this, I wanted this...

Friends first and whatever is later... I knew from experience that everyone you meet you are not meant to be anything more than friends and I'm cool with that! Still what happens if she turns me on and the throbbing between my legs just won't go away and me being the lady that I am won't push the issue!

I was tripping because it has been a very long time since I saw someone and instantly wanted to get to know her! She had me captivated or curious either way I want to know the kind of love she offers...

Still I have to sit back and let her make it known what it is that she wants to do in the meantime I was to go on with my life as if I never met her!

I never closed my heart to love because I knew that one day I would find the one that was made especially for me! I would know from the day dreaming about her, the night dreams and the anticipation of the next time I would be with her...

I wasn't going to ask the next woman to pay for the mistakes made by other before her but what I am going to do is proceed with caution...CAUTION..I have to protect my heart as she was trying to protect hers!

EVEN AFTER THREE YEARS AND COUNTING!!

I RECENTLY VISITED NEW ORLEANS DURING THE MARDI GRAS SEASON AND WHAT I SAW TORE AT MY HEART! THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE PROGRESS IF ANY IN SOME OF THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS... BUSINESSES HAVE REMAINED CLOSED, BUILDINGS ARE STILL IN UNLIVABLE CONDITIONS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS SEEM TO BE DEPRESSED AND HAS A VERY GLOOMY OUTLOOK ON THEIR FUTURE OR BETTERING THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS...

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THIS CITY, WHILE IN THE LATEST NEWS LOUISIANA'S GOVERNOR TURNED DOWN BILLIONS MORE IN HIS EXPLANATION HE DID NOT WANT TO BE BOUND BY THE RESTRICTION PLACED THERE BY THE GOVERNMENT!

NOW WHILE HE IS HIDING BEHIND THESE LAME EXCUSES, THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS SUFFERING AND PERISHING BEFORE OUT EYES!!


SO WHILE VISITING OR WHEN VISITING GO INTO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS... SEE IF IT TUGGED AT YOUR HEART THE SAME WAY IT ALMOST SNATCHED MINE OUT!!