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Entries from January 2008

Good Safety Tips just sent to me by a City of Aurora Cop friend of mine.

January 25, 2008 · Comments Off

Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one’s life.
Crucial

Because of recent abductions in daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do

in an emergency situation…

This is for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, everyone you know.

After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about.

It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :

The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,

DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.

Toss it away from you….

chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse.

RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.

The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will.
This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON’T DO THIS!)

The predator will be watching you, and this
is the perfect opportunity for him to get in
on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go.

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF,

repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you.

If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it . As soon as the car crashes bail out and run.

It is better than having them find your body
in a remote location.

5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor,and in the back seat

B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims
by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.

C.) Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back
into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.
(Stairwells are horrible places to be alone
and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!

The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then,
it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP
It may get you raped, or killed.

Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played
on the sympathies of unsuspecting women.
He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often
asked “for help” into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me that her friend heard
a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her “Whatever you do, DO NOT
open the door.”

The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over.

The policeman said, “We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.”

He told her that they think a serial killer
has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax
women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night

Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door
for a crying baby —-
This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America ’s Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana

I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know.

It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle.

I was going to send this to the ladies only,
but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.

Send this to any woman you know that may need
to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it’s better to be safe than sorry..

Everyone should take 5 minute to read this. It may save your life or love one’s life.

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50 Great Rules to Start the New Year

January 7, 2008 · Comments Off

By Regina Brett The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

 To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolls over to 50 this week, so here’s an update:

 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
 
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
 
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
 
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
 
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
 
6. You don’t have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone.    It’s more healing than crying alone.
 
8. It’s OK to get angry with God.    He can take it.
 
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
 
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
 
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
 
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
 
13. Don’t compare your life to others.    You have no idea what their journey is all about.
 
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
 
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
 
16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
 
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
 
18. A writer writes.    If you want to be a writer, write.
 
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
 
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
 
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.  Don’t save it for a special occasion.   Today is special.
 
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
 
23. Be eccentric now.    Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
 
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
 
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words:    “In five years, will this matter?”

27. Always choose life.
 
28. Forgive everyone everything.
 
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
 
30. Time heals almost everything.    Give time, time.
 
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.    Your friends will.     Stay in touch.
 
33. Believe in miracles.
 
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
 
36. Growing old beats the alternative  -  dying young.
 
37. Your children get only one childhood.    Make it memorable.
 
38. Read the Psalms.    They cover every human emotion.
 
39. Get outside every day.    Miracles are waiting everywhere.
 
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
 
41. Don’t audit life.    Show up and make the most of it now.
 
42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful, or joyful.
 
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
 
44. Envy is a waste of time.    You already have all you need.
 
45. The best is yet to come.
 
46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up,  and show up.
 
47. Take a deep breath.    It calms the mind.
 
48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
 
49. Yield.
 
50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift. 

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PACKERS QUARTERBACK

January 7, 2008 · 1 Comment

        In a news conference Deanna Favre announced she will be the
starting QB for the Packers this coming Sunday.  Deanna asserts
that she is qualified to be starting QB because she has spent the
past 16 years married to Brett while he played QB for the Packers.
 During this period of time she became familiar with the
definition of a corner blitz, and is now completely comfortable
with other terminology of the Packers offense.  A survey of
Packers fans shows that 50% of those polled supported the move.

        Does this sounds idiotic and unbelievable to you?  Well, Hillary
Clinton makes the same claims as to why she is qualified to be
President and 50% of democrats polled agreed.   She has never run
a City, County, or State.

       When told Hillary Clinton has experience because she has 8 years
in the white house, Dick Morris stated “so has the pastry chef”.

 

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Douglas County Democrats

January 4, 2008 · Comments Off

The Douglas County Democratic Party has finalized its caucus locations for 2008. All caucuses will occur on February 5, 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

In Colorado, the caucus is the only primary vote to nominate party candidates for president of the United States. The caucus is also where you elect delegates to represent you in nominating all other candidates for Federal, state, and county public offices, and to oversee the operations of the party. It is also the first step in writing the party platform.

Anticipating exceptionally high turnout, 17 locations have been reserved around the county, all in schools.

On the party web site, http://www.douglasdemocrats.org, you can find the caucus agenda, the rules, and a diagram of the nominating process. You can verify your party registration, find your precinct number, and then get an address and map for the correct caucus location.

In order to vote, you must have been registered as a Democrat in Colorado as of December 5, 2007. If you have recently moved, you must caucus with the precinct where you are registered as of January 7.

Paul D. Thompson
Chair, Douglas County Democratic Party
258 Hardwick Ct, Castle Rock, CO 80108

303-681-2425; pdt@pdth.com

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