Very good letter to Obama

I forwarded this letter to some 250 people and then hotmail said I couldn't send any more emails for 24 hours. I tried to reply to an email and they wouldn't let me send it. I didn't realize they set a limit per 24 hours. Did you?

Conversation: An Open Letter to Obama
Subject: An Open Letter to Obama

Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends - an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's most highly rated speakers. Acknowledged as the foremost leader in change management, Lou Pritchett has been featured in numerous books and periodicals and accredited by savvy and successful corporate executives everywhere. He is the author of the best seller, Stop Paddling and Start Rocking the Boat.

It was Lou Pritchett who changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering."

Lou Pritchett rose from soap salesman to VP Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble (P&G). Over the course of 36 years, he made corporate history as an agent of change at P&G. He served as president of the company in the Philippines and as corporate VP of World Sales, where he worked in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, India, Middle East, North and South America. Lou Pritchett stood at the vanguard of corporate futurists to challenge a hidebound corporate giant to face the future by creating the future, thus ensuring its continuing role as one of America's great corporate success stories.

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA



Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.

You scare me because you want to change America to a European-style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.

You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.

You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett

Warren Buffet Advice

Read this to your kids or if they have already left home, send it to them.
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the world’s second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Following are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1.He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! Things were very cheap that time… Encourage your children to invest.

2.He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers. One can buy many things with few savings. Encourage your children to start some kind of business.

3.He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha , that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence. Don't buy more than you "really need" and encourage your children to do and think the same.

4.He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him. You are what you are…

5.He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
Always think how you can accomplish things economically.

6.His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. Assign the right people to the right jobs.

7.He has given his CEO's only two rules: Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1. Set goals and make sure people focus on them.

8.He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television. Don't try to show off, just be your self and do what you enjoy doing

9.Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

10. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

His advice to young people:
"Stay away from credit cards & bank loans and invest in yourself and remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simply as possible.
C. Don't do what others say - listen to them, but do what you feel good doing.
D. Don't follow brand names; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on those things you really need.
F. After all, it's your life so why allow others to rule your life?"
The HAPPIEST people DO NOT necessarily have the ‘BEST’ THINGS. They simply APPRECIATE the things they have” “Let us choose a simpler and smarter way to live…

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rainy day pics

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Rainy day in Gilbert

Hi friends and family, Just thought I would add a few pictures that Bob took today. It has been overcast and rainy. We are dog sitting our "granddog" while the owners are on a fun trip to Hawaii so we were off for a walk at 6 a.m. while it is still cool. If you look closely you will see raindrops falling in the pool. As we left our home we noticed a new flower on the cactus at the beginning or end of the driveway (it depends on which way you are going).

The strawberry and rhubarb pie does taste yummy. Come on over, if there is any left, we will give you a piece. We also planted cactus cuttings today. Maybe tomorrow we will have a before and after picture to post.

May 09

One of our favorite people died, Aunt Alma Ivy (nee Palmer) died on 23 April. We drove up to her funeral in Farmington, New Mexico. There was a big turnout of family and friends. Of course if you had 20 siblings, many of whom are still living there is bound to be a big turnout. Aunt Alma was Rose's father's sister. Our little Toyota Matrix still amazes us at how comfortable it is for long trips. We played hits from the 1950s as we traveled. It was a fun trip.

We manage to keep busy with our garden, home, and church activities. Bob is still working on getting his real estate consulting business started. He now has registered his LLC with the state of Arizona and obtained a business license from the town of Gilbert. His web site is: www.phxrecon.com. So far he has learned much about how to set up a business and the bureaucratic hurdles one encounters but not attracted any paying customers.

Our swimming pool has a rock feature and a water slide. The surface of the slide was so rough it was like sliding on sandpaper. Bob painted the slide with epoxy garage floor paint. Now the slide is super slippery. We spend time in the pool almost every day. The pool water temperature is about 82F (28C) and the air temperature has been as high as 104F (40C).

Some friends from the garden club were taking out a cactus patch to permit them to put in a rose garden. We helped by taking many cacti to put in front of our guest house where there is not much vegetation. We got ourselves thoroughly stuck by many thorns in this exercise. People who know cacti, handle them with tongs. We learned that putting Elmer's wood glue on the thorns in your skin, letting it dry and then pealing off the glue will get rid of the microscopic thorns you cannot see.

Sergio, our son-in-law's birthday is 17 May. We had dinner with the Beltran's last night at a very nice restaurant in Chandler, Arizona. We had not been in the Old Town part of Chandler in the evening before. There is quite a bit of night-life and all the palm trees are lit up with Christmas lights. It is very festive. We took Eve with us to the restaurant because she was staying overnight with us. She enjoyed dancing to the live music but was not interested in the excellent food.

Both of us picked up some food poisoning on 3 May. It really cleaned out our digestive systems. We are completely over it now and only have the memory to remind us of a very unpleasant few days. Rose lost 10 pounds during her ordeal. Note to selves: Don't eat chicken salad that has not been continuously refrigerated.

Rose has been going through the hassle of educating herself about health care options before signing up for Medicare. Dealing with the insurance salesmen who want to sell us supplemental insurance has been tedious. Bob now plans to cancel his Medicare Part B which he signed up for last October but which will not take effect until 1 July because he signed up too late. We plan to just stick with Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

All in all, life has continued to be very good to us here on the Triangle Ranch. We anticipate some visitors in the next few weeks so we need to get some better air conditioning in the guest house. We have A/C from a window unit in the main room but the bed room has no A/C and may get a little warm unless we fix that potential problem. We probably will buy a portable A/C unit that will keep the bedroom cool when the heat it intolerable outside. Let us know if you plan to come for a visit so we can coordinate our calendars.