. “EN MI OPINION” No273 ‘IN GOOD WE TRUST’ .

. Miercoles, Diciembre 12, 2012 Editor Lázaro R González Miño .

Frank Sinatra. Por Ricardo Pérez de “Yo escucho parece que fue ayer” El 12 de diciembre de 1915 nació en Hoboken -USA-, Frank Sinatra, su nombre completo :Francis Albert Sinatra, cantante y actor estadounidense. Apodado «La Voz», fue una de las figuras más importantes de la música popular del siglo XX y dejó, a través de sus discos y actuaciones en directo, un legado canónico en lo que respecta a la interpretación vocal masculina de esa música. Su popularidad llegó a ser inmensa y prácticamente constante a lo largo de toda su vida, aunque fueron especialmente exitosos los años cuarenta y cincuenta, siendo esta última década, con su producción discográfica para la compañía Capitol, la considerada como su etapa de mayor calidad artística como cantante.
Su repertorio se basó en la obra de los más importantes compositores populares estadounidenses, como Jimmy Van Heusen, Cole Porter, Sammy Cahn o George Gershwin, y su estilo sintetizó, ya en sus orígenes, quince años de influencias mutuas entre la música de inspiración jazzística y la música pop que empezaba a difundirse a través de la radio.

The hottest songs from Frank Sinatra

Obama Predicts GOP Surrender on Taxes. Entonces tendríamos a los Republicanos graduándose oficialmente de Homosexuales. LRGM.

Tuesday, 11 Dec 2012 10:00 PM By Todd Beamon

President Barack Obama told ABC News on Tuesday that he believed Republicans would join Democrats to extend current rates for 98 percent of earners by the end of the year.
"I'm pretty confident that Republicans would not hold middle-class taxes hostage in trying to protect tax cuts for high-income individuals," Obama told Barbara Walters in an interview.
"I don't think they'll do that," he said of Republicans forcing tax-rate increases for families earning $250,000 a year or less.
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Un ataque a la prensa es un ataque a la sociedad libre. Un ataque a Nelson Horta es un ataque a todos nosotros. LRGM

Nelson Hora recibe apoyo de colegas y activistas comunitarios

• Se refieren al blog pirata que trata de desacreditar a NHR.com y su director

MIAMI, 11 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2012, NHR.com—La revelación a través de las noticias de ayer de NHR.com de la aparición del blog pirata fustigando al director de NHR.com, Nelson Horta, desencadenó multiples mensajes de solidaridad procedentes de colegas del periodismo.
“Cuando un periodista cuenta con una trayectoria recta, digna y con toda credibilidad no le debe temer a nadie ni a nada”, señala Horta. “Los que han seguido a este periodista, así como sus amigos y compañeros saben que todo el que le salga a criticar no tiene razón para ello”.
Ese es el caso del blog pirata que ha salido a criticar a NHR.com, en especial a nuestro director. El blog lleno de comentarios e injurias, fue creado y pagado por la compañía italiana Sinapsis Trading USA, que opera actualmente la concesión de forrar maletas en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.
En el blog, registrado por una compañía en Canadá que protege a los verdaderos dueños, quien redacta los textos, según algunas fuentes, es un periodista cubano cuyas iniciales son Y. P. NHR.com ha estado tratando de confirmar esto sin tener éxito, pero se espera que de no ser Y. P, él contacte a NHR.com para desmentirlo.
Como se dijera al principio de esta nota, numerosos colegas periodistas han enviado a la redacción de NHR.com mensajes de reconocimiento y apoyo a nuestro director.
Uno de ellos fue del internacionalmente conocido periodista Ricardo Brown, quien al leer sobre el blog pirata nos escribió diciendonos:
Estimado Nelson:
Quiero que se sepas que me solidarizo contigo en estos momentos en que eres blanco de una vil campaña de descrédito por quienes no respetan la obligación y derecho que tiene un periodista de buscar la verdad y denunciar la injusticia. Desde que me mudé para Miami hace más de treinta años supe que eres un periodista talentoso, ético y valiente, además de ser una persona de enorme generosidad de espíritu. Cuenta siempre con mi admiración, respeto e inquebrantable amistad.
Yo quiero que se sepa que me honra ser colega y amigo tuyo y que me constan tu integridad, decencia y honorabilidad.
Un fuerte abrazo,
Ricardo Brown
Por su parte, el hombre de negocios de Miami, Ricardo Samitier, quien conoce desde hace muchos anios la trayectoria de nuestro director, le escribe un correo electronico diciendo:
Buenos días Nelson HORTA… tú no eres extraño a ser PERSEGUIDO por los poderosos y corruptos… Para comenzar toda tu familia lo fue en Cuba, hicieron historia y se ganaron el “Titulo de los PIRAÑA” aunque quedamos pocos que sabemos esa historia de Cuba. En Miami… fuiste perseguido cuando sindicalizaste las estaciones de radio… pero no creo que sea SOLO la gente que forran maletas… es el sindicato de los “HP” de Miami… ahí está la mano del Joe García… y otros muchos… acuérdate del refrán “Dios los Cría y el Diablo Los junta” Ricardo Samitier.
El economista Jesús Marzo Fernández después de leer el informe del blog pirata dice:
Mi querido amigo:
Debo confesarte que se me ha convertido en hábito leer todas las mañanas, NELSONHORTA REPORTA. Creo no, estoy convencido que es la mejor fuente de noticias de lo que pasa en nuestra comunidad. La objetividad y la honestidad son factores que siempre te han caracterizado. =TE FELICITO DE TODO CORAZON POR LA
LABOR INFORMATIVA QUE ESTAS REALIZANDO.
Mi amigo Nelson, siempre ten presente:
“TRISTE ES NO TENER AMIGOS,PERO MAS TRISTE DEBE SER NO TENER ENEMIGOS, PORQUE EL QUE ENEMIGO NO TENGA SEÑAL ES QUE NO TIENE: TALENTO QUE HAGA SOMBRA, NI CARACTER QUE IMPRESIONE,
NI VALOR TEMIDO, NI HONRA DE LAS QUE MURMUREN, NI BIENES QUE SE CODICIEN, NI COSAS BUENAS QUE SE ENVIDIEN”
Lo único, que te pido, sigue tu línea, es la que necesitamos, los vecinos de esta comunidad.
Nelson: sigue firme en tus principios y olvídate [en cubano, cágate] en los envidiosos.
De corazón, muchos afectos, tu los mereces”
Marzo Fernández.
Y el luchador comunitario Lázaro González, creador del recall que produjo la destitución del ex alcalde Carlos Álvarez, escribe escuetamente lo que sigue:
“Nelson sabes que tienes nuestro apoyo. Haz hecho muy buen trabajo “TODA TU VIDA” y te queremos y respetamos muchísimo”. Lázaro R González Miño.
En realidad son innumerable las muestras de cariño y apoyo a nuestro director Nelson Horta y a NHR.com, lo que nos llena de orgullo y nos da más fuerzas para seguir adelante nuestro trabajo periodístico, continuando nuestras investigaciones, saliéndole al paso a todo lo que apunte como corrupción, abusos o engaños.
Y cuando escuchamos a los PERROS LADRANDO decimos como el Quijote, “es señal que estamos cabalgando”.

Michigan, "estado de derecho al trabajo" Video: http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2012/12/12/el-comentario-de-xavier-michigan-estado-de-derecho-al-trabajo/

Full Steam Ahead On Obama’s Theft Of IRA’s And 401k’s. http://www.westernjournalism.com/full-steam-ahead-on-obamas-theft-of-iras-and-401ks/ What is going to happen to our 401 (k) accounts and IRA’s after January 1? Will the retirement accounts for which many Americans have sacrificed so much to accumulate be rolled over into federally issued and guaranteed bonds in order to prop up notoriously under-funded, union pension funds across the country? Getting an answer will prove to be daunting, especially as media attention seems focused on little but the impending “fiscal cliff.”

Freedom Threatened By Plan To Federalize Local Government In Florida. http://www.westernjournalism.com/freedom-threatened-by-plan-to-federalize-local-government-in-florida/ A new initiative by the federal government called Seven50, a cousin of Agenda 21, seeks to relieve local governments nationwide of direct representation by and for local citizens in matters of education, infrastructure, and population.

Terrorists Enter U.S. Via Resettlement Program For “Vulnerable Refugees” http://www.westernjournalism.com/terrorists-enter-u-s-via-resettlement-program-for-vulnerable-refugees/ Islamic terrorists—including two al Qaeda affiliates indicted last year in Kentucky—have entered the United States legally through a resettlement program that helps tens of thousands of “the world’s most vulnerable refugees” start a new life in America each year.

Known as the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), it’s a joint venture between the State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Homeland Security agency that oversees the nation’s lawful immigration. The two agencies are responsible for deciding which refugees are granted USRAP resettlement …

Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law

December 10, 2012 2:47 PM ET By By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

WASHINGTON (AP) - Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
The charge, buried in a recent regulation, works out to tens of millions of dollars for the largest companies, employers say. Most of that is likely to be passed on to workers.
Employee benefits lawyer Chantel Sheaks calls it a "sleeper issue" with significant financial consequences, particularly for large employers. Click: http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=ap&date=20121210&id=15884956

Nunca creí posible que pudiera estar de acuerdo con un artículo del New York Times, y mucho menos con un escrito de Nicholas Kristof. “Amenper”

Pero siempre he pensado que cuando Dios creó al hombre a su imagen y semejanza, lo dotó de una capacidad de razonamiento que no tienen los animales irracionales.

Por eso cuando veo a políticos y religiosos que predican doctrinas irracionales, pienso que como dice el dicho “ni ellos mismos se lo creen” y archivan su conciencia para su agenda política o religiosa. Pero como ellos conocen la verdad aunque no la predican, hay momentos en que su conciencia los lleva a expresar su verdadero pensamiento. Quizás este sea este caso con Kristof .

En el artículo de este domingo que pueden ver abajo, Nicholas Kristof nos dice que el espera que las negociaciones del presupuesto en Washington terminara el dinero del cheque suplementario para niños con incapacidades severas, porque este cheque de $698.00 por mes hasta que el niño cumple 18 años es utilizado por los padres para su beneficio y los niños no reciben la ayuda efectiva, y que el programa debe de cambir a una iniciativa en el principio de la niñez tratando al niño desde su nacimiento. En esencia que tenemos que descontinuar un programa de seguro social para……..ayudar a los niños y convertirlo en algo efectivo.. Leer esto viniendo de Kristof , me deja anonadado, me parece que estoy oyendo a Sara Palin..

Pero esto no es nada, solo el principio, Kirstof nos dice, oigan bien que programas de ayuda, desalientan la vida matrimonial, que es el mejor ambiente en puede vivir un niño, y que cuando una mujer con un niño recibe un cheque mayor si es madre soltera, no se incentiva a casrse o encotrar trabajo.

Por favor lean el artíulo me he atrofiado la mente tratando de concentrarme para no pensar que estoy en otra dimensión y que voy a volver al mundo real en cualquier momento.

Creanme esto lo escribió Kristof, no Rush Limbaugh.

Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy. By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF enviado por Amenper.

THIS is what poverty sometimes looks like in America: parents here in Appalachian hill country pulling their children out of literacy classes. Moms and dads fear that if kids learn to read, they are less likely to qualify for a monthly check for having an intellectual disability.

Many people in hillside mobile homes here are poor and desperate, and a $698 monthly check per child from the Supplemental Security Income program goes a long way — and those checks continue until the child turns 18.

“The kids get taken out of the program because the parents are going to lose the check,” said Billie Oaks, who runs a literacy program here in Breathitt County, a poor part of Kentucky. “It’s heartbreaking.”

This is painful for a liberal to admit, but conservatives have a point when they suggest that America’s safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency. Our poverty programs do rescue many people, but other times they backfire.

Some young people here don’t join the military (a traditional escape route for poor, rural Americans) because it’s easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments.

Antipoverty programs also discourage marriage: In a means-tested program like S.S.I., a woman raising a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard-working guy she likes. Yet marriage is one of the best forces to blunt poverty. In married couple households only one child in 10 grows up in poverty, while almost half do in single-mother households.

Most wrenching of all are the parents who think it’s best if a child stays illiterate, because then the family may be able to claim a disability check each month.

“One of the ways you get on this program is having problems in school,” notes Richard V. Burkhauser, a Cornell University economist who co-wrote a book last year about these disability programs. “If you do better in school, you threaten the income of the parents. It’s a terrible incentive.”

About four decades ago, most of the children S.S.I. covered had severe physical handicaps or mental retardation that made it difficult for parents to hold jobs — about 1 percent of all poor children. But now 55 percent of the disabilities it covers are fuzzier intellectual disabilities short of mental retardation, where the diagnosis is less clear-cut. More than 1.2 million children across America — a full 8 percent of all low-income children — are now enrolled in S.S.I. as disabled, at an annual cost of more than $9 billion.

That is a burden on taxpayers, of course, but it can be even worse for children whose families have a huge stake in their failing in school. Those kids may never recover: a 2009 study found that nearly two-thirds of these children make the transition at age 18 into S.S.I. for the adult disabled. They may never hold a job in their entire lives and are condemned to a life of poverty on the dole — and that’s the outcome of a program intended to fight poverty.

THERE’S no doubt that some families with seriously disabled children receive a lifeline from S.S.I. But the bottom line is that we shouldn’t try to fight poverty with a program that sometimes perpetuates it.

A local school district official, Melanie Stevens, puts it this way: “The greatest challenge we face as educators is how to break that dependency on government. In second grade, they have a dream. In seventh grade, they have a plan.”

There’s a danger in drawing too firm conclusions about an issue — fighting poverty — that is as complex as human beings themselves. I’m no expert on domestic poverty. But for me, a tentative lesson from the field is that while we need safety nets, the focus should be instead on creating opportunity — and, still more difficult, on creating an environment that leads people to seize opportunities.

To see what that might mean, I tagged along with Save the Children, the aid group we tend to think of as active in Sudan or Somalia. It’s also in the opportunity business right here in the United States, in places like the mobile home of Britny Hurley — and it provides a model of what does work.

Ms. Hurley, 19, is amiable and speaks quickly with a strong hill accent, so that at times I had trouble understanding her. Ms. Hurley says that she was raped by a family member when she was 12, and that another family member then introduced her to narcotics. She became an addict, she says, mostly to prescription painkillers that are widely trafficked here.

Equipped with a crackling intelligence, Ms. Hurley once aspired to be a doctor. But her addictions and a rebellious nature got her kicked out of high school, and at 16 she became engaged to a boyfriend and soon had his baby.

Yet there are ways of breaking this cycle. That’s what Save the Children is doing here, working with children while they’re still malleable, and it’s an approach that should be a centerpiece of America’s antipoverty program. Almost anytime the question is poverty, the answer is children.

Save the Children trains community members to make home visits to at-risk moms like Ms. Hurley, and help nurture the skills they need in the world’s toughest job: parenting. These visits begin in pregnancy and continue until the child is 3 years old.

I followed Courtney Trent, 22, one of these early childhood coordinators, as she visited a series of houses. She encourages the mothers (and the fathers, if they’re around) to read to the children, tell stories, talk to them, hug them. If the parents can’t read, then Ms. Trent encourages them to flip the pages on picture books and talk about what they see.

Ms. Trent brings a few books on each visit, and takes back the ones she had left the previous time. Many of the homes she visits don’t own a single children’s book.

She sat on the floor in Ms. Hurley’s living room, pulled a book out of her bag, and encouraged her to read to her 20-month-old son, Landon. Ms. Hurley said that she was never read to as a child, but she was determined to change the pattern.

“I just want him to go to school,” she said of Landon. “I want him to go to college and get out of this place.” Ms. Hurley said she was clean of drugs, working full time at a Wendy’s, and hoping to go back to school to become a nurse. I’d bet on her — and on Landon.

“When kids come to us through this program and come here, we can see a big difference,” Ron Combs, the principal at Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School here, told me. “They’re really ready to go. Otherwise, we have kids so far behind that they struggle to catch up.

“By second or third grade, you have a pretty good feeling about who’s going to drop out,” he added.

A group of teachers were in the room, and they all nodded. Wayne Sizemore, director of special education in Breathitt County, puts it this way: “The earlier we can get them, the better. It’s like building a foundation for a house.”

I don’t want to suggest that America’s antipoverty programs are a total failure. On the contrary, they are making a significant difference. Nearly all homes here in the Appalachian hill country now have electricity and running water, and people aren’t starving.

Our political system has created a particularly robust safety net for the elderly, focused on Social Security and Medicare — because the elderly vote. This safety net has brought down the poverty rate among the elderly from about 35 percent in 1959 to under 9 percent today.

BECAUSE kids don’t have a political voice, they have been neglected — and have replaced the elderly as the most impoverished age group in our country. Today, 22 percent of children live below the poverty line.

Of American families living in poverty today, 8 out of 10 have air-conditioning, and a majority have a washing machine and dryer. Nearly all have microwave ovens. What they don’t have is hope. You see it here in the town of Jackson, in the teenage girls hanging out by the bridge over the north fork of the Kentucky River, seeking to trade their bodies for prescription painkillers or methamphetamines.

A growing body of careful research suggests that the most effective strategy is to work early on children and education, and to try to encourage and sustain marriage. Bravo to Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio for backing a landmark initiative to add one-eighth of 1 percent to the local sales tax to finance a prekindergarten program. Early interventions are not a silver bullet, and even programs that succeed as experiments often fall short when scaled up. But we end up paying for poverty one way or another, and early childhood education is far cheaper than adult incarceration. I hope that the budget negotiations in Washington may offer us a chance to take money from S.S.I. and invest in early childhood initiatives instead.

One reason antipoverty initiatives don’t get traction in America is that the issue is simply invisible.

“People don’t want to talk about poverty in America,” Mark Shriver, who runs the domestic programs of Save the Children, noted as we drove through Kentucky. “We talk more about poverty in Africa than we do about poverty in America.”

Indeed, in the 2012 election campaign, poverty was barely mentioned. A study by Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, a liberal watchdog organization, found substantive discussion of poverty in just 0.2 percent of campaign news reports.

Look, there are no magic wands, and helping people is hard. One woman I met, Anastasia McCormick, told me that her $500 car had just broken down and she had to walk two miles each way to her job at a pizza restaurant. That’s going to get harder because she’s pregnant with twins, due in April.

At some point, Ms. McCormick won’t be able to hold that job anymore, and then she’ll have trouble paying the bills. She has rented a washer and dryer, but she’s behind in payments, and they may soon be hauled back. “I got a ‘discontinue’ notice on the electric,” she added, “but you get a month to pay up.” Life is like that for her, a roller coaster partly of her own making.

I don’t want to write anybody off, but I admit that efforts to help Ms. McCormick may end with a mixed record. But those twin boys she’s carrying? There’s time to transform their lives, and they — and millions like them — should be a national priority. They’re too small to fail.

FELIZ NAVIDAD.

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Porque tuyo es El Reino, El Poder y La Gloria Eterna. AMEN

Lazaro R Gonzalez

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

"Al que no quiere caldo le dan trs tazas" JUCK. "En mi opinion" 12-12-12