Desire

Our desire is unique. They are similar, but not one is exactly the same. Our desires motivate us in everyday decisions. Some desires are motivated by need, but most resolve around pleasure. I often wonder what GOD desires in His everyday decisions. I know from the Bible his two greatest desires for us are that we love him with all our strength, heart, mind, and soul. And his second greatest desire is that we love our neighbor as we love ourselves.

This seems logical. The first desire of GOD wanting us to have a relationship with Him, this helping us make the decisions GOD knows are best for us. The second desire, is that we love our neighbor meaning we want the best for them as we do for ourselves. I'm guessing GOD made these statements to hopefully steer people away from blowing themselves and others up with jets and bombs. And not retaliate with sending your neighbor halfway around the world to kill and be killed for freedom to.......love their neighbor. I realize there are alot of people not loving their neighbor around the world, but killing our neighbors because they aren't loving each other and us can't be the solution.

GOD wants us to desire what He desires. If we are all going to live peacefully together in Heaven, I'm sure GOD doesn't want the mayhem on earth to be a part of Heaven. GOD is love. The Bible says that we will be reborn into new bodies. I can only assume that this means not bringing one tendency that isn't love with us. I think if we did bring that one tendency it would be like a virus to our soul and Heaven.

Internet Filters: Part 2

The reason why I made this comment is that I'm helping start a group for men which helps support one's desire to stay away from pornography and deal with sexual addiction. We came
up with the idea of inputing around 200 sites in a filter allowing only those sites to be seen on any browser on the pc. If the user wanted additionaly sites added, they would have to contact me which I would do remotely.

Internet Filters

I just read a very disturbing government document by two senators regarding file sharing software. I lost the document and will try and find it tommorrow. I stumbled upon it and my search has come up in vain. On the top file sharing sofware Rape was #13 off the top 20 search words. #2 and #3 were porn and xxx.
The document also said that all of the net filters on the market except for one block file sharing software. That filter is Mcafee's Internet Guard dog which now I believe is called Internet Security Suite. Although it looks like the latest edition really bogs down windows xp. I'm not sure if there is a MAC or Linux version.

Hollywood

I was at work and had to listen to a woman keep commenting on different photos of Hollywood actresses. Negative comments about these actresses bodies. When she would speak about these women, a new emotion was born in me. It was a mixture of pain and hurt from that woman, and disgust and anger that she was judging these women by their appearance.

I realized that this woman has probably gone through a lot of pain and hurt from this world judging her only on looks. Maybe many terrible men have used and abused her for sex and money, with absolutely no intentions of keeping any kind of relationship once they get tired of getting what they want. Maybe her girlfriends dumped her for in their opinion a better looking friend.

The dark side of her comments is that what the world has protruded on this woman has now come full circle and the very thing that she hates, she is now throwing at these magazines and possibly other people at work, home, or even friends.

"But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:19.

Just imagine if the world judged on character instead of appearance.............

Suffering

On June 3rd my daughter Jorai Mae passed away stillborn at 6 months. I just haven't found the words to fully express my sorrow over this tragedy. This morning I am scouring the net for information to help me better understand why Jorai didn't get a chance to live in this world.

"The universe is a soul making machine, and part of that process is learning, maturing, and growing through difficult and challenging and painful experiences. The point of our lives in this world isn't comfort, but training and preparation for eternity." - Lee Strobel

The universe is a soul making machine and Jorai just didn't have to go through the difficult, challenging, and painful experiences of life. I'd rather have GOD raise her up anyway :-). He will do a much better job than I.

Below is a sermon on why suffering has to be a part of life, it's long, but it gives me some understanding. I don't like it, but it makes sense. I still don't like it, but then if I were GOD and created the gears of the world, my system would of been based on pleasure not pain. From what I have seen and experienced in my lifetime, I have absolutely no faith in pleasure accomplishing anything worthwhile.

                  "THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING"

                     Why Does God Allow It?

INTRODUCTION

1. There is a question which is as old as the first tear, and as recent
as the lastest newscast:

"Why?  Why does God allow suffering, sorrow, heartache, and death,
even among His own children?"

This question was asked by Job, and has been asked by every person
who has walked upon the face of the earth and who believes in God

I. SUFFERING KEEPS THIS WORLD FROM BECOMING TOO ATTRACTIVE

A. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WE ARE "PILGRIMS" AND "SOJOURNERS"...
 1. This world is not truly our home
 2. God has prepared something better for us
 3. Consider the following passages:  1 Pe 2:11; He 13:14; 2 Co
    5:1,5

B. IF THERE WAS NO SUFFERING...
 1. No one would want to leave this temporary world
 2. No one would desire the "eternal" home, and therefore prepare
    themselves for it

C. BUT THE AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE ARE SO ORDERED...
 1. That the world soon loses its attraction
 2. Most young people may want to live forever...
    a. But by the time a man reaches his "three score and ten"
    b. He begins to desire something better

II. SUFFERING CAN BRING OUT OUR BEST

A. THE MAN WHOSE WIFE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED SAW THIS...
 1. In the constant support by friends
 2. In the preparation of food
 3. In the financial support

B. WE SEE THIS OCCURING QUITE FREQUENTLY...
 1. In times of natural disaster
 2. When someone loses a house to fire, tornado, etc.
 3. In times of terminal illness

C. THIS MAY BE ONE REASON WHY EARLY CHRISTIANS REJOICED IN THEIR
 TRIALS...
 1. They understood that tribulations could develop character
 2. As Paul wrote in Ro 5:3-4

III. SUFFERING GIVES AN OCCASION TO SILENCE THE ENEMIES OF GOD

A. REMEMBER THE STORY OF JOB?
 1. Satan wanted to prove God wrong about Job, that he served God
    only because God had blessed him
 2. But Job's patience under suffering silenced Satan!

B. LIKEWISE, GOD DESIRES THAT WE SILENCE "FOOLISH MEN" - 1 Pe 2:15
 1. Who ridicule the teachings of Christ as foolishness
 2. Who say we are Christians only for what good we can get out of
    it

C. BY PATIENTLY ENDURING, OR DOING GOOD IN TIMES OF SUFFERING...
 1. The value of being Christians really shines through
 2. In the faith we have that sustains us in suffering, and in the
    love we show towards those who suffer

IV. SUFFERING MAKES US APPRECIATIVE

A. WE ALL RECEIVE SO MANY GOOD THINGS IN THIS LIFE...
 1. It is easy for us to become prone to take them for granted
 2. Instead of receiving them with gratitude toward God

B. SUFFERING CAN HELP US APPRECIATE MORE FULLY...
 1. Good health
 2. Good friends, and a loving family
 3. A good example of how suffering can make one appreciative is the
    apostle Paul when he was in prison - cf. Ph 1:3-8

V. SUFFERING MAKES US MORE DEPENDENT UPON GOD

A. TOO OFTEN, WE THINK OURSELVES SELF-SUFFICIENT...
 1. "But when a dozen of the most skilled men in their profession
    tell you they have done all they can and it is completely out
    of their hands..."
 2. "...you suddenly realize how much you depend on God."

B. AT NO OTHER TIME...
 1. Is one more likely to realize that we depend upon God for our
    very breath!
 2. As Paul proclaimed:  "in Him we live and move and have our
    being" - Ac 17:28

VI. SUFFERING HELPS PURIFY US

A. CONSIDER THE IMPORT OF TWO PASSAGES...
 1. 1 Pe 1:6-7 - Suffering can be like fire purifying gold
 2. Ja 1:2-5 - Maturity can be developed through trials

B. TO ILLUSTRATE HOW, CONSIDER THE MAN WHOSE WIFE WAS INJURED...
 1. "Many times I searched my own life during these past six weeks
    in order to confess my every failure and shortcoming to God..."
 2. "I surely did not want my own sins to stand in the way of God
    hearing my prayers for Jane..."
 3. "It was absolutely necessary to be truthful with God and myself,
    and I am a better man today than before."

VII. SUFFERING MAKES US SYMPATHETIC

A. PAUL WROTE OF THIS VALUE OF AFFLICTION...
 1. To the church at Corinth, in his second epistle - 2 Co 1:3-4
 2. It helps us to be better able to comfort others in their
    affliction

B. WE MAY THINK WE CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH SOMEONE...
 1. But until we have been there personally, there is no true
    understanding of their hurt
 2. Experiencing suffering...
    a. Makes us more likely to "weep with those who weep" - Ro
       12:15
    b. Better enables us to serve others

VIII. SUFFERING TEACHES US HOW TO PRAY

A. WE ALL MAY BE A PRAYING PEOPLE...
 1. We pray at the right times
 2. We pray for the right things

B. BUT IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING WE LEARN HOW TO PRAY...
 1. "Earnestly"
 2. "Perseveringly"
 3. "With groanings which cannot be uttered" (Ro 8:26)

C. AS OUR FRIEND SAID:
 1. "I have been a praying man since I became a Christian.  But
    never like this."
 2. "I have learned more about prayer in the past six weeks than
    in the previous twenty years.  My prayers will be different
    for the rest of my life."

CONCLUSION

1. Can we begin to see why a RIGHTEOUS and MERCIFUL God would allow
suffering, even to the innocent?

2. If we look at suffering purely from MAN'S point of view, we will not
understand why suffering is permitted

3. But remember what God said through the prophet Isaiah:

8  For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways
my ways, saith the LORD. 9  For [as] the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than
your thoughts. (Isaiah 55)

4. When we look at suffering from GOD'S point of view, from the viewpoint
of His plans for us in preparation of eternity, then we can begin to
appreciate why He would allow suffering to occur...

5. And never forget those words of Paul, which reminds us of God's never
failing love:

35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall]
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword? 36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed
all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him
that loved us. 38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, 39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8)

xB

I'm a fan of the Scion xB. The one thing I can't figure out is why Toyota decided for the 2007 version of the xB to beef up the engine and add 800 pounds. The actual size of the xB has only increased a few inches here and there. The new engine gets 28 hwy and 22 city and the previous 3 years of the xB's engine gets 34 hwy and 31 city.

I took a spin in the new xB and a friend of mine has one of the older versions. Inside both cars feel like the same size and the acceleration is comparable, besides who buys an xB for its 0-60 time.

So, why since in the last couple years, with the biggest gas spike in my lifetime, did Toyota feel like it needed to add 800 pounds and decrease the average mpg from 32.5 to 25. Let's see that's roughly 75 miles for a 10 gallon tank which is roughly an extra $7.00 a fill up, times that by a fill up a week, 52 per year and we have $364 extra. If you decide to have the car for 10 years, very unlikely, but lets just say and that's $3,640.

Why is this eating away at me, yes it's the money and also increases our dependence on foreign oil. But, what would give Toyota the idea that the consumer wants what's basically the same $15,000 car to cost us an extra $364 and rising a year? Somebody please leave me a comment if you have an answer.....

Pornography Statistics

Here are some crazy statistics about pornography. Pornography statistics become outdated very quickly, especially in the Internet environment where numbers change daily. These statistics have been derived from a number of different reputable sources including Google, WordTracker, PBS, MSNBC, NRC, and Alexa research.

Size of the Industry
$57.0 billion world-wide - $12.0 billion US

Adult Videos
$20.0 billion

Escort Services
$11.0 billion

Magazines
$ 7.5 billion

Sex Clubs
$ 5.0 billion

Phone Sex
$ 4.5 billion

Cable & Pay Per View
$ 2.5 billion

Internet
$ 2.5 billion

CD-Rom
$ 1.5 billion

Novelties
$ 1.0 billion

Other
$ 1.5 billion

Porn revenue is larger than all combined revenues of all professional football, baseball and basketball franchises.

US porn revenue exceeds the combined revenues of ABC, CBS, and NBC (6.2 billion)

Child pornography generates $3 billion annuallyInternet Porn Statistics

Pornographic websites 4.2 million (12% of total websites)

Pornographic pages 372 million

Daily pornographic search engine requests 68 million (25% of total search engine requests)

Daily pornographic emails2.5 billion (8% of total emails)

Average daily pornographic emails/user4.5 per Internet user

Monthly Pornographic downloads (Peer-to-peer) 1.5 billion (35% of all downloads)

Daily Gnutella "child pornography" requests 116 thousand

Websites offering illegal child pornography 100 thousand

Children's Exposure to Pornography

Sexual solicitations of youth made in chat rooms 89%

Youths who received sexual solicitation 20%

Worldwide visitors to pornographic web sites 72 million annually

Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography 11 years old

Largest consumer of Internet pornography12-17 age group

15-17 year olds having multiple hard-core exposures 80%

8-16 year olds having viewed porn online 90% (most while doing homework)

7-17 year olds who would freely give out home address 29%

7-17 year olds who would freely give out email address 14%

Children's characters linked to thousands of porn links 26 (including Pokeman and Action Man)

Adult Internet Porn Statistics

Men admitting to accessing pornography at work 20%

US adults who regularly visit Internet pornography websites 40 million

Promise Keeper men who viewed pornography in last week 53%

Christians who said pornography is a major problem in the home 47%

Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction 10%

Breakdown of male/female visitors to pornography sites 72% male - 28% female

Women and Pornography

13% of Women admit to accessing pornography at work

70% of women keep their cyber activities secret

17% of all women struggle with pornography addiction

Women, far more than men, are likely to act out their behaviors in real life, such as having multiple partners, casual sex, or affairs

Women favor chat rooms 2X more than men

1 of 3 visitors to all adult web sites are women

9.4 million women access adult web sites each month

A Third of the Angels

Ever since I read Revelations 12, I've been fascinated by verses 3 and 4 where it makes the reference of a third of the angels being kicked out of heaven. Throughout the Bible we read about a spiritual war going on between GOD and Satan. Some of us can agree that not all of our desires are born within ourselves, we know they can come from an outside source. I have always wrestled with which desires are inspired from Satan, which ones from GOD, and which ones from myself.

But what I want to comment on isn't which desires are coming from where, but the fact a third of the angels were kicked out of heaven. I still can't get over how the angels weren't content with Heaven, that they still wanted to what appears create or have there own way with doing things that went against GOD's sovereignty in His kingdom. Kind of reminds me of me at work wanting to do things my own way even though I was hired and am getting paid to do things works way.

Think of someone you see every day. They really get on your nerves because they completely have no respect for your outlook on life. They joke about things around you that are completely irritating. You have to listen to their selection of music all day from their cubicle. You have asked them to turn it down, but they claim they can't hear it that low. They are loud and obnoxious. But even though they have all these traits that make you angry, they still aren't doing anything wrong in everyone's eyes at work. Some people actually enjoy the music, they enjoy the jokes and what is loud and obnoxious to you isn't loud and obnoxious to them. Basically its just a difference of opinion with this person, not what is right and what is wrong. But every day you feel a huge relief immediately when leaving their presence.

So I wonder would GOD kick a third of the angels out just because of personality conflict? One thing I just can't stop thinking about is that everyone I know eventually moves away from roommates that they are having a personality conflict with, its just a matter of time before one or the other can't take it anymore. So is GOD trying to groom us to be roommmates in Heaven?And from the way He created us and under the circumstances of what Adam and Eve did in the garden, the grooming has to be done through a relationship with Him on earth?

I know this all sounds completely ridiculous. But, man is made in GOD's image. There are many people I just don't get along with, but its just a personality confict, niether of us are right or wrong. Could I ever get along with that person as a roommate if either I or they never changed? Don't see how that would be possible. So how does one come to the conclusion that GOD needs to change for them, or put up with something that is completely annoying to Him in Heaven? I know many of you are saying GOD is completely above this petty analogy, GOD is love, love perseveres through all things. I agree completely, but no matter how much I go back and forth, a third of the angels were still kicked out of Heaven.

Reference: Angels are often referred to as "stars" and "sons of God" (Job 1:6, 2:1, Isa 14:12, Rev. 1:20, 9:1, 12:4,9).

Habits

habit: 1. an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.

A co-worker who has to say “Help Desk this is Kevin” all day said he recently said “Help Desk this is Kevin” when he was at home. I can remember a roommate who after every work day would come home make something to eat and then go watch tv until he fell asleep in the recliner. I have a habit of picking up peoples pens at work because I need something to write with, I have no memory of doing it, just at some point during the day realize I have a different pen in my hand. Same thing as leaving something somewhere and not remembering where I left it. How did I develop this habit of picking up something or leaving something behind and having no recollection of learning this action?

Notice in the definition how it says, “acquired”and also the word “involuntary”. How many habits have I acquired besides my little pen trick? What about watching television? The more I watch the longer i can sit and watch that tube for 3 hours and it seems like one hour. The less I watch tv, one hour feels like 3 hours. So the more I do something the less I think about it.

At what point do my habits turn into addiction? I guess if its a chemical addiction. Exactly what is a chemical addiction? Something the brain gets used to having and then can't get anymore. Can the brain produce it's own chemicals, or wire itself from something visual, or just in thought and then when it can't get its fix anymore could something similar happen like a chemical that enters from outside the body?

I've never thought much about habits. The thought that I am subconsciously developing
habits is a scary thing, unknowingly creating connections between neurons to assist with these habits is even more scary. I need a monitoring system to keep track of all the habits I'm subconsciously developing, and also point out which actions I'm already doing but don't realize its a habit.

My money

I become extremely indecisive when it comes to spending money on big items. I become easily agitated when things don't go my way with those big items. Why don't I have a problem with the little items? money is security, the little items aren't going to break the bank.
I want my main concern to be where my money is going and what its supporting. What kind of salary and benefits is the worker getting that picked the orange in my fruit dish. The worker in China that made the shirt I'm wearing. The factory worker who killed the cow in my fridge. How can I know these things?
It's extremely difficult to track down all the people that are in the process of each product I purchase. Google will only take me so far, but the decision to try and make an educated guess is a start. It will be a constant fight to get information most companies don't want me to know. But hopefully in the not so distant future companies with the best worker compensation will prosper, and the other companies will be forced to follow suit, or else go out of business.

All isn't fair in love and war

Yesterday, I started blogging about how it wasn't fair that people on salary where I work get to come in late and leave early. And especially yesterday, because I overheard a conversation from someone in HR about how they were going to take off early today because of the weather. It didn't help that it was 8:30 in the morning and they were just rollin in off the elevator. You see I'm one of those that has to punch in by 8am and punch out at 5pm. It doesn't matter what the weather is like, someone has to be around to do the jobs that actually keep the company running.

Well, anyhow that post never made it to production, because as I was writing it, I realized those people can do those things because they don't get paid overtime. If, and that's a big if they ever need to put in those extra 10 hours a week, there is no extra dinero on their payroll. That's just the way the cookie crumbles in corporate america.

Another way I began to look at it is GOD let those people have those positions and He let me have mine. All is fair in love and war? Well, I guess its how you look at life. Nowhere does the Bible say anything is going to be fair in anyone's lifetime on earth, only that in the end all will be judged accordingly. So why then am I always complaining about what others have and what I don't have? What is this inside me that keeps analyzing what I have/don't have, and how can I go about getting it. "All warfare is based on deception" -Sun Tzu. Life is a war and I have been deceived! A war with wanting more than I need for no reason other than The Jone's next door having it. I deserve it because they're no better than I! The war is between my perception and wisdom, not against the man, or the Jone's. I so badly want to point my finger, but in the end it all comes down to my actions. Knowing the war is me vs me is half the battle, now i just need to figure out how to make peace.

It's Christmas time again.....

It's Christmas time again. Another Christmas rushing around and having the same old conversations with family members I see once a year. Enjoy it! Spend as much time with family members until u know that one more second will put you in a mental institution. Christmas isn't about us, its about giving. It's about spreading the beauty of Christ. It's about family, forgiveness, and assisting those that need a helping hand. Get caught up in the holiday, not the moment.

Soldiers of Fortune

⁴³ "You ^R169 have heard that it was said, `YOU ^R170 SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and ^R171 hate your enemy.' ⁴⁴ "But I say to you, love ^R172 your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ so that you may be ^F96 sons ^R173 of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ "For if ^R174 you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ⁴⁷ "If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸ "Therefore you ^{R175 F97} are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For the last month all the soldiers, civilians and insurgency who have been killed in the Iraq war and all those who are family and friends have been on my mind. And this scripture above keeps ringing in my ears. The world says hate your enemy, Jesus says love your enemy.

Politicians love those who help keep them in office, and slander anything that is against them. Many of my co-workers brown nose those who can help them climb the ladder, or make their job easier and crap on everyone else that isn't a threat to them keeping their job.

How many people do you know that only care about their self promotion? Help them to try and understand a different way. Love your enemies as you love yourself.

Freedom of Expression

I would have liked to have done more research on what I’m about to write, but I need to type these thoughts down before they escape. Those of you who have been to my house have seen my walls laden with scripture and pictures of Jesus. Amongst that are articles and pictures of the starving and helpless and people that have turned their lives around giving all credit to GOD.

Lately I have come to a crossroads about the interior of my house. I can feel how uncomfortable many people have been inside my house. I have even had someone tell me its extremely obsessive and quite spooky. Well, on the obsessive side, I just chose to exchange filling in the void with GOD instead of the once sports, or once cars. People are used to seeing everything but GOD filling up a house, I can personally understand.

So where does one draw the line about expressing what he or she has chosen to be king of their mountain? There is obviously nothing wrong with putting up sports memorabilia all over one’s house. Nothing wrong with putting something collectible all over one’s house. Nothing wrong with putting posters of cars, favorite bands, favorite sports team, or even women all over your house, but I doubt a wife would be much inclined leaving them up. There is nothing wrong with putting basically anything you want all over your house because its………your house!

So why am I at these crossroads? Why does it matter whether someone likes whats in my house or not…..

So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who do not understand or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 1Corinthians14:23

I feel not understanding tongues is like listening to the babble of an infant. To those who walk into my house and don't understand why there is so much scripture on my walls, what could of been understood will drown from information overload. GOD will be my house’s idol and it will be known, but where I am leaving these crossroads is making the decision to make sure subtly that everyone who enters my house know’s GOD is King of my house, but not doing it so that it gives off a tyrannical impression, or for one to say……u r out of your mind!

“well GOD made it good, I’m just making it better.”

http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Toogreen.htm

The other day I asked my friend, if GOD created the world and said it was good, then why isn’t a lawn good enough if it has weeds, isn’t thick enough, or needs to be a deeper shade of green? He said, “well GOD made it good, I’m just making it better.”

“GOD made it good, I’m making it better.” The other day I was riding my bike and a stronger than usual chemical smell caught my attention. As I looked to my right there was a proud True Green sign planted in someone’s front lawn. On my bike rides a wide spectrum of smells from roadkill to the beautiful smell of mint find my olfactory nerve. But the smell of those chemicals is always the worse. Just like hydrogenated oils, bleached (enriched) flour, bleached white rice, food coloring, high fructose corn syrup, the modification (evolution) of man is transforming nature and transforming our ideals.

We need to remember that modification of anything is done for a reason. In the case of these foods I’ve listed, it is longer shelf life, less cost, and more appealing to the eyes. Synthetic fertilizer companies have used all 3 of these principles to make us think the perfect lawn is a necessary part of our estates. All manmade chemicals and manmade food have side effects. This means they weren’t meant for the ecosystem or our bodies.

What if all the money spent for fertilizing, landscaping, and watering one’s lawn was spent on water wells, irrigation systems, and seed for poor starving regions of the world? If I only knew that sum, but I guarantee millions would not die of starvation. How have our lawns become more important than lives?

Hank Greenberg

Here is the link to read up on ol' Hank and other CEO's in the news. Its sad that CNN Money has a site reserved for Wall Street's most wanted. Never underestimate the power of greed. If you haven't heard, ol' Hank decided to give a gift to his wife of $2.2 billion in stock 2 days before he resigned as CEO of AIG.

Take a look at the list of em on CNN, http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/corruption/index.html

Why don't we know more about these CEO's? There is one making a final decision on each item we consume. Instead of celebrity magazines why aren't there CEO magazines. These are the people that run America and we know nothing about them. Next time you read through People magazine remember each one of those "stars" got there because a CEO let them.