Republicans Want You To Pay Up To Celebrate Bush's Birthday!

President George W. Bush's birthday is today. The Republican Party is trying to bank off the legacy of one of the 21st Century's most ineffective leaders. 

I will no longer receive newsletters from the Republican National Committee anymore.

What has the Republican Party done so far to win my support?

Nothing.

Other than attack the president at every whim. For a Republican, that's good. For an independent, you want bipartisanship or at least something that could be beneficial to Americans.

Republicans offer nothing but useless ideas.

I am so fed up with the Republican Party and their endless bitching. Tired of the same old faces and same old repetitive talking points from the Republicans and their conservative allies.

I am watching GOP Sundays again with those old geezers Martha Raddatz, Bob Schieffer, David Gregory and that Smirking Monkey dude on Loserville.

This the country's 238th birthday and on GOP Sunday, all you get is the same old tired looking Republican agitators and that one Democrat who just loves to rant.

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are the perennial annoyances of GOP Sundays. CBS's Face The Nation is within striking distance of NBC's Meet The Press. With that being said, each of these lawmakers make their case against the Sunni terrorist group ISIS and immigration reform. These issue are highly controversial but you'll never see a person of color, a religious scholar or a person who can testify to the situation.

The old WHITE male continues to dominate breakfast chats and GOP Sundays.

Here's the Republican newsletter that I've gotten in my email box. This one makes me shake my head.

Hillary Clinton meets with a protester who dressed up a squirrel saying that a Clinton in the White House is NUTS!

Here's the newsletter I gotten in my email:

Friend,

Resolute and decisive.

That’s what I remember when I think of the leadership of President George W. Bush. He led our nation through some of the most challenging moments of our nation’s history.

He led.

The President we have today thinks our country should “lead from behind” and has significantly diminished the United States’ standing in the world — and worse, he has made us less safe.

I miss the leadership of President George W. Bush. And I miss him.

I had the privilege of serving in his White House, and I saw the character that he and his family provided our nation. I will be forever grateful for their service.

Tomorrow is President George W. Bush’s Birthday. It’s a moment that has reminded us of what leadership in the White House really looks like. And we’re working to send principled leaders to the Senate and House in 2014 and to the White House in 2016.

Would you help make that possible by contributing $27 to get your official “I Miss W.” t-shirt today before his birthday?

Order your official “I Miss W.” t-shirt today.

Thank you,

Sara Armstrong
RNC Chief Operating Officer

P.S. If you haven’t already, you can still sign President George W. Bush’s birthday card here.

For one, I wish George W. Bush a good 68th birthday. He continues to stay out of the political limelight.

Vice President Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, Michael Chertoff and numerous other Republicans continue to open their damn mouths and insert their foots in.

They were part of the reason why American went into a recession. They were the reason why September 11, 2001 happened. That didn't keep anyone safe. It kept us divided and destroyed a whole lot of people's lives. We lost 5,000 men and women in combat under two presidents in Afghanistan and Iraq.

It's better that we stay out of these conflicts. If we meddle in these affairs, we're assuring ourselves another 9/11. It's best to keep a distance but keep our defenses strong.

The economy is recovering but not fast enough. The Republicans refuse to pass the president's proposals.

Republicans want to continue pushing austerity and tax breaks for high end earners.

Republicans blocking Obama is the only thing they've got. And yes, it's effective.

President Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, 33 percent of American voters say in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today. Another 28 percent pick President George W. Bush.

Ronald Reagan is the best president since WWII, 35 percent of voters say, with 18 percent for Bill Clinton, 15 percent for John F. Kennedy and 8 percent for Obama, the independent Quinnipiac University poll finds.

They knew when they got keys to the White House the problems would come as soon as they open the door.

Among Democrats, 34 percent say Clinton is the best president, with 18 percent each for Obama and Kennedy.

Obama has been a better president than George W. Bush, 39 percent of voters say, while 40 percent say he is worse. Men say 43 - 36 percent that Obama is worse than Bush while women say 42 - 38 percent he is better. Obama is worse, Republicans say 79 - 7 percent and independent voters say 41 - 31 percent. Democrats say 78 - 4 percent that he is better.

Voters say by a narrow 37 - 34 percent that Obama is better for the economy than Bush.

America would be better off if Republican Mitt Romney had won the 2012 presidential election, 45 percent of voters say, while 38 percent say the country would be worse off.

Missing Mitt are Republicans 84 - 5 percent and independent voters 47 - 33 percent, while Democrats say 74 - 10 percent that the U.S. would be worse off with Romney.

When White Fathers Leave Their Black Children

When White Fathers Leave Their Black Children

Facebook Is Deliberately Trying To Piss People Off!

Social network got heat after it tried to make people jealous for no reason.

Just today, I seen some of my former friends (yeah, I said it) profiles appear at the top of my Facebook feed page.

One of them was this nasty woman I regretted I ever dated. I won't say her name, but she wasn't one of the most pleasant women I've dated. I see her profile pop up on my page. And I went right to the function, "DO NOT SHOW".

Facebook is the world's most popular social networking website. It's also the most controversial website ever to be created. It's like HIGH SCHOOL all over again! Seriously, it's like I've went back to my old high school and see these bozos once again but through their profiles.

I mean I don't give a rat's ass about these former friends, former girlfriends and people I've worked with before. Whenever I see pictures of women I used to date, I sometimes sigh! I see them with children who aren't mine. I see them with boyfriends or husbands who aren't me! I see friends and associates who know me but would never accept "my invites".

I am certainly glad they've move on pass me. But for me personally, I don't give a care about them or their personal lives.

I am guessing there's a huge controversy going over in Menlo Park. Facebook is doing some damage control after it was revealed that it was deliberately trying to make some users jealous of their friends for a social experiment.

I seen it. And I am none too thrill about it.

Another reason why the social networking website is on the downward slide. I mean has Facebook reached it peak?

YEAH.

And it's going down. Give it six years and people will be saying "What's Facebook?"

Nerdy. Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg.

Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook came out with a huge apology. She stopped short of issuing a heartfelt apology. She called this experiment a "success".

“This was part of ongoing research companies do to test different products, and that was what it was; it was poorly communicated,” Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, told the Wall Street Journal while travelling in New Delhi. “And for that communication we apologize. We never meant to upset you.”

I must have been one of those 700,000 idiots who Facebook used as a target for social depression.

They often would tweak the most active users profiles to top feed. They would put their feeds on the non-active users (such as myself). They would often show the profiles of braggers. People who are addicted to the social networking. Putting their business out there so the world knows. People would often get jealous and it would lead to depression.

The Washington Post reports that Sandberg’s statement was the first public comment by a Facebook executive on the controversy since it erupted over the weekend, prompting anger from many Facebook users and criticism from some academics who said it was unethical to manipulate users’ emotions without informed consent.

In the study, researchers at Facebook tweaked what hundreds of thousands of users saw in their news feeds, skewing content to be more positive or negative than normal in an attempt to manipulate their moods. Then they checked users’ status updates to see if the content affected what they wrote. They found that, yes, Facebook users’ moods are affected by what they see in their news feeds. Users who saw more negative posts would write more negative things on their own walls, and likewise for positive posts.

Sandberg’s apology is not likely to appease some, such as Robert Klitzman, a psychiatrist and ethics professor critical of the study, who said in a column for CNN that “the problem is not only how the study was described, but how it was conducted.”

Facebook has since implemented stricter guidelines, the Journal reported. Research other than routine product testing is reviewed by a panel of 50 internal experts in fields such as privacy and data security. Company research intended for publication in academic journals goes through a second round of review, again by in-house experts.

The upset over Facebook’s mood study is “a glimpse into a wide-ranging practice,” Kate Crawford, a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Civic Media and a principal researcher at Microsoft Research told the Journal. Companies “really do see users as a willing experimental test bed” to be used at the companies’ discretion.

See my honest opinion about Facebook. I offer my honest take on how the world's most popular website has taken me down the path to despair and how I overcame my addiction to Facebook.

It's Not A Good Holiday For Davion Only!

Davion Henry (Only) is back in foster care after he got into a confrontation with his adoptive family.

The teen who gain national attention for being the kid no one wanted to adopt is back in the news.

Apparently he's no longer allowed in the home of his adoptive family. Just two weeks ago, that boy and his adoptive family were on That Guy Who Helped Obama Win's program.

All things ain't so rosy in household. An altercation at the home of his potential family in Ohio turned him back to the Florida Department of Family Services.

And to make this worse, Davion Henry (Only) dropped everything. He killed off the social networking websites. He will no longer hold conversations with the junk food media and he's probably in a state of despair.

Some people who previously adopted him said that he had a huge temper. Apparently this temper built up after being shunned by his original family and probably molested as a child.

Before this incident, we here at Journal de la Reyna were following this controversy. Thousands of Americans were hoping to adopt the young man.

On paper, this was the book-definition perfect family for him. The father was a pastor who had worked with troubled kids. They knew about Davion's background and his issues.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that Davion came back to Florida just long enough to pack a small suitcase.

Then he returned to Ohio, where his prospective parents signed him up to play football — something he had always wanted to do.

"I got baptized!" he wrote April 20, from his new phone, on his new Facebook page.

The adoption could take place in 90 days, said Terri Durdaller, whose agency, Eckerd, oversees Tampa Bay's foster children. That would have meant that Davion could be adopted this month.

Instead, he is back in Pinellas County, at a therapeutic foster home, upset and embarrassed, unwilling to talk.

"There was an incident in Ohio," said Eckerd's director, Lorita Shirley. At one point, she said, things got physical between Davion and another child in the house, and with the dad. The family wanted him out.

On May 30, Davion's case manager flew to Ohio and brought him back to Florida.

"This has been a major setback for him," Shirley said. "Our goal now is to get him treatment."

CHiPs Caught On Tape Beating Up Woman!

This event makes Friday news tonight. A California Highway Patrol officer is under fire for using excessive force against a female suspect they accused of acting crazed on a busy stretch of highway.

There was a man who filmed the event and the shocking video went viral. This event happened on Tuesday and the junk food media is now on it.

The NAACP and of course Rev. Perm are going to be ready to strike.

Knowing that California law enforcement and the Black and Latino communities aren't the best of friends, the possibility of unrest could occur.

 The video posted on YouTube shows the cop pursuing the woman on foot past an I-10 on-ramp. Those recording it can be heard laughing at first.

CHP says the officer asked the woman to stop, but she refused and continued to walk away from him.

"A physical altercation ensued as the pedestrian continued to resist arrest, at which point a plain clothes, off duty officer assisted in applying the handcuffs," the CHP said in a statement given to KABC.

The woman refused to give her name and is identified only as "Jane Doe." KABC says she was taken to a hospital for physical and mental evaluation.

Texas Woman Nearly Kills Two Men With Her Ride!

Surveillance shows a woman running over two men with no care. 

Gas stations have to prepare for the peak summer driving season. Around the months of June towards September, many Americans are on the road quite often. Gas stations most take steps to bring in sales and prevent theft of fuel. Some Americans don't feel like its necessary to pay for fuel. They would preferably drive away without paying for anything.

Summer driving also resorts to road rage incidents. I am guessing this is what happened in Houston.

At a gas station in the Southwestern part of Houston, a road rage incident nearly kills two men.

It was a brutal hit and skip incident that was caught on tape. The Houston Metro police are searching for this individual who could be facing charges for aggravated assault with a vehicle. 

Mediaite reports that KHOU reporters talked to one of the victims of this incident. Marcus Chukwe was with his boss at the local gas station when the woman nearly ran them off at first. Words were exchange, then a few seconds later, the vehicle peels off with two men on the ground.

The woman who hit two men with her car while exiting a gas station, speeding off while they were still lying on the ground. Amazingly, both men were able to walk away with just minor cuts and bruises.

Chukwe was just happy to be alive after the incident occurred. He described how the woman first nearly backed into him and his boss.

When they confronted her about it, she rolled down the window and threatened to shoot them. Seconds later, she pulled around and rammed directly into both men, sending them flying.

“One moment I was standing, one moment I got hit and one moment I was on the ground,” Chukwe said.

Summer Swirl!

Jobs report good but.... The junk food media will find some reason to complain about it.

July brings the best news so far for the embattled president. The jobs report shows that we gained a net job growth. The Department of Labor reports that the net gain was 288,000 jobs for the month of June.

The unemployment rate is now 6.1%. The lowest since September 2008, right before the global collapse of Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers.

However, there are some still giving up on the workforce.

It was the fifth straight monthly job gain above 200,000 - the best such stretch since the late 1990s tech boom. Over the past 12 months, the economy has added nearly 2.5 million jobs - 208,000 a month, the fastest year-over-year pace since May 2006.

Friday's report from the Labor Department made clear that the U.S. economy is moving steadily closer to full health after having shrunk at the start of the year.

June's job gain followed additions of 217,000 jobs in May and 304,000 in April, figures that were both revised upward. Monthly job gains so far this year have averaged 230,833, up from 194,250 in 2013.

The unemployment rate dipped last month to its lowest level since the financial crisis struck at full force in the fall of 2008 with the bankruptcy of the Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers.

The gains were widespread. Factories added 16,000 workers. Retailers brought on 40,200. Financial and insurance firms increased their employee ranks by 17,000.

Vice President Joe Biden (right) with the members of the inept Congress.

Job growth has averaged 272,000 over the past three months. In May, the economy surpassed its jobs total in December 2007, when the Great Recession officially began.

The number of long-term unemployed has dropped by 1.2 million over the past year to just under 3.1 million. That is half what it was three years ago.

Still, economists at the liberal Economic Policy Institute estimate that 7 million more jobs would have been needed to keep up with population growth.

The challenge is whether the job gains will pull more Americans back into employment and lift wages that have barely budged. Many people who lost jobs during the recession and were never rehired have stopped looking for work. Just 62.8 percent of adult Americans are working or are looking for a job, compared with 66 percent before the recession.

Average wages, meanwhile, have grown just 2 percent a year during the recovery, below the long-run average annual growth of about 3.5 percent.

Many economists predicted late last year that the steady but tepid recovery would accelerate in 2014. The steady gains over the past four years will finally unleash more hiring and higher wages, they said.

But the economy actually shrank in the first three months of this year at an annual rate of 2.9 percent. That's the sharpest quarterly contraction since the recession. Ferocious winter storms and freezing temperatures caused factories to close and prevented consumers from visiting shopping malls and auto dealers.

Still, the winter failed to freeze hiring and job growth has continued with little to no interruption. This should help to speed economic growth because more jobs lead to more paychecks to spend.

Most economists say annualized growth is tracking 3 percent to 3.5 percent in the current second quarter. Growth over the course of the entire year should be closer to 2 percent for the entire year, roughly similar to the 1.9 percent increase in gross domestic product achieved last year.

Other than the weak growth at the start of the year, several other signs point to the improving health of the economy.

Auto sales rose at the fastest pace in eight years in June. Dealers unloaded vehicles at an annual pace of 16.98 million last month. Factory orders picked up last month as well, according to a report this week by the Institute for Supply Management.

Home sales also strengthened in May, after having sputtered in the middle of last year when higher mortgage rates and rising prices hurt affordability.