Brent’s First Paid on Vacation 1994

 

I remembered about my former employment

with Boatmen’s First National Bank of

Kansas City, Missouri.  I used to live

in there for 3 years (1992-1995) before

moved in Key West, Florida for 6 months

(Summer to Fall 1995).

During Year of 1994, I took my first Paid

on 2 Weeks Vacation, I travel on Amtrak

Train between Kansas City via St. Louis,

Missouri to New Orleans, Louisiana before

visit to see my old friend in Biloxi, Mississippi

for 4 days.  I had bad and good experiences in

there.  I returned to New Orleans again before

flew to Miami, Florida when my old other friend

and I met in the airport during night time.

We went to his home in Miami Beach, Florida so

I stayed in there for 4 days.   

 

Next morning, My friend went to work while I got

out and walked on Collins Avenue where I saw

something around the Youth Hostel.  I realized

at Film Production Company’s Recreational

Vehicle and Truck where I saw a original Actor,

Sylvester Stallone and Actress, Sharon Stone on

the scene.   This film called “The Specialist”.

 

 

The Specialist is a 1994 American action film

from Warner Bros. Pictures.

PLOT

In 1984, explosives experts working the CIA,

Captain Ray Quick and Colonel Ned Trent, are

on a mission to blow up a car transporting a

South American drug dealer.  But when the dealer’s

car appears, a little girl is inside.  Ray insists

they abort the mission but Ned intends to see it

through and allows the explosion to happen.

Angered by the girl’s wrongful death, Ray beats

Ned up savagely and their partnership ends…

 

This is Sylvester Stallone.  How old was he?

He was age of 48 during action of the scene.

This is Sharon Stone.  How old was she?

She was age of 36 during with Sylvester on the

scene.

I witnessed on them while I kept distant from

scene.   How old was I?  I was age of 28.

I never forget them on my life.

2 Months to Go for Election 2012

 

Time always fly away!  We will forward to

see and listen over the 2012 Presidential Debate

before make a final decision to elect on 6th Day

of November.

 

I got a mail from my Hillsborough County Election

Board last month.  I have a Voter Card.  I will

get a vote mail instead of attend to the Polling.

 

I will have a photo opportunity with my vote mail

before Election Day.   I will post it on my new

blog for you.

U.S. Mail is going in hot water without assistance?

 

Follow the History.

The first postal service in America arose in

February 1692, when a grant from King William

and Queen Mary empowered Thomas Neale “to

erect, settle and establish within the chief

parts of their majesties’ colonies and

plantations in America, an office or

offices for the receiving and dispatching

letters and pacquets, and to receive, send

and deliver the same under such rates and sums

of money as the planters shall agree to give,

and to hold and enjoy the same for the term

of twenty-one years.

 

The United States Post Office (USPO)

was created in Philadelphia under

Benjamin Franklin on July 26, 1775,

by decree of the Second Continental

Congress.  Based on the Postal Clause in

Article One of the United States Constitution,

empowering Congress “To establish post offices

and post roads”, it became the Post Office

Department (USPOD) in 1792. 

 

237th Age of the US Mail

 

Yesterday, July 26, 2012 passed.  Sad to see

bad news following the heavy debts and finance

in hot water now,  The USPS employs over 574,000

workers and operates over 218,000 vehicles.

The USPS is the operator of the largest vehicle

fleet in the world.  The USPS is legally obligated

to serve all Americans, regardless of geography, at

uniform price and quality. The USPS has exclusive

access to letter boxes marked “U.S. Mail” and

personal letterboxes in the United States, but still

completes against private package delivery services,

such as UPS and FedEx.

On December 5, 2011 the USPS announced it would close

more than half of its mail processing centers,

eliminate 28,000 jobs and end overnight delivery of

first-class mail.  This will close down 252 of its

461 processing centers.  On December 13, 2011 the

USPS agreed to delay the closing of 252 mailing

processing centers as well as 3,700 local post

offices until mid-May 2012.

The USPS has not directly received taxpayer-

dollars since the early 1980s with the minor

exception of subsides for costs associated

with the disabled and overseas voters.

However, it does receive tens to hundreds of

millions per year in “implicit subsides”,

such as breaks on property tax, vehicle

registration, and sales tax, in addition to

subsidized government loans.  Since the 2006

all-time peak mail volume, after which Congress

passed the “Postal Accountability and Enhancement

Act”, (which mandated $5.5 billion per year to

be paid into an account to per-fund retiree

health-care, 75 years into the future --

a requirement unique to this agency), revenue

dropped sharply due to recession-influenced

declining mail volume, prompting the postal

service to look to other sources of revenue

while cutting costs to reduce its budget deficit.

Gas Price: Cheaper Vs. Costly

 

2012 Gas Price Average: $3.52 is in United States.

Do you think this current gas price is cheap or

costly? Yes, Our Gas Price is very costly and worst

in Summer 2012 than early 1910’s, 20’s, 30’s, 40’s,

50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s before January 20, 2009-

Barack Obama become 44th President of the United

States of America.

 

Who did create this new machine?  We start to tube

in our Time electronically.  We stand

and see very shine morning outside on the dirty

brown path with full of green land before

new thing come and smoke out in there.

What is it?   See this…

    

The New Machine named the Ford Motors to birth

Model T (Touring) automobile in the plain land of

Michigan in October 1, 1908 after the marketing of

Model T established in the new Ford Motor Company

including the factory in Dearborn, Michigan,

a suburb of Detroit in June 16, 1903. 

 

Sales passed 250,000 in 1914. 

By 1916, as the price dropped to $360 for the

basic touring car, sales reached 472,000.

Remember, The Model T was introduced on

October 1, 1908.  It had the steering wheel

on the left, which every other company soon

copied.  The engine and transmission were

enclosed; the four cylinders were cast in a

solid block; the suspension used two

semi-elliptic springs.  The car was very

simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair.

It was so cheap at $825 in 1908 ($21,340 today)

(the price fell every year) that by the 1920s,

a majority of American drivers had learned to

drive on the Model T.

 

Okay,… Who was our President of the United States

of America during the Ford Motors Company

established on June 16, 1903 nor the

Ford Model T introduced on October 1, 1908?

See this photo of our past President…

 

What was the Gas Price in 1900’s ?   It was

25 cents per gallon.  Do you think this Gas Price

was very cheaper in 1900’s than the current Gas

Price, $3.52 is very costly? Why? Because the

former Republican President George W. Bush

 

begun to order the War Against the President

Saddam Hussein of Iraq was tranny nor

caused to rise the Gas Price badly.  What will United

States Congress and President Obama do with current

costly Gas Price today?  Will they promise to adjust

and recover from costly to cheaper Gas Price?  How?

 

The 2012 Presidential Election is here.  Will you

vote for our current Democrat President Barak Obama

or Republican Candidate for President, Mitt Romney?

 

We are waiting to see our Presidential Debate on

Fall 2012 before will decide to elect for President

Obama or Candidate for President, Romney on Election

Day, November 6, 2012.  Good luck!

Happy 4th July…

 

I read on The White House website today. 

It reminds me and Americans to remember about

Independence Day.  It is very important on US

History to me and Americans. We enjoy and

celebrate our age is being 236th of the Independence

Day. Let me share with my story about 1776-1976 was

age of 200th.  I sent a old black / white photo in

my message video to my Dad.  He enjoyed it.  I was

being very young Scout Cub. 

 

Where was I ?  Look for Brent.  What do you think?

In 1976, President Gerald Ford marked the nation’s

bicentennial with a series of celebrations across

the country. Among the many unique events was the

Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage, where covered

wagons converged in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania after

crossing the nation on historic trails. President

Ford, who was raised in Michigan, boarded the

Michigan wagon at the encampment in Valley Forge

State Park.

Over the years, Presidents have celebrated

Independence Day with commemorative ceremonies,

White House picnics, family gatherings, and of

course, fireworks. Some Presidents preferred to

relax away from the White House – Lyndon B. Johnson

traditionally spent the holiday at his ranch in

Stonewall, Texas.  Others have traced the history of

the holiday with visits to Independence Hall in

Philadelphia.

 

The Liberty Bell is an original.  The Liberty Bell was broken, but can not repair it. God bless Brent, Liberty Bell and the United States of America.

Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. Known primarily as the location where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted.The building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitution Convention in the summer of 1787. The building is part of Independence National Historical Park and is listed as a World Heritage Site.

The Entrance Door is in Independence Hall. The beautiful fireplace is behind the desk.

President George Washington's desk is in the Assembly Room. The Crystal Light is oldest beautiful candle holder.

The symbol designed by the hands. The Ink and Feather is a historical display for Signatures of the Assembly including President George Washington, Declaration of the Independence, US Constitution, Bill of the Rights and We The People.

The statue of President George Washington stands in front of the Independence Hall. Clock Tower is located in the Independence Hall.

The oldest watch made by the hands.

Happy 236th Independence Day!

Boston, Mass… Remember?

 

On Monday afternoon, July 2, 2012 

I sit and watch my favorite movie,

“America: Story of US” – “Rebels”

addressing from Jamestown to Plymouth,

early settlers fight to survive; Tobacco

sows seeds of opportunity in the south

and the north a trade powerhouse.

A view of the Boston, Mass.,  I see a

history place showing a lot of 200 sails

arrive from British to the fort of Boston.

British soldiers walk and push some rage

people rudely before enter inside the

warehouse where the first Black slaves imported

after exhort their tobaccos / rums to and from

Africa beginning 1700 – 1800.

I recollect about my Childhood life following

my Emery Hall Elementary School at Kansas State

School for the Deaf during Fall 1974.  I saw my

3rd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Nancy Crews to sign her

messages to me and my classmates while she showed

some black and white pictures with special film

on light projector to the white screen roller.

We learned to see some b/w pictures with history

of the “Bloody Massacre” showing the British soldiers

shot their guns to men down to the awful ground.

 

Click this The Boston Massacre.

America: The Story of US

 

2 Days to go..for July 4th -

Independence Day is coming this Wednesday.

Most US, State and Local Governments, Banks and US

Postal traditionally close on Holiday.  We honor

our Birth of Independence Day since July 4, 1776.

How age is America?  236 is age of our country.

This is my favorite movie is calling “America:

The Story of US”.  It addresses a six-part,

12-Hour documentary television miniseries that

premiered on April 25, 2010, on History.

Produced by Nutopia, the program depicts over

400 years of America history (with emphasis on

the creation, trials and effects of new technologies

by Americans on America’s history and by

implication, the world) spanning from the successful

English settlement of Jamestown on May 14, 1607,

through to the present day.

Episodes

1. “Rebels”  From Jamestown to Plymouth, early

settlers fight for survival. Tobacco sows the

seeds of opportunity; the north becomes a powerhouse

of trade.  Tension, taxation, and resistance causes

the American colonists to begin doing what many

consider impossible: to successfully rebel against

the British Empire.

2.  “Revolution”  George Washington’s army is near

defeat, but new weapons and battle tactics turn the

tide.  The colonies declare independence form the

British Empire.  Forged through revolution, a new

nation is born.

3.  “Westward”  Trailblazing pioneers set out to

conquer the west, but find the land already

claimed.  Wagon trains meet hardship on the road

to California’s gold.  The steamboat ushers in

a new era of commerce, industry, and unprecedented

wealth.

4.  “Division”  Commerce and industry thrive across

the new nation, now one of the wealthiest in the

world.  The Erie Canal brings big risk and bigger

reward.  In the South, cotton is king but slavery

fuels a growing divide.  Violence flares across the

territories and abolitionists make a stand from

freedom.  The election of Abraham Lincoln is

harbinger of war.

5.  “Civil War”  The American Civil War rages.

The formidable Confederate army cannot match the

Union’s mastery of technology; railroads, supply

lines and the telegraph become new weapons in modern

war.

6.  “Heartland”  The Transcontinental Railroad

unties the nation and transforms the American

Heartland.  Native American civilizations decline

as farmers settle the continent.  Cattle replace

wild buffalo as king of the Great Plains.

The cowboy becomes a new American icon.

7.  “Cities”  Americans conquer a new frontier:

the modern city, with Andrew Carnegie’s empire of

steel as its backbone.  Skyscrapers and the Statue

of Liberty are symbols of the American Dream for

millions of immigrants. Urban life introduces a

new breed of social ills, causing several bold

individuals to make a stand.

8.  “Boom” America strikes oil and the boom time

begins.  Henry Ford brings the motorcar to the

masses and the nation hits the road.  Massive

engineering projects modernize the American West.

Intended to cure vice, Prohibition fuels the growth

of organized crime in burgeoning cities.

9.  “Bust”  Boom turns to bust when the stock market

crashes.  The Great Depression and Dust Bowl blanket

the nation in darkness.  President Franklin D.

Roosevelt’s New Deal signals recovery, while boxer

Joe Louis overcomes racial disputes to help bring

America’s pride back.

10.  “World War II”  The attack of Pearl Harbor

brings America into World War II.  The war effort

revitalizes the nation’s economy. 

American innovation and manufacturing might

invigorate the Allies in Europe and in the Pacific,

nuclear weapons help end the war.

11.  “Superpower”  America becomes a global

superpower; technology fuels a boom in the

economy and the population.  American pioneers

conquer new frontiers, from the jet age to the

space age, and run headlong into a new threat:

Communism.

12.  “Millennium” In 2001, the September 11 attacks

fuel the War on Terror and America continues its

growing journey towards the future, whatever it may

be.