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who is really being protected when you disarm the public?

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CLICK on the above picture to read a survey of current and retired police officers and what they REALLY think about guns in the hands of law abiding citizens.

With all of this talk about gun control, I have to ask this simple question: WHO are we really trying to protect? According to a recent survey of police officers… it seems that if we are really trying to protect people then we should allow law abiding citizens the right to carry.

Speaking of insanity, have you noticed that it is always the places that guns are forbidden that have the most violence. It doesn’t matter if it is a city, a school, a theater or a university ( the latest was a crazy with a knife)… but if someone is looking to hurt others they look for safe, unarmed, soft targets.

So then, who is really being protected when the majority of Americans become disarmed? The answer is quite simple… those with guards and guns.

CLICK to read the survey

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Beignet? Oui!

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Beignet is a French style “donut” that characteristically has the taste of buttermilk and ground wheat and rye flours. Cafe du Monde has been making these along with their equally famous coffee for a very long time.

Of course you can enjoy these too far from the French quarter of New Orleans at home… With a little practice and the right ingredients…. Or you can even buy their mix which shortcuts it all for you.

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Rolling out the dough, cutting the squares, frying and heavily – very heavily – dusting the donut with powdered sugar is the short steps in this process!

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The only thing left is to pour yourself a steaming cup of coffee… And enjoy!

Bon appetite !

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southern cal trojan public relations ranked number one

Me, Laura and Jennifer Floto in her SoCal USC PR office
Me, Laura and Jennifer Floto in her SoCal USC PR office

We spent a couple of days down at the University of Southern California and dropped in on a friend, Professor Jennifer Floto. If you don’t know Jenn, then you are not in public relations. In my humble opinion, Dr. Floto is one of the reasons that USC was ranked by Public Relations practitioners as the number one Public Relations program in the United States.

We see a lot of rankings about various programs, but in today’s very competitive environment, the program that has the alumni network, the educational breath and the contacts is the one that will help a student find, acquire and succeed in the field of Public Relations. Who is better to evaluated these academic programs better than the people who are already in the field and responsible for hiring the next leaders in PR?

Congratulations, Trojans!

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Two pictures are above: a version of a popular British motto in WW2 also used in the popular series Dr. Who… that we could resist getting for my daughter, fellow alumna Karen. On the right, the future 2nd building for the wonderful Annenberg complex which includes the top ranked Public Relations Program.

In an age of increasingly reducing budgets, its uplifting to see one University continuing to dazzle! FIGHT ON!

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a free people …

Here I am with a Wildebeest from my adventures in South Africa and a "Benefactor" certificate from the NRA.
Here I am with a Wildebeest from my adventures in South Africa and a “Benefactor” certificate from the NRA.

Most of the time I talk about food and family on my blog and I try to stay away from things that upset an evening’s brandy in front of the fire. However, the shrill marketing approach out of Washington is a bit over the top, the New York City uber rich mayor’s latest effort to control the world with his money and local California Senators complaining about gun control all the while bristling with weapons themselves… is unsettling at best.

There is an effort — again out of Washington — to divided and pit people against each other for their own personal gain. They’ve enlisted the usual wacked out celebrities, hypocrites and opportunists to carry water for them on gun control.
One would think getting the country moving forward would be high on the agenda, creating new jobs, factories and the like… but again, I am naive.

So, let me recommend to you that you might like to participate in this discussion by joining the NRA (even if you have never fired a gun) and receiving training and go on a hunt and experience what life and living  is all about. I have a few links to the right that might help you get started!

You have a right called the second amendment … it is worth experiencing & learning more about!