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My only hope is we hold enough in the house and senate that we can slow down the ship. I know, cutting off my nose to spite my face, but at this point I'm disgusted with my face. Maybe, just maybe, if they screw it up enough (like Jimmy Carter did) we might get another Reagan. Its sad, and I think that a lot of people think like me. Fox viewers are down because we (the conservatives) are feeling rather low, so if they are like me they cut off the TV. The RNC is sooooo clue less, they keep sending me letterswith a check list to what is important to me, then ask for money. The last one I taped a brick to the letter and told them tobuild a fence and start with this brick. I haven't gotten any letter lately. IDIOTS. Sorry for the rant, I'm a bit pissed off.
Miguel Garcia Appointed CEO of Digicel Honduras
Digicel's success in a spectrum auction on Wednesday, Dec. 19th, 2007, will enable the company to operate a mobile network in Honduras, subject to Congress approval. Miguel Garcia will leverage his vast experience as a leader in the Central American mobile community. His past accomplishments include General Manager positions in BellSouth Nicaragua, and Guatemala as well as a term as Commercial Director of BellSouth Panama and Marketing Director of BCP (BellSouth Sao Paulo). In addition, Garcia has held senior commercial posts with Telefonica Guatemala and El Salvador as well as most recently with GM Wireless Operations Centennial in Puerto Rico. "Miguel's proven leadership and experience in the telecommunications industry position him to successfully lead Digicel to become a significant player in Honduras, which promises to be a very exciting and rewarding mobile market," said Donal O'Shaughnessy, CEO of Digicel's Central American operations.
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Cheer up, things aren’t that bad
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God’s resolution is to never abandon man
It might be better to classify New Year's Resolutions as New Year's Good Intentions. How are yours going, by the way? Lost any weight yet? Quit smoking? Stopped using the Lord's name in vain by starting every sentence with "God this or God that"? How are you doing? Are you still saving money, or did that fizzle out by the second week? Been nicer to your mother-in-law, or have you finally decided that she just doesn't deserve it?Resolutions, as a rule, work for a while, but they usually have their failing point. Could be days, weeks, months or even years, but eventually they fail. That's just the way we humans are. I'm not saying don't make them or don't try to quit smoking or attempt to like your mother-in-law, I'm just saying that being the sinful creatures we are, we're blessed to even have good intentions, much less the good works that follow them.There is someone, however, who made a resolution once, and has never failed in it.
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