Missouri has NO illegal Aliens....(

THIS IS TRUE) Interesting: SCROLL TO BOTTOM TO VISIT IMPORTANT CONFIRMATION LINK AND AWESOME COMMENTS!!!

Missouri 's approach to the problem of illegal immigration appears to be more advanced, sophisticated, strict and effective than anything to date in Arizona .

Do the loonies in San Francisco , or the White House, appreciate what Missouri has done? When are our fearless President and his dynamic Attorney General going to take action to require Missouri start accepting illegal immigrants once again?

So, why doesn't Missouri receive attention?

Answer: There are no Mexican illegals in Missouri to demonstrate.

The "Show Me" state has once again shown us how it should be done.

In 2007, Missouri placed on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment designating English as the official language of Missouri .

In November, 2008, nearly 90% voting in favor! Thus English became the official language for ALL governmental activity in Missouri .

No individual has the right to demand government services in a language
OTHER than English.

In 2008 a measure was passed that required the Missouri Highway Patrol and other law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of any person arrested, and inform federal authorities if the person is found to be in Missouri illegally. Missouri law enforcement offices receive specific training with respect to enforcement of federal immigration laws.

In Missouri, illegal immigrants do NOT have access to taxpayers benefits such as food stamps and health care through Missouri HealthNET.

In 2009 a measure was passed that ensures Missouri 's public institutions of higher education do NOT award financial aid to individuals who are illegally in the United States .

In Missouri all post-secondary institutions of higher education to annually certify to the Missouri Dept. of Higher Education that they have NOT knowingly awarded financial aid to students who are unlawfully present in the United States .


So while Arizona has made national news for its new law, it is important to remember, Missouri has been far more proactive in addressing this horrific problem.

Missouri has made it clear that illegal immigrants are NOT welcome in the state and they will certainly NOT receive public benefits at the expense of Missouri taxpayers.

Here is the link to confirm: Be sure to read the readers comments too. http://www.ozarkssentinel.com/missouri-ahead-of-the-game-in-dealing-with-illegal-immigrants-p1034.htm

Taken from: "The Ozarks Sentinel" Editorial - Nita Jane Ayres, May 13, 2010 .
If the link does not work, just type in "The Ozarks Sentinel - Nita Jane Ayres" in Google.

The Time Has Indeed Come!

Governors of 35 states have already filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.

This is an idea whose time has come!

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest was to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law.

I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever The self-serving must stop.

It is also time to stop the practice of sneaking unpopular legislation through, piggybacked on legislation which is more likely to pass by including a single purpose rule. Many State constitutions already have such a rule that is designed to avoid complexity in laws and to avoid any hidden consequences that legislators or voters may miss when reading the proposed law.


The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

I'm asking each addressee to forward this Email to a minimum of twenty people on their Address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:


"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States . Nor shall Congress enact any legislation that shall embrace more than one subject, which subject shall be clearly expressed in its title”

AB 1906 may not be the solution for San Bernardino County problems

Assemblyman Col. Paul Cook was very generous and statesmen-like in a recent Sun article, where he was quoted as saying he “wouldn’t push the county” to impanel a second civil grand jury. He also admitted that in his new addition to the criminal code, AB 1906, the presiding judge still has that responsibility.
There are two types of Grand Juries in California govern by Penal Code Sections 888-945. One is a criminal grand jury and is selected from the jury rolls and is impaneled for specify investigations with full indictment powers. The other, a civil grand jury which has no indictment powers, is the subject of this discussion. Its members are selected from five volunteers in each supervisor district for a total of 30, and then 19 of them are impaneled by a random drawing.
AB 1906 authorizes a second Civil Grand Jury for San Bernardino County only and has been signed into law by the Governor. Therefore, some of my concerns aren’t relevant, but I believe that the general public does not fully understand the powers and limitations of a civil grand jury. The most important one in my opinion, is a grand jury operates under a veil of complete secrecy. For example, what would happen if that second grand jury investigates the same case as the other regular grand jury? The existing code states that each grand jury sets its own agenda and AB 1906 does not completely address this.
A civil grand jury can only make public recommendations in its reports to the Board of Supervisors or complaints to the District Attorney. Remember, these are only recommendations. The Supervisors and the District Attorney have no obligation to follow up on those recommendations. Granted the Board has to make an official response within 90 days, and they can then file those recommendations and responses away and forget them. As far as the complaints to the District Attorney, unless it is an official accusation of a public official, he can also ignore it. If Col. Cook wants to make some more changes, I suggest that he look into this ignored section of the criminal code.
I am a firm supported of Col. Cook. He is a decorated Marine and a good legislator. I plan to support him Nov. 2 for re-election. What I want to do is to point out that even though AB 1906 might has some good sections, others parts, in my opinion, are just some of the same old stuff. I also understand that he introduced this legislation at the request of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors. Remember, this is the same board that has ignored the ethical recommendations that the 2008-2009 Grand Jury made in its Government Reform Report.
Consequently, for better or worse, AB 1906 is now the law of the land. Its success will be determined by how it is used. Col. Cook’s concerns about the problems in San Bernardino County are justified. He is to be commended for using his legislative powers in an attempt to help solve them.

Would you vote for this proposition?

While cleaning off my desk to fulfill one of my New Year’s Resolutions, I came across the following petition from some fringe group’s federal ballot proposition. Some of it is pretty far-out and I am curious what reaction readers of this column will have when they read them.

“A. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press: or the right of the people peaceably to assembly, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

“B. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

“C. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

“D. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by an Oath of affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

“E. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger, nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb: nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

“F. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witness in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

“G. In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

“H. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.

“I. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain right, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

“J. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Must be the Tea Party. Pretty wild stuff for this day and time don't your think? Would you vote for them? Be careful you might get what you wish for.

Subject: Apache, Arizona - Our Secure Border

July 28th, 2010 By Ed Ashurst

I believe story telling to be an art form, certainly
verbal record is the oldest form of recording history and recognized
by historians worldwide. There is an old adage among those who love to
tell a good tale, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good
story." And yet there are times when the truth is even more fantastic
than exaggeration. What I write here is the truth, plain and simple.


I reside on, and manage a large cattle ranch in the far
southeastern corner of Arizona. I've been here for 13 years and in
that time frame have become far too familiar with the illegal
trafficking in human beings, marijuana and other illicit drugs. Some
have called it "the wetback culture" or "America's border problem".
Lately it's been taking steroids.

The recent murder of Robert Krentz by an illegal alien
has received massive amounts of publicity worldwide. I live on the
ranch bordering the Krentz ranch to the east and north. I can see the
Krentz home looking out of my front door approximately 10 miles away.
The day after Rob's death I was involved in tracking the outlaw into
Mexico. I saw the outlaw's footprints where he crossed the border
fence. I mention this to say I feel that I'm qualified to speak about
current border issues.


My home has been broken into twice. My son's home has
been broken into also and between us we have had between twenty and
thirty thousand dollars worth of stuff stolen from us including two
ranch pick-ups, a four wheeler, 9 firearms (including a loaded AK 47)
cash, jewelry all of our credit cards, driver's license, etc. A guest
house here on the ranch has been broken into so many times we quit
counting... many times we haven't even called the Sheriff's dept. The
Cochise County Sheriff's dept. has no less than fifteen reports on
file where I've called for assistance dealing with an outlaw illegal
alien.


Several months ago, not long after Rob Krentz's death,
Fox news (channel 10 in Phoenix AZ) contacted me and expressed
interest in coming down and doing a news story about me and the
problems myself and other ranchers in this area have had in recent
months with illegal outlaws. To prepare for my interview with Fox, I
asked for assistance from six other neighboring ranchers and
businessmen. All of these men are prominent men in the community, tax
payers, business owners and individuals who have the best of
reputations. Together we made a map of the area which covered from the
southeastern corner of AZ going west about 20 miles to the silver
creek area, and going north about 30 miles to the area around the
towns of Portal, AZ and Rodeo, N.M. On this map we made marks
recording violations to United States law committed by illegal aliens.
We did not use government statistics
(we wouldn't know how to get them) but recorded
incidents that we knew had happened first hand, many of which we had
witnessed. We tried to record only the incidents that have happened in
the last several years.


The sum total of what we recorded is this:


The arrest or capture of 40 illegal in one bunch - 40
(we didn't bother with the countless smaller groups)


Loads of Marijuana found and captured - 213


Dangerous encounters with illegal aliens - 132 (assault,
burglaries, forced entries, etc.)


Dead illegal aliens found by civilians - 16


High speed vehicle chases between dope haulers and law
enforcement - 14

Illegal aliens spotted with firearms - 12


Fires started by illegal aliens - 9


Over 1000, 000 acres burned with the cost to taxpayers
of $ 40,000,000. One fire near Portal AZ in June of 2010 cost
$10,000,000. to fight (forest Service estimate)


Outlandish incidents - 4


Example: One bachelor in the Portal area was burglarized
around 100 times. He finally took all his valuables and put them in a
steel vault and welded the door shut. He then moved out of his house
into a shed hoping the illegal aliens would leave him alone. They did
not and he finally abandoned his property. Another outlandish event
was when outlaws stole a brand new Caterpillar motor grader on the
Geronimo Trail east of Douglas, AZ and drove south through the border
fence never to be seen again. The grader belonged to Cochise County
Hwy Dept.


Financial losses to private sector - $100,000,000.00
(losses in real estate value, personal property, etc., losses in
wildlife habitat - immeasurable)


Last but certainly not least, the murder of Rob Krentz,
which is right in the center of our map.


Let me put this in perspective. The area I'm talking
about is an area that covers approximately 17 or 18 townships with
only 20 miles being adjacent to the US - Mexico Boundary. Within this
area, there is a population of perhaps600 people, 90% of which reside in Rodeo, N.M. or Portal, AZ, 30 miles or so north of Mexico. No less than 80% of the
people in this area have been burglarized or otherwise molested by
illegal aliens. This area is about half as big as the Diamond A ranch
or Babbitt ranch in northern AZ, both of which I've been employed on.


I'm sorry to report that this, in my opinion, is the
small part of the story. The Mexican-American border has taken a
dramatic change for the worse in the last several years. Those of us
who live here see it first hand. As early as February of 1999 Sheriff
Larry Dever warned me and others at a town hall meeting at the Apache
School that the Sinaloa Cartel was moving into the Douglas-Agua Prieta
area (Rob Krentz was at this meeting). The cities of Nuevo Laredo,
Coahila, Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, and other border towns south of
Texas have been controlled by outlaws for years. There is virtually no
law enforcement in those places. The law is the law of the jungle.
Until the last two years it seemed that Agua Prieta and Nogales were
safer places but that has dramatically changed in recent months.


I am personally acquainted with 2 Mexican men, that I
know to be honest and trustworthy, who have been involved first hand
with Mexican outlaw terrorist acts. One witnessed first hand an
execution of several people in broad daylight in Juarez. Several weeks
later his daughter witnessed an assassination in Casas Grandes,
Chihuahua no less than fifteen feet from where she stood. The other
man is a legal Mexican green card holder (who was employed by the
Krentz family for years) whose nephew was murdered by cartel members
in Sonora. At night people in Douglas are hearing machine gun fire
from Agua Prieta south of the border fence.


The Sinaloa Cartel is now putting a stranglehold on Agua
Prieta. No more than 2 months ago 8 armed Mexicans were confronted by
2, U.S. Border Patrol agents north of the International Boundary in
southeast Cochise County disguised as Federalizes. They were in fact
cartel employees armed with assault rifles and automatic pistols.
Mexican people that know tell me the situation in Agua Prieta has
deteriorated dramatically in recent months. The good people are told
to look the other way "or else." Volumes could be written about this
subject alone, but I will move on.


You could ask, "So what does this have to do with us
living north of the border fence?" Plenty! The situation on the border
isn't just about a few workers walking north. It has everything to do
with big business. Billions of dollars are being made trafficking
humans, drugs, and contraband across the International Boundary. The
Sinaloa Cartel, headed by Chapo Guzman and others, is reaping huge
profits doing business along the border. The average coyote charges
$1500 - $2500 to guide an illegal alien north to find work; usually
abandoning them a short distance north of the line. A young man
willing to pack dope north can make more than a construction worker or
a teacher in the U.S. and only work a day or two a week.


This is not all south of the line. I could take you and
show you businesses where checks and credit cards are not accepted and
where very few customers walk through the door, yet the owners live in
the largest mansions in town and drive very expensive cars. Could
there be some money laundering going on? There are only two industries
of any significance in Douglas, AZ: law enforcement (Douglas has one
of the largest Border Patrol stations in America), and the illegal
trafficking of drugs, people, etc. across the border. These two
industries feed on each other, and the powers that be seem happy with
the situation. Crooked politicians look good to the public when they
clean up drunk driving and prostitution, until you find they own bars
and whore houses south of the line. These things have happened!


But this, in my opinion, is only the beginning. Chapo
Guzman who heads up the Sinaloa Cartel is a multibillionaire. This guy
and others like him may be cruel and sinister people but they are also
very smart businessmen. They are reaping profits off of the largest
tax free unregulated business on the planet. They have so much cash
they are befuddled what to do with it all. But they are going to
figure it out.


There are rumors that Guzman is financing modern, state
of the art feedlots and packing houses in Mexico with plans to
overtake America as the Western hemisphere's leading beef producer.
This is probably only a small part of his plans. Mexico is a nation
rich in natural recourses. Petroleum is abundant and the corrupt
Mexican government is in control of all of it. Pemex is the only gas
station in town. Pemex, because of the incompetent Mexican government,
is broke. Chapo Guzman is at war with the Mexican government and has
dreams (not unrealistic) of controlling the entire nation. Think of
all of Mexico's natural resources in the control of Chapo Guzman! He
already has the most profitable business in the world - selling
Marijuana to your next door neighbor. Think what he could do with a
tax free unregulated strangle hold on a nation of poor people begging
to work for practically nothing.


Do you think that Chapo Guzman and others like him
haven't thought of all of this? Do you think that Guzman isn't
laughing all the way to the bank as he watches the evening news and
hears how the American Government proclaims that the situation on the
border is under control? What is going on in northern Mexico is
capitalism in its rawest form. They have an untaxed unregulated
business making huge profits and they have no plans of closing up shop
any time soon. We here in the U.S. are overtaxed, overregulated and
being smothered by increasingly intrusive government that makes it
hard to do business in a successful manner. You don't have to be
rocket scientist to figure this one out.


This has nothing to do with being Republican or Democrat
or Latino or White. It has everything to do with being right or wrong.
I came from a long line of Democrats. My great uncle was a U.S.
Senator for several decades. My grandfather was an attorney, and a
Superior Court Judge. I have a 1939 copy of a Time Magazine with his
picture when he ran as a Democrat for Congress. The only time in
history the U.S deficit was paid off was by a Democrat - Andrew
Jackson. John Kennedy announced nearly 50 years ago that America could
put a man on the moon and in less than a decade we did it.


I am now a registered Republican, but I'm not a Democrat
hater. But, how can the president of the "can do" nation of Andrew
Jackson's and JFK's party say we can't seal the border? We conquered
Adolph Hitler in World War II, but can't seal the border? We put a man
on the moon but can't seal a leaking oil well in less than 90 days?
While this is going on we tax and regulate American business with a
vengeance that stifles the free market system that has made our
country great. While Janet Napolitano announces the border is safer
than ever, Chapo Guzman and others pack billions of American dollars
south to invest in a tax free market with one of the largest cheap
labor force on the planet at his disposal!


I challenge you to come to Douglas, AZ and drive east on
the Geronimo Trail, or northeast on US Hwy 80 to places on the map
like Chiracahua and Apache. Or go to Rodeo and Hatchita, NM. Go and
search out the 5 biggest cattle ranches in the Apache, AZ area and ask
them what they think. Go to Hidalgo County, N.M. and ask the ranchers
and cowboys there what they are seeing and hearing. Ask the people who
we do business with what they think of our opinions. I challenge you
to ask the prominent people in this area, who work hard and pay taxes
if they agree with Barack Obama or Ed Ashurst when it comes to what is
really going on near the U.S.-Mexican border. Unlike Obama and others
I don't have to be surrounded by sycophants to make a statement. I
purposefully left out the names of those who helped me with my map and
the data I collected when preparing for the Fox interview.


In closing I challenge you to look around to see if what
I say is the truth. This isn't about a few Mexicans wandering around
looking for a job. This is about American civilization going into a
time of tremendous change - a building has foundations and walls,
maybe the foundation of our country is still strong, I don't know, but
the walls have certainly fallen down and the keepers of the house are
out to lunch.

THIS SHOULD BE A MANDATORY SPEECH GIVEN BY EVERY PRINCIPAL!

Dennis Prager ...first day of school
If every high-school principal gave this speech at the beginning of the next school year, America would be a better place.


To the students and faculty of our high school:
I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people.
I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked against you, against your teachers, and against our country.
First, this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity. I could not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow, or white. I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian, or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower or on slave ships.
The only identity I care about, the only one this school will recognize, is your individual identity — your character, your scholarship, your humanity. And the only national identity this school will care about is American. This is an American public school, and American public schools were created to make better Americans.
If you wish to affirm an ethnic, racial, or religious identity through school, you will have to go elsewhere. We will end all ethnicity-, race-, and non-American-nationality-based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America, one of its three central values — e pluribus unum, “from many, one.” And this school will be guided by America’s values.
That includes all after-school clubs. I will not authorize clubs that divide students based on any identities. This includes race, language, religion, sexual orientation, or whatever else may become in vogue in a society divided by political correctness.
Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic, racial, or other physically defined ties. Those clubs just cultivate narcissism — an unhealthy preoccupation with the self — while the purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself. So we will have clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry, and more. If the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being interested in are those based on ethnic or racial or sexual identity, that means that little outside of yourself really interests you.
Second, I am uninterested in whether English is your native language. My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking and writing English as fluently as possible. The English language has united America’s citizens for more than 200 years, and it will unite us at this school. It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of immigrants has always come to be one country. And if you leave this school without excellent English-language skills, I will have been remiss in my duty to ensure that you are prepared to compete successfully in the American job market. We will learn other languages here — it is deplorable that most Americans only speak English — but if you want classes taught in your native language rather than in English, this is not your school.
Third, because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor, everything in this school will reflect learning’s elevated status. This means, among other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly. Many people in our society dress more formally for a meal at a nice restaurant than they do for church or school. These people have their priorities backwards. Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.
Fourth, no obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this school’s property — whether in class, in the hallways, or at athletic events. If you can’t speak without using the F-word, you can’t speak. By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission plus epithets such as the N-word, even when used by one black student to address another, or “bitch,” even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time you leave this school, you will be among the few of your age to distinguish instinctively between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene.
Fifth, we will end all self-esteem programs. In this school self-esteem will be attained in only one way (the way people attained it until the state of California decided otherwise a generation ago) — by earning it. One immediate consequence is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.
Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away from politics and propaganda. No more time will be devoted to scaring you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment or global warming. No more semesters will be devoted to condom-wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a health issue. There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual, or not Christian. We will have failed if any one of you graduates from this school and does not consider him or herself inordinately lucky — to be alive and to be an American.
Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country. As many of you do not know the words, your teachers will hand them out to you.

Art and Literature is where you find it!

I’ve never been know to be a nosy person, but I have discovered something important lately. What I have found out is that some of the best artwork and literature is found in the decorations hanging in the suburban bathroom. The following outstanding work of literature was found artful displayed in a close friends bathroom (I won’t mention any names). It was apparently taken from a book by H. Jackson Brown Jr., and is titled:

Life’s Little Instructions--Vol. II. Believe in love at first sight * Volunteer--sometimes the jobs no one wants conceal big opportunities. * Overpay good baby-sitters * Discipline with a gentle hand * Never laugh at anyone’s dreams * Never drive while holding a cup of hot coffee between your knees * Never be the one to break a family tradition

* Don’t judge people by their relatives * Talk slow, but think quick * Remember the 3 R’s: respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for all your actions. * Plant zucchini only if you have lots of friends. * Don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the big ones.

Ever so often, invite the person in line behind you to go ahead of you. * Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. * Steer clear of any place that has a “Ladies Welcome” sign in the window. * Always put something in the collection plate. * Do the right thing, regardless of what people think. * Never wash a car, mow a yard or select a Christmas tree after dark. * Don’t confuse comfort with happiness.

* Don’t confuse wealth with success. * Be the first to forgive. * Check for toilet paper before sitting down. * Don’t stop the parade to pick up a dime. * Be an original, if that means being a little eccentric, so be it. * Open your arms to change but don’t let go of your values. ]

Everybody deserves a birthday cake. * Never celebrate a birthday without one. * When you say “I love you” mean it. * When you say “I’m sorry,” look the person in the ey.e. * Win without boasting. * Lose without excuses. * Read more books. * Watch less TV

* Every so often let your spirit of adventure triumph over good sense. * Trust in God but lock your car. * Don’t let weeds grow around your dreams.

Never sell your teddy bear, letter sweater of high school yearbooks at a garage sale. You’ll regret it later. Accept a breath mint if someone offers you one. * Don’t eat any meatloaf but your Mom’s. * Learn the rules. Then break some. * Always try the house dressing.

* Never swap your integrity for money, power or fame. Never be ashamed of honest tears. * Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. * When friends offer to help, let them. * Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. * Follow your own star. * Remember the ones who love you. * Go home for the holidays. * Don’t get too big for your britches.