Some Food for Thought: Seven Pounds

Yesterday, after watching the new Will Smith movie “Seven Pounds,” I was curious to hear the movie critics. Some liked it others did not.

My suggestion for you is not to listen to the movie critics because their job is to critic the movie. And their criticism is narrowly focused on Read more

Some Food for Thought: Why Should We Give Thanks If We Have so Many Problems?

We are facing the worst economic crisis we’ve seen in years. Our economy is getting closer and closer to a full blown recession. Deflation is affecting every business and as a result we may be receiving the so dreaded “pink slip.” We are all loosing our homes even though we’ve tried so hard to negotiate a loan modification or minimize the banks’ loses by doing a short sale. We are seeing our retirement accounts loose money every day.

All these thoughts are probably running through the minds of many people today (partly because these are the popular headline news). So if we have so many problems, why should we be thankful for anything?

I will tell you why we Read more

I Am Urging Everyone NOT to Vote This Year….…

This is a very important message!

Believe me, I can’t stress enough how important it is that you DO NOT VOTE in the Presidential election this year. This is why……. Read more

Community Affair: For the Love of Music

If you are in the San Jose area this weekend and would like to enjoy a day full of good music with your family, come listen to the talented Bay Area protégé Jonah Johnson. Jonah has been featured in the reality show called “Waiting 2B Discovered” (Warner Bros).

Jonah, with his group of talented young artists from Timeless Entertainment (Jonah, Mid-One, Lonnye, Alexis), doesn’t follow today’s music standards that he calls “escapisms.” They stay away from profanity and the recycled “bling-bling, big pimpin” mentality that many artists feel they need to use in order to get Read more

Remembering & Honoring those that Served in the Military

This past weekend I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend with their families but always remembering and honoring those family members and friends that Read more

Happy Cinco de Mayo

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Income Tax Due Date April 15th

For all of you procrastinators (I’ve been guilty of this myself), the last day to file you income tax forms is TODAY!

If you are one of the many people that waited until the last minute to file your income taxes, the United States postal service will have several offices open until 11:59pm today. This was done so you can Read more

IRS Tax Rebate Scam via Email

With the deadline to file your income tax return coming due on April 15 where you will tell Uncle Sam how much you made this year, this is an opportunity for internet scammers to obtain your personal financial information by accessing your computer through an e-mail phishing scam.

The email looks very official with the IRS logo, signatures and even an apparent IRS email address but this is not a legitimate email. The Internal Revenue Service warns consumers NOT to click on the link as instructed by the sender.

The body of the email may state the following Read more