rudyamid on November 2nd, 2010 at 6:59 pm

As a new American Citizen, today I actually got to vote!  Granted it’s only the midterm elections, but it’s important nevertheless.  I have to do my part and send the message to the current administrations, State and Federal, that I don’t like the way the government is heading.  Now whether or not the Republican party […]

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rudyamid on October 19th, 2010 at 6:17 pm

We went to Wahoo’s Fish Taco. It was a rainy day when we talked about: California elections.  Some of us are absentee voters, aka vote-by-mail.  We discussed some of the candidates.  I’m more partial to vote non-career politicians like Carly Fiorina.  I did like Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor. Stock market.  We speculated why stocks go […]

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rudyamid on January 25th, 2010 at 4:00 pm

No, this is not a sarcastic post about becoming an “American”.  It’s not about me becoming fat and ugly.  It’s not about me having a Texan accent.  It’s not about me having an IQ of a 1st grader. In fact, it’s about me passing the Civic test this morning during the US Citizenship interview.  It’s […]

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rudyamid on February 24th, 2009 at 6:00 am

We haven’t recovered from this recession.  In fact, it has been said the worse is still yet to come1.  But, people do have a sense of humor about the ailing economy, asking for more bubble to invest in. Sarcasm aside, it does pose a good question.  When they have that much money to play with, […]

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rudyamid on November 19th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

While celebrating my 40th birthday, I couldn’t help but wonder, what happened back in November 1968?  My research found some interesting ones, and here some of them: Richard Nixon was elected as President of United States. Nixon on the cover of Time Magazine, November 15, 1968. A mild 5.5 Richter Scale earthquake in St. Louis […]

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