The Sunny James Show #39-08

Welcome to Show #39-08

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News and All the Other Stuff for  #39-08

--  Great email from Dave No Last Name, thank you.

--  What do crayons, markers, pencils and backpacks have to do with the the orange Paypal button at sunnyjames.net? Here's the deal . . . with two kids, it's about this time of year that I start to think about September and the kids going back to school.  Invariably, I think about my own upbringing and how stressed out my mother seemed at the prospect of having to buy school supplies for me.  She was a single mother all of my school-aged life. And it wasn't just the pencils and notebook paper but the new coat or shoes and socks that was needed.  When I was married and a stay-at-home mother, no longer working a nine to five, but a 24/7, I took pleasure in being able to buy sufficient, no, probably an excess of school supplies for my children and they will tell you to this day about my fondness for buying them new socks and underwear for back to school. And since I've been divorced, more times than not I've felt some of what my own mother must of felt as she tried to provide all that I needed to go to school, warm and equipped with the tools to learn. 

I know I'm not alone in fantasizing about hitting the lottery. But right after buying the new house and car for me, I've always understood the lure and desire to give something back to hard working, just-needing-a-hand-up parents and kids. An accountant tells me the most efficient way to do that is through establishing a non-profit foundation. Well, folks I don't know when I'm going to hit the lottery, but I've come to the conclusion that waiting to give back, shouldn't wait any longer. So, here's my request. I'd like to make a donation of school supplies this September--for either one classroom or an entire grade at an elementary school here in the Nation's Capital (you've got to listen to the podcast to hear why I chose the elementary school level). If you can donate supplies send me an email to get the address or hit the Paypal button and specify Sunny's Place. Lot's of people are struggling right now and I include my self in that number, but  there are people who are losing their homes, or don't know where the next meal is coming from or a young mother or father has to decide between providing a meal or school supplies come September. I believe that great times are ahead of me professionally and financially. God is going to continue to bless me but, all the more, that means I can't ignore others in need. So, if there was ever a time to hit the Paypal button, it's now. Thank you.

News Items (14:34)

--  Obama Takes the Show Around the Globe Christian Science Monitor

--  Race Still the Great Divide The New York Times

--  McCain in the Company of Lions & Tigers, Oh, my The Los Angeles Times

--  The UK's Problems Sound Alot Like Ours The Guardian

--  Generations Clash The Boston Globe and The New Yorker Cartoon Non-issue (my 2 cents)

-- Miami Taxpayers Shouldn't Take it Anymore The Christian Science Monitor

--  Doctors Hearts in Hand, An Apology from the AMA The Washington Post

--  South Carolina is So Gay and Somebody is in So Much Trouble Newsweek

--  What Do Volkswagen and U.S. Steel Have in Common? Slave Labor, of course Newsweek

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--  For the Musically Stuck in a Rut . . . Brook Benton and Toots Theilman

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--  Sunny's Good Word - veneration  \ve-nə-rā-shən\

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Where In the World is . . . Lake Winnipesaukee?

And one more time for good measure, Washington DC, the taxation without representation capital of the United States

See ya next time,
Sunny