Page 1 of Michael Kocis's writing

1. Obama 365 Days Later One year into his Presidency of Hope & Change and no one can deny the only thing Barack has done is lied. Yes, everything from banning earmarks to his pledge of transparency, all broken promises. Secret backroom deals to buy votes is not simply... (posted by Michael 2 years 127 days ago.)

2. 2009 - The Right Place - The Right Time Predicting the future has actually gotten a lot easier than it used to be, for the bulk of the coming new year we can tell what will most likely happen by looking at social habits. By the way, these are usually the "bad" things that happen, like... (posted by Michael 3 years 151 days ago.)

3. McCain, Obama and Taxes As the Presidential Election draws closer America has become more divided than ever, primarily over ridiculous issues such as age, race, gender, and popularity. One serious area of concern for the American voter is taxes. The general view sweeping... (posted by Michael 3 years 274 days ago.)

4. Locally Owned & Operated What does it mean when a company uses "Locally Owned and Operated" in their advertising ? You see it used in every form of advertising from your local newspaper, the yellow pages, direct mailings, to local radio and television spots covering... (posted by Michael 3 years 276 days ago.)

5. The Democratic Ultimate Fighting Challenge With the Presidential election still along ways off, the Democratic party is starting to get seriously bogged down now that both candidates are being forced to actually speak to the public using more than just their basic campaign slogans. Both... (posted by Michael 4 years 43 days ago.)

6. The Greatest Prayer Of All Since the dawn of mankind people have prayed to one thing or another, whether it was the sun, the moon, lightening, a volcano, or a big fat frog that showed up every time the weather got nice. Perhaps The Creator of all things instilled this basic... (posted by Michael 4 years 56 days ago.)

7. America: Are We Headed For A Politically Correct Race War This coming election however it may turn out has finally brought the issue of race to the forefront of discussion. We have a candidate that is seemingly posed to win the Democratic nomination and there is no getting around the fact that people of... (posted by Michael 4 years 62 days ago.)

8. Could This Be Bye-Bye Obama In what is shaping up to be one of the craziest elections of all times, I know some have called it a historic election, some refer to it as the most important election of all time, I'm going with crazy. We've seen a lot of twists and turns with... (posted by Michael 4 years 74 days ago.)

9. The First Easter Many things have been written about Easter, from how the Easter bunny came to be to why we decorate chicken eggs, all the way up to the original meaning of this day, Jesus rising from the dead. Now, I'm not going to put down any of these customs... (posted by Michael 4 years 77 days ago.)

10. An Interesting Fact About Doctors I remember when doctors were held in high esteem, when you would think of a doctor as someone smart, rich, and having a very prestigious position in any community. Think about it, it's easy to picture some ritzy-titzy woman at a cocktail party... (posted by Michael 4 years 78 days ago.)

11. Back Lash Trends And How To Profit From Them With all the talk about our slumping economy, jobs being shipped overseas, and the need for two income families, it comes as no surprise that more and more people are looking at the Internet as an additional form of income. The problem there is... (posted by Michael 4 years 78 days ago.)

12. Helen Keller And Little Annie Over the past week I've had the uncomfortable pleasure of hearing three separate women bitch, moan, and complain about how their lives weren't going the way they should. Money problems, men problems, work problems, and self-induced problems. In... (posted by Michael 4 years 82 days ago.)

13. Who Stole Your Dream Ever ask a small child what they want to be when they grow up ? You'll hear some mighty high aspirations. Depending on the the situation when you ask, you could get a variety of answers from super hero, cop, fireman, to some type of athlete... (posted by Michael 4 years 85 days ago.)

14. The Other Side Of Cruising A cruise can be one of the best vacations ever, the highlight to a year of hard work, saving, and sacrifice. A well earned getaway to far away lands, exotic ports, and exciting romance. But there's a hidden side to cruises that many bon voyagers... (posted by Michael 4 years 85 days ago.)

15. Teenage Drinking, Society, And You One of the toughest hurdles facing many teens is the subject of alcohol, I'm not sure if more kids are drinking now than in previous generations, or if they are starting at a younger age ? I'm sure there are statistics on this somewhere that may... (posted by Michael 4 years 86 days ago.)

16. War Is Natural - Peace Is An Accident I can smell the disdain for that title already, it doesn't take much to hear the chants of peace and love coming from the passive group that think, no make that believe, that mankind does have the ability to live together in harmony. Perhaps there... (posted by Michael 4 years 87 days ago.)

17. Are We Witness To The End Perhaps first I should clarify that I believe in Jesus, I believe He is the Son of God. I should also add that I've never fully read the Bible, because my view is that, man has altered its words throughout history. I do think the truth is buried... (posted by Michael 4 years 88 days ago.)

18. Lord Give Me A Sign As a fledgling guitar player growing up in the "sex, drugs, and rock & roll" era of the 60's and 70's, music was everything to me. Like every generation, I thought ours was the best, that's just human nature. I formed the opinion many years ago... (posted by Michael 4 years 94 days ago.)

19. Why We Love Conspiracy Theories Once again today, I mistakenly read an article about how 9/11 was an inside job. How the "evil" President Bush knew all about it and let it happen to serve his purpose. Remember the last great conspiracy theory ? Who "really" shot JFK ? It's... (posted by Michael 4 years 95 days ago.)

20. Guilt By Association Not since the hippys were against the establishment has America been so torn down the middle, two opposing points of view fighting for what they say they believe. Today we have the conservative right against the liberal left taking center... (posted by Michael 4 years 98 days ago.)

21. Why Aliens Won't Land First , understand I'm not saying I believe in spaceships or aliens from another planet, but I am smart enough to say, " I don't know." But if there is, why won't they just land already and do a meet and greet with us ? If they're so interested in... (posted by Michael 4 years 105 days ago.)

22. The Lords Name In Vain I believe something may have been revealed to me over this past year, not something really troubling, but a fact I've wondered about through the years. The idea of " Do not take the Lords name in vain." What does that really mean ? Now... (posted by Michael 4 years 105 days ago.)

23. How Do You Catch Wild Pigs I live in a medium size town in Northern Arizona and along with the typical deer, raccoon, skunk, chipmunk, squirrel, and coyote we have these wild pigs called javelina. They are the freakiest looking things, like giant prehistoric rats. They roam... (posted by Michael 4 years 110 days ago.)

24. An Old, Old Man Once Told Me It is said that with age comes wisdom, that statement is not always true though. I've met a lot of elderly folks that , for whatever reason , decided to not show the wisdom of their years. Matter of fact some kept it so well hidden you couldn't... (posted by Michael 4 years 111 days ago.)

25. American Idol Presidential Vote It's really shaping up to be one terrible election year, now that we're down to the final four. On one side we have a guy that has enough money to possibly buy his way in, but he does "look presidential." Oh that's important. We really want the... (posted by Michael 4 years 113 days ago.)