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Mindy McCready

Custody battles are not easy.  This is a fact that country singer Mindy McCready http://www.mindymccready.com/site/ has learned the hard way.  It’s a story we hear often:  A mother or father feels they are not getting treated fairly by the courts or the other parent and decide to take matters in their own hands.  After suicide attempts, drug overdoses, jail time and probation violations, rehab, affairs with baseball stars, sex tape releases, and domestic assaults, Mindy McCready can now be added to the statistics.  Lucky for her the end result may be a positive in her favor whether it’s deserved or not. Mindy McCready wanted to begin her career early so she got her GED so she could leave school.  She moved to Nashville at the age of 18 and signed to BNA Records and started recording.  In 1996 she released her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, and sold two million copies.  Following up in 1997, McCready released her second album, If I Don’t Stay the Night, which sold 825,000 copies.  Then in 1999, McCready’s third album, I’m Not So Tough, met with less success only selling 144,000 copies.  With this commercial failure it was no wonder her label dropped her soon after.  McCready tried her luck again by signing with Capitol Records and putting out a fourth album.  This 2002 self titled work was another sales disaster which caused her to be dropped from Capital Records http://www.capitolrecords.com/.  In June of 2009, McCready signed on to appear on the reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew and in March 2010 McCready released her fifth album, I’m Still Here. It’s possible that the problems with McCready’s failing record sales would run hand in hand with her personal life.  She had an abusive relationship with ex-boyfriend, Billy McKnight, which followed with numerous suicide attempts, drug problems and constant arrests.   In March 2006, McCready gave birth to her and McKnight’s son, Zander Ryan McCready. Now you would think that having a child would slow her down and keep her out of trouble.  In 2007, after more legal trouble, McCready finally saw jail time. She was released in December after serving four months only to be sentenced again for another probation violation in June 2008.  This time she served 30 days.   This would be around the time she lost custody of her son, Zander, to her mother and with McCready’s history this is not surprising. After bouts with drugs and rehabs, McCready has been fighting her mother for custody of Zander since early 2010.  She has gone through the motions of proving her fitness to be a competent mother by passing various exams, tests and evaluations.  Sometimes, whether it’s right or wrong, a parent can wait but so long for the courts to see things their way; especially when they suspect abuse by the party that has custody.  McCready’s parents are divorced and because of the estranged relationship with her mother, McCready sees Zander while she visits with her father in Florida.  During a late November visit, McCready took the opportunity to liberate her son from her mother’s alleged abuse.  After almost more than a week being “missing”, McCready and Zander were found, safe and sound, in Arkansas Friday evening, December 2.  Now, after all that, a juvenile court judge in Arkansas ruled in McCready’s favor on Monday, December 5.  Leaving the courthouse she said, “I can’t talk about it, but I can tell you all I’m a happy girl.  I’m a happy girl right now.  I love Judge Harrod, I’ll tell you that.  I love that man.  He’s a good man.” To add to the custody drama that is the soap opera of Mindy McCready’s life she announced last week that she is pregnant with twins. God help these kids.  I would like to hope she puts the drugs, suicide attempts, and other drama behind her and focus on these children. Don’t fight a custody battle if you are not prepared to win at life and life for the child.  McCready’s history would give me pause in any decision if I were a judge.  I would like to direct you to her website http://www.mindymccreadyfans.com for more information, however, there’s not much there except pictures from when she was making hits. http://www.vyzionradio.com/request-line/  Kenny Walker Jr -- Spin Live Weekly Vyzion Internet Radio spins worldwide and national Dj mixes 24/7. So the party never stops! From the car, the office, the gym, or your home, you can listen to Vyzion radio anywhere. Vyzion Internet Radio is comprised of an international team that is delivering the best of entertainment, music, and news. We offer free IPhone and Droid Apps Contact us at 1-800-957-9650. Need content for your website? Contact us    

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Vision

“The ability to see things yet unseen…. Every great achievement begins with a vision, a dream of something exciting or different, a feeling that inspires and motivates you to aim higher and beyond anything that you have ever achieved before. What is your vision for your life? Imagine for a moment that you have no limitations on what you can be or do. Imagine that you have all the time and all the money, all the knowledge and experience, all the skills and resources, all the friends and contacts. If you could have anything in your life, what would it be? Project forward five years and imagine that your life is now perfect in every way. What does it look like? What are you doing? Who is there with you? Who is no longer there? Describe your ideal future as if it was perfect in every respect. Take a breath. Gave you something to think about, didn't I? Now, onto the key to success... After years of searching, I met a wise and wealthy man who sat me down and told me the key to success. He also explained the reasons for failure and under-achievement in life. As he spoke, I immediately recognized the truth in what he said. And his discovery about success was quite simple, as all great truths seem to be. What he told me was this: “The key to success is for you to set one big, challenging goal and then to pay any price, overcome any obstacle, and persist through any difficulty until you finally achieve it.” By achieving one important goal, you create a pattern, a template for success in your subconscious mind. Forever after you will be automatically directed and driven toward repeating that success in other things that you attempt. By overcoming adversity and achieving one great goal in any area, you will program yourself for success in other areas as well. In other words, you learn to succeed by succeeding. The more you achieve, the more you can achieve. Each success, especially the first one, builds your confidence and belief that you will be successful next time. The fact is that you can accomplish almost any goal that you set for yourself if you persist long enough and work hard enough. The only one who can stop you is yourself. And you learn to persist by persisting in the face of great adversity when everyone around you is quitting and every fiber of your being screams at you to quit as well. For example... When you subject certain chemicals to intense heat, the chemicals will crystallize and form a completely new substance, a new composition in which the crystallization process is irreversible. A lump of coal, for example, becomes a diamond under intense prolonged heat and pressure. In the same way, you become a person of great strength by persevering in the crucible of intense difficulty until you finally succeed. Each time you force yourself to persevere, rather than giving up; your character “crystallizes” at a new, higher level. Eventually, you reach the point where you become unstoppable... ... but no one starts out as a diamond. It's the early process of motivating yourself to set and achieve that FIRST goal that moves you one step closer to becoming a diamond and one step further from a lump of coal. Brian Tracy CEO Brian Tracy International Vyzion Internet Radio spins worldwide and national Dj mixes 24/7. So the party never stops! From the car, the office, the gym, or your home, you can listen to Vyzion radio anywhere. Vyzion Internet Radio is comprised of an international team that is delivering the best of entertainment, music, and news. We offer free IPhone and Droid Apps Contact us at 1-800-957-9650. Need content for your website? Contact us      

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Herman Cain

So it has come down to this.  Herman Cain, http://hermancain.com, is reassessing his GOP candidacy for president.  This decision should come in the next few days after almost two months of accusations of past sexual harassments and a more recent story of a 13 year adulterous affair.  In a conference call Tuesday morning, November 29, Cain announced to his staff that he is reassessing his presidential campaign. Most people dismiss Herman Cain a presidential hopeful based on his former employment as CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, however, he has quite an interesting and experienced background.  Cain’s education consists of a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Morehouse College in 1967.  He then attended Perdue University for his graduate studies and received a Master of Science in computer science in 1971. During that time Cain worked full-time as a ballistics analyst for the US Department of the Navy.  Since this time, Cain has accumulated an impressive resume.  He has been a business executive, syndicated columnist, and a radio host in Atlanta, Georgia.  From 1986 to 1996, Cain served as chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, for which he is well known.  Cain also worked with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, serving as deputy chairman of the board of directors from 1992 to 1994 and as chairman from 1995 to 1996.  Cain was then president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999.  He has served on the board of directors of several companies, including Aquila Inc., Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader’s Digest, and AGCO, Inc. Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan has been one of the driving forces behind his campaign.  This is a plan that would replace the current tax code with a 9-percent business transactions tax, a 9-percent personal income tax, and a 9-percent federal sales tax.  This plan has been criticized for shifting the tax burden from the rich to the poor.  Since then, Cain has adjusted the plan to be 9-0-9 for the poor saying that “if you are at or below the poverty levels …then you don’t pay that middle 9 on your income.” As of late, the Herman Cain campaign has been tarnished with accusations of sexual harassment by at least four women.  Two of which, Sharon Bialek and Karen Kraushaar, have come forward publically.  The latest nail on the coffin has been from Georgia businesswoman Ginger White claiming to have had an extramarital affair with Cain for the last 13 years.  All of these accusations have been denied by Cain and his camp.  Cain has confirmed that White is a friend and that he did assist her financially.  Cain has, however, canceled a private dinner with some media heavyweights scheduled for Saturday, December 3.  The who’s who of broadcasting guest list included Matt Lauer, Barbara Walters, Bill O’Reilly, Greta Van Susteren and more. If Cain does decide to drop out of the presidential race this would shift votes towards the other hopefuls.  Presently, Gingrich is ahead in the polls with 23.9%, Romney in second with 21.3%, Cain follows with 15.5%; Perry and Paul tie next at 8%, Bachmann at 4.8%, and Huntsman and Santorum with 2.3%.  More than likely, Cain dropping out will shift his votes to the two front runners giving Gingrich and Romney a broader lead over the others. Watch for more news from Herman Cain’s campaign over the next few days and check his website for updates at http://hermancain.com . Kenny Walker Jr Spin Live Weekly Vyzion Internet Radio spins worldwide and national Dj mixes 24/7. So the party never stops! From the car, the office, the gym, or your home, you can listen to Vyzion radio anywhere. Vyzion Internet Radio is comprised of an international team that is delivering the best of entertainment, music, and news. We offer free IPhone and Droid Apps Contact us at 1-800-957-9650. Need content for your website? Contact us      

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Occupy Movement

We have all heard of the Occupy Movement.  I’m sure a lot of you have one going on in a city nearest you.  We have seen and heard a lot about these protests over the past few months.  You have seen the images online and on your television with the protest signs, the tents, the speeches and the violence that has often come from these gatherings.  There have been reports of police brutality in moving or controlling the activist as well as vandalism reported by local store owners placing blame on certain activist.The dark side of this movement has been the reports of sexual assaults. Protesters have had to set up a “women only” tent in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park in order to keep the women safe due to nearly a half-dozen reported assaults at Occupy camps.  Three of the reports have come out of the New York City protest alone.  The first incident occurred October 8, when a man was accused of sexually abusing a woman who was in a sleeping bag at Zuccotti Park.  The victim reported the incident a few days later when she saw the suspect again at the protest site. The suspect, David Park, has a history of disorderly conduct arrests as well as warrants out for him in New York and his home state of Connecticut.  A Brooklyn man, Tonye Iketubosin, a volunteer at the Occupy Wall Street “kitchen”, was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in her tent at Zuccotti Park on October 25 and questioned about a rape of a second woman on October 29.  The sexual assaults are not limited to New York.  There have also been reports in Dallas, Cleveland and other parts of the country.  As we all know, the sad truth is that these are the ones that are reported and there could be many more not known to the authorities. Now for those that don’t know the Occupy Movement is the international protest against social and economic inequality.  This worldwide movement started in the United States on September 17, 2011 with Occupy Wall Street in New York City, NY, and Occupy San Francisco in San Francisco, CA.  Just to tell you the scope of how big this is, by October 9, 2011, Occupy protest had taken place or were ongoing in over 95 cities across 82 countries and over 600 communities in the United States.    The Occupy movement was initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters, www.adbusters.org, which is a not-for-profit, anti-consumerist, pro-environment organization describing itself as “a global network of artist, activist, writers, pranksters, students, educator and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.  Adbusters was inspired for this movement by the Arab Spring, which is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, December 18, 2010.   Although it was initially unclear of the specific goal for the movement, Adbusters has been trying to rally the movement around a single clear demand as of late October for a Robin Hood tax. Even though the Occupy Movement has been compared to the Situationist and the Protest of 1968, today’s technology has taken it on a different turn with activist using web technology and social media such as IRC, Facebook, Twitter, and Meetup to coordinate the events. The Occupy Movement and the people involved have a right to organize and speak.  They have a right to protest and be heard.  As we like to believe the majority are there for the right reasons and standing up for what they believe, we have to also recognize that there are going to be people there for the wrong reasons:  predators, instigators, and troublemakers.  For those of us not there at the camps, we are tasked with not letting the negative people involved with this movement influence our way of perceiving the movement.  For those that are in the movement and living at the camps, they are tasked with not letting these people influence the movement and taking it in the wrong direction. Kenny Walker Jr Spin Live Weekly