From A Bird's Eye View

by Raven West

Raven West

Raven West
Location
Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Birthday
December 11
Bio
RAVEN WEST is the author of Red Wine for Breakfast, a behind the scene expose of Los Angeles radio, First Class Male, a romantic mystery involving a rural postmaster from upstate New York, and Undercover Reunion - A struggling Internet entrepreneur, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a wife of an impressionable state senator, and a famous voice-over actress reunite for their 30th high school reunion and find themselves caught in a web of intrigued reminiscent of the a popular ‘60s spy television show they acted out in their youth. Her website is http://ravenwest.net

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I’ll admit, the last time I had heath insurance was over seven years ago when I was working for a major company. The premium, which was automatically deducted from my paycheck, was $350 a month and I never had even one claim. I never really paid much attention to health insurance,… Read full post »
AUGUST 20, 2009 9:11PM

The Health Care Scare

Forget about love. Forget about money. Forget about promises of fame and fortune. The greatest motivator since the dawn of time is fear. 

Advertising companies use fear above all else to motivate consumers to buy their products. For example, prior to around 2002, white teeth were something only… Read full post »
AUGUST 18, 2009 10:54PM

The Fish Cheer - 40 Years Later

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Afghanistan
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I/
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AUGUST 18, 2009 8:28PM

The Secret - The Law of Distraction


In Rhonda Byrne’s very successful book “The Secret”, she reveals the secret of natural law that is governing all lives; the Law of Attraction. She contends that by applying the knowledge of this law, you can change every aspect of your life  if you send out positive energ… Read full post »
AUGUST 13, 2009 10:39PM

Let’s Kill Grandma - Well All Right!

Fact - we all have two choices in life; to live to a ripe old age, or to die. Wait, that’s not true. In this country we do NOT have a legal choice to die. In fact, doctors and hospitals will do whatever they can to keep human bodies… Read full post »
AUGUST 8, 2009 6:30PM

The Perception of Recession

If we are to believe the recent news reports, it seems like happy days are here again. According to the U.S. Labor department, the unemployment rate fell in July for the first time in 15 months as employers cut far fewer jobs than expected.

Great news, right? Except for the peopleRead full post »

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AUGUST 6, 2009 4:43PM

Memories of Woodstock 40 years Later


 Woodstock Memorial -Bethel NY


There are very few times in a person’s life when one is totally unaware of the immense importance of one single event. Political assassinations, wars won and lost, and major disasters become part of our collective history in a negative way and, although shared by millions, are s… Read full post »
CBS News - Walter Cronkite
CBS aired a one-hour special on the life and career of Walter Cronkite shortly after his death. Watching this retrospect, along with clips of Edward R. Murrow, Chet Huntley, and David Brinkley, one could not help but feel the loss, not only of these pioneers of television news,/… Read full post »

Recently there was a job posted on Careerbuilders for a publisher position with a Ventura county book publisher. I read through the twenty or so qualifications and requirements, and it matched almost perfectly with my over ten years experience in the publishing business. 

I was about to apply for

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AUGUST 3, 2009 5:33PM

Beware the man behind the curtain

When I wrote my commentary regarding Ron Paul's appearance in the movie Bruno, I had no idea how much animosity I would receive from those who blindly follow the teachings of  Ron Paul. The only question I asked was why Paul, of all the 2008 Republican presidential candidates, was chos/Read full post »

JULY 13, 2009 7:45PM

Sara Palin - Exit Stage Left

Sarah Palin advances in a different direction...down and out



"We are not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction."

Quoting General MacArthur , Sarah Palin made her exit today from the world of politics.

In usual Palin fashion, she spoke in generalities and flowering rhetoric. She begRead full post »

Law school teaches prospective attorneys how to analyze scenarios and apply case precedent, if any exists, to support their conclusion. In fact there is an acronyms for this process; I.R.A.C., which means, after outlining the facts of an argument, finding the legal Issue being argued, what is the RulRead full post »