QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN PREPARING TO VOTE FOR A PRESIDENT!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dr. Steve

In 2008 the majority of American were infatuated with the ‘hope and change’ possibility promised by a young, articulate Presidential candidate and they chose to vote for him thinking that he might be able to pull off the hope and change he promised. Here we are over 3/4 the way into his term and it’s now time to ask yourself several questions as you prepare to vote in November.

1) Is the economy better or worse than it was in 2009?

2) Is the job situation better now than it was in 2009? (Don’t believe the statistics given monthly….do some research!)

3) Is the price of gas better or worse than it was in 2009?

4) Is race relations better or worse than it was in 2009?

5) Have healthcare costs risen or lowered since 2009?

6) Has the federal deficit been lowered or raised since 2009?

7) Has the national debt risen or lowered since 2009?

8) Are you personally better off or worse since 2009?

9) Do you trust the federal government more or less than you did in 2009?

10) Did the hope and change promised in 2008 actually come about?

If you can answer these questions honestly, it will be pretty plain that we need to change those in power in Washington DC.  It’s your responsibility to be honest with yourself about the answers to these questions. You may be able to think of some other questions yourself but these are the ones that struck me.

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The Pill, The Liberal Left and framing a false argument…updated

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Dr. Steve

Here is the timeline on this whole stupid debate:

1) Stephanopolos asks Romney if the state has the right to deny birth control to women–Romney is surprised by this question because NOBODY had been talking about that. He refused to give a concrete answer about a hypothetical issue.

2) HHS Sec Sebelius, apparently with President Obama’s approval, releases a decree from on high that all employers must pay for contraception for employees–even Catholic Institutions that have, at their core, a religious conviction against artificial birth control.

3) The Catholic Church began to complain so this administration shifted the argument by changing the ‘language’. It’s not the employer that must provide contraception for free but the insurance company. It doesn’t matter that the employer pays for the insurance coverage just that the contraception be provided for free.  The argument against this is then twisted by the Liberal Left to mean that the ‘big bad conservatives’ don’t want women to have birth control.

4) They then take Rick Santorum to task for following his Catholic convictions and make him the bad guy for remaining true to his PERSONAL beliefs even though he hasn’t called for a cessation of the availability of birth control.

5) Congress then pulls this female law student in front of some committee to demand that her birth control be provided for free because she can tell by looking on the faces of women on campus that this is such a big issue in their life. I’ll not get into the whole Limbaugh attack on this gal other than to say I tend to agree with him that birth control is available to anyone who wants to buy it and the taxpayer should not be footing the bill for this girls birth control. She can buy her own birth control.

Conclusion…The liberal left has instigated a false crisis–”There is a crisis of lack of free contraception because of the ‘big bad conservatives’.” You think the main stream media isn’t in the pocket of this administration?  Stephanopolos was used by this President to set the Republican candidates and particularly the conservatives up.

This argument isn’t about birth control pills (millions of religious women will use the pill regardless of what their religious leaders say) but about the overstepping of the President by supporting and perpetuating an unconstitutional mandate that goes against the religious beliefs of a Religious organization. ”The first ammendment be damned, I’ll decide what is and isn’t a correct religious belief system and you’ll do it my way period!”  President Obama didn’t use these exact words but this is in essence what he has said!

UPDATE–3/6/2012

GREAT ARTICLE THAT MAKES MY POINT AGAIN– http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203370604577263281305035966.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

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Afghanistan….It’s time to come home!

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dr. Steve

We had to take a stand after 9/11/2001 and defeating al-queda in Afghanistan was a necessity.  We have given it a good shot at trying to nation build in a part of the world that is ruled by a tribal (not national) mentality.  We’ve given 10 years and thousands of lives and billions of dollars to try and shift a cultural mentality that has been ingrained for millinea and it’s not working.  How do I know?  The last 2 weeks.

A Koran was burnt because it was being used by prisoners to pass sensitive information. Because the Koran was burnt, all hell has broken loose.  A number have been killed (2 more today), the riots continue and our President felt a need to apologize and then claimed it had calmed things down.  (No evidence to support that yet but that’s his claim.) AND there are reports that Afghanistan wants to put the US soldiers that burned the Koran on trial IN Afghanistan.  It’s time to come home.

We, and perhaps nobody else, is going to be able to change the cultural norms of this part of the world.  The anger and hatred they have of the West isn’t going to change anytime soon.  It’s time to come home!

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“Act of Valor”–a great movie!

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Dr. Steve

I went to see this movie with my son-in-law last evening and wanted to write a review. I’m not a professional movie critic and would never claim that ability but I know a good movie from a bad one.  This was a GOOD movie!

For those who don’t know, this movie is about US Navy SEALs and the actors are active duty SEALs and their families are also in the movie as their movie families.  A person wouldn’t expect a SEAL to have great acting and an ability to show emotions on demand as would be required in a movie but these guys bring that talent to the big screen.  They may not be as polished as actors who’ve been at it professionally for years but they did a great job with the movie.

They reveal a couple aspects of their life that many have never experienced. One is that most of them are family men who have a wife and children back home that are always in the back of their mind.  The second thing is the need to compartmentalize their life and focus on the demands of their calling.  In our politically correct culture, the need for men who will do what the SEALs do is something that some would just as soon not address. There are those who want to live in a utopia where there is no requirement for men and women of this sort. The problem is……we don’t live in this type of world.  In the world we live in, and have always lived in, there is evil and there are those who must confront evil and deal with it!  It’s that simple.

If those who live in fantasy-land of ‘utopia’, the military would be gutted and simply used as glorified policemen.  In the real world though, a strong military is the only way for a nation like America to stay free and continue living in the manner to which we have become accustomed. We need the military and we need the elite of the military (Special Operations) and the elite of the elite–the Navy Seals, Delta Force etc!  There are some things that only they can do.  “Act of Valor” reveals just a small part of that ability.

As I write this it appears that in it’s opening weekend, the movie has recouped the entire cost of it’s making!  All I can say is I hope that it makes much, much more!!

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Empower Network Growth Sets Records and Causes Servers to Crash!!

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Dr. Steve

Just watched the Ustream video with David and David and they have explained what has happened with the Empower Network website. A network that went from zero to 10,000 people in roughly a month with some 6000 blogs posting a day and it caused the network servers as well as some of the financial institutions to squak! 

Watch this video  because they do a great job explaining what is going on with the system and what they are doing to fix it.  They are hopeful that everything will be up and running by Monday Dec 5th.  Also they are going to do some transfering of the financial agreements to another bank at some point.  They do a better job at explaining it.

Hope you have a great Sunday and that the coming week is profitable and rewarding!!

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AWeber and Network Marketing

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Dr. Steve

I posted the other day about the training that I have received while developing this business and if you’ll look at the page on the right and bottom you will see 3 different capture forms that and banner adds.  It’s been pretty interesting and if you haven’t been to that site to learn, it is an interesting way to touch base with people. 

I also linked in with a system called Auto Profit Machine that is very interesting.  Check it out if you get a moment by clicking on the banner to the right or on the bottom. I think you might find it VERY enlightening!

 

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Network Marketing with An Education worth Thousands

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Dr. Steve

I wanted to write an encouraging blog today that would give you some insight in the educational possiblities that I’ve found in the past month while setting up my Network Marketing business. 

EMPOWER NETWORK TRAINING–

Not sure how many of you are taking advantage of the education that is available on several of the Network Marketing websites but I’ve been amazed at the things I am learning. You see, I’m not an IT guy, ask anyone at the office, but the information I’ve learned while working the Network Marketing business I’ve been able to put to work elsewhere! 

CAPTURE PAGES–

 Have you ever been looking at a page and there is a capture form on on side of the page or the other?  Ever had a pop-up capture form on one of those pages and wonder, “How did they get that on the page?” It’s capture pages that you are looking at and they aren’t that difficult to put on your page but just some training. Getting capture pages on our church website is the next step.  No clue how to do that until I joined Empower Network with David Wood’s instruction.  It’s pretty impressive.

AUTORESPONDERS–

Another area of education is that of autoresponders. I’ve never used them before starting this business.  It seems like a time saver and it helps keep tabs on those who are visiting your sites.  There are some who hire people to respond to those who have been at their site but I’m not one who can afford that!! You can find the autorepsonders at various places but Avweber is one that is used for both capture pages and autoresponders.

The training that comes with various Network Marketing veterans could be marketed for several thousands of dollars but is all on the net for free!  Once I have it down, I will do a video on developing capture pages as taught by David Wood. It is really an interesting endeavor!

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Five initial Steps in Launching you Network Business

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Dr. Steve

I want to blog from the standpoint of starting my network marketing business from scratch again.  I’ve not been at this long but have already made some mistakes that I should have avoided but they were born out of ignorance. If you can avoid them, you can save some stress and heartache. I want to give you the first 5 steps to getting the business going:

First–Pick a product line that you can get excited about.  I chose Numis Network because I am an enthusiastic coin collector. I love the “hobby of kings”! You may have a total different passion–health care, cleaning products, travel discounts or other. Whatever you decide, have a passion about it. I got my case out today and looked over all my coins again today just thinking of the potential!

Second–Look at the compensation plan but don’t get hung up on it.  Why? Because it is probably too difficult to fully understand when you are first starting out.  There are probably several levels of compensation and when you try to understand it, you can get confused and frustrated. Your product line PROBABLY has a video that explains the comp plan so have that memorized so you can give it to those who are wondering about it. Numis Network has a several videos that explain the comp plan. Empower Network also has a great definition and it is explained on the site but more on that in a bit.

Third–Find a training system that helps you understand how to build you network of people. Numis Network has the David Wood run Numis Prosperity Mastermind that walks you through the process of setting up your net. Another training system is Empower Network and I’d probably recommend this system over even the Numis Prosperity Mastermind because it is a ‘plug and play’ system for blogging.

Fourth–Begin blogging on your training site.  Blog about whatever you are passionate about.  Blog about the things that will target an audience.  I made the ‘mistake’ of setting up my own web page to blog on before I knew about Empower Network and still blog on both pages–I actually blog on all three–website, Empower Network and Numis Prosperity Mastermind.  The goal is to get your site and product out there for people to see. That happens by getting your blogs ranked high on search engines.  Google, Yahoo, Bing and others.

Fifth–Study Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You’ll see that term EVERYWHERE, I mean EVERYWHERE! If you don’t understand what it means, it will confuse you and make you wonder what the heck is SEO.  I learned more about this by studying a webinar on Numis Prosperity Mastermind and also with Magnetic Sponsoring.  When you begin to blog and get it out there in the web world and it begins to be syndicated (picked up by others and sent out) you’ll begin to see more and more people coming to your site.

I’m going to cover another 3-5 steps tomorrow to help you build your business and move forward.

Want to read all my blogs–go to my webpage!

Want to know my product line–go to Numis Network

Want to know the training program I use–go to Empower Network

Want to learn how to pull more people to your website–go to Magnetic Sponsoring.

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Numis Network, Network Marketing and Five Motivation Destroying Mindsets!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dr. Steve

Too often when launching into Netowrk Marketing or MLM systems, if you are like I used to be, you don’t view it as a business.  I’m not quite sure WHAT we view it as but it certainly isn’t a business.  How do I know that?  Because I run my own business and until finding Numis Network, I’ve never put the hours or training into an MLM that I have the other business I run.  Why, I’m not quite sure but I have thought of some possibilities (mindsets):

1) “If I sign up, the money should just start flowing!”–Why this is our mindset at times? I think we get buffaloed by slick salesmanship.  I still see it in a lot of network marketing advertising and I really think it gives the industry a BAD reputation.  I’m trying to change that from MY standpoint and approach!

2) “This opportunity is a get-rich quick scheme and I’m going to get mine!”–Again I think this goes to some deceptive advertising that happens in the industry.  I don’t necessarily think it is a malicious attempt at advertising but comes with the zealous approach to the product line.  I am extremely excited about Numis Network and think the potential is phenomenal but I also know that it will take persistence and work! It’s just that simple.

3) “If I just find the right product, I won’t have to really work at this!”–Wanna bet?  I read this in Magnetic Sponsorship and it really hit home but Mike Dillard said something to the effect–Go buy $10,000 worth of product and put it in your garage and pull up a lawn chair and see what happens with the stuff.  It’s going to be in your garage in the months to follow if you don’t get out and hussle and get people interested in it.  The same is true for every product. Find the one you are enthusiastic about and run with it.

4) “I’ve got such a good deal, nobody can possibly turn it down!”–Uh, again, wanna bet?  I’ve seen this in various endeavors I’ve been involved in over the past many years. The opportunity makes so much sense to you but when you explain it to others they look at you like ‘a calf looking at a new gate!” They just don’t get it.  That’s OK, you may have to speak to 100 people for every one lead that pays off!  So be it!

5) “If my upline really cared about me they’d put people in my downline!”–Well, think about that statement a minute. What is it your upline member is trying to do?  He’s trying to build HIS business just like you are trying to build yours! It does happen on occasion that your sponsor may put a person or two on your downline but the work to do that is actually yours!  The fact that there may be an occasional sponsor who helps build their downline member’s team is the exception not the rule.

I hope this has opened your eyes to some of the wrong mindsets that can be destructive to your successful business building.  I am thrilled with Numis Network and will work as hard as I can to make it a success.  I have to remind myself sometimes that this is a business and I have to approach it as such in combination with utilizing a way to market on the net–I do that with Empower Network because David Wood and David Sharp are two of the most successful Network Marketers in the nation.

Stay tuned for more motivational blogs to get your business up and running and successful!  Feel free to direct your friends to this website with all my blogs

 

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SEO Training Webinar on Numis Prosperity Mastermind

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Dr. Steve

Numis Prosperity Mastermind SEO Training Webinar

Click on the link above to watch an encouraging video about some free training I have been taking over the past several days. It has helped with SEO on my blogs on Numis Prosperity Network and Empower Network as well as here at drstevebuckles.com.

If you are interested in learning about a couple opportunities, go HERE to see what Numis Network has in store for you. Also check out this site to see what Empower Network can do for your

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