You Can Fight Your Tickets When You Feel You Were Wronged

We all think we were wronged when a police officer stops us and gives us a ticket. Sometimes the policeman is right when he stops us, other times he is trying to reach his quota. Your particular state always needs more funds and they are going to get the money from you one way or another. I am always a careful driver. Part of it is because I have been driving for a quarter of a century, the other part is the two small children who drive with me most of the time. I believe it is important to drive careful and follow the rules. This way, you do your part to make the roads safer. It's a shame not everybody feels the same, but that is part of the reason our roads are not as safe as they could be.

I remember one night, I was stopped by a police officer who was obviously trying to reach his quota. He asked me if I knew why he stopped me and I told him I had no idea. He told me one of my license plate lights had gone out. This was his way of telling me he was trying to find an excuse to stop me. He checked my paperwork and was informed that my license had been suspended. He cut up my license right in front of me, gave me a ticket and told me I needed to get insurance. He then handed me my insurance card back, told me he could have arrested me and drove off into the night. The problem with the situation was I had insurance and the police officer actually verified my proof of insurance. My former automobile insurance company reported me as not having insurance. I knew it was time for me to fight tickets and get the satisfaction of proving the courts wrong.

I went to court, proved my case and the judge threw it out of court. To my disbelief, I still had to pay court costs and buy a new license. I thought this was a real sham. How could the authorities be incorrect and I still had to pay the price. This is why there are lawyers out there that can take care of situations (like this) for you. They can cut through all the red tape and make sure you are not cheated. It is a shame things have to go this far sometimes, but this is one of those life lessons I will never forget.

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Meeting Mickey At Hollywood Studios

Famous People Who Died on January 22nd

Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn't matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.

We Live And We Die

Nobody Lives Forever

See You In Heaven

What Happened Today in History?

1673- Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated

1905- Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops

1938- "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)

1941- 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania

1945 - Heavy US air raid on Okinawa

1946- US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

Deaths

1736-1779 -Claudius Smith was an American Revolutionary War loyalist and Guerilla leader during the American Revolution

1726-1798 -Lewis Morris was a US farmer who signed Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New York

1813-1892 -Joseph Philo Bradley was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice; he was on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 Presidential Election

1837-1921 -Captain George Streeter was an American riverboat captain and circus owner, he deceitfully stole 180 acres of Lake Michigan shoreline from the rightful owners

1872-1951 -Karl Nessler was the inventor of the perm

1890-1968 -Duke Kahanamoku was an Olympic 100m swimmer won three gold medals in the Olympics-3 gold-12, 20, 24), he was a Hawaiian swimmer

1922-1969 -Judy Garland was a singer/actress who was famous as Dorothy on the Wizard of Oz; Judy Garland dies at 48 of an unintentional overdose of barbiturates, Judy Garland won many awards including an Academy Award during her career as a star

1908-1973 -Lyndon B Johnson was the 36^th President of the United States, Lyndon B Johnson (known as LBJ) is one of four people who served in all four offices, United States Senator, Representative, Vice President and President

1940-1979 -Ali Hassan Salameh [Abu Hassan] was killed by a car bomb; he was believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes, he was assassinated by Mossad in 1979

1994 -Irving B Kahn was the inventor of the teleprompter and a pioneer in Cable TV, the teleprompter is the invention that makes President Obama look good every time he says a speech.

1922-1994 -Telly Savalas was a famous actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at 70

1890-1995 -Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy was the mother of President John F Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy; I never knew President John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy were brothers.

1979-2008 -Heath Ledger was a famous Australian actor who dies of an overdose, Heath Ledger played in 19 films in his young career and Heath Ledger won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger died from the abuse of prescription drugs

This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today's famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye's writing

Sources

Historyorb.com

Wikipedia.com

Holidayinsights.com

Famous People Who Died on January 21st

Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn't matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.

We Live And We Die

Nobody Lives Forever

See You In Heaven

What Happened Today in History?

1846- 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News"

1903- "Wizard of Oz," premieres in NYC

1927- 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)

1966- Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd

1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and a controversial battle of the Vietnam war begins.

Deaths

1754-1793 -Louis XVI was a French king (1774-93) who was beheaded by revolutionaries at 38

1729-1809 -Josiah Hornblower was an American statesman; he was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress

1835-1901 -Elisha Gray was an American inventor who developed a telephone prototype in 1876, he lost the telephone patent to Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray is the father of the music synthesizer

1916-1944 -Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was a German major/pilot; he was the third highest scoring ace for the Luftwaffe in World War II

1903-1950 -George Orwell was a famous author who wrote Animal Farm, 1984

1914-1968 -Will Lang Jr. was an American magazine executive for Life magazine

1903-1985 -James Beard was an American chef and author who brought French cooking to the middle and upper classes in America in the 1950's

1914-1989 -Billy Tipton was an American jazz musician and band leader who lived as a woman for nearly fifty years because women band leaders were not accepted at the time, he was thought to be a lesbian because he lived with a woman.

1903-1991 -Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87, some sources say he died on January 28^th, he played halfback for the Chicago Bearsand is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

1909-1997 -Colonel Tom Parker was the manager for Elvis Presley; he had a huge role in the success of Elvis Presley's career

1920-2002 -Peggy Lee was an American singer who began her career on the Benny Goodman radio show and was also an actress

This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today's famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye's writing

Sources

Historyorb.com

Wikipedia.com

Holidayinsights.com

A Disappointment At Hollywood Studios Florida

Maybe I am too picky, I don't know. We went to Hollywood Studios today and everywhere I looked, people were smoking. I thought when amusement parks allowed smoking, it was only in certain areas. We bought ice-cream for our kids, sat down outside the ice-cream place and people were smoking all around the place. We went to the bathroom and people were smoking all around the bathroom. We walked around and people were smoking all over the park. I would always notice this, but I noticed it more today because I have bronchitis. If I am around cigarettes, breathing becomes very hard. I hope this is not an everyday thing at Hollywood Studios Florida.

Sinulog Grand Parade 2013 Winners Cebu

I have never been to this parade, but my wife tells me about it. I am looking forward to checking it out in person some day in the near future

Kyle, Khloe and Millet At Hollywood Studios