US Daily Review: Snippets from Candace Salima Articles

Here are some snippets of articles I wrote for US Daily Review, enjoy!

Ron Paul compared the Tea Party to the Occupy Wall Street crowd. That's what precipitated me finding this article I'd written earlier on the matter:

What Happened to the Tea Party?

Posted on 12 December 2011 by csalima

by Candace Salima, contributor to US Daily Review

I’ve heard over and over in the last few months, “What’s happened to the tea party, where are they?” Please don’t paint us with the Occupy Wall Street brush. Let me explain the difference between the two and just where the Tea Party has “gone.”

Let’s take Occupy Wall Street first. A useless, filthy, and now dangerous, movement whose rage is misplaced and grossly misinformed. They’re mad at the banks. Look to Congress. They’re mad at Wall Street. Look to Congress. They want all their student loans forgiven. Look to Congress. They want a free ride … well, all I can say is this: I’ll buy you a one-way ticket to anywhere in the world, help you pack, drive you to the airport and wash my hands of you. Just don’t ever come back. That type of laziness has no place in America.

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Newt Gingrich for President?

Posted on 08 December 2011 by csalima

by Candace Salima, contributor to US Daily Review

I am very active politically, as everyone knows. With my own radio show, political activity in my home state, and as a USDR columnist, I’ve been at this a long time. I remember Newt Gingrich when he was the Speaker of the House, and the great good accomplished during that time. I also remember the missteps, like not living up to the promise Congress made to Ronald Reagan if he would grant amnesty to the illegal aliens in America. In case you don’t remember that, Reagan kept his end of the bargain, and Congress welshed on their end. If you want proof of that, look to the war on our extremely porous southern border.

I also distinctly remember Speaker Gingrich being under unrelenting attacks by the left, as he and the Republican controlled house tried to bring America back to fiscal sanity. Yes, he was hit hard by them, and he hit hard back, until it was found out he was in the middle of an affair, and was a serial adulterer. This forced his resignation as Speaker of the House, and Gingrich’s political glory days were over until the 2012 Presidential Race.

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Book Review: Kill Bin Laden by John Weisman

Posted on 26 November 2011 by csalima

By Candace Salima, Contributor to US Daily Review

Title: KBL Kill Bin Laden

Author: John Weisman

KBL Kill Bin Laden is a novel based on the true events surrounding Seal Team 6, actually called DEVGRU (United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group), the Rangers, Delta Force, CIA, and other supporting casts of the team which literally took Osama bin Laden (code name Crankshaft) down on May 1, 2011.

New York Times bestselling author, John Weisman, is more closely tapped into Tier One operatives than any other journalist or author. The author of several books centered around those same Tier One operatives, Mr. Weisman is the one of a select few authors to enjoy spots on both the nonfiction and fiction New York Times Bestseller lists. When Harper Collins contacted Mr. Weisman about writing the story surrounding the take-down and death of bin Laden, he did some research and then told them it had to be written in novel form or he’d never be able to get all the information he needed. He was right.

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Movie Corner: Happy Feet Two

Posted on 10 December 2011 by csalima

by Candace Salima, contributor to US Daily Review

Movie: Happy Feet Two

Rating: PG

Director: George Miller

Starring: Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Pink

I’ll be honest. I never, ever, wanted to see this movie, due to the heavy environmentalist garbage message behind the story. But my 5-year-old nephew really wanted to see it. And yes, that sweet little angel has us completely wrapped around his little finger. Alvin planned to sleep through it, and I planned to simply endure it while my nephew watched. Imagine my shock when I actually ended up enjoying the movie. Yes, the environmentalists are hard at work trying to brainwash our children, but the story of courage, perseverance and finding your own talent and voice overpowered the silly message.

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On Monday, January 2nd, I will post some additional articles.

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Copyright 2011. All rights reserved by Candace E. Salima.

Camtica - Could it be the answer for Triple T?

As many of you know, I have been on a constant search for the software that will do what I need. Enable me to record my show, while doing live, capturing my video conversations in Skype. I have tried multiple software and been disappointed, but I am now intrigued but the possible solution to my problems! Camtica is a Screen Recorder Software which may be the answer to my prayers, as it were.

Here's what I was able to find out about the software:

Camtica enables the user to create professional screen recordings, presentations, tutorials and more. You can record any desktop activity with voice, webcam and animated mouse clicks. The resulting video can be saved in various formats including AVI and WMV.

Why do you need Camtica?

* To create professional screen recordings, demonstrations, presentations, screencasts, tutorials and more

* To generate effective videos that help you train, teach, sell and more

* To create demonstration videos for any software program

* To show customers how to use your product

* To create on-demand interactive training, tutorials for school or college class

* To create a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions

* To share your recordings on YouTube, Screencast.com and other videos sites

Features:

* Records entire desktop, selected rectangle region, dynamic region around mouse cursor, webcam

* Records anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen and rectangular regions

* Records desktop screen with audio and webcam together - personalizing your videos by including a webcam movie of yourself over * your desktop at any position

* Records video chats, Skype video calls, games, flash movies played on sites

* Mouse highlighting spotlights the location of the cursor

* Records video in many video file formats including AVI and WMV

* Supports various video and audio codecs

* Free support and advice

* Free lifetime updates and upgrades

* System requirements: Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista/Windows 7

It’s easy to use as one, two, three.

More information about Camtica 4.3.3372 is available here: http://jiteco.com/screen_recorder_software.html

So with all that information at hand, I'm going to give it a shot. It might be just what Turning the Tide with Candace Salima needs, the missing piece! I'll let you know how it works.

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Turning the Tide: Jamie Freveletti and The Ninth Day

I'm not sure why I forgot to blog about this earlier! I have a new author to add to my list of favorites, Jamie Freveletti. I was privileged to be able to interview her on Turning the Tide with Candace Salima, and it was a delightful interview. It's easy to see why she is such a good author, and also why The Estate of Robert Ludlum tapped her to write the next in the Covert One series.

Jamie Freveletti Interview, Part 1




Jamie Freveletti Interview, Part 2

I give The Ninth Day a solid 5 stars. It was that exciting to read. Well written, great character development and a fabulous story.

Purchase The Ninth Day now.

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Copyright 2011. All rights reserved by Candace E. Salima.

Christmas Eve So Long Ago

I submitted this article for Yahoo Articles! but it was rejected twice because of the title. They loved the article, but we went round and round in the submitting and re-submitting process until it's past the deadline for a Christmas story. So I decided to share it with my blogging, Facebook and Twitter friends. Why let a good story go to waste!

A Christmas Eve tradition goes awry when my father opens his "one" gift. There was no stopping us then!

Christmas is my favorite time of year. The music, the decorations, and the general feeling of the season just fill me right up. One of my fondest Christmas memories takes me back many years to when I was a small girl. Although my parents are long divorced, and my father long gone from this world, this is still one of my favorite childhood memories.

Christmas is rich with tradition in my family. As I grew to adulthood, I brought these traditions with me, and added some of my own. The one that matters to this story is the opening of a single gift on Christmas Eve in remembrance of the three wise men and the gifts they brought to the newborn King.

As children, we always waited anxiously for evening to fall on December 24th. That year, dinner came and went; it always had to come first, much to our consternation. Then we gathered in the living room, and settled down to listen to our father read the Christmas Story from the New Testament (Luke 2.) In the corner, the gaily decorated Christmas tree stood tall, and the many presents wrapped beneath held our attention over the story.

After the story and song, my mother gave each of us a stern look. Apparently our wiggles made her suspicious there was going to be a mass attack on those presents. So, one by one, she called each of us to pick one gift from under the tree, return to where we'd been sitting and wait quietly as it was repeated with each child. Then it happened. Dad picked up his gift and started shaking it. It was small, and no noise was made. My mother chose her own gift and then gave us the nod.

Now here's a critical part to the story. My biological father had an uncanny ability to shake a gift and then know precisely what was in it. This year, my mother was determined to foil him. So, we now continue with the story.

It wasn't exactly mass mayhem. But wrapping paper was flying one way, ribbons the other, and shouts of joy filled the room. My father opened his gift, and it was a box of 38 caliber bullets. He didn't have a 38 handgun. He took one look at my mother and reached for another gift before she could stop him. Well, we weren't about to be left behind so we all dived for the tree and grabbed another gift.

It happened over and over, until finally my father reached for the last box under the tree. It was large. It rattled. It clunked. It was extremely heavy, and he had a look of disappointment on his face. But he unwrapped the gift, opened the box and found it filled with an iron, marbles, corks, clothes pins, and a brand new 38 pistol. Mom won, mostly, because he hadn't been able to guess. The miscalculation was in wrapping the ammunition separately. 

There weren't any presents to unwrap on Christmas morning that year. But it has always been one of my favorite Christmases.

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Turning the Tide: The American Covenant, One Nation Under God

I had the opportunity to visit with Timothy Ballard, the author of The American Covenant: One Nation Under God to discuss whether America is under a covenant with Heavenly Father. I, of course, believe that we are. As you all know, I am a devout Latter-day Saint, also known as a Mormon. In addition, I believe deeply that we have sacred duty to defend the U.S. Constitution, preserve America and stand with Israel. I have come under great fire because of these stances, but it does not sway me from my course in the slightest.

Timothy brings an interesting perspective to the debate with his book. I interviewed Timothy on this topic on Turning the Tide with Candace Salima last week. I wanted to share with each of you if you didn't have the chance to watch or listen. It is fascinating.

Timothy Ballard Interview, Part 1




Timothy Ballard Interview, Part 2




About Timothy Ballard:

After completing a LDS Church mission in Chile, Timothy Ballard graduated Cum Laude from Brigham Young University in Spanish and Political Science, then went on to receive a MA (Summa Cum Laude) in International Politics from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Tim has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and is currently a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security. For the last eight years, he has worked as an adjunct professor in American and International Politics at San Diego State University and at Imperial Valley College. Tim is also a book reviewer for The Association for Mormon Letters. A frequent youth and fireside speaker in matters dealing with national and spiritual security, Tim lives in Southern California with his wife and six children. (http://theamericancovenant.com) 

I then followed this interview up with the Walter Cronkite performance with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:

I hope that each of you had a wonderful Christmas, no matter how sparse it may or may not have been, please remember that Christmas is about the celebration of our Savior's birth, and not so much about how many gifts are under the tree.

In addition, more now than ever before, America stands at the precipice. Behind her is the republic outlined in the U.S. Constitution which held her in good stead for nearly 236 years, ahead of her is the rotting corpse of communism being pushed by Barack Obama and his ilk. The Muslim Brotherhood is trumpeting the destruction of the free world, determined to bring us all Islamic control, and Barack Obama is aiding and abetting them. In other words, it's time to make a choice, and to then fight for that choice. For me and my home, we have chosen God and the United States of America ... and that is who and what we will fight to defend.

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Copyright 2011. All rights reserved by Candace E. Salima.

Is an Article V Amendment Convention the Answer

One has to look at the economic situation in America right now and wonder what will actually turn this behemoth headed for extinction around? I was privileged to interview Senator Curtis Olafson (R-ND) and Rep. Brad Daw (R-UT) about the National Debt Relief Amendment and the Article V Amendment Convention they are calling for. After extensive research I am now supporting this amendment and call to convention.

Listen to the interview, and then post all your questions. Let's get the dialogue out there, dispel the myths and misinformation, discuss the pros and cons, and starting making a difference in this great nation. It is time for the power to be returned to the states, and the federal government to be put back in its place.

Because I have researched this so thoroughly, I will be writing a series of articles on US Daily Review about this amendment, Article V of the Constitution, and everything surrounding it. Believe me, two states have already passed resolutions, 19 more have prime sponsors and several more have expressed interest. This is a very real movement the American people must discuss and understand thoroughly.

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Copyright 2011. All rights reserved by Candace E. Salima.

Turning the Tide: Jason Buck Interview

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jason Buck, congressional candidate for Utah's 2nd Congressional District. I do hope to sit down with each of the candidates, but I began with one of my favorites.

Jason and my husband go way back, football buddies and old teammates. But that is not why I decided to endorse Jason Buck against Jim Matheson. I had the opportunity to visit with Jason, one on one, on the radio of course, to discuss the critical issues facing America today. I didn't tiptoe around them, but asked him straight out on everything I felt was important to know from any candidate.

As you will be able to see, Jason responded with straight forward answers (very refreshing) and has a solid constitutional foundation by which he measures everything. Personally, I'd like to see Jason Buck and Carl Wimmer walking shoulder to shoulder down the hallowed halls of Congress to show those yahoos out there that Utah is nobody's whipping boy anymore.

So sit back, relax, and listen in as Jason and I discuss the future of Utah and America.

Jason Buck Interview, Part 1




Jason Buck Interview, Part 2




Jason Buck Interview, Part 3




Jason Buck Interview, Part 4




About Jason Buck

Jason Buck’s family arrived in Nauvoo, IL from England and then moved to Utah shortly afterwards with the earliest pioneers. He was born in Moses Lake, WA, to a family of eight children with a rich farming tradition. When he was three years old his father moved the family to Michigan to farm potatoes and at nine years old, moved again to Adrian, OR. His family then moved again his senior year of high school to St. Anthony, ID where he met his wife-to-be, Roxi.

Failing to be offered an athletic scholarship to Ricks Junior College (now BYU Idaho,) Jason worked at a seed mill for two years in order to pay his tuition. He spent his days lifting grain sacks and his nights lifting weights . Through it all, Jason never gave up his dream of playing college football. Jason and Roxi married in the summer of 1983 and he was offered a scholarship as a defensive lineman at Ricks Junior College that fall where he received All-American honors his first year and National Junior College Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore. He went to BYU for his Junior and Senior seasons where he proudly represented his hard-working and humble family from the small town in Idaho. He was accustomed to being the underdog and wanted to be a premier player in a premier program. He truly became an exceptional leader on and off the field.

Jason became the only Consensus Defensive All-American in the history of BYU and won the Outland Trophy (equivalent to Heisman Trophy.) He was drafted in the 1st round by the Cincinnati Bengals and played for them in Super Bowl XXIII. He finished his NFL career with the Washington Redskins where he won the World Championship in Super Bowl XXVI.

Following a stellar, seven-year career in the NFL, Jason pursued his boyhood dream and bought a 650-acre ranch in Manti, UT to raise his young, growing family. In 2000, Jason moved to Highland, UT to pursue a career in financial services. Because of his public and personal relations skills, this quickly grew to private equity work and structured products, where he worked with many of the top banks in the world.

Since retiring from the NFL, Jason has stayed active in the football world by being a knowledgeable, trusted and popular sports analyst and color commentator for the regional ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX networks; a coach for his children’s teams; and as an owner of the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League. He is also a motivational speaker where he shares his inspirational and personal story, and the principles of success that he has lived by, to large audiences at universities, corporations and other groups throughout the United States.

Jason’s life has truly taken him from the farm fields of America to laying asphalt with Geneva Rock to finance boardrooms around the world. He personally knows hard work and sacrifice at every level, and he knows how to get a job done. Jason is a great American with an unmatched work ethic.

Every decision of his life was to put family first. Jason realizes there is no amount of fame or money that is more important than the success of his family. Jason’s number one focus in his life has been his wife, Roxi of 28 years and his children and grandchildren. Now that his family is older, Jason is ready to serve in a day and age that strong men and strong leaders are needed to return our nation to the fundamentals of the Constitution!

Learn more about Jason at www.jasonbuckforcongress.com.

This episode of Turning the Tide with Candace Salima brought to you by Twist & Shout Performance Group.

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Twist & Shout Christmas Concert 2011 Commercial

Please share at will. If you're within driving distance you will want be there! Fillmore to Davis County is driving distance, trust me! Merry Christmas to one and all, and see you at the Twist & Shout Christmas Concert. It will be a night to remember.

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