Happy, successful people go to bed with visions of health, happiness and success ... and nurture their imagination. Pleasant thinking as you go to sleep insures a restful relaxation and improved energy. Stay Energized, Happy and Terrific!

Got a drawer full of old cell phones?  Don't have a clue what to do with them?  How about turning them into cash?  Doug Bedell will tell you how.

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In just three days, business owners of all shapes and sizes will LOSE, their RIGHT, to a 2005 tax deduction. Last week I went over a simple solution to reduce cost. Now, in effect, I am going to show you a way to increase cost, OF COURSE in your favor.

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You are as powerful and authoritative as the power and authority you assume unto yourself ... and the responsibility you are willing to accept.

Mary Schlangenstein at Bloomberg.com has an interesting story today about how Dallas-based companies like JC Penney’s are making sure their holiday partygoers are getting home safely after they have had too much to drink.

They are using a Dallas business called Wingman Chauffer Service to drive partygoers home in their own vehicles. Wingman has a clever way for its drivers to use collapsible motorcycles which are stored in the "customers" trunks to get home after driving the customers to their residences. To read Ms. Schlangenstein’s full story, link here.

Meanwhile, remember that this is the most dangerous time of the year for alcohol-related auto accidents.

Rob AllynDallasBlog ran a story last Friday on Mexico’s hiring of Rob Allyn’s firm to help improve its image in the United States (link here for story). Today, both the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times have major stories on Mexico’s decision to retain a Dallas-based PR firm to improve its image in the U.S.

Allyn is taking heat from critics of U.S. immigration policy who don’t like the idea of a Dallasite lobbying for an open borders policy (see comments to our original DallasBlog article) as well as Mexican-American groups unhappy that a Hispanic company did not get the contract with the government of Mexico. Dallas businessman Carlos Quintanillo is quoted in The New York Times piece as saying, "You don’t need an Anglo to advance Mexico’s interests in the United States. It’s a regression and a disconnect." As Allyn put it to The New York Times reporter on the controversy over the contract, "I’ve had friends say … should I congratulate you or extend condolences?"

Clearly "The Politics of Immigration" is heating up as a major issue in 2006.

It all comes down to the final week of the season.   The biggest question in Dallas this week is: Will a win over St. Louis put the Cowboys in the playoffs? 

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In a press conference in Mission, Texas on Tuesday, Senator John Cornyn expressed his opposition to the U.S. House proposal for a security fence, which would start in California and end in Brownsville, according to a story in today’s McAllen Monitor. Click here to read the full story.