Rod's Place! - Rod Jenkins, Clearwater, FL

Rod's Place

About Rod Jenkins plus photos, poetry, stories, humor, blogs & general information for a small planet.

~ Rod Jenkins ~		Who's Rod? Rod Jenkins: writer, businessman, political pundit, risk taker, artist, philosopher, internet guru, photographer, nature lover, environmentalist, physicist and Scientologist. Grew up in middle-class suburbs of St. Louis during the age of Elvis and fast cars; worked for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center during the Apollo launches; EPA in Washington D.C. from the Nixon Watergate era through the early Reagan years; screenplay writing and environmental consulting in Los Angeles CA from '84 Olympics through OJ & Monica madness; instituted a state-of-the-art motor vehicle inspection program for the State of New Jersey in '99-'00 to save the Governor's Highway Trust Fund; and now engaged in several enterprises in Clearwater FL. NOTE: Built 14 years ago when the internet and web browsers were still in their infancy, this website has it's original design and layout. It still serves as a central place for me to conveniently post writing, photos, video, links and information that are accessible to all my friends worldwide.
		NOTE: All of the links below will open in a new window. Just close the new window to return to this page. Visit my e-commerce webstore: ElectricVehicleMall.com. See below! A new passion and BLOG: Electric Vehicle News! site at www.facebook.com/rod.jenkins. Join and add me as a friend! Participate in the friendliest and most interactive of the social networking sites! site at www.myspace.com/rodsnetwork. Several blogs & videos are posted there. My drug education website: DRUG-EDUCATION.INFO "What your doctor may not tell you; what drug companies don't want you to know!" Editorial: Loss of Liberty in America BLOG on writing: “A Day in the Life of a Writer” with links to writer resources. PHOTOS: New Year's Day 2010 The Gold Coast, NYC & Mom's 80th BD Party Gaylords ICE Exhibit Photos of Oct '04 Visit to Washington, D.C. Wedding Photos: My Wedding to Joann Marolda - Dec 2002 Main Photo Album Photo Album - Photography as Art Photo Album - Youth Photos of popular electric motorcycles, bicycles, scooters & ATVs MEMOIR: My Journey Resume (being updated) CORPORATE WEB PAGE: Digital Deli Corporation MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET PRODUCTS: E-commerce websites with fully automated computerized backoffices: www.ElectricVehicleMall.com (created in 2008) & www.iTotalHealth.com (created in 2006 & sold in 2008) Internet site for Drug Education (created in 2005) Internet site for Porsche racing team (created in 1999) Cyberspace Productions (created in 1999; no longer active) Internet site on Stratospheric Ozone Depletion (created in 1997) Teachers! Still relevant today & great for teaching science & the environment! CDROM on National Environmental Policy Act (created in 1996 - back when a 4GB hard drive was $4K and putting movies and animation on computers required great technical skill!) Internet site for U.S. Air Force (first created in 1995 when the internet was still pretty rudimentary; we've come a long ways since!)
		Visit my top design web store, ElectricVehicleMall.com! Offering the latest in electric vehicle technology and more efficient transportation at the lowest prices on the internet. Check out our new electric and gas motorcycles, mopeds, bikes, scooters, ATVs and utility vehicles. GO GREEN!

		Entertainment / Drama! Poetry Future Past The Hidden Magical Thread Birthday Ditty Doorstep to Nowhere A Dreamed Reality When We Cannot Touch Some poems written in my early teens: A Machine A Lifetime

		Favorite Romance Fable of Cupid & Psyche
		My Movies & Animation "The National Environmental Policy Act" A short film that I wrote, directed and produced under contract to the U.S. Air Force in 1995.
		Favorite Short Clips & Humor (most authors are unknown; mouse over videos to see start/stop controls) "Women vs. Cars" (video) "Chance" (video) Will Ferrell - "Bush on Global Warming" (video) Johnny Carson & Dom DeLuise "Egg Trick" Will Smith on the key to life "Drugs I Need" (video) The Borg vs. Microsoft Windows Poor Planning Technology for You Government Man's Dog Suthern Humer Y'all The Assistant Pastor

		Opinions & Editorials! Public Education "The Problem with Public Education Today" by Rod Jenkins Effective Learning and Education Schools That Prepare Children for Life "Study Technology" by L. Ron Hubbard Helping Children Get the Most from their Education TeenScreen - Big Pharma's newest secret campaign in our public schools All about TeenScreen Sign the petition to stop TeenScreen's unscientific & experimental 'mental health screening' of American school children! http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html Do you know diddly about our schools? The right answers qualify you for public office and a public hanging if the parents ever find out.
		Prescription Drugs What you need to know about your Doctors and modern medicine "Vital Facts about Medical Drugs" by Rod Jenkins "The Moral Physician" by Professor Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. How the U.S. Health Care System Contributes to Poor Health by Dr. Barbara Starfield, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health The History of Western Healing Practices What you need to know about Pharmaceutical Corporations The road to increased profits by drugging American children "Prozac Backlash", Fortune Magazine, November 28, 2005
		"To Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States of America" Our Religious Freedom The ACLU's extraordinary Religious Freedom documentary (how the religious freedom of even Christians are being challenged in the U.S.) Our Constitutional Liberties ... Patriot Patrick Henry in 1775: "Give me Liberty or give me Death!" Loss of Liberty in America by Rod Jenkins READ THIS IF YOU VALUE YOUR FREEDOM! Government by and for the ~~People~~ Corporation & Special Interests Campaign Finance Reform An Opposing View by Ron Paul (which reflects the truly ideal course of action, namely: reducing the size of the federal government and its power over our economy and our lives) Support Groups: Public Citizen Common Cause Public Campaign Action Fund The Corporation, a film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Baka The Goal of World Government (run not by the people but by those who think they know what is best for the rest of us) "Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass (celebrated American abolitionist, author and statesman, 1818-1895) Its Origins - Brief Summary Collusion & Sedition Zietgeist - The Movie, 2007 (Zietgeist is a German term meaning "spirit of the time." It refers to the moral and intellectual trends of a given era.) "The End of America" - celebrated author Naomi Wolf interview on YouTube Your Freedom Under Attack Rockefeller Internationalism
		Responsible Foreign Policy: A Philosophical Foundation Terrorism On Responsibility On Fanning Hatred of Muslims Quotes on Terrorism's True Impact on Civilization How my Group is Helping "The Race Against Man's Savage Instincts" by L. Ron Hubbard War in Iraq Foreign Policy Experts Target U.S. 'Empire Building', Yahoo News, October 17, 2003 Statement of Principles by “Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy”, September 15, 2003 John W. Dower, “Warning from History”, Boston Review, February/March 2003 Baghdad Burning - Blog of an Iragi resident (2003 through 2006) Israel-Arab Conflict Rod Jenkins, “Israel & The Big Lie,” Letter to the Editor, Washington Post, sent 29 Nov '03 Recommended Further Reading “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order,” Samuel P. Huntington, Simon & Shuster, 1996

Information! -- Have your cake and eat it too!

The Fountain of Youth
- Wake-up exercises that will make your day.
- How to make exercise something you love to do.

How to eat right and enjoy it
- Low fat is not enough and low calories are not the answer.



	My Favorite Information Resources Locals! -> Rod's Clearwater links Yahoo! News Research Online Dictionary & Thesaurus AltaVista's Foreign Language Translations Language Tools National Weather Service Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement & Repair
	Entertainment RottenTomatoes.com (#1 movie review website) Movies.com MovieTickets.com Moviefone Capitol Records: Hollywood & Vine MTV Online Internet Movie Database - everything about nearly every movie ever made!
	Writer's Resources Writers Guild of America WritersWrite - The Write Resource WritingWorld.com - Book Publishing Bloomsbury.com - Writer's Almanac
	Environmental Information & Resources US Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Global Change Research Information Office National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United Nations Environmental Program

Feedback! -- I'm interested in hearing from you. E-mail to rods-place@digitaldeli.net.

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