Graham M Rouse

Clemson, South Carolina, USA

Graham Rouse is a designer, inventor, and world-recognized balloon artist. He earned a college degree in psychology from East Carolina University and Environmental Design from NC State University. He benefited from a year of graduate study at Duke University Divinity School. After college, he worked a dozen years with the state of North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind, where he rose from local Rehabilitation Counselor to a state-wide supervisory role. He left state government and turned a balloon hobby into a 40-plus-year professional career in balloon arts. He won numerous international design awards including "Artist of the Year" and earned five patents on advanced balloon art technologies. He developed more than 150 products and dozens of advanced techniques for using them based on his patents. He and his wife, Mary Queen Rouse, exhibited and taught his innovative tools and techniques on five continents. Covid-19 Pandemic and personal health issues sidelined him during recent years. He steps forward now at ROUSEings.com to share "Snippets From My Life And Our Times" with the goal of engaging you in conversations that enrich us all.

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NATIONAL SECURITY

NATIONAL SECURITY Open Letter to the President #13 . . 3/28/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican from South Carolina. I appreciate your enthusiasm in appointing cabinet officials who have shown you loyalty in the past. It is valuable to be surrounded by loyal staff. However, I believe it is equally, if not more, …

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VETERANS AFFAIRS

VETERANS AFFAIRS Open letter to the President#12 . . 3/28/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican from South Carolina. I appreciate some of the goals you have set for your administration, including the effort to cut government costs. However, I strongly oppose your plans to make significant cuts in employees at the Department of …

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US DEPT. OF EDUCATION

US DEPT. OF EDUCATION Open letter to the President#11 . . 3/28/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican from South Carolina. I appreciate some of the goals you have set for your administration, including the effort to cut government costs. However, I strongly oppose your plans to dismantle the Department of Education. I believe …

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RETURN UKRAINE’S CHILDREN

RETURN UKRAINE’S CHILDREN Open Letter to President Trump #10 . . 3/21/2025 Mr. President, you have proposed some good goals for your administration, including ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. Be sure to include the return of Ukrainian children to Ukraine! Graham Rousegmr@RouseTECH.com —————————————- If you (my readers) would like to write the White …

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PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY

PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY Open Letter to President Trump #09 . . 3/20/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican in South Carolina. You have proposed some good goals for your administration, including cutting government costs. I recall, however, that you promised not to cut Social Security in the process. I now see that you are …

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ILLEGAL DEPORTATIONS

ILLEGAL DEPORTATIONS Deporting violent criminal aliens is a good idea if you do it legally with appropriate due process. Open Letter to the President#08 . . 3/18/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican in South Carolina. You have proposed some good goals for your administration, including deporting violent criminals who came here from other …

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MISJUDGEMENT & OVERREACH

MISJUDGEMENT & OVERREACHOpen Letter to the President#07 . . 3/17/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican in South Carolina. You have espoused some good goals for your administration, including cutting the cost of government, but I believe that you are going about it in the wrong ways.  (1) I believe that cutting down or …

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BUREAUCRATS & BILLIONAIRES

BUREAUCRATS & BILLIONAIRES Open letter to President Trump#06 . . 3/9/2025 Mr. President, I am writing to raise my concern about Elon Musk and the way he has been going about rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in our government. If the concern you raised about important decisions in our government being made by unelected …

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13 GRAVE MISTAKES

13 GRAVE MISTAKES in pursuit of peace in Ukraine Open Letter to President Trump#005 . . March 8, 2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican in South Carolina. You have espoused some good goals for your administration, including seeking peace between Ukraine and Russia.  I do not agree, however, with your approach. I believe …

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP#004 . . 3/7/2025 Mr. President, I watched and listened to your rousing speech at the recent joint session of Congress. Your projection of a great new golden era of prosperity for America is appealing. However, what I am learning about your promotion of cryptocurrencies and related ideas …

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