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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IF IT WERE US

IF IT WERE US facing an invasion instead of Ukraine, how would we respond?Open Letter to President Trump #003 . . March 3, 2025 Dear President Trump, IF CHINA WERE ON OUR NORTHERN BORDER instead of Canada and they  1 – Repeatedly broke border agreements with the USA,  2 – Invaded the USA,  3 – …

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BULLY

BULLY Open Letter to President Trump #002 . . Feb. 28, 2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican in South Carolina. You have espoused some good goals for your administration, but you and Vice President Vance have made me ashamed of you both today in your televised meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I am 82 …

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IMPEACH-CONVICT-REMOVE

If Trump’s actions (like the ten listed in my post “OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP”) persist, then Donald Trump deserves to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office. We (the people of the USA) need and deserve a President (whether Republican, Democratic, Independent, or otherwise) that (1) tells the truth, (2) obeys our laws, (3) …

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ASHAMED

ASHAMED OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP #001 . . 2/24/2025 Mr. President, I am a registered Republican in South Carolina. You have espoused some good goals for your administration, but you have made me ashamed. FOR: (1) the many lies you have used to support your actions, (2) the hypocrisy you have shown in railing …

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MANDATE 2024 !?

Each new administration claims a mandate to execute its policies. After all, they won, didn’t they? But we have had (?#) recent (how many years/elections) elections in which the popular vote went one way and the electoral vote went another. The electoral vote certainly carries the day in our republic, but does it really carry …

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TRUMP VERSUS HARRIS ON THE ECONOMY

Trump Versus Harris Economy I BELIEVE: —- (1) our recent YEARS OF INFLATION WERE MADE INEVITABLE BY THE TRUMP/PENCE ADMISTRATION tax cuts and pandemic assistance programs. —- (2) The BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION ADDED TO THE SIZE OF THAT INFLATION with pandemic assistance programs of their own. —- (3) RECOVERY FROM THE INFLATION WAS NOT INEVITABLE BUT …

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A BETTER CHOICE

A Better Choice for President When we last met in Rouseings’ “Election 2024,” I reviewed the first presidential debate. I felt neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden showed themselves as a match for the standard I am looking for in my next president.……….. I believe we now have a better choice for president in Kamala Harris. I …

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PIZZA PARABLE

Slice of pizza #MadeWithBalloons

This slice of pizza #MadeWithBalloons™ draws attention to a parable illustrating how competitors can help build YOUR balloon business. OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT Quite some years ago, I lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Every once in a while, my wife and I went to a favorite local Italian restaurant. It was a little out of …

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MAKE YOUR LIFE S.H.I.N.E.

Over many years, I read, watched, and listened to many motivational gurus before formulating the recipe for success that you see here. Thirty-two years later, I still refer to it and benefit from its advice. I hope you will, as well. Yet, I remind you now, as I often remind myself, “No matter how memorable …

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THANKSGIVING MESSAGE 2001

Seldom in history ha one family of workers served so many so well for so long as have you, the employees of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry.

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry had reason to be thankful and celebrate in September 2001. They had risen from a small family company in 1901 to an international leader in their field in 2001. They did it while upholding great American values. Charlotte Pipe called on us (Rouse International) to help plan the event, decorate with …

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