Debt

There is no such thing as true freedom in todays world, we are in debt the moment we are born possibly even farther back to when we first became a single celled organism. No matter what those lightly powdered faces and carefully manicured nails of the government tell you, its all just about lining their pockets no mater who it is that they have to step on to get it, greed has infested the once shining halls of the white house and bred with lust, ignorance and blinded all those who have stepped into its yawning doors. (for an idea of how bad its getting ) However what we (much less the government) don't seem to understand is this:  the truth is nobody owes another person anything and no one owes us anything, at least nothing physical in the sense that everyone claims that they owe someone (pieces of paper or plastic or even a few pieces of shiny metal) or someone owes them that. we scramble, steal, fight and kill for these pathetic things that can easily be destroyed and seem to care for nothing else when all we ever really owe anyone or anyone's owes us comes down to two things. Trust, without it we're completely unable to do much of anything, EX: Credit, love, etc. However we mustn't forget the most important. Human decency, a simple thing that is slowly disappearing along with many of our memories and youth.

The Small stuff

The leaves slight change from green to yellow, orange and red. The sound of the a loved one breathing as they sleep. The smell of flowers. For most people these are the small unnoticed thing in day to day life as we fight to keep our heads above water, gasping for air, fighting past mounting debt and despair that the government is so willing to lay upon us without blinking. Why? We are the little things that go unnoticed to them. Our suffering, our pain and loss as they place higher and higher taxes on the middle class.

Trickle-down effect. Some of the more commonly used words in politics referencing to the theory that if given less taxes the upper class will spend more, more freely. However the presumption is grossly incorrect. No matter how little taxes you give them its not going to encourage them to spend more then they feel they need to because lets face it they got to where they are now through hard work and major penny pinching or like few they got lucky. That being said why isn't the government pushing higher taxes onto the peoples who have so much money that they can afford to have at least one car for every day of the week if not more. Sure we look at all those hot shots on "Cribs" and say "Gee, I'd like to be like them" but how is it that they can have a bathroom the size of a ten car garage while we scrounge around enough money to fill up our gas tanks. Sure not everyone faces the same dilemma but lets face it we could all benefit from some taxes lowered off our shoulders and some hefted onto the shoulders of the society that can send their children to a private/prep school where they get three or more gourmet meals every day while have children and families that go hungry. It makes absolutely no sense to me but if you can figure it out let me know.

For so long....

"With all the hatred in this world, in this good world, let us be kind to one another," Breuning, the world oldest man said when recently interviewed on his one-hundred and fourteenth birthday. A simple comment, or wish, that so many others hunger for. In this time we are surrounded by war not on just foreign soil over foreign politics but also on our home soil and our home politics. In the mornings and late afternoon as we watch the news and commercials we tend to forget about the 'small' battles that are faced every day on our own soil. As few people notice we too have many of the same problems our foreign friends do, a few examples are: hungry/homeless people due to the growing instability of the economy, corrupt government officials, declining values (ranging from moral/social to property), increasing population and decreasing space, increased crime, skyrocketing taxes for the lower and middle class (while as I stated earlier the upper class get a tax cut), rampant diseases, the list goes on and on yet people seem oblivious though its right beneath their noses. When we turn on the television we see commercial that bombard our nightly shows preaching (not just religiously) about how we need to support the troops (whom I've nothing against) while they fight a war over things in a foreign country that also happen in our country, or to (this ones my favorite) send so much money over to foreign orphans so they can be fed. My point is this: instead of belligerently invading other countries to 'help' them (even, no especially if they don't want it) while quietly swindling them, pushing our belies upon them and digging ourselves into a deeper money pit we should probably fix our problems first. What we are doing is the equivalent of a dysfunctional family that has an ever diminishing income going out and preaching to others, fighting others fights while destroying much of their homes and convincing them that they owe us money. Doesn't make much sense to me.

However moving on to this weeks question for the readers. One of the things I have been doing is reading others blogs to gain some useful insight on what others think of the way things are going about and though I didn't find a shortage of opinions, one of the more interesting sights I came across (not because I agree with it but solely because of the sett up and such) was pushhamburger.com. One of of the interesting things I found there was this  "The more we become informed the greater will be the movement and end result in our war to oust the extremists, the impostors, the traitors that now reside in our  so called government. They have been elected to office by lies and fraudulent representations. Sooner than later they will pay the price. Don't give up Americans. " Which brings me to this weeks question. What do you think of the economy, how the government is handling things and of this article. Please don't P.C or censorship, tell me exactly what you think as you think it. I'm interested in what you have to say and why, I'll read every letter I receive as long as it isn't terribly dull and lacking actual proof or any intellectual weight.

Innocence long lost

    One thing that has been troubling me recently is greed. No no not my greed but the worlds greed, our greed that has devoured all that is, or was, pure. When some one robs a bank we're willing to kill that person to get back a few measly pieces of paper, yet when a pervert cant keep their hands off of an innocent child we slap them on the wrist, give them three square meals a day and protect them from society behind metal bars and concrete slabs while the very people they victimized pay the taxes that pay for their luxuries. Monsters like that shouldn't be allowed to get away with that much less live. In todays society we have our values so screwed up its pathetic. Molesters, Rapists, Murders deserve to die not the men and woman so hungry for bits of paper and metal of all things fueled by the greed that the government breeds into us.

We're willing to kill some one that steals from us yet unwilling to defend innocence. Well if we're going to kill or punish everyone that steals from us driven buy the greed (or in rare cases need of the item they're taking) then what about the Government? The Banks? The lazy bums who sit at home all day popping out babies living on welfare? We put so much effort into gathering these things, and for what? To prove we're better? Surely not, if one wanted to prove they were a better human all they need do was walk down the street and help the family that has to ration the few slices of bread that they have for the week to accompany what ever small morsels to go with it. It doesn't even have to be food, what about cloths or a small donation to help them pay the bills? When we look at our neighbors or even other relative we only see a competition, a chance to prove we can get better or do better then them. We have no trust in each other or ourselves, only the images of who we or others want us to be. Its a terrible thing that in today's world we have to hide, destroy, forget ,deny, or sell the very thing that once gave us power and freedom in order to fit into others idea of what is right or what should be. We are so consumed with greed that we forget what really matters. Perhaps the only thing we need is to learn what that is and how to preserve that. Grapes of Wrath like so many other books so close to the truth out there has been despised by many and left in the dust like many of our own values. Perhaps if more people read it we could all see what really matters and perhaps restore innocence long lost to the rush of greed.

present president review

"Grasping for peace, President Barack Obama on Thursday challenged a pessimistic world to overcome decades of shattered promises and help Israelis and Palestinians close a historic deal within a year. "This time will be different," he declared."   

 

 Whoa, wait it sounds like he's saying there's going to be a change, like he's going to make a change. Now I'm not sure about you guys but but last time he promised change and delivered it i wanted to mail it right back to him and now he's calling us pessimistic man does he even watch The Colbert Report? Of course we're pessimistic, look at how screwed over we are, which really it isn't even all his fault we've been screwed since Clinton. However him throwing all that money at companies like GM and Chrysler that cant afford to do things correctly the first or even second time is ridiculous, if a company is going under because it pays their executives enough to be able to buy a jet and pay to send them to resorts that for one night costs more then most middle class members will see in one year. To top it all off he decided to support the bums who sit at home claiming to be illiterate or disabled and unable to work, popping out children every few months. (Keep in mind I'm not bashing the families who truly try by working at a break neck pace with two three or even four jobs just to pay the bills, buy groceries and cloth the youngsters.)

Even after twenty months in office, Obama no longer made a point of breaking away from George W. Bush and embracing the multilateral approach of the United Nations. The record of the White House is now his to defend ( Lord help us all ) and he did so, particularly U.S. efforts to avoid a global economic catastrophe.

His hand bobbed in time with his words as if he were trying to beat the idea into someone or everyone's skull, the lights glaring off his smooth ebony head as he verbally shook his all mighty smiting finger, the block and white hounds of secret service following his every move, for how Russia, China, and North Korea were "Repressing their people" (Like we don't?). With Mideast peace talks seemingly on the brink of collapse, Obama took on skeptics directly.  He challenged Israelis and Palestinians to make amends, supporters on both sides backing him instead of useless words and  grim painted pictures of what will surely happen if all efforts are consigned to the growing list of failed attempts.

That's us, The U.S the great pessimistic sanctimonious bully of the planet earth for you. Tell everyone to cheer up then pour all that hope down the drain watching it slowly slip away. Wow, I give the performance a three, the over all theme a six and the his consistency of saying one thing while in turn doing another a solid eight. Lets hear a hand for the amazing shrinking man.

Selling It

Kate Gosselin, Nadya Suleman, the Duggers. these are just some of the people that sell themselves, their family and most disturbingly their children. reality T.V disgusts me.they cant get an actual job in the real world not because of the economy but because they've no real talent. if they were taken off the tv stations pay roll and the government assistance they receive they'd be dead in a month, they're leeching off of our checks and relying on our honest days work to get them through. if you cant pay for you and you're family to survive then try not to have so many children. i understand that yeah some families still cant stay afloat no matter what, both of my parents had two jobs when i was a kid, there was just me my sister and them and they worked hard to make what little they could and they still had to have help. that is acceptable however people like them and the people that pop out children so that they can sit on their buts all day long and receive government assistance and not work shouldn't be allowed to. you are not disabled if you can walk, you are not disable if you can drive, and you certainly aren't disabled if you can go fishing every day. you are only disabled if you're missing a limb or are mentally a vegetable if you are neither then you need to get back to work and stop selling it. youre stealing from mine and every other decent human being that works for a livings pay check. STOP BEING A LEECH.

6-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed, Arrested For Tantrum At School?

I sure many of you have heard or read about this but i feel it needs to be covered.

"The family of a 6-year-old is demanding change at their local police department in Georgia after their girl was handcuffed after she threw a tantrum.
Salecia Johnson is a kindergartner at Creekside Elementary in Milledgeville, Georgia.
She was apparently tearing items off the walls and throwing furniture during an outburst last Friday.
The school called the police.
When an officer arrived, he said he tried to calm the girl but she wouldn’t settle down.
So, he cuffed her and took her down to the station.
The girl’s aunt, Candace Ruff, was shocked by the little girl’s arrest. “She may have misbehaved, but I don’t think that she actually misbehaved to the point that she should have been handcuffed and taken downtown to the police department,” she said.
Police charged the girl with simple assault.
The chief of police said it’s department policy to transport any suspect to the station in handcuffs regardless of age."  Writes powerbuzz.org  .

First off this wouldn't have happened if we still had corporal punishment or if the parents had properly disciplined her. when i was that age not a single child in my class thought to behave like this because we were all afraid we would either get paddlings from the principle or that our parents would rip us a new one. the kid threw a major hissy fit and from the sounds of it got violent that being said it can be assumed she was seen as a threat to the other students and since teachers aren't allowed to even look crossways at a kid these days, something had to be done and frankly i think this was one of the better choices. you put a kid in jail itll usually scare them straight real quickly and if it doesnt youll know right off to keep an eye on that one cause theyll most likely be trouble later on.

the thing that really aggravates me is that children get away with so much these days and theres no way a good parent can actually discipline their child without worrying that some overzealous DHS worker with mommy/daddy issues is going to come whisk them off to some far off home. there is a BIG differance between beating a child and disciplining a child. the problem is is that the people who COULDNT get away with stuff as kids are growing up and trying to give 'freedom' to the younger generation. we may be the land of the free but frankly im tired of seeing things like 10 and 15 year old boys/girls talking about how they are in love with so and so, that theyve had sex or done drugs. Im tired of walking down the street and seeing half naked chicks thatre on the verge of skin cancer.  im tired of trying to play a game where its rated m and there are 6 year olds playing it killing and stuff... its ridiculous, what happened to making them work? teaching them proper manners or morals? or did we throw that stuff away after WWII?