Look Around You Part 1

Well, this is my first one in a while. Sorry that I have neglected to keep this ball rolling but don't worry, I got a lot on my mind. Recently, the Thanksgiving holiday came and went. Families all around the country joined together and ate and gave thanks, even if there's tension at the table. And it seems like there's tension everywhere, because once again another Thanksgiving has gone by with U.S. troops still in Iraq, It really must be hard being away from your family and having to worry about ambush attacks on a holiday like this. God Bless you all. And the war is starting to show in the economy. The gas prices keep going up and oil is almost $100 per barrel and when the year started it was at around $60, the dollar is weakening as a currency, and the Patriots keep cheating...um disregard that last part. But there needs to be a change and there needs to be a change fast. When you look around you, what do you see? You might already be used to what you are seeing so you might not say much. But what I see, is self-destruction. Everything being purchased is helping foreign markets when we can't even help our own. The poor and middle-class want to "keep up with the Joneses" so they buy, excuse me, lease cars that dig themselves into debt. At the same time the taxes they pay go to everything from bureaucrats and politician's long vacations in the Caribbean for weeks to digging for evidence to convict Barry Bonds on steroids. So we continue to buy imported cars and electronics, people in those domestic industries in America lose their jobs, foreclosures go up, houses don't get sold and yet we care so much about what's the latest with Britney Spears. Nobody can even afford to save money anymore, it's like a trap. I'll keep this one going in Part Two, so till next time.