I no longer watch any news on tv. It seems the election has already happened and Barack Obama will be our next president. I'm wondering just how many people will actually vote? I haven't heard any news reporter give any news that wasn't leaning towards Obama. If I was teaching in a High School and I even mentioned His name or McCain, I would loose my job and possibly my teaching license. Yet the liberal news media goes into millions of households and schools and businesses and are given an unlimited access to their own propaganda.
Yes, I think our nation needs a change. Yes, I think most of our lawmakers in Washington have their own agendas. Yes, I think we are in severe financial difficulties. Yes, I sure KNOW our educational system in this country is in need of a revamping. Yes, I REALLY do know what it's like to be in the military system. Yes, I don't have adequate health coverage. And yes, I've lost my job in the past 3 years.
BUT... one person CAN make a change that will effect a nation! Why don't we have laws that limit terms that our Representatives can hold in Washington? Who's really responsible for the bank failures??? People living way beyond their means... did President Bush go with them to sign their loan papers for homes they knew they couldn't afford and put a gun to their head? People blame him for all the problems because it's the modern American Way... blame everyone else, don't accept responsibility for our actions... "the devil made me do it"... all of these came out of philosophies that I grew up with... another... "don't worry, be happy" well, now all those things are coming back to haunt America... and the bad thing is that due to the actions or choices of a few, we are all going to pay... this is one of the main goals I had as a preschool teacher... "OUR
CHOICES EFFECT OTHERS!!!"
I'm sorry, but the other day I saw a talk show on which they had a couple in which the wife had just lost her job. The host of the show introduced them to someone who was going to help them through their struggle. The host also said "these are people just like so many Americans today" Well, I turned it off when they said that this couple now had to live on $8,000 a MONTH!!!! WOW!!! I would dare say, that I don't know anyONE who makes that nor have I ever known anyone like that and I was a profession making top dollar in my own profession with 2 degrees!!! I'm sorry, but I just don't feel sorry for those people. I know, on the other hand, MANY MANY people who make just a little over that in a YEAR HERE IN AMERICA!!!! Now, those are the people I feel for... they are hard working... live paycheck to paycheck and cry at night because they can NOT give their children some of the basics in life. These are the ones who make too much for help and make too little to survive. Some of these people are the most proud of our land. You probably wouldn't know it if you saw them... their the ones who don't take charity, they don't let their neighbors know what's going on in their lives... many may not even tell their own families. These are the people I feel for and try to help with what we've been blessed with.
Well, I didn't mean to go on and on like that, but sometimes just writing my feelings out seems to relieve my own stress. I haven't given up hope yet, I will continue to pray that God will intervene. May He look beyond our humanness and have mercy and grace on us and may we turn our hearts toward him for he is the only true answer to our problems. May we not find ourselves in this situation a few years from now....
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