When are we going to wake up America? Open your eyes as wide as they will go. Clear you ears and take a look around. What do you see? The same wonderful country that you woke up to last month, last year and yesterday.
If you listen to the politicians in Washington you'll hear different. If you read your paper (if you still get one) or watch TV, the big news is that we are in a financial crisis. Congress is staying late and eating in because they are working so hard to get us out of this mess. Are they tyring to cut spending to free up money to make these loans? No. Are they trying to cut the amount needed so we don't risk as much? No. What they really are doing is trying to come up with the best sales plan to convince the regular person that we need to do this.
Bill Clinton was stumping for Obama and stated himself that Congress didn't "sell" the plan good enough. What is there to sell? If Slick Willie needs to be out trying to convince us that this is good, I'm even more reluctant. Anything that can't stand on it's own merrits shouldn't go forward. I think we're all smart enough to understand what happened and what is going on. I don't need to be "sold" on anything. Is that what our elections are all about? Trying to sell people on things that they can't see with their own two eyes?
Why are most Americans against this bill? The main reason is that we don't feel the money pinch yet. The investors are losing big time. When the rich lose money, the little guy feels a little better. He feels like their is justice in this world. He feels like somebody got what they deserve. Also, the little guy feels important. He feels like someone is actually listening to him.
But why doesn't the President just make an executive order? Why doesn't Congress just pass a bill without regard to what the people want, after all, they do this everyday? It's because this still might not work. It's because they want us all to be in agreement because nobody knows if this is going to work. It's so no one can get a finger pointed at them when things go wrong.
Wake up America. See what is going on. Ask questions. Pay attention. Understand that the people who run the business of America don't have a clue. If they did, we wouldn't be here. Our leaders are afraid of making the wrong decision. They are so worried that what they do will lose the election next month. That's not leadership, that's our political two party system. That's poll watching. That's a con, a scheme, bait and switch. Wake up America, or you will have something in the driveway that you can't afford and don't want.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Keep Your Money
Here is my great idea to help us all out. At the same time we can send a strong message to the credit dealer out there.
Do not pay any credit card bills for the month of October. Don't pay your car loans, furniture loans, or anything else but your mortgage. Keep the money in your pocket. It will feel good for a change. Let the credit companies feel what it's like to be on a cash crunch. Let them worry about putting food on the table. If we all did this together, we could all send a powerfull message.
Then in Novemeber, Don't pay your mortgage payment. Call your mortgage company and complain that you can't afford it. They can't afford to loose any more loans to foreclosure. They will beg you to let them restructure your loan. They might even forgive a few grand. It won't hurt us the consumer. Missing one payment won't affect your credit score. But it will make it hard for those companies to make payroll. Let them try to borrow money to pay their bills.
What will you do with your extra $500 this month? Buy something nice? What ever you do, please buy American!
Do not pay any credit card bills for the month of October. Don't pay your car loans, furniture loans, or anything else but your mortgage. Keep the money in your pocket. It will feel good for a change. Let the credit companies feel what it's like to be on a cash crunch. Let them worry about putting food on the table. If we all did this together, we could all send a powerfull message.
Then in Novemeber, Don't pay your mortgage payment. Call your mortgage company and complain that you can't afford it. They can't afford to loose any more loans to foreclosure. They will beg you to let them restructure your loan. They might even forgive a few grand. It won't hurt us the consumer. Missing one payment won't affect your credit score. But it will make it hard for those companies to make payroll. Let them try to borrow money to pay their bills.
What will you do with your extra $500 this month? Buy something nice? What ever you do, please buy American!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
How Does Your Family Spend Sunday?
When I was a young boy, my family most always started our Sunday by getting up for Sunday school, and then church. Afterwards, we would grab a bite to eat and then head home, as long as nobody was having special family gathering at a relatives house. We would then try to have some type of relaxed family activity. This could be as simple as watching a baseball or football game. It could include board games, cards, playing outside, or just hanging out together. I don't remember anyone having to work on Sunday, and I don't remember going to any stores to buy anything, except for a meal.
When I became a teenager, it was a struggle to get me and my brothers to church. We had our own agenda and thought we knew what was best for us. We didn't understand why we needed to go to Sunday school. We were intelligent and thought we knew everything. Our time was valuable. We wanted to sleep in, then get up and watch Tarzan, and eat a stack of pancakes. The goal was to be out of the house before Mom got home from church. My parents had divorced and we didn't have that same family togetherness. My Mom spent more time in church and in prayer because times were tough. She made eight dollars an hour as a nurse. She had three sons to raise and buy clothes for. Mr being the youngest, I was getting the hand me downs. I tried to grow as fast as possible, so I no longer had my brother's old clothes. By the time I was fourteen, I had accomplished this. Finally I could get new clothes.
I had two pairs of jeans to get me through a week. For Christmas I got clothes and was thankful. For my birthday, my Aunt made me curtains for my bedroom and I was thankful. I had worked at some form since I was eight years old. I would cut the neighbors grass, wash cars, and in the winter, shovel snow. I was paid a dollar here, and two there. I was very thankful to get it. This is how I bought new shoes. This is how I bought records. This is how I bought my baseball cards. One pack at a time, not boxes and cases at a time. We actually chewed the gum that came with them. The paper route gave me the greatest income.
At age twelve I started volunteering at the nursing home my Mom worker at. I worked in the maintenance department and learned how to fix everything. I volunteered three hundred hours for two years in a row. The third year, when I turned fourteen, they hired me for the summer and on weekends during school. I was paid five dollars an hour. I was really earning good money. My dreams of playing pro baseball or football were always going to be just that, dreams.
When I was fifteen, I saved up enough money to buy myself a car. A nineteen seventy one Pontiac Le Mans Sport. I worked on that car for nine months to get it ready for when I got my driver's license. I kept working, paying my own car insurance and gas. I could fix anything in my house and I could rebuild just about anything on my car. I was sixteen.
How many kids can you say do these things today? I didn't have a video game, it wasn't a necessity. I didn't have two hundred fifty channels of television to watch. I worked hard for everything. I knew how to do more things than some of my friends and their parents could do. Where is that today? I didn't grow up in the thirties or fifties. This was the seventies and eighties. Those years taught me allot. I couldn't wait to have my own family because I missed those family times. I missed the togetherness we had. Kids now a days would rather stay in their room. They have their own television, computer, Ipod, and whatever else. They like their privacy and must have their own bedroom and bathroom. How are they going to be prepared for their future?
I wanted my kids to have more things than I had. I wanted them to focus on school and their dreams more than I could. I didn't want them to have to work to buy clothes. But how will they learn if they don't have to? Where will the work ethic come from? Will they really understand where our country came from and what principles our founding father's had to make this the best place in the world to live? Or will they take everything for granted and think that everything should just be given to them? This is the balance we try to keep. How to give our kids the ideals and principles to make our country the best. To achieve through hard work and not handouts.
How is your life different today for your kids, than it was for you? How do you teach your sons and daughters, but still give them what they need to succeed? Are you raising givers or takers? Are you raising good Americans who will take our country into the next fifty years and beyond? Do they have the fear of God and know the love of Jesus? Do they have any kind of spiritual background to keep their faith grounded? Is their a closeness with family that keeps the bonds of love strong no matter what? Do they know unconditional love? Do you still gather around the table for Sunday dinner? How do you spend your Sundays?
When I became a teenager, it was a struggle to get me and my brothers to church. We had our own agenda and thought we knew what was best for us. We didn't understand why we needed to go to Sunday school. We were intelligent and thought we knew everything. Our time was valuable. We wanted to sleep in, then get up and watch Tarzan, and eat a stack of pancakes. The goal was to be out of the house before Mom got home from church. My parents had divorced and we didn't have that same family togetherness. My Mom spent more time in church and in prayer because times were tough. She made eight dollars an hour as a nurse. She had three sons to raise and buy clothes for. Mr being the youngest, I was getting the hand me downs. I tried to grow as fast as possible, so I no longer had my brother's old clothes. By the time I was fourteen, I had accomplished this. Finally I could get new clothes.
I had two pairs of jeans to get me through a week. For Christmas I got clothes and was thankful. For my birthday, my Aunt made me curtains for my bedroom and I was thankful. I had worked at some form since I was eight years old. I would cut the neighbors grass, wash cars, and in the winter, shovel snow. I was paid a dollar here, and two there. I was very thankful to get it. This is how I bought new shoes. This is how I bought records. This is how I bought my baseball cards. One pack at a time, not boxes and cases at a time. We actually chewed the gum that came with them. The paper route gave me the greatest income.
At age twelve I started volunteering at the nursing home my Mom worker at. I worked in the maintenance department and learned how to fix everything. I volunteered three hundred hours for two years in a row. The third year, when I turned fourteen, they hired me for the summer and on weekends during school. I was paid five dollars an hour. I was really earning good money. My dreams of playing pro baseball or football were always going to be just that, dreams.
When I was fifteen, I saved up enough money to buy myself a car. A nineteen seventy one Pontiac Le Mans Sport. I worked on that car for nine months to get it ready for when I got my driver's license. I kept working, paying my own car insurance and gas. I could fix anything in my house and I could rebuild just about anything on my car. I was sixteen.
How many kids can you say do these things today? I didn't have a video game, it wasn't a necessity. I didn't have two hundred fifty channels of television to watch. I worked hard for everything. I knew how to do more things than some of my friends and their parents could do. Where is that today? I didn't grow up in the thirties or fifties. This was the seventies and eighties. Those years taught me allot. I couldn't wait to have my own family because I missed those family times. I missed the togetherness we had. Kids now a days would rather stay in their room. They have their own television, computer, Ipod, and whatever else. They like their privacy and must have their own bedroom and bathroom. How are they going to be prepared for their future?
I wanted my kids to have more things than I had. I wanted them to focus on school and their dreams more than I could. I didn't want them to have to work to buy clothes. But how will they learn if they don't have to? Where will the work ethic come from? Will they really understand where our country came from and what principles our founding father's had to make this the best place in the world to live? Or will they take everything for granted and think that everything should just be given to them? This is the balance we try to keep. How to give our kids the ideals and principles to make our country the best. To achieve through hard work and not handouts.
How is your life different today for your kids, than it was for you? How do you teach your sons and daughters, but still give them what they need to succeed? Are you raising givers or takers? Are you raising good Americans who will take our country into the next fifty years and beyond? Do they have the fear of God and know the love of Jesus? Do they have any kind of spiritual background to keep their faith grounded? Is their a closeness with family that keeps the bonds of love strong no matter what? Do they know unconditional love? Do you still gather around the table for Sunday dinner? How do you spend your Sundays?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Crime in Mardela Springs
On Tuesday, September 16th, the residence of Mardela Springs woke up to vandilism and burgulary. The town hall, ballpark and other sites were painted with graffiti, vulgar language, and racial slurs. People had things stolen, cars were broken into and a small fire was set, burning flags that were stolen from area homeowners.
This type of criminal activity is not just happening in Mardela. It's been popping up all over the shore. Theft from cars, home burgulary, and vandilism is showing it's ugly face all over. If you have any information, please contact your local police agency. Somebody has to see something. Any piece of evidence is important. The people doing this need to be caught. Do you want to be the next victim?
Recently a member of my church had their home robbed. They took all their jewelry. Fortunately, most of it was recovered from pawn shops. Don't think this can't happen to you.
My cousin was home during the day taking a nap (she works nights) when she heard a loud knock on her door. She didn't respond right away, but them it sounded like the person was trying to open her door. She quickly jumped up and opened the door on the person. The gentleman said that he was trying to check up on some of his customers locally, like the hardware store. He had no reason to be at this address. She closed the door on him and called the hardware store for verification. While doing this, The man left huridly. The hardware store said they didn't have anyone like that in the area. She then called the police to give the following info about this person.
Black male, middle aged. Driving a champaign colored Chevy Trailblazer with Virgina plates. The partial plate started with II or 11. There was also a phone number listed on the side of the back glass, like advertising a business. This is probably just a decoy to make neighbors think that a business is at their neighbors house. Please share this with everyone you know.
We need to catch these people that are preying on our community. The sherriff and other law enforcement need your help. Lock all your doors at night, including your vehicles. Don't leave anything of value in plain sight. Turn outside lights on at night. Write down tags or take pictures with your phone of anything suspicious.
This type of criminal activity is not just happening in Mardela. It's been popping up all over the shore. Theft from cars, home burgulary, and vandilism is showing it's ugly face all over. If you have any information, please contact your local police agency. Somebody has to see something. Any piece of evidence is important. The people doing this need to be caught. Do you want to be the next victim?
Recently a member of my church had their home robbed. They took all their jewelry. Fortunately, most of it was recovered from pawn shops. Don't think this can't happen to you.
My cousin was home during the day taking a nap (she works nights) when she heard a loud knock on her door. She didn't respond right away, but them it sounded like the person was trying to open her door. She quickly jumped up and opened the door on the person. The gentleman said that he was trying to check up on some of his customers locally, like the hardware store. He had no reason to be at this address. She closed the door on him and called the hardware store for verification. While doing this, The man left huridly. The hardware store said they didn't have anyone like that in the area. She then called the police to give the following info about this person.
Black male, middle aged. Driving a champaign colored Chevy Trailblazer with Virgina plates. The partial plate started with II or 11. There was also a phone number listed on the side of the back glass, like advertising a business. This is probably just a decoy to make neighbors think that a business is at their neighbors house. Please share this with everyone you know.
We need to catch these people that are preying on our community. The sherriff and other law enforcement need your help. Lock all your doors at night, including your vehicles. Don't leave anything of value in plain sight. Turn outside lights on at night. Write down tags or take pictures with your phone of anything suspicious.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Financial Crisis
Today was a bad day for Wall Street. But was it a bad day for America? Everyone wants to jump on the President for the downturn in our economy, but where were these people for the previous seven years when everything was going up, up , and up?
The laws of physics states that whatever goes up, must come down. We have set record after record, unemployment was at an all time low, home buying was high, and people were fat and happy. Now that things are stumbling a little bit, we are crying woe is me! Are we really that bad off? Are the economic numbers that we measure our economy really that far below what they should be?
I think we are doing just fine. People are working, Nobody is lining up for government handouts. Did some businesses fail? Of course. But they fail everyday. Mis-management is not the fault of the government. Greed will never be rewarded. And where is Congress? They have the ultimate responsibility for our economy. They need to manage the regulation.
The laws of physics states that whatever goes up, must come down. We have set record after record, unemployment was at an all time low, home buying was high, and people were fat and happy. Now that things are stumbling a little bit, we are crying woe is me! Are we really that bad off? Are the economic numbers that we measure our economy really that far below what they should be?
I think we are doing just fine. People are working, Nobody is lining up for government handouts. Did some businesses fail? Of course. But they fail everyday. Mis-management is not the fault of the government. Greed will never be rewarded. And where is Congress? They have the ultimate responsibility for our economy. They need to manage the regulation.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Gas Prices
How much has the price of a gallon of gas affected our daily lives? Do you car pool? Do you stay home more? Did you skip a vacation? Trade that big SUV or Truck for a compact?
I think we were spoiled after the 1st gulf war because gas prices stayed around $1 a gallon for TEN years! That's incredible for anything not to go up in price for that long. However, the war has to be paid for somehow. What most people don't understand is that by raising fuel prices, the taxes that are generated into income for the US is remarkable. The war costs billions. We are paying for 2 wars and still we go out to ballgames, buy our video games, our kids wear $60-$100 shoes. Is our money tighter? Yes. Are we really on hard times? No.
I think we were spoiled after the 1st gulf war because gas prices stayed around $1 a gallon for TEN years! That's incredible for anything not to go up in price for that long. However, the war has to be paid for somehow. What most people don't understand is that by raising fuel prices, the taxes that are generated into income for the US is remarkable. The war costs billions. We are paying for 2 wars and still we go out to ballgames, buy our video games, our kids wear $60-$100 shoes. Is our money tighter? Yes. Are we really on hard times? No.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Religion and Government
There is much debate about the seperation of church and state. What does this mean to you? Our country was founded by mostly Christian people and their relious beliefs are the backbone of our constitution. They put God on our money as well as many other places.
Today we see a backsliding away from the values that made our country the great nation it is. Different faiths or the lack of, try to influence our law makers to all but remove the thought of religion from any governement institution, including court houses, schools, and so on.
If you want to keep our christian faith mixed into our goverment, how do we do this?
Today we see a backsliding away from the values that made our country the great nation it is. Different faiths or the lack of, try to influence our law makers to all but remove the thought of religion from any governement institution, including court houses, schools, and so on.
If you want to keep our christian faith mixed into our goverment, how do we do this?
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