Thursday, December 3, 2009
12/2/209 rants
I sat the other day and listen to president Obama talk about sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanastan. It breaks my heart. my nephew is in the military and so is his new wife. His wife is an OR nurse and she is being deployed to Iraq for a year in January. They have been married less than four months. I also listened this morning and they were having a summit at the White House about how to get people back to work. I don't know if it just me but what is wrong with this picture??? We are going to send more troops to countries that don't want us there and spend billions of dollars and yet here in the United States (our own country) the unemployment rate is at 10.2%. I can't understand where the government logic is. Why not spend the billions for the war in our own country. I understand there are alot of oppressed countries out there. I married into a military family but when I got to the bus stop every morning and 6 of my closest neighbors including myself are still without work. We have all been looking but not 1 in 6 can find a job, We all come from different backgrounds too. It is scary. I wish this country would get its head out of its own hind parts and start taking care of its own people before we keep invading other countries and going into debt more and more and more. I really feel bad for families out there. I have been blessed enough to at least have my fiance still working and I am able to collect unemployment but eventually that will all come to an end. I wish everyone in class good luck this holiday season and hopefully we can all look toward a better future and year in 2010.
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Hi Lisa,
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is where is all the money going to come from that is needed for these other troops? How dry can they possibly squeezze us?
Hey Lisa!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your rants! You have the courage to write about things that, I know for myself, am too shy to talk about. I heard on a radio station, an interesting thought as to why all of this is happening. I'm inclined to think they are correct. What was said, is that the government, and its powers, are going to drain us all so dry, that the only way out will be to follow what they say. There will be no more democracy. Obama was right in only one thing. He will bring "change", but the one thing that wasn't asked or clarified, was what exact change will he bring about. Now we know. I am very nervous and yet excited, because I am a follower of Jesus. All of this has been written in the Bible, and it just means we are closer then ever before to the 2nd coming of our Lord. 1 Thessalonians:4 15 - 18 gives me the comfort, that He will return and we will never have to suffer again. I hope you don't mind that I wrote this, I just felt the need to write it.
Hi Lisa, great post. I agree with you and have been wondering that same thing for a long time. I don't understand how there are all of these people sending money to take care of other countries with starving people and yet our streets are full of starving people. There are over 200 homeless children just here in my area of Idaho and yet people seem to care more about animals, than they do people.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with all of you. We need to take care of our country first and let others figure out how to do it on their own. It is kind of funny that when other countries need help, we help them, but when our country needs help, no one is there to help us out. I'm lucky to have the job that I have, but I must say that I will not be working for the next 2wks because there is no work. It makes it hard to pay the bills and buy xmas gifts for my kids when I am the only one working. I hope there is change(for the better) next year and that our country can come out on top once again.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you also. As a Christian nation or a decent nation, we should help our fellow man but not at the expense of our people.
ReplyDeleteHe is talking about spending more money to create jobs. He spent a fortune that our kids will have to pay back to the government and there is still no jobs. I hope things get better for you.