To Hell in a Handbasket!
Today was Awful…after the bird situation.
Hubby had to work at home today, so after our early morning hike, I took the dog and headed over to a coffee house to drink a double-tall-nonfact-peppermint mocha, no whip, extra foam. The dog ordered a mini-vanilla scone.
Anyway, I’m sitting there near a guy who looked neat enough. He wore faded blue jeans, a nice dark green sweater and running shoes. He was well-built, attractive, around my husband’s age and he asked me about my little laptop. Then ensued a long discussion about how I can repair my old laptop with the fried hard-drive, a computer which I much preferred. I figured he was somebody who’d made a killing in the tech industry back in the day and now he had retired early and he could sit, drinking coffee and reading library books to his heart’s content. But no…
He was in the tech industry and he was hired by a New York company two and a half years ago. He and his wife moved out East, bought a home, and all was hunky dory. Six months later, he was laid off. They managed to sell their house, but he couldn’t find another job. They moved back here, to California, moved in with his mother-in-law, and then his wife got sick with a chronic illness that is going to kill her pretty soon and they don’t have health insurance. He voted for Obama and now he’s scared to death that between looming deficits, the unemployment figures, the decrease in consumer confidence and the outsourcing of manufacturing, this country is headed to hell in a handbasket.
Yeah, no fuckin’ shit. After reading Sunday’s New York Times, I’m just as scared. I tossed and turned all night, wondering what the hell we are going to do - as a nation - and I don’t think Democrats and Republicans screaming at each other and pointing fingers is any solution. I made the mistake of listening to Tim Pawlenty on Meet the Press, a show I never watch, and all I could think was - because basically he said nothing of substance - if this guy becomes president, he’s going to make me go to church - I’m Jewish - and ask me whether I believe in God or not - and that’s none of his damn business! And didn’t that bridge fall down because his tax cuts gutted Minnesota’s infrastructure??? What is going to happen to my children and their children? Guess we’ll be moving to Costa Rica, Canada or Scotland because the tolerance factor in America is dropping precipitously.
I listen to the political pundits and instead of offering solutions to the myriad problems facing us, they dish out hatred and blame and name-calling. Gee, how constructive. While the politicos are busy insulting each other, this guy’s wife is dying because they don’t have any health insurance, two of my three kids can’t find jobs, my divorced sister and my divorced cousin - both dedicated teachers, are out of work and will probably have to move in with me, half the people living on my court are unemployed or under-employed, houses are in foreclosure - including my cousin’s. Really, America, this sucks. This fuckin’ sucks. Maybe we should just outsource our government.
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February 24th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Ugh. Pawlenty’s our governor and he’s an ass.
February 24th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I would just like to say that President Obama didn’t create the mess that our country is in and it seems like the politicos are opposed to anything that he suggests or tries to do.
February 24th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Dana, I agree. I am in his corner. He ain’t broke, but I’m beginning to think our system is, especially the Republican Party - is the concept of a moderate Republican an oxymoron? My father is a life-long Republican and he cannot believe what has happened to his party. He voted for Obama.
February 25th, 2010 at 3:32 am
We outsource everything else, why not our government! I work in IT and it’s all going to India, Brazil and anywhere they can get cheap labor. Why not keep it here, our people need the jobs and money.
February 25th, 2010 at 6:25 am
you put up the help wanted sign just as a refresher so we remember what that looks like right?
February 25th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Amber - I was not serious - I do agree with you! I recently had an IT problem that kept being outsourced to India and, I think, the Philippines, and after two days - six hours each day of nobody understanding my issue, let alone what I was saying, I called ATT and demanded that they give me to an American tech. He took care of the problem - took him three hours, but he figured it out. The outsourced people couldn’t understand my questions or my issue to begin with! There are so many Americans out of work - including my kids - that the companies who outsource could simply train and pay competent young people like my kids to take these calls!
February 25th, 2010 at 8:13 am
Jennifer - Wishful thinking!