On November 18th my world changed. I stopped by Mom's on the way to work and I knew she wasn't getting any better from the day before. I made sure that she had her phone and was comfortable and covered up to stay warm. A couple hours later I tried to call and it went to voicemail, so I decided to leave work and check on her. When I got there she was worse than the first time I stopped by that day. I called the doctor and we made the decision to go to the hospital. As I tried getting her ready and calling people to let them know, she kept losing strength. I called 911 and before I got off the phone she was already in heaven.
For the next few days my sister and I did what was needed to make Mom proud.
I decided that I wanted to speak at the funeral, which is so not me, I can't stand to be in front a lot of people and especially talk. I was very proud of what I wrote and said about my Mom, so this is it:
Mom was a pillar of strength, love and support.
She lived life to the fullest and always made the best out of every situation. She was always happy, smiling and laughing, from the inside out.
Mom was so giving to everyone in every was.
She was not just a friend, but she was the best friend and was alwys there for you no matter what it may be.
Mom was the strongest person that I may ever know and I hope to be half the person she was.
Mom put her heart and soul into whatever it was that she was doing.
She absolutely loved her grandchildren and was so proud of everything they did.
She was a wonderful mother and taught us that no matter what happens in life that God will get you through it.
She was an amazing sister and a special friend to a very special person.
Her unwavering faith is something that I strive to have.
She was such a bright, happy sould that lifted you up just by her smile.
Mom knew what words to say to heal anyhurt and to shine light into anything dark. Mom was an angel on earth and now she is an angel in heaven and her brightlight will shine through us all forever.
This is not good-bye, but only until we meet again and we know that she will be right there waiting with open arms.
We love you Mom and thank you fro all that you have done for all of us and for showing us unconditional never ending love.
No more tears!!"
by: Lisa E. Taylor November 22, 2011
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Government Take-over
There are so many things wrong with how our government has handled the past year. It all comes back to the people in office are on a power trip and are getting more and more power hungry everyday. 1st-there should have NEVER been a bank bailout, guess what you let the first one go down and all of the others will fake it and figure out how to get themselves out of the hole that they have dug for their companies. 2nd-the CEO's of these companies many way too much money, but that is the problem of the people who own the stock, they have a vote and they should use it. No one is worth the money that these people get paid, and how do they justify getting a bonus and the have run the company in the ground and lost millions of dollars. 3rd-the government should not have bailed out GM or Chrysler and they still filed bankruptcy, how smart is that. Now the government wants control of the health care industry. They already dictate the drug companies with the FDA. What makes them think that they can be successful at running the health care reform and they cannot even run Medicare, medicare recipients already have to have supplemental insurance, they have bankrupt Medicaid and Social Security. The government is getting its greedy paws in too much private business. They keep saying health care reform, but is it the health care system or the health insurance industry. They will start with one and then slowly take over the other and then take over all aspects of out lives. Our government's responsibility should be to protect our borders and work in our best interest with the rest of the world, instead of selling us down the river and making everything that we have fought for and what our troops have fought for worthless. There is no respect for the American working people. There should be no free hand-outs. We can be a productive, thriving, self sufficient country if our government would do their job and protect us and support us. We need to support our allies, but we do not need to let anyone own us and dictate to us how we should live.
We need to stop this Government take-over of our private lives before it is too late. We need our country back because all of this new "change" isn't working out too well, it's only putting us deeper in debt and more vulnerable to other countries taking us over. We need to get back to our roots and live by the 10 commandments and the Bible.
We need to stop this Government take-over of our private lives before it is too late. We need our country back because all of this new "change" isn't working out too well, it's only putting us deeper in debt and more vulnerable to other countries taking us over. We need to get back to our roots and live by the 10 commandments and the Bible.
Monday, May 11, 2009
My view on the economy
My view on the economy is that the media needs to keep out of it. To me is seems that the media likes to keep things in an uproar so they like to over-exaggerate things. I'm not saying that things are not bad, but sometimes the media creates chaos. I also feel that our stock market was so overinflated that it had to regulate itself. We could not go at the growth rate that we were without repercussions.
I also think that high executives over-inflated stock prices to make more money. I'm not really seeing a difference between what the executives at Enron did and the top execs of the companies that are failing today did. Personally I feel that these execs stole from their stock holders and their employees, and now they are stealing money from the American people by taking tax payer money and still paying outrageous bonuses to retain these "quality" people that have run the companies in the ground. I have never heard of rewarding a person for not doing there job. If I own a company and an employee doesn't do their job they lose their job, they sure as heck don't get a raise and bonus.
Also, I don't think that the government should have stepped in when they did. If they would have let the first company go down, no other company would have even hinted at the possibility of failing. This is a country of free enterprise, not government controlled companies. Right now the government has too much say so and control over private companies. Also I don't think that to keep throwing money into these companies especially without very strict rules as to what the CEO's can do with the money, which should have been not to pay ANY bonuses, as well as cutting top pay and expenses, not cutting lower jobs, was not a smart idea. The government, although may be well intended, but to me they are going about it backwards. They cannot try to keep the life boat floating with a small band-aid when in fact it needs a full body cast. The way to get our economy growing again is to have more people working, which means to create more jobs, in turn, that means that we as a country needs to actually make products. We cannot be a service country and not make products. If the government wants to give money and incentives to American companies it needs to be for companies that make products in THIS country, not one that imports its products. I think that what we have done to future generations is outrageous.
If you are reading this then you must want to read my thoughts and I hope that you understand why I feel the way that I do. Also help support America and buy American and buy local, if the government can't stimulate our economy then it is up to us as Americans to take our country back and grow it ourselves.
I also think that high executives over-inflated stock prices to make more money. I'm not really seeing a difference between what the executives at Enron did and the top execs of the companies that are failing today did. Personally I feel that these execs stole from their stock holders and their employees, and now they are stealing money from the American people by taking tax payer money and still paying outrageous bonuses to retain these "quality" people that have run the companies in the ground. I have never heard of rewarding a person for not doing there job. If I own a company and an employee doesn't do their job they lose their job, they sure as heck don't get a raise and bonus.
Also, I don't think that the government should have stepped in when they did. If they would have let the first company go down, no other company would have even hinted at the possibility of failing. This is a country of free enterprise, not government controlled companies. Right now the government has too much say so and control over private companies. Also I don't think that to keep throwing money into these companies especially without very strict rules as to what the CEO's can do with the money, which should have been not to pay ANY bonuses, as well as cutting top pay and expenses, not cutting lower jobs, was not a smart idea. The government, although may be well intended, but to me they are going about it backwards. They cannot try to keep the life boat floating with a small band-aid when in fact it needs a full body cast. The way to get our economy growing again is to have more people working, which means to create more jobs, in turn, that means that we as a country needs to actually make products. We cannot be a service country and not make products. If the government wants to give money and incentives to American companies it needs to be for companies that make products in THIS country, not one that imports its products. I think that what we have done to future generations is outrageous.
If you are reading this then you must want to read my thoughts and I hope that you understand why I feel the way that I do. Also help support America and buy American and buy local, if the government can't stimulate our economy then it is up to us as Americans to take our country back and grow it ourselves.
Friday, October 3, 2008
OK HERE IS MY TAKE ON A MAJOR PART OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS AND TOO MANY COMPANIES STILL LEAVING. IN THE SMALL TOWN I WORK IN ONE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS IS CLOSING AND 175 PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK. WELL GUESS WHAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PAYING TAXES, WHICH I THINK IS HIGHWAY ROBBERY ANYWAYS. WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT LAVE BEEN "LAID-OFF"-MEANING COMPANIES WENT OVERSEAS TO MAKE MORE PROFIT OFF OF THOSE WHO HELPED THE COMPANY GROW AND THRIVE, YET GUESS WHAT THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY THESE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THE GREEDY HIGHER UP'S PUT THEM OUT OF WORK. IF WE STOP IMPORTING THE THINGS THAT COULD BE MADE IN THIS COUNTRY AND PUT AMERICAN'S BACK TO WORK, GUESS WHAT THAT WOULD CREATE REVENUE AND MORE TAXES WOULD BE PAID, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY PAY OFF THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT AND THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. I ALSO DO NOT THINK THATCEO'S SHOULD MAKE THE MILLIONS THAT THEY DO AND GET SEVERANCE PACKAGES THAT ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE COST OF A SMALL COUNTRY. IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE THAT THE MORE THE CEO MAKES THE WORSE OFF THE COMPANY IS, I WONDER WHY? THE HIGHER-UPS ARE THE ONES RUINING THE COMPANIES THAT WERE ONCE THRIVING AND A VIABLE PART OF THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE SO GREEDY THAT THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF 100'S OF PEOPLE LOSING NOT ONLY THEIR JOBS, BUT ALSO IN MANY CASES THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO HAVE.
ALSO PERSONALLY I THINK THAT GOVERNMENT IS GETTING THEIR HANDS IN TOO MUCH OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHICH BEFORE LONG THEY WILL BE IN EVERYTHING AND THERE GOES FREE ENTERPRISE AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
ALSO, WITH THE AVERAGE SALARY IN THE US BEING AROUND 36000, WHICH I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS CRAZY THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE MAKING OVER 160,000 PER YEAR, PLUS HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENIFITS. I'M SORRY BUT I THINK THEY NEED A PAY CUT. ALSO I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO VOTE THEMSELVES A PAY RAISE OR GET LIFETIME BENIFITS.
THE WELFARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED. I KNOW PEOPLE NEED HELP, BUT THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND ON YOUR OWN AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TOO RELIANT ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, BUT IF WE BROUGHT JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS AND PUT PEOPLE TO WORK THEN THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE HELP.
IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO DEVELOPE OTHER NATIONS BY BANKRUPTING OUR OWN. I KNOW THAT PROBABLE SOUNDS COLD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE HEADED. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE ALL I HERAD WAS THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS THE NEW WAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING, IN THEROY MAYBE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SELL, NO GOODS AT ALL THE ECONOMY CANNOT SURVIVE. YOU CANNOT IMPORT MORE THAN YOU EXPORT AND REMAIN A STRONG NATION AND A SUCCESSFUL NATION. BUT WHAT GETS EVEN WORSE IS THAT WE ARE IMPORTING OUR SERVICE WORK ALSO, IT IS REDICULIOUS THAT A CALL CENTER FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY WITH A CALL MADE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT ANSWERED IN THE US. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT, BUT COULD CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND MAKE WASHINGTON LISTEN, WE NEED TO BRING JOBS BACK HOME.
ALSO PERSONALLY I THINK THAT GOVERNMENT IS GETTING THEIR HANDS IN TOO MUCH OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WHICH BEFORE LONG THEY WILL BE IN EVERYTHING AND THERE GOES FREE ENTERPRISE AND OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
ALSO, WITH THE AVERAGE SALARY IN THE US BEING AROUND 36000, WHICH I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS CRAZY THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE MAKING OVER 160,000 PER YEAR, PLUS HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENIFITS. I'M SORRY BUT I THINK THEY NEED A PAY CUT. ALSO I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO VOTE THEMSELVES A PAY RAISE OR GET LIFETIME BENIFITS.
THE WELFARE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED. I KNOW PEOPLE NEED HELP, BUT THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO STAND ON YOUR OWN AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BECOME TOO RELIANT ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, BUT IF WE BROUGHT JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS AND PUT PEOPLE TO WORK THEN THEY WOULDN'T NEED THE HELP.
IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO DEVELOPE OTHER NATIONS BY BANKRUPTING OUR OWN. I KNOW THAT PROBABLE SOUNDS COLD. THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE HEADED. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE ALL I HERAD WAS THAT TECHNOLOGY WAS THE NEW WAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE A LIVING, IN THEROY MAYBE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SELL, NO GOODS AT ALL THE ECONOMY CANNOT SURVIVE. YOU CANNOT IMPORT MORE THAN YOU EXPORT AND REMAIN A STRONG NATION AND A SUCCESSFUL NATION. BUT WHAT GETS EVEN WORSE IS THAT WE ARE IMPORTING OUR SERVICE WORK ALSO, IT IS REDICULIOUS THAT A CALL CENTER FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY WITH A CALL MADE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT ANSWERED IN THE US. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT, BUT COULD CHANGE IN AN INSTANT. EVERYONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND MAKE WASHINGTON LISTEN, WE NEED TO BRING JOBS BACK HOME.
Friday, August 29, 2008
JUSTICE
I SEE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER, WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BOND OUT OF JAIL. IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME THEN THEY SHOULD PAY. A SLAP ON THE WRIST IS FOR A CHILD LEARNING RIGHT FROM WRONG, NOT SOMEONE THAT HAS TAKEN ANOTHER LIFE. THERE IS ONE CHANCE TO BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY AND IF YOU FAIL, THEN USUALLY THERE CAN BE NO REHABILITATION. FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN GANGS THEY GET THEIR THRILLS BY TORTURING AND KILLING. THERE IS A QUICK WAY TO GET RID OF GANGS, PUBLIC EXECUTIONS, AND ACTUALLY PUNISHING THEM FOR THEIR CRIMES. THERE SHOULD BE NO PAROLE, NO LENIENCY, AND NO PRIVILEGES FOR THOSE WHO COMMIT CRIMES. WHAT IS THE JUSTICE WHEN SOMEONE COMMITS A CRIME AND THEY HAVE MORE LUXURIES THAT A HARD WORKING GOOD MEMBER OF SOCIETY. ALSO IF THE MAJORITY OF THE GANGS ARE AS A RESULT OF THE ILLEGALS FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA, THEN GUESS WHAT, CLOSE THE BORDERS AND STOP LETTING THEN INTO OUR COUNTRY. I AM NOT SAYING THAT ALL ILLEGALS ARE GANG BANGERS, THERE ARE THOSE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, BUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEY NEED TO BE RETURNED TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY AND PROSECUTED THERE. THEIR COUNTRY NEEDS TO PAY FOR THEM TO STAY IN JAIL, NOT MY TAX DOLLARS.
OUR LAWS NEED TO BE FOLLOWED AND NOT RE-WRITTEN BECAUSE A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE SAY THAT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM. THERE ARE 10 BASIC LAWS THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THERE IS NO REASON THAT THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED. IF OUR JUDGES THAT WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT US ACTUALLY PROSECUTED THOSE THAT COMMITTED THE CRIMES THEN WE OUR COUNTRY WOULD ACTUALLY BEEN SEEN AS A STRONG COUNTRY, AND NOT A COUNTRY THAT GIVES INTO PRESSURE FROM EVERY GROUP BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES NO MATTER WHAT GROUP THEY COME FROM
OUR LAWS NEED TO BE FOLLOWED AND NOT RE-WRITTEN BECAUSE A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE SAY THAT IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM. THERE ARE 10 BASIC LAWS THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THERE IS NO REASON THAT THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED. IF OUR JUDGES THAT WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT US ACTUALLY PROSECUTED THOSE THAT COMMITTED THE CRIMES THEN WE OUR COUNTRY WOULD ACTUALLY BEEN SEEN AS A STRONG COUNTRY, AND NOT A COUNTRY THAT GIVES INTO PRESSURE FROM EVERY GROUP BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES NO MATTER WHAT GROUP THEY COME FROM
Friday, February 29, 2008
MY BELIEFS, MY THOUGHT, MY CONCERNS, AND MY VIEWS
OK THESE ARE MY BELIEFS, MY THOUGHTS, MY CONCERNS, AND MY VIEWS.
I BELIEVE IN GOD, HE IS THE ALL MIGHTY LOVING GOD.
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AND THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT KNOW THE REASON AT THE TIME.
EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE, EVERYONE HAS A PURPOSE.
I WILL RAISE MY CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH AND TRY TO INSTILL IN THEM THE SAME MORAL UPBRINGING THAT I HAD.
I TRY TO LIVE MY LIFE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT ME AND KNOW THAT I AM A CHRISTIAN.
MY THOUGHTS:
PEOPLE WANT EVERYTHING NOW, YET THINK THAT IT IS OWED TO THEM AND DON'T WANT TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR WHAT THEY HAVE. THERE IS TOO MUCH BLAME PUT ON OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT ENOUGH RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN FOR ACTIONS. IT SEEMS THAT IT IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.
MY CONCERNS:
WITH THE RISING GAS PRICES I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO HELP OUT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO GET THE PRICES LOWERED. I DON'T HERE OF ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TRYING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE.
IT ALSO REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING DONE IN THIS COUNTRY TO BRING JOBS HERE AND RETAIN THE MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT WE HAVE.
ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE IS THAT WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK I SEE A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSES, YET NONE OF THEM ARE EVEN CLOSE TO BEING FULL. WHY IS IT THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN FUEL AND THE DECREASE IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION CAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS NOT GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER AND SEE THAT MAGNET SCHOOLS ARE NOTHING BUT A NEW WAY TO SAY BUSING. I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS RIGHT FOR CHILDREN TO BE ON A SCHOOL BUS FOR AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND AN HOUR IN THE EVENING. THEY CLAIM THAT IS IT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SPECIALIZE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, WELL I THINK THAT IS A BUNCH OF GARBAGE. I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND PAY BECAUSE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CANNOT GET THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS STRAIGHTENED OUT. IF YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH DISCIPLINE, YOU FIX THE PROBLEM, DON'T MOVE IT TO A SCHOOL THAT IS THRIVING AND ACHIEVING ITS GOALS. A MAJOR PART OF THE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL TODAY IS BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO BE PARENTS. THEY THINK THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN, YET THEY GET MAD WHEN THEIR DISRESPECTFUL CHILDREN GET IN TROUBLE. CHILDREN ARE NOT SHOWN WHAT RESPECT IS, WHAT SELF WORTH IS, WHAT HONESTY IS, AND WHAT MORALS ARE.
MY VIEWS:
I AM A CHRISTIAN
I AM A REPUBLICAN
I AM FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE
I AM PRO LIFE, I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, I FEEL MARRIAGE IS A SACRED UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
I AM NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT
I AM FOR EQUAL RIGHTS WHEN ALL IS EQUAL
I FEEL WE SHOULD SECURE OUR BORDERS AND PROTECT OUR PEOPLE
WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY FROM THE TOP DOWN
AS AMERICANS WE NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY
WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND ACTUALLY ENJOY LIFE
MORE TIME NEEDS TO BE SPENT WITH FAMILY
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS
THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR ACTIONS, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS
OUR CONGRESSMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO STOP MAKING NEW LAWS THAT FIT THEIR NEEDS
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
THESE ARE SOME OF MY BELIEFS, THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, AND VIEWS. I HAVE MANY MORE, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO WRITE THEM DOWN
I BELIEVE IN GOD, HE IS THE ALL MIGHTY LOVING GOD.
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AND THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT KNOW THE REASON AT THE TIME.
EVERYTHING HAS A PURPOSE, EVERYONE HAS A PURPOSE.
I WILL RAISE MY CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH AND TRY TO INSTILL IN THEM THE SAME MORAL UPBRINGING THAT I HAD.
I TRY TO LIVE MY LIFE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT ME AND KNOW THAT I AM A CHRISTIAN.
MY THOUGHTS:
PEOPLE WANT EVERYTHING NOW, YET THINK THAT IT IS OWED TO THEM AND DON'T WANT TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR WHAT THEY HAVE. THERE IS TOO MUCH BLAME PUT ON OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT ENOUGH RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN FOR ACTIONS. IT SEEMS THAT IT IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.
MY CONCERNS:
WITH THE RISING GAS PRICES I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO HELP OUT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO GET THE PRICES LOWERED. I DON'T HERE OF ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TRYING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE.
IT ALSO REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING DONE IN THIS COUNTRY TO BRING JOBS HERE AND RETAIN THE MANUFACTURING JOBS THAT WE HAVE.
ANOTHER CONCERN OF MINE IS THAT WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK I SEE A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSES, YET NONE OF THEM ARE EVEN CLOSE TO BEING FULL. WHY IS IT THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN FUEL AND THE DECREASE IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION CAN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS NOT GET THEIR ACTS TOGETHER AND SEE THAT MAGNET SCHOOLS ARE NOTHING BUT A NEW WAY TO SAY BUSING. I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS RIGHT FOR CHILDREN TO BE ON A SCHOOL BUS FOR AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND AN HOUR IN THE EVENING. THEY CLAIM THAT IS IT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SPECIALIZE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, WELL I THINK THAT IS A BUNCH OF GARBAGE. I DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE TO SUFFER AND PAY BECAUSE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CANNOT GET THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS STRAIGHTENED OUT. IF YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH DISCIPLINE, YOU FIX THE PROBLEM, DON'T MOVE IT TO A SCHOOL THAT IS THRIVING AND ACHIEVING ITS GOALS. A MAJOR PART OF THE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL TODAY IS BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO BE PARENTS. THEY THINK THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN, YET THEY GET MAD WHEN THEIR DISRESPECTFUL CHILDREN GET IN TROUBLE. CHILDREN ARE NOT SHOWN WHAT RESPECT IS, WHAT SELF WORTH IS, WHAT HONESTY IS, AND WHAT MORALS ARE.
MY VIEWS:
I AM A CHRISTIAN
I AM A REPUBLICAN
I AM FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE
I AM PRO LIFE, I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, I FEEL MARRIAGE IS A SACRED UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
I AM NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT
I AM FOR EQUAL RIGHTS WHEN ALL IS EQUAL
I FEEL WE SHOULD SECURE OUR BORDERS AND PROTECT OUR PEOPLE
WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY FROM THE TOP DOWN
AS AMERICANS WE NEED TO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTRY
WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND ACTUALLY ENJOY LIFE
MORE TIME NEEDS TO BE SPENT WITH FAMILY
PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS
THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR ACTIONS, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS
OUR CONGRESSMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO STOP MAKING NEW LAWS THAT FIT THEIR NEEDS
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
THESE ARE SOME OF MY BELIEFS, THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, AND VIEWS. I HAVE MANY MORE, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO WRITE THEM DOWN
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
GAS PRICES
AS I DRIVE TO WORK EVERYDAY I LOOK AND CRINGE WHEN I SEE A GAS STATION. THE PRICE KEEPS GOING UP AND UP AND UP. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO HAPPEN. THERE IS NO REASON THAT CRUDE OIL KEEPS GOING UP AT RECORD PACES. THE ONLY REASON FOR IT IS THAT OIL COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO MADE MORE AND MORE PROFIT. IF A CEO MAKES A COUPLE MILLION DOLLAR SALARY WITH MILLIONS OF ADDED PERKS, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TOO GREEDY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THEY ARE CAUSING SO MANY PEOPLE TO STRUGGLE. I AM ALSO SICK AND TIRED OF THE EXCUSES THAT ARE MADE TO JUSTIFY THE PRICES. TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK OUT FOR AMERICANS AND SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF AMERICANS ARE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THE HIGH GAS PRICES.
ANOTHER THING THAT GETS ME IS THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE AROUND IN THESE BIG SUV'S DON'T SEEM TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE GAS PRICES, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THE SMALL COMPACT CARS THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO COULD FILL UP FOR $12.00. NOW IT IS ALL THEY CAN DO TO KEEP A HALF TANK. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRICES. IT IS CAUSING SO MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE LOWER WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROTECT OUR INTEREST AND NOW JUST THERE TO MAKE A BUCK. I THOUGHT THAT THE DEMOCRATS SAID THAT IF THEY GOT CONTROL OF CONGRESS THAT THEY GUARANTEED THAT GAS PRICES WOULD NOT GO BACK UP, YET LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LET GAS KEEP GOING UP TO MAKE THE REPUBLICANS LOOK BAD, BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUFFER SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK LIKE THE HERO'S. TO ME THEY ALL NEED TO GO, NONE OF THEM HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO HELP THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
JUST TO SAY AGAIN THESE GAS PRICES ARE TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND A RIP OFF!
ANOTHER THING THAT GETS ME IS THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE AROUND IN THESE BIG SUV'S DON'T SEEM TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE GAS PRICES, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THE SMALL COMPACT CARS THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO COULD FILL UP FOR $12.00. NOW IT IS ALL THEY CAN DO TO KEEP A HALF TANK. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THIS.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRICES. IT IS CAUSING SO MANY PROBLEMS FOR THE LOWER WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PROTECT OUR INTEREST AND NOW JUST THERE TO MAKE A BUCK. I THOUGHT THAT THE DEMOCRATS SAID THAT IF THEY GOT CONTROL OF CONGRESS THAT THEY GUARANTEED THAT GAS PRICES WOULD NOT GO BACK UP, YET LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LET GAS KEEP GOING UP TO MAKE THE REPUBLICANS LOOK BAD, BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUFFER SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK LIKE THE HERO'S. TO ME THEY ALL NEED TO GO, NONE OF THEM HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO HELP THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
JUST TO SAY AGAIN THESE GAS PRICES ARE TOTALLY RIDICULOUS AND A RIP OFF!
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