I'm Angry

I'm angry. I am angry that in todays world we are faced with a crisis in the economy like we are seeing now. I am angry that the people who are paying the price, and will continue to pay the price in the future, are the middle class americans like myself. Well, let me rephrase that. I do not consider myself middle class even though my husband and myself both work. We are really lower middle class americans. We are the ones who are paying. And we are not the only ones. There are millions of people like ourselves who work 40 hours a week (or more) and struggle every week to make ends meet. Struggle to make ends meet and we both have jobs. There is something wrong with that picture. And now our president is telling us it is going to get worse. That's just great. But you know what really pisses me off? What really makes me angrier than anything is that the CEO's and the VP's of these financial lending institutions are going to receive severence pay and other bulls**t. Why reward them for leading Americans down this path? Keep the damn money and put it back into helping pay their mortgages so they can keep a roof over their heads. And while we are on that subject, why not just borrow money from people like Warren Buffet or Oprah Winfrey or some other rich celebrity? They don't seem to be feeling the financial crunch. Hell, most of them have 3 or 4 houses and upteen cars to their names. And then there are the wonderful professional athletes. Ah, yes. Getting paid millions to play a sport God gave them the talent to play. Surely they could get by with a reduction of salary? The people who pay to watch them play sure are, why can't they?

So, yes. I am angry. Very, very angry. The gap between those who are feeling the financial crunch and those who are living the life is huge. IT. MAKES.ME.VERY.VERY.ANGRY. We should move to Europe.

What am I?

I have yet to figure out how people can come up with these interesting blogs to write everyday? They are always insightful, funny and full of interesting tidbits. Do I really lead that boring of a life? When I sit down to write I can never think about the things that have taken place in my life that are worth writing about. Maybe I am just not looking at my life and appreciating all of the little things that happen. I don't live on a ranch and take beautiful pictures (but only because the hubs refuses to buy me a cool camera), I'm not a stay at home mom who has lots of interesting stories because of all the quality time I have spent with my kids and I'm not a foodie who cooks meals I only dream about. I'm just a middle-class (lower middle class thanks to the economy) mom who worries every day that she will have enough money to pay the electric bill before it gets shut off, let alone worrying about how in the world I will be able to send my kids to college.

Politics

I am not a political person. I watch a little bit of it, because my husband makes me. And I know I should pay more attention because I need to be more aware of what is happening but I just can't. It's boring. But last night we watched Gov. Palin and her address. And I have to admit, I really like her fiesty attitude. But the best part, the best part, was watching her youngest daughter holding the baby and lovingly smoothing his hair down only to lick her hand and then use her spit to smooth his hair out!! I LOVED it!! Unlike the speeches it was totally unscripted. It doesn't get better than that.