Wow, what can I say

Another $700,000,000,000.00 bail out. Have we reached a trillion dollars yet bailing out the banking and investment industry?

Is there any reason that of the roughly 300,000,000 people in this country we couldn't find anyone that had some education, wisdom, courage and moral values to act as president? Why are we stuck with this two party bullshit system - and the right is acting like the left and the left is acting like the right... What a mess.

Here we are in the worst financial disaster since great depression and the puppeteers are still pulling all of the strings. Where does this trillion dollars go once it gets borrowed? Who's going to oversee the spending of it? Who's going to figure out where every thousand of that money has been spent? It's an impossible task given months of planning and oversight, yet we're going to make that decision over a weekend...

We're just seeing the very tip of the iceberg I'd bet...

There are too many perfect storms out there now to think that we'll cruise right along without making huge sacrifices... I suggest all of us start paying attention to daily needs and make sure that they are covered before the infrastructure collapses too far. It's a very slow train wreck. It's hard not to get bored with it and stop paying attention, but it's critical that we all look at where we are and not expect that things will remain the same. What will you do if your paycheck starts bouncing while at the same time inflation is rising at an exponential rate? There is a lot of evidence that things will get a lot worse than that. Quite a few of us have been following the collapse of the economy since before the housing boom. I was skeptical it was as bad as reported back then - I am not the conspiracy theory type of person - I prefer tangible evidence. Unfortunately, we can only see the physical evidence long after the crime it seems. The housing bubble was the only thing that saved us from a recession after 9/11, and there were big problems before that event set the ball rolling. Get on the internet and read what the experts report on their blogs - it is quite different from the excerpts and minute by minute reporting by the media. They all act like it's a big surprise. All of this could have been dealt with nearly a decade ago if we had some good leadership and the people of this country were willing to work hard again and make some sacrifices. Unfortunately, we live in a time where people think that money invested in the stock market is the same as money invested in real things. Small businesses can't get off the ground because the banks control all of the money - your money - your investments! The economy and world situation is deteriorating all around us. If you want to invest, invest in something you believe in. Invest in people, businesses and community projects you support or see doing good locally. Trust me you will need all of the local support you can get and it can't hurt to help out your local economy. Act locally. If you don't have money to invest, volunteer your time to help out. Build lasting relationships with your community now and you'll have the support you need later. This is just the beginning.