Perhaps?

Perhaps if we had let the banks fail, arrested the bankers and thrown them in jail, like they did in Iceland, then we would be much better off as a nation today than we are. Iceland had the right idea when faced with a financial crisis and the people had the guts to stand up to do something about it, helping to make them a stronger country. Where is that in America today, have we lost our will to do what should be done? Have we lost the will to make the hard choices? Have we lost the will to throw those that had screwed us over for years, either out of office or into prison where many of them belong? Have we lost the will to be the once great nation we were? Or have we just become a complacent people that allows business and government to kick us around as they wish?

Eat More Chicken,,,, maybe, maybe not

If all these cows on the Chick-fil-A commercials or telling us to Eat More Chicken, then why are we not seeing any chickens protesting about us wanting to eat more of them?

Not that is probably healthier to eat more chicken than beef, but it should also be pointed out that no matter what type of meat you desire to eat you would be much better off if it is of the Free Range variety rather than those that have been pumped full of hormones, kept crammed into tight or small spaces until slaughtered and feed who knows what. What you eat today can come back to haunt you down the line,,,, just saying.

Trickle Down Economics or Trickle Up Economics

I was watching Bloomberg News this morning and they were interviewing a businessman/investor that makes millions of dollars a year. Not to much unlike Mitt Romney in fact, but with a vastly different perspective on things. He was saying that he and those that make millions like him should be taxed more because in many cases they are paying a lower percentage of taxes than those in the middle class and that if the taxes are cut for anyone it should be the middle class because they are the main spenders in this country not the rich. He also brought up the point that millionaire busness owners do not create jobs because they are rich and have more money as some in politics would have you think, but that jobs are created because there is a demand for a product being manufactured, sold, ect. If the middle class does not have money to spend then of course there will be no demand for many things because people can not afford it.

(The following is my opinion on this & not anything he said, although he even said Trickle Down Economics does not work)
The middle class needs to be restored in this country if we are to continue to be the country we once were. We cannot contiue down this path of the corporations sucking up all the money while the middle class turns into the poor and the wealth gap increases. All those who are longing for someone like Ronald Reagan need to wake up because it was partly due to his Trickle Down Economics that pushed us towards the situation we are now in today. All it did was to create wealth for those that had the means while the middle class began its decent into poverty.

Terrorist, Terrorism, Terrorize

The words terrorism and terrorist have been bounced around very much over the last few years with our government(federal & local), as well as law enforcement agencies, not to count out the news media either. The problem is when they start wanting to label anyone that disagrees with them, anyone wishing to express their rights to assemble, commit acts of civil disobediance or to expose wrong doings of businesses & people, as terrorist or those commiting acts of terrorism. Perhaps they need to go back to school or check out any dictionary to see what the real meanings of those words are.

Terrorism ~ 1) The act of terrorizing. 2) A system of government that seeks to real by intimidation.(sound familiar) 3) Unlawful acts of violence commited in an organized attempt to overthrow a government.(who out there would consider peaceful demonstration as a violent act)
Terrorist ~ 1) One who adopts or supports a policy of terrorism. 2) An alarmist; a scaremonger.(Bill O'Reilly?)
Terrorize ~ 1) To reduce to a state of terror; terrify. 2) To coerce through intimidation.

Now, where have we seen cases of the above recently? At Occupy Movements to be sure, brought about not by the protesters, but police departments and governments to scare & intimidate those protesters. So before the government, law enforcement, some news media outlets and others begin calling everyone in site a terrorist or claims someone is commiting an act of terroism they need to not only check out the meaning of the word they are using, but take a long look in the mirror to see who the real terrorist are and who is commiting those acts of terrorism!

Time to Take Back America!

We have allowed America to be taken over by the Federal Reserve, the Banks, Lobbyist, CEOs & the puppet Politicians from both parties that they support. When are we going to wake up and take our country back from those that would run it into the ground, steal all her wealth & resources, destroying the environment, the economy and the American people in the proccess while they run away with as much as they can take and leave us with nothing. This has gone on far to long and needs to end. Everyone needs to get it into their heads that this will only get worse before it gets better. Pay attention to what is happening around you. We need change before there is nothing left for us to fix.

Congress is out of control & Americans need to take it back!

We do need to take back Congress! They are out of control, out of touch with the American people, out for themselves & the special interests, so they should be out of office if they do not wake up and listen to those that have voted for them! We are tired of you doing as you damn well please and taking us all for granted. We put you in office and we can take you out of office as well. You work for us the American people, you do not work for the lobbyist, the special interests, big business, the banks or the small percent of people that happen to be millionaires. If those were the only ones voting for you, how likely is it that you would have even been elected as a locale dog catcher? Start listening to what we the American people want or start packing your bags!

Some things never change, do they?

The following was part of what someone said in reference to Americans;

These people have made many rules that the rich may break, but the poor may not. They take tithes from the poor and weak to support the rich that rule.

Sounds like it could have been said just today, or a week ago perhaps? However this was said over 130 years ago by Tatanka Yotanka, known to most Americans as Sitting Bull. So have things really changed all that much from that time or before, or are we doomed to always have this struggle between the rich and the poor?