When are we ever gonna get those jobs back???

I was going through some clothing that my husband doesn't wear, or rather never did or would wear.  Mostly pajamas that his mother bought for him at some Christmas or another.  He has his own style, and it's not her taste.  She also thinks he's twice the size he really is, because his father was a big man.

Anyway, I stumbled across these, and was reading the labels.  They all said "made in the USA."  Can you even imagine how long it's been since ANY clothing was made in the USA?  Except for possibly LL Bean, or Eddie Bauer (can't remember which one does still sell American), almost everything is made overseas, or over the border.

As far as that goes, look at ANYTHING you buy, clothing, shoes, furniture, appliances, and try to find something Made in America.   And made recently!  Almost NADA, zip, zilch.  Even much of the food you buy has been grown, or manufactured, elsewhere.  Just look!

That's your assignment, on Day 68!

Harder than it looks...

Okay, I said I was going to do a-blog-a-day to get Andy's attention, hopefully.  Obviously this has not happened.  I'm a little over a month behind.  I cannot give a viable reason.  I'm not that busy; I'm just out of good ideas.  Or rather, so many problems seem so trivial.

For example, when you learn that there are children whose only meal is what they eat at school, and they may not eat at all on weekends, do we really have a reason to complain about, say the full body scan?  Obviously there is an opposite story to the obesity epidemic. 

If you don't believe the story of the children, there is a program called "backpack" where designated families are given a backpack of food for the weekend.  The child is sent home, from school, with a backpack of ready-to-eat type meals.  NOT like you get in the Armed Service, but canned goods, or dry goods, nothing too involved.

Food for thought on Day 67!

It's truly just JUNK!!!

The Thanksgiving Day holiday just passed.  We never go anywhere any more for thanksgiving, so we don't worry about air travel.   But, of course we we had to hear about the potential air delays.   This is to be expected. 

What we also heard about was the flyer (a young man) who refused to go through the full body scanners, and didn't want a body search in which case the authorities may have to "touch his junk."  Junk being a synonym for his private parts, or as Jay Leno put it...used to be of more value when they were called "the family jewels."

Now, in this day and age, if you're flying anywhere, you KNOW there is going to be tight security and you're going to have to undergo some sort of screening.  GET OVER IT!  If the plane goes down, who's to blame when the security measures are compromised due to a passenger who didn't want his "junk" touched!  Or his body scanned!

In a few words, better to be safe than sorry, on Day 66! 

It's everywhere!!!

As I contemplate what to write about, I see that there's a small ad, on the side of my Google Blogger account, telling me to "...tell Senator Claire McCaskill..."  Now, I happen to like Senator McCaskill, and I approve of what I've read about her efforts in congress so far.  So LEAVE ME ALONE!!!  Is there some way to tell Google, or AOL, or whomever the Spam Gods listen to, that I do NOT care for these political innuendos popping up on MY SPACE???!!! 

And I don't mean the social networking site either this Day 65!

Will it never end???

Last night I got yet another politically-based phone call.  This even though the last election was November 2nd.  I thought all the brouhaha would be over, except in the media, concerning what's to happen in 2012.  Living in a primarily Republican voting district, I thought I'd be safe, and NOT bothered, if I just answered all questions with an "I voted for Obama" shout-out!  Nope, they keep asking me if I would vote for "so-and-so", a noted Republican if he/she ran against another noted Republican.  That is to say, which Republican do you like the best???  NONE, thank you very much!  This isn't always the case, but the only Republicans I have to choose from, in my area, are none that I would care to have represent me. 

Driving me nuts, on Day 64!

...so now what?

The elections are over...HURRAH!!!!!  However, no one, but NO ONE whom I voted for, was elected.  I'm very sad.  (Did I mention I'm mostly a Democrat?)

So now what?

I was thinking that the Republicans have two years to put their money where their mouths were.  That is to say, they were going to "turn things around."   Then I listened to the politcal pundits on NPR this afternoon and heard them say that in two years the Republicans will say they were hogtied because they could not get legislature past the Democratic president, and/or the democratically controlled senate.   So even more should be elected and/or reelected.

Already an excuse for getting NOTHING accomplished!  On this Day 64!

...debt forever???

I'm SOOOOOOOO confused!  The big spin on politics is that we're saddling our grandchildren with debt loads (the government debts loads) that we will have for years and years.  Now it seems to me that before Clinton, we ALWAYS had government debt.  He was the first president, that I remember, who actually balanced the budget!  And we know that George Bush thought we had WAY too much money sitting around, and so after enacting the tax breaks, that conveniently expire this coming year (more on that later), he started a money hungry war!  

As for the tax breaks that expire...I figure that he knew (or his cronies knew) if the Democrats were in power, if they stopped the tax breaks, they'd be vilified.  If the Republicans were in office, well, they'd never stop the tax breaks because they knew it made them look like heros, regardless the fact that our debt was and is increasing.  They'd find some way to blame the Democrats.  As far as the tax breaks, I can't say as an extra $10/month made all that much difference in my lifestyle.

Okay, much of this is going to be decided tomorrow, November 2nd, Election Day, as to what path we'll take, or rather who to blame in the next two years for everything that isn't going well.

All I can do is shrug this Day 63!