What Are The Odds?

My birth Mother and my Mother of love were both born on November 3? That is odd isn't it? What are the odds that the citizens of the United States would believe our best hope for the future is in electing Republicans to Congress? Granted, the Democrats have not done what they should have done - why is that? What were they so afraid of? They had control of both the House and the Senate, why didn't they blow the doors off of politics as usual? Wasn't that what they promised us? Yes We Can! Well, maybe we could have but we didn't! That just made people mad. Will a politician ever tell us the truth? We are in bad shape, how are we going to fix it? Oh, yeah, I know - let's elect a majority of Republicans so President Obama cannot do anything. After two years he is a lame duck president - and now he cannot focus on fixing what is broken - now he has to worry about being re-elected in two years. In essence, there will be no new legislation, there will be no changes - not of any import...what are we in for? What have we done? Well, we have set in motion a period of two years during which our President is focused on being re-elected Republicans will not do anything because the President is a Dem, and they want a Republican - The Dems can't do anything because - well they really blew their chance! Now what do we do? It scares me. It really scares me because I am in the middle of nowhere. Not middle class - middle of nowhere. When you examine the states in middle America, the states which once produced stuff - you know made stuff which could be sold - those states all went Republican. That is telling isn't it? It is telling because we don't produce anything anymore. The people who live in areas which once were the foundation of this great country, they are not working. Their jobs are outsourced - I don't like that show - Outsourced. What is funny about it? It is not funny because it is true. Do you think a worker from HP, whose job was "outsourced" to India believes that show is funny? While they can't find work, and their house falls into foreclosure - while the American Dream they were promised and worked for was taken from the - What are the odds Middle America finds that show funny?
We should be alarmed. Tax cuts extended for the wealthy - to offset these tax cuts we should cut medicare, social security, unemployment benefits? I am not a great fan of the welfare forever plan, but are we really going to cut off benefits after two years no matter the circumstances? They cannot cut education anymore! Seriously, they cannot! At my school alone in just two months we have lost 3 teaching positions, the librarian, one office clerk, and one maintenance person. The cuts are not done - they continue to alarm us, keep us on pins and needles, because more are coming. WHAT? What is left to cut? 50 students in a kindergarten class? Give it a try! 3/4 teachers leave the profession before their third year of teaching! Approximately 62% of teachers, having taught over ten years are being treated for stress, anxiety or depression. World wide teaching is now rated as the third most dangerous occupation. Teaching, a dangerous occupation? What are the odds? Now Discovery will have Deadliest Catch and Classroom Catch! What are the odds we will learn? When will we realize that the words retard and fag are as painful and demeaning as the N word. See I can't even type the N word - you all know what it is but I can't type it - so now I won't type the R word, and when I say the F word I am not cussing. When will we realize this is our country and if we want real change - it has to start with us - each one of us! I feel lost. How are we going to right this ship? On another note you should drive with your windows down and let the air just blow your hair all over and turn your iPod on really loud and try to sing louder - then watch the faces of people around you! That is fun! Do you think your iPod can sense your mood and plays music which coincides with that mood? What are the odds you are feeling crazy and your iPod plays wild music? Or feeling a little melancholy your iPod plays some oldies? It is something to think about - if you have an iPod.