Recession or Depression?

People are losing their homes, gas is so high no one is buying cars or traveling this summer, businesses are closing, and banks are paying us to open an account.

But, the CEO of Exxon-Mobil paid himself a salary of $500,000,000. Yes, half a billion. He also gave himself a bonus.

A owner of gas station near me called the oil company and said they were squeezing his profilts he could no longer make a living. They told him to leave the keys and get out. So he did. The gas station closed up.

When winter comes, will people be able to afford heat? It’s a basic element but priced too high.

We have been heading this way but now we are here. Government and Corps don’t care about people.

Congress wants the middle class to bail out the people who lost their homes. So the checks the gov’t sent out can be sent right back and then some.

People deserve their homes back. But others, like a couple in California, took out a mortgage for a nearly $2M home. Now they can’t pay the mortgage. They lost their house. You want your money spent to pay for that house and give it back to them?

Realtors are telling people to walk away from their homes.

We are a disposable society. We are throwing away our lives.

New York Egg Cream

This originally started in Brooklyn, NY and can be found in a book titled ‘When Brooklyn was the World’ and came from this website:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/NYEggCreamHistory.htm

Approximately 1/2 cup cold whole milk*
1 cup bottled seltzer
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup**

* Skim or 1% milk won’t foam as well

** Fox’s U-Bet Chocolate Syrup is used in New York.

Pour 1/2 inch of cold milk into a tall soda glass. Add seltzer or club soda to within 1 inch of the top of the glass; stir vigorously with a long spoon (this will cause it to become white and bubbly with a good head of foam).

Very gently pour 2 tablespoons of chocolate syrup slowly down the inside of the glass; briskly stir with a long spoon only at the bottom of the glass where the chocolate sits. The resulting drink should have a dark brown bottom and a 1-inch high pure white foam top (if you mix it too much, the foam disappears).

THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME. ONLY THE SINGER HAS CHANGED.

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

You sold us down the river for oil and lined your pockets with innocent blood. Corporations gave away giant mortgages to high risk people without social security numbers. They were surprised by the number of foreclosures. Houses don’t sell, it’s a domino effect. School taxes went up but educational competence went down. Teacher’s didn’t get a raise. My taxes are paying for free breakfast and lunches, ESL for people who don’t bother attending, and special services for out of control kids who won’t acclimate to American society. My taxes are paying for recreational centers where I am not allowed because its been turned over to people who won’t learn the language and they get their own soccer fields and games between each other with county money. Americans need not apply. Isn’t that racism? We are in a recession because you have squeezed every ounce of blood money from the middle class to give to the people who don’t want to be known. We can’t absorb 36 million + who shouldn’t be here. Service has gone down. Courtesy is nonexistent. We have to pay for our family’s insurance and everyone else’s but we get the same treatment as those who don’t pay.

There are people who lost their company or job because they hired illegals. They are now sharing the welfare lines with people who refused to hire illegals. (Yes New York, I mean you).

Since 9/11 we have had a National Home Security. They are suppose to protect us. Legalizing 36 million + unknowns does not help me feel safe. Who are they? Any terrorists looking to become citizens?

UNTITLED

Our decision to say or do something at the present time is a reaction of either our emotions or practical thinking, and only time will tell if we were right or wrong. So instead of beating ourselves up for something we said or did, remember, we were reacting to a situation at that time.

It’s Circle Time!

How long can one go forward before they make a u-turn and backtrack? Some people learn quickly that what they left behind is better off left behind.

Get a fucking protest going if the cause is important to you

READ READ READ!!!

Read freely! Sept. 29-Oct. 6 is Banned Books Week

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You are trying to access a page that is no longer viewable. ATM. Visit back at a later time. I should be back from LALA land by then.

Moments that took my breath away

There have been several times in my life when i lost my breath due to a momentary shock, whether verbal, visual or ‘hands on’. The following are the ones i can remember and the ones that i will admit to:
- Walking into a ‘private’ bathroom and upon leaving noticed a second door which was ajar.
- Crossing my legs at an interview only to find I’m wearing two different colored thigh highs.
- Suddenly finding myself in the arms of a priest. I’m still doing penance for that one.
- Being introduced to the Editor of a newspaper and congratulating him on a pioneer story written by his competitor.
- Watching a horror film in the theatre, something I no longer do, because they all take my breath away as well as make me jump ten feet.
- Sitting in an intimate restaurant with someone who took my breath away, reaching out to stroke his cheek and spilling his drink on his lap.
- A friend and her husband asking my opinion on a certain car and me telling them it has one of the worst safety records. We then proceeded to view said car in garage.
- Standing prior to a tennis match and having the player approach me and asked if minded if the game could start.
- Waiting in the doorway of a used bookstore after dark with a questionable person nearby when the local Sherriff arrives and pulls out his weapon. Finally, handcuffing the guy and driving away. I still wonder if i dreamt that.
- While waiting for the bus with several other people an SUV gets hit from the side by a Toyota causing the SUV to spin out of control, jump the sidewalk and head straight for the people. Silly me, I ran into a phone booth. Don’t ever try this stunt. Not a good idea.
- I went to work with red brick eye brows and light taupe lip liner.
* My ultimate breath away - looking into the eyes of a true blues rocker and then some.
- Seeing a metal rocker dressed as a gangsta doing rap. Not sure how I felt but it took my breath and wouldn’t give it back.
- Finding out that the man who took my breath away 25 years ago is looking for me as I was looking for him. Now I’m not sure I want him to find me. Not sure I want to find him.