Merry Christmas and another year gone

  Merry Christmas  and all that happy  stuff to all my friends ,both christian ,non-christian .and atheists. I am a firm believer in that what you do is what you will get back .Do good ,for the sake of just plain doing good  and you will get that back ten times over. Do good and expect a pat on the back  for it and  the hell with you..Getting a pat on the back is always a good thing ,for doing the right thing .Expecting a pat on the back...well as I say ,the hell with you.
  I get the biggest kick out of "celebrities" who go visit sick kids in the hospital with a cameraman in tow. Or the politicians who visit the wounded ,with same cameraman. They make me sick. The real heroes  are the ones who do it with out the cameramen.
  I also don't believe  donating your time or money should be a seasonal thing. I am pretty sure there are still plenty of needy people  in July. That pesky homelessness or hunger thing is pretty much year  round.
  We pride ourselves on being the greatest country in the world. In a lot of respects we are. I may piss and moan ...and I do... but at the moment ,I wouldn't want to live anyplace else. That could change if Palin becomes president,but I digress.
  The point I am trying to make is that yes it is the Christmas season,but so what? If you buy into the whole Jesus thing,then you also have to buy into the whole 365 thing. Too. many people don't ...They love the baby Jesus, from  the day after Thanksgiving until December 26...then put it away til next year...just like the ornaments.
  As people, we really should do a better job on the humanity front. I am no angel. I have on more than one occasion said Screw it. But I have also realized it and tried to do better.
  So what I am taking the long way around the path to say is, maybe a little less Christmas  and a little more humanity. I do believe at one time they may have been the same thing .

Back on the Big Box Rant!

  Next time you stand in line at your local Big Box store,look around at the long lines and the empty cash registers.You will no doubt be wondering ,why they are in fact not being used.The reason is store budget. It is cheaper to  have poor customer service,than employ more people. They know you will be back. They could care less about you . Not your money. That they love. But to make you wait in purgatory to check out ? Not an issue. To make you wonder around  the store looking for a product? not an issue. To bring you in ,saying the have an item on sale and have it be out of stock? Not an issue. They only got 10 of them to begin with,but sent out 2000 fliers.. Who cares! You are in the store aren't you?
  Look at the faces that are employed there. How many happy ones will you see. How many are working two jobs,just to survive. How many are on food stamps ,just so they can feed they're families?  And how many do not have insurance,because they either don't get enough hours,or it is too expensive ,on the pay they make.
 Take a look around and see how many older people are employed. Think about the jobs they lost, because it was cheaper for their company's to send the contracts to China,Mexico,India,etc. How many  "Main St." business's are shut down,and now these workers are here.
  This is the sad fact of what this country has become. Low paying ,I don't give a damn attitude. The workers hate their jobs. And the employers hate the workers . They employer mind set is that workers are out to screw them somehow. And the workers know the the employer's are screwing them . No one is happy.  The days of long term employment is over. The days of worker loyalty is over. The days of low paying ..if you don't like it,  then hit the bricks ....is now!
  The answer is ,at least for me ,is to not shop in a Big Box.I know that somehow they will still survive with out my  couple hundred a month. But what about yours....and yours...and yours???  Education is the key. If more people knew that they aren't saving a nickel,but in actuality costing the country untold billions of dollars every year. things might change.
  I am doing my part. I hope you can do yours.

I am pissed off!!!

   I don't care one bit about how Christmas is referred to.Happy Holidays...Merry Christmas... or whatever!I could care less if there is a manger in the local city park. I also could care less if a Mosque is built at ground zero. If some media whore wants to burn the Koran. I could care less if some over weight TSA agent wants to feel me up.I could care less if some piece of trailer trash wins some idiotic dance contest.
  What I do care about is the fact that this country is going to hell in a hand basket. For the 1st time ever, unemployment is about to be stopped for millions of people!MILLIONS!This is an outrage!These are real people with real issues. I am sure you will know some of them. How on earth can this happen? How on earth can this even be a question? We don't have the money? ...BULLSHIT!!!
  Our military budget is the biggest in the world. We have more than enough there to fund this and probably a  dozen other worthwhile causes.What the hell is going on?Is Obama and the Democrats so hated that the Republicans will cut off their nose to spite there face? Everyday it is something new. In the last week it has been the Arms treaty,unemployment,and food programs in schools. Again,how the hell can this stuff be happening in America?
  I am disgusted right now with Obama, for even letting it get this far. He is the President,for God sakes. I can't imagine any other president letting this happen. I understand that he is despised, because he is a Black man in power, and that is unacceptable for way too many. But he, and the rest of the mostly, spineless Democrats have to get beyond that. They have to stop the caving,and get things done!
  I don't want to hear about the big, bad Republicans blocking every thing .We know they will. Move on and and start playing on their field. Millions and millions are going to have NO money with in a week .That is what is important right now.NOTHING ELSE!
  This is America. Lets start acting like it is!