Due to some technical difficulties I have had to remove all the photos from the site. It is being worked on but the problem is way more complex than what I am equipped to deal with so it is in the hands of the semi-professionals (okay professional…very, very professional *snicker*).
I don’t know when I will be able to repost the pictures I had up but I will try to do it as soon as possible. In the meantime keep reading & commenting. It’s great to hear from all of you lovely, lovely readers!!
I’ve decided that not only do I need to keep writing on here but that I also need to work on writing poetry. Poetry has always been my first love in writing. During college I wrote a lot of what was most likely terrible poetry. I stopped writing for years and have only started writing again in the last year. Now I’m finding that I have more to say than I realized and straight prose is not covering it all.
Thanks for letting me indulge my obsession with words by reading all this. My poetry attempts may be unpolished at best but I intend to keep working, polishing & hopefully getting feedback from some people I’ve come to respect for their own writing.
testing testing….css is irritating me & I’m not seeing any changes. decided to try a different theme…gonna upload a pic to see what it looks like.
Here is a copy of a the response I received from Congressman Oberstar. I had written an email letting him know how I feel about the stimulus bill. The gist of my email was that rushing in a bill that nobody had a chance to examine in fine detail was a mistake. I asked the Congressman to make sure that this bill wasn’t rushed through & to take a stand for Minnesotans. I have to admit I wasn’t terribly hopeful since Mr. Oberstar is a Democrat & votes like one with the exception of abortion. However, the response I got was very irritating. Since I received the email more jobs have been lost here in my area of Minnesota & there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.
February 18, 2009
Mrs.
Minnesota
Dear Mrs.:
Thank you for sharing with me your opposition to the economic recovery legislation. I appreciate hearing from you.
Respectfully, I disagree. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Obama on February 17, will create and save over 3 million jobs and addresses the economic crisis through $789 billion of investments in infrastructure, education, and other important domestic priorities; and will provide tax relief, including a tax cut for 95 percent of working Americans. The legislation includes requirements that spending is targeted at ready-to-go projects, contains no earmarks, and contains unprecedented transparency, oversight, and accountability measures.
A detailed list of the spending and tax provisions can be found at the following link:
http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0273
Additionally, you can track how the money is being spent at http://www.recovery.gov.
I understand your concerns but, frankly, we desperately need to put people to work and get our economy moving again.
With best wishes.
Sincerely,
James L. Oberstar, M.C
I fully intend to respond to Mr. Oberstar since I don’t believe I read the same bill that he read…I mean didn’t get a chance to read but voted for anyway. This idea of transparency must be something besides the official definition. As for putting people back to work…well, until the local business aren’t shuttering their doors ‘cuz they can’t pay the taxes & my husband can find a job I don’t believe this “stimulus” bill will do anything to help this country!
I don’t write about politics as such on here. This is my creative outlet & a place to take what’s going on in my life to the outside world. Lately though I’ve felt the need to rant & rage at the dying of my freedom.
The stimulus bill that POTUS is supposed to be signing sometime in the near future is a disaster. Nobody read it before the vote. There was no way they could. Many things that had been taken out were snuck back in to the horror of thinking people every where. The language used is such as to make a student of English cringe with fright & dismay. Many others have blogged about it in detail so I don’t feel I need to do that here. Just go ahead & Google the topic, you’ll find many articles out there that you can read.
Universal health care language made it into the stimulus. I might not have any healthcare now but by goodness I do not want the federal gov’t telling me who, when, where & how I’ll see a doctor. Plus the healthcare thing is supposed to help those of us that can’t afford it right? I guarantee that people who are now paying premiums would suddenly be all, “Well he/she/they don’t pay so why should I? I want my free checkup/meds/boob job too”. What about those of us who had healthcare, lost a job (or the spouse did) and are currently without healthcare but will have it again in the future? We’re so consumed with redistributing things in this country that it’s way beyond the pale. I’m not putting my healthcare costs on anybody else right now. In fact I’m 100% sure I need to have my gallbladder removed but since I can’t afford it I’m just dealing with it every day.
I don’t want the gov’t to take care of me. My gracious look at how well they take care of the men & women who have fought for this country. I’m just a simple girl living in the country….I’ve got no chance of having anything decent if our troops are getting the short end of the stick!
What I want, nay what I DEMAND is that the gov’t go back into it’s little hidey-hole and be quiet. I want to be able to take advantage of the fact that I live in the greatest country on earth. I want to be able to start a small business in my local community & use sustainable practices to make that company flourish. I want to provide a quality product that has some of my sweat, blood & even tears in it because I know the person purchasing it will appreciate that I made something with my own two hands (or rather that Hubby did so & I was there to support him every step of the way)!
So listen up Washington. We the people are sick to death of you treading on us! Sit down, shut up & let me go about my business. When I want more problems, complications or just plain stupidity I’ll be sure to pick up the phone.
PS…Read these fine people to get a clear view of where this all started for me today.
StephenKruiser –this post is actually a whole other post but he says it so much better than I could.
PPS. Please do what our officials in Washington did not. Read the stimulus bill so you are prepared for what is coming.
Thanks to everybody who voted for me in the blog bailout at www.designpepper.com- I truly appreciate that you all were so generous. A special shout out to my youngest sis- She rocks my world with her energy & dance moves!
I hope you continue to visit & read. Please feel free to comment. I’m excited to hear your thoughts.
So this was supposed to be a big weekend for us. We had great fun plans with family to cut down a Christmas tree, decorate the house & watch cheesy films the headliner being “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”. However, none of that happened. Mother Nature has intervened here and we are getting an honest to goodness, old-fashioned snow storm. If only it holds out so I can skip work tomorrow.
So my weekend has been filled with very little. I’m feeling a tremendous sense of ennui today. Hibernating would be an ideal situation.
I have nothing exciting to share so if the 2 people (Hi Mom!) who read my blog would like to share their favorite Christmas traditions please do. Hopefully I’ll have something more interesting to share after my birthday & next week still holds much promise.
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