Coming Up To Speed

Well, hiya everybody! How are things out in internet space? My part of the space has been bland. Since I have graduated I have been searching for employment and that takes up a lot of time and then only to be told no one is hiring is such a blow to the ego sometimes. Our economy sucks! Everyone says, "[w]e're headed for another Depression." I don't know about y'all, but I don't want another Depression. People are struggling now as it is, I'd hate to see it get that worse.

I heard today about our 1st responders becoming ill because of 9/11. I never would have thought that they would be in that kind of danger trying to help those people in the World Trade Center in NYC. Some are finding they have attracted some kind of blood cancer now. 9 years after it happened and now they have to live through this too. I feel for them.

And now on the news in my home state...Florida! I hear there is a preacher that wants to burn the Muslim book...Q'uran [how do you spell that?] The "President" says that could put our Military men and women in danger. I'm not for that! To me it's childish, and I have family and friends over seas fighting in this War. I wouldn't want things over there to worsen because someone wants to burn a book of religion of those who we happen to be at War with in the first place. I, myself, wouldn't sink down to their level.

But on the other hand, we have people in this country burning the American Flag and disrespecting our religion and beliefs and they happen to be Muslim and living in this country. To me, if you don't like where you live and disrepect where you live you should get the hell out. Don't be on t.v. burning the country's flag and saying hateful things about the country and expect people in that country to think nice things about you, where you come from, or the religion you practice. It just doesn't work that way.

To get respect you must give respect. It's no longer something you get "just because". Those days are now over. At least down here anyway.

With all that said, we must learn to respect each other or no one will have the "Peace" we all say we want.