Castle Made of Sand

Oh my gosh the world is in a panic. The stock market is free falling back to earth. Tome however it is no big surprise. I was talking with a good friend a few years ago about doing some investing. He insisted I place some money in the market while I had a good job. I argued that one I didn't know enough about the market to put my money there and second it is make believe money. I told him that the money in the market is all based on speculation, confidence and fear. To me it just seemed make believe. It reminds of the song by Jimmie Hendrix, Castles Made of Sand. The lyrics go "Castles made of sand fall into the sea eventually." The American financial market is currently falling in to the sea. 

What I don't get is how is every acting like they didn't see this coming. Let's do the math. 

Bush=Bankrupt every business he has ever ran

War=stupidity=trillions to control the democracy

Outsourcing Jobs=Less American Jobs

Less Credit=No business loans=No Jobs  

Tax Breaks for the wealthy=broke people supporting the country

Broke people=not paying taxes before they eat=$0 money coming back in

Less investment in schools=ill-equipped work force 

Ill-equipped work force=unemployment=high crime rates  

That being said, how do we fix it. We have to tighten our belts and give up some of the luxuries we are accustomed to, help one another, and most importantly pay attention and say something. The American people are a sleeping giant and its time wake the fuck up. We have been spending our make believe money and paying attention to sports and celebrities for too long. We should have been looking at the current administration robbing us blind. What do you think? 

The Beginning.....

In the beginning there was my blog. I would like to thank all those who encouraged me to start a blog. I appreciate it. To all those English teachers who gave me C's and D's thank you for motivating me. Those whom gave me A's and B's thank you for inspiring me. To all my friends, family and colleagues thank you for your support. 

I write to express, to teach, to learn and mainly to share m thoughts, opinions and points of view. I thank you for visiting and you can look forward to great works. Or at least not half-bad entertaining pieces.