Well let me start this out by saying I am a former marine  and very proud to be an american.
but there seems to be a new US of america than what I remember. Things have changed dramaticaly since I was younger.
      First of  when did all the scam artist and thievesget to become polititions and corporate CEO's yes before you start a know there has always been a few bad people in charge   but it seems this day and age the good ones are really badly out numbered. And that is a shame!
 Secondly  when did people just quit caring about everything but money. Once again I know there has always been a few but now days nobody cares about their neighbors or just anybody really  unless they can do  something for them they dont have time for them.
  A good example of that is   I just  lost my son and was having a very hard time dealing with it. then came the time to go to the funeral home and make arrangments. Now I have been layed of for almost a year now , I manage to keep my bills paid(verily) but  the sudden expense of laying my son to rest was a staggering blow. and do you know the funeral home will not work out any kind of payments  you have to have ALL the money up front. That is just unhuman to put that kind of stress on someone who is already under stress and mourning the loss of a loved one. Now being a redneck I did manage to geter done but it got me thinking about the people out there that are not as resourceful . Do they not deserve to lay there loved ones to rest. I feel sorry for the bussinessman that puts money  over a human being that just needs a little help. They will pay in the end..


    I am sorry for putting my anger out here but I had to put it somewhere and there is probably not many around that will remember me  so not to many people will read this anyway.  

BUT PEOPLE  REMEMBER  MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING  PEOPLE ARE A LOT MORE INPORTANT. Back when I was growing up  you could tell the difference people would go out of their way to help a neighbor  and it should still be that way  and it could be if enough people tried it   and once tried they would probably like it

                                                                                                           thanks to anybody who reads this for your time 
               redneck

Ok  I just spent 2 hours reading a bunch of comments about congress stopping unEmployment (it was on another site) so I thought I would come here and post for the first time in a long time. The fight that was going on in this other place was there were two sides.

  The first side was saying UnEmployment was getting caried away and people were just abusing it and not looking for jobs  that when there UE ran out they would find a job. That people on UE should just go out and take any job they can get.

  The other side was saying that people really needed the help and there were no jobs out there.

Well I for one have been on UE since October of last year  I dont like it  but there is nothing I can do about it.  Should I go out and get a job that pays half of what my UE pays. I dont think so  I am already struggling to get by with what they pay me. I have worked for over 30yrs and this is the first time I have ever collected it. 

Before all this started I was working 3 jobs and was doing OK but it is really a struggle now and it isnt looking to good for the near future. I would love to go back to work.

 Now for the first time in my life I am really starting to get deppressed and hope that the idiots in congress can get something done . They have made it so that no companys are feeling good enough to hire new people and now they are making it harder to get by. They  send Billions of dollars around the world  , they give billions of dollars to there rich buddies (Wallstreet and other corporate handouts). Then when it comes to the hard working american they start to worry about the deficit. They have things all wrong and they dont care.

 Now  what I would like to know from all of you exspecially the friends that I have here is  am I wrong not to take a job that pays a lot less then my UE.

 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!!!

well I havent blogged in a long time but for some reason I decided to come back today. You can tell by the title of this  that yes I am still unemployed. I have never been out of work this long   and  sorry to say  I am not seeing anything that gives me any hope of it ending any time soon,

  The part about living in the wrong state is becouse  here in kansas  they are really killing the unemployed  and the working people also.

 1) They just raised our sales tax so that we are paying  2% more than any of our neighboring states.

  2) they just gave the our electric company  the OK to raise our rates.

   3) They have raised our property taxes  AGAIN  this makes 3 times in the 3 yrs I have had my house.

So  now we have to go to missouri to do all our shopping   just glad I live closer to the boarder than a lot of others that will just have to pay the extra taxes.

 But on a better note  at least I still have my health and  most of my sanity left. They are trying to take the later away  but I am stronger than them LOL.

 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!!!  I do miss talking to everyone

what did everyone else get a life or something  I am sitting in the chatroom all by myself  well if anyone wants to join me thats where I am

Well my last blog had a couple of things said that got me thinking. They said goverment control {they called it intervention) was neccesarry becouse people wouldnt do the right things on there own. Well I really disagree with this 

  Yes there are some people that dont even try to do the right thing and they should be sepparated from this disscussion.

  Now it all started becouse of smoking  you see I do smoke I have always tried to be pollite to non smokers and not smoke around them  until now when it has become illigal for me to smoke anywhere so I am now one of them people standing outside making non smokers walk trough the second had smoke.

  Now I have went on a couple of websites for some info  if its wrong info I am sorry I tried a few so that I could get as close to right as possible.

 now the reason for that was this. Second hand smoke causes approximatley 3,400 lung cancer deaths and 22,700-69,600 heart desease deaths that totals about 73,00 deaths. Thats a lot but you also have to figure that obesity causes about 300,000 deaths and car crashes cause about the same in teen agers alone.

  So with them figures in hand I guess we can count on the goverment making it illigal to eat certain things and watch our diets and also since the laws they have now dont stop the deaths in cars they must be planning on making it illigal for everyone to drive.

  Sounds pretty stupid dont it. Now I am not saying it is right for anyone to have to be subjected to second hand smoke but some common sence would be in order here.

 Make restraunt owners say if they are smoking or non smoking let them decide would be a good start and bar owners who ever heard of not being allowed to smoke in a bar.

 And maybe put a few more of us rednecks out there I have asked people to put out there cigarettes more than once becouse it was bothering other people.

 I believe we should take care of our own lives not the goverment we should stand up for each other against  the a holes and the goverment so that we can all be happy.

   Sorry to bother all of you with my problems about this  and I hope you are all having a nice day

Well I am here to gripe again, I may be miss informed, I hope I am  and I am also sure someone here will let me know. The goverment is getting ready to reform healthcare that is a good thing but I heard they are wanting to make health insurance mandatory.

  Now the problem I have with that is I dont like the goverment controling everything I do, I thought it was bad when they said car insurance was mandatory  but at least there I had a choice I either payed the price (which went up as soon as it became mandatory) or I didnt drive.

  Well with health insurance I dont have that choice and I really think the goverment should let me be.  If I cant afford health Insurance  they shouldnt be able to make me get it or fine me more money I dont have. I mean if I dont have it I cant help it. I had insurance until a few months ago when I got laidoff . Now I cant afford it so I just stay away from doctors.

  The goverment is getting to carried away with control  they tell me I cant smoke here and they tell me I cant do this or do that . If I am not hurting anybody they should stay away. they are trying to tell me how to live and thats just not the american way. I am suppose to be free.

   Now I know it is still the best goverment in the world but come on there are way to many laws on the books that take away freedom. It shouldnt be this way but over the years we have gotten lazy and let people do things that just aint right. Its probably to late to do anything about it but dont take any more of my freedom away.

I am sorry if I offend anyone with this blog but I had to say something. Here are just a few freedoms they have away that kinda make me upset.

   1]  I should have the choice if I wear a seatbelt or not  its a small thing but still it should be my choice.

    2] Smoking in public.  This one should be the business owners choice  but no the goverment said no so now nobody can smoke in public..

     3] Car insurance. well this one dont really fit here but it is still something the goverment shouldnt have anything to do with

     4] and now health insurance.  If they would put it that if you dont have it you cant be treated that would be ok but no they are talking about fining and some people just cant afford it  and I wont take goverment hand outs  I try to work for a living.

 

 Well sorry I am griping so much here and hope everyone is having a nice day and in case I dont blog again  

    HAVE A NICE THANKSGIVING

Well here we are only a week and a couple days away from thanksgiving. This year is going to be a lot different around my house. The main difference is I had to sit and really think about what I was thankfuk for . Ussually its my job and health and family. I have 2 of the 3 but its harder to get in the mood for this stuff when you dont work. 

   Well I got thinking there are a lot of things to be thankful for this year  more than any year before here are some of them.

    1] My son is still with us ( as some of you know it was darn close for awhile) he is doing a lot better and thank god he is starting to take life real serious.

     2] My family is all in good health  as far as I know anyway. My mom doesnt always tell me when things are going bad. Unless its real bad

      3] I still have my house and havent fallen behind on the payments so far.

   So as you see I have a lot to be thankful for  

Now  with thanksgiving  it also means christmas isnt far off.Well with being unemployed that holiday will deffinetly have some changes  I wont be able to go crazy like ussual. But still there are a lot of families out there in a lot worse shape.

  And now comes the main reason for this blog.  I know there are a lot of people hurting right now.This is a hard time of year during good times let alone  now And I am asking everybody I know and some that I dont  to please if you can donate to places like toys for tots or the one I always donate to is run by the Marine Corps.  they put boxes in the stores and ask for new toys to be donated. Now if any of you can put something in these boxes it would be really nice. There is nothing worse then knowing a child will wake up christmas morning and not have anything. Me and my girlfriend have decided that instead of getting each other anything we are going to put a gift in these boxes everytime we go shopping  nothig big of course but even a small present is better than nothing.

 I know it is hard when times are so tough but no kid should ever think christmas is just another day. Some of them dont get anything all year SO PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.

 

Well I am done preaching and I really hope everybody has a great thanksgiving  remember even if you are struggling with bills and stuff now  if you have your health everything else can change. And if you are sick  let us know and we will pray for you  the power of prayer is very good as I found out a few months ago.

Love you all and peace be with you

Well here we go again. Someone has decided I am not me again. I dont know why this keeps happening maybe its becouse I say what I want here and people dont believe that someone could feel that way I just dont know.

 At least this time faroff did give me a complement and said I wrote like a b average graduate. And considering that just today I got my GED papers in the mail that was kinda nice. I thought my writing was getting better. Now I know it is.

 I dont know why anyone would come on here and purposely decieve people. What would be the purpose  I dont blog about politics very often so that couldnt be it. Well I only have one thing to say  to the people that dont believe I am me  well just dont read my blogs that would solve the problem.

 Now to the friends that I do have here I want to add thanks for being my friend I saw that some of you stuck up for me and that was nice. I dont blog as much as I use to becouse nothing is going on in my life right now . I sit at home probably 23 out of the 24 hours so theres not much to blog about.

  And to the ones that asked about my son  he is doing a lot better but his short term memory is gone. They say it was becouse his brain went without air to long. But he is now taking his diabetes a lot more serious and seems to be a lot happer.I guess if you cant remember what happened the day before there isnt much to stress on. lol

 Well that is all for now and I hope everyone is having a wonderful halloween!!!!

 I read an article today that said the recession is over. I would really like to know who they talked to. Like maybe they talked to all the rich people who are getting richer. They sure didnt talk to me or the millions of people like me who are still unemployed and looking for work that just isnt there anymore.

  The economy is getting so much better that I cant even afford the parts to fix my truck. Yes its broke down again I keep trying to keep it going but this time I have to rebuild the motor.

 I am done reading the news  its just reporting what the rich want to hear  they dont care a bit about the average person and it also lets all of us know that the rich are still getting richerand the poor are still getting even poorer. Will it ever end I doubt it  the rich have to much power and the poor are just to worried about surviving to do anything about it.

  I dream of the day that everybody that makes under say $100,000 a year can afford to go on strike.  Lets see how the rich do doing there own dirty work. I hope I didnt offend anyone with that statement but its how I feel. and yes I have family that would fall in that category that would have to do there own dirty work  but I dont really care.

  I get really tired of hearing them say  how hard it is for them   they didnt get a raise this year or they have to pay for something unexpected and had to put less in there bank accounts. Well at least they had the money.

 OK  I am done crying here  its just getting crazy  I am not use to not working and it is killing me to stay home

 

Well I hope everyone is having a great day

Well one thing being layedoff has done is give me a lot of time to think. One of the things I have been thinking about is friends that I use to have and wondering what ever happened to them.

  I was sitting here wondering about that becouse today I thought I would call a few friends and do something to get me out of the house. That is when it dawned on me I had noone to call.

I was very upset and started thinking where they all went  I use to have them but couldnt remember what happened. Thats when it hit me that I had been so busy working and getting things around the house done that I didnt have time for them and they all disappeared one by one.

Well with that in mind I started thinking even more  and this is were I am now.  What is really important in life? Is it stuff like a nice house and cars  or is it friends and I discovered that I had made the wrong choices. I should have found time to go fishing or whatever becouse friends are what make life bearable.

Now I know I have a few friends here and its always great to hear from you  but I have lost a few of you even becouse I was to busy to spend the time here. I couldnt spare a few minutes everyday to say hi and let you know how things were going. I hope to change that now but it may be to late for some that I use to talk to .

 But just maybe I will meet new ones and that will help . 

Its kind of funny how you have to stop and look before you find out you messed up  becouse nobody wanted to say anything  they thought they were the only ones that felt that way .

 Well here is to making new freinds and saying hi to all the ones I have been neglecting  and hope you are all having a great day.

Remember you can get by with less money but you cannot get by without friends!!

 Well I just got done reading LisB's wonderfuls blog and it got me thinking ? Everybody was wishing her luck and after the last couple of weeks I dont think luck plays very much attention but what I have found is that prayer works miracles.  My son was suppose to be dyeing we were told we were going to the hospital to pull the plug becouse his brain had went to long without oxegen to survive. A lot of people prayed for him.

  Now I am very glad to report he is still with us and doing very well, he has lost some of his memory and his short term memory is no good at all (he will ask the same ? over and over) but along with a lot of the memories  he also lost a lot of the bad things. we had him and his girlfriend over for dinner the other night and it was the first time in a long time we actually had him laughing it was great to hear. So even though it is a bad situation some good came of it.

 So with that said  LisB I will be praying you get that job  or if not a better one very soon. I am still looking myself but there isnt anything around here right now.  It will get better sometime soon I hope but luckily I am not worried about it . When something comes it will come  until then I will just keep on keeping things going.

 I hope everyone is having a very nice day and remember you have to enjoy today becouse tomarrow may never come.

Well I thought it was a good title. It has been raining and thundering all day.In the house it has been nothing but sunshine,the boy came home from the hospital today and is at his own home.Unfortunatly he dont remember it and has some big problems with memory. We were joking with him about the movie 30 first dates. becouse now he is somewhat like that he remembers everybody and can tell you what has happened today  but cant remember yesterday at all.

  Then there is the bad news but it isnt even that bad now that he is home. I went online to look at jobs in my area and for the first time I can remember  there were none on the job website.The only jobs I could find on there that were even close to what I was doing were over 200 miles away(talk about daily commute) and they didnt pay anywhere near what I was making. So for now it looks like I will be a jobless bum.(hope I didnt offend anyone with that statement but I have to keep joking or I will go nuts)

 Well I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!! 

Remember life is to short to worry about the small stuff enjoy anything and everything that you can!!!

Well it has been a long time since the last time I blogged here but somethings have happened this week that has me wanting to.

 First I read all my old blogs and have decided I was wrong about people who were on unemployment.  Well I had 3 jobs when I first started blogging here and now I have none. I was layedoff last week and found out that it is very hard to find a job that pays as much as my unemployment So I have decided that I will try to get some things done that I didnt have time for  like get my GED and my drivers liscence. Then maybe try to farther expand my education. But I can finally see why people dont work  before I thought you were just lazy if you didnt.

   The other thing that I found out last week is if it wasnt for medicare I would be financially ruined healthcare is very expensive. My son has been in ICU for a week now and it would be very expensive we are talking if I sold everything I have and every penny I will make  for a few years I still wouldnt be able to pay his bills. That is crazy!! 

 So I keep thinking all this happened becouse I was so  up tight about people that didnt work and insurance that goes with working ( by the wat after Oct. 31 I no longer have insurance) so I had to be showed just what it is like . Now I know and it is not nice.

 

     Well I hope everybody is having a nice day.

Ok now I know I'm being a pest and I'm sorry. You good poeple here have convinced me single payer is the way to go.

 Now I have a big problem. I don't know what to do to help. I have never been much into politics. And always figured my voice dont really matter much. Now after being here on TPM for a few months.(wow seems longer than that ) I know it does a little anyway. Yesterday after I got the final answer I needeed I wrote my represenative from kansas  senator  Sam brownback Now it supreised me to get a response as quick as I did but it was a form letter so.And all it said  in  nutshell was that he more or less didnt care what we think its what he thinks that counts and he's against single payer. So my question is  what now? I mean is there anything else I can do or what?  I hope there is but dont know and hope you  good and smart people can help me.

Sorry i waited so long to get into political stuff but  better late then never I guess.

 On a different subject . I was also wondering is there a website or something where you an see how the canidates voted on different stuff or do you have to take there word for it? I hope there is becouse most of what these people say around election time is lies to get votes.  Once again I am sorry that Im so stupid about these things. For most of my life I just figured they would do the right thing  but not anymore.

Well I hope everyone is having a nice day.

ok well you convinced me I was wrong yesterday. But unfortunately i thought of something else that kinda bothers me with single payer healthcare. So here it goes, I hope you can convince me Im wrong again.

  Well if we go to single payer  we eliminate the insurance companies from heathcare right? Do we think they will just give up there profits and go on? I dont  i think what they will do is just raise the prices on all the other insurance we all need so bad. Life Insurance, House Insurance, and most of all  Auto Insurance which has we been required to have now.

  The big corporations dont give up there money so easy. and unfortunately they have a lot of tools at there disposal including a lot of congresspeople.

 I hope you can do as good a job of changing my mind today as you did yesterday.

 Hope everyone is having a good day!!!!