America hoped for change... and we've certainly gotten it.

How do I even express how I feel?
I'm so conflicted.
I try very, VERY hard to be Christian in my thoughts and words. I have been working VERY HARD on myself to stop cussing and control my angry outbursts.
And I TRY to look at the positive side of things, and just pray for those who are in positions where they NEED direction... such as our government leaders.
I know it's Christian to respect our government. We're supposed to pray for them and not talk down on them, because they are our leaders. Our fellow American's voted in these people to be in charge of our government, and to disrespect the leaders is to disrespect the people who chose them. So, essentially, calling our government leaders jackasses is the same as calling our friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans who voted them in jackasses. So I try to refrain.
On the other hand, I'm an American too. I'm a human. I make mistakes. I have opinions. And I get MAD.
And I know it's NOT the American people's fault our government is being dumb. If we, the people, had MORE voice in what was going on, it might be different, no it WOULD be different. All we can do is vote in the people we *THINK* will act in our best interest. The rest of the decisions, during their term, are up to them.
If WE could VOTE on the budget, what kind of a difference would it make?
I think we certainly wouldn't be piddling around with how much we cut the budget by, but instead, how much we're going to allot to pay govt workers.

A HUGE focus has been put on military workers and their families- and rightly so, they make up an incredible percentage of who the government is paying. However, there are people who are being left out of those who will be suffering.

Hundreds of thousands of "non-essential" federal workers will be told to stay home during a government shutdown.


So if you work as a govt contractor- such as a civilian vehicle mechanic working at Ft Knox, you may be out of a job.

So while the military personnel will still have to report for duty, but not get paid, there's another 800,000 non-military, non-essential federal workers who will be told not to bother coming to work.

It's been MANY years that I've been disappointed in our government. Bad choices, sending money to other countries when WE need it, raising income taxes for the middle class tax bracket, yet lowering them for the rich.... lots of bad choices.
But I gotta say that fiddle-farting with 'promises of lowering the budget by $11Billion' and nit picking about where this money is going to come from, while not paying the federal workers has got to be the worst decision I've ever seen made.

The Tea Party people and/or the Democrats who are refusing to approve anything less than the previously promised budget cut, AND rejecting another extension on the negotiation should simply be ashamed of themselves. AS WELL they should be INCLUDED in the income freeze. But, of course, that would never happen. So wishful thinking isn't going to get anyone anywhere.


I gotta say, I have to wonder how different things would have been had McCain been elected president. Somehow I don't think our military and other federal workers would be going without pay this month.