Originally Posted by
startover22
I have to almost totally agree with this artlady, BUT it seems as if we all have so many different ways of trying to achieve it. I think that is where the real problem surfaces time and time again.
Of course we all want peace, a better economy, health, our rights, and the environment. I also see some very BIG problems with a few of the ways Obama says he will help in these areas.
Peace....for peace he wants to take away our force field, our way of protecting ourselves. He is lightening the way we protect ourselves. I don't get that part. I don't understand how he thinks we are gonna go over to others and "ask" them to stop. I can't understand, and if you can enlighten me, then I beg of you to. ( this is globally, this is not about our rights to bear arms)
Better economy and environment go hand in hand. All of this does really, but these two wow, they are so close they touch each other on a daily basis. My husband works for a garbage company, recycling is a normal way of life, HE does the Earth Day events for his company, he does all the promoting stuff for a greener Oregon. Well, his company used to get paid for the recyclables they pick up every week. His company pays their customers $1.50 to go and pick up. A year ago, the bigger company that takes all the recyclables, said sorry guys, we are full....we have been taking all this stuff for the last ten years, we have so much built up that we are only offering money for certain things. That was a year ago......now they pay nothing, we have a landfill of recyclables, hubbys job still pays the $1.50 for people to do it, and they pay for the trucks that are specific to recycling. They will be cutting our benefits a lot, and they are trying hard not to lay someone off, but we all know what will happen.. That is my closest connection to economy and environment. (And the fact that I am very connected to the oil industry up in Alaska) I see money, jobs, and I see an impressive safe environment there. Not only that, we have wind power...oh yes, love the idea of taking jobs from coal miners, and giving it to the Chinese to make our wind mills....NOT COOL!! They are not gonna train the miners to work the wind power plants are they? Just a couple of examples.
Health care, yes, a change needs to happen. All I can say is corruption and greed. We can all pretty much agree on that, right?
Our rights, well, it has been said we have the right to bear arms, will he be taking that away to a certain extent? I would have to say yes, he will if he is allowed.
I see President Obama as a great speaker, he has obviously given a lot of people hope. I just worry it will be false and we will never know it till it is too late. Just my opinion. Just my fears. My worries. I think he is a handsome, courageous, smart, history making man, but that just doesn't cut it for me.
He has a big job, I really want to say I hope he stands up and does it. But I worry that if he does, we will be living in a hell not to far away.