The Hope, The Change... The Reality

I would like to start off by saying that I voted for Obama in 2008. I was, at the time, a 22 year old student at the University of Central Florida where I was studying toward my bachelors in Business Administration. I felt that I was witnessing history. I would be able to tell my children and my grandchildren that I voted for not only the greatest President in US history... I was born into a generation that would erase the racial gap that was created in the 60's by giving me the opportunity to be able to vote for the first black president.
Four years later I realize that my mind had been kidnapped, tied up and left in a closet by my heart and my emotions. I was constantly being force fed in my college classes that Obama was the answer and we would have a multitude of jobs awaiting us once we finished school. There are no jobs. The company I work for has recently laid off 80% of it's workforce. The president /CEO of our company has ceased to collect a paycheck and is currently paying the remaining employees out of his pocket every week. That president/CEO I just spoke of is the greatest man I have ever known... He is my father. My father has worked tirelessly his entire life, since he was 10, to be able to give me a good life and retire so he may enjoy the rest of his life. He turns 66 today and over the last 4 years has had to put over $2,000,000 of his own money; retirement, investments, multiple mortgages, refinance, etc... just to keep the doors open. Not only is the manufacturing slow down hurting him, now he has to worry about healthcare costs that will soon be too high to handle. He currently pays for 80% of his employees health insurance. How can he continue to pay for that when the costs are going to rise exponentially. Again, my father has worked since he was 10 years old to be able to get to where he is today and do you know how much money, assistance or tax breaks he has received from the government along the way... ZERO. That is why it made me sick to hear our President, the President of these United States, state that he didn't build that. HE DIDN'T BUILD THAT?!?!?!?! You are damn right he did! We have a president who has never worked in the public sector. He has no understanding of how a business is run.
All he has done for 4 years is blame President Bush. I will say that I do not think Bush was the greatest President we ever had either, but he did a fine job of protecting our nation after 9/11 and treated our troops with a great deal of respect and for that I will always be thankful. But there comes a time when Obama cannot blame Bush anymore. Obama has spent almost twice what Bush did, and Obama did that in 4 years compared to 8 for Bush. What Bush spent, he spent because of 2 wars and a country's failing economy. Obama has ended one of those wars but has replaced any positive change in the deficit by adding a healthcare bill that will cost us many trillions more. He is not fiscally responsible and that is the most dangerous thing that our country faces today.
Please people...open your eyes and do your own research. Don't listen to MSNBC, CNN, ABC or Fox News for that matter... watch speeches, read transcripts, learn about your candidates and make up your own minds. I believe that once you do that you will see the truth as I recently did and vote out President Obama in the election in November.

Mayans, Nostradamus, the Bible and....R.E.M.?????

Ever since all of these major natural disasters have been happening, starting back with the 00' earthquake in India that killed 19,700 people, the song  "It's the end of the world as we know it" by R.E.M. has been replaying in my mind over and over. It's it almost dizzying. Think about it...

2000:
Indian Earthquake kills 19,700

2003:
European Heatwave kills 35,000

Iran Earthquake kills 43,000

2004:
Hurricane season kills over 3,000

Asian Tsunami kills 275,000

2005:
Hurricane Katrina Kills 1,800

Pakistan Earthquake kills 75,000 

2008:
Burma Cyclone Kills 146,000

China Earthquake kills 70,000

2009:
Global Swine Flu kills 11,800

2010:
Haiti Earthquake kills >316,000
H5N1 (Bird Flu) kills >300 since 2003 outbreak

          

2011:
Japan Quake/Tsunami kills >13,000
South Eastern Tornados kills >300  

Do the math...in the last decade, natural disasters have killed just over 1,000,000 people. 

      How can you see all of that and not think of the R.E.M.'s prophetical tune? 

      Maybe the Mayans are right. They predicted that the world will end in 2012 and with all of these disasters happening all of a sudden, they could be right. 

      I personally do not believe that the world will end in 2012 because, DAMMIT I HAVE NOT LIVED MY LIFE YET AND I AM NOT DONE! I feel like a kid who doesn't want to share his new toy. My life is my new toy and I haven't worn it out yet. 

     It does get one wondering though that if the world was going to end and we knew it, how would you spend your last year on earth? I cannot answer that because I don't want to know when I am going to die. If you have seen the movie "Big Fish" you will understand that I do not want to look in the witch's eye and see how I die. I want to not fear death so when death arrives at my door and knocks,he will get no reply and will only find a note saying "Gone Fishing". 

    Is the end here?... who knows...but all I do know is that I am having one hell of a time he knows where to find me on 12/21/12. I will be having one Hell of an end of the world party while jamming out to R.E.M. and enjoying my life, and if death arrives at my door at least I can greet him with a beer. "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, AND I FEEL FINE". 

               

         Sweet Dreams, 

         Knightmare