We all have a natural tendency to remind ourselves that WE are the only ones who have had it so bad when it comes to storms and catastrophes. In fact, we forget the turmoils of our parents and grandparents. (Just research the storms of 1947 and 1888). The weather conditions we are experiencing today are just that, weather conditions. We are haughty fools to think we can control Mother Nature by our puny actions or in-actions...Mother Nature is in full control - always has been, always will be. What should really define us is if and when we come through these events we take the opportunity to be thankful first, and secondly, give what you can to the Red Cross, your local community relief organizations and your neighbors. This is what makes sense.
This morning as I turned on the TV set on my way to make coffee, a national ( CNN:HLN Channel) news segment had apparently earlier asked its viewers to write in and tell them who "they would raise taxes on if they had the ability to do so". I'm paraphrasing now but here is how it was played out: One person wrote in and said, "raise taxes on the big oil companies but do it APPROPRIATELY". This individual's email actually had the word APPROPRIATELY spelled in capital letters. The second individual wrote in and said, "raise taxes on the junk food companies because they make food taste good which forces us to eat it and yet it is bad for us". (They will one day raise prices on Junk Food, mark my words!) Honest, i'm not making this up!!!!! As to the first writer, i'm ASSUMING (I capitalized this word to make a point too) they think raising taxes APPROPRIATELY would not effect the average consumer - ergo, their use of the CAPS! In o...
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