A Woman's Point Of View On Washington

"Joe

I hope you will post this. Here is the way I see it. None of us really now the
truth of what is going on in Washington. I mean NONE. We can pretend we do,
repeat things we hear, read etc... that we really don't know to be true and we
will never know. The problem is that we are still a country made up of many
followers. Why do we have these groups still. Republicans and Democrats?
Aren't we all supposed to be independent thinkers. This is America and we have
been given the right along time ago of freedom. Freedom to be independent
thinkers. I was a registered independent, but was forced to choose a party to
vote in the primaries. Why? I voted for Bush because I felt in my heart that
he was the best candidate at the time. I as many others are very disappointed
in the way the country has gone in the last eight years, but come on we can't
blame one person for it. Many people are losing their homes today because they
got scammed by mortgage companies and were not educated enough about buying
those loans and because they over extended themselves. Many of the American
People live beyond their means. People are living just as our government is.
BEYOND THEIR MEANS. Our leaders need to get some control over this countries
spending just as each American does. Not having debt will make all of us sleep
alot better and allows us to spend much more time together as a family. We are a
country that now believes, that it is where we live, what we wear and who we
know that makes us successful. How very sad. I told my husband the other day
that there is no doubt about it, that if we lost everything we had I could be
just as happy with him in a shack as I would in a mansion. It is time for the
American people to be proud of themselves and to stop judging others. The harsh
words that people right even on your blog really hurts me. It is so sad that we
have to attack people to get our point across. The ugliness of people truly
makes me want to cry that people can be that cruel. Lets all take a deep breath,
start being kind to one another and start doing the Right thing for ourselves
and our families and get involved in making the changes in our government. Not
just Washington, but in our own towns. Stop being pushed into overspending. It
is not easy these days to tell your children that they can not have that $140
pair of tennis shoes, because our children believe they are not good enough in
their friends eyes if they don't have it and then we feel bad for our kids and
then we give in. Well isn't that what our government is doing. Yes, people are
going to be angry when government programs stop and money is cut, but it is what
is best for our country to get out of debt. We have to pay the piper because we
have not as Americans been involved in our own government. Just like the city
of Salisbury. Salisbury city residence have not taken up their cross and
demanded that this problem with how the city is run be eliminated. We feed into
paying the cable company outrages amounts for television. Come on people. $80,
$90, $100 for cable tv. We tell ourselves that buying generic foods at the
store doesn't taste the same or makes us look poor. Our kids tell us that they
will not wear clothes from Walmart. People get a hold of your own homes and
then step out into your communities and get a hold of them too. I believe that
Obama is allowing us a sense of ownership to our homes, communities and
Washington government and giving us the tools to get involved. We must get
involved to make the change.

Thanks Joe,

Melissa Malone"