[VaRedneck]

This is a worrisome time.

I'm a carpenter by trade. A few years ago I was laid off from a small custom home builder. I've since found a decent job with a commercial builder. The housing bubble's....burst, was seen way before it made the evening news.

Today's look at the economy is deceiving. When asked how my company is doing or "construction" in general.....it's said...."we have so many million in contracts on the books just waiting for us. We're fine." Those contracts we're signed...last year. What's coming down the pike for next year is what worries me...or what's not coming....more like. Fewer opportunities....more competition....smaller profit margins in order to compete with smaller companies....many of whom (not all) show no signs of remorse for having hired cheap, unskilled....illegal labor.

11 Nov '08 will forever be known as the day the US ceased to be...as least the US as we knew it....to the detriment of us all.

The right started losing it's...power...grip....influence, years ago. The first real sign was losing the House. The media's influence played a major roll. That went unseen...or at least....wasn't dealt with by those that shoulda and coulda stepped up. They still haven't so much as stood up. Still sitting on their asses....content to wait.

Well....that, in a nutshell is what brought us to this....state.

The spendulous....for every pet project on the left's books....a budget that dwarfs anything ever proposed.....slashing the defense budget...."free" national health care.....and the final nail in the coffin will be cap and trade.....or the domestic version of the Kyoto Abortion.

People say...when the repubs get back in, it'll all go back. Wanna bet?

Take a look at SS. How's that "temp" program working out?

It all boils down to one aspect of our society...

The degredation of personal reponsibilty. No longer are people willing to stand up and take responsibility for themselves or their own actions.