I went into work today as I have done every Monday for almost 12 years. I saw my buddy Aaron in the parking lot and said hello. I was off last week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so I was just catching up. I guess on Friday 03/06/09 twenty three people got laid off at work. Holy Shit! I had no idea. This is the third lay off I have been through since working there. Very unnerving!
The weird thing is that I was listening to a Howard Zinn cd earlier in the day. He was talking about the history of labor since about 1900. All the strikes etc, that you don't learn about in normal text books. The cd is brilliant and Howard Zinn is my hero. The president and vice president called a meeting at 4:00pm to assure us that things were going to be ok. Except that there are no guarantees about anything. So I have made it through three so far and I'm still kicking. So far they have cut our hours to 37.5 a week. They no longer match our 401(k) and there is no profit sharing anymore. Harsh and Ugly!
The health insurance is shit! It's an unpleasant reminder that no job is secure anymore in this country. I've been thinking about the state of affairs lately. My take on the whole thing is that America has burned itself out. Greed, politics, religion, nationalism,war, cronyism and so on have reached the apex. Nowhere to go but down! We are now in a mess because the people who are in the $50,000 to $150,000 range are losing their jobs. Before when the rest of us were suffering it was "oh well, THEY'LL get over it." Now white collar people are getting it up the ass. And guess what? It hurts! The rest of the world must be thinking,"how can the richest country on earth screw things up so bad?" By reading what my dad calls "lefty revisionist history" it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. Just remember who you voted for in 2000 and 2004 and you may get the idea. This country was built on the Class Struggle and it's crumbling on the Class Struggle. Just an observation......
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I believe this country was founded on a belief in God and the Word of God. I guess it's also been said that it was born out of a quest for freedom of religion. I think religion is probably just as guilty as politics in driving this country into the condition it is in today.
I don't think however that the belief in God or the Word of God is responsible for what is going on in the world. The United States of America has experienced great privilage in the past but now is paying the price for its actions. God has been driven out of the schools. Our politicians do whatever they please. There is moral decay everywhere. People lie, cheat, steal, and kill without a thought.
Entitlement and a "no responsibility" thought process seems to be the only thing on a lot of people's minds these days.
I don't know what happened to a work ethic but I see a lack of it everyday in the workplace.
I've come to the conclusion that we all have to have a reason to be here in life and something to base our beliefs on. I don't think that this all is just a random set of circumstances.
I've been asked, how can I keep a good attitude when the world is going down the tubes.
My answer to that is:
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have perfect peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer, take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted! For I have overcome the world. I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.
John 16:33
Isaiah 60:1-5 also lets me know what is going on in the world but also what will happen to the people of God during this time.
Arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life! Shine and be radiant with the glory of the Lord, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness all the people, but the Lord shall arise upon you, His people, and His glory shall be seen on you.
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Lift up your eyes round about you and see! They all gather themselves together, they come to you. Your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried and nursed in the arms.
Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and tremble with joy at the glorious deliverance and be enlarged; because the abundant wealth of the world shall be turned to you, unto you shall the nations come with their treasures.
We were a blessed nation but in order to be blessed, it has to come form somewhere. The world has turned God away and His blessing with it.
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