1-The four hours of sleep I got last night.
2-The time spent with family, including the chat with my wife and sister that kept me up til past 2am.
3-The three kids and three neices that woke me up at 6am.
4-Caffiene.
5-The humorous gift of deliriousness.
6-Memaw's pecan pie.
7-Jana's AWESOME dressing and sweet potato cake she made earlier this week for our pre-thanksgiving celebration with her side.
8-My grandparents still being alive and healthy at 82 and 79, and being able to see my kids play with them the way they used to play with me.
9-My loving Creator, His Son, His Spirit, and His Word.
10-My awesome wife whom I love more every day. Thank you for loving and putting up with me!
So congress voted down the bailout plan. I am quite pleasantly surprised. Of course it could still get passed later this week and many think it will. I hope not.
A few months ago I would have been utterly confused at all the rhetoric and not know what to think. Not that I'm an expert now, but I think I get it somewhat.
Here is what would have really confused me. Folks that supported it spoke about how if we didn't do this it would significantly impact peoples ability to get credit. On the surface that sounds good, but think about it. Credit is just another word for debt. So something that prevents people from going in debt is viewed as a bad thing. Doesn't that seem backwards? Shouldn't going into debt be a bad thing? Why would a government that's already in debt want to spend 700 billion dollars to help it's citizens go more in debt? Something sounds terribly wrong here. Until you understand how our monetary system works.
So with that, here is a must see video.
Feel free to disagree. Again, I ain't no expert. :)
Look at the unintended positive consequence, the oil price dropped. Another thing, if it passes, it will curtail some of Obama's socialist programs because the money will not be there.
I agree with your opinion. It is encouraging to see oil drop to $93 dollars/b. I don't think a "bail-out" plan is the best recommendation for the future of the economy but I do think heading the direction we are heading (ie...pretty much forced bank mergers and fannie mae and fredie mac bust) will lead to a depression. Maybe a depression will cause a much needed lesson in humility that most Americans need. Most of our mortgages are held/sold in the secondary market thru the stability of FM and FMac. I don't agree with CCard debt but most of us do have a mortgage that looms overhead and a bank that holds that mortgage. I don't know what the best answer is but I don't think bailing out wallstreet is it.
I don't think it's boring either...I find it quite interesting actually. I dont agree with the bail out either, but I sure don't know the answer. I just hope it all works out, it's a little scary! BTW I like kims comment too ^^
I know this is a strange concept to most people, especially to my generation, but why don't we try spending only what we have in our pockets or in our bank account? What a crazy and revolutionary concept, I admit. Living without credit card debt?? Why, that's simply scandalous!
I hear ya I do have mixed feelings too, but overall feel that the plan would make things better for a while but only create a bigger debt bubble to burst later on. So it's not like choosing b/w a good option and a bad one, but a bad one and a really bad one, imo.
After working for a bank for many years, I learned a lot about how loans and deposits worked and how "money" was "made" into the economy. It's pretty scary how our economy can work on this system. I think we'd all be the smarter going back to barter system! :)
And another thing...just my two cents...the bail out thing bothers me because it's just another step toward a communism style government instead of one truly based off democracy and power of the states. I'm not completely studied up on government and politics, but the way this country is becoming less and less democratic in nature scares me.
Jarrod, I think you are totally right when you mention it's choosing b/t "a bad one and a really bad one". The problem is we are already at this point. I personally think the economy can't go forward without some type of "rescue plan". The DOW dropped 778 when the plan wasn't passed, 1 trillion was lost out of fear and certain markets like Russia didn't even open up. Just in the prospect of the new plan passing the DOW went up 458 (or somewhere around there). It really is a "world market". I agree that the idea stinks but I believe where the economy is it's either a rescue plan or a complete financial bust. Many people already can see their 401K and savings being affected and this is just a glimpse of what would happen if the market really crashed. Unfortunetly, to me the lesser of the two evils bails out the wealthy wallstreet giants. (PARKS I would love to hear your opinion since you completely vague).:)
^LOL, Kim!! I agree with what you said completely. Now that it has been passed, though, Im not sure if it will help enough to make a difference. We will see
I think a "reset" of our values would definately benefit all of us. Living within our means should definately be at the top of the list. Especially our own government.
Oh yeah, meant to say that we are doing well. Getting cooler here and feeling the holiday weather. Can't believe we're back around this fun time of the year once again.
Just doing this to get the one where the song keeps playing down enough so the above video can play without hearing Rascal Flats at the same time. See above post on money for latest entry.
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1-Just earlier this week I got a prescription for reading glasses.
2-One of my car windows is held up with super glue. (Hey, I got one fixed a couple weeks prior and it was EXPENSIVE!)
3-Jana and I have been married seven years (lucky seven!) as of this Oct. 12, and in the course of our marriage have had seven cars. We have three kids and have moved three times.
4-I like to balance my kids on my hands when they're babies. Did it with Ethan and now Austin is doing it too! (Pictures coming soon to a Pleo near you.)
5-Jan and I both love cold wet places like Maine and Seattle. We'd move there if we could take all our family with us!
6-I come from an extremely frugal family. (Helps explain number 2.) For example, my granddad reuses trash bags and paper plates multiple times.
7-I like my coffee lukewarm. I put it in the freezer for a few minutes to get it there.
8-I think John McCain or Barak Obama either one would be the best thing that ever happened to this nation. (Please note sarcasm.)
I may need to check into glasses, too. I have a hard time seeing some of the power points at the church building these days. :| I think #6 is a good thing!
I know there’s a lot, but take your time. This will be here a while. :)
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Thanks for your comment, Jarrod. When Steve and I got engaged, I had one dress that I used to wear to work that I thought was perfectly acceptable. It was just below the knee in length, buttoned up high enough, was loose enough, and had steeves. BUT, Steve told me that now that we were engaged, he felt he had to tell me not to wear that dress anymore because it gapped away from my chest when I leaned over and revealed what should not be revealed. I was not a Christian yet, and I was stunned that he would say such a thing. But, I was learning about being a Christian and the husband/wife relationship, so I complied. I can't tell you how thankful I am that I have a husband who cares enough for my soul to tell me when I am sinning and helps me with that. Would you be interested in writing an article to the men along the lines of "Husbands, Help Your Wives Be Modest" on here?
