October 1, 2010: If you join the military, you're going to die.

This split mentality of the United States is irritating me, all we do is talk and nothing changes at higher levels because change isn't building at the lower ones. Do you know what I think? I think our economy hurting, our troops being sent abroad and getting hurt, and our country falling behind are all things we can solve at home instead of complaining. You know how I feel about this, either do something or shut up.

Our economy is failing right now due to several things. The one that pisses me off the most is banking deregulation, which is what I think started it all. If you encourage millions of people to "guess on the high side" of what their income is and tell them they can afford things they can't afford as an "expert on finance", they will believe you. We believe the expert talking heads, that's all there is to it, because there must be a reason why we call them experts. Sometimes this logic fails us miserably, and leads to what we experiencing now. This inability to pay your own bills because we bought something we couldn't afford anyway leads to people hoarding every last dime, which then forces buisnesses to close or lay off employees since they're no longer generating the revenue they were when people weren't hoarding every last dime. How do we fix this at home? We start spending, so people can get jobs again. We don't spend on shit that is COMPLETELY beyond our means anymore, and we give credit card companies the finger for the most part.

Alright, I understand that some of you are anti-war and no one wants to say they're really pro-war. Either you're really proud of your yellow "Support the troops" magnet on the back of your car or you're arguing that this "war" we're in is President Bush's way of finishing what his Daddy (Pres. Bush Sr.) started. First of all, everyone should support the troops regardless of how they feel about this "war". Don't take things out on them, when they're following orders with the best intent. Regardless of how you feel about the executive powers in this country, don't take it out on the military. And as for them getting hurt, don't act so suprised or outraged. We are joining the MILITARY, not the knitting club. We understand from the get-go that we are bound to get hurt. It's one of the cons of the situation, and we acknowledge that there is some danger regardless of where we go or what we do as military members. Oh, PS. I'm pro-war. (I'll explain why next week.)

And last, the reason our country is falling behind is because we're proving that we're the self-entitled jackasses that are doing all this stupid shit instead of using the power of democracy and knowledge that we have all around us.

Love, Polly.