Sometimes there is a Greater Notion

          My feelings about politics is always the same.  I don't want to condone what they do, so I learn to put up with what happens and don't complain about it. It is either that they do something, which affects us, or they don't do something, and it affects us.
          Quickly, I must make a point here.  The wars in the Middle East are not illegal because of why we are there.  They are illegal because they are unfunded.  Anything that is unfunded is illegal.  Unions in the civilian world can collective bargain, but government workers should just be happy with what they get.  If the money isn't there and they lose something, then they have to live with it, just like all the people in the real world that lost their jobs. 
            How can we forget that it was us, here in the United States, that fostered the crisis over what we consider Wall Street did.  Wall Street, in other words, sold not only to us, but they sold to the World Market.  Though everyone who bought into this scheme is at fault, we started it, and it is still resonating in the Global Reality.  It is not just Wall Street that has perpetrated this, it is all those who got talked into this American Dream scenerio. It is also those people who knew they couldn't afford it, and did it anyway, and all those who for one reason or another forgot that if it looks too good to be true, it probably isn't.
             What my greater notion is, is that you get what you pay for. My wife and I lived by the rules, lived within our means and did what we thought was best for us and the community we are part of.  We shared what we have with those around us, and kept our family ties so we could celebrate the things we all cherish, whether it be holidays or birthdays or anniversaries.  
             My feelings here are and I am living with the consequences of the choices that people either who voted for them, or those that got themselves elected with whatever strategy they used to get there. I watch as my retirement plans dwindle, and the cost of living keeps going higher, because those who are in business just past the buck onto the consumer, while we suffer the outcome of their choices.
             I wish I could calm the fears of anyone who is on a fixed income, and those who don't have jobs, but the truth is, if Occupy Wall Street doesn't have an affect, then we are in for some dark days ahead.  No one on TV is going to do anything but preach to their own choir.  So just please, whatever you do, just enjoy what you have, and trust that the Universe will wake up and set things straight, as it usually does.  The system is working whether you admit to it or not, and as I heard when I was a child, change takes time.  What a bunch of hogwash.  As soon as the thought occurs, the matter is set in motion, and your world changes perspective, and it will come as an individual salvation.  Change occurs one person at a time, and those who don't make the call, the Fat Lady Sings for Them, and no one seems to Cry for Argentina.