The frustrations of this election are many fold. I feel that we are going down a path that we can never come back from. You get a voting block of people large enough that are dependent on the government for their daily needs you will never be able to vote against them and regain some sanity in government. That is what I see the Obama presidency doing. Taxes for infrastructure, running government, military are one thing, making people totally dependent is another. Six months ago I was looking forward to retirement, having investments that would allow me to build a house in Maine, rent that out to pay for it, be able to use it. Build an airplane to travel there and other places. That dream is now gone, maybe for good because democrats years ago felt that people who could not pay a mortgage had the right to own a house. Democrats in congress in October decided that I should now pay for those bad loans. I know - Lisa and Jonathan do not believe that these are the causes, but reality says different. I now worry that I won't have enough investments to live on, whether David's pension plan has any money left in it. The American Dream was to pass all this on to my children and for my children to have better lives than we have had. This is all gone now. Whether it will come back I don't know. The policies Obama will implement will make this worse. Do you know that Pelosi and her fellow democrats now want to take over our 401K's? Everything we have worked for is teetering on the brink of being lost and I blame the democrats. Of course, democrats blame Bush, but that is getting old. Maybe it is selfish to want what you have worked 35 years for. I don't think so. The Obama presidency gives me no hope, only sadness that the American dream has ended.

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How did we get in this mess?

The video is long, but worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4&feature=related

Maine

My husband and I own a piece of land on a cape in Maine called Squaw Point. Our property is vacant and has a right of way to the ocean. This is as close the ocean we will ever be able to afford. There is a granite foundation on it that was probably part of a farmstead in the 1800's. Squaw Point was used as a summer camp by Native Americans as a summer camp. I found broken crock pieces piled on the foundation (probably a neighbor had gathered it) The decoration dates the crock to about the mid-1800's. Maine holds a special place in our hearts and we were there this summer for three weeks. I love to walk the beach and collect crab shells, sea glass, sea urchins and find every once in a while a stray lobster buoy. My neighbors are very friendly and uniquely varied. Someday we want to build a house on this property and are in the process of drawing plans. I have already started saving garage sale finds to decorate this house in a seaside theme. Today I am cleaning the shells and seaglass that I found on the beach last week and plan on making a wreath with what I found. Makes me homesick for the shore.

I have a blog!

It took me a long time to figure out how to have a blog site and it happened by chance. Now I have a place to hash out my thoughts. I'm a Lutheran Christian, Republican Conservative. I have been married to the same man for 30 years - 28 of those spent as the wife of a police officer. I have two grown sons who are both married and are expecting children in the spring. I'm going to be a grandma - woo hoo!!!! I am very opinionated, very involved in my church and a garage sale maven. I have more Christmas, halloween and Thanksgiving decorations than I care to admit to, but I love to decorate. I probably listen to and watch more political news than I should. Thanks for stopping by.