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Darrel laughed at me last night as I was telling him what I "read" in the news. He said it sounded funny that I was 'reading' the news instead of watching the news. (We don't have cable or satellite, so my lifeline to the nation is through the internet).

Anyway, I digress. I called my dad this evening to discuss politics, mainly because he gives me a hard time about my presidential candidate (even though he is voting for the same group) and it gave me a chance to talk to him about things I found interesting. As I mentioned earlier, my lifeline is the internet and my favorite news group is the Fox News because they are less biased and more focused on facts than slander. I find it humerus that people will make up or support stories just to get their 15 seconds of media attention. Take Cynthia McKinney for example. She alleges that approximately 5000 prisoners were executed and their bodies dumped into the Gulf during the hurricane.

How ironic is it that people who hold or have held public office will get to their position by promising to serve their districts or regions and then when they are given support they decide to use the position for self gain. I presume all politicians do this to one extent or the other. And politicians are not the only group or societal body that make promises to supporters only to fulfil their own desires. You can see this in any elected office, private business, churches, and just people in general.

So the main reason for this post is that 2 years ago I was let go from my position at a privately owned small bank because I had made egotistical people mad by being honest. The person who ran all the in's and out's of the bank reminds me of one of the people I mentioned above. Darrel even told this person when I was let go that he would regret his decision. From what I have heard they have had to find 3 different people to fill the position I had in less than 2 years. I'm not implying that it is because they let me go that they are in this situation. (I think it is awfully hard to find someone to do the work I did for as little pay with all of the micromanaging and politicking the position entails. There were other reasons I'm sure such as being a mother and going to school which did not support their interests in the least bit.) However, as I was talking to my dad I made a comment about how I thought the bank would be hurting right now due to their high interest in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans that they had been making. He said they were one of the top banks in the county with debt to liquidity ratios being over the 200 mark. I don't completely understand all this as I was never good with accounting but simply put, banks like to stay around 100 or less in this ratio. My previous employer is now around 200. I am certainly appreciative of being let go at a time when I could focus on finishing my 4 year degree and planning for the future. Now this company is carefully watching the bail-out negotiations and looking at having to let go of the business they pushed so hard to improve. That place was/is full of corruption and bad practices and I hope that the people that had jobs there have been able to find other work so that they too don't go down with the sinking ship.

On a different note, I am looking forward to the debate tonight. I feel that it will either be something full of scripted answers or true honest debating of the facts. As I get older I completely understand how important it is to have my voice be heard especially when we are looking at such a crisis with the economy and money mongers.

I hope that enough people will truly examine the facts and vote for the person they feel is best equipped for the most important leadership job in our nation. Maybe this debate won't be filled with the same remarks..."you are right senator"!