History buff talking politics...

I picked a guy up at Tesoro Oil Refinery today. He's an operator on a coker. I generally let the passanger strike up the conversation and decide the topic. This guy, Jon and I talked about the great depression and the current one we are in. We both agreed that our government is the cause, too corrupt and greedy. Too many laws and inefficiency leads to problems. Our government has no common sense. Nothing makes any. People raise their kids on welfare, teaching those children that living off the people is ok, making it worse by the generation.

We talked about idiot criminals who file lawsuits when they get injured while in someones home. How does anyone think that is okay. I pay my taxes and I work hard for my money. I hate to see it go to waste and when someone files a hefty lawsuit against an individual, that I'm betting doesn't have the money to clear it up. So it goes to the government, taking money from working Americans. Personally, I don't want to have my dollars go to a criminal stupid enough to get hurt while trying to rob a home.

Makes...No...Sense!

I picked a lady up at 1 in the morning at the N. Concord Bart Station. She brought up the fact that in the last year, cab fares have gone up by ten bucks. "I used to be able to get home from Bart for 10 dollars." Tonight, her fare was $17 and I turned the meter off a mile early because she only had 18. Prices are going up, the economy is going down, people's morale is going down and the government is getting paid. And we need "change." But not the stuff Obama has in mind.

I see real people everyday. We talk about real issues and concerns and our government is deaf to them. They are for us, not us for them. If you have seen the movie V for Vendetta, you know that the main point of the movie is about the government taking advantage of the people. One of my favorite quotes of the movie is "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." I think the majority of Americans are afraid. We work too hard for what seems like nothing.

But, in the end, "it's all gonna burn." It is nice to know that at the end of the day, I have a God more powerful than my godless government. The Bible tells us that with Him, we have already won. Even though they don't matter and we cannot fix the problem, it's still nice to vent about our frustrations.

Just think, in Heaven, we will have no desire to vent. We will be too focused on bowing to Him. I am so looking forward to it.

But until then...

Glory In Christ,