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Sorry, you must have overlooked this in my post to you, "That's great, for you, your husband, your family." I don't begrudge you for your success, nor your husband. I'm just pointing out that it isn't a blanket that can be cast across the land. Everyone isn't enjoying the same results of this economy. Every life obstacle you state you have been able to overcome isn't necessarily news to me and mine. I've been around the block once or twice myself. Blackbird.

Yeah, I hear you, I've been thru the minefield myself, but now I'm on an upswingand hopefully that will be like that for a while. There is something that woke in me and the way I view things is that I ask the question, "is it right or wrong?" instead of asking "it is left/right or liberal/conservative." Also for national policy, I ask another question, "will it be good for America and her people?" It's not good to parrot an ideological line for the sake of the party or philosophy so to speak. One has to think for oneself as well as adding in their own experiences to make up ther own mind.

Back to my story, I was stuck with a low end job, tried like Hell to look for something better, but no luck. Lat July, I was laying in bed, I prayed to God to ask Him and His Son to enter into my heart and life and to help guide me in my career path in the hopes of getting something better. Well, a week later, I got a much better job. I'm still in an economic funk but I do see a path out and again with God's help, He will lead me out. Sorry for the sermon, but I attribute one thing to my good fortune, trusting God. True, He might not get you exactly what you think you'll get and so on, but if you look at it, He will provide in one form or another.

Bjut yeah, it is a sham that there are many who would look upon our misfortunes and call us losers and so on. It is part of that old line Calvinist thinking where we are the cause of our bad karma and/or that idea of "Prosperity Gospel" II'm not even sure if I understand that 100% yet) plays into that too.