What's Going On?

Clearly, those in Washington DC have no regard for the average American. The FAA has ordered that countless travelers be stranded for safety inspections, and the airlines know their days are numbered. Senate has approved the craziest bail out for home investment I've ever heard. They want to cut builders a ton of tax breaks and incentives, like we need more houses built for a shortage of buyers. Then they want to give a $7,000 rebate or tax break to those that buy foreclosed or abandoned homes. Does anyone see how this is supposed to help those that are losing their homes? It does, however; sound like a golden investment opportunity for fatcat landlords. It is obvious at this point to see, and was some time back, for some of us. Real estate has been treated as rental property for quite some time now with purchasers, with loans being granted with 0% down, and equity loans at 125% the value of the home. There was truly no place for these homeowners to go, but down, and most of them just simply did not understand the rules of investment. Opportunists from Wall Street to Main Street saw their chance to make money fast and let the chips fall where they may, after they collected their percentage.
As an organic hobby farmer, this latest headline bothered me. While our nation is being shut down from within, with travel and fuel problems and our economy is in collapse and the domino effect is heading global, there's something else brewing. President Bush wants to bring livestock diseases from an isolated island to the mainland. Actually, the Department of Homeland Security, another gift from the present administration, has ripped the authority over research and management of livestock diseases from the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture had a safe little isolated island for the laboratory with access only by ferry or helicopter, obviously for safety reasons. Now Homeland Security and some Kansas Republican think we should bring this mess to Kansas. How much sense does that make? Of all the stupidity I have witnessed over the past 7 years, this one takes the cake. To allow any government to bring disease to the agriculture center of a country is the brink of anarchy. Interestingly, there has already been a government exercise of a "simulated outbreak" called Crimson Sky. Oh, did I mention the same Kansas Republican that wants this laboratory in his home state, played the president in the exercise in 2002. I read this on FoxNews, folks! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,350135,00.html I remember reading about a plan for a simulated attack on the World Trade Center, years ago . . . I can't believe that half of the people that put this administration in power are still in denial. At any rate, our President's approval rating is still hovering around 30%, so at least half of his former followers have wised up! I think if the President thinks it's such a good idea and safe to bring a livestock disease research laboratory to the mainland, why not bring it to Crawford, Texas? I think Cindy Sheehan mentioned having a few acres for sale, and the article said the laboratory animals wouldn't be out, so not much land would be needed.
Everyone of these problems mentioned today are homegrown and getting bigger.
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of G~d. New Testament