observations....

[curmugeon]

The last week I've been reflecting.... I've seen.... I've observed. It seems to be that while the rich are still spending, I'm seeing more people on the down side of life. I've seen more begging, more people coming up short at the checkout, more people selling what they got just to get some cash. I talked to one man the other day, he was going to work.. in Rialto. He said he was going to stay in a flea bag motel because he could not afford to pay the $150 a day it would take him to commute with his truck. Locally there has been a 'swapmeet' of sorts sprouting along side the state highway in Anza, a few sellers, a few vehicles for sale, people selling off stuff to pay the mortgage or pay the rent. A couple I know just got around to paying their property tax (it was due n April) because it took them this long to raise the money. They are both over 65 and both are working to stay afloat. Every day I give a little, as I feel rich compared to many around me. Sure, I'm just getting by myself but I have money to buy music, to travel, to drive nice cars. I have a roof over my head, food in my stomach, and while I face bills, I have checks to write with money behind them to make it pay. I've also seen stupid ... a lot of people don't seem to have a brain. They 'have' to buy, they smoke and pay for their cigarettes, they drink their 18 packs of beer, they fill up on the junk in the Circle K market. They are the people who I call stupid. They go to church on Sunday so they can sin the other six days a week. They believe Fox News, they call themselves Christian, they vote Republican. I have to agree with Karl Marx that religion is the opiate of the masses. How else can you explain the many flavors of the Christian Church? Is it that Christianity is a religion that is not based on the word of God, but based on the biases of man? I ramble now and think it is best to face the day out in the open air.