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| A TIME FOR ACTION....FELLOW AMERICANS!
by twofish13 at 10/24/2009 11:36:25 AM
TIME FOR ACTION….FELLOW AMERICANS!
October 24, 2009 by Marty Hermes | Edit
This morning I stopped in my local favorite convenience store in Safety Harbor, First Choice Food & Deli on Phillippe Pkwy, very near the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa, and talked with the owner Eddie ….during our short conversation, he expressed the concern he and I am sure other small business owners are experiencing…..EXTREMELY SLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWWWW SALES!!!! Which made me think, what can I do? How can I help to keep these folks afloat within my quaint, friendly community during this seige of desperate economic times?
I then remembered the outpour of $1.00 donations during the 9/11 tragedy from all over the country, $1.00 at a time. Where those accumulated dollars actually went, still is a mystery….and so is the actual amount of money received, was it 75 million or 75 billion? It seems there is no definite answer out there. The government nor the Red Cross seems to have any clue to actual figures and facts the last time I researched this question: WHERE DID THE MONEY CONTRIBUTED GO????????
In pondering, the brain-surge came to me, why can’t we, each, within our own communities do one of two things: 1) Buy our products locally, whatever we need from hardware, to cleaning, to repairs, to food, to restaurants, to gas? 2) Why don’t each of us living within the community donate $1.00 to each business that is operating within the community, NOT the Wal-Mart’s and Targets, but the “mom and pop” family run businesses that rely on the income from it’s customers…..one little dollar multiplied by thousands of people within an area could mean the difference between existence and shops that close!
The state we are in cannot be blamed solely on our government, all though most of the greed and corruption can be found there, within those who do not serve us, are not good stewards of our trust and money but their sole game plan, to have millions, perhaps billions for themselves. We as individuals must shoulder some of the responsibility for being so absorbed within lives we neglected to be “ever watchful”….we assumed all was well in “paradise”….we have shut our eyes and buried our heads in the sand and done nothing for the most part as aliens snuck into our land on all borders, claiming money and assistance our own native-born folks couldn’t receive, drug lords peddling wares to “hook” folks into squandering money and committing crimes to maintain a habit, budgeting of our tax dollars used for crazy and expensive things, gas prices sky rocketing and we still filled up at the pump while the oil giants reap huge profits, jobs sent abroad for companies to pay much lower wages, huge manufacturers paying out money for benefits and ungodly hourly wages climbing higher and higher each year because of the unions persistance, service to customers declining because of the focus on the “bottom line“….bean counters running the economy not US, not the people….striving for and wanting, more and more and more….At who’s expense?
Now we are all within the confines of the belly of a sinking ship….the USS America…..Do we put on our life jackets and swim elsewhere? Or do we man our life boats with ideas of “preservation” and “elimination of budget waste and printing of more “green backs”?
Crime will be on a huge upswing if we EACH don’t do our part….something in the way to use our brains, our courage and our ideas collectively to turn the tide….
First, pray each and every morning and evening to God for His help for each of us and for the return of Him as primary within our country, only He can use His power to turn things around, quickly.
Secondly, next year, I for one am going to tout eliminating each and every representative and senator in office now...REPLACING THEM WITH ORDINARY FOLKS WE’VE NOT HEARD OF, WHO HAVE A LOT OF COMMON SENSE,A COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY AND A CHRISTIAN HEART who know our economy depends on our PEOPLE, by voting them out of office and voting new blood in!!!!
Third, I will be making my purchases locally….and when I do….ask each business owner to start an $1.00 jar…..for all the $1.00 donations that will be coming in from their patrons to keep their business open and their families surviving. Their part in the process, giving us good deals for our dollars when we do buy….no more fattening the calf….fair is fair.
Fourth, in areas that have seasonable weather, grow victory gardens and begin to
BARTER WITH OUR NEIGHBORS…..What skill do you have I could trade with you for something YOU need?
BECOME CREATIVE IN OUR CLOTHING….DESIGN AND UPGRADE THE CLOTHES WE ALREADY HAVE, ADD PIZZAZ TO THEM…RECYCLE THEM…
Fifth, contribute one family size can or package of food to a local soup kitchen.
Sixth, each time I buy groceries, add a duplicate product or two for the local food pantries.
Seventh, encourage an insurance agent, a bank, a local gas station, a car dealer ship, a lawyer, to work in ‘KAHOOTS’ with one another to provide transportation for the many aging citizens who need to get to stores, doctor appointments and to centers for meals and fun. And the senior’s contributions : reading to those who cannot see anymore, spending time with young children, playing, laughing, teaching them about history….their time spent could offset the costs of their needed transportation especially if a school or church takes on this kind of project.
Only a half a block west of Starbuck's!
Continue to blog…..all my ideas and yours and solutions we yet have NOT thought of….it’s a time to care about PEOPLE, PEOPLE!!!!!And since it is so blatant the government has NO CLUE and cannot manage it’self….we need to take time for ACTION!
For our children and their children or our culture thousands have built will self destruct and the USS AMERICA will succumb to the evil forces that surround us in the unseen world.
Will youCan I count on you? take time….just sit….chat with God…pray…think, use your mind in ways that add a positive outcome for our country? We have nothing to lose, and so much to be gained….
I have room in my “lifeboat” for like-minded folks, ask yourself….Am I one of them, or am I going to continue to add to the problems we all are experiencing? Think about it…..then do what you can, where you are, BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED and God will provide the rest!
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