Okay - let's face it - people are tired of hearing about how bad th economy is - most of us, myself included, would rather tweet something silly or settle in infront of the TV and watch a good game. Fortunately for you I have decided to keep my blogs brief and to the point. Today we are going to talk about recent job creation and what this means to the average American.
On April 19th 62,000 people were hired in one day - doesn't that sound great! Oh yeah - they were hired by McDonalds. Oh - did I mention around 940,000 other people who lined up for those jobs were turned away? I worked at McDonald's when I was 17 and got the job immediately - now they are turning educated skilled workers away. It's crazy out there. Okay back to my point - what does this mean to you?
It means that these 62,000 people and over 940,000 others that were turned away are settling on jobs that will reduce their incomes - the average was something like $45,000 a year going to around $21,000.
People are having to settle for service jobs like fast food because all our manufacturing is being done over seas The jobs being created - are very high end or very low end - ther is no middle - no middle means no middle class.
I am beginning to wonder if those union types were a necessity so that the middle class would have a voice. Who is looking after our Americans right now? I tell you I am spending day and night reading about all the coruption that has gone on for years with low down dirty deals that have stabbed America in the back. And I for one am tired of seeing the people suffer. I was blind to all this and was living with my head in the cloud for years - knowing that the good people in Washington would do the right thing for our country - Well I have been a fool.
I do not blame anyone for being oblivious to this - I am admitting that I am at fault, too. But I know now - and what started out as my daughter's project has lit a fire in my heart for my country and my fellow Americans. I know that if educated to the misdeeds against our working Americans - the American people will unite and make a stand to stop the disappearance of our way of life.
I have a plan - I need a voice - I will not tire of defending this cause until my dying breath. I see people suffer - scared that they will not be able to care for their children, people humiliated by being forced into jobs that they are over qualified for. These people are working HARD to survive - they are tired - beat down -and they need someone to stand up for them. Someone who cares and sees them as people - not votes.
God Bless anyone who reads this - I mean that - and God bless anyone that helps spread this along - I will not fail in my mission to support the middle and lower class in this country - the people that seemed to be forgotten in all this - the people who are being left to figure things out themselves. Abandoned for the almighty dollar being sent overseas - The American people need to know that there is hope - I was blind but now I see - and what I see isn't pretty - but it can be fixed.
Friday the 13th afternoon rant
Amanda Schalau
Average American
Friday, May 13, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Burning the Flag is Like Dishonoring a Grave
This is for all you bra burning, tree hugging, bike riding, flag burning, self absorbed holier than thou peace loving hippie types. I consider myself open-minded and can look at any situation objectively. I use my BRAIN when a situation arises. It is okay whatever your political views are to be angered - if someone tried to burn a flag during all the 9/11 aftermath - then that guy would be hated as much as Bin Laden - think about it.
If we let someone burn our Flag - a symbol for the blood shed for our freedoms, Our Flag that our forefathers died for. Something that represents the greatest sacrifices ever made for us - What next?
These attention seeking radicals are doing nothing more than trying to garnish the attention of a wounded nation. A nation that has been brought to her kness by the economy thanks to Washington continuing to sell her off piece by piece - Hell - sometimes the only thing I have left as a symbol to look up to is Old Glory herself - and even most of our Flags say made in China.
I have a unique perspective on flags and what they symbolize because my husband, who past away, His grandfather was Gov Heard of the great state of Louisiana - and he choose our flag. It features a Brown pelican with her baby pelicans lined up in her nest. And do you know why he choose this bird to represent our state? It is because the brown pelican is one of the only animals that will literally tear off it's own flesh to feed it's young to keep them from starving. It is a promise to it's state citizens that Louisiana will take care of her own at all cost.
Old Glory = the red, white, and blue Red = Hardiness and VALOR, bravery - Blood shed to protect our freedom White= purity, peace, honesty, and innocence Blue= Vigilance and perserverance
I was told today - get over it - it is just a flag - not a human life - it's their right
When I see someone burn a flag - it represents hundreds of thousands of lives that gave themselves for my freedom - I do not see how burning a flag is any different than allowing those people to stroll up into Arlington National Cemetery and taking a dump on the graves of our fallen soldiers. (By the way - my grandfather is buried there as well as my grandmother - He was a war hero - helped seperate the Army from the Airforce - was a POW - and worked in the White House for a bit. He died from visiting a polio camp set up after the war to help comfort the sick. He was a GOOD man)
The lack of RESPECT shown these days towards our history is exactly why our country is beginning to falter.
Freedom of speech goes both ways so watch out - I am open and I listen and want people to express themselves - but if you want to express your freedom - become a nudist - it's less offensive to have to stare at your hairy a$$ than it is to see you burn MY country's flag.
PS All countries should take pride in their history and culture and not tolerate such irreverent behavoir -
Build the world up - do not tear it down
My Wednesday night rant - Amanda Schalau
If we let someone burn our Flag - a symbol for the blood shed for our freedoms, Our Flag that our forefathers died for. Something that represents the greatest sacrifices ever made for us - What next?
These attention seeking radicals are doing nothing more than trying to garnish the attention of a wounded nation. A nation that has been brought to her kness by the economy thanks to Washington continuing to sell her off piece by piece - Hell - sometimes the only thing I have left as a symbol to look up to is Old Glory herself - and even most of our Flags say made in China.
I have a unique perspective on flags and what they symbolize because my husband, who past away, His grandfather was Gov Heard of the great state of Louisiana - and he choose our flag. It features a Brown pelican with her baby pelicans lined up in her nest. And do you know why he choose this bird to represent our state? It is because the brown pelican is one of the only animals that will literally tear off it's own flesh to feed it's young to keep them from starving. It is a promise to it's state citizens that Louisiana will take care of her own at all cost.
Old Glory = the red, white, and blue Red = Hardiness and VALOR, bravery - Blood shed to protect our freedom White= purity, peace, honesty, and innocence Blue= Vigilance and perserverance
I was told today - get over it - it is just a flag - not a human life - it's their right
When I see someone burn a flag - it represents hundreds of thousands of lives that gave themselves for my freedom - I do not see how burning a flag is any different than allowing those people to stroll up into Arlington National Cemetery and taking a dump on the graves of our fallen soldiers. (By the way - my grandfather is buried there as well as my grandmother - He was a war hero - helped seperate the Army from the Airforce - was a POW - and worked in the White House for a bit. He died from visiting a polio camp set up after the war to help comfort the sick. He was a GOOD man)
The lack of RESPECT shown these days towards our history is exactly why our country is beginning to falter.
Freedom of speech goes both ways so watch out - I am open and I listen and want people to express themselves - but if you want to express your freedom - become a nudist - it's less offensive to have to stare at your hairy a$$ than it is to see you burn MY country's flag.
PS All countries should take pride in their history and culture and not tolerate such irreverent behavoir -
Build the world up - do not tear it down
My Wednesday night rant - Amanda Schalau
Flag Burners Beware -
The link below is of a guy who tried to burn the American Flag on the LSU campus - Yes he had the right to assemble - but the ones who stopped him had the right to assemble too - I for one am tired of these stupid protest - tha flag represents his freedom so why would he burn it ? - get the HELL out of the country if you hate it so much. If you need that much attention then go get therapy - get a grip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUb_qvHX_wc&feature=player_embedded
People need to think how their actions really make them look stupid - remember 9/11 - it's just not popular to burn flags anyone. Go hug a tree or something useful. Or find a new crack dealer because whatever you are smoking is making you stupid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUb_qvHX_wc&feature=player_embedded
People need to think how their actions really make them look stupid - remember 9/11 - it's just not popular to burn flags anyone. Go hug a tree or something useful. Or find a new crack dealer because whatever you are smoking is making you stupid
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
An American Hero - Real News
An American Hero -
You're a 19 year old kid
You're critically wounded and dying in
the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .
It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform.
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
Now... YOU pass this along to YOUR
mailing list. Honor this real American.
Please.
You're critically wounded and dying in
the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .
It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you're not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then - over the machine gun noise - you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in. But.. It doesn't seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you.
He's not MedEvac so it's not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway.
Even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out. No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm.
He took 29 of you and your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise , Idaho
May God Bless and Rest His Soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and the bickering of congress over Health Reform.
Medal of Honor Winner Captain Ed Freeman
Shame on the American media !!!
Now... YOU pass this along to YOUR
mailing list. Honor this real American.
Please.
Repect the generations that built America and don't throw what they gave us away
Amanda Scahau
Monday, May 9, 2011
America is Our Mother and She Needs Us
Someone remarked to me that the jobs we send overseas helps with the development of third world countries - Do people seriously believe that? How does it help a 3rd world country to have it's citizens work in sweat shops for next to nothing pay and produce a bunch of substandard T-shirts that say The Gap or some knock off Prada purse? Shouldn't those countries be encouraged to develope their own culture to offer the world. All these big businesses are doing is suffocating these countries and making it impossible for them to rise up and shine on their own. I care about the world as well as the USA - and I do not want it to become one big outlet mall.
Besides that - I don't know what towers these people are living in - but the USA needs some development of it's own. How are we expected to continue supporting the world and all these causes if we are not strong at home. Why is it so hard to open people's eyes to the problems right in front of their faces here in America - but these same people are quick to throw the third world countries in your face as they drive off in their BMW's filled with foreign gas.
Here's a thought - let's say we get attacked, nuked, or whatever - and go to war - Could we stand alone? How dependant are we on the rest of the world for our needs? Could we feed ourselves? Could we manufacture what we needed to go to war? Could we support our military? Could we even defend ourselves? The answer is NO the only way out of this mess is to rebuild American manufacturing NOW - bring the jobs back home - quit giving oil contracts to foreign countries so they can rebuild when we need it just as bad at HOME - before we are so quick to help the rest of the world we need to take care of ourselves.
Being a mother - after my husband passed - after starving myself for weeks - I was told "You Have To Take Care of Yourself if You Expect to Take Care of Your Children - Your Children Need You"
America is OUR Mother and we are her Children and she needs to be strong and healthy if we expect her to take care of us as well as the rest of the world.
Monday morning Rant -
Amanda Schalau
Besides that - I don't know what towers these people are living in - but the USA needs some development of it's own. How are we expected to continue supporting the world and all these causes if we are not strong at home. Why is it so hard to open people's eyes to the problems right in front of their faces here in America - but these same people are quick to throw the third world countries in your face as they drive off in their BMW's filled with foreign gas.
Here's a thought - let's say we get attacked, nuked, or whatever - and go to war - Could we stand alone? How dependant are we on the rest of the world for our needs? Could we feed ourselves? Could we manufacture what we needed to go to war? Could we support our military? Could we even defend ourselves? The answer is NO the only way out of this mess is to rebuild American manufacturing NOW - bring the jobs back home - quit giving oil contracts to foreign countries so they can rebuild when we need it just as bad at HOME - before we are so quick to help the rest of the world we need to take care of ourselves.
Being a mother - after my husband passed - after starving myself for weeks - I was told "You Have To Take Care of Yourself if You Expect to Take Care of Your Children - Your Children Need You"
America is OUR Mother and we are her Children and she needs to be strong and healthy if we expect her to take care of us as well as the rest of the world.
Monday morning Rant -
Amanda Schalau
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