Freedoms and what they mean

It just hit me the other day that we are

slowly losing all of our freedoms. I know

everyone is saying that because of the

economy we are losing our capitalist society

and changing into a socialist society. Only

time will tell on this front. It all started

with me when they told me I had to wear a

seat belt in my car. Don't get me wrong , I

believe in safety and I think that a seat

belt would save my life in an auto accident.

I just don't like the government telling me

that they will give me a ticket and make me

pay a fine if they, the law, catch me not

wearing it. Then there is the smoking. I do

not smoke, abhor smoking , and hate it when

people smoke in my presence. However, I think

we should have the freedom to choose if we

want to smoke and that the government should

not regulate what I, as a private citizen, should

do or not do. If I die from smoking because I

had the freedom to do so, then I take full

responsibility for making that choice. Freedom

of abortion is another topic. I hate abortion.

I am not for abortion. But if I get in that fix

and decide I need an abortion , that should be

my right and my families right, not the government.

They did not get me pregnant. I know they have some

rights when they are paying the bills and this is

where the dichotomy lies. There is no answer except

I keep feeling that the government is slowly taking

over our lives and dictating to us what we can do

and what we can't do. I fear the Big Brother Syndrome.

I hope I am wrong and that we as a people will have

the choices to make when we vote about who controls

our destiny. I might be wrong, but it sure looks like

someone besides ourselves is deciding our future.

What if the Economy does not bounce back?

All of my retail friends are complaining about
their slow traffic and business in their stores.
When I ask them what can they do about it , they
all agree that they will just have to wait it out.
My question to them would be, what would happen
if the economy does not bouce back?
Where would we be without business? The economy
is in a negative way today. All of the no sale
situation is in a trickle down mode. Construction
is down, furniture is down, new car sales are down,
transportation is down, food cost are up , gasoline
is up, clothing is up, but business is down. If no
one is doing business and business as we know it
comes to a halt, then what becomes of our world as
we know it. Read history. The great depression of
1929 caused many castrophe's in society. Deaths,
business failures, marriage dissolution, etc.etc.
We are in that same position today. Credit card
debt, high payments, overextended debt, unhappiness
in marriage, business, and life in general.We are
headed in a dangerous direction. Someone must
stop us. Someone must find a solution. Without
answers we are heading into a precarious position
of life that none of ever dreamed of. We are
headed into a world of the unknown. We are headed
into the Time Zone of a past history that is in
danger of repeating itself. No one is going to like
it and everyone is going to be shocked at this new
quality of life or the lack of it. We have been
pampered too long and no one seems to understand
or has the foresight to rescue us. We are coming
up on a destiny of shock that we have never perceived.
There is a danger lurking on the horizon of a life
so poor, and so unforgiving that many of us will
likely go bananas. I could be wrong. The economy
could bounce back, we could pay off our credit
cards, refinance our homes, all buy new cars and
live happily ever after. But I don't think so. I
hate to play what if, but What If ?