my rant

[grandad]

(im 66 now ) and I always figured hat life would be easier on the old folks
WWWWWRRRRRRROOOONNNGGGG!!!!!!!
as I gained a reputation as a decent family man and a nationaly l known race reporter I felt like I had the world in my hands
then the walls came tumbling down
a new company bought out the newspaper where I was employed and subsquently (Cleaned house) termanating the most knowkedgeable and the employees that made a very decent salery keeping the employees that were young and would settle for lower salery
now I am unemployed and unemployable due to my age and physical condition' I draw 1 bit over 1 grand a month and I dont have to tell you that that doesn't go very far
I buy oodles of noodles by the case at about 75 cents a meal, then pay the docors surgeons and the hospitals as little as iIcan to keep them off my back
am drawing unemployment again and am trying to get disability because of my health and the all powerful goverment ignores my pleas so u c why i am begging for people to send me their extra parts a piece here and there and i might be able to build a tank or a jeep or a field gun or or or
Im ranting again and i am sorry but I have had it with our goverment officials making themselves richer while the poorer have to eat their table scraps and am expected to say "OH thank you oh thank u!!"does anyone else feel this way?? or is it just me??

[demonhunterfan]

I feel the same way as you do Larry, about a lot of what you've said. You put it so well-- "I felt like I had the world in my hands
then the walls came tumbling down" -- pretty sure most of us have felt that way along our journey with Christ. At first I absolutely hated 'the walls tumbling down' and had no qualms letting HIM, and anyone else, know how much I hated it. Most people listened to my complaining for a bit, and then left me-- but HE never did. Thanks and Praise be to HIM for never leaving me nor forsaking me!
I believe you are soooo right about 'the government' and 'its' policies, etc. Perhaps that's why GOD tells us to pray for our leaders, but I also believe we have our part to do as well. Voting is one thing most of us can do concerning 'the government', which supposedly we are (were) a big part of. Yes, 'politicians' in my mind, are not 'public servants' anymore-- 'politics' is seemingly a career choice for many, with, again seemingly, no thought of 'serving the public'.

GOD has gifted each of us with something we can do. I've come to the conclusion that we can use that Gift to make things better, or we can not use It, and make things worse-- by not using HIS Gift to us we simply allow things to get worse. One of the Gifts HE has given me is my personality, which HE has shown me recently is an obsessive compulsive personality, (not OCD) a big part of which is that I see things in black and white-- no gray areas-- if something is wrong, it is WRONG! and I feel I must do something about it. Trying to do that in my own ways and strengths was leaving me totally frustrated and alone. I've learned to seek HIS Kingdom and HIS Righteousness in dealing with all those wrong things. One of the ways HE's given me to deal with it all, besides voting, is to simply SPEAK UP! If no one speaks up against wrong things, the wrong things tend to grow--but, many times, if just one person speaks up, others will too, and soon that one small voice becomes a loud chorus of righteous anger that the world cannot ignore.
Forums like this are just one place where we can speak up, but HE gives us plenty of other times and places to do so as well. I've taken advantage of those opportunities, and have done my best to speak any Truth I believe HE has given me to say, and leave it and the hearers in HIS Hands.

Yea verily, trials & tribulations-- not much fun, eh? But I've gotten much better at dealing with them-- with Jesus.

Later and God bless

[Kit Karson]

Oct 5, 2009 3:56:00 GMT -8 demonhunterfan said:

I feel the same way as you do Larry, about a lot of what you've said. You put it so well-- "I felt like I had the world in my hands
then the walls came tumbling down" -- pretty sure most of us have felt that way along our journey with Christ. At first I absolutely hated 'the walls tumbling down' and had no qualms letting HIM, and anyone else, know how much I hated it. Most people listened to my complaining for a bit, and then left me-- but HE never did. Thanks and Praise be to HIM for never leaving me nor forsaking me!
I believe you are soooo right about 'the government' and 'its' policies, etc. Perhaps that's why GOD tells us to pray for our leaders, but I also believe we have our part to do as well. Voting is one thing most of us can do concerning 'the government', which supposedly we are (were) a big part of. Yes, 'politicians' in my mind, are not 'public servants' anymore-- 'politics' is seemingly a career choice for many, with, again seemingly, no thought of 'serving the public'.

GOD has gifted each of us with something we can do. I've come to the conclusion that we can use that Gift to make things better, or we can not use It, and make things worse-- by not using HIS Gift to us we simply allow things to get worse. One of the Gifts HE has given me is my personality, which HE has shown me recently is an obsessive compulsive personality, (not OCD) a big part of which is that I see things in black and white-- no gray areas-- if something is wrong, it is WRONG! and I feel I must do something about it. Trying to do that in my own ways and strengths was leaving me totally frustrated and alone. I've learned to seek HIS Kingdom and HIS Righteousness in dealing with all those wrong things. One of the ways HE's given me to deal with it all, besides voting, is to simply SPEAK UP! If no one speaks up against wrong things, the wrong things tend to grow--but, many times, if just one person speaks up, others will too, and soon that one small voice becomes a loud chorus of righteous anger that the world cannot ignore.
Forums like this are just one place where we can speak up, but HE gives us plenty of other times and places to do so as well. I've taken advantage of those opportunities, and have done my best to speak any Truth I believe HE has given me to say, and leave it and the hearers in HIS Hands.

Yea verily, trials & tribulations-- not much fun, eh? But I've gotten much better at dealing with them-- with Jesus.

Later and God bless

Amen

[dimaxion]

I am feeling your pain . I started to malfunction in 2000 . By 2003 I was terminated from my last real job . I was hired in a Dept. Store . I worsened there . I was scheduled for -0- hours a week more than once . I landed a Senior Training subsitised job . I continued to decline . It took from Dec. , 2003 until May , 2006 to be eligible for SS Dissability . We were told by another "government" official we needed to spend all of the settlement money within (I connot remember the exact amount of) a very short time . We did get a variety of small things we could use . We didn't buy large things or go on a vacation .
Now to tell you why I was declining . I have early onset Altzhimers . My back and neck have ruined discs and destroyed left Ciatic nerves . I use a Walker to traverse most surfaces and long (short to you) distances . Would you hire me or like me to balance your checkbook ? I get confused counting past 25 .
God did Bless us and I collect my paultry amount . This is after bankrupcy , cleaning out all of my retirement funds and so on . I don't miss an election nor have I ever missed one .
I am in your corner ..Get a Lawyer so he can have 5k of the settlement . You must do so to be disabled .
What's wrong with this picture ?? God Bless you and yours ..