Hope for tomorrow..............

July is over now and the country has seemed to make a turn around. The health care reform bill has been watered down enough to not do us any good who really need the help. The stock market is up and the rich who lost all our 401k's are gaining their money back, wonder if they'll send us a check. Crude oil prices are up, unemployment is up, groceries are up and the goverment wants to raise the price of milk to help out the farmers. Its wonderful to see things turning around for everyone, but just in case you are interested their is a whole bunch of us who are still broke, hungry and needing hope. See, in a trickle down economy it takes a long time for it to trickle to the bottome and by the time it has helped everyone on the way down, well, crumbs from the table are better than starving to death. Thank you America!

The new Party..........Blue Dogs

For the last 15 years the blue dogs of the democratic party have mostly been what we like to call "conservative democrats". These elected officials have been coming from areas and districts of the country which have for years have been republican. These dogs have been able to take advantage of the descent in the republican party and the growth of the independents to win them positions in the house. The dogs have not had the power and clout which they have demonstrated this year though......and remaining in office and with the support of some very powerful lobbyist they now are making their mark on history. How? They are basically unraveling the democratic initiatives to move more liberal views into washington which would help the middle class. They are representing big business and that growing sector of people in the us who do not represent the middle class but are not elitest. What does this mean for you, either compromise or lose. They have the votes to derail any changes which the president wants to make for the next 4 years. He will either compromise or they will become sterile as democrats. This plays directly into the hands of the republicans who know that they cannot push anything through but be a pain in the side of liberal democrats. So set back and watch for the next 3 years, there is a new party in town, with a new agenda!