It's OK. No one is watching...especially your children.
We're finally reaching that point...the point that we all feared of. It's been an ongoing process for years and years, but it doesn't cycle around this time.
Hey, we voted Democrat this year, didn't we? This should solve ALL of our problems. It worked in the past for the Clinton administration! Slash spending, increase taxes, get more moolah in the budget and produce more jobs! See, everything was just PERFECT between the years of 1993 and 2000. We were so good, we let some of the most wanted terrorists go while we had a firm grip on them!
OK, enough of the right-wing crap...and the sarcasm. We are in big trouble in case you haven't noticed, ladies and gentlemen. If it wasn't an issue in the past, it sure as hell is now. Monday is being dubbed as "Bloody Monday" for the massacring of the employed. In just one big swoop, it seemed like everything was imploding:
- It's lights out for Circuit City.
- Phizer could 'phinally' give in to the drug cartels.
- Caterpillar being eaten by 'larger birds.'
- Alcoa succumbs to symptoms similar to alcohol poisoning.
- Sprint Nextel has achilles snap, lets go of race and employees.
- TDK gets TKO'd
- Home Depot soon becomes official resting place for migrant workers.
- ING takes beatING.
- Intel not intelligent enough to increase revenue.
- Microsoft becoming "micro" and "soft."
- Texas Instruments can't calculate total amount of losses, damage.
- John Deere fading from green and gold to rust...
...and that was just for Monday.
Today, they announced that more than 11,000 jobs are being cut, on top of the 70,000+ jobs lost yesterday. Target plans on releasing 1,500 employees, which also affects the headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn. For those who don't know, Target is #2 behind Wal-Mart in retail outlets. (For those that already know about Target, you already know that Wal-Mart sucks in comparison) Regardless, this isn't good. I love Target.
Corning, known for high-tech glass and ceramics is nearing the point of folding shop as they plan on letting go 3,500 employees by the end of the year. Cutting 13% of the company's work force sucks. Even a local group--the Navistar plant out of Indianapolis is shutting their doors, barring 700 employees from what was a solid wage. This can't be happening...say it ain't so!
It's happening. It's real. In fact, people are being...well, too real about it.
One nice little family story can be found here.
You don't...do...these...things. The children have caused many problems throughout their parents' lives, yes, but they didn't lose your job for you. It can be agreed upon, however, that they are the cause of you losing your mind. In all seriousness, this is a tragedy. This is only the second time within a two month span that one man chose to blast his whole family, then turning the gun on himself. Sad.
I don't plan on jumping off of a cliff anytime soon, but that doesn't mean anybody should be over-looking a nice rocky bottom right now. This ship better be turned around soon, or by God, I will hope for 2012 to happen. 12/21/12--bring it.
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