tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000770442104668433.post6799777875194908155..comments2008-09-21T22:46:59.881-05:00Sol Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05182686006334892854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000770442104668433.post-52431610488294994992008-09-21T22:03:00.000-05:002008-09-21T22:03:00.000-05:00Wow, that's hard to hear. I hope things pick up for you soon enough. No doubt they will.Dwayne Charringtonhttp://probablysucks.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000770442104668433.post-41058457181975247242008-09-21T10:43:00.000-05:002008-09-21T10:43:00.000-05:00Nicki-<BR/>Between the two storms--Ike and the economy--certainly the latter has hit us harder. I have a job, and a good one, but we are far behind on all of our bills. And to take the job, we had to leave a house that has been for sale for a year now and is going to be foreclosed on next month. <BR/><BR/>When I saw that news report, it was the first time I had seen broadcast television for six months or so. I'm always shocked at the way the news media stokes the fire of fear when it comes to the economy. Stories like yours and like many of my neighbors' touch me deeply and reveal the true cost of the economic disaster we are facing. <BR/><BR/>I try to keep politics out of my blog as much as possible, but I really do hope that with the upcoming election, we can see past the senseless slander and vote in the administration that is more committed to solving our shared problem.Sol Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05182686006334892854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000770442104668433.post-66922075311863806792008-09-21T08:51:00.000-05:002008-09-21T08:51:00.000-05:00I think the economic issues are not unlike Ike - far-reaching and ruining families and lives to their core. And I'm not talking about the lives of the CEOs and investors. I'm talking about families (like me) whose homes were taken, whose jobs were taken. The impact very much resembles the losses from Ike except we can work out in our yard to clean up Ike's devastation. 18 months after the economy hit our family we are STILL working to overcome that. With Ike, FEMA sucks but the community is rising up, companies are stepping up to help out and lend a hand, people are pulling together. With the economy, not so much. Just the opposite. Having lived through both I can tell you I'd suffer Ike's wrath again any day. At least you HAVE a job to try to straddle.Nickihttp://www.steppingonlegos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000770442104668433.post-45828986394604569912008-09-19T18:06:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:06:00.000-05:00same story here, can't go home cause of the darn tree. everyone else in the office is complaining about the power outtage, telling stories of their block parties grilling all the food they have, while I sit and wish that no electricity was my issue too.Hot Flashin' Mommahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416666574265752573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000770442104668433.post-32568788418825185012008-09-17T11:26:00.000-05:002008-09-17T11:26:00.000-05:00Wow. I've been sitting here trying to figure out what to say. My co-worker is from Iowa and when he hears someone whining about their life he says;<BR/><BR/>"What if you had real problems?"<BR/><BR/>Sending Hopes and Prayers as you recover.Maddoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140266747394510071noreply@blogger.com