Random rants

Here are a few random things that have bugged me over the past few days and wanted to share. Doing it this way since I'm too lazy right now to write three separate posts so just take it. Oh and enjoy the random pic lol.

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Following up a story I told a few weeks ago, Ty / Beanie Babies has decided to 'retire' their totally not the first family - Sasha and Malia dolls. I am glad this happened because it shows that the public was outraged enough to force them to pull their product. It is horrible for them to use private citizens as props to sell a product. And I am outraged I didn't buy one because you know that those things are going to be worth a lot...
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Well it's been about a week since we had that rogue storm in winter that shocked everyone because it never snows in January. Turns out still about 250,000 people are without power in Kentucky and thousands are probably trapped in their homes and many are dead. Again I have to say how the hell can we have this failing infrastructure in our county and not fix it. Today the Senate voted on a version of the recovery bill and when the democrats added 25 billion in infrastructure the republicans voted it down. How dare they keep pushing the idea that businesses need the tax cuts (because the CEO's need more bonuses) and families need some too (that will just wind up in a bank). We need to fix this country and how it works and we need to do it fast.
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Finally I have to continue with the economic front and how horrible the state of living is for everyone. A dear friend of my family is in tough times like many of us. A typical American family of a husband, wife, and two kids. Now back 50 years ago a family could survive on one income but not anymore. Since the mother can't work and they are struggling to stay afloat the father has just taken on his THIRD job. Three jobs, and they aren't living extravagant lives. They live in suburbia and are just trying to keep that life of normalcy going but the economy is so crappy right now god knows what will happen to them. Its pathetic what this country is going through right now.