tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442300152457345027.post3989844631692164913..comments2023-03-12T05:30:33.240-05:00Comments on little house in the ghetto: wellsharqihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10946168340402981902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442300152457345027.post-37987466866721262282008-07-29T13:32:00.000-05:002008-07-29T13:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for the kind words. Empires have risen and...Thanks for the kind words. Empires have risen and fallen throughout history, and it doesn't take much looking at our country's pathetic state to see the party's over: overwhelming poverty for many Americans, our environment in ruins, our natural resources sold off long ago, our ineffectual leaders, and on and on. Our nation has become rigid, and we can't adapt when the feedback cycles make us aware that we need to do so. <BR/><BR/>I agree the negative outlooks on the economy are affecting the downturn. It makes me wonder, if the corporations control the media, why so much negativity? But then again, when stocks tumble, that makes them cheap to buy, for whomever still has change in their pocket. <BR/><BR/>I wonder why and who thought stocks were such a great thing. Obviously, the first named Depression didn't teach us anything. Whenever bubbles grow, they pop. It happens, and it should not be a surprise. The housing bubble has been going on indefinitely, blown out of proportion by the tech bubble of the prosperous 90's. And now, after all the money that SOMEONE made off it, the bubble has popped, and taxpayers are left forking over the dough to rescue banks that made horribly bad judgments, just to make some extra cash. It doesn't make any sense!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I can adapt, and that adverse conditions do not get me down. It will take a lot of hope and vision, creativity and imagination to get us through.<BR/><BR/>Wishing you well, also, Lisa!<BR/>careysharqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946168340402981902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442300152457345027.post-79693327142577793472008-07-29T10:33:00.000-05:002008-07-29T10:33:00.000-05:00carey, girl, you rock! you're writing is so proli...carey, girl, you rock! you're writing is so prolific. i love this line - "It might be time for the Great Contraction, the down slide of the bell graph, the paying of the piper, the don't dish it out if you can't take it economic reality." I absolutely believe that the *Great Contraction* is what's going on right now! It's happened before, why shouldn't it happen again? Hell, it's happened throughout history, for as long as human existence. I believe that's how the great dynasties just disappeared. <BR/><BR/>I was talking to a good friend of mine a few weeks ago (you'd like her... she's one of my crunchy AP homeschool friends over here in D-Town) about the LOA and the media and the negativity that's spewed out of the boob-tube. I believe that the negative attitudes towards the economy are effecting the trends downward but I also believe that *God*... or whatever you want to call *him*... has said, "enough is enough, you've abused what I've given you, it's time to put on the breaks"... <BR/><BR/>I believe those that aren't doing what's necessary to minimize and be sustainable within our homes and community, will not fare this *Great Contraction* well.<BR/><BR/>Wishing you great blessings and prosperity in all it's forms! :)<BR/><BR/>LL. J. Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309044516086750611noreply@blogger.com