Monday, May 11, 2009

Jack and the twins. NOW
This is Sonny and Sherry holding their grand daughters (A few years ago)

This is Sherry and I with the twins a long time ago. (It was supposed to be below the other picture.)


Really cold and rainy today here in good old North Carolina. A pretty slow day. We met with the old folk at Hardee’s this morning. After a death the subject is usually death and funerals. Sonny has a first cousin to die yesterday. The had lived in Arizona and we stopped by to see them on our way round the country once. He was a truck driver for ABF, Arkansas Best Freight.
Well today there are a lot of college graduates out of jobs but on the market. It is hard to imagine the number of applicants throughout the entire country.
That brings me to my favorite subject, manufacturing jobs. While in the mountains we were in an area that was once the Mecca of furniture. Names like Drexel, Broyhill, Thomasville, Barnhardt, Scott, Southwood, Statesville etc. Huge plants sitting idle Parking lots growing up in grass/weeds.
We live around the largest of Textile Mills, sitting idle. Some cut up into Condo’s or nursing homes. But the replacements DO NOT produce manufacturing jobs. I was once naïve enough to think NC/SC were the real textile belt. But as I travel and read the net I hear where some of you are there are empty Textile mills. We don’t even make thread much anymore, much less cloth.
Dalton, Georgia has lost carpet mills.
Pittsburg has lost Steel mills. NOW Detroit will be closing some car manufacturing plants.
We have some Americans who are the BEST in Ranching and Agriculture. We can easily feed our selves the only problem is having the jobs to earn the money to buy the meat and vegatables.
Now I was a Perot supporter. Call him what you want, but his predictions have come true. All I can say to the president and politicians is you guys sent all the jobs out of the country. BRING THEM BACK. Require public purchases to be at least 50% American steel that builds the bridges and roads and infrastructure.
Require our armed forces to buy uniforms made with American labor on American machines.
FOR HEAVENS SAKE DO SOMETHING!!! FOR OUR SAKES DO SOMETHING!!!
I don’t like to hear, but we had an agreement/trade treaty, etc. WELL MODIFY THE SUCKER, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED, CHANGE IT!!!! Canada & the UK are facing about the same thing. The citizens of each country want the Government to protect their lively hoods. Somebody better get aware that taxes do run this country, but if we cannot work to buy all the stuff being imported, there will be MUCH LESS TAXES!!!!
My soap box speech for today. Now I will send a copy of this to the White house. (for what good it will do).
Nite Shipslog
PS:
******When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe






****** The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.






*******It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. signed.....Thomas Jefferson

7 comments:

shirl72 said...

I will let you get on your soap box today. I
have been on it a long time. I glad to see the
twins when they were young I thought they born
21 years old. I think I was born my age. I forget about ever being young. Woe is me I am
getting there. I will sing with George Burns,
I wish I was 18 again.

Melanie said...

well said Jack


Melanie

Paula said...

Nice pictures. Could you run for President? I hope you do send that to the white house.

LYN said...

ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR PICS AND YOUR THOUGHTS...

Sheila Y said...

I agree, I'm glad Sherry had a good Mother's Day. Good luck to Josh and Steve as they make their way in the world. I'm sure they will do well, Sheila

Lucy said...

Jack, I could not agree more. I wonder what most people that I read there blogs and some read mine would think of health care such as Europe and Canada has. I have friends I correspond with in both places that were born there and they think we are crazy to have such outrageous bills for medical bills. Jack sorry to infringe on your space but I did not think of it when I wrote my blog.

Terri said...

Amen to that! Good points...

Hugs
Terri