The Government is Shut Down!

Written by Ms. Philessa Jenkins aka Lady PJ

October 4, 2013

Copyright 2013

Title: The Government is Shut Down!

     I woke up at 4:30 am this morning with a lot on my mind.  I got up to feed my cat and his adopted family showed up.  Before you ask, I feed the whole clan and I suspect the two new kittens will be over in a few weeks.   I thought about this cat (my Tom) that guards, protects, teaches, and loves.  He also disciplines with gentleness and patients.  A cat!  Then I thought, to myself of course, how did we as a society loose that protective quality?  It’s amazing how the simple things in life can bring you back to a memory you didn’t even think important.

     Our government is fighting for control and the world around us is changing; not for the better mind you.  In fact, these days and times are worse than they were twenty years ago; there’s no tolerance, no patients, no understanding, no trust, and definitely no love.  How do we get back to that safety zone, that place where we call home?  You know the one where we could go outside our own door and not worry about locking it behind when we went back in, when we use to allow our children to stay outside all day until the sun went down, when gas was 99 cent for regular and it took like ten dollars to fill your tank up, or when kids would fist fight and that was that (the end). 

     They’re, our Government, is fighting over control and money and we have kids here in America living in poverty, disabled people who can’t get the proper care they need, or people who have spent years in college only to find out that they’re unemployable or “over qualified for the job.” Our entire life is being regulated, controlled, and enforced by the Government; a government that can’t agree on the budget.

     I’m from the country, yes I’m a Southern girl, where we have a saying, “teach a man to fish and he will eat every day.”  Well… now that man needs a license but in order to get a license he needs to have ID, so now he has to have money to get an ID or driver’s license; let’s not go into the paperwork it takes to get that driver’s license then he’s got to have the money to get his fishing license.  Wait!  What if that man’s homeless?  Where are they going to send his/her driver’s license to?  It’s the exact same way if you want to eat off the fat of the land and I think that’s crazy. “The land of the free and the home of the brave;” the next time you find yourself singing this, stop for a minute and think about it.  Is it really?

     Now they, Our Government, get paid all the while keeping hardworking folk from getting their checks; forcing them into a wait and see game.  Bull!  Who put these people in office? Right… we did!  I think some of them need to go home.

     This is really hard for me to believe right now and if it keeps going it could force the value of the dollar to take a turn for the worst.  Everyone who lives in America should be concerned.  Let me just say that I believe that people should have the option of affordable health insurance, I don’t believe that the Government should be shut down while our Representatives do their jobs.

     I’m Lady PJ and information is power so be informed.  Much love to you all and have a great day.