I was amazed at how many people came knocking at our door today to encourage us to go vote (of course for THEIR candidate) and how many people came knocking at our door, offering us a ride to the polls, and how many phone calls we got today with the same objectives in mind.  I am so very glad that the polls are now closed and the door knocking and phone calls have stopped.  I voted today, and I hope you did too!  Now we wait to see who the winner is.  I hope that the results will be met with good sportsmanship and dignity by the candidates and the voters alike.

I was reading on the Forbes.com news website that the “hottest” job trends are in the “green” market.  The article indicates that Washington DC, Boston MA, Houston TX, San Fransisco, San Diego and Las Angelas are all going to be huge markets for “green” industries.

I sure hope that’s true.  We could use some job growth around here!  Lately it seems to have been all “doom and gloom” news about the economy and people losing jobs.  We sure need more jobs, and better jobs right here in the area!

I’ve been watching with quite a bit of concern the attempts to fix the financial mess our country is finding itself in.  I was not happy with the bail out bill package, but I felt that it needed to be passed to keep our economy from collapsing completely.  So I was very discouraged to hear that it had not passed.  This scares me; I’m concerned that people are going to be losing their jobs and their homes.  I hope that they come up with a workable solution to fix this mess!

I understand that the DOW fell 340 points yesterday, largely due to the news of rising unemployment and loss of retail sales.  I don’t usually pay a lot of attention to the stock market - I bought some stock a long time ago and just put it away, hoping to maybe make a little bit of money on it “in the long run.”  I’ve always been told to buy stock when the market is down, so this would be a good time to buy - if I had money to invest!

But money is too tight right now to put anything into investments, it is hard just paying the bills.  The economy of the US is in trouble though, and I think it is going to get worse before it gets better.

I can’t believe that John McCain chose Sarah Palin to be his running mate!  I have been hearing (and reading) about how UN-qualified she is to be the Vice President!  I know that John McCain is trying to get the voters that wanted Hillary Clinton, but he is NOT getting my vote!  I wanted Hillary Clinton, but SHE is qualified to be President.  It has a lot more to do with qualifications than it does with gender!  What kind of idiots does McCain think we are?  I’m totally insulted!