some knitting, some ranting, some raving

i am knitting the 'willow cowl' a free download available at ravelry. with a picot hem

that i reknit 4 times

it's finally flat

thank goodness....of course then i proceeded to go on to knit 12 rows of the WRONG part of the pattern missing the first lace part completely...... so tinked that back and am about to start the lace part again

oye

now the ranting

it's a political thing,

does anyone else see the infighting with the democrats and the republicans as so many children desperately trying to cover up the fact that no one knows completely how to fix our economy by pointing fingers at each other?

i want to slap them all silly and demand that they remember a few things

1) they work for US.....the collective US, that includes the poor, the rich, the educated, the illiterates, the sick, the old...... voters and non voters alike

2) everyone appears to be missing the point........ that we are in trouble and we MUST work together for the benefit of ALL

3) both sides have good and bad ideas.... we need to listen to both sides

4) both sides need to state the ideas..without any added bullshit

5) we need plans A, B, C and we need to know....ok if plan A doesn't work........when and how do we switch to plan B

6) we all need to remember that our economy and other problems are pretty complex and intricately entwined, so we can't fix one thing without expecting to tweek in other areas........

7)NO ONE PERSON can do it all or alone......

i am so very angry with all the party's now, we NEED both parties and we need them to balance, we need to temper wisdom with action

and we all need to work together

i think also even if you don't agree with this president......... we need to work with him

just as the folks that didn't agree with the last came together during 9-11 and supported him

and most importantly the politicians need to put their careers and personal agenda's away and ask.....what is best at this time for the entire country?

me personally, i am interested in health care, as i am most likely losing my insurance,

retirement, as i am getting there

and jobs, as in if we don't have one we will lose the house

i do understand that for the country it's bigger then that...it's where we stand in the global economy, how much we are in debt etc

but i am pretty sure that the average american is right now terrified that they will be sick, homeless and starving at the rate things are going

this president had a huge nut to crack with these problems

can we all ALL at least hear the man out

and offer solutions not accusations

and if he screws up...... we all need to help him to a plan B
and you know.....he may just be the right man at the right place at the right time IF

he is able to say,

'we screwed up, and are trying for plan B now...with input from the other side'

now that being said, i do feel that there could be real progress if both sides actually worked together as there are some good ideas on both sides......

if they all could be adult enough to admit it