Are Americans ready to take back their country?

Well, since my last entry I have received emails and comments saying that Americans could never take time to Strike from work and driving. In my opinion this idea is as crazy as the fact that Americans are letting their Government dictate how much they pay for everything. If Americans strike and refuse to go to work or drive for a day, two days or even a week it would seriously wake our Government up and realize we are not going to pay the price for their own greed or agenda. This is the only real leverage we as Americans have left. The government has us around the neck strangling us with their policies, corruption and lack of respect for the very people that are providing them the opportunity to be the figure that they are. Yes, Americans would suffer some if we all walked out on our jobs. But the outcome would be far better than the suffering that we are and will continue to deal with. The worst has yet to be seen. Gas prices will increase and in turn will continue to increase the cost of every product Americans buy. EVERY PRODUCT.

United we stand. Remember? Our government is not united with the American people. They are kidding themselves if they think they are. America and it's it's people are in distress because of the decisions that our Government has made. They have not looked out for us because they were to busy looking out for themselves and their corporate friends that were padding their pockets for favors.

Look, I am not naming names or placing blame. I only want us to stand together and tell our Government to either change or we will walk out on them. If we strike and shut our country down what are they going to? Start pointing guns at us and demand us all to work and drive. Maybe, I don't really know but I know that the American people better stop whining and complaining about what is happening and start taking some real action. I am not real sure what a petition is going prove or writing letters to our government officials will do. I only know that voting does not even seem to work anymore because we don't regulate who will run. Heck we don't know who to freaking believe or trust. I do know this. I have voice. the person reading this has a voice and if Americans can take this serious and UNITE we can force our Government to change.

I asked everyone to please leave feedback. Not everyone did. If you have an idea I want to hear it. We need to start figuring out how we are going to get the word out to Americans on UNITING. This is OUR country too. We have all sacrificed something at sometime for our nation to our nation. I know our fore fathers would have never sat back and watched their country die.

Shocked

From the cost of gas? Everywhere I go I hear people talking about how they do not know how they are going to make it paying for gas as high as it is. Grocery checkers, car washes, college students, nurses, government employees, you name it they are all wondering how we are going to survive. Tuesday I read that Republican Senate rejected a bill from Congress to tax the 5 most profitable oil companies. And I also learned that McCain approved a $1.92 billion tax break for Exxon Mobile alone. WOW!!!!!!

Did you know that Americans are spending $12 billion a month rebuilding Iraq? I cannot drive anywhere without freaking hitting holes in the road or paying an ass load of money to fill up my car. Do the math. 300 million Americans divided by 12 billion is $40.00 per person a month. That is if everyone worked. I am sure kids, disabled people and lots of others out there including myself do not have paying jobs, not to say we don't work we just don't make a salary. So those of you who do earn a paycheck I do not even know how to calculate how much you are each paying for the rebuild of Iraq every month. Plus, we buy their oil and make them rich at the same time??? WTF? I am freaking racking my brain trying to understand how Americans have let this happen. What's worse, CONTINUE.

Not that I am broke or starving or struggling for that matter, but I have before and it was never fun. I have to be very careful on how we spend our money. For example, no new car right now and less trips out to eat. Oh, and no Vacation this summer. Yeah, all that sounds great. Wonder if The CEO for Exxon or Shell or Mr. President himself will miss out on their vacation this year????

My heart is crying for all the people that are struggling to make sure their kids are eating or heck even have somewhere to live. 1 million American people are in foreclosure as of Friday and that does not count the ones who have already lost their homes.

I have been brainstorming for several days on what we can do together to WAKE OUR government up and realize that we are not going to take their shit any longer. I am taking ideas from all of you and will consider anything. I would like to act within the next day or so. I am going to issue a poll bulletin by Friday afternoon with all the results I get. Let's get to thinking my friends. Please feel free to let me know what you think even if you disagree. Thanks for reading. Love all of you! You can email me @ emilyapodaca@gt.rr.com

P.S.
Last figure that was calculated for the amount of work a housewife and stay at home mother does was $117,000 a year at 105 hours a week. (My personal Shift 6am - 10pm) Monday Through Sunday