Understanding these times

These times are really hard. When you have to comprehend a 3% reduction in your profits for your business, and at the same time lose your health insurance plan, well....you begin to understand what really hard times means. It means we either have to roll with the punches or all of us (that means everyone!) take a stand one way or another. What I mean by this is do we take the status quo, where all the systems around us fail, and we are left without a penny in our pocket, or a job that will make us successful, or do we come together as a society and hold our representatives accountable for everything that they have promised us. We are supposed to be California...the defining icon of the west coast, but we as a society are complacent. I recently saw an old aquainence who was complaining about all the cuts and the proposed budget cuts. I knew in my head that he was feeling the hard times too, but then he wouldn't really do anything. He wouldnt go the extra mile and take a stand. We need to chain ourselves in front of the capital and say that minorities may not be ignored and that the budget cuts will not fall on our shouldrers. If someone calls me tomorrow and says, "Nick, Im ready to go down to Sacramento and get arrested for protecting our rights" I will be on the next train to Sac. For those of you who read this, and for those of you who don't, this is the worst time in the states history. This is the longest we've ever gone without passing a budget. It's not just happening at a local level, our friend Tom Dashal, who has always stood up for PWD and minorities, he was ousted from the Obama Administration by the good-o-IRS. 120,000 to 3,000 is nothing to a person who makes so much money. This was a publicity blitz that made the Republicans use their influence with the popular media to overplay something that was just a mere mistake. It could have happened to any one of us. So I ask you to engage with me on a trip to the capital to regain our rights. Yes, you can email me at daretodream94704@yahoo.com and I will happily join you in our fight to save our state from people really dying, and people going broke, because our government doesn't have a clue. Staying alive....

Nick