World events
Was recently talking to a friend of mine about the state of the US economy. She's been out of a job for almost 2 years now and was desperately hoping that the economy would pick up and she could get a job, perhaps retrain and become more competitive...needless to say, the news just came out. US is not doing so well on the jobs front and the economy is flat. and No, for you birthers, Obama didnt create this problem!!! I wasnt surprised to hear that news. I am no economist, but I am a world watcher...having travelled through several countries now and seen what is happening internationally, I have come to the conclusion, that America ignores the rest of the world at its peril. While we are embroiled in home grown "racial" politics and narrowly focusing on only what happens within our borders - "the Mexicans are coming"..and other BS of that ilk, the world is going ahead without us. We cannot continue to live on the echoes of old glory in the new world...