Musings of a Liberal Texan

Listening to rush and hannity yesterday I was stunned that people during Obama's town hall meeting were asking for new kitchens and bathrooms and more money to compensate them for their MickeyD job that they have had for four years, free gas, free this, free that. Honestly. A new kitchen? Some people don't understand what this whole stimulus package is supposed to be a-stimulatin'. But those rascals did it again! Caught me believing them! Crazy ME! This is hannity/rush SPIN! The kitchen/bathroom request? Comes from a homeless woman that made a desperate plea for someone, anyone to please address the fact that hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children, are without a place to sleep, to live. The compensation for a job? That was from a college student that is trying to work and go to school and is worried about not getting a job when he is done. The free gas? There they go again. It was in snippets from someone talking, taken out of context in order to promote this obam

History I have always had an issue with "corporate" America...being involved in it. Maybe it's a pride issue.  Maybe I can't stand having people consider themselves better than anyone else or "dog and pony shows".  Maybe I can't allow others to take credit for my work.  I want to believe that I have avoided the office environment for all my adult life because there is something in me in regards to my sense of justice and fair play that makes existing in that environment too unnatural, too damaging to who I believe myself to be. When I write something like that it makes me shudder a bit thinking how that might sound. I am by no means a person that has lofty opinions of herself. I actually admire those that can work within the system to get things done. That has been a sense that I have gained since my current employ. I admire and yes, envy a little, those that can play the game and move forward...without undermining their integrity OR become slimy and sli