Dreams and Nightmares
There is a line in a Simon and Garfunkle song, "And we've all gone to search for America." In these days of chaos and growing unemployment lines, many of us are asking, "Where have all the jobs gone?" Peter, Paul and Mary sang a a powerful folk song, "Where have all the Flowers Gone." I want to convert the poetic chorus to our situation. "Where have all the workers gone? Gone to unemployment lines every one. Oh, when will we ever work. Oh, when will we ever work? Where have all the jobs gone? Gone to other nation every one? Oh when will we ever learn? Oh when will we ever learn?"
Chaos erupted as quickly as the bullet from a hunter's rifle and the American worker fell in silence without a requiem. While we were sleeping unaware, the American dream became a nightmare. A computer programmer's forty dollar an hour job went overseas to a stranger who does the same job for ten dollars an hour. Microsoft's empire gained more profits when all of their customer service jobs went to India. Verizon sent their customer service jobs to Mexico. Oh so many manufacturing jobs went to China and finally the jobs in the American automobile plants crashed in a car wreck of astronomic proportion. The needs of greed broke our banks and the items at our stock market were all on sale at bargain prices, Retirement plans felt the heat and there were no fans.
Millions of Americans are searching but only a few are finding work because companies are tightening their belts and there are no notches left. The real jobs that Americans had are now only figments of our imagination. The jobs that were promised Americans left without saying good bye. Like the old cowboy ghost towns, American manufacturing cities are filled with empty storefronts, and vacant houses. Factories have become monuments to our nations decline.
Our president, Obama, is working hard to bring order out of Chaos, but he faces a lot of opposition from those who profited from our nation's decline. Yet a ray of hope shines because a growing group of CEO s have discovered that those who benefit from America should contribute to it. We can support our president at the polling places with our votes and we can stand up and speak out for America. I am glad that I voted for Obama because he is a man with a vision for America, a man who may earn a place in history if we give him the support he deserves.
Bear
Chaos erupted as quickly as the bullet from a hunter's rifle and the American worker fell in silence without a requiem. While we were sleeping unaware, the American dream became a nightmare. A computer programmer's forty dollar an hour job went overseas to a stranger who does the same job for ten dollars an hour. Microsoft's empire gained more profits when all of their customer service jobs went to India. Verizon sent their customer service jobs to Mexico. Oh so many manufacturing jobs went to China and finally the jobs in the American automobile plants crashed in a car wreck of astronomic proportion. The needs of greed broke our banks and the items at our stock market were all on sale at bargain prices, Retirement plans felt the heat and there were no fans.
Millions of Americans are searching but only a few are finding work because companies are tightening their belts and there are no notches left. The real jobs that Americans had are now only figments of our imagination. The jobs that were promised Americans left without saying good bye. Like the old cowboy ghost towns, American manufacturing cities are filled with empty storefronts, and vacant houses. Factories have become monuments to our nations decline.
Our president, Obama, is working hard to bring order out of Chaos, but he faces a lot of opposition from those who profited from our nation's decline. Yet a ray of hope shines because a growing group of CEO s have discovered that those who benefit from America should contribute to it. We can support our president at the polling places with our votes and we can stand up and speak out for America. I am glad that I voted for Obama because he is a man with a vision for America, a man who may earn a place in history if we give him the support he deserves.
Bear
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