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The world seems to be in chaos. None of the old rules apply and no one seems to know what the new rules are. This blog is about the confusion of one little old lady from Texas and her effort to make sense of it all.
In this day of unstable economics, most people are looking for ways to increase their income. This makes for fertile ground for various 'make money from home' schemes. Most of us know that there
really is no magic way to make money but in desperate times, we often lower our defenses and are easy prey to charming, fast-talking telemarkers. Each day I receive dozens of messages promising wonderful things with little effort on my part...just enter our contests...stuff envelopes...subscribe to our psychic readings...and soon wonderful riches will come your way. And, of course, that charming, fast=talking, young person would NEVER lie to you.
Well, folks, they certainly will!! Some of these sites will tell you actual lies and others will just talk around an issue until you believe you heard something that they didn't actually say. Either way, it is you holding the bag and its usually an empty bag. I suppose there are sites out there where you can work hard and make money. The problem is that their target audience is often senior citizens, who can be convinced that they can send a grandchild to college if they will only commit a few thousand dollars to his comany, or that you can buy that new car, or the house you want. Always some large and wonderous dream.
I have yet to find anyone who can tell me how to earn an extra hundred a week to help with the grocery bill or pay for a doctor's visit. You are too smart to invest a couple thousand dollars for such a small return. So the big promises. I mean, someone is making money. Surely I can too.
Take it from one who got caught up with this type of scheme. Righ now I'm into it for about $8,000. In the past 6 months, I have realized $40 for my efforts.
So please do be careful. If you need extra money, this is probably not the way to get it.
Since that is the case, then I want to abolish Mother's Day. It depresses me because I am not a mother, have never been a mother and at my age, will probably never be a mother. At church today, they said a special prayer for all the mother's in the congregation. They didn't pray for me! At lunch, the restaurant handed out lovely roses to all the mothers. How do you think I felt when I'm the only one at the table that didn't get one? No one bought me a card, or
Let's Pretend
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is a group of people who want "In God we Trust" taken out of
every government building, public school, and off our money. Their
rational is that they don't believe in God and are offended by the
constant reference. Another group wants to do away with the greeting of
"Merry Christmas because it is a religious holiday and does not fit into their belief system. They don't want to listen to a greeting that
refers to Christmas or anything Christian. On the other hand, some
Christian groups complain that Halloween is just an excuse to worship
Satan. Of course, all these protesters could just ignore the
greeting, change the channel on their TV, or keep their kids at home..
But that's not enough. They want it GONE!!.
