I'm not sure my thoughts are even worth a penny, but nonetheless, (is nonetheless all one word or 3 separate words, I'm not sure) here they are.
1st thought: Yesterday afternoon I discovered we had no water, this was about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I was thinking that it would surely be back on by 5 or 6, since I figured the reason for the water being off was because of a major city water overhaul which is taking place this year. Well, the water wasn't on and didn't come on until around 9pm. It's hard to go without water especially when you have kids, as I'm sure most of you know. Anyways, thankfully I have been filling water in the empty juice containers that we get every so often as a splurge at the store, so I knew I could use those at least to satisfy some thirsty kids. Now to my point. I realized I am relying far too much on my city for basic needs, such as water, but I have taken the initiative to stock pile a few of those basic needs so in case of an emergency my family could get by. And the bigger picture to me is that unfortunately some Americans are relying far too much on our government to supply them with "basic" needs. But what if our government collapses and is not willing to supply those "basics" anymore. Then what happens. I realize this is a very simplistic view but I think a good lesson I've learned and I wish other's out there would learn as well, i.e., our representatives.
2nd thought: We have a dvd player in our minivan, and since we live in the country and have to drive for longer periods of time to get anywhere I often have a movie playing for the kids. Lately the kids have been watching Madagascar 2. I actually do enjoy listening to the movies and listening and watching the kids in the rear view mirror laughing and commenting on these movies. But I also realize that often there are lines in the movie that are extremely true to our life and times. For example, in Madagascar 2 there is a scene where an obsurd idea is posed to the populace by the self appointed king. He suggests that in order to get the water back into the watering hole they need to make a sacrifice to the fire gods in the volcano. After convincing a hopeless giraffe to jump in and sacrifice himself, the onlookers cheer, and the king exclames "hurry up, before we all come to our senses." Doesn't this sound like what our current government is doing?
3rd thought: One of the trailers before this movie starts is advertising Monsters vs Aliens. I love the line that introduces BOB. The announcers says that one of the monsters is a gelatinous mass, which obviously has no brain. BOB's response is "and turns out, you don't need one." Again doesn't this sound like quite a few of our representatives who are running our current government?
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