Freaky Friday

Has the world turned on it's axis?? Everything just seems soooo off lately...
I have a brain full of mush this week and all kinds of thoughts. Tuesday morning after the holiday I didn't get but DD did, a friend dropped dead of a heart attack getting his kids ready for school. Keith was one of the nicest guys in town, was 49, a fabulous husband and dad, and no apparent signs that he had heart trouble. Evidently he threw up the night before, so they just thought he was sick. Not overweight and didn't smoke. The funeral is this afternoon and the entire town will be there...
That, of course, has cast a pall over the entire week but the week has been weird anyway. My son and ex started their new jobs, and although thankful to have been hired, both have jobs that, well, are jobs with a revolving door that no one wants to do, so as soon as they find something else, they are out of there. Both are exhausting situations, so my heart goes out to them. It's like, which is worse? Staying home worrying about not working and keeping up with the Texas Workforce Commission in getting your unemployment or leaving at 6:30 am and returning home at 6:30 pm for very little money and an exhausting job. It's slavery and I don't care what anyone says. The middle class are slaves. The upper class have benefits and the lower class have "benefits" and those of us sandwiched in between are screwed. Gas has gone up sharply, and for those of us who count every penny, it is less spent somewhere else. I still liken it to musical chairs, and every time the music stops, another chair is pulled out and we're all trying to find a seat. (I guess today's generation doesn't even know what musical chairs IS since all they play is video games or sit in front of a computer.)
Sigh.
I woke up to hearing on Fox that Rush says, for the first time in his life, he is ashamed of this country. I agree!! If I even put up something political on Facebook, someone drops me because everyone is just sticking their head in the sand about what is happening in America, and quickly. We are losing freedoms every time this prez signs another executive order. We are having to fight for every single thing we always took for granted. We are fighting for the basics now - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - things we have had since the inception of this great country. You know what struck me as I reflect on my first trip to New York City last month? All of the flags, and all of the patriotism. It's lost most other places because these damn schools are removing the pledge of allegiance and God and any patriotism whatsoever. They are celebrating Muslim holidays now but removing Christian ones. They can't call it Christmas anymore, it's "winter holiday." And it's all BS!!!! Everything became so politically correct, that no one can say anything any more. Even Tim Tebow is caving on speaking at a Dallas Baptist Church because the preacher calls sin, sin. And gun control? Wow. The Sandy Hook incident has become the fighting flag for the liberals to take away the second amendment right to defend ourselves (not hunt like the libs will tell you.) The front page of my weekly paper says that ammo is scarce here and everywhere, and there are waiting lists to get guns. Here is a quote I saw this week: "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" - Adolph Hitler, 1935, on the Weapons Act of Nazi Germany.
Just about says it all, doesn't it??...