WAL*MART

This has got to be one of my favorite subjects. The things that could be said about Wal*Mart are without end. Ever since Sam Walton died, Wal*Mart and it's values have plummeted to a record low, and their prices have hit a record high. At least on the items they still offer.

Let me ask you this, have you ever walked into a Wal*Mart and got everything you were looking for, without having to search for it? I have to be honest, not so much for me. It seems that every time I go into my local Wal*Mart Supercenter I spend half my time walking around the store looking for what I want, because the management, in it's infinite wisdom, has decided it needed to be moved to another location. Then, just when I get used to using a specific product they decide that I really don't need that product any more and will no longer carry it. Now I have to find some kind of substitue that they will decided in a couple of months not to carry anymore either.

I haven't even begun to talk about the pharmacy. I have never had so much trouble as at the pharmacy. Sometimes I think that they go out of their way to cause as much aggrivation as humanly possible. I'm not saying that the employees are bad. I know better. But the policies make it so that the employees cannot do anything to help the customer.

I am so glad that I have Wal*Mart to tell me what it is that I need, how much I need to get, and when I should get it. Afterall, what would I do without them.

What American???

Anybody who has any level of consciousness has to be aware of the Presidential race. I have been following the debates (really it's bickering) with less than the usual interest. But I was watching the news the other day and I heard something that I never thought I would hear. The reference was being made to Senator Obama. The newsman referred to Senator Obama as "African-American". Excuse me !!! What exactly does that mean. It seems to me that makes him to be an African first and American second. I have yet to hear Senator Obama refute that statement. Do we really want as President someone whose loyalties lie with Africa first and America second. I would not think so. Just once I would like to see a black person stand up and say, "I am not African-American. I am full blooded American and proud of it." We need to have people in politics who are proud to be American. Proud of the principles that America was founded on. Proud to stand up for what is right without worrying about what it will cost. There was a great price paid when this nation was formed. Where would we be if those men and women slithered away and hid when the call came to serve their country. We wouldn't have a country. We would still be paying our taxes to the Queen of England. I am an American and proud of it. I will stand by my country and will defend the principles it was founded on. "IN GOD WE TRUST". Will you???

The Greatest Writer

I am an avid reader. There is nothing I like more than to curl up with a good book. In my opinion, the greatest writer is Stephen King. The way he can weave a story is amazing. Not only do they work in print, but they are equally exciting on the screen. 'The Stand' has got to be one of the greatest books ever written. Of course, you have to read the uncut and unedited version that was written in 1990. The way the story is written makes it very believable. 'The Stand' is a story about a virus accidentally released by the United States government that has a 99.9% communicability rate. Everyone who gets this virus dies. With less than 1% of the population surviving they are divided into two groups, good and evil. The story is about how one conquers the other. I don't want to tell you how it ends. But I guarantee that if you read this story you will love it also.