Hallmark, politics, and living the American dream

Last week-end while channel surfing I stopped on the Hallmark channel and decided to watch a movie. I thought it might be nice to see a show without all the violence, crime that seem to be in all the movies that are on the tube these days. For the most part everything was okay with the show, not too much violence, low key plot. All in all it wasn't a bad show. The thing that bothered me was the characters was all so mundane. Everyone in the movie had such an amazing perfect life with 2 kids and a dog and the drama in their life was how to get the crust off the bread before, good gracious, Grandma got home from saving a kitten- you get the drift. Not many people have those storybook lives and some have ones that more closely resemble a Nightmare on Elm street movie. There are so many people in this world, in our country that are without the basic needs that you and I take for granted. People stand by the roadside holding signs that they will work for food. Some have signs asking for work.This is a country of surplus, yet is the overall wealth in the country truly divided equally? And if not, how do we achieve this? Politicians make all kinds of promises to keep everyone working, making a good income and living the American Dream.The problem is, words are just that-words. We need action! Get off your butt and do something about it action! Take half the money that is spent on political adds that are nothing but pure crap and use it to balance the budget. Then, have all the politicians put their campaign promises in writing. Lets make it a binding agreement. How many politicians do you think would be willing to go the distance? My guess is that there would be very few willing to stick their necks out when it comes down to it. So what do we do?