There is a lot of talk in the media that suggests that the economy is going to be a, if not the deciding factor in these coming elections. You know as well as I that that is a bunch of crap! Even John Kerry has bought into this line. With unemployment claims on the decline, Kerry still is beating the drum of “hopelessness” in the job market.
I would be crazy not to acknowledge that domestic issues are very important and need to be dealt with. But when you put the choice of giving a man a job next to security, the choice is very obvious. There are many people, including yours truly, that lost their jobs right after 9/11. I didn’t blame the government for loosing my job. Instead, the situation forced me to use my creativity to generate income in other ways. Looking back now, my whole career path has changed, and I could not be any more happier.
Even though September 11th was a tragic last day for about 3,000 people, the millions of us that were spared still live in a country where the thought that one of the passengers on a public bus might be a suicide bomber does not exist. We survived 9/11 and live in a country were we can move on with our lives and careers. One bomb can instantaneously eliminate that freedom. Money may be something we all want, but in the end, making sure that your hide is safe is something even the staunchest liberal really wants.
I was channel surfing the other day and I came across Neil Cavuto on Fox. It was the end of his show and he was giving his talking points. Here is what he had to say on the issue of economy versus security:
Sphere: Related Content“Do you think any of the parents of all those kids killed at the hands of Chechen terrorists in that Russian school are counting their rubles now? Or the families of victims of those two plane crashes in the same country at the hands of the same Chechen terrorists are thinking much about their jobs?
No, it’s hard to delight in your riches, when those you want to share them with are dead.
Just try to talk about the economy to any of the 18 families in Israel who lost sons and daughters and mothers and fathers in those twin bus bombings there and see how far you’d get.” (full article)
