Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Patience is a Virtue...
Hello SG Enthusiasts! Both of you... I, like most Americans, have very little patience. I want everything to happen like yesterday. Why are we so impatient as a society? When I was 20 years old, enlisted in the USAF, and living in Los Angeles, CA, I remember visiting a car dealership with a very good friend of mine. His car had been stolen and we were window shopping and dreaming about him buying a Honda Passport. Don't laugh. We were dead serious...it was 1994, maybe '95, and Sport Utility Vehicles were just becoming en vogue. We were like, "Imagine rolling up to Club Roxbury (a club in Hollywood off Sunset Blvd.) in this!" Alas, it was all a dream, and we knew it couldn't happen. I vividly remember being bummed out about being too young to have the money/credit rating needed to acquire that vehicle. My thoughts were, "why do I have to wait to become old to have the money/credit worthiness to enjoy this type of vehicle? I want mine now!" Now, after gaining the "Life Experience" necessary to answer this question, I get it. Had my friend been able to afford to purchase that vehicle, we may have gone out even more and maybe gotten into trouble. As it were, we had just enough to really enjoy life for as young as we were and stay out of trouble. Matter of fact, I still keep in touch with most of my friends from that period in my life. Maybe if we had more money we would have wasted that "Life Experience". It's important to play the hand you are dealt in the game of Life, whether it be good or bad. Just because it may be bad now, you never know what's coming with your next draw. Hang in there, keep your head up, and keep pulling. That's why patience is one of the most important virtues to possess. I am still impatient and pray for patience in all things...and all good things come to those who wait! Hopefully, my readers will grow from my current 2 to way 2 many! Big shout out to JR and EO for hanging in with your boy! Goodnight and Godspeed!
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What's up, SG! I just got the email that we are now officially bloggers. So, Tone, considering all that you went through in not having the credit/finances to obtain the vehicle of your choice at that time, do you have any comments on the current proposition in Congress and the Senate as to whether we (the People) should "bailout" the top 3 U.S. auto manufacturers?
Well Jela, first I'd like to thank you for being my first official "follower"! That's great! As far as a Bailout for the 3 U.S. Auto Makers, I believe it is important to the financial makeup of the country and probably the phsyche (sp?) of "We The People" that the Big 3 not be allowed to fail. Also, the Detroit area is one of the most poverty stricken areas of the country so you cannot underestimate the jobs that those companies provide. I say, bail them out, but make them re-pay the people. I don't think the exec's really helped themselves with taking 3 private plans to DC. Goodnight and Godspeed!
I agree with you wholeheartedly that the executives were crazy to take private jets to D.C. They did not even "jet pool"! I do not see how the economy approved from the first bailout or even how the money was monitered well. We are just throwing good money after bad! I don't think a bailout is what should occur. The market should be allowed to act as intended. Let it bottom out; it will come back. If you really want to help people, then give the money to individuals, not businesses. If you do that, spending and investing will increase. The economy will improve.
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