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The State of America in my Opinion

Weekly blog on whatever comes to mind that week. This is just my opinion

Sunday June 24, 2012 I picked up the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer and two of the topics on the cover page were about olderman taking advantage of younger men.

Of course I could barely drink my coffeewhile reading because I was so disgusted by these articles. It wasn't the writing it was the topic!

I have two sons and if anyone touched my children like thepriests or the football coach I know I would be the one sitting in jail waitingfor my sentence. It is disgusting! Men that are role models take total advantage of children and their kind gentlehearts. Outrageous, seriously disgusting, and unbelievable… Are there any other adjectives to describe this grotesque behavior!

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Imagine being the Parents of these boys. As a mother, I know I make decisions and introduce my boys to church and sports. I have sent andwill continue to send them to sports where they will be in contact with menthat will coach and mentor them. I trust and don't fear that they will be hurt. Which I know these parents did with their sons and look where that has gotten them.

I have to say that in prison I think that all of these men will get what they deserve! Other men that have committed crimes do not take kindly to men that abuse children! At least that is what I have heard.

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What is happening today in this Country? Men and Women fighting wars, killing people and when theyreturn they are expected to go back to their previous lives, with nopsychological evaluation? NO HELP? REALLY? Then we have a Presidential candidate that is being persecuted for being successful?? He is rich; he has his original wife and 5c hildren. It takes a lot of money to raise a family. If the worst thing Mitt has done is get rich, sign me up!

It is really hard out in the world today. I went to a career counseling service in Berwyn where the ages of the people that attended ranged from 25-65 and it was quite depressing. They all are looking for work and they all have the worries we all have — how am I going to pay the bills? Owning your own small business is becoming impossible, unless you never want to grow.

How are our children evergoing to make a living? Change? Is that the answer? Something has to change and what that drastic change is going to be, I have no idea. But, I am going to continue putting one foot infront of the other. If my largest character flaw is being an internal optimist, then I will continue smiling and hoping for the best!

The other option isn’t OK especially because I am raising children to reach for the stars! Dream big! We are Americans…..

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