There Is A Sadness In Amerika

It’s the day before Christmas Eve 2013.

    There is a sadness in Amerika, I hear it in the voices and see it in the faces of the people, everywhere I go. Christmas has become a burden inits commercialization. Everyone is so bombarded by store ads and the latest gadgets, that the expectations have been raised so high, simply giving someone a hug, telling them you love them and that you will be there in times of need, maybe some small handmade gift from the heart is not enough. Santa no longer gives little girls and boys’ dolls and Lincoln logs but the newest and biggest car and truck. People are stressed to buy, buy, buy, borrow from tomorrow to fill those expectations built buy corporate pitch men. The spirit and the smile and love of giving is not there. Its Zombie land in the faces of the shoppers of the mega malls and Walmarts of Amerika.

      It makes me very sad for all of us, as individuals, as a society and as a country. Very sad indeed!  

John Lennon - Happy Xmas [War Is Over] Lyrics HD

Christmas Movies

           I've noticed over the last 20 years the growth in popularity of putting out movies at Christmas.           I think it is bad enough that more and more we skip right over Thanksgiving. The Christmas shopping season gets closer and closer to starting just after Halloween.One daay we will see a "Black" Nov. 1. This year we saw the first major push to make Thanksgiving Day a shopping day instead of a time for families to feast and make merry. I guess the only people who make money on thanksgiving are the turkey farmers. If gift giving were big on thanksgiving it would be a much more important holiday.
    NOW! Its Christmas afternoon all the gifts are given out, screw the family time.... how else can we make money??????....... lets put out big blockbuster films that the kids will beg to go see..........who wants to ACTUALLY spend time interacting with family???????? Who needs that crap???..... it doesn't make money..... and they talk about keeping Christ in Christmas.
      Our monetary system is failing, it may be to late but there needs to be a major change before there is revolution in the streets. It is coming. It is real.
          Our financial system is nothing but a Ponzie scheme.
I urge everyone to check out the Zeitgeist movement~ The Zeitgeist Movement describes itself as a sustainability advocacy group based on the belief that the monetary-market economy can be replaced with a system to "base all decisions initially on resources and learning to maximize their efficiency."^[4] Members of the group believe in the elimination of money and private property.^[5] Movement members say the current socioeconomic system is structurally corrupt and needs to be replaced with a system based on efficient and careful use of resources through the technological potential of sustainable development.^[6][7][8] The Zeitgeist Movement advocates the implementation of renewable energy and computerized, automatic systems world wide in order to collect, process, and distribute equally the necessities of life, such as food and shelter, transportation, recreation, and so forth.^[5][8]
  and the Venus Project ~ This idea uses a version of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation with a global socio-economic system based on social cooperation and scientific methodology.

Giving Tuesday

       Its the Tuesday after "Black Friday" where people got trampled and fought in the precious act of getting that love one a special gift at the lowest possible cost. Then there was "Ciber Monday" yesterday, whatever that is. Now they have come up with "Giving Tuesday";  its sad we have to have a special day, but that is actually something I can get my head around. Today; I'm giving away 3 coats, 2 are super warm and practically brand new , also a pair of boots and a fleece blanket.
      So, what about it...... what are you doing to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas? What are you doing to help the poor in your own community?