I grew up in South Africa and loved my country. I moved back when I was 16.


Six weeks after I got back, I was treated to the sight of 4 of my fellow citizens being gunned down on the Kent State campus.


Things have gotten nothing but worse. To me, things have gotten off track.


What happened to "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". This can be understood as ask not what people can do for you but what can you do for people.


We have lost our way. I look around and see so many people that seem to think I've got mine, I'm doing ok and the hell with the rest of you. And you know who epitomizes this point of view? The peanut in the white house. I'm sorry but he does not deserve the title of president.


The disturbing thing is that we elected him. To me this is the last draw.


If I can arrange it, I will once again become an expatriate.


In any event I have come to hate the country that I loved so much.


Please take a minute and read the preamble to the constitution. I once had lunch with a coworker and he asserted that welfare was unconstitutional because the constitution didn't mentioned welfare. He was flabbergasted, when I corrected him and pointed out the yes it was. It's right there in the preamble:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."


So, if I can arrange it, I will once again become an expatriate until such time as this country finds its way again. Until such time that we become a shining city upon the hill again and lives up to the promises in the preamble.

Covid-19 Profiteers

This is despicable.

If you are working for a medical staffing firm that does this; there is a high demand for your skills, go work for another staffing firm that does not do this.

Regardless of whether or not you work for a staffing firm, we should all contact our congressmen and demand that firms that are engaging in this type of behavior should be sanctioned.

At a minimum they should not receive any more stimulus funds. We should claw back any funds that they have received, this can be accomplished with a tax surcharge.

I really think this should be criminal. We should jail the CEO of any company that does this (specifically, any company that tries to reduce employee compensation or benefits) should be imprisoned for a minimum of 5 years (not subject to any form of early release).

I know that there will be resistance from our congressmen to doing this. That is why I implore you to call your congressmen and insist that companies who do this be sanctioned.

I know that many of you think that calling congressmen is futile. Please understand that calls to congressmen are akin to water torture. Enough drops and you get compliance.our congressman.

If you don't know who your congressman is, you can find out here

So go be a drop and call your congressman