What will be our Legacy?

Color within an Archaeological Site in the state of Yucatan, Mexico.




Symbols of the Maya people of Uxmal, Mexico.


What will be the symbols of our age? How will we appear to others in the distant future? What will be our legacy?

Thousands of years from now, will the symbol of our age be the dollar sign?

Will the people of the future understand our obsession with the almighty buck? Will they think we worshiped it...revered it?

When we look at the archaeological remains of of this century, what will we find?

In Mexico there are many archaeological zones in which the Maya people left the history of their people. What a fabulous legacy. To think that thousands of years ago, someone spent time creating the signs and symbols of their daily life for all of history to see. Although we don't understand exactly what happened to their civilization, we are at least left with many historical areas in which we can study their life.

How will the symbols of our time be interpreted? Will we be able to tell our story in a language the future can understand...

Can't sleep...

As most people are getting up and getting ready to go to work, I am sleeping. I work the evening shift and worked the night shift previously. I have problems going to sleep sometimes and this has been one of those nights.

I am worried about my 401K. I don't like losing the money which is mainly tied into the stock market in mutual funds, but it is too late to move any funds around without losing a great deal more.

I have decided to buy some individual stocks in a separate account not tied into my retirement...just to see if I can offset the loss; but, it will be a while before I can tell if this works. Nothing will work if the stock market doesn't recover in a few years. And it will take years for our economy to rebound.

I have a headache which will not quit. And I can't sleep...

I'm tired of this

I am tired of trying to figure out what I should do. Do I buy, sell, or hold. It's not that I have all that in the stock market, but I do have some. And I don't like losing.

Maybe it's the loss of control I feel, knowing forces are out "there" that are determining my financial fate.

Is it true that Obama won the election because of the bad economy?

What are we going to do? Will we have the guts to buckle down and start paying our way instead of borrowing it? How much do we owe to foreign countries? Can our government ever get itself under control and start spending OUR money on the people of the United States instead of making huge interest payments on the money we owe others?

I decided I should buy a few stocks while the prices are low, but now I am second guessing myself and wondering if it is worth it. I decided to buy and hold on to some old timers that have been around for decades, hoping that they can weather any storm. I feel like a kid still believing in Santa Claus. Only time will tell if I get the gift or the bucket of coal and ashes.

If we had listened to history, we would have learned that we can only count on the money that is in the bank, not on that elusive money that is only on paper. We need to put a real value on things rather than an inflated idea of what we think it is worth. Oh, but wait...if we did that???

What to do, what to do...

And there was Dancing in the Streets

Barack Obama has received the honor of becoming the President Elect of the United States of America. Never have we seen such joyous reaction by his supporters; there was literally dancing in the streets.

Yes, We Can...

This election has been historic in many ways, but the one thing that has been the most amazing, has been the turn out at the voting booths. I am so glad we have had an election in which the entire US has been so involved. The candidates had very different views on the economy, health care, social security, the Iraq war, and our place in the world.

John McCain is truly an American Hero and will continue to work hard for his home state of Arizona and for the US. I believe he will be one of our new President's strong supporters and will help lead the way in getting our nation on track.

Yes, We Can!!!

Vote for your next President

There has been so much excitement over the US Presidential election. The next President will be decided tomorrow. The world looks to the US for leadership and I feel we have failed them the last eight years. I hope we elect the President who has the vision to lead us, and has the common sense to get the cooperation of the House and Senate to make the tough decisions that need to be made for America.

The next President will inherit a bucket load of problems. I hope we can began to heal as a Nation and begin to work together to solve those problems. Greed and corruption will always be with us; but, I hope the next President will lead the way to make the positive aspects of our society shine through instead of the selfishness that has characterized the last part of this decade.