[Moonbaby]

Blue Egyptian, good post. The consumism we have engaged in is just crazy. The fact that the US is 2% of the population but comsumes 25% of the world production is outrageous. i often wonder why my soul decided to incarnate into an 'American' body. My father always taught me not to spend more than what you make and always save something for a rainy day. Our country spends like a drunken sailor with an American Express card (no limit.) When it comes time to pay the bill, we just finance the debt with T-bills (mortgaging the future) or turn up the printing presses (devaluing the dollar.)

It has got to stop, we need to live within our means. If that means giving up the HD flat panel TV then so be it. I am starting to understand the lessons we need to learn while here on earth and the major one is compassion toward our fellow man. I don't know how this will all pan out but I continue to think and pray in a positive sense that we live to experience better days.