My hopes for the next 4 years

I am posting this today I would like to see President Obama sworn in today but I am not going to get my wish oh well thats life. Martin Luther King Jr must be dancing and shouting in heaven who would have thought a black man would hold one of the highest postions in America.

On election day I remember having to go to Pittsburgh with my mom as she was having a minor surgery done and Mike and I had voted before she picked me up. She asked who I voted for and I told her and I knew there was going to be trouble.

My mom said there was no way she could have a daughter who would vote for a black man that is not the word she used but I wont repeat it. We had this discussion before the election and told me I needed to vote for McCain no way was that happening.

Mike is sleeping as I type that he has a job for at least another week. So many guys are getting layed off right and left at his shop I get nervous everytime the phone rings after hes left saying I am laid off.

There is no way we can afford our house payment on unemployment benefits. Hell there are months that we cant afford the house payment on his salary at all. But they take it right out of his check so no choice. I hope that the economy straightens out. I hope we stop shipping good paying jobs overseas.

My old neighbor was telling me that her brother lost his job to Mexico and on top of loosing his job he had to go to Mexico and train the guy that was taking over his job.

I hope that we stop giving millions of dollars in bonuses to CEOs that run their companies into the ground for example my bank National City is being taken over by PNC cause they are in trouble (National city) PNC is giving their CEO 8.1 Million dollars.

I hope everyone gets health care insurance that they can afford or that at least prescriptions are covered my friend cant get her inhaler paid for which is stupid.

I hope this war in Iraq and Afghanistan is stopped. No more deaths I am not going to say seneseless deaths cause my friends in the Stryker Brigade want to be there to do their jobs but lets hope they are put of jobs soon and come back safely to their family and friends.

I hope he stops this no child left behind mess. That topic is for another day.

I hope as Americans we give President Obama the chance to get comfortable in the job and to give him 100 days before we start critizing him. Them are my hopes for the future there are more I hope for such as affortable college for my children but again another post for another day.