Free response

I know people who say that the recession we are in was emphasized way more than it should have been, for reasons similar to what happened with Germany in the 1930's. I wonder if that's outlandish or if it really is something worth looking into.

I can kind of see where those people are going with it. Germany saw Hitler as a man that would help them. That's a bit how I see other people looking at Obama. They see him as someone who would provide radical change, and that he will get us out of this mess.

Whenever people talk about the economy, all that's in the discussion is economics. I never hear the political and social aspect of it all. What if we are giving Obama too much power with all of this? There are plenty of people that are against him. Problem is, some of those people hate him due to racism, and why would anyone with open thought want to associate with that? Was that Obama's plan, if there was one?

I probably sound crazy when I say all this, but it really is on my mind. I see other patterns, and if you look at it openly it really does seem to come together.

I would hate giving up...

If our economic trouble right now turns into anything like the great depression, and I would need to force myself to give up everything I don't need, I would miss my ipod. I would give it up and try to sell it to make extra money, but the music kind of soothes me when I get upset. Considering we're in a period in time where everything's going to upset people, it would be a hard thing to not have.

I could just keep my cd player and keep all my cd's though. I don't know if anybody would use that now anyway, so if I tried selling it I probably wouldn't make much money.

Teddy Roosevelt

I've decided to go through with my decision to preserve the forests. I think it'll help us economically and politically as well.

The American Industry will alwaus need wood, water, and other minerals. Americans know that. I think one thing that's hard to understand is that these resources are not unlimited. I think these conservation can work as an abundant last resort if we were ever desperate for the necessitie. The Buffalo became extremely endangered. I think this will be a wake up call to Americans that nothing is forever, and we need to try to save what we have.

But this isn't only an act of conserving resources. This will help with our democracy. It will express the democratic way of selflessness, that we work to preserve things greater than ourselves. At the end of the depression we shouldn't discard these conservation projects. This could help us economically for future generations as well.

This could help with the way other nations percieve us. We are a young country, yet we are making more and more technological and industrial advances everyday. Maybe respect will come for us if they see that our concerns are with nature as well.

I hope this works out.