Surviving. Everyday. Life.

I think God has given mankind dirt to keep us grounded and humble. It’s the same with dirty dishes, dirty diapers, walking the dog in the morning, cleaning toilets, etc.,.. all of those very distasteful chores of life. Everyone has to have it done, but some are rich enough they can pay people to take care of the yuckies of life. The rest of us? – we just get it done.

Those who pay to have the “yuckies” removed from their eyesight become removed from and calloused to the real world. For instance – Bloomberg Magazine recently released a list of things that basically “poor people” should do now that joe has utterly sabotaged our economy, but especially our energy independence. Here are some of their suggestions: *Don’t drive Saturday and Sunday. *Only take the train at night. *Take the bus. *Eat lentils instead of meat. *Don’t buy in bulk.

What’s insulting is having a billionaire (or even a millionaire) lecture ME on how I should modify MY life in order to change anything. Trust me… and every other person in my income bracket… we KNOW how to stretch a dollar (now $.87)! I can’t take the bus as it doesn’t come within 50 miles of me – neither does any passenger train. Buying bulk IS how I save money AND gas. And I’ll make a pact with Mr. Michael Bloomberg – I’ll stop driving on Saturdays and Sundays when you, Mr. Bloomberg, stop flying around in just 1 of your private jets out of your fleet of jets AND floating around in 1 of your double decker yachts. Let me know when you’ve ridded yourself of those horrible gas guzzlers and I’ll be MORE than happy to park my vehicle for 2 days a week. Till then, stop preaching at and yelling to the church mouse!