No I won't be giving thanks.

I'm going to try to make this short and to the point since it is now technically Thanksgiving I don't want to bitch too much.

This year I am feeling a little screw-ged. While people around me buzz about, excited to share in their over stuffed turkey dinners I am bitter. Its 12:30am and I can't sleep because I am over stressed at the thought that I can't afford to host my own dinner tomorrow for my small family of 4. I'm even more annoyed that Christmas won't be coming either.At almost 30 years old I've learned to deal with disappointment but our 2 kids who are 12 and 14 haven't. This is not the lesson I wanted to teach them, but thanks to the likes of the soon to be out of office President Bush and his upstanding republican friends there is no money left for the little people.

Excuse me if this year I don't think socialism looks so bad. Atleast socialists believe in spreading the wealth.

What irks me most right now is that there are millionares begging for more money while my family literally has nothing.

We have a roof over our heads but that's about it. We sleep on the floor because we can't even buy thrift store furniture since I can't seem to find a job, despite the 50+ applications and resumes I've sent out over the last month. There is little to no food in the pantry, and now no holiday season to get excited over.

$700 BILLION DOLLARS has been given to help failing businesses that have used the money to host $24 MILLION DOLLAR parties!

If that $700 BILLION would have gone into society the businesses wouldn't need to be bailed out. We the people would have rejoiced and sent it back into the economy which would have created new jobs which would have given us more money to send back into the economy. So how in the hell does it make sense to give the money to the top. The people who horde and waste when it could have gone to those who need it most?

This life, this time, this in excusable criminal capitalistic society has seriously pissed me off...

so no, I won't be giving thanks today for anything other than the fact that I have at least one more day in an apartment that we may not have for much longer.

On that note, I'm out....