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A young bird knows its home, not flying too far from it. Always staying, always sleeping, at its safe home. Let it know no bounds, it will be always safe from the outside. But has not the bird the right wit nor knowledge to define proper bounds of safety! The night grows dim, as always, but on this night there was a sinister feeling that left a wretched stench in the air. But the bird pays no attention, it knows it is safe in its "home". Fire consumes wood. There were warning signs, but the bird was in its safe place...that bird was in its home. The safest place there is.

How to bring US economy back on its feet

Bringing back the economy is a daunting task that must be faced.  The largest problem is that many jobs are outsourced to China, helping out their economy.   When a person in the US buys something made in China, some of that is helping out China (or where ever the product is produced).  First, we need to pay off our debts to China, then, force the US companies to bring the manufacturing jobs back to the US.

Next, cut government.  The less government, the less taxes, more money in the civilians pockets.  This gives civilians more trust in buying what ever, helping the economy.

The last thing I will cover here, is, the US needs to get its own oil.  There is decades worth of oil in Alaska, but, I'm sorry, we have to drill there.  Conservation will remain a priority, but drilling for oil in Alaska will bring this economy, and stop gas prices from raising even more.

Fed cuts interest rates again

When someone thinks of cut interest rates, they commonly think "Oh, I can get a loan with less interest now."  That is not entirely true, and cutting interest rates hurts savers big time.  In the early 70's, interest rates on a savings account was 12%, that means 12 dollars a year just for having 100 dollars in the bank.  This is how banks had money to loan.  People had huge incentive to put their money in a bank, so the bank could loan out more money.  Now, with savings accounts having a mere .5% interest rate, and CD's having around 3.5%, many people don't see an incentive to saving.  More people get loans, and the bank doesn't have the money to give back to savers, causing a bank to get into trouble.  The bank systems are one of the bases of our economy.  If this economy is to thrive, higher interest rates will be needed.

Iran stops taking US currency for oil

Iran hasn't been selling oil in US currency for a few months now.  Not many know this, and if they do know, they don't think much of it.  Iran is the second largest OPEC crude oil producer.  Wonder why gas in the US is so expensive?  That is one of the reasons.  

Iran stopped talking US currency saying "it's a worthless piece of paper".  The weak dollar is also blamed for the crippled purchasing power of Iran.

Economy

People keep saying that our economy is on the verge of recession.  Well, that is what they said a 7 months ago, and it has been getting worse every month.  According to the International Monetary Fund, the US GDP growth rate is .5%,  compare that of China's which is 9.3%.  Anything under 5% is considered stagnant.  The US's economy is not only in a recession, but it seems more like it is on the verge of a depression.  On top of that, the US is in over $9 trillion in debt, most of that belonging to China.

Many families feel this impact, and hard.  Prices of food have gone up, and just getting to the store costs $1.90 (assuming the store is 5 miles away and the vehicle gets 20 mpg).  Gas is so getting so expensive now, and the oil refineries have the capacity to make more, but they refuse.

Think hard on who you vote for next election, for it is the diciding factor in whether or not we make it through this recession.

MacBook Air

This is a new type of laptop for sure. Only 1.92 cm thick, this computer is definitely small. But at a price. It comes with a 1.6 GHz processor or and optional 1.8 GHz. The MacBook Air only has one USB 2.0 port, a micro-DVI port, a headphone jack, and a power port. There is no disc drive, and the only way to get discs is to buy the external SuperDrive. You can get it with an 80 GB 4200 hard drive or a 64 GB SSD. This is computer is very small, so surely it is more fragile. The MacBook Air also has a 13.3 in screen (1280 x 800 native). Prices are $1,800 for basic to $3,200 for everything.

In my opinion, just get a MacBook, they are a little thicker, but are way more usable.