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What is wrong with America

I've had the idea for this blog for awhile.  I wish I actually blogged more...I feel that I am constantly writing things in my head and when it comes to putting it to paper (or computer) I just get overwhelmed... But this has been bothering me for a few years now and I really just need a place to write my thoughts, and vent... There is so much speculation by every Tom, Mick and Mary (get Mick and Mary, HA!) about what's wrong with this country...how we got into the mess we're in, and how we are going to get out.  I am very open about being a conservative, Republican, I know what you're thinking - "but you're a musician" but I am so deal with it first off....but fundamentally I feel the reason American is where it is, and falling has nothing to do with party politics as much as it does and all the Americans cumulatively.  Americans, or a great number of them are lazy whiners, looking for a handout...unwilling to work, and who believe rules and regulations

What's Wrong, Part 1.

I wish I actually blogged more...I feel that I am constantly writing things in my head and when it comes to putting it to paper (or computer) I just get overwhelmed... But this has been bothering me for a few years now and I really just need a place to write my thoughts, and vent... There is so much speculation by every Tom, Mick and Mary (get Mick and Mary, HA!) about what's wrong with this country...how we got into the mess we're in, and how we are going to get out.   Fundamentally I feel the reason American is  failing has nothing to do with party politics as much as it does with  Americans cumulatively.  Americans, or a great number of them are lazy whiners, looking for a handout...unwilling to work, and who believe rules and regulations are for everyone else.  I see this "I'm above the rules" attitude everyday.  In addition to simply ignoring the rules set up by our society to make life not only safe but smooth, people are just plain inconsiderate.  Let me gi

Happy New Year - a 2010 wrap up of sorts ;)

Greetings and Happy New Year! It’s that wonderful time of year, that week between Christmas and New Years, neither of us is working and so we finally have a chance to catch up on things, including our yearly holiday letter. We’ve had a pretty amazing year so it’s hard to know where to start so I guess I will just touch on some of the things we’ve been up to. We are both still working part time at Harold Washington College (HWC) as the college music tutors, we split the 40+hour/wk job. The hours are very flexible with our gigging schedule and helping the students (who can range in age from 17 - 65+) learn and appreciate music is extremely rewarding to both of us. This year we moved from having a desk in the music computer lab to having our own office, which we’ve decked out with all sorts of “musical” cards. We get a lot of non music students stopping by our room to ask questions just because of all the colorful cards on the wall. HWC is part of the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) and ha