By Jackie Turner

Are you stressed out? Feeling unglued? How many of your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and family members are ‘coming undun’? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is… far too many!

Maybe this will cheer you up! What do we have to worry about? Just: unemployment; the stock market; the state of the economy and the national debt; the threat of terrorism; the real estate market; the health-care crisis; the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan and possible wars in Korea, Iran, etc.; global warming; our perishing rain forests and wildlife; national and international drug problems; prison overcrowding; dwindling funds for educators, education, libraries, social services; homelessness and poverty; poverty of spirit; Social Security; child, animal, elder abuse and neglect; the overworked/underpaid employed; minimum wage/part-time employed; single parent families/combined families struggling to get along; cancer; swine flu pandemic; corporate greed; unsavory and unethical politicians; stolen pensions; gangs and violence; rising gas prices; unhappy, unhealthy and unrewarded soldiers returning home to a mess … and so on and so forth. This is my partial list … now you can add your own, if you wish.

Then there is the single issue nonsense —gay marriage (let everyone have the pleasure of this foolishness); pro-choice (it’s personal choice! If you don’t like it, don’t do it!); Creationism (are they kidding about this?); Sarah Palin and Sarah Palin’s daughters (who really cares?); the Obama White House dog (did they really get it from the animal shelter?). Haven’t we seen enough of this crap?

Next time you hear of a co-worker going ‘postal’, or a plane crash due to human error, or a family member involved in a domestic violence situation, or someone living with their family in a car, don’t ask why. You know!

Thank you for listening. I can be reached at jackiemagic322@yahoo.com