Interesting
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/
>>>>Sometimes I wonder if I’m just seeing the world through my pessimistic lens, skewing my point of view.<<<<<
Bingo! Plus if you keeps reading some of his blog it appears he definitely has a political agenda. I guess I see the world through my optimistic lens, skewing my point of view and like the blogger it is based on where I live.
I live in a small Mayberry-type town of 13,000 where farming is a primary industry with some scattered factories, primarily auto related. Everything is humming here. The farmers have never had it so good. The factory workers are working five days a week, 12 hours a day. Some of the factories have to get temps to fill in because they can't find enough workers. My lady friend's daughter-in-law is a finance manager at one of the auto dealerships and both new and used vehicles are selling like hotcakes. A new call center came to town recently and actively recruiting new employees.
If I drive 100 miles north to Louisville or 100 miles south to Nashville the interstate is clogged with cars and commercial vehicles. So much so that there is always road construction from widening the interstate. We have had major construction the past few years building new high schools and middle schools. Just the other day I drove around the town square (you know the type, with the statute of the Confederate soldier) and have never seen it so vibrant and full of people and cars.
Edit: If I lived a 125 miles or so due east I might have a different viewpoint as the coal field communities are in depression mode.
Edited by Gary Smith, 17 September 2012 - 11:40 AM.
