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It was not too long ago that I was a news junkie and watched the news every chance I had during the day.  I used to get upset when a political decision was against my belief or a country did something that made me fear for the safety of future generations.  I drove in my car spending more time listening to all the talk radio commercials than actually any talk radio content, or so it seemed.  I used to be up on all the things that were happening in the world.  I was informed!!!

 

Of late I find myself really just not caring anymore.  I hear about how our nation is going down the tubes with all the bailout money and how abortion foes are murdering people and how celebrities get arrested.  The interesting thing is that I think I have given up and gained membership into the dumbest generation.

 

I spent the better part of June 6th asking my fellow generation members, and WAS NOT amazed that nobody knew that it was the anniversary of D-Day.

 

I heard North Korea was now able to send nukes to Alaska.  I am glad I do not live in Alaska.

 

I read some contestant from American Idol revealed he was gay.  I am glad I was not his roommate.

 

I heard abortion is killing a zillion or so babies every year.  I am glad Mom didn't murder me.

 

I heard that America is doomed because the President is turning the USA into a Socialist nation.  I am glad I will be able to benefit from the socialization of the medical culture,  I just hope I do not get sick, because then I may care again.

 

I hear there are many people out of work.  I don't care, I have a job

 

I heard there are some homeless people out there, I am glad I did not see one today, I might have felt guilty for a second or two.

 

I worried about all the illegal immigrants, but then remembered I really do not care.

 

I heard there is a battle to take away our gun rights, so I am happy to say I do not own a gun.

 

Somewhere in the world there are people who do not have access to clean drinking water but then I stopped thinking about it after the waiter brought me my glass of water.

 

I heard our military is killing civilians and I am really glad I don't know any of those people, because then I may have had to care.

 

A church missionary stopped at my door and I just closed the door, because I did not want to hear his opinion, because I really did not care about that either.  Who needs God when you have the world?

 

YUP!  I am now an official member of the dumbest generation, but the sad part is....I really don't care about that either!

 

 

I sit here with a dollar bill on my desk and ponder the silent story I see before me.  I think of all the things that people go through to have access to this fairly small piece of paper.  I close my eyes and see the souls of those that are spending this moment incarcerated for stealing the relatives of this small one dollar bill.  Men and woman have killed to have this and possibly even more have died to prevent them from being taken from their possession.  The dollar bill holds a story that we all share, but seldom really know.

 

We read about how our economy is not doing well.  The "value" of the dollar is down and it is getting harder and harder to be able to "earn" a dollar.  The wealthy among us have piles of this paper scattered all around the world and the paranoid have it stashed under their mattress.  The Federal Government borrows it and prints it before they ship it out in armored cars.  The government taxes us and then takes it from us to give to someone else they feel is more deserving.

 

We go to work and spend hours upon hours trading our life's clock away in exchange for a set wage.  The clock ticks and we all chase the dollar throughout the day.  Once I was asked how different would my life be if I did not have to pursue, work or chase the almighty dollar.  Some say money does not buy happiness, but it more than likely can be a decent down payment.  There are those that say "the love of money is the root of all evil" which is a really profound statement to make, if you stop a moment to think about what is being said. 

 

They one thing we really have never thought about is that money is really nothing.  The government prints some paper and there is nothing of value that backs it, other than the fact that the government says it is worth a dollar.  This is the same government that allows babies to be killed and wars to be fought and people to be executed.  This is the same government that does not have enough money to pay their own bills, with the paper only they are allowed to call money.

 

The one lasting thought I would like to part you with is WHY do we believe it is worth anything?  Why do we work countless hours to obtain a piece of paper that is only worth something because the government, who has nothing, says it is worth something?

 

I would like to spend more time writing about this, but I have to go to work so I can earn enough money to live.  Then, I think I never have enough money, and I really start to spin when I ponder that what I do not have enough of...... is actually...............worthless. 

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