Posted by Perry
I’m frustrated big time. I look through the news and see and read stories that just make me want to scream, “What are you thinking?!”
The price of oil went up yet again to $127.55 a barrel. Goldman Sachs revised their forecast for the second half of this years oil prices to $141 a barrel and now, President Bush is in Saudi Arabia to ask that country to increase production – not likely to happen.
On top of the oil situation, I’ve been reading about convicted criminals (most of them violent offenders) serving a fraction of their sentence. When you get sent up for say, 30+ years, and only serve a little over ten, it makes you wonder just how safe are we when judges allow this to happen. Violent offenders should not be seen nor heard once sentencing is complete. They did the crime – but do not serve the time.
Our education system is falling apart. A global ranking of 4th graders reading scores had the US behind countries such as Russia, China, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Italy and Canada. US colleges were ranked among the most over-priced in the world. No child left behind huh?
I know I should be more even-keeled, but I can’t. Maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow and have a better outlook on things – I wouldn’t bet on it though.