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Scary to me and this is how I see it (My Pessimistic Self). The US is in the process of undergoing some very serious and very dangerous changes to the way we do business every day. One of the most alarming is the way that we will endure through rough financial times. Throughout the history of the US we have been a nation of entrepreneurs, survivalist and ingenious handymen. When times were tough we made due with the things that we had. From the time of the pioneers though out modern era the ability to adapt and make our own way has defined the American spirit. The early days of the United States fostered the concept of the handyman. The ability to fix a broken wagon wheel or to hunt and kill the food you needed, to cheek a cabin to keep the weather out, were important to surviving a tough winter and making a life that was your own. Through out our history and into the modern age these skills have changed from fixing wagon wheels to replacing the brakes on your car but they have not b...

I have heard a few jokes in my time with the Government that have been directed very poignantly at some of the problems that the supervisors and management deal with on a daily basis. One of my favorites is “The Giant Orange Head” A man goes to work on Monday morning and walks by his friend’s office. He looks in at his friend and is startled to see his friend with a head that looks like a 3 foot giant orange with a face on it. He franticly asks his friend what in the world happened. His friend replied, “Its kind of an interesting story. I was walking along the beach Saturday morning and saw a bottle lying in the sand. I picked up the bottle and rubbed some of the sand off of it an out popped a genie”. The genie said “Thank you for releasing me from that bottle, for your kindness I will grant you three wishes.” I said “Sweet, My first wish is to be rich, I don’t ever want to have to work again”, “done” said the genie. The genie then asked what I want for my second wish. I thought ab...