National Politics and 911

Well, most of you know I am not a big fan of Obama and was not very happy to hear that a socialist was voted in as president. However, I am trying to look at the bright side--although I may not like it, a good number of Americans seem to crave new leadership direction. Even though the stock market went down after hearing the news of Obama's election, this hope that some have in our next president may help encourage them to have faith in the economy and pull us out of the recession.

Don't get me wrong, I do not think that is the only thing that needs to be done to help boost our economy. Those citizens that find themselves in a housing bind need to seek legal counsel to make sure the loans that they signed do not go against regulations that were already in place. If they find that the lenders were using illegal loan requirements, they may be able to stay in their homes. For others, I believe they need to tighten up their spending and those others include our own governments--local, state and federal.

Another positive outcome of this election was the turnout of more voters. I pray that the new voters remember the pride they felt when including themselves in the process. I pray that these same people realize that they have a role to play and for some, I hope it encourages them to have an even greater role--local school boards, council members, etc. I know it's encouraged me to get more involved (not sure how just yet!). Of course, I would also encourage these new voters to really look and see what the democratic and republican parties really stand for. At this point, most are immediately claiming to be democrats without really knowing what that means.

Now to the reason why I have 911 in the subject line. Last night at exactly 2:43am I was woken up by a blasting car horn that gave out a continuous ear-drum popping sound for 8 minutes before I decided to call 911. I had never heard a car alarm sound like that and I was afraid that someone had come home late and collapsed in their car, slumping over and putting their weight on the horn.

Police car #671 was dispatched to investigate the situation. The officer found the offending car, which was parked in the driveway of a house right across from my bedroom window. The police officer took out his flashlight to check the cabin of the vehicle to discover it was empty. I was astounded when he knocked on the door of the house and there were people in it! How could they not have woken up? Well, the only thing I could think of was that the speakers in the car were pointed in my direction and therefore the horn sound was muted a bit for the residents. Thankfully they figured out how to turn it off so that the whole neighborhood could get a good night's sleep!