What do say to our kids about their America and their future?

[CarlSheeler4U]

Really, do we sideline report on and intellectualize what is going on or discuss concrete plans and ground support for states known to have a weak GOP contender in Congress; especially, the Senate.

I'd like to tell my five kids what we did about '06, not who we watched and what we talked about.

Thoughts.

Carl

Democrat, not aristocrat.

Sheeler for US Senate
www.carlsheeler.com

[Warpy]

1. How about "get your education and get out?"

If I had either youth or health on my side, I'd be packing my bags.

I just got an "Australia Needs Nurses!" card in the mail.

[CarlSheeler4U]

9. Honestly I've weighed that sentiment, but

.... what that conveys is if you can escape do so and leave the other sorry folks to fend for themselves. Isn't that EXACTLY what we're accusing our leaders of doing? I'd like something better for my kids than that.

I could save a lot of money and time, but it's time we stop pondering self and work on the "us" or we have only ourselves to blame.

[TerdlowSmedley]

2. This one is hard to touch; it's just so painful.

While I would never, ever say this to my kids, I have told friends, and I mean it, that had the world we live in been the same ten years ago, I would never have brought any children into it. I thought it was safe to raise kids when I had them in '95 and '97.

[FrannyD]

7. mine in '97 too

Very depressing. I used to complain back then. I guess it's true, you don't know what you got 'til it's gone.

[CarlSheeler4U]

13. Spend time in 3rd world countries or among the handicapped

it opens our eyes to what we can do. Spend time with young disadvantage kids who have not known anything else and the ability they have to see the smallest of things - hope. WE make it happen or lose the will to fight. WE choose.

[CarlSheeler4U]

10. How different when we were born during the cold war?

Safety is something we feel when we are working together and not alone. I am grateful for having each of my kids and will endeavor to do all I can to make it just a little better for them, but it's a joint/communnal effort. I choose to defy complacency, exile and abject acceptance.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. I've been feeding my teenagers little bits at a time,,,

Gas prices will go up

We will have less money (as a family)

We have to speak out when the government is doing something wrong.

Keep your options (for the future) open.

[CarlSheeler4U]

11. Me, too. I then ask them is a better life worth fighting for?!

[Common Sense Party]

4. Huh. I tell them to work hard, study hard, be fair, and look for

opportunities. America is full of them. It's full of problems, too, and that's why neighborhoods and communities need to pull together and solve them. So I also tell them to get off the couch and do something to improve the town. And give to charity, to help those who aren't as fortunate.

I still think that, regardless of the idiot currently in the White House, we live in a pretty amazing place.

[Democrats_win]

5. Learn to love the rat race, love fraud, love evil. Or fight it.

[CarlSheeler4U]

12. Agreed. And close communities are made up of regular people taking

the time to be more than individuals but greater than the sum of its populace. We are forgetting how powerful this is and hiding behind computer screens and TV.

[CarlSheeler4U]

14. Right on. Show them the small miracles and the power of their

mind and hearts to make a difference

[Village Idiot]

6. We're SCREWED?

[CarlSheeler4U]

8. If you have kids that's not the kind of sentiment I think we ought

to convey. We can provide fight or flight.

[Sawkrates]

15. There are two types of people in the world...

Those who have convictions, and those who act upon them.

The first group of people will never change the world. The second group at least has a sporting chance. Go out and support your local senate candidate (or better yet one in a hot race like PA), and do more than just slapping a bumper sticker on your car.

[CarlSheeler4U]

16. That is a PERFECT quote and call to action

Wanna' be a campaign manager!?

[Sawkrates]

17. Depends, what's the campaign?

[CarlSheeler4U]

21. US Senate Race (D-RI)

[ReadTomPaine]

18. Apologize.

And then tell them what happened, from the beginning.

The GOP is to blame, but Democrats are enablers of the first order. We will have plenty of explaining to do.

[CarlSheeler4U]

22. Sadly, you're right, but I'd rather fix instead of blame

[ToeBot]

19. Learn Mandarin n/t

[CarlSheeler4U]

23. Was in PRC in August. They're doing great and we should learn

because they will give us a competitive edge.

[Minnesota Libra]

20. I've always told each of my kids.......

.....love your country but don't ever trust your government. Question everything and hold the government accountable. Let them know what you think because they work for you, you don't work for them.

[CarlSheeler4U]

24. Public service needs accountability.