At church, Mr. Beckwith, talked about "Living in the Awareness" and "Bless the Mess". My, oh my! What a mess and the awareness is killing me!
"With more than 1 in 10 workers unemployed in January, the state registers its highest jobless rate since June 1983, not far below the record of 11%." LA TIMES; "The Commerce Department report released today showed the economy sinking much faster than the 3.8% annualized drop for the October-December quarter first estimated by the government last month. It also was considerably weaker than the 5.4% annualized decline economists expected." LA TIMES. "Mereulo Maddux Properties, one of Downtown’s largest landowners and developers, said Wednesday that it has stopped making interest and principal payments on 26 loans totaling $266 million and may consider filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy." DOWNTOWN NEWS
Now..., I know I can turn this stuff off, which I do, but how can I "live in the awareness" and not peek!? I guess the key is NOT to stare.
"Government is the only agency that can take a useful commodity like paper, slap some ink on it, and make it totally worthless." -- Ludwig Von Mises. What do you think...?
