Life is pretty good for me at the moment. If I just live in this moment.
I have health coverage and a job. But I can't guarantee my job will exist a year or two from now.
A close family member was laid off in December, is still looking for work, and can afford dental but not health insurance. Thank God for Target or he couldn't afford medication.
Health coverage is a real issue.
I have a friend who showed me his shaking hand last week -- early stage Parkinsons at an early age.
Stem cell research is a real issue.
I also paid off my mortgage last year, but I'm worried about my neighbors. I'm also pretty sure I'm living in a white elephant that might not sell within my lifetime.
The mortgage crisis and economic meltdown are real issues.
The weather has just been weird here in the Northeast the past couple of winters. I remember seeing more snow in Philadelphia.
The environment is a real issue.
I have a President who says war is romantic and intervening in the economy will spin the whole thing into a ditch -- both in the same day -- and I realize that a lame duck is as dangerous as a wounded bear. Meaning, all hell could come flying from the skies onto Iran or whatnot as his lovely parting gift to the country.
That's a real issue, and how.
And the Supreme Court? Don't get me started. Major issues.
What's not such an issue?
Two Democratic candidates had a fundraiser and a pastor respectively, both of a certain age, who demonstrated that their feelings are mired in a painful past.
Those are sideshows.
Don't you think?