In the past, you my reader have come to know me as a political op-ed writer or where I write of social issues.  I guess this piece can be a social issue, but not really.  That is for you to judge.

While I am an Internet writer, you would think I am computer savvy, but you would be wrong.  I use this computer as an appliance.  I turn it on and turn it off and in between, I use the various programs in order to answer emails, write pieces on ‘Word’, which almost sounds like ‘The Word’ on the “Colbert Report” and go from site-to-site to gather information.  I am also a huge fan of YouTube.com.

As I read this CNN article which reports where over 1.5 million children here in the United States are homeless due to foreclosures, they are the true victims of greed in this country.

Ellen Bassuk who is the president of  National Center on Family Homelessness stated, “The consequences to our society will play out for decades… As we bail out the rest of our nation, it is also time to come to their aid."

As one reads this Newsday Op-Ed piece concerning the death of Fortunoffs which has been a predominant retail force for decades here on Long Island, it is at the end important lessons are learned in order to save failing businesses.

If you are a boomer like me and live within the New York tri-state area, you have witnessed over time, the deaths of Abraham and Strauss, Arnold Constable, Best and Company and other notable stores.  Within these stores and especially Fortunoffs, one could purchase quality goods.  Yes, you paid a higher price-point for what you bought, but these goods were durable and often passed down from family-to-family. Yes, even clothing was passed down from one to another and they were called hand-me-downs.  Try passing down a garment bought at Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Target.  Good luck!

A strong and feisty woman who I knew died on Monday night due to cancer.  This woman was a wife, a mom and a grandmother.  Even at her age, she had much to live for and was even ardent Yankee fan.  She is no longer with her beloved family members and they are the ones I am praying for throughout their grieving process and beyond.

This woman I knew is NOT the only victim of this heinous disease as others have succumbed to it and will continue to succumb to its deathly grip.  There are other diseases just as deadly taking the lives of so many innocent victims, yet instead of speaking of them, for them, we speak of Rush Limbaugh.  Well not we in particular, the main stream media does.  Why is he so damn important instead of this woman who only gave her love, advice and the gift of her company?

As I write this roughly minutes before the opening of the stock market which suffered a blow yesterday and where the Dow plunged by roughly 300 points, this economy is our new war to fight and that means all hands on deck.  Do you hear that Republicans as you chide this administration?  What that does is lessen our resolve as a nation to confront this evil recession that has taken all of us down with it.  Well, maybe not you since most of you look well fed, have a roof over your heads unlike an increasing amount of Americans.

After 9/11, Democrats fully backed former President Bush and this is an event similar to it, yet Republicans think it is patriotic to stand alone and be the party of no.  At this point, political principles and ideologies as one stands in opposition, surely weakens us.  Joining together strengthens us and yes, elections do have consequences and Republicans must bear its consequences.

On Twitter, someone referred to the group U2 and while a boomer, my response to his Tweet was, “My favorite song has to be Sympathy for the Devil by the Stones. Don't know why, but love it! Gonna listen to it now!” Which I did and yes, chair-danced.

I have never been to a Stone’s concert and much to my regret and yes, their performance of Sympathy for the Devil on their Bridges to Babylon Tour is perhaps one of their greatest productions.