It's been...what a few weeks?

OK. So I know that's it's been a while since I've posted an update on my sad life, but I've been busy.
I've started a new job, and honestly, I like it. I don't have to deal with John Q. Public, or Jane Q. Public all night for that matter. I work days, and I work in an office. It's glorified data entry, but I don't work nights, and I don't work weekends.
There has been some serious stuff going on since I last posted. I don't know who I'm going to vote for, so don't bother asking. I do still have a job, but the economy is in the toilet. (refer to earlier posts...)
I am just absolutely flabbergasted at Wall Street, and our entire financial system about now. I knew this would happen, didn't I mention this crap like 6 months ago????? What is this world coming to? People are stupid, and there's nothing I can say that will change their minds. The world isn't coming to an end, but I can't change the way people think. I know that my husband and I will still have a job, and everyone I am close to will still have a job.
Here's the reason why. I don't hang out with hedge fund managers. I don't associate with CEO's or people who work for ANYONE on Wall Street. I hang out with people who are just like me. People who struggle to make the mortgage payment, even if it's not an adjustable rate. People who DON'T CARE WHAT THE MONEY MARKET IS DOING BECAUSE WE CAN'T RETIRE FOR LIKE 45 YEARS!!!!!!!!!

I can't take it anymore. The pundits are idiots. They don't get the fact that we are scared. I can't stress the fact that the "privileged" have destroyed our country. It's going to come out in a few years that all the speculators (ie: the people that worked for and bowed down to the greedy gods) will be convicted of fraud and conspiracy. There is no way that anyone like me will ever be charged with any wrong doing. (Even though I am friends with people who have contributed to the problem by living ABOVE their means.)
However, it is exactly people like me who have caused the mess we are in. (Actually, not me since I DON'T DO CREDIT! EVER!) It's people like my best friend and her husband who make close to $80k a year and have a hard time making ends meet. (not that I blame them, if I made that kind of money, I would have blown it on stuff too.)
I don't give my son an outrageous Christmas. I don't give anyone lavish gifts. I have even stopped shopping at "real" stores. I have bought my most recent outfits at the local K-Mart. I used to shop exclusively at Lane Bryant. However, I can't afford to shop there and pay my mortgage. Even though they ask me EVERY time I check out if I want a Lane Bryant charge account. I also turn down Target every time THEY ask me. I don't buy ANYTHING unless I have enough cash in my checking account to pay for it. (Except my house and my car.)

I can't take it anymore. I don't know who to vote for, because I can't identify with either candidate. McCain can't relate because he's WAY too old, and Obama can't relate because he's never been in my situation. He's never struggled to make ends meet. (Just so you know, the first election I ever voted in was Bush vs. Kerry. I voted for Kerry because he was the lesser of 2 evils in my eyes.)
I don't trust either of them to run this country, because I don't think either of them are qualified. I don't like McCain because he didn't do CRAP for Arizona when I was a resident there; (I did live there for about 16 years) and I don't trust Obama because he doesn't know how to play the Washington game. He's only been a senator for what, 2 years?
I want this rant posted before the election because I am almost always right. It doesn't matter what the situation is, I am right. (I'm not saying that it's good, but I apparently make REALLY good predictions).
Watch, in a year CNN and FOX and MS NBC are going to be talking about what a crap economy we STILL have because our new president doesn't know what he's doing, and I'll be sitting here, eating my canned green beans and frozen ground beef...crying.