"Bloodsuckers"

So here we are…the summer is starting to come to a close, most of the kids are going back to school, football season is finally “gearing up” for another long season, and just to make this month even more exciting, America has lost its AAA credit rating. Now, I don’t pretend to know how it all works between Washington D.C., Wall Street and the rest of the economic globe. See, I try to save my brain for more important things like; how to better farm our oranges more efficiently, how to drive more business to our website, and of course the most riveting of them all…how to better appreciate my wife’s and my daughter’s love for the t.v. show “Trueblood”. But when one starts to really put one’s mind to the whole economic situation of the lost AAA rating, you start to see a connection. I see in Washington Democrats and Republicans going at it, like vampires and warewolves. We see both sides shedding blood for dominance for the sake of the future of their OWN existence, and not so much for the common good. This whole mess is deeply concerning and somewhat confusing. See, if you look at Washington through a blurry, bloodshot, “Trueblood” lens, you start to ask yourself, what should you do to escape both the economic and “vampiric”dangers? As just a mild mannered orange farmer, I am constantly bothered by the questions…do I stock up on gold? Silver bullets? Food ?...or just garlic? All I know is, no matter how America’s credit rating issue gets solved or how “Trueblood” ends up, either way…somebody is getting their blood sucked dry! Just a thought.