Minimum Wage to Stupidity

The new minimum wage law was passed in the House of Representatives today. Feeling that it's a "poor man's law" may be correct. Perhaps it's just something to bolster the "poor man's" morale. Former presidents made laws like the "bank holiday," to bolster morale during the Depression. The law promises to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 throughout the next few years. Not too much promise on how that will effect small businesses, but the law hasn't even rounded the bend with the Senate yet, and provisions may be made. That makes me happy, though I hope the democratic congress considers the small business world as a factor. And my dad seemed to increase my allowance today, by sending me about 150$. Sweet. Except that a lot of it goes to the meds, those pills...50$ worth of it.
Talking about boosting morale... that's what the president was doing just today, discussing the move of 20,000 more troops to Iraq. He also mentioned cutting off support for Al Quiada from Syria and Iran. Iran seems to be considering nuclear arsenal and I'm sure that's something we'd like to keep out of their hands. He also discussed letting Iraq take responsibility for thier own policing by November, which seems like a good time line to me. The problem with Iraq right now is the different warring factions, the Sunnis and the Shiites. They have minor religious differences, such as God (shiite ideology) having already have come and will return, or (Sunni ideology) whether he will come in the future. Ossama Bin Ladin is a Sunni muslim, according to an HNN article. Personally, I'm glad they're over there destoying each other and I don't have to worry about death from car-bombings. I do, however, have debt to worry about. And there was salvaged from junk mail today one rsolutions e-mail that describes that they'd like an interview with me. Sam Hamdan left his number for me to call.
And I broke down earlier today. I called Subway. Then when my mom and I went out to Walmart, I stopped by. The smell of baked bread hit me at the door. Boldly I went foward to the counter and asked for my job back. I reflect and wonder what the hell was I doing... asking like that. But he took down my number even though they weren't hiring. So we'll see if Cliff, the owner, calls me back. Perhaps persistence gets a job. I think it's a mix of stupidity and the grace of a higher power. It might also have something to do with procreation and the ability of the human species to live on long after they should have been eclipsed by creatures like roaches. Don't let God hear me say that though, I want to stay on his good side.