I just watched the president's

I just watched the president's speech since I was sleeping when he actually gave it. I'm a bit in shock. It scares me at being told to have patience that our country is going to be at war for as long as it takes. It scares me that Bush is committing to the long term. I'm already sad for all the people who are going to die, because it is inevitable that there will be innocent among the guilty. Mostly I'm scared what it will mean for every day life. You don't go to college, get a degree, then get a good job expecting your "perfect" life to be interrupted by war. Here's to living day to day which is all we can do right now.

Along the same note, I just spoke to my mother who works at American Airlines. Major layoffs happened today just like we've all heard on the news. She sounded concerned. What is happening to our economy?