for the year 2009. You'll see what I mean if you Google David's Bridal Style T9612; there are pages and pages of entries related to this dress. So if you or someone you know are looking for this dress, you need look no further. It's a size 6, brand new, as-in-never worn, Style T9612 gown and matching veil with a price of only $650. That's a $335 savings off retail. Add sales tax to the minus column and you're talking about a savings of over $400! Think about it; where else could you put $400 that would help make your wedding day the day you've always dreamed of?While thinking of what subject I could write about this week I was reminded of a TV show I watched the other night called Flashpoint. In one scene the police team was driving in a residential area and I found the housing in the background to be so odd looking. The
houses were older, and similar to the one in the photo shown here. But that's where the resemblance ended. The houses in the TV show were painted a different color on one side of the house then on the other. The color change started at the top of the roof's peak and went all the way down and each 'house' had separate front entries. It was so intriguing to me since I had never seen anything like it before that I knew had to find out where they are and hopefully why they're painted like an Oreo cookie without a top. I started with the TV show Flashpoint to see where it's filmed. I found that yet another series has moved to Toronto, Canada where it's less expensive to film. I then searched Google using several different housing terms; none of which came up with the results I wanted. What I did see associated with every term I used was one word: Crisis. I ignored it at first because it didn't pertain to what I wanted. Finally, after pages and pages of seeing that word CRISIS in every result I had to see what it was all about.
The following was taken from one of the many blogs I found on the subject:
Allan L. , Jul 15, 2009; 01:22 p.m. "The City of Toronto is struggling to cope with an ongoing housing crisis that has left thousands homeless and hundreds dying on our streets. A study on housing in Toronto reveals that 550,000 people here are living in poverty — that’s roughly 25% of the city’s population. With few options available to them, thousands of these people are finding themselves living on the streets where, in 2002, thirty-two-thousand different people stayed in Toronto’s emergency shelters — 4,779 of these were children. Add to this the fact that well over five hundred men, women, and children have died on the streets as a direct result of homelessness. With the financial crisis being felt all around the world, there are no indications that the situation is any better today. For one of the wealthiest cities in the world, how can this be allowed to happen?"
I had no idea this was going on in Canada. It seems we tend to live in our own little world and even though some information about other places trickle in, we don't pay that close attention because it isn't directly affecting us. I know I tend to stick my head in a hole and not listen to every single negative thing that gets circulated through all the various channels. I even feel bad writing about this now and burdening you with the troubles of our northern neighbors.
On the other hand maybe we're meant to know about all the negative issues in the world, nation, state, and our own communities just so we'll learn to appreciate our own lives more; especially when we don't have the means to help others.
We all know that no matter how bad it may get for us there's always someone else worse off. Oh I know, what a cliche and why would just saying it make you feel any better? You're probably also thinking that other 'someone' who's worse off isn't affecting you at all, so why should you be concerned? Well I don't know for sure, but you have to stop and wonder if maybe it's that kind of thinking that got us into this mess to begin with. The 'Who Cares' type of thinking is what I'm talking about.
Actually now that I think about it, there's a 5 letter word that really caused most of the problems we're all facing and it's called GREED. However, ignoring the plight of our fellow man has got to come into play along the way. At least that's what I think.
Bottom line is I am so sorry that so many people are suffering today and I wish I could help everyone. Unfortunately, I'm not a democrat.
