I am delighted that the bill to help the First Responders to the 9/11 disaster passed the Senate. It took nine years…a lifetime for someone suffering from cancer, emphysema, asthma and a variety of other very serious illnesses. This country will be a better place after passing this bill.
DADT is a great leap forward for all of us in this country. It makes me proud that our armed forces will be a democracy like the rest of the institutions in this country.
The America of legend, is the free, kind, benevolent society for which millions settled here (300 million in the recent census). A good country has to have heart.
I am also glad that unemployment benefits have been extended. I don’t want to see people begging in the streets. Go to the library and look at the pictures of the Great Depression. It happened.
In a lighter vein, in these waning days of 2010, I have been looking back on the year. Real Estate looks a little better in Aventura. I see inventories shrinking in the best buildings and properties that were in limbo finally sold in short sales. New families are fixing up the old properties and there is an air of a new start. I have been reading a lot. There is fabulous book, I just finished called ROOM. It was so interesting and unique, I read it cover to cover in one day.
The Aventura Mall is packed with shoppers. Even at 9 in the morning the stream of cars keep coming. Another good sign that Americans are feeling better and are optimistic.
As in the song by Paul McCartney LIFE GOES ON.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS