Sweaters and States

I’ve been wearing a lot of sweaters lately. Sweaters are comfortable and warm. They can make a person look distinguished without the use of a tie or a collar. Whether they are argyle or plaid, striped or a single color, a sweater can provide comfort and class with the same effort it takes to put on a T-shirt.

Sweaters are tedious to make. If I wanted to make a sweater for myself I would have to learn how to knit and sew. I would have to spend hours on end knitting everything into the proper proportions and, even then, it’s likely that my first few sweaters would come out shabby looking and less than perfect.

How sweaters are knitted into different designs boggles my mind. You would have to change your thread colors and work out a plan of attack. In order for the sweater to look nice and provide protection from the cold, the knit would have to be tight and close. If I were to try to make one I would probably end up with pieces of sweaters laying around the house, ripped to pieces in my frustration. If I wanted to make a sweater I wouldn’t even know were to start.

I think instead of attempting it I would go to professional. It would probably be someone who has been knitting for years who knows all of the tricks and secrets to sweater making. I would pay more than I would if I were to make it myself, but the time and materials I would save would be priceless. My sweater would be exactly what I wanted. Sure, it would be nice to know how to make my own, but, unless I wanted to be a sweater maker myself, it would not be worth the effort.

The same principle applies to nearly all facets of life. If I need a surgical procedure, I would go to a surgeon who spends hours tediously and carefully fixing my problem. If I needed some carpentry done, I would go to a carpenter who would spend hours carving intricate designs onto my wood piece. We would choose surgeons and carpenters who are skilled and proven in their profession who have the ability to perform their task flawlessly.

To build a house it takes electricians, carpenters, construction workers, architects, foundation workers and landscapers. If just one of these makes a mistake you could end up with an electrical fire, a flooded basement, an unstable foundation or many other unfortunate problems. It takes months and sometimes years to build a house.

If I wanted to destroy a house all it would take would be a bulldozer and a matter of minutes. All it would take to destroy a piece of carpentry would be a sledgehammer and a matter of seconds. In order to destroy a body it takes a gun and milliseconds. In order to destroy a sweater all you have to do is pull a strand and it will unravel in seconds.

We have to be careful not to let inexperienced people run our lives. We need to elect experienced politicians who have a track record of getting things done. As citizens, we need to do our homework and make sure that we are not electing someone because of the way they look. I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t hire someone to reroof our house who has never done it before, even if they are young and fresh and convincing.

We need to take our cues from countries that have been around for ages on how to stabilize our financial and economic situation. We need to ask ourselves how we can become self sufficient. We shouldn’t have to depend on the world economy to keep our heads above water. We wouldn’t allow ourselves to be indebted beyond reason to a strong and powerful person with reasonable motives of our destruction, and yet the country we live in has allowed itself to be.

The strand that makes up our country has already unraveled half way. In seconds our country will be a pile of raw materials. Will we continue to allow our country to fall apart or will we hire an expert to build it carefully and delicately back up.

We can’t allow this sweater that is the United States of America, a sweater that has taken centuries to make, to unravel so quickly. We need to make sure we find and hire the best knitter for the job.