Disappointment

The IRS claims that they do not owe as much as the accountant figured. They have taken six months to assert this; in the meantime they have sent me harassing statements that I owe them (five months). Now they do not dispute that they owe me thousands, just the amount of thousands. And they are not sorry. Even when the issue went to something called "Taxpayer Advocate" office. These people are not sorry either. They do not seem to have any self-respect whatsoever. Under this administration, the government has become both unresponsive and unaccountable. "My way or the highway" as we used to say.
Interesting that 2 days after Donald Rumsfeld wrote to the president there needed to be changes in our Iraq policy he was canned. So many people were elated to see him go that no one noticed this significance and that...the man replacing him is a man known for his "wheeling and dealing," a man who "could not remember" facts in the Iran contra affair. What must Iran be thinking of us? Not that we care, of course, but Gates is known for being a "company" man, no pun inended; if we disliked Rumsfeld for his dogged and abrasive style how will we like a man who is known for being smooth and doing things without being caught, loyally according to the administration's direction?
And, to think, the men and women of the armed forces are answerable now to him.
We may someday actually miss Donald Rumsfeld, who bullied the president's way through and was canned
when he could not do so anymore. At least you knew what he (the president) really thought.
Now we'll know absolutely nothing.
I had liked to imagine that people wanted a change in Iraq because the military are dying in a no-win situation. Now it looks like we're satisfied with someone who could make the whole thing more palatable.
Dear Lord God, bless the president with thoughts of peace. Give him the ability to admit a mistake. Move his heart from pride to a burden of compassion leading to wisdom. ...and while you're at it, Lord, please move the IRS to resolve my refund and send it. o_~
And bless all the parents who care for special needs kids. Give us gratitude for good friends, our other children, a roof over our heads, enough to eat, and Lord, opportunities to make this life a better place for us all. Lord, grant us peace and wisdom. Amen.