Bad Moon Arising

You hear on the news and read in the paper about how bad people are suffering from the economy.

Do you ever wonder how bad it affects others?

An example is a guy that owned a construction company that was doing real well when times were good.

Then the bottom starts to fall out of the market, but he has spent a lot of money for material on some of his commercial complexes and, as is normal in the industry, he has not collected money up front for that material.

Guess what, the builder doesn't pay the contractor but his creditors are hounding the contractor for payment.

His business has until now been very successful, so he has a house in Vegas and a vacation house in Colorado.

Also, like most would do when they are successful, he has a lot of toys including a twin engine airplane to commute between Colorado and Las Vegas to maximize his time, which when you own your own business, free time becomes important.

He has three kids between 20 and 26 years old whom he is helping with living and education.

He also has purchased or leased equipment which have payments due, payroll, taxes, licensing, insurance, office, warehouse, airplane hanger and a whole lot of other expenses that come due.

Then the bottom falls out and there is no work.

So I ask you, what would most people do in a situation like that?

What he did was go to his insurance company and add five million dollars to his insurance policies death benefits bringing the total of two and a half million dollars for each of the kids should something happen to him.

At age fifty, with a failing economy and no income to speak of coming in, the timing and expense of adding to the insurance policy is interesting to say the least.

Was it a premonition, a coincidence, or maybe contrived?

No one will ever know for sure, but just three months after taking out the additional insurance policy, he and his wife were flying to their house in Colorado. As they approached the airport, rather than landing, they circled the airport. Then the plane for some unknown reason nosed down at a 45 degree angle and crashed, killing both he and his wife.

Was it a pilot error, mechanical failure, or despair? The truth will probably never be known.

When times get worse, death will become a more viable option to many.

I see the bad moon arising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin.
I see bad times today.

Dont go around tonight,
Well, its bound to take your life,
Theres a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes ablowing.
I know the end is coming soon.
I fear rivers over flowing.
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

Hope you got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like were in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.