Worried about the 3 E's

I don't like to worry.  I really hate it actually.  I get this knot in my stomach and it kind of feels like I'm hungry but not really.  You know what I'm talking about.  Well anyway(s) - I added the "s" just for jess and jase to enjoy - recently I've been concerned and worried about three things that are intertwined and all start with E:  Economy, Environment, and the Election.  These three things have never really held my interest.  I really don't know why but I've never been one for politics, or big investments, or even saving the green earth.  Until know.  For some reason these topics have become very interesting to me.

Here's why I'm worried:

1.  Economy:  Has there been any good news in the past year about the economy?  I mean, really, it sounds like the US is heading straight into the "greater depression" and we'll all be working for the Oil-Rich nations in a few months.  About a month ago I read a blog about the high gas prices and every comment was just FREAKING out about how they can't afford the high gas prices, they can only drive  to town once a month, and that life as we know it is gone and done with.  Something that night gripped my heart:  Fear.  So I've been reading and trying to get informed and get a read on what is really going on with the economy and is this really bad news for the average dude like me.  

Still trying to figure it out.  Also, this whole idea of a new war with Iran, the war in Iraq, and the war in Afghanistan is really too much.  I just wish we'd get some peace already!

2.  Environment:  Climate Change (formerly known as global warming) is really a big issue.  It saddens me that humans have created this problem and destroyed so much of this beautiful earth in such a short time.  I read a TIME magazine back in April about how bio-fuels are actually more harmful to the earth than regular fossil fuels.  This means the ethanol and all the corn we are growing to produce gas is actually doing more harm for the environment than if we just keep pumping oil.  Plus, no one had the idea that if we used FOOD to produce gas, then there would be LESS FOOD for the poor people/countries that need it!  So "going green" with bio-fuels has actually cause two horrible things - we've hurt our environment more and we are causing a world food shortage where only the rich get food.  This is catastrophic.  If we do not change our earth destroying ways, then we'll force Jesus to return before there is no earth to return to.  I don't think this makes God too happy.

3.  Election:  Obama v. McCain.  So much is said.  I've read so much.  Still, I do not know who to vote for or even what they would do for the US.  In some ways the US seems so over-bloated and broken that I wonder if a good president could even change the direction of this nation.  My hope is that the best man wins, and that we'd see inspirational and truly great leadership in Washington.  We all know this world needs it.

I just am worried about the three E's.  Still, I find solace in the fact that God is over it all, and He really is "almighty God" and the machinations of the world do not rock him or cause Him panic or worry.