That's the best explanation I can think of. I agree with you about the economy. Somebody keeps churning out all these news articles about how well the economy is doing. Well, I don't see it around my house. Gas prices and food prices are killing us.

It sickens me to read about these CEO's who make millions of dollars regardless of whether their companies are prospering or not. And doctors are continually raising their fees and refusing to see Medicare and Medicaid patients. I wonder how much money is enough? At some point, it seems that doctors will outprice themselves so that no one will be able to afford care--unless you're a doctor or one of those millionaire CEO's.

From what I see around Statesboro, there are many people who are not prospering in this economy. And, I bet that there are many more who appear to be prospering who are in debt up to their eyeballs and just one catastrophy from bankruptcy.

I think we need to take our government officials on an American reality tour. They only see their colleagues who are wealthy like they are. They don't see the rest of us who are struggling, or as Sonny says "Making Choices." What choices do we have--eat or not eat, medical care or no medical care. It's not like we're trying to choose which yacht we're going to buy.

And the nerve of the House of Representatives to even consider a pay raise. You can bet I'm going to be watching to see how my representatives vote. Okay, I'm done. Now that I have all that off my chest, I'm going to go enjoy my Saturday.

I couldn't agree with you more. In America we have all sorts of advantages, but many of these are disadvantages. The more we have, the more we want. My cell phone is not a new one, I keep it in my vehicle and only use it for emergencies. I can't understand why people have to drive down the road with it glued to the side of their heads. What did they do before cell phones? Why, they waited until they got home or to the office or wherever before calling to talking. And this new gadget, the iPhone, this $500 thingy that you can only use if you are using an AT&T plan - ye gods and goddesses! Remember the hula hoop craze? When they came out, everybody HAD to have one. How silly, and, to me, this thing is silly too, as well as wasteful.