Negativity, Moriarty, always the negativity!

Let's all be nice now!

How about not patronizing the stores run by the aye-wholes?

There will be recovery when all that money that has been concentrating at the top for the past 20-25 years begins trickling down to you, including money now in Swiss banks and the Cayman Islands, be patient.

Mike, someone is prone to exaggeration.

No flames from me, Mike. I've seen some items go up, e.g., beef prices, but that is due to the rising cost of feed for the most part (mostly corn, and that is a whole other issue), not interest rates. I've seen other items go on sale more frequently, at least where we shop. But let's face it, some people just live to b...more

"Only the Good Die Young", Billy Joel

But this is what so many defenders of DOD spending in Congress want, who do you think contributes to their election campaigns and who do you think offers job opportunities for life after Congress.

Part of my employment odyssey was that of a truck driver, Mack and International dump trucks for a landscaping/light construction company. I had a Class A CDL, and because of that, my BAC limit was .04, even if I was driving a VW Beetle..  I was able to live like that quite well, so can everyone else at .05.   The AB...more