[Great Asp]

I was talking to a lady today that said she was very worried about the shape of things in the economy.

I asked her if her life, or life style has been affected, she said no.

I asked her is anyone in her family or friends has been affected, evicted, or lost their job because of the Wall Street problems, she thought and said no.

I asked if she knew anyone, who knew anyone that had been effected, she said no.

I asked her if her life style has changed because of high gas cost, or the housing market issues, she thought and said no.

I asked her if she felt better, she said yes.

I am not stupid, there ARE real problems and it effects many people with loss of jobs, or housing (let's say you rent and pay your rent on time, and your landlord defaults), or retirement values. These people get blind-sided. But the media has a lot of people worked up when their mortages, their life style is not affected. Why partake in hand wringing if you are not at risk?

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