Maybe you can get a discount on a Volvo.

Maybe Barry and Michelle should just vacation in the US for the next 11 months. At their rate of spending, the economy will turn around in no time flat.

That's on the money. They understand 2% of a situation and call you stupid for understanding the other 98%.

It's beyond an issue of majority. The first amendment holds that the free exercise of religion is as important as the freedom of speech and the press. So if you want to occupy some public space with your Wiccan friends or with your Lutheran friends, you should be able to do so without limit. At least that's what the OWS people taught me. I think Jonah is right that the practical boundaries of our tolerance to speech and religion are cultural and can't be legislated. Until they start killing chickens on my front lawn, I don't really care how people celebrate their beliefs.

The Plug-in Pinto.

I'm in your shoes as well. I'm advising my kids to take out loans to pay me back for college expenses, then when all debts are forgiven, they can submit them as "student loans."

You're on it, Red! A very wise man once wrote, "... from each according to his ability and to each according to his need." I have to warn you though, I'm pretty short on ability and my needs include plenty of booze and the keys to your Ferrari.

Deep down, many journalists believe that conservatives are evil and liberals heroic. They mold the facts of their reporting around that belief. Then, of course, there's the possibility of a screenwriting credit when the movie gets made. Even better when you write yourself into the script and your character is played by this week's acting hunk.

That must be a mistake. She obviously works for the Kafka Security Administration.

(In a plodding adenoidal voice): "Thuh earth has a feevur." I believe that the only cure is ... more cowbell.