Unpaid Gratitude

A thanks to those who gave up much of their personal time in order to fix what they had not broken (but may have participated in its decline).

In three years or so, with the world financial stability shifting and with its shift, drifting, we may have forgotten that wealth redistribution is the game's engine.

Like the frog said, it's never easy being green and so we say goodbye to the last of the greenbacks and hello to the smorgasbord of currency controls.

Economic recovery is a thankless job but those who know tip their hats, nod their heads and raise a hurrah to the people who dedicated themselves to plugging leaks in the sinking ship of the global economy, even if the rudder was unattended, leaving us to drift to new shores and ready for new ventures.

Thanks to Keith at Brix (formerly Luciano), Becky at Marshall's who remembers the old McClellan's and Montgomery Ward stores downtown.

Final note: Be careful letting ethnic hatred get out of hand - good to relieve some of the valve pressure but you don't want to cause an Oriental explosion, do you?  Nuclear trigger fingers get itchy for all the wrong reasons.

Picking Up, Nothing Down

More sticks than I can throw a thanks at:

Jordan R. at Steak Out; Theron Smith at Hilton; Annaliese and Amier at UBC; Bubba's Stephenson Dairy Bar; Pam Cooper at Dr. Pugh's office; Dan & Fay; Sweet Tooth Cafe; Rogersville Produce Market (Mountain View Bakery butter - mmmm); Pal's Sudden Service; Hobby Lobby; Angie at Cheddar's; Medical Center Pharmacy w/famous grill & sandwich shop; Drs. Velasco and Dalle-Ave (Lisa Cook, RNP); Blaine Hardware & feed; Brittany at Barley's (Cottonwood Pumpkin, Rogue Shakespeare Stout and Southern Pecan Nut Brown); Brandy and Dale at Shoney's; Alex and Chad Miller via ticketsbyphone; Janice at Walmart; Amis Mill Eatery (interesting story about finding original mill wheel in rubble of old river mill); math teacher and others, including SRO, at SCHS; Mom and Dad; Bill Lee; Mrs. B; Peggy; David and Melinda; the Jerdons

Fortunate

Good news for long-range thinkers/planners:

American billionaires pledge fortunes to charity