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Dear Mrs. Higgins,

Some folks are really hurting and upset over this end to Wall Street. I mean there are guys with bleeding ulcers watching their fortunes plummet.

And the government is stepping in, and stepping in big. You gotta wait 5 days to buy a handgun, but we can loan 88 billion to AIG faster than you can say Hank Paulson has a bad hair day.

And, of course, Nancy Pelosi, who can’t spell SEC, is showing her sweet self through all this. Her vitriol was so strong even some of her own party ran scared. (I think they were afraid she might bite them) If that girl could blame original sin on W. she would.

But here’s the thing: a lot of people aren’t bothered by the whole credit crisis.

They don’t care.

The whole thing is a long way away and has no relevance to their lives.

Sometimes less is more.

I think wealth is great for a lot of things, but I see it really pull people down. They don’t call em trappings for nothing.

Some guy is wringing his hands in anguish as his 2 million just went to 600k. Another guy is deciding on which pizza to order and wondering how many Old Styles are in the fridge.

What do you think, Mrs H?

Mike


Dear Mike,

I think you ought to think about ordering a salad and switchin to diet coke.

You’re right about things though. At any level the stuff we own, owns us right back.

Think about the time you spend mowing your big yard, vacuuming your nice pool, cleaning up your fancy house.

Your things take up a bunch of your time.

Maybe you need to simplify. Not your mind though, that’s simple enough.

Now you remember Joe Biden in your prayers tonight. You ain’t got no real enemies, so you have to make do.

Love you boy,

Mrs H