Granted there are places in this country now that are in ruin, to say the entire country is in ruin is a little too gloom and doom for me. Where I am (Boston area), the economy is good, my regular job and my side businesses are booming and I am better off now than I ever was or thought of being. Yeah, maybe the toys don't come out as often as before and we are being selfish if we complain about the price of gas when there are people who lost everything, but man, I think you need to cheer up a little.

Yeah, the price of gas sucks right now. Look at what people are willing to pay for bottled water, Starbucks coffee, beer at the bar, etc. Gas is still cheap. Had it kept up with inflation it would have been $3 a gallon long ago.

Go play with the toys. Enjoy life. Be thankful that most of us are well fed, have a dry home (or a home at all) and our biggest problem on most days is having to pay more than we are used to for gasoline.

JMHO....

Ray