And don't forget the additional $1.25 tax on each pack of ciggies that started on June 3rd.

No more bad habits allowed - no more going out - no more eating out - no more fun times - no more Sunday rides - no more tomatoes - no more meat - no more water - no more coffee - ain't it great to live in the "free" land??? The land of opportunity.

Do I think we are heading into another Great Depression - hell yeah! But this time it will be worse. No one will be safe. Too many sickos out there.

What will be more important? Seeds to plant for food or guns and ammo to protect it and what is yours? Makes a person wonder...................

Mama I love you and I am going to say people are hardened and there are alot on drugs that rob and steal to pay for their "habit", and times are far different and scarrier, but Cest La Vie', I still am inclined to echo Jafo and say we must keep perspective so here's what I heard the other day that will cure all our woes.........

They charge us $125.00 a barrell for oil
we charge them $7.00 a bushel for corn
let's up the price of corn to $125.00 a bushel and things will even out and we'll all be just fine....................NO PROBLEMO!!! Cest La Vie' wish I'd of thought of it myself, now can any of our elected officials get up the balls to carry thru???????? That's a $100.00 question!

You're right, Cathy, service has been going to hell in a handbasket for quite some time.

But I'm talking about above and beyond that. Seems to me (and I'm sure Mama will agree), when things are tough in the restaurant business that's the time to make sure service is at its best. You want the people who are dining out to choose your place, rather than the one down the block.

Most of the time, if I have a bad experience I do contact the management. But my impression is that they don't really care. If it was just our server (I use that phrase loosely, being as we never had one) that would be one thing. But nobody in the place seemed to give a damn. And that reflects management's style.

I'll say this, though. It will be a very cold day in hell before we ever walk through those doors again. And if I have anything to say, neither will anybody we know.

Here Here KYH, I agree 100%

The unfortunate thing is - many will be heading to BK and McD's for their dollar menu. Many won't care about the service - they'll just dish out the rudeness right back.

Times are changing - and not for the better.

As Americans we are in for a rude awakening - very soon. And it's a shame that so many won't be willing to help others. We turned into a "me-me-me" society. I'm not saying everyone is that way - there are plenty of good people out there. Just hard to find as many as you wish there could be.

Our country is in trouble - and it seems like there is no help for us. Even our politicians won't help us.

Looks like we will end up being a 2-society country - the very rich and the very poor unless something changes real fast.

Obama and McCain - what are you going to do as leader of this country when you come in? Send more money and food to other countries without taking care of your own people? Stop the giant companies from merging and taking over? Stop these insane gas hikes? What about heating bills for Americans? Any break there? Medical care? And I mean medical for Americans - not the free care for illegals. And why do foreigners get free educations when we can't?

What about the emplyment situation? What about this mortgage crisis?

Why are insurance companies allowed to collect premiums and when it's time to pay out they play in the gray area and get away with it?

Where is FEMA when people need them?

Who is regulating the millions of dollars worth of items donated to the Katrina victims that are sitting in storage and never given to anyone?

Why do we spend billions to go into space? Now that we've got there - what are we going to do with it? Pollute it like we did the earth? Billions of dollars could have saved many homes, fed many people, paid for many to have insurance, given poor children an education.

What else can I say -

this -

and this really bugs me -

In February 2009 your analog TV will no longer work. You can get 2 couplons from the government to purchase a box to watch your TV OR you can pay cable and dish to watch the same movies day in and day out.

Coyote Ugly has been on cable for 2 months - just about every day. And that is not the only one.

And we pay for this.

The good thing is - basic cable - up to channel 99 - is not too expensive (my heart goes out to those on limited incomes that cannot afford it) and they are working real hard at adding many more channels showing many more and different movies - all over channel 100. Even PBS is on it now. Amazing - we pay to watch TV, we pay to drink water, good grief!

Next - we will have to pay every time we flush...................

hey don't laugh - some jerk will read this and it will be on the floor of Congress to be voted on soon!

Mama's *****in'............or should I say - venting?