Random Thoughts as the Stock Market Plummets

When fears of a debt crisis in France send American stocks into a tailspin, something's wrong...

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is the number one movie in the world...the same weekend that rioting by England's youth begins.  Who said children don't emulate what they see?

I'm confused about global warming.  I heard a report on NPR that the glaciers are melting because of the manufacturing in countries like China, Russia, India and the US.  Wait a minute - manufacturing in the US?  I thought the economy was bad because we don't make things here anymore...

I think the Government really needs to evaluate how the Post Office works.  I really don't think it would be bad to stop mail delivery on Saturday.  Then every mail carrier can have a weekend - just like every other worker would like to have.  But all those little out of the way Post Offices are a different story.  I stopped at one the other day.  It was open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to Noon then from 1 PM to 4 PM, and Saturdays from 8 until 11:45.  As a working person, when am I free to go to the Post Office?  That would be on my lunch hour and after work - when they're closed.  And then the Government wonders why it loses money on this venture.  How about being open when people can actually visit?