Thank You for your dose of reality into Economy dialogue. Refreshing. Others worry about Real Estate Market and wonder "When will market bottom out?"

It is clear that the bottom will be reached after the consequences of the drop in property taxes is worked out. But, that will require many layoffs, drops in sales, etc. No, that light is NOT the light from the end of the tunnel. It is what we fear. The recovery is not in sight. We should budget home, and County, accordingly.

No, the Federal Government will not see any problems before January 20, 2009 and will do nothing to fight the Recession, to be formally baptized at the end of this quarter, the third with continuous decline in GNP.

But, the wildfires and the money to clean up all the debris and fix things, etc., will give the economy the appearance of a boost, as will the effects of the "Economic Stimulous Check". Do your part, go out and spend it! Ya Hear! Our country needs for you to do that.

Don't be misled, continue the rain dance, we need clean water and Sacramento is about to try to implement another "Peripheral Canal" but this time disguised as a "through-Delta Conveyance", see how easy it is to fool voters?

All you have to do is buy a bunch of ads with a meaningless and confusing moniker and we, the sheep, will vote according to the ads they buy. We are such an "easy mark" that a business man is promoting a Proposition that will benefit only his company; the Proposition is disguised as a Natural Gas car fuel scheme to replace foreign oil. Actually, we have all the Natural Gas we want and need, thank you. It comes from overseas and Mexico. Cheap.

The engine conversion to gas is simple and cheap, the problem is to find a way to store gas in your car that fits inside the car and finding a way to safely pump it in the tank. How about the roof? You think?

Drs. Pavlov and B.F. Skinner remain right. Abandon reason and forget about the so-called Free Will, Bahviour Conditioning is all that matters and the key factor is the "appearance" of a reward, a candy, like Mommy gave us to "behave", when we were children, and our teeth remnants were still there.