THE VENT

I believe in saving for a rainy day, but what I’m facing is a monsoon.

To you Southerners who hate the Yankee transplants: We wouldn’t be here except for job transfers. So much for Southern hospitality!

Walking slowly equals thinking slowly.

With the condition of the economy as it is, Barack Obama should show a commitment of change and scale way back on the inauguration festivities.

Good grief, high-paid executives, I, too, am getting a big bonus in 2009 —- my Social Security is going up about 5 percent. Bad news —- I’m 75 and may not live long enough to spend it all.

The next time I see one of those seat belt usage signs, I’m going to remove my seat belt and see if the percentage goes down.

I’m retired and in my 17th year of my home mortgage, haven’t missed a payment; however, I am seriously thinking about letting it go unpaid 90 days so I can get a big loan modification.

I am oh so tired of Viagra and Cialis ads. If Obama could just eliminate them, I’d consider his presidency a success.

Already some are blaming Obama for the drop in the stock market, and he hasn’t taken office yet.

The only thing that could have made Bush more unpopular than he is now is if he’d prevailed in investing Social Security funds in the stock market.

I just got on the MARTA train with my infant daughter in one arm, a big car seat in the other and my 3-year-old right next to me. Nobody offered their seats, including the same women I always get up for when I’m by myself. Can’t you just see when somebody could use a hand?

Try Chapter 11, GM, Ford, Chrysler. I’m tired of paying the UAW $30,000 for $10,000 cars.

When Obama closes Gitmo, make sure the terrorist prisoners go to blue states.

What does it say about my life if I relate best to both “The Lockhorns” and “Zits”?

To the venter who thinks we can solve this crisis by getting out there and “spend[ing] some money,” that’s the problem —- with no job, massive debt and no home equity, we have no money to spend.

A word of warning to the youths who vandalized my car with spray paint: Karma.

Those weren’t messages from our leaders telling you to buy flat-screen TVs. They were commercials paid for by retailers and manufacturers.

What is with the background music while a minister is speaking? I went to a large, popular church, and everything he said had to have some kind of emphasis with music. Do we have to be entertained as well as taught in order to keep our attention?

To those venters who love to joke about the North Georgia mountains: We may not have K2, but we don’t have to live with smog, crime and city traffic!

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