At Disneyland there is a children’s ride called “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”.  The first time I went on this ride umpteen years ago, it twisted and turned and went up and down–sort of like our economy and our stock market.  It can make you a little dizzy if you stay on this ride too long.  I would suggest you not follow the ride too closely these days.  It can do some harmful things to your stress levels.

All of these extreme ups and downs of our markets, the world’s markets, the oil spill, the identity check in Arizona, the housing crisis, the job crisis, the government shortfalls, the deficit, the health care bill, the tax bill and, of course, all of our own bills is enough to drive you to drink.  During this pressure cooker period, please remember a few things:

1)   We need to clean up the government house, …