Drawing the Line

It's safe to say that we live in uncertain times. Take the financial bailout (take my bailout, please!), for example. Not only do we not know where the money is going, we now have companies that actually made a profit last quarter lining up at the trough. And now comes word that Barney Frank, the working man's friend from Massachusetts, will introduce legislation next week to change the terms of the bailout in order to allow the big 2.5 (no longer the big three) American automakers to stick their snouts in.

At this point, it's hard to imagine where this will all end. Or how, except badly.

Still, all of this is theoretical - like most of the President-Elect's policies - until it hits home. Last winter, it was a shortage of salt, now it's winter tires. Next thing you know, some damn fool will tax the shit out of the energy companies and make it impossible to stay warm. Well, enough is enough. It's hunkering down time. Everyone has to draw the line somewhere and here's mine:

You can have my snow tires when you pry them from the cold, rusted rims of my '93 Toyota Pickup. Lock and Load!