The Chief economic muppet at Miller Tabac? just interviewed from Nasdaq Exchange on BNN Canada has announced that the U.S. economy is now at 'take off speed'. We can all relax now. Isn't that pathetic? Really.

Here is an inspiring quote from a remarkable young lady somewhere in the U.S. who was an aspiring Olympian and was paralyzed from the waist down in a training accident: "The only major handicap we can have is a bad attitude". Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is courage and surely made me pause to think.