OK. I'll grant you that, if you grant me the unsubstantiated claim that the
> segment
> of the white working class which still enjoys disposable income, still has
> access to
> consumer credit, is not drowning in an underwater mortgage, etcetera "do
> not mind
> spending considerable amounts on expensive" toys with electrical motors,
> like
> riding mowers, ATV's, dirt bikes, and jacked-up 4x4's. Plus all those
> costly splurges
> on aluminum siding, excursions to the tanning bed, peroxide hairdos for
> the ladies,
> weekend getaways to casinos, tickets to MMA/WWF/monster truck
> extravaganzas,
> etcetera.
Yes, indeed. Those are my people, except for the casino part. I think you might have us confused with aging Northeastern Jews on that count? Or someone else? Come to think of it, I don't know who goes to casinos. It ain't us, though, at least in the South (where we have none).
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."