Setting aside like/dislike for Jay Leno and simply focussing on his statement, I have to say I agree. I've been watching the middle class, or at least what was considered to be middle class in the late 60s into the early 70s, slowly disappear for a couple of decades now.
Having given it a lot...
Yeah, I tried my best to weasel my way out of traveling this week. Hopefully the mid-terms don't spin Portland out while I'm away. This is one of the very few times I've had a bad feeling about having to travel. Not to mention all of the flights that seem to be ill fated lately.
When boarding the plane, the stewardess handed this to me. Initially I thought it was an invitation to join the mile high club. Then I read the package.
I quit drinking the morning I woke up in an alley with a near death hangover, wallet missing, and a naked Barbie doll in my pocket. Discovered I was ~3,000 miles away from home. From what I can remember about that night, it was one hell of a party!
I called the police two times since I've lived here. The first time the cop called and said he had to wait for backup because the loon we called about was armed. Half hour later the cop drove away and absolutely nothing was done.
The second time I called, the cop never came. I called again and...