Helping the country

We are going to Taste of Madison this afternoon. I've had a few twinges of guilt about going out to over-enjoy food and drink this weekend given the suffering in the Gulf Coast, but I have since justified it. Like after 9-11, Katrina caused a regionalized hit to the U.S. economy. It is up to the rest of us in the country to not only contribute aid to the Gulf Coast, but to also keep the economy humming by continuing to live life as we normally would. So I am going to do my part by pouring scads of money into the local economy this weekend.