The debt per person in the USA is cheap compared to other countries. Let's celebrate with Chinese fireworks! I love the stench of burning sulfur from the fireworks, much better than the normal LA stench.

Actually, I stayed the long weekend at the new 'M' Casino in Las Vegas, the first casino you see as you drive in from California. Very nice rooms, fantastic food, music, dancing, swimming, sunning and best of all, I ended up several hundred Dollars ahead. The have a bar there that has almost a hundred different beers on draft. Needless to say, my friends and I had a great time tasting suds.