Reply #12: By Christmas, America will have had four or five months of

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absorbing high energy prices - two or three of them will be winter months.

All the money that would have gone to Christmas spending will be spent already going to and from work and keeping the kids from freezing in their sleep - not not mention putting food on the table.

It might be time to reconsider your 401k holdings in advance of the holidays. General stock funds might not cut the cake - invest for wealth protection or in companies like Neiman Marcus (since the wealthy will still be buying each other expensive goodies) or ExxonMobil (they will be seeing record profits for years to come).

I can't afford to drive to work anymore, but at least gays can't have abortions. This compassionate conservatism really works.