re: Patrick, somethimes your allusions are elusive. What in heaven's name is 'a sure in, for sure'? (KWD, Response to post, _The Tyee_, March 24, 2009) Hi KWD. I meant a sure in into heaven. When wealth disappears, so too, for many people, does their burden of sin. They join the righteous. Also, it would be nice if there was a turn away from manic capitalism toward something much more generous, easeful and affable. But what I sense now is people EAGERLY looking to define the last period we were in as (simply) sinful (it wasn't great, but I actually grew as a person during this period [with some of this growth owing to my explorations of/adventures with the many purchases I made] -- didn't you?), and this makes me think that what will follow is more likely to be about holy judgment than it will, wholesome togetherness. "Speculative economy," "place of luxury," casinos" VS. "frugal living," "soul-searching," "pur...