Headline in many of this morning's papers:



Al-Qaeda planned to trigger economic turmoil.



(But the investment bankers beat them to it.)

Animal Recession

     These are tough times for horses and smaller "pet" animals.

     The Great Recession is causing people in Ireland to abandon horses they adopted during the flush times, and now Arizona is suffering from a rash of horses abandoned there after they were used to carry drugs across from Mexico.

     Just about any animal shelter can tell you stories of smaller animals...dogs and cats...being dropped off by families having trouble feeding and caring for human members, much less the felines or canines.

     The rising tide lifts all boats, and vise versa.