Gas Pains

No,..it's not from wannabe-medic Mike's chili recipe (Sorry, Caryn,..)

It seems that in Philadelphia, the gas company wants to shut off the gas in over 22,000 homes because they haven't paid their bills in quite a while.

Today, the local news is all over the bleeding-heart, neo-Socialists who picketed outside a PGW maintenance station.

I'd like to see the local news put that much coverage into the homes of these people who don't pay their bills. If its anything like I've seen when the fire department has to hand out smoke detectors after a fatal fire, I betcha we'd see the following:

- The house has a 50-inch TV (prob HDTV)
- Full-package digital cable to go along with it (and probably not paying for that, either)
- A new Cadillac Escalade, BMW, Beemer, or Chrysler 300 in front of the house


This is not fiction. I've seen it for years when I worked as a medic for a private service. Beautiful homes in what were tonier neighborhoods years ago now look like someone tried to make a silk purse from a sow's ear.

So, the lesson today friends? Prioritize! That HDTV and HBO ain't gonna keep you warm this winter!