Seriously, how much will the stock market affect you, York County?

I got a chance to talk to someone over the weekend who didn't even know Congress passed the bailout, buy-in, or whatever word you choose for a $700 billion government intervention.

He's been busy working, and was chopping firewood when I went to visit Saturday afternoon, after finishing up a story. And for the record, he's my parents' neighbor and first cousin, once removed.

So what did he have to say about it all once I filled him in? Anger and disgust, but then, a simple perspective. Even during the worst economic crashes in American history, most people kept feeding themselves.

And in the end, that's all that really matters. Beyond that, anything else we lose are just cushy modern frills. I thought it was good perspective to have as everyone goes around yelling the sky is falling and earth is blowing up tomorrow.