Sorry, no, this isn't really about French cities. And I know that a few posts back I said I'd try to refrain from ranting, but this is really just too much today. Am I to understand that NBC has offered Paris Hilton ONE MILLION DOLLARS for her first post-jail interview?? ONE MILLION DOLLARS? (I know, I'm beginning to sound like Dr. Evil - sorry!) Now, perhaps I expect this from tabloid journalists, but has NBC really sold out to that genre of journalism?

I'm sorry - I didn't realize that it was such an important news story. How silly of me. With the soldiers, mission workers, political leaders and activists out there working to make the world a better place, I got distracted from real news. Good gravy, Maevy! (And $1M will buy A LOT of gravy...and apparently our love for the Barenaked Ladies). But I digress.


With the economy in the state it is in, and inflation being what it's been over the years, you could argue that a million dollars might not really buy that much. Housing is more expensive, gasoline is going up, a dollar just doesn't buy us what it used to.

Try telling that to a kid who can't get clean water, when it costs only $2000-$5000* to install a small capacity well that would provide clean water for life.

Or maybe we could tell that to a small community struggling to feed and nourish its families, where $500* would buy a heifer to provide nourishment and hope out of poverty for an entire small community.