I’m prone to anxiety. I didn’t used to be, but now I’m a veritable nervous Nellie.

I have a good job. I have a house. I have a safety net.

And I’m really afraid of what 2008 is going to do to this country and the people in it. I’m filled with dread.

I’m no economist. I don’t know if the chucklehead in chief is the problem, but I do know that my little town is being ravaged by foreclosures. This was hardly a rich area to start with, but this economy is taking its toll already. How flexible can Appalachia be if hard times come?