cbs 2008-12-23 WISHES

When wishes come true.  This is Dave Ross.

I know that 2008 will go down as a pretty bad year, but as you look back, you can make an argument that, bad as the numbers were, this was also a year when wishes came true.

I heard today for example that gasoline may be headed back towards a dollar a gallon.

One dollar a gallon!  Just last summer, if you’d dared even to wish for such a thing the cops would’ve tasered you.  Now even OPEC has to cut spending.  Even Alaskans might have to give up their free money!  And we didn’t have to fill the midwest with windmills to do it.    A wish come true!  

It took a recession to make it happen, but even then:  how many times have we heard psychologists tell us we work too hard, there’s too much stress, slow down, get eight hours sleep.

At least three million more people get to sleep in now.  Although it’s not necessarily helping the stress.

And the materialism we’re always being scolded for – that’s gone.   People are saving their money again.  Banks have stopped their irresponsible lending.  And as a result, desperate merchants have marked everything down to Wal-Mart levels.   Another wish come true.

And the polluted car-centric society that social engineers are always lamenting – heck now whole car companies may just disappear!

And to top it all, one look at the weather map shows that huge numbers of America are enjoying a White Christmas.  They’re enjoying it on the floors of bus stations and airports, but always remember:

When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are
Be careful what you’re wishing for – ‘cause sometimes it’s a meteor.

Now this.