Everyone is feeling the pinch today. How could we not with spiralling gas and food prices? Even the Saudis are now starting to worry that fuel prices have gone too high for us, forcing us to economize and seek out fuel efficiency which could have a long term negative impact on them.

Last week, though, I had two customers at work ask me to do things which are illegal that would benefit them. One was a foreign account and the other was a domestic customer. I am really troubled by that.

In both cases, I respectfully replied that I really am rather fond of my family and have no desire to go away for 10 to 15 years.

These are tough times though, make no mistake about it. Our world is changing rapidly and will never again be quite the same for us or our families.