January 20, 2006

Just The Way We Are

"We're compulsive spenders. We like to spend. We spend it before we get it. That's just the way we are. Thats the way Americans have always been. It's just the way we are."

- Mrs. Sachtleben, Honours History Teacher

2 comments:

Jimmy Archer said...

I'm pretty sure America did not start out as a consumerist society.

Elindomiel said...

I'd have to agree with you. The first you, that is. :P

And yet, this is the woman who will be teaching me history this semester... Yikes?