Ladies have come up with all these expressions to reassure men. "Oh, honey, it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean." That may be true, but it takes a long time to get to England in a rowboat.

We probably stagnate our children's emotional growth by not letting them have some separation from us.

You might be a redneck if...your belt buckle weighs more than three pounds.

You might be a redneck if your Momma would rather go the racetrack than the Kennedy Center.

You might be a redneck if you can tell your age by the number of rings in the bathtub.

You might be a redneck if you watch cartoons long after your kids get bored.

As an individual, as a household, you can't spend more money than you're bringing in. You can do it for a little while, but you end up going broke and you end up losing everything you have. That is the path that we're on as a country, and it scares me to death.