That's not funny!

This is a response to an article on Globeandmail.com about TV show 22 Minutes interrupting the Premier's press conference. Here is the Link to the Article


It is understandable that many would see Ms. Halls actions as inappropriate but I beg to differ. No one would argue that 1,000 people loosing their jobs is something to laugh about but this incident does raise a bigger issue.

To a large degree this recession is a recession of the mind. There are certainly fundamental problems undermining the economy, particularly in the US housing market. The bonfire was certainly there to begin with.

But because of the media's focus and subsequently the focus of many around the world, that fire is now a raging, out of control forest fire inferno. Consumers have stopped spending, companies hiring and banks lending, predominantly out of fear. Now the situation is getting worse driven primarily by fear, pessimism and anger.

The situation need not be as bad as it is. It is an undeniable fact that the vast majority of Canadians will NOT loose their jobs, their houses, their life saving and things WILL turn around.

Perhaps 22 Minutes interrupting the doom and gloom of the Premier's press conference is just what we need. Perhaps we need more people reminding us that its not really that bad.

Of course there are those that look at everything in life through a negative, pessimistic lens as evidenced by the many outraged postings for the Globe article. They will claim things are terrible, the sky is falling and all are doomed, or something to that affect.

It is worth noting that those are not the kind of people that build societies, create wealth and inspire greatness in others.

We need more Geri Halls and those that can see opportunity not adversity, those that instill hope not fear.

This economic turmoil will end, not because of trillions pumped into economies but when people decide things are not so bad after all and start participating in the recovery instead of expecting things to get worse.