Katrina, tsunami, cost of living now.

I think we'll do it. I know we'll do it.

We set our goals for so many years so high. Some time or another we knew that it was going to knock our feet out from underneath us.

This state has got to start living within its means. As soon as I talk to businesses, the first thing they ask me is about the tax structure in this state. Some of these legislators in Olympia have got to realize that taxing and spending is not going to bring prosperity.

We can't send living things to another planet. That might screw it up,

This cost-of-living adjustment is being eaten up by rising gasoline and heating costs, another double-digit increase in the monthly Medicare Part B premium and escalating health-care bills.