and what comes to mind? A single family home with a two-car garage, an American car and an American pickup truck parked in front of the garage doors (because the garage is full of stuff) with a green lawn all around the patio.
According to the broadcast, print and Internet media the United States economy is "undergoing the worst economic conditions since the 'Great Depression.' " With the 24/7 availability of cable news with all that "airtime" it is understandable that something has to fill those 45 minutes of every hour devoted to "programming" (known as 'content' on the Internet.)
We had thought that the American media would "collapse" after the Presidential Election with nothing to report-on, but President Obama's cabinet appointments and economic stimulus plans have filled the void, with Americans' use of credit cards being one of the topics covered. Will Americans continue to use their credit cards to keep-up their lifestyle?
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stevelectric/gGxXGx
The Ownership Society was a term coined by President George W. Bush's political advisor Karl Rove during the 2004 presidential election campaign "America is a stronger country every single time a family moves into a home of their own."
The reelected President promoted new policies encouraging home-ownership like the "Zero-Down-Payment-Initiative" government-sponsored program that allowed people to get mortgages without the traditional 20% down payment that had been required for several generations of American home buyers.
This was political genius Karl Rove's plan to make millions of recent immigrants Republicans because home ownership and paying property taxes made people more "conservative " in their political beliefs and, consequently, their voting patterns, Click:
http://www.communati.com/steve-lee/think-republican
The house and the car and truck parked in front of it are linked together as jobs in the American auto industry pay enough to allow a family to, over a long period of time, acquire a home and pay for college tuition for their children.
As the American automobile industry is asking the Congress for additional financial aid to enable it stay in business while it ramps-up production of more higher mileage small cars; are these the cars that Americans want to drive? Click:
http://communati.com/steve-lee/think-american-car 
The Christmas season  is time for the introduction of a lot of new cellphone models with Internet capability that entice you to sign two year contracts with high fees, Click:
http://www.communati.com/steve-lee/cancel-unfair-cellphone
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