When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.

And there's nothing wrong with hitting someone when his back is turned.

Seeing the smiles on the children's faces just makes everything worthwhile.

Maman told me that every time you smile, a very tiny bit of the smile stays stuck to your face, so as you get older and older your face starts to show all the tiny bits of all your smiles and you look like you are smiling all the time, even when you are just thinking about what to have for breakfast. She said, also, that if you frown a lot then the frowns stick to your face instead. That way when you are old you have a very frowny face and look cross all the time and people are scared of you.

Unfortunately, I don't think the news tomorrow morning will put smiles on any faces.

The fact of the matter is when our nation faces these type of emergencies, it unfortunately requires us to deficit spend. It's nothing that anybody in Washington, or anywhere for that matter, likes to do but it's necessary.