> I just visited the RWCC and saw a great article on Rick protesting
> the closing of his local Post Office.  Here in the states we are
> having many small businesses closing down that have been in business
> for fifty years or more because they can't survive in the present
> economy.  Unless the general public learn to support small business in
> this changing economic landscape (the change due to oil prices), many
> of their
> purchasing choices will be taken away, and the quality of their
> neighborhoods
> will be reduced.