Rebate checks are a flimsy Band-Aid

John Tominsky, Las Vegas

Sunday, May 4, 2008 | 2:06 a.m.

The rebate checks are in the mail; be still my impatient heart. The temporary leaders in Washington, D.C. — thank God they’re temporary — are giving us some survival money.

I’m running off to the grocery store for survival food, after that some survival liquid for my automobile and, if I’m lucky, a few bucks for bingo.

This is all very puzzling. This country is 1 inch from a recession and in total bankruptcy, yet millions of dollars are thrown at us. Will this check bounce?

I feel like a swimmer in the middle of the ocean surrounded by sharks, having a rescue ship come up to me and throw a big hunk of steak at me and then saying: We’ll be back in a few days with some french fries.

I guess if the present leaders had four more years in the White House, I’d be eating rice three times a day and liking it. Take heart, my fellow American citizens, rescue is on the horizon.