If you listen to the politicians the economy is terrible.  But if you look at the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog you have to believe that there are quite a few people with some extra money to spend on solving some of life’s little problems.  Like cleaning out the rain gutters:

Or important weapons for office warfare:

the Marshmallow blaster and

the desktop USB missile launcher (this may be the WMD that Saddam Hussien had)

But my favorite is the diving mask digital camera combination

It remind me of the car boat combination that someone reinvents every few years.  It always turns out to be a bad car and an even worse boat.

They are not selling these products because the economy is bad for everyone and they are selling a lot of them.  They all exist because there are lots of people with surplus income who want something different.  They are willing to spend their surplus on these at best frivolous products but don’t want to pay any more taxes.  It is the dilemma of the governing class.  Meanwhile buy some of this stuff… it could make you happy for a moment before it breaks.