As Eminem says, "There's a little bit of Slim Shady in all of us". So, I suspect, it is so for we locals who know well the Shepherd of the Hills Legend. It has been some time since I last had an "Old Matt's Story" fix, but here in '09, some would say that again times are so tough here in the Ozark Mountains that it's time we start following in the shoes of "dad" and bury all of our Baldknobber Ways. If shouldn't take much discovery to see the burden that many in our community are now carrying. Tonight "60 Minutes" did a segment on the closing of the only indigent chemotherapy program in Las Vegas and the resulting human devastation resulting from the Hospital's dwindling "tax based" funding. Next on CBS was the CMA awards, an extravaganza affair offering gowns, glitter and gaming, in, you guessed it, Las Vegas. No, Branson is not Las Vegas, and Andy's Little Place is not the Bellagio, but, I for one hope the hell that the hypocrisy evident in Vegas stays in Vegas. I futher hope that the deep moral strength of our communities Shepherd of the Hills Heritage rises to the occasion and builds a "Cultural Bridge" linking our town's equally conspicuous "haves" and "have nots". What's in Your Wallet?