What I might have said to Suze Orman

By Dave Winer on 1/1/07; 4:58:14 PM.

On the flight back from NY I sat in the same row as TV celebrity Suze Orman. I was in a window seat, and she was in the other window seat, so I didn't get a chance to talk with her.  

If I had had the chance, here's what I might have said... 

First, of course, I've watched your show, and I admire your chutzpah, but I gotta say, I'm (obviously) a man and I don't think you treat men very well on your show. Myself, I do pretty well with finances. The only debt I have is a mortgage, for its tax benefits, I could afford to pay it off. I have always been a saver, haven't been in debt since my late 20s (I'm in my early 50s now) and I have health insurance, and home owner's insurance. I've never mooched off women. I'm pretty responsible, I even quit smoking and stayed quit. And I don't like the way you treat men on your show. 

Yeah, after saying that, I would have been happy to sit next to this person for six-plus hours on a flight from NY to SF. Not.  

So another thing I'm grateful for is that I wasn't seated next to Suze Orman. 

PS: Speaking of smoking, I heard that Barak Obama is a smoker?