All aboard the crazy train for the weekly sojourn. I tried on so many titles for this- I have since edited and simplified the title. I am gonna have to cut back on the Xanax. (Disclaimer* I have used the "N" word in this piece, please make sure you have taken your blood pressure medication before continuing.) Dollar stores, predatory loan shops, and tattoo parlors. That is the new economy of Boise. There are hundreds of these things all over town. That and a healthy supply of vacant commercial property everywhere makes it pretty difficult to buy into the premise that the economy has recovered. This is a political meme. The pretend recovery. We're going to piss down your back and tell you it's raining. We always need more rain. So I giggled the first time I saw this. The optimist says, "the glass is half full." The pessimist says, "the glass is half empty." The realist says, "Hey, my glass has piss in it!" I am the third guy. I ha...