The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

If there's one thing that wealthy people should never do, especially in this economy, it's complain about their financial situation.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Brett Favre.

Mr. Green Bay has been kvetching of late, burning up the air waves about how badly the Packers treated him, how they wouldn't let him out of his contract, how he couldn't go where he wanted to.

Brett, not to put too fine a point on it, but let me say, on behalf of all the people in the U.S. who have lost their homes in the past few years ...

Get bent.

Dude, you make more money than I will ever see in my lifetime. You get to work outdoors, playing sports. You're adored by fans.

Maybe your life ain't so bad, you know?

There's a few thousand men in Madison County — your age and younger — who would gladly trade places with you at a moment's notice.

Sports heroes are sports heroes because people like them. And they don't like self-absorbed whiners.

So pipe down and throw the ball.