At today's opening bell, the stock market sits below where it was right before Bush took office in 2001. Lehman Bros. failed yesterday. Today it could be AIG or WaMu. The dollar is in the shitter. Wages are down. Chances are, you or someone you know lacks health insurance. Mortgages are getting tougher to come by. The real estate market is in total collapse. And now a message from John McCain:

- Everybody fucking panic!!!!!!
- Baby Bush: Sarah Palin stonewalls Alaska ethics violation investigation.
- From the Wall Street Journal: "Why Obama's Health Plan is Better."
- Coming soon: Sarah Palin's big fade.
- When Karl "McCain has a black baby" Rove says McCain's ads have crossed the line, you know we're through the looking glass 0n election 2008.
- Be careful at the ATM, folks. The crooks are more clever than you think.
- Hackers battle al-Qaeda.
- The sinking Rays suck it up in game one against Boston. As added punishment, here is the Boston Globe's account.
This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2008.
