US Economy infects the world.....Nikkei plunging.....

[marmar]

Down 440+ points as I'm posting this.....

http://www.bloomberg.com/index.html?Intro=intro3

[tekisui]

1. No more tricks up the sleeves. The "Fed Fixes" are over.

[MadMaddie]

2. G. W * infects the world with his death touch

Everything he is associated with turns to shit...this is just the beginning....

[BeatleBoot]

4. I call him "King Midas in Reverse"

Everything he touches goes from bad to worse.

[Alexander]

14. That's a pretty good song by The Hollies.

[corkhead]

12. let's hope he at least destroys the Republicon party while he is at it.

we are going to need a strong Democratic majority in congress to begin to rebuild what that fucker has laid to waste.

[cutlassmama]

17. so sad, yet true

[HuffleClaw]

3. 'tis gonna be an ugly day

can't WAIT till bush speaks in public about it

[chknltl]

5. bush'll blame Iranian terrorists for this nt

[HuffleClaw]

13. i wouldn't be surprised if iran suddenly became very very 'newsworthy' today

they are good at distraction

[chknltl]

15. I was countin on something from Brittney Spears

or...lessee, isn't it Senator Clinton's turn for a campaign tarnishing revelation to turn up?
So many distraction potentials....

Here's a thought:
DU should hold a pool: "Day of distraction:___________ Person embarrassed by the distraction_________"

If the admin charges a nickle per guess and t-shirts given out to the lucky winners...there should be plenty left over for repairs on the infamous Moderator Hot-Tub! (They've been workin overtime lately imo)

[Fresh_Start]

6. please someone gag Bush

everytime he talks about the economy the markets drop further

[Elidor]

7. They better shut him up and keep him shut up

Tomorrow is going to be bad enough without the Dubya factor.

[Canuckistanian]

8. God help us ALL

A big chunk of the world's economy is going down that same drain.

[file83]

16. Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1929!!!!!

[MadMaddie]

10. And when he does the Worlds stock markets will tumble again...

spiraling, spiraling downward.

[tachyon]

9. They have some salacious news too - finger in the dike....(eww)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170&refer=home&sid=acAqXkb6aIJM

[MercutioATC]

11. That'll moderate somewhat before open, but it's still all bad.

J.P Morgan is buying Bear for $2/share. That's a MAJOR loss of investor equity...and the Fed is complicit.

I believe they've overplayed their hand this time. They've been helping themselves to the trough at our expense forever, but they've become greedier in the last 10-20 years. There used to be an understanding that you can only bleed the mark so much...so they'd live to "contribute" another day. Those days are gone.

They're stripping the carcass now.

...and I have some degree of apprehension what that may mean to the rest of us.