BushCo Broke the WORLD!

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http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5EDJI#chart1:symbol=^dji;range=1d;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined

Some business associates and I were talking this morning about the next support level for the Dow Jones Industrials Index (DJII). Now that we are at 9200, the next support level, as depicted in this 10-year chart, is in the range of 7800-8400.

Buckle your seat belts, everyone.

The Nikkei dropped to an historic 20 year low last night, as well.

Contacts of mine in the international technology and imports industries are saying that entire shipments of consumer electronics and holiday goods are now being held back for fears of an unrivaled consumer recession over the holiday season.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/asian-markets-crumble-nikkei-225/story.aspx?guid=%7B6964F8DD-C697-451B-A6FD-C0EE046F575F%7D&dist=msr_30

And not to be outplayed, the British are now pumping money into their banks.

Do you know how to mend clothing? Do you know how to fix simple things around your house? Do you know how to make crafty and folksy handmade items for gifts?

My grandma used to tell me about growing up during the depression, and how no one wore their shoes at home, but only to school, church, the occasional barn dance or shopping trip. She told me about shopping for beans, rice, and flour, and how she and her sisters would fight over the cotton cloth bags in which the staples were packaged, because that cloth would be used to make their next new underwear.



I'm fortunate. I spent a lot of time with my grandmother, and her mother, my great-grandmother. They were pros at making things work and making ends meet. I had no idea I might ever put any of those lessons into practice. I feel for people who have no idea those lessons exist.

Our only hope: