Get out there and shop till you drop, folks. We just found out lastnight that

[patrice]

our $ituation is quite a bit wor$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$e than we hoped.

What did Tom Wolfe (in A Man in Full) tell us it's called when a financier's creditors call him/her in and put everything on the table and tell you what you will do? A Workout?

[leveymg]

1. When Big Louie calls you in about that little upaid debt, it's called a "work over."

America is about to be worked over by its creditors. You think last September was bad? Just wait until they start dumping Treasuries and Dollars like they did stocks and derivatives. Then the blood will really start to flow.

[patrice]

2. And if Americans don't think Louie and his friends HAVE been talking about us, well . . .

it's time we learned.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. But if that happens, how wil we pay

the 71,000 contractors we have in Afghanistan??????
What will become of Cheney's oil????