THE LORD GIVETH ... AND TAKETH

Whether you're spiritual or religious, or simply go with the flow, we all understand "Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away." Well, get ready for more nakedness ... what we've seen over the past couple of weeks is just the beginning.


Washington bungled the first round of responses to economic meltdown. The second round, at this point, doesn't look much better (the responses don't address the real challenges facing us as a nation).

As for President Bush ... He's not only an empty suit in the face of market collapse, but he's doing his level best to prove Paul O'Neill's claim that he's "like a blind man in a room full of deaf people" correct. Move over President Hoover (although, to be fair, at least Hoover didn't leave us with a disaterous war).

- Mark