Can you say f**ked? ..... Look at the joyful (sarcasm intended) Yahoo Finance headlines:

[marmar]

Top Stories As of 3 hours, 46 minutes ago

Home Prices Fall Record 15.3 Percent: S&P/Case-Shiller - Reuters
U.S. home prices extended their record slide in April, with every top metropolitan area now posting annual losses and many showing double-digit declines, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price index report on Tuesday.

* Stocks Fall Sharply After Consumer Confidence Data- AP
* Consumer Confidence Tumbles to 16-Year Low- Reuters
* Oil Prices Rise as Market Eyes Nigeria- AP
* UPS Shares at 4 1/2-year Low After Profit Warning- Reuters
* Dow Chemical Sets New Price Hikes, Cuts Output- Reuters
* Kodak Sets $1 Billion Stock Buyback, Stock Jumps- Reuters
* Greenspan: U.S. Economy on Brink of Recession- Reuters
* The Blame Game: Who Killed the Economy?- Portfolio.com
* Fed in a Bind: Bears on the Rise as Stagflation Spooks Stocks- Tech Ticker


http://finance.yahoo.com /

[spanone]

1. 'brink of recession' my ass. as soon as obama becomes prez you can bet we'll be in a recession

the media will be ALL OVER IT...there will be no passes for a democratic president

[peace13]

2. We'd be lucky to have a recession.

I think we shot past that months ago.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Gigadittoes - You got it, peace13

The republicon-owned corporate media is witholding the Bad News until the Dems take over, then it will spew forth with unrelenting venom. They are spinning madly now to obfuscate the republicon-created economic and environmental disasters.

[CanonRay]

7. I already heard one commentator try to blame Obama's candidacy

saying the markets were "anticipating his election". What a crock of shit.

[tridim]

4. We need some good news soon.

I don't know how much more wall-to-wall horrible news this country can take.

Remember good news? I do, but just barely. It's been a long 8 years.

[peace13]

6. I can remember four years ago hoping that we wouldn't have to face four more years.

and then the heavy cloud of wondering if we would survive another four years. Now I just hope that we can eek this out without Martial Law. What have we come to. *amn I wish Americans would wake up!!

[oldskool]

5. Calling it what it is

The Bush Depression