Economist Mark Thoma is live-blogging the financial melt-down

[swag]

at Economist's View.

Hang on to your job, if you're lucky enough to have one.

[lutherj]

1. The blue bus is callin' us, The blue bus is callin' us

Driver where you takin' us

[Theres-a]

2. No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn

;-)

[swag]

3. I don't know about you, but I'm gonna have my fun before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

all right all right all right all right.

[Theres-a]

4. all right all right all right all right

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.......Guess we have our freedom now.Thanks george and co.:sarcasm:

[peacetalksforall]

5. Read this from the article: Keeping in mind that JUST UNDER a decade is EIGHT years.

"We were engaged in an orgy of imprudent risk taking for nearly a decade and now a heavy price will be paid for the violation of so many simple and common sense precepts of trading.

I truly fear for our economy and our system the next several days."

[sofa king]

6. But... but, I wanted to invest my Social Security in the market!

[Kilroy003]

7. Now it's just tied to trillions of dollars worth of voodoo real estate

Not sure if that's any better...