Stores Coming Off Worst October In Nearly 40 Years

[Hissyspit]

Retail in U.S.

Couric's leading for the CBS Evening News.

They also ran a story on a restaurant in Elkhart, Indiana, where the owner is laying off employees. "This is the hardest thing I've had to do in 15 years." One employee: "My mom had her house forclosed and now she lives with us." Owner said business began to drop off when gas hit $4 a gallon and then when the credit/bailout hit, business plummeted.

[ixion]

1. 40 years... the days of Nixon

'nuff said.

[TahitiNut]

3. 1968 was LBJ's last year in office.

:shrug:

[ixion]

6. lol... yeah, you're right...

my bad. :rofl:

[devilgrrl]

2. You want to know why that is? Because people have enough shit already!

Did anyone ever thing of that?

[lib2DaBone]

4. They keep saying consumers are "tight" with money....

..They are not tight.. they are BROKE! Unemployment the highest since 1980 and growing daily.

Here's a hint for the geniuses in the news media, "you can't buy much without a job and sure ain't giving anything away."

[Kurt Remarque]

5. no positive effect from the palin shopping?