I admit it... I am grappling with how to take the news. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are indeed collapsing, and the second-biggest bank run (IndyMac) in American history happened last week. Global warming has never been so plainly obvious. Also, polls show that Americans are willing to shell out whatever it takes at the pump to drive their carbon monsters to and from work every day. Now I admire that all-American, go-get-em-tiger spirit, but what happens when the well runs dry? We can't all afford to double our expenses and keep on smiling that good ol' Roy Rogers smile!
Widespread panic isn't that bad, really. Just look on the bright side - if there's widespread panic, you might try to go to work in the morning, and you can't get through the picket lines! Hey, you get a day off, right? And what if widespread panic causes everyone to sell off all of those far-flung suburban McMansions? You'd never get a cheaper house in the country! How about the closing of all those ritzy bars when people stop spending their money on luxury goods? Does an evening at a friend's house eating a home-cooked meal, drinking Miller High Life 40's really sound that bad? 
-Lorien MacAuley
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