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-Gasp- Congress voted a big fat "NO" on the bailout. Which means the stock market went from here -----------








------------ to here. Between 9:30 AM to 4 PM on the east coast. 0_o Scary stuff. As long as everyone stays home and DOES NOT run out and try to withdraw every one of their dollars from their banks, I think it'll be okay. That's how the first Great Depression escalated. The stock market crashed and everyone panicked and tried to withdraw their money from their banks, which forced the banks to close down, which pissed everyone off, which only caused much more panic, and the US pretty much ended in debt. So let's do us all a favor and keep our fear to a minimum level.

Actually, maybe this is better. If the government pushed $700 billion into the US economy, they'd control most of the US. There's another conspiracy theory for you. 0_o