The Bushbots are more interested in Republican victory than the future well-being of America. Soon the cost of the prescription drug bill will exceed the dent caused by Osama bin Laden in our economy. And Bush has the nerve to say he will veto any downsizing of his prescription drug plan. So, he will exercise his veto pen only to kill limited govt proposals. Some conservative he is. Most Bushbots are interested in factional fight in Washington and not for the good of the nation. The truly outrageous thing is that Bush totally lied about the numbers. Most economists predicted the bill would cost close to a trillion dollars in 10 years but he twisted the numbers to convince the country it was only 420 billion. I hope we never elect a charlatan like this every again. Plus, 'tis the season of Sarbanes-Oxley, another big govt gift from Bush. The cost of both of these plans is enough to boil my blood.
No kidding, any wonder why the market is tanking this year? Nearly every report from public companies acknowledges the massive costs are nose-diving earnings.
Osama Bin Ladin caused an UPTURN in the economy. His deeds offered a REASON for the fall of the stock market. After the "explaination" Americans were ready to buy again. Stock markets are the product of mass social mood. Here's a chart of the Nasdaq and outside of volume on 9-11 you explain to me how Bin Ladin wasn't other than a postiive for the markets based on the Nasdaq chart below.
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/NA/M
But then markets are the product of social mood.
http://www.socionomics.org/pdf/Bob_Futures_Interview.pdf