I agree with you JP but it is important to understand that these are just short term patches and all they do is prolong the inevitable. The U.S. as much as I love you all for evrything you do, needs a total revamping. I hope you/they are on the right track with the elections

Get them old cronies the Frig out and get in some new blood. Just make sure they do not have the middle name of Hussein.

Then you can begin to repair from the ground up including infastructure. They always talk about how bad it is that people in the US live on credit or borrow too much or spend too much but I wonder where the people get that from when Washington is living on credit and is in more trouble than any one U.S. citizen.

Who will bai out the U.S> Government and when will the bickering stop? Nothing gets done

Don't forget that there is a holiday in the U.S. so the board is a little quieter. Lets see what tomorrow brings when they are open for business. If B. goes to .5 we will see a shrt term turn around. Anything less is something like the BMK NR.....Don