If there’s any question about the defunctness of the incumbent party, Alan Greenspan’s reflections, published today, about the failure of ideologically driven rampant deregulation should answer it. “Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief.” Uh uh. And those of us who didn’t attend that church are in a state of penury, thank you very much.

Vote early and vote often.

I always like the stats that show the DJIA always goes up over time even after bad recessions, etc. The moral to the story being to keep your hands off what’s in the market and ride out the rough times. I’m not sure the stats include an economic disaster of this proportion. I might be wrong about that, though. I’m not exactly sure how far back these recession models go. I’m thinking 1927 which would include the Great Depression but I’m not sure.

Great photo of McCain!