Confidence Down

Browsing the web for a sense of what's going on, what's in the air as it were, we see the week shaping up to be as bumpy as it gets. Its positively whacked.

The Palin-McCains are out there trash talking their damnedest and drumming up fear like it was popcorn at a concession stand. Obama's allegedly a communist. I mean a communist? What happened to terrorist, at least terrorist is more contemporary. When did we go back to communism, I didn't get the memo.

Does anyone else recall McCain going before the country and railing against the dangers of a Republican President, Congress, and Senate back in 2000. McCain ran for president in 2000 in a time when the lucky Republican trifecta was happening. If he is so concerned about party hegemony then why did he even campaign back in 2000.

One of the screwiest things though are the threats and the ghost digging. I read a story about McCain allegedly killing someone by car accident back in 1964. It seems like everyone running for president or their wife was involved in a car accident that killed someone. What is up with this?

I am going to go out on a limb and say don't go there.

Why do our candidates have to be lying, thieving, murdering thugs all the time.

Breitbart.com: US consumer confidence sinks to record low

...consumer confidence index plummeted to 38.0, down from 61.4 in September.

The Conference Board: The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index™ Plummets to an All-Time Low

Consumers' appraisal of current conditions deteriorated sharply in October. Those saying business conditions are "bad" increased to 38.3 percent from 33.4 percent, while those claiming business conditions are "good" declined to 9.2 percent from 12.8 percent. Consumers' assessment of the labor market was also much more negative. The percentage of consumers saying jobs are "hard to get" rose to 37.2 percent from 32.2 percent in September, while those claiming jobs are "plentiful" decreased to 8.9 percent from 12.6 percent.