After listening to President Bush's speech I couldn't help but wonder which one of my coffee shop compatriots wrote the dang thing. I KNOW whoever wrote it has been having lunch with me the gang. It was almost verbatim what we've been discussing for the past 5 (at least) years, except where he said "has happened" or "is happening"  we said "is going to happen". Of course, we said that before it actually happened.  Maybe it's Woody who owns the "Famous Foley Coffee Shop". Yeah, it's probably him. Now that I think about it, there's a lot of suspicious things about him. He said he was a Cajun, but I haven't seem him eat any Cajun gumbo! And he's always hanging out around the table saying things like "could you repeat that again, and go a little slower this time?".  And he's supposed to be a former Navy Seal but I haven't seen him swim or kill anybody with his bear hands. Maybe I should get Mark to make disparaging comments about the catfish special Friday and see what happens. We've always treaded quietly around Woody 'cause nobody wanted their neck snapped!  Shoot, if Mark survives the insult, not only will we have our suspect cornered but we might even get REAL catfish on Fridays! It's certainly worth a try. Anyhow, the markets are at the mercy of any legislation that comes out of Congress on this "bailout, rescue plan, investment plan" or whatever they try to sell it as. If the markets rally and then fail, or just fail immediately after passage, there will be unbelievable carnage in the markets. I'm not sure we truly understand just how bad it COULD get. We're just going to have to wait and see. My previous trade recommendations still stand, but that's about it. All that being said...I swear I did not write that speech.