Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back Into The Water . . .

That is one long tag line, but it speaks volumes, as does the precise and unerring placement of each and every syllable I utter and subsequently record here. The end is nigh! Listen well, ye non-believers, and repent!

If it was possible to truthfully say that today’s events could fill the vessels of “good news, bad news,” there could be some encouragement to continue on. Alas, this simply isn’t the case. Like a Tsunami that devastates not only with the force of nature’s power but also with surprise, it seems that we are in a “bad news, bad news” mode. Check it one time:

The US stock market is on its way to losing ten percent of its value due in large part to default fears on nationalized credit in Europe. In other words, the likelihood is that Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIGS is the acronym) may experience significant financial collapse and simply cease to operate, dragging the European Union’s economy into the sh*tter. Only, one can’t repo a country and sell it off at a Sherrif’s auction to recoup some cash. Personally, I was hoping to get a deal on the Acropolis.

The crude oil that’s pumping like blood through a slashed carotid artery into the Gulf of Mexico may never stop flowing, according to some, including Professor Steven Werely of Purdue. Billions of gallons of oil may keep leaking