All right, so I’m pretty much dying right now. I somehow managed to catch a cold and a fever over the weekend, and I finally ate a few minutes ago, the first time in 2 days. Well, by eat, I mean drink hot and sour soup, but that’s good enough. Anyway, while I was lying in bed in my relatively useless state last night, I started thinking about finding someone to take care of my babies should I die of this plague.

But when I woke up today (at around noon) and looked at the news, I knew all these trivial matters of life and death were unimportant, because apparently, the world is ending. Interestingly enough, at around the same time that the rescue package got voted down, dark clouds rolled over Manhattan… or at least over my window. Ominous….

Now, I read earlier on the NY Times about how a Georgia Representative proclaimed his willingness to vote in favor of the bill in order to save the economy, at the risk of his seat. Regardless of your political persuasion, you’ve got to admit that that’s an honorable stance to take. So I thought, “Wow! Are there actually politicians who care about the good of the people? Could it be possible that he valued his constituents’ jobs than his own?” But then, when I checked the article again after an update, that quote was gone. False hope is so horrible, is it not?

When I spoke with my friend today, he had this to say:

They’re making this partisan.
Maybe they are short the market or something.

Which made me wonder, as a representative in congress, do your trades have to go through the compliance department?