Light at the end of the tunnel goes out

[formercia]

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE4B93T820081210
Signs of the Times: Light at the end of the tunnel goes out
Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:14pm EST



(Reuters) - The global recession manifests itself in big and small ways, most gloomy, some quirky and often reflecting the inventive human spirit. Here is a look at some signs of the times.

* In the working-class community of Weymouth, south of Boston, Easter's Country Kitchen, a crowded little diner, captured the mood in a notice near the food counter:

"DUE TO BUDGET CUTS, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS BEING TURNED OFF."
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* In another sign of holiday cheer, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported a 250 percent rise in the number of guns handed over in a no-questions-asked program to exchange weapons for holiday gift cards. The department's station in a high crime suburb received 964 guns, two hand grenades and two briefcases full of dynamite.

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[Double T]

1. YES it has.

Wonder when America and Americans will wake up and fix this mess? Bailout and stimulus packages are not the answer; only delaying the inevitable.

[Greyhound]

2. I'm curious, what is the inevitable, in your estimation? n/t

[Double T]

3. A long protracted economic depression.

[formercia]

4. Launder your money

If you're going to use it for asswipe, it might as well be clean.

[Double T]

6. Why bother. Won't be long before TP is worth more than our currency.

[formercia]

7. I'll have a roll of dollars, please

Charmin' extra soft or Opus Dei rough?

[Ezlivin]

5. Republican response: Ramp up production of night vision goggles

The free market will provide us a way out of the darkness!