New car, caviar, four star...think I'll buy me a football team

The floor is falling out from underneath us. Heard an interesting story on NPR this morning. Gave a brief, simple explanation of our current situation. Follow the link and click "listen now" to hear the audio story...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95591162
Also came across this stock market visual on Yahoo Finance.
"The times, they are a changing." - Bob Dylan