Fall in New England

I just got back from Connecticut. I went to Hartford to provide training to our web application. I have heard about Fall in New England. I have heard that it is beautiful and there is nothing like it. I figured people were "overselling" and exaggerating. After all, we have the same trees in Alabama. They turn colors. I've lived in Wisconsin. Same kinds of trees and very similar weather. Both Alabama and Wisconsin have pretty trees in the Fall.

Let me tell you. There is a difference. The leaves in New England are brighter. They are more vibrant. There are more shades of the colors. We don't have the golds and yellows and reds and oranges that I saw there.

There was nothing more stunning than flying in over the city and seeing the landscape. Pictures can't capture it. Words can't describe it. You have to go see it for yourself.

Dow takes Nose Dive

Thank goodness Congress approved that bailout. Otherwise, the economy might be tanking.

WHOA!!!! Wait a minute...it is tanking...

SO...the bailout isn't working? How can that possibly be? Our government is on top of this!!! If they can't fix it...then nobody can...after all, no other entity is more dependable and competent than the government, right?

NYT predicts Sub-Prime Failure in 1999

So many pundits are currently blaming the policies of the failed Bush administration for the current economic crisis.

The internet, however is a wonderful thing. On Sept. 1999 (who was President then?) reported that Fannie Mae was "encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify."

The article goes on to prophesy,

"Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980's."

How can they be so two-faced?