Recession’s burden  Excuse me as I act shocked by the news that
our superstar, the Dow Jones, dropped 500 points. How is it that
we didn't see this coming? Maybe it is because we do not all see
things through the same lens.  How can we justify record-high
stock prices while our nation’s unemployment rolls record one in
five of us are either unemployed or underemployed? Is it that we
have partaken of this corporate Kool-Aid so long that we
actually believe that higher stock prices mean a bright future
for our economy, or does it just represent the stripping of the
last possible penny from our nation to line the pockets of our
wealthiest economic participants?  Average people like myself
have been feeling the recession beating down on our shoulders
for two and a half years, and yet there are those among us who
have felt nothing, yet.  I submit to you that maybe this market
downturn combined with the historical downgrade of our
republic's debt is an indicator of what is yet to occur. These
insulated participants