Most important news story of the week (ending September 12, 2008)

[ColbertWatcher]

Most important news story of the week ending September 12, 2008

Choice 1: Ike

Choice 2: Large Hadron Collider is tested

Choice 3: the bailout of Fannie and Freddie

Choice 4: Canadian PM dissolves parliament, calls for new election

Choice 5: Protests continue in Thailand

Choice 6: all the interesting things happening in Venezuela

Choice 7: OPEC oil ministers cut oil production

Choice 8: Interior Dept. sex and drugs scandal

Choice 9: revelations of "abuse of power" by both on the GOP ticket

Choice 10: Other (please elaborate in reply)

[eshfemme]

1. News that Lehmans Brothers is failing and more signs that the imminent collapse of the US economy

is nigh.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I know I have to get my money out of WaMu and fast! n/t

[CTyankee]

11. Thanggod I got my mother's and my account out of WAMU!

My motherhas now passed away so I have all of her accounts in otherplaces, one being Smith Barney. HOpefully, SB is not in deep doo doo...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. Lehman Bros. is one of our clients. The last architectural project I did for them

was finished 2 weeks ago. That is of course after the scope was reduced by more than 50%.

[AZCat]

15. 50%? Yow!

What was left? Don't tell me they tried to keep the same square footage on half the money. :eyes:

[dana_b]

17. there were so many big stories that it was hard to decide but

this one seems the biggest to me.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Kick. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

4. More vote kick. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Countdown kick. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. I'm conflicted but had to go with 3. Not becuase natural disasters or

overseas events aren't just as important. But in a way I think this issue will affect the whole world not just us.

[Dogtown]

7. I have to vote #9

I think Palin is in deep kimshee. I'm pretty sure she gloated/whined to Toddy in those "executive privilege" emails. And I don't think she can keep them out of the investigation.

An indictment prior to the election would be delightful. I half expect it, short of investigators getting "small-planed".

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Saturday kick. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Sunday afternoon kick. n/t

[wuushew]

10. Cross border raid into Pakistan

against the wishes of the Pakistan government and during Ramadan no less. I predict bad news in the future.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Good catch! n/t

[libodem]

13. This WAS a pretty big news week

wasn't it? The Fannie and Freddie bail out is huge, but I think the sex and drug scandal is the top story. Ike is huge, the LA train wreck is monster, but it's all Palin all the time.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. "it's all Palin all the time." so true, so true. n/t