> Gasoline prices to $3+ > "Dissapointing" back to school retail sales > Rising consumer debt & bankruptcy filings in front of the law change > A housing bubble gone bust with Fannie Mae in the background > Consumer sentiment going down, down, down > Manufacturing not only headed down but being outsourced > The kicker: We are OH!-ficially a service-based economy & a banana republic due to our debt load relative to GDP...