While the headlines are on the American Pledge of Allegiance, there is serious stuff happening. The PoA furor would be solved by removing the words "under God", which were added only in 1954. Or, the Supreme Court could say it's OK.

At any rate, it's a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Here's the big stuff. Very big. Headline on the Drudge Report.

NYT THURSDAY: U.S. NO LONGER REGARDED AS BEST PLACE TO INVEST...

Dollar slides to brink of free fall...

Euro nears parity...

Worldwide web of debt unravelling...

THE GREED, THE FRAUD, THE CRASH

All at Drudge Report

What they are going to tell you is that it's not so bad. Imports will be cheaper.

Arf