Implosions of Faith

Wall Street crashes to the lowest point since 9/11 as banks collapse from rotten housing loans as foreclosure claims 7,000 homes a day.

In other news, Al Qaeda is reported to be imploding from a lack of support from its key constituency, mostly intact Muslims, who are frustrated that the radical group victimizes its own people.

Coincidence? Parallel? Green and red wires to the same bomb? Was bin Laden heavily invested in Merrill Lynch?

Maybe this would be a good time for the Taliban to look to a new demographic that is frustrated with capitalist greed: Americans.

Recruiting wouldn't be a hard sell. There's a property boom in the mountains of Pakistan, Osama's HQ, but I doubt it's the place Uncle Freddie and Aunt Frannie would want to move.

You get a great retirement plan. And more or less, Americans that are getting screwed by the housing crisis already speak the language.