In the last 4 months we've lost our jobs, losing our house, our hope in the future.

I could'nt care less about Michael Jackson right now.

We had perfect credit. zero balance on 2 credit cards, college degrees and businesses are fleeing and folding in mass exodus.

My children are depressed, scared and wondering what the Hell is going on. So are we.

Please Susan please, if you still have faith in this President, can you explain why we shouldn't be afraid and hopeless for our future?

I've lost all faith that he is honestly trying to help us. We've gone from $100,000 a year income to $368.00 a week in welfare (never needed ANY help from anyone before) and just signed up for a church funded food bank two weeks ago. The banks won't adjust our mortgage but they'll allow a new buyer to move in at a lower payment with the $8,000 incentive. We were never late in ten years on even one payment.

Why is Obama doing this to Americans who carry the water?

For many months now I have been urging folks to change as much of their assets as they can to united states silver dollars ( 1878 to 1935) SILVER DOLLARS not paper or Ike dollars. The comment from the first lady is heartbreaking and your comment that California may have to issue IOU's is both scary and very real.
I personally took a huge hit in the stock market in the last two years. I bought thousands of shares of circuit City stock at $14.00 a share. luckily, I sold some at 7 a share but foolishly kept 2,000 shares that are now worth less than 2 cents a share. This has happened to many thousands of people. How terribly sad for those who trusted Bernie Madoff with their life savings. When he got sentenced on Monday , I thought that it would be great if some of the officials at the SEC could be charged with enabling him for so long. They deserve to do time right along side Mr. Madoff.
Anyway, I personally converted much of my life savings into silver dollars, bcause no matter what happens to the economy, my money will be safe with me. (I avoided gold because it is too complicated for the average person to authenticate and buy , hold and resell.) I can sell five or ten coins at market price if and when I might need them. If a crash comes, the price of my silver dollars will rise or fall in true relation to demand. Paper money may end up having to be wheelbarrowed to the grocery store for a loaf of bread ala the Germans in Post World War One era.
The consequences of the devaluing of our money as a result of the two wars that George Bush started and paid for by huge off budget overseas borrowing has yet to hit home. The Chinese now hold the pursestrings and can yank the purse closed at any time. I urge people to convert their paper savings into silver dollars AND TAKE POSSESSION OF THOSE COINS as a means of protecting their assets. I personally have reduced my stock portfolio to only a handful of stocks worth less than 30,000.

MJ's music was great, he was a freak of a human being!