Wall Street: the center of the gloomy universe

Being the big fans of the global economy that we are, we wanted to be witness to the collapse of the global financial system and to celebrate the government seizure of our new bank, Washington Mutual. So joined the jubilant festivities on Wall Street, because really, what funner place could there be these days? It was a pretty gloomy rainy day and Wall Street was pretty much as you'd expect, full of stressed out bankers and traders smoking nervously in the rain, a heavy police force, protesting mimes and worried looking tourists. The street wasn't completely full of sad, worried or pissed off people though, the Asian tourists were pretty excited to pose for pictures in front of the exchange and next to the protesters, grinning from ear to ear in anticipation of all the interest their governments will earn on the staggering debt we will owe them to get out of this mess.
God Bless America, while it lasts.