Today's Sad News......nothing too new I suppose.....

The news headlines below are really nothing new.....but when I read them today, I realized how messed up things really are.

I think I have commented in earlier BLOG posts that things seemed to be sinking yet stocks seemed to be floating along.....unaffected.

Well, today the market is a bit choppy, but nothing compared to the sort of headlines we are seeing as I type. (below)

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Top Stories

As of 27 minutes ago

Consumer Confidence Drops to Lowest Point in 5 Years- AP

Soaring gas prices and weaker job prospects made Americans gloomier about the economy in April, sending a widely watched measure of consumer sentiment to a five-year low, a private research group said Tuesday.

• U.S. Home Foreclosure Rate Soars 112 Percent- AP
• Home Prices Plunge at Record Rate of 12.7 Percent- AP
• Stocks Lower With Investors Wary of Consumer Data, Fed- AP
• Merck Hit Hard By Cholesterol Drug Rejection- Reuters
• Millionaires More Bullish on Stocks, Real Estate- Reuters
• Up For Grabs: $42 Bln of Newspaper Ad Revenue- Tech Ticker
• Bernanke's Burden: Way Beyond This Week's Fed Meeting-