My little brother asked (half-seriously) if it was an attempt at a coup.
IMHO, with it looking like the bill will pass by tomorrow (although anything can still happen), I think we are going to look a lot like Japan for a long time with a long protracted recession. I've heard people calling the bailout a controlled crash as opposed to a crash landing, but I still tend to think that a shorter market correction would be better than dragging this out for years like the bailout will do. I'm afraid that the dollar won't be worth anything in about 10 or 15 years.