In a real sense the sky did fall, only in real life nobody noticed. It's curious that, apparently, Roth thinks only trustfunded literary types were impotently outraged about that 'election', some of whom make a joke about it. This financial catastrophe is all part and parcel of it. --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Following Kerry's defeat, all the trustfunded, literary thirty-somethings are moping or raging, and there are plenty of impassioned speeches about the sky falling.