Pakistani leader would like to hug Gov. Palin as his military fires on US helicopters

Pakistani PM Zardari (Mister Ten Percent) would like to hug Governor Palin because she’s so gorgeous, while at nearly the same time his military was firing at US helicopters straying over the Pakistani border from Afghanistan. Might a VP Palin be necessary to stave off war with Pakistan? We live in strange times.

We’ll all be picking lettuce in Mexico without the bailout

Lead story on my Bank Systems and Technology email by a teenaged reader. He does offer the intriguing prospect of paying for the bailout by using the funding for the Iraq War. Odd story though for a tech newsletter.

Palin meets Indian PM Singh

Here’s a photo of one world leader meeting a possibly future world leader, courtesy of the Indian Embassy in Washington. What do you think they discussed? Outsourcing, Pakistan, nuclear weapons technology? A photo gallery of Dr. Singh’s visit to America is here.

Panic, multiple crises

• Gas shortage crisis chits where I live now (Charlotte) – gas station lines, people leaving their cars on the side of the road because they ran out of gas
• President Bush tells us to be afraid, very afraid
• Congress can’t agree on what to do with bailout – Bernanke and Paulson can’t make their case
• Stock market, 401Ks tanking
• McCain suspends his campaign
• On other fronts, things haven’t been going so well in Afghanistan
• Are you scared yet?