Live From the Pentagon

[Niles Caulder]

Secretary Ford,

There is a great deal of rumbling--aggravated by today's incident--regarding the fact our involvments in Africa will make us even less able to defend our own shores in these troubled times, as Sudan is irrelevent to the War on Terror.  This is on top of already strong opinions by many analysts who say we're simply overextended, and stuck that way.  Did the administration take an unnessary gamble?  Can you give us further comment?  Thank you.

[Niles Caulder]

Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

[Very good response!!  Way to trip up a journalist who didn't say "the genocide of Sudan..."  Those are some skills, brother!]

[Niles Caulder]

Mr. Secretary!  Mr. Secretary!  Who do you think is responsible!?  When will we hear from the President!?!

[Left in the dust along with the rest of the sea of baying reporters...]

[Niles Caulder]

I will be using this opportunity to acquire a large number of put contracts in petroleum options.  If the situation gets resolved as I hope it will be, I'll make a lot of money; if it doesn't, we'll all be broke anyway, so it won't matter how bankrupt I be.  

lol...living the American dream.

Although Atlasian newswatchers can always rely on Secretary Ford to address the nation first on just about any subject on the globe...(and at least that staying the same is a little reassuring on a day like today)...announcements from the Defense Department are unlikely to wholey assuage this situation in the eyes of the worldwide investment community.

Should other Federal Departments fail to show up to work, Ernest will go bankrupt.  (And going broke won't be the worst thing happening to Atlasians after that.)