It must be really bad

When Bill O'Reilly starts ranting about Conservatives and the Economic Bailout:



I wanted to keep everyone updated as to the where will the candidates be today?

Barack Obama

Oxford, Mississippi - Presidential Debate

Joe Biden

No public events scheduled

[Michelle Obama and Jill Biden have no public events scheduled]

John McCain

TBD: Details may emerge during one of the many media interviews McCain is doing during his "suspended" campaign.

Sarah Palin

Protecting America from Russian invasion.

Here's your Today in History-

September 26, 1895 -
George Raft was an American film actor who was most closely identified with his portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s, was born on this date. George may have achieved an unenviable place in Hollywood folklore as the actor who turned down some of the best roles in screen history, most notably High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and Double Indemnity.



What a dummy.


September 26, 1580 -


Francis Drake returned to Plymouth, England, ending a three-and-a-half year journey around the world,on this date. It was nearly four more centuries, however, before "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS (on this day in 1962). The lengthy lapse between these watershed events has never been explained.



September 26, 1687 -


Troops laying siege to Athens led by Venetian general Francesco Morosini rain cannon fire down on the Acropolis and the Turkish soldiers garrisoned inside. One cannonball penetrates the Parthenon, which happened to serve as the Turks' gunpowder magazine. The roof, walls, and 16 columns are blown off by the resulting explosion. Oops, sh*t happens.

September 26, 1937 -
The Empress of the Blues, Bessie Smith, sustains grave injuries in a traffic accident on US Highway 61. She is taken to a colored hospital in Clarksdale, Mississippi and her arm amputated. Smith dies later that day from blood loss. According to legend, Bessie had been refused treatment by a closer, whites-only hospital.



September 26, 1960 -
Kennedy and Nixon face off in the first televised presidential debate. Nixon had been recuperating from illness yet refused to wear makeup for the camera, looking haggard and gray. Radio viewers gave positive opinions for Nixon's performance but so many people saw the debate televised that Kennedy gained the lead in the polls, ultimately winning the election. Remember what I said about Checkers, his kids' dog.



And so it goes