From the Dept. of You Gotta Laugh to Keep From Crying

A few potential chuckles from the financial blogosphere:

--Headline of the day: "Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble to Invest In." From The Onion, by way of Barry Ritholtz's thebigpicture.

--From John Dizard of the Financial Times, by way of naked capitalism: "In the case of Henry Paulson, Treasury secretary, it would seem he is distinguished by a profound, possibly intentional, ignorance of what he is talking about, and a central nervous system that would not seem to be capable of abstracting possible outcomes beyond one news cycle."

--Great news! Consumer sentiment improves! Click here for this one.