Just When I Thought, "America Can't Possibly Get Any Weirder"

Sharpton Calls for Justice Outside Madoff's Home

Wanda Sykes used to joke, "Sometimes when I'm walking home alone at night I try to avoid taking a short-cut past the Goldman-Sachs building, and I'll cut through the projects. 'Cause if you get mugged in the projects, all they'll get is what you have on you that night."

Honest to God, can you imagine trying to pitch a screenplay of the current national mess to a Hollywood producer? 'It's like "Bonfire of the Vanities" meets "Road Warrior"!'

Nobody would believe it!