Just excuding confidence aren't they?

[underpants]

President Bush pauses as he makes a statement on the financial crisis with the G7 Finance Ministers in the Rose Garden of the White House Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. Listening are Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)


Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, left, talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before a statement by President Bush on the financial crisis and the G7 Finance Ministers in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)


Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, right, and German Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck arrive for a statement by President Bush on the financial crisis with the G7 Finance Ministers in the Rose Garden of the White House Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

[gateley]

1. That top one speaks volumes. You can tell they're at a funeral -- ours. nt

[malaise]

2. They're burying

Friedman's economic model.

[Richardo]

3. Why does Bush have that American Gothic re-enactment behind him?

[underpants]

4. How did David Gergen get into the American Gothic?

[csziggy]

5. Paulson looked really twitchy and strange during that press conference

I'll bet he is ready to resign and "spend more time with his family" in the best tradition of Bush appointees.