I guess the term is about retailers getting out of the “red” and into the “black” as in profit, but it seems like it’s more of a foreshadowing on what a dark and sad day this day is.

I’m sorry but Friday seemed more like a day for a funeral then anything else in my mind. $400 laptops at Walmart and you can forget about any concerns for world poverty or whether the price is due to inhumane business practice. Let me be really clear: I was quite tempted to do some shopping myself on Friday, I’m not really talking about other people.

I didn’t look for any video footage or news about shoppers getting trampled, but I’m sort of afraid I’d start to cry if I saw it. I think back to the types of comments you heard in response to news of people rioting and fighting in New Orleans after Katrina and I wonder. Don’t you wonder?