Alan starts the show discussing yesterdays selloff in the stock market as well as the tax increase on home heating oil tucked inside the Farm Bill and Germanys latest bailout of Greece. Todd gets the dead cat bounce he anticipated after yesterdays sell off. Tom Essaye describes the internals that set up yesterdays market slide. Scott Horton describes the how the U.S. both fights Al Qaeda in Iraq but supports them in Syria. Charles Goyette and Alan discuss the differences between the official government deficit numbers and the much higher funding needs of the Treasury that belie the official numbers. Brett Bitner and Alan talk about last weeks winter storm in Atlanta. The show ends with a light hearted conversation with Jim Zauderer.