Revenues may have been up a bit on Friday, but when the dust settles I will not be surprised to see profits down a big chunk. Retailers were practically giving things away to get people into the stores.

The media spectacle that the day after Thanksgiving has become further confirms for me what a shallow, materialistic society we are, especially in light of the senseless deaths that took place this year just so someone could try to pick up a crappy flat screen TV on the cheap.