"They" propped up the DOW for the G-7 econ summit. Gives Bush a little leverage to say, "See, all is not lost...look how resilient our economy is..." If forgot what they call the group that manipulates the market and shores it up from time to time? Lets just call them "evil manipulative a**holes."
Also, the DOW rarely slams on a Friday, traders don't like to have down weekends. However, I think there is 1000 points to go...
Edit: still closed -128.00