black monday

[mountain_laurel]

hersheys buys scharffen berger. chocolate snobs riot in the streets, eventually forcing the declaration of martial law across the US. the OPEC nations resolve to liberate us from cruel dictatorship so that we can once again vote freely for a democratically elected government and buy lots of oil. they enlist the help of russia, china, and north korea. the US government launches preemptive nuclear strikes. shortly thereafter, nukes begin to rain down on the US. all die. oh, the embarrassment.