Since the price tag of the financial bail-out is going to be roughly equal to the Iraq War, I thought I'd draw a comparison. Here goes...

Iraq:
Everybody in the household agreed that an secondary car was needed. Granted, there was not consensus on what type of car was needed. After the car was purchased it started to need more repairs than anticipated. The discussion now revolves around whether or not to keep dumping cash into the car to keep it running, in the hopes to sell it off to a future buyer sometime down the road, or to just junk it entirely.

Wallstreet:
One day you go to the garage and hop in your primary car. You crank it a few times and nothing happens. You get out of the car and take a look under the hood. You open it up and discover that every working part has been replaced by cheese. You have a strange recollection of unexplainable credit card charges and delivery trucks. You now need to buy a brand new car.