In the weeks since the vote, Taiwan has staggered ahead.

The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it and it shall fall, and not rise again.

So, if you stagger into the head late at night and you're so toilet hugging sick that you forget to turn on the light, you may think that you're having a religious experience.

So, if you stagger into the head late at night and you're so toilet hugging sick that you forget to turn on the light, you may think that you're having a religious experience.

President Chen agreed to a recount. But the questions on everyone's lips are whether the loser of the recount will accept the result, and whether Taiwan's young democracy can survive this tumult?

True, major commercial banks, like Citibank and Bank of America, tottered, but they were not at risk because of their securities underwriting for corporate clients or their securities trading divisions, but because of how they (mis)handled mortgage securities.