Go To The Mattresses!

Turns out the best way to advance Wall Street reform, or beat any filibuster, is the threat of keeping Senators up all night.

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You know there is a real place where Wall Street meets Main Street right in the middle of Fairfield County, southwestern Connecticut, where lots of Wall Street lives.

Main Street & Wall Street intersect in Norwalk, CT 06850. As you might expect Wall Street wins... Main Street ends right there.

It doesn't look as bad now as it did in this U.S. Coast Guard photo from from October 16, 1955, but it's still not the best neighborhood.

From Wikipedia:

Over the weekend of October 14–17, 1955, 12-14 inches of tropical storm rain caused the 23 mile long Norwalk River, along with many other Connecticut rivers, to severely flood (the state-wide destruction prompted President Eisenhower to declare a disaster area in Connecticut). The flooding caused the most severe damage of any flood in the history of Norwalk. From the heavy rains some dams along the Norwalk River broke, sending walls of water surging downstream, knocking out bridges and additional dams. Many of the Norwalk River’s neighboring towns and communities suffered widespread devastation. Several lives were lost in addition to millions of dollars worth of damage along the Norwalk River watershed alone.