Write-Offs: 09.19.08

$$$ Gawker is holding an "Absurd Financial Product You Actually Bought." Email your submissions! [Gawker]
$$$ Thoughts on the RTC [Business Week]
$$$ A Look At Wall Street From The Birthplace of American Government [WSF]
$$$ Inside Merrill's Merger Agreement [Dealbook]
$$$Someone would like credit for calling the SEC terrorists first. [TS]