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Reader Mary Ellen Arbuckle sends in a few shots of the beleagured AIG American General building on Allen Parkway, which she snapped earlier this morning from a perch on the 36th floor of the KBR Building Downtown. “Could this be forefogging?” she asks.

It might be a bit tough for anyone see a way through this mess. Do things look any better if you take the long view?

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Tell us, really: What’s hiding behind all that smoke and mirrored glass?

• Congressman: AIG stands for ‘arrogance, incompetence and greed’ [Houston Chronicle]

Photos: Mary Ellen Arbuckle