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Details Of $700 Billion Wall Street Bailout Start To Emerge
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008As Federal officials warn of a bleak future and a certain recession if they don't get their Wall Street bailout plan passed quickly, a look at the emerging details shows what it is they are really asking for: Passage of the bailout measures would create huge new federal powers, even as ...
Financial Crisis: What Should You Do?
Friday, September 19th, 2008It's no longer an open discussion-we are in the midst of the worst financial storm since the Great Depression. And it's not even close to being over, despite the exuberance on Wall Street following the announcement of a federal bail-out for the flimsy mortgage market and other financial institutions. Make ...
John McSame- “I’m always for less regulation.”
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008As John McSame does another giant flip-flop on who he wants you to think he is, it's helpful to remember that as a politician, John McSame often describes himself as "the greatest deregulator" ever interviewed. Why, it was just a few months ago, in March 2008, that McSame said this in ...
John McCain Can’t Use A Computer Or Send An E-mail, But Apparently He Helped Create The Blackberry
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008John McCain can't use a computer-ask him, he'll tell you. But apparently his lack of technical expertise at doing something most 1st graders can do didn't stop his campaign from claiming that John McCain was instrumental in creating the well known Blackberry-a combination cell phone/e-mail/personal computing device. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, waving his ...
Dow Plunges 500+ Points on Bank Failures, Sour Economy
Monday, September 15th, 2008Gotta love the "Ownership Society" created by Bush and supported by McSame. Thanks to them, we now ALL own a piece of their failure, by way of taxpayer bail-outs. That's right folks...you own a piece of Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and before too much longer, probably a piece ...
McCain-Palin: The Dark Side Of Politics
Friday, September 12th, 2008Everything has an opposite. Day and night. Happy and sad. Good and bad. Progression and regression. The list is endless. How does this apply to the current presidential election? It's easy to say that Democrats and Republicans are opposites, but in truth, both parties share similar philosophies about governing. Ideologically ...
21st Century GOP
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Taking a cue from the King of Made-Up Reality, George W. Bush, the GOP and their candidates have unleashed an alternate reality that they want all Americans to believe. King George has spent the last 8 years not listening to reality. According to Bush, the economy is fine, Iraq was the ...
What Sarah Palin and the GOP Really Think About Women
Friday, September 5th, 2008It's like Cranky said over here. Another reminder why this election is so important. And it's kind of sad we have to still be going down this road. After all, with record debts, a failing economy, energy concerns, environmental concerns, wars abroad and the whole lot of corruption and internal ...
