Posted on 19 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: "Foreclosure Phil" Gramm, 000-a-head Sept 25 fundraising events, 262-page amendment slipped into the appropriations bill, AIG, Bear Stearns, Blackberry, campaign proudly says he owns and uses a laptop, can't use a computer because of his war injuries, canceled her two-day swing through the Golden State, Carly Fiorina, CEO of EL Rothschild, clinton, Commerce committee, Conservatism has failed before my very eyes, Daily Kos, Daniel Henninger, David Brooks, Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, fact-fabricating generic Republican, Fannie Mae, FOX News, Freddie Mac, frittering away the Palin bounce, Froma Harrop, Hoffmania, isn't a drug lord, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Latin America and the entire region, Leonard Doyle, lose his temper and run against the Washington he's bee, married to international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschil, McCain invented the Blackberry, McCain would emerge as a press-conference-avoiding, media-baiting, member of the National Information Infrastructure Advis, News from the Campaign Trail, Obama is an elitist, Obama's attacks on McCain's lack of computer expertise, Orange County, Orange County rally, Palin's presence electrified the GOP base in California, Paul Krugman, Philip Klein, Politico, President of Spain, Prime Minister Zapatero isn't from Mexico, Pundit round-up, responsible for the “miracle” of PDAs, risky mortgage-backed securities to investors, Santa Clara, Sarah blows off 15000 Orange County Republicans, scheduling problems", Secretary of Energy Advisory Board under President Clin, sell-out of her two $1, Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Sen. Phil Gramm, Shaun Mullen, Spain join the Axis of Evil?, thrown under the campaign bus, two major California fundraisers, Walter Shapiro
Pundit round-up from The Daily Kos, Hoffmania and others
NY Times’ David Brooks: Damned if I know what’s going on. Conservatism has failed before my very eyes.
NY Times’ Paul Krugman: I do know what’s going on, and it ain’t pretty. There’s only one bright spot in the picture: interest rates on mortgages have come down sharply [...]
Posted on 16 September 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: $50-billion, 1948, an accessory after the fact, bailed out, Bank of America, Banks and financial markets became so deregulated that, Bear Stearns, Bill Clinton, Bill of Rights, Charley James, criminal that his secretary pays a higher tax rate than, cut back programs to help those most affected, Cut taxes even more for the wealthy, democratic party, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Freddie and Fannie, George Bush, home owners, Is The End Near, Lehman, liquidation is almost a certainty, McCain, Merrill Lynch, Milwaukee, Obama-Biden ticket to begin screaming from the rooftops, people easily duped, Poorest Rich Nation On Earth, Repent! The End Is Near, Republican answer, Republican-controlled Congress, rescued by the Fed, Ronald Reagan, small businesses, stave off the worst economic crisis in 80 years< Rea, tax code that rewards hoarding, they want you to vote for them so they can steal even m, they’re stealing from you, touting his tax cutting bilge, Truman, Wall Street, Warren Buffet, yawning gap between have’s and have-nots, your children’s future, your life, your wallet, “bargain” price
by Charley James
When I was a kid in Milwaukee, there was a guy who walked up and down Wisconsin Ave., the main drag, wearing a sandwich board proclaiming, “Repent! The End Is Near.”
Of course, he meant his warning in a “come to Jesus now” sort of way. But if the fellow is still alive, I [...]
Posted on 12 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: $16 billion dollars in mortgage security write-downs, 80s mantra, 9-figure salaried managers, a billion here, a billion there, airlines want the same thing from Washington, bamboozled Republican government, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Chinese, Credit markets, dangerous, days numbered, deflect blame, dodgy re-packaged mortgage backed securities, Fannie and Freddie in federal receivership, fund our consumer lifestyle forever, game is in the bottom of the 9th with their team down b, government assisted takeover, Greed is Good, inmates ran the asylum, investors bracing, Japanese, JP Morgan, killed Bear Stearns, Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez, legacy auto makers GM and Ford, Lehman Brothers, Let the Good Times Roll, lobbyist buddies, make money, more bad news, motto of the street, multi-billion dollar bailout, oil oligarchs in the Mideast, pretty soon it adds up to real money, Russians, Senator Everret Dirksen, shotgun wedding, Stock Plummets, street jittery, sub-prime mortgage fiasco, the good times may be over, Wall Street, Washington, zero regulation and oversight
The 1980s mantra “Greed is Good” is coming home to roost as 9-figure salaried managers across Wall Street are waking up this morning to the realisation that the good times may be over, their days numbered and the game, if not over, is in the bottom of the 9th with their team down by 11-runs.
Their [...]
The Lunacy of Republican opposition in the Healthcare Debate writ large!
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