Archive for September, 2008

“No, Mr. Risk. I expect you to die.”

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Golly, how does the richest nation in the world come within spitting distance of a depression almost overnight? This revealing article that appeared in BussinessWeek just as Henry Paulson took the reigns as SecTrej should shed some light. A few choice blurbs: “Think of Paulson as Mr. Risk. He’s one of the key architects of a [...]

Barney Frank:“This was never going to be a bill that was going to make people happy.”

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Government’s sharpest minds announcing the product of unprecedented negotiations in which our very survival as a nation hangs by a thread, or NBC debuting the new cast of SNL?

Twirling towards freedom

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Barack Obama, appearing Monday at his latest Roman triumph (this one in Denver) delivered yet another chalky-sweet spoonful of his patented pink bismuth for America’s upset tummy. The cure for what ails us? “We need a president who will fight for the Middle Class every single day. From the time he wakes up to the [...]