The Middle Class Must Not Be Forced to Bail Out Wall Street Greed by Senator Bernie Sanders For years, as a member of the House Banking Committee and now as a member of the Senate Budget Committee, I have heard … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2008
The F.A.Q.’s of Lehman and A.I.G. re: What the Hell Just Happened?
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Seen over at both Rafé and Susan’s [via Megan McArdle] blogs: In a guest post at the Freakonomics blog, economists Doug Diamond and Anil Kashyap explain the current financial crisis in FAQ form. For example, here’s the nut of the … Continue reading
TIME Magazine on How We Became the United States of France
Today I do not feel as though I can effect change outside of my own cranium, if there. So, snark is what you get… I can not fathom why the Presidential polls are so close. Republicans should be about as … Continue reading
links for 2008-09-21
Robert Reich's Blog: The Bailout of All Bailouts is a Bad Idea "A better idea would be for the Fed and Treasury to organize a giant workout of Wall Street — essentially, a reorganization under bankruptcy, for whatever firms wanted … Continue reading
links for 2008-09-20
Truthdig – Reports – Wall Street Socialists By Amy Goodman Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama each have received millions of dollars from these very companies that are collapsing and are receiving the corporate welfare. President Clinton and his … Continue reading
links for 2008-09-18
The 10 Most Talked-About Election '08 Viral Videos Kind of a one stop shop for these… (tags: 2008+election video mccain obama)
I Could Not Agree More
Seen at Doug’s tumblelog: It strikes me that an insufficient number of financial analysts, brokers and executives are jumping out windows. We may need to help.
links for 2008-09-16
This is Your Nation on White Privilege | Red Room "Tim Wise's damning indictment of the Palinocracy: "For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps … Continue reading
links for 2008-09-15
Thomas L. Friedman: Making America stupid – International Herald Tribune "Why would Republicans, the party of business, want to focus our country on breathing life into a 19th-century technology – fossil fuels – rather than giving birth to a 21st-century … Continue reading
This Isn’t Rocket Science
He said, to the choir.
