tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post8229851226529412936..comments2024-02-13T05:40:02.459-06:00Comments on Alternative Tulsa: Bush and the Art of UnderstatementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post-9498260916542123852008-03-17T10:05:00.000-06:002008-03-17T10:05:00.000-06:00A good article at the New York Times about the Bea...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/business/16gret.html?_r=1&sq=gretchen%20morgenson&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=4&adxnnlx=1205759274-NjBM4YHP2lL1LYmNmSzZRQ&oref=slogin" REL="nofollow">A good article at the New York Times</A> about the Bear, its past practices, and what the Federal bailout means.<BR/><BR/>Hang on to your hats; we the taxpayers are going to be strapped to this financial WMD. I'm sure the Simpleton In Chief has a parachute.<BR/><BR/>Again, cudos to the GOP and its conservative "philosophy."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post-49227691583310089362008-03-16T23:54:00.000-06:002008-03-16T23:54:00.000-06:00This " REL="nofollow">Powerpoint presentation in s...This <A HREF="http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1<br/>" REL="nofollow">Powerpoint presentation in stick figures</A> makes the bank situation crystal clear. And it's hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post-1672849494782085372008-03-16T23:47:00.000-06:002008-03-16T23:47:00.000-06:00The fruit of simple Bush + Conservatism in power; ...The fruit of simple Bush + Conservatism in power; <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080317/bs_nm/bearstearns_fed_dc_12;_ylt=AhtYkKXYIgodsnyh71H9wQ8E1vAI" REL="nofollow">Reuters headline for Monday</A>:<BR/><BR/>"JP Morgan Chase & Co set a deal to buy stricken rival Bear Stearns for a rock-bottom price, while the U.S. Federal Reserve expanded lending to securities firms for the first time since the Great Depression to prop up the financial system."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460674773445742325.post-30419466509793298872008-03-16T23:20:00.000-06:002008-03-16T23:20:00.000-06:00No sh*t.No sh*t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com