How did all these brilliant economic minds, and our dedicated public servants in Congress and the White House, fail to foresee and prevent the current fiscal crisis? My take on the matter is not the opinion of an expert; au … Continue reading →
Michael Seitzman knows what’s wrong with with McCain/Palin/Bush voters: they’re knuckledragging IQ-challenged morons (perhaps they’re even moronic enough to think that Bush isn’t running for re-election this year. But how would I know? After all, I’m just one of them.) … Continue reading →
…why the McCain campaign doesn’t whip out an ad showing the deep links between Obama’s economic advisors Johnson and Raines and the current crisis?* Or Obama’s own receipt of contributions from Fanny and Freddy? Or McCain’s own warning two years … Continue reading →
The Feds decided that sometimes there can be too much tough love, and so a creative loan was cobbled together for failing AIG. Even most fiscal conservatives seem to think AIG was too big to let sink; it could have … Continue reading →
Love that Pelosi. Rangel’s woes? Nothing much to see there; moving right along. ‘ Democrat involvement in the long and complex build-up to the current subprime mortgage crisis? Nah; it’s all the Republicans’ fault, according to Pelosi. Forget history, forget … Continue reading →
Okay, so I watched it. So sue me; I couldn’t resist. And I am here to declare that, in the Todd Palin interview with Greta Van Susteren on Fox, it has been conclusively determined that Todd Palin, First Dude of … Continue reading →
The current financial crisis proves the maxim that there’s no free lunch—or rather, there may seem to be a free lunch, but the bill is merely deferred, and ultimately it comes due with interest. How is it that all these … Continue reading →
…how many articles there have been giving Obama helpful advice on what he should do to win the election? Here’s just one, but there have been tons of them ever since he started slipping a wee bit in the polls. … Continue reading →
This is shocking, if true.
Continue reading →I’ve said several times that economics is one of my weakest areas. But there are a few things I do know about the current crisis, and here are three of them: there’s a lot of greed out there, loans were … Continue reading →
According to many Democrats, liberals, and Leftists, leading Conservatives and/or Republicans seem to fall mostly into one of two molds: the evil clods and the evil geniuses. Bush is one of the former and Cheney and Rove the latter. McCain … Continue reading →
Judith Warner seems to be trying to get it. In a meandering, unfocused piece in the NY Times, she tries to work through her confusion about Palinmania. Along the way, there is the usual condescension, barely contained. But towards the … Continue reading →