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Is there no one on Capitol Hill with a basic understanding of economics?
Frank Says Bonuses, Acquisitions Violate Bailout Plan
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said banks using cash from the $700 billion U.S. rescue plan for bonuses, acquisitions and other purposes unrelated to lending are in “violation” of the law.
“I [...]
The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to [...]
Vote AGAINST any incumbent up for reelection in the U.S. House or Senate who voted for the piece of crap bailout bill (HR1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act).
They wholly and completely neglected to do their jobs – which is to represent their constituents, who were against the bailout in orders of magnitude of up to 200 [...]
Last night, Barack took to the airwaves to make the case for real change. He used the time to tell the stories of ordinary people who need real solutions to their problems.
The presentation reached its finale with Barack addressing the nation live from Florida — I’ve included the video of that moment below.
But right now, [...]
That’s how many people came out to hear Barack Obama speak in Denver, Colorado today.
For those keeping score at home – that’s 25 (TWENTY-FIVE) times the number of people who came out to hear McCain speak in Denver.
Just one today, because it’s a doozy.
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, regarding the bankers who are the beneficiaries of the $700 billion bailout, and what will happen if lending doesn’t loosen up in a big hurry:
All I can tell you is that we are going to have the bankers up [...]
Kubla Khan or, a Vision In a Dream: A Fragment
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here [...]
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