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    what do politicians hate more than anything else?

    Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure.

    So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it:

    SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media.

    The Richardson who [...]



    time to name names and put the blame where it belongs

    On Hank Paulson’s bald head.

    When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater – if [...]



    merit pay ain’t the way

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should be round-filed along [...]



    get off your asses and do something

    I just got my Fidelity IRA statement and don’t have the guts to open it.

    So far this morning, the Dow has fallen almost 360, with many wondering if it will lose 1,100 before 2pm triggering a suspension of trading.

    Something has to be done to quell fears of a national/international recession bordering on depression. Yes, emotion is driving the market, but their are big, bad [...]



    that went well

    $700 Billion down the hole and the Dow plunges 500+ this morning.

    That Hank Paulson’s a genius.

    This American Life has a fantastic, ground-level primer on the “credit crunch” (it’s in the commercial paper marker, where $100 million is chump change, not down at the small business level). If you’re in the least confused – or curious – about what’s really been going on over the [...]



    The Day Hank Paulson Lied

    Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that there is a pattern with Congress passing legislation that the American people do not want and know is not in their interest?  First they kick it around a little and then have a vote or two that fails to pass the proposed bill.  Then they tweak the bill a little while some of the Congresspeople [...]



    Hi Hank

    Here’s Hank

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