Wall Street Closing In On $700 Billion Bailout Booty Inspired by the scene from the movie Blazing Saddles where the Johnson brothers point their guns at the black Sherriff Bart, who then holds his gun up to his own head and threatens ”Hold it! Next man makes a move, the nigger gets it, ” former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson …
“And as our leaders are telling us, in our military, we do need to, ramp it up in Afghanistan, counting on our friends and allies to assist with us there, becuzz these terrists— who hate Amirrica, they hate what we stand for, with the… the freedoms, the democracy, the the women’s rights, the tolerince, they hate what it is that we represent, and, our allies, too, and our friends, what they represent.” Sigh.
As ye sew, so shall ye reap… A list of what this latest, inevitable crash of Wall Street has cost some of its leading enablers (from yesterday’s NY Times). Surprising how, in the case of former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson, a $300 million loss to his portfolio would lead him to demand absolute, non-reviewable power to spend $700 billion …
1: Steal 2000 and 2004 elections. 2. Appoint proven corporatist attorneys like John Roberts to the Supreme Court. 3. Appoint morons like Michael D. “Brownie” Brown to run critical government agencies like FEMA to prove Reagan’s mantram that government is the problem, not the solution. 4: Start two expensive wars while simultaneously cutting taxes. 5. Deregulate Wall Street. 6. Bail …
Guess who took this picture. John McCain still thinks someone wants to put him in a box. “When you’ve lived in a box, you “only have time for right,” says a deep cowboy voice oozing authenticity, while the orgasmically large flat screen shows the aged maverick returning to his Vietnam prison cell and “forgiving” his captors— and their nation— for, …
From “As the sky grows” by Driftglass: …the candidates weigh in (all quotes for entertainment purposes only.) Senator McSame leaps boldly into the fray: “I Can Haz Always Been An Deregulator! Capitalism 4Evah! Wall Street Roolz! You know, back when I was a guest of the North Vietnamese, I too knew what it was to be heavily regulated!” One of …
The Obama folks once again understate the obvious. Black Monday rolls into town today with a distinctively oily hue and cry, and that fulminating hoard of rats you see running along the bulwark are not rushing out to see the latest Pirates of the Caribbean folderal, but are enjoying a bout of panic brought on by another classic Film Noir: …
