Ratigan: Credit Rating Theater (5 Star)
Hank The Hammer Gets Hit By A Tree
Bernanke's Failed CNBC Predictions
Spitzer: " The Fed Is A Ponzi Scheme."
The Fed Works In Collusion w/Goldman
Rep. Kaptur Sticks An IED Inside Paulson And Then Presses 'KABOOM'
Bernanke-Grayson Lovefest On The Hill
THE FED UNDER FIRE: Must See Clip
Which $10 Trillion Dollars Are You Referring To Congressman?
What A Real Treasury Secretary Would Say To The Failed Banks: From Coach Bob Knight: "I'm Tired Of This Shit. This Is Absolute F***ing Bullshit."
32 Seconds Of Nassim Taleb Kicking Bob Rubin's Ass
Taleb: My Friend Roubini Has A Problem
My All-Time Favorite Nassim Taleb Clip
Meet The Press Salutes Walter Cronkite
Sarah Palin Is A Bailout Socialist
Paulson Is An Arsonist; He's An Outlaw
Playboy Accuses The Daily Bail Of Having Fake Boobs (True Story)
Bernanke's Replacement: Happy Hour In Santa Cruz
Slideshow: W. House Bank CEO Summit
7 Really Big Holes (Slideshow)
Jon Stewart Exposes The Goldman Sachs Bailout And Profit Mirage
William Shatner Interprets Sarah Palin
Jon Stewart Nails Lenny Dykstra
Lenny Dykstra Needs An Intervention
Must See: National Debt Road Trip
"Of Course We're Not Going To Payback the Chinese."
George Bush Drunk At A Wedding In '92
David Walker On 60 Minutes: Govt. Spending Will Lead To U.S. Bankruptcy
Obama's Budget For Visual Learners
Gentle Jim Rogers Annihilates Geithner
Ratigan Vs. Krakower: Leaked Audio
Ratigan's Ex-Producer Susan Krakower Is Really, Really Smart
Dr. Ron Paul: We Are Spending Ourselves Into Oblivion (Clip)
Clip: The Humor Of Reagan
After The Crash of '87: Wall Street Week With Louis Rukeyser From Oct. 1987
P.R.I.N.T. Money: That's How We're Gonna Fix The Economy
Dave Chappelle On White Collar Crime
1979 Chrysler Bailout
Bush, Frank & Pelosi Bailout Sketch SNL
Bailout Rant: 100% Not Safe For Work
Carlin: Wall Street Owns Washington
The Sherminator Destroys Mark Haines. This Is An Outstanding Clip.
Peter Schiff Gets Mugged Live On-Air
President Obama takes responsibility for the AIG bonus fiasco. It was an intelligent political decision. The only problem is it's a ruse. It's meant to take people's attention away from the bonus cover-up currently under way.
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This is merely finesse. An attempt to dismiss the story.
O is obviously winking and gaming. It is utter BS to say you are responsible but you didn't cause the problem. Then to immediately point to an entire industry and our economic structure as the cause of the disaster.
O indicates he is just the mechanic needed to fix all. Yes. If he is that essential give him a retention bonus.
Command responsibility can mean something if you were in command. But O was not.
However he is no more evasive or disingenuous than most of our politicians. He is much more skilled.
We are ruled by Weasels. Worse yet, they are Weasels with the power to take anything you have including your freedom.
Pondering our existence, freedom, or free will IMO means there is no purpose to blogs.
But I am rather sure that whatever many hope to impose upon us will not be mistaken for freedom.
OT. One fad in the Realm Of Ponderation (yep - I just made that up) is to regard our universe as a simulation; a computer game being played by those we cannot imagine. For the sake of language I will call them the Gods and imagine them similar to the Olympians.
..then he quickly handed it over to one of his assistants, along with instructions to; "Here, take this and HIDE it somewhere were I won't have to deal with it for at least another 3 years"