‘NUFF SAID
The early 1980s
Reagan deregulates the financial industry
The late 1980s President George H.W. Bush leads the country in the savings and loan meltdown
2008
President George W. Bush leads the country in the greatest financial meltdown since the great depression of Republican President Herbert Hoover in 1929.
And, oh yes, John McCain was the cheerleader for both […]

CONGRESS DENIED BAILOUT OVERSIGHT
If the Bush administration gets its way, and I hope to god that they don’t, the $700 billion dollar taxpayer funded bailout of the “distressed assets of several failed financial institutions”, will be conducted in a manner beyond the reach of the courts and without Congressional oversight.
In short, according to the […]

A BETTER PLAN WOULD BE TO USE THE BILLIONS EARMARKED FOR THE BAILOUT TO COMPENSATE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER FOR WHAT THEY HAVE LOST
Once again, the good people of the United States are faced with a predicament; either use public funds to bail out an industry of scammers, fraud artists, and financial parasites, or face the […]

THE ECONOMY HAS TANKED, AND OBAMA’S LEADING IN THE POLLS. WOO HOO!
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENCY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HERBERT HOOVER, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECAME THE POLITICAL HOME OF BIG BUSINESS
On October 30, 1929, the day after the great stock market crash, President Herbert Hoover, a conservative Republican declared that “The fundamental business of […]

HOCKEY MOM VP CANDIDATE CUT FROM SAME IDEOLOGICAL CLOTH AS GEORGE BUSH
The dynamic of the 2008 presidential campaign was forever altered last week with John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin to be his running mate. Besides bringing color to the normally listless and bland McCain, Palin is a candidate that much of […]

SENATOR McCAIN CAN’T THINK WE’RE THAT STUPID, CAN HE?
While long on wind (given Senator McCain’s age, probably from both ends), but short on facts, Senator John McCain gave a rousing speech accepting the Republican nomination for President of the United States. The problem is that he said absolutely nothing that meant anything.
The sum and […]

INDICATE CHARGES MIGHT BE FORTHCOMING AGAINST ADMINISTRATION PLAYERS
Barack Obama ‘s choice for VP, Senator Joe Biden had Dems nationwide rejoicing this week with the announcement that the Obama Administration may pursue criminal charges against the George W. Bush and top members of his administration for misdeeds committed during the past eight years.
Biden’s comments confirm similar […]

HOW STUPID DO THEY THINK WE ARE? APPARENTLY, PRETTY STUPID
I have waited a few days to put my thoughts to keyboard on the nomination of Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, to be Vice President of the United States. I needed to see exactly where she stood on some of the issues and […]