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Bidding a fond goodbye to the American car
December 14, 2008 - The final nail isn't in the coffin yet for the American auto industry, but with the Senate's rejection of the bailout, the grave has definitely been dug. GM and Chrysler could possibly survive if the Bush administration extends...Filed under: auto bailout failure, failed auto bailout, auto bailout fails, bailout failure, auto industry bailout, auto industry bankrupt, automobile industry failure, auto bankruptcy, auto companies bankrupt, automobile industry bankrupt, bailout Chrysler, bailout Ford, bailout GM, Chrysler bankrupt, Chrysler bankruptcy, GM bankrupt, GM bankruptcy, auto industry, auto bailout, economic bailout, financial crisis
Dick Cheney- The left wing of the GOP
December 12, 2008 - At a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday, Dick Cheney tried to convince Southern Senate Republicans to pass the White House auto bailout bill. If they didn't, he warned, "it's Herbert Hoover time." The Senate rejected the bill, which was backed by the Bush administration and House Democrats...Filed under: Dick Cheney Herbert Hoover, Cheney Hoover time, it's Herbert Hoover time, Cheney Herbert Hoover time, Dick Cheney Hoover quote, Cheney Herbert Hoover, Dick Cheney auto bailout, Cheney Hoover auto bailout, Cheney Hoover auto crisis, auto bailout Herbert Hoover, Republicans auto bailout, Dick Cheney, Herbert Hoover auto industry, Herbert Hoover, auto bailout, economic bailout, Cheney bailout, economic crisis, financial crisis
Bright side of the bailout bust: CEOs can fly private jets again!
December 12, 2008 - The Senate's rejection of the auto industry bailout is obviously a very bad day for the Big 3. GM and Chrysler are on the precipice of total ruin, and unless the Bush administration comes to the rescue they might n...Filed under: auto bailout, automobile industry bailout, auto industry bailout, auto industry bailout, auto industry bankrupt, automobile bankruptcy, auto companies bankrupt, Chrysler bailout, Ford bailout, GM bailout, auto industry, economic bailout, financial crisis, economic crisis, big 3 bailout, big 3 auto industry, big 3 CEOs, big 3 auto CEOs
Auto workers make less $$$ than right-wing talkers who hate them
December 12, 2008 - The New York Times recently debunked the right-wing fantasy that Detroit auto workers make $73 per hour. Much of that sum is derived not from a worker's s...Filed under: auto bailout failure, failed auto bailout, auto workers bailout, autoworkers union, autoworkers union bailout, auto bailout fails, bailout failure, auto workers salary, autoworkers salary, auto industry bailout, auto industry bankrupt, automobile industry failure, auto bankruptcy, auto companies bankrupt, automobile industry bankrupt, bailout Chrysler, bailout Ford, bailout GM, Chrysler bankrupt, Chrysler bankruptcy, GM bankrupt, GM bankruptcy, auto industry, auto bailout, economic bailout, financial crisis
What's your favorite part of the bailout story?
December 12, 2008 - The auto bailout: so many twists and turns (car metaphor alert!). First there was going to be an auto bailout. Then there wasn't. And now it maybe be back on if President Bush himself wants to use the $700 billion from the first bailout. But what about us? Who...Filed under: auto bailout, automobile industry bailout, auto industry bailout, auto industry bailout, auto industry crisis, auto crisis, auto industry bankrupt, automobile bankruptcy, auto companies bankrupt, Chrysler bailout, Ford bailout, GM bailout, auto industry, economic bailout, financial crisis, economic crisis, big 3 bailout, big 3 auto industry, big 3 CEOs, big 3 auto CEOs
From The Room: The Carving Conundrum
November 26, 2008 - The local news had a cooking segment on how to carve a Thanksgiving turkey and I thought to myself, "This isn't news! What idiot doesn't know how to carve a turkey?" Oh wait... me. If it were up to moi, I'd pass the turkey around the table...
Identity thieves - Forgotten victims of the financial crisis
November 21, 2008 - As recently as 2006, identity theft was still considered one of the most lucrative fields of non-violent crime for computer literate Americans to get into. But with so many Americans losing their homes and drowning in debt, stealing the right identity has become much trickier. A single social secu...Filed under: financial crisis, identity theft, financial crisis identity theft, economic crisis, Wall Street crisis, stock market crash, economic crisis identity theft, identity theft crisis, Wall Street bailout, economic bailout, 2008 bailout, identity crisis, midlife crisis, American economy, global economic crisis, Wall Street, Fannie Mae scandal, Freddie Mac scandal, Fannie Freddie crisis, mortgage crisis, loan crisis, stockmarket crash 2008
From The Feed: Magic Johnson for Treasury
November 21, 2008 - Magic Johnson can buy and sell us- he's sitting on 1B in cash. Hey, if this is the new face of "Living with HIV," then we want somma that...America's poorest millionaires beg the Senate for cash
November 19, 2008 - Should we bail out the auto industry? Congress is deciding who gets our money, and they brought the leaders of the Big Three, plus an AAUW head to testify. Maybe you missed it. We didn't...Filed under: auto industry bailout, auto industry, economic bailout, auto industry crisis, automobile industry bailout, auto industry meeting, auto industry hearing, car company bailout, Chris Dodd auto industry, Chris Dodd bailout hearing, Big Three bailout, Big Three auto bailout, automobile crisis, Wall Street crisis, Harry Reid auto industry bailout, Harry Reid bailout, Chris Dodd bailout, General Motors bailout, General Motors bankruptcy, Chrysler bailout, Ford bailout, Ford bankruptcy
From The Feed: Send in the vultures (we already have the clown)
October 10, 2008 - Hey guys, how do we make Bush's presidential address today as depressing as possible? How about some birds of prey...Filed under: Election 2008, Economy, US Economics, the Dow Jones, Dow Jones crashes, dow jones crashing, American economy, President George Bush, President George W. Bush, lameduck president, george w. bush lameduck, W., lameduck, george w. bush addresses nation, bush addresses nation on economy, bush on economy, economics and bush presidency, stock market, economic woes, stock market crashing, economic bailout
From The Feed: Sir Rachel Maddow
October 1, 2008 - If it has a boy haircut and has its own show on MSNBC, it must be a boy...
