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From The Room: 2008's Funniest Political Moments
December 29, 2008 - In a year when everyone was looking for a bailout, politicians did more for political comedy than any other industry. We had governors gone rogue, reverends gone wild, shoe-throwers, imaginary snipers and, of course, everyone's favorite mavericky, Prada-wearing hockey mom. As a salute to those who m...Filed under: bailout, Barack Obama, best of 2008, Biden gaffes, Bill Clinton, bill maher, bush, bush shoe throw, comedy, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, election 2008 coverage, Eliot Spitzer, George Bush, George W. Bush, government bailout, Hillary Clinton, humor, Jay Leno, jeremiah wright, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Biden, joe the plumber, John Edwards, John McCain, Katie Couric, Late Night Jokes, mccain, mccain gaffes, obama, obama gaffes, palin, palin gaffes, political antics, political comedy, Poli
From The Room: The Clueless Cup
December 5, 2008 - In an upset worthy of Marin Day School covering the spread against the Green Bay Packers through the first three quarters of a spirited scrimmage at Lambeau Field, the coveted Clueless Cup appears to be on the verge of falling out of the clutches of President Bush's staff for...
From The Room: A Detailed Analysis of the Economic Bailout in Monopoly Form
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From The Room: Henry Paulson Suggests Allocating $35 Billion of Rescue Funds to Henry Paulson
November 24, 2008 - NPNR's David Overbearing reports on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee...
From The Room: Pimp My Bailout
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From The Room: CEOs Say They May Have to Cut Back on Hookers and Blow
November 21, 2008 - Washington, D.C. -- The CEOs of several investment banking, insurance and financial services giants appeared before the House Financial Services Committee Thursday to testify about the state of their companies' financial health. What the committee members heard were tales of despera...
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Will the Last Person Not on the Dole Please Punch in and Get Busy?
November 12, 2008 - The problem with bailouts, aside from the fact they promote socialism, take away the incentive to succeed, allow crappy businesses to continue, stifle innovation, prevent morons from making needed career changes, and generally screw up the economy, is that they don't work. I am trying to think of a...
From The Room: Alan Greenspan's Self Delusion
October 29, 2008 - I've always been a little smitten with Alan Greenspan. I am drawn to the former Federal Reserve Chairman in the same way that I am drawn--god help me--to Larry King and Wolf Blizter. If you grew up believing in Santa Claus, it's hard not to see...
From The Room: Things I've Learned About the Economy in the Last Three Weeks
October 22, 2008 - I'm a pretty serious person, so I've been following the stock market for a total of about 22 days now. I've learned a fair amount about global finance in that time, which I present to you now, because you don't know any of it. The stock...
From The Room: Give Us Your Money, or Else
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From The Room: Trust Us, We Are Wall Street
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From The Room: The Cooler: Illustrating the Financial Crisis
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From The Room: Great Depression-Time Places to Invest Your Money!
October 12, 2008 - ...
From The Room: Roads to Perdition
October 3, 2008 - In discussions of the financial crisis, all anyone ever talks about is Wall Street and Main Street, over and over, as if these were the only two streets in the universe. Well, there are plenty of other streets out there that are also feeling the financial pinch, but getting no...
From The Room: Interesting Times
October 2, 2008 - Sweaty wrestling scholars have yet to establish whether it's a Chinese, Arabian or American curse; nonetheless somebody once said, "may you live in interesting times." And sure as God made the larva of the coddling moth eager to worm its way into the core of little green apples, we...
