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23/6's Top Dick of 2008, as selected by you!
January 7, 2009 - We asked, and you answered. In conjunction with Reddit and our own beloved Dickipedia, we asked for your suggestions for the Top Dick of 2008. And boy, howdy, did you respond in f...
From The Room: Obama Would Be Better Off Appointing William Seward
December 9, 2008 - We have a very simple rule when it comes to political appointments: if Fred Barnes likes the appointee, then something somewhere is terminally wrong. Perhaps many of you strode to the voting booth in November with one goal in mind, to reassure Max Boot. Others no doubt wanted to "change...Filed under: Barack Obama, financial crisis, George Bush, Henry Paulson, Hillary Clinton, Meet the Press, Obama's cabinet
From The Room: We're in a "Repression": The Economics of Shame
December 9, 2008 - If the current recession started last December, as the latest findings from the National Bureau of Economic Research clearly indicate, then it stands to reason that, considering things have gotten a lot worse since then, we're a lot closer to a depression than anyone has realized. Perhaps we're...Filed under: Automaker Bailout, Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Consumer Confidence, Consumer Spending, Detroit Three, Economic Crisis, Economic Downturn, Economy, Entertainment, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Henry Paulson, Humor, Lifestyle, Living, Mortgage Crisis, Obama Transition, Personal Finance, Political Satire, Recession, Recession Watch, Satire, Sex, Sexuality, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Treasury Secretary, Unemployment Rate
From The Room: Thanksgiving: What a Long Strange Tryptophan It's Been
November 26, 2008 - The Pilgrims came to this country so they could practice religious freedom, and also so they could wear big hats made out of black construction paper. They set aside one day for an awkward turkey dinner. Most important, they created Black Friday, the ominous-sounding day after that heralds the...
From The Room: Art Imitates Life
November 25, 2008 - When I was in high school, an English teacher posed the perennial question "does life imitate art or does art imitate life"? This created a classic group blank stare worthy of Ferris Bueller's road trip to Ridgemont High. Remember, this was before the legitimacy of pop culture. Art for...Filed under: Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin turkey, The Producers, Henry Paulson, Leo Bloom, Max Bialystock, Barney Frank, Life of Brian
Two lame ducks, sittin' around quackin'
November 25, 2008 - Yesterday, Barack Obama introduced his new economic team and promised an emergency stimulus package upon his inauguration. Stocks soared after the feds intervened to prevent the collapse of Citigroup. The outgoing President and his Treasury Secretary had a few words to say on the matter. We were t...
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...
It's the end of capitalism as we know it, and we feel...eh
October 14, 2008 - So with the government buying up stakes in all the major banks, the free market economy is pretty much dead, right? Oh well, it had a nice long life before that commie Bush White House finally had their way and forc...Filed under: government buys banks, $250 billion, government invests in banks, government nationalizes banks, partial nationalization, nationalizing banks, government pays 250 billion, 250 billion, banks get 250 billion, $250 billion stakes in banks, nationalize banks, bailout plan, Bush bailout, Paulson bailout, treasury plan, United States Treasury, Treasury department, Bush bailout, Paulson equity, Paulson plan, Wall Street crisis, financial crisis, Wall Street, Henry Paulson, George Bush, Ben Bernanke
Dickipedia: Henry Paulson
October 8, 2008 - Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr. is the current US Treasury Secretary, a past Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, a future scapegoat for America's collapse into a third world barter economy, and a dick. More...
From The Room: Fed Zeppelin
September 29, 2008 - ...Filed under: Government Bailout, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street Crises, Henry Paulson, Fed
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Joltin' Joe Gaffes Again
September 26, 2008 - Congress is like a slick Vegas magician. While our attention is on its fiddling with the Wall Street mess they slip a quick 25 billion in welfare to the auto industry and hope nobody was noticing. That means this month's bailouts are already over a hundred billion with a...Filed under: financial crisis, economic crisis, Henry Paulson, Treausury Secretary Henry Paulson, $700 billion rescue plan, $700 billion bailout, government bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street CEO pay, CEO salaries, House Financial Services Committee, Congress Financial Services, Congress government bailout, government bailout, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street crisis
From The Room: Masters of Debt (with apologies to Bob Dylan)
September 26, 2008 - Come you masters of debt You that owe the big bucks You that sell off your shares To some other rich fucks You that mismanage funds You that mishandle loans I just want you know I see through your Dow Jones You that never done not...Filed under: financial crisis, economic crisis, Henry Paulson, Treausury Secretary Henry Paulson, $700 billion rescue plan, $700 billion bailout, government bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street CEO pay, CEO salaries, House Financial Services Committee, Congress Financial Services, Congress government bailout, government bailout, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street crisis
From The Room: Bush to Nation: You Will All Be Poor by Friday
September 25, 2008 - WASHINGTON - President Bush addressed the nation to tell the American people, "You will all be poor by Friday, Monday at the latest. Mark my words. The only way to avoid this is to throw your full support behind the plan Secretary Paulson has put forward to get this country on...Filed under: Bush speech, Bush speech economy, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Paulson plan, Bush economic address
From The Room: Let's Hope There's $700 Billion Under the Couch Cushions
September 24, 2008 - ...
From The Room: Rush Transcript of the Senate Banking Committee Hearing with Paulson and Bernanke
September 24, 2008 - SEN. CHRIS DODD (D-CT): "Secretary Paulson, I've looked over your proposal. It is stunning and unprecedented in both its scope and lack of detail." TREASURY SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON: La la la I can't hear you! Right, guys? Ha. DODD: "...and it would allow this secretary and his...
