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From The Room: Excerpts from the Holiday Cards of 2008's Brightest Stars
December 24, 2008 - From: John Edwards and family Dear friends and family, Greetings from Elizabeth, Cate, Emma-Claire, Jack and that weird-looking bastard kid I fathered. First off, let me explain what kind of weird that kid is. Man, she looks like she has a giant toe for a nose. That's...Filed under: Christmas, holiday cards, Christmas cards, politics, media, AIG, Lehman Brothers, John Edwards, Sarah Palin, Michael Phelps, David Paterson
From The Room: The Decline and Sale of American Civilization
October 1, 2008 - In college I took only one semester of Econ (and just barely passed), but even I know that we are not in an "economic crisis," a "recession" or a "depression," but a much bigger condition that economists call "the end of the United States." Does that mean that our country...
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 Feed: In case you forgot about the downward spiral that has been the past 8 years
September 24, 2008 - Here's a sizzle reel of all the highlights...
From The Room: Let's Hope There's $700 Billion Under the Couch Cushions
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Five companies America lost when The Treasury ignored our pleas
September 23, 2008 - This whole bailout thing is very eye-opening. Anytime the government wants to keep a company alive, no matter how poorly run and mishandled it might be, they can just buy it up and allow it to continue bl...
23/6 Video: CNN's Rick Sanchez all over the financial bailout (in a minute)
September 23, 2008 - In 20 years, we'll be saying, "When the economy collapsed, CNN's Rick Sanchez was there." Posted by: Kevin Allocca...Filed under: Rick Sanchez, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, CNN, Sanchez CNN, Twitter, CNN, Sanchez Twitter CNN, Sanchez Twitter, Economic Crisis, World Economic Crisis, Worst Economic Crisis, Recent economic crisis coverage, Sanchez Economy, U.S. economy failing, Economy worst than ever, Federal Reserve, Bank Buyouts, Bank collapse, AIG bailout, Federal Reserve Bailout, Federal Bailout coverage, Bankrupt Banks, Bankrupt Banks Economy, Bankrupt Banks Federal Reserve
From The Room: Wall Street Needs Your Help! Donate Now!
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Our intelligence plummets on opening bell
September 22, 2008 - We're not economists, but according to our calculation, Wall Street is about to be swallowed up by a sinkhole. What can you do to protect your investments? Wait, you have investments? You're our most elite reader! Normally, in times of such confusi...Filed under: Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, Treausury Secretary Henry Paulson, $700 billion rescue plan, $700 billion bailout, government bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street CEO Pay, CEO Salaries, CEO Salary Cap, Congress CEO Salaries Wall Street, House Financial Services Committee, Congress FInancial Services, Congress imposes salary limit, Congress Debate Government Bailout, Government Bailout, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street Crisis Explained, Wall Street Crisis, What is the wall street crisis?, What is the financial crisis?, Government Spending Explained, Market Crisis Explained, Bank Bailout
Hell yeah, it's the John McCain Economic Policy Speech-o-tron
September 17, 2008 - If you're worried about your financial well-being, take solace in the fact that John McCain feels your pain. (Of course, that could be Cindy gobbling down his painkillers for breakfast.) Either way, after being slammed for saying the fundamentals of...Filed under: McCain Wall Street commission, Wall Street commission, John McCain commission, McCain economic plan, McCain economics, McCain economy, McCain economic policy, McCain fundamentals, McCain Wall Street investigation, McCain 9/11 Commission, McCain economic crisis, McCain Lehman Brothers, economic crisis, Lehman Brothers, Wall Street crisis, 9/11 Commission, September 11 Commission, John McCain campaign, McCain Obama economics, John McCain, Barack Obama, wall street, financial crisis, lehman brothers, bank of america, merrill lynch, black monday, stock market, dow jones, lehman bankrupt, financial markets, lehman brothers bankrupt, merrill lynch sale, bank crisis, banking crisis
Bank run Wednesday, everyone! Meet you at WaMu!
September 17, 2008 - Washington Mutual might be the next bank to fail. Shares of WaMu, the nation's largest savings and loan, fell 27% on Sept. 15, to $2 a share. WaMu has $239 billion in real estate loans, and $53 billion of those are sub-prime. We don't know what that...Filed under: Washington Mutual stock, Wall Street crisis, financial crisis, WaMu stock, WaMu banking, WaMu failure, Washington Mutual fall, Wall Street bankruptcy, Washington Mutual housing bust, housing bust, breaking the buck, Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, reserve funds, break the buck, money market funds, Lehman Brothers, AIG Fed loan, AIG federal government loan
FDR: The New Deal. McCain: "a 9/11 commission type thing."
September 16, 2008 - John McCain wasted no time in showing that he's a can-do guy when it comes to the economy. His solution to the economic crisis? Form a bi-partisan commission to study what happened. Great idea -- commissions are the perfect Washington solution. But...Filed under: McCain Wall Street commission, Wall Street commission, John McCain commission, McCain economic plan, McCain economics, McCain economy, McCain economic policy, McCain fundamentals, McCain Wall Street investigation, McCain 9/11 Commission, McCain economic crisis, McCain Lehman Brothers, economic crisis, Lehman Brothers, Wall Street crisis, 9/11 Commission, September 11 Commission, John McCain campaign, McCain Obama economics, John McCain, Barack Obama
Lehman collapse hurting the kind of men you fall in love with- douchebags
September 16, 2008 - Sure, the market crisis is scary. We're not worried because we keep our money in Confederate scrip stuffed in a cotton gin. But even if you're not a "banker" or "day trader" or "income-earner," you still may be affected by this week's economic upheaval. How can...
