1.0 link 114541 <![CDATA[Booze and the Economy]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lincoln-chafee/booze-and-the-economy_b_114541.html The media is buzzing this week over footage of President Bush explaining our economic woes at a Houston political fundraiser by saying "Wall Street got drunk."

"There's no question about it," Bush told his audience, "Wall Street got drunk -- that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras -- it got drunk and now it's got a hangover."

True to form, the president prefers simplistic jargon over communicating the complexity of any subject. Also true...

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