There’s been a lot of news (here; here; here) about giving the government expanded powers to take over troubled financial firms and lead them through some form of bankruptcy (these powers already exist with FDIC-insured banks, but not for hedge funds and investment banks). I believe this is a really, really good idea. If something …
“A Hazy Shade Of Geithner” would have been better
Yeah, I know that finding dumb stuff at Newsmax is shooting fish in a barrel, but this cracked me up: If Simon & Garfunkel were still recording today, they might pen a hit new song, to the beat of “Mrs. Robinson,” titled “Where Have You Gone, Milton Friedman?” The guy who wrote this is the …
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Supporting the troops
I guess this is, sadly, not very surprising: In the Fox News segment, widely aired on the Internet, Mr. Gutfeld said the Canadian military “wants to take a breather to do some yoga, paint landscapes, run on the beach in gorgeous white capri pants.” “Isn’t this the perfect time to invade this ridiculous country?” he …
Armed and dangerous
Michelle Bachmann: “I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us ‘having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,’ and the people – we the people – are going to have to fight back hard if …
More punch-drunk love
Following up on John’s “Mission Accomplished” post, check out the second from-the-top story at Halperin: The hosts of the daytime show aren’t smiling at Obama’s chuckles about the economy in his “60 Minutes” interview. Hasselbeck: “Nobody’s laughing… It’s not a joke.” That’s right, one of the most important developments in American politics today, at time …
More of this please
E. J. Dionne writes about what we’ve talked about repeatedly here, the silly procedural focus of our national political dialog: A deep narrative is taking root in the political class, and it goes something like this: Obama is biting off way more than he can chew, “overloading” the system and dealing with all sorts of …
If only the bankers knew about our great national mission
Tom Friedman: He should have gone on national TV and had the fireside chat with the country that is long overdue. That’s a talk where he lays out exactly how deep the crisis we are in is, exactly how much sacrifice we’re all going to have to make to get out of it, and then …
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