Craig Bengle, Washington Bureau Chief
I figured something like this would happen, just not so fast.
Now that there is finally agreement on this massive government bailout of Wall Street , a pair of men were seen recently going door to door in our neighborhood with brief cases and clipboards and very serious looks on their faces. [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Smarter than this
Posted in Politics, tagged $700 billion, credit crisis, economic bailout legislation, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, financial crisis, financial rescue plan, irs, irs agent, TARP, treasury secretary, troubled asset relief program, u.s. treasury, wall street bailout on September 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
News Vixens
Posted in Style and Entertainment, tagged abc, cbs, cnbc, cnn, eye candy, female political reporters, fox news, megyn kelly, msnbc, natalie morales, nbc, news babes, reporters, TV news on September 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Fred Bayone, Style and Entertainment
As I write this, our nation is in the midst of one of the greatest financial meltdowns in history. Our capitalist economic system is teetering on the brink of collapse, and not since the Great Depression have we experienced such fear over what comes next. The war in Iraq, while in [...]
In Good Hands
Posted in Health and Living, tagged car insurance, hurricane, in good hands, insurance, insurance policy, property insurance, tornado on September 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Gordon Mensley, Contributing Editor
When the U.S. Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and numerous state’s Attorney Generals finish investigating who’s behind the recent financial crisis that brought us to the brink of another Great Depression, I vote that they turn their attention next to a segment of our economy where heads really ought to roll — insurance [...]
It’s Always the Little Things
Posted in Politics, tagged Bob Ney, bribery, Charlie Rangel, ethics, jack abramoff, lobbyist, public corruption, scandal, William Jefferson on September 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Craig Bengle, Washington Bureau Chief
I’ve spent enough time in politics to know that when someone gets in serious trouble, strangely enough, it’s always the little things that get them.
You would think that when a powerful Chairman of a committee overseeing the U.S. Treasury gets into deep trouble, it’s because he’s been canny enough to find [...]