The best piece on the bailout

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

One of my heros is Dennis Kucinich, and he came out with a plan that is the best thing I’ve read on how we should deal with this.  You can read it here, but his plan is outlined below:

Reinstatement of the provisions of Glass-Steagall, which forbade speculation
Re-regulation of the finance, insurance, and real estate industries
Accountability [...]

Best quote of the week

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

I love this, in the shadow of the $700,000,000,000 bailout (yes, seven hundred billion):
We’ve just been raped, and now we’re being asked to pay for the rape kit.
Shamelessly stolen from The Stephanie Miller Show (Jim Ward), who stole it from DemocraticUnderground.com