Best headline of the day.

the united states is now transitioning into a communist utopia. let's give responsibility and capitalism a moment of silence.

So much for that "small government" BS. Not when the rich are concerned.

Woo! National Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Well done, Subby. Oh, was there an article attached to this?

None of us profited from this fiasco but we're all gonna pay. It's the American way. STFU, serfs.

...RRRRRRRRRRR, it's drivin' me nuts!

soakitincider: the united states is now transitioning into a communist utopia. let's give responsibility and capitalism a moment of silence.

Capitalism and responsibility had a messy divorce. Unfortunately, the former cannot exist without the latter. Responsibility went to live with her mother and capitalism committed suicide.

Thar be pirates in dem headlines. +1

INTERnational Talk Like a Pirate Day.

At the same time, he warned Democratic leaders against adding "controversial provisions" to the rescue package "that could delay action.

"This is not a time for partisanship," Bush said.

The guy is never off script. 8 farking years of this crud. If Congress had passed half the shiat he proposed in the last 4 years, we'd be in far worse mess.

"Let's privative all our safety nets, durrrrr."

"Ah let's not."

"Partisan!"


Bush also has authorized Treasury to tap up to $50 billion from a Depression-era fund

Fascinating. I wouldn't have thought anything like this could survive. Even the damn post office is quasi-privatized.

I'll say it all day....I'll get on board with the bailout if I also get a 90% tax on the assets and income (retoractive for 5 years) of every executive of every firm that is bailed out

Dear Politicians,

I would like my student loans, credit cards, mortgage, and car payment all paid off by 'merica.

Signed,

American Citizen LLC

when the feds buy all the shiat paper, what will the bank farkers do with the cash?

has anyone thought about this?

mediaho: None of us profited from this fiasco but we're all gonna pay. It's the American way. STFU, serfs.

I wonder if we can extract profits since we're financing the losses? fark it, let's enact a windfall tax on any profits over 5%.

RRRRRRRR
Tis a bad day to let your shorts run naked!
RRRRRRRR

neddddavis: when the feds buy all the shiat paper, what will the bank farkers do with the cash?

has anyone thought about this?

Loan it to people for overpriced houses they can't afford?

Unfortunately it won't help matters concerning that the economy is one foot in Davy Jones' Locker.

/arrgh!

Paulson's buddies on the street made $100 billion today.

think he'll have any trouble cashing in next year?

Magorn: I'll say it all day....I'll get on board with the bailout if I also get a 90% tax on the assets and income (retoractive for 5 years) of every executive of every firm that is bailed out

THIS!

Any company who gets a bailout should have to cede significant control over to the government. Since the government saved their asses, their asses now belong to the entire country. This way the government gets her money back, and can the public can benefit from the company's growth.

"The risk ... of not acting would be far higher. Further stress on our financial markets would cause massive job losses, devastate retirement accounts and further erode housing values, as well as dry up loans for new homes and cars and college tuitions."

"Not to mention completely wiping out any chance of my party retaining the White House," President Bush added, before sporting a dopey grin and unleashing his trademark chuckle, "Heh..he he he he heh."

/feeling deeply cynical

Magorn: I'll say it all day....I'll get on board with the bailout if I also get a 90% tax on the assets and income (retoractive for 5 years) of every executive of every firm that is bailed out

You just described the 1954 tax code. We used to be solvent you know.

[Parroted Limbaugh talking point blaming shiftless minorities and Bill Clinton for mortgage crisis]

Magorn: I'll say it all day....I'll get on board with the bailout if I also get a 90% tax on the assets and income (retoractive for 5 years) of every executive of every firm that is bailed out

Not retroactive taxation, bring back tarring, feathering and the stocks.

"I be needing 99 more souls!"

soakitincider: the united states is now transitioning into a communist utopia.

No its not. Not even close

Darconix:the worst thing Bush has done in his tenure.

That is a tough one. I think denying habeas corpus rights to US citizens is at the top though.

Along with kidnapping and torture.

Darconix: This is a farking disgrace. It's almost as if Bush simply can't wait to throw this election to Obama. For the record, libs, Darconix views this to be the worst thing Bush has done in his tenure. Even worse than the Iraq decision.

For the record, Darconix, nobody cares what you think.

That crud made me feel physically sick when he was spouting his tripe like some farking John McClane of the financial world. What an asshole trying to take credit for what, is it tens or hundreds of thousands of talented finance guys (and gals) have lost their jobs and been kicked out into this unrelenting environment.

Yeah, some of them made bad decisions and were greedy, but I'll bet anyone most of them were seeing what was happening and rolling their eyes, unable to do anything about it because they're back office staff or bean counters, not sales.

Then there are the poor shlubs who were told houses only go up and got taken in by the hype. That figure could be millions, yet George farking Bush was on screen while world markets were creating the biggest rises for years (on the back of anti-shorting rules), acting like he's got all tough on the causes of financial problems, and I bet those same poor shlubs thank him for what he's done. Slimy, idiotic, prat.

/rant over

gilgigamesh: [Parroted Limbaugh talking point blaming shiftless minorities and Bill Clinton for mortgage crisis]

["That's Racist!" .gif]

Darconix: This is a farking disgrace. It's almost as if Bush simply can't wait to throw this election to Obama. For the record, libs, Darconix views this to be the worst thing Bush has done in his tenure. Even worse than the Iraq decision.


Darconix is getting upset!

soakitincider: the united states is now transitioning into a communist utopia. let's give responsibility and capitalism a moment of silence.

Bull farking shiat! This is capitalism at its finest. The wealthy and connected are robbing us blind right now. On the way out the door they are adding billions upon billions to the sums they have already stolen.

AgeOfReason: soakitincider: the united states is now transitioning into a communist utopia. let's give responsibility and capitalism a moment of silence.

Bull farking shiat! This is capitalism at its finest. The wealthy and connected are robbing us blind right now. On the way out the door they are adding billions upon billions to the sums they have already stolen.

Greed...is GOOD.

"The risk ... of not acting would be far higher. Further stress on our financial markets would cause massive job losses, devastate retirement accounts and further erode housing values, as well as dry up loans for new homes and cars and college tuitions. These are risks that America cannot afford to take."

after years and years of ignoring this problem, NOW you decided to act!?

Darconix: This is a farking disgrace. It's almost as if Bush simply can't wait to throw this election to Obama. For the record, libs, Darconix views this to be the worst thing Bush has done in his tenure. Even worse than the Iraq decision.

Dude, the party YOU support has completely fukked up the country. They have failed in most every possible way.

Do you know what an idiot it makes you look like to still call the people who warned you, and were, you know, RIGHT, libs?

This brings up a question: should the Bush crowd be labeled socialists or communists? They are already hypocrites and homosexual child predators, I'm just trying to get their political classification.

funny...we've got schools in horrible shape, teachers dont' get paid enough, bridges falling apart, Social security is a joke, medical care is too expensive...and here are taxpayer dollars funding some corporate mistake.

Nice.

Were taxpayers getting a share of the short lived profits these companies made? I don't think so.

Are the CEOs of these companies handing over their fat bonuses to help the situation? Hells no.

I've got to hand it to Bush. If I were him, I'd take one look in the mirror, think about what a massive failure I have been at EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER TRIED and then promptly kill myself.

but yet, he's still here.

I wish it was the good old days when bankers and traders were jumping out of windows.

/Now when I think of people in downtown Manhattan jumping out of windows it makes me think of the World Trade Center, not the crash of 1929. : (

Well, at least Wall Street knows that their big donations have had yet another good results. Low tax rates, easily avoidable tax system, lower audits at the high end, weak regulation. Now, free money!

I wonder how much dividends+buyback+other compensation has been paid out in the past 6 years.

whidbey: AgeOfReason: soakitincider: the united states is now transitioning into a communist utopia. let's give responsibility and capitalism a moment of silence.

Bull farking shiat! This is capitalism at its finest. The wealthy and connected are robbing us blind right now. On the way out the door they are adding billions upon billions to the sums they have already stolen.

Greed...is GOOD.

Yup good for the 400 people under this Administration who have increased their wealth by $654 billion. Not so good for the 180 million who have seen their wealth decrease by 2 - 3 K per person.

Largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind in only 8 years.

AgeOfReason: Largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind in only 8 years.

Social Darwinism at its finest. I'm looking forward to the Eugenics Wars...

rosebud_the_sled: This brings up a question: should the Bush crowd be labeled socialists or communists? They are already hypocrites and homosexual child predators, I'm just trying to get their political classification.

corporate statists. as near as I can gather, they seem to believe that it is possible to use corporations to circumvent pesky laws and regulations and enact social change via corporate pressure(s).

whidbey: AgeOfReason: Largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind in only 8 years.

Social Darwinism at its finest. I'm looking forward to the Eugenics Wars...

The 'rich people' are screwed if that happens.

whidbey: Greed...is GOOD.

It's mindboggling that when "conservatives" watch the movies Wall Street and A Few Good Men, they come out of them thinking Gordon Gekko (Douglas) and Col. Jessep (Nicholson) were the good guys.

Darconix: PascalsGhost: Dude, the party YOU support has completely fukked up the country. They have failed in most every possible way.

Do you know what an idiot it makes you look like to still call the people who warned you, and were, you know, RIGHT, libs?

That's like saying the Nazis were right for opposing Communism. Just because a mistake with respect to these bailouts was made, doesn't make you libs right.

You libs are socialists, and I want no part of that whatsoever. However, if the government is to move toward socialism, better income-generating areas such as the financial sector than your insane subsidized healthcare plan.

And to still call libs socialists is pretty full retard after the Bush Fed has socialised us, right? AMIRITE?

Honest question: Do you have a job?

Weaver95: rosebud_the_sled: This brings up a question: should the Bush crowd be labeled socialists or communists? They are already hypocrites and homosexual child predators, I'm just trying to get their political classification.

corporate statists. as near as I can gather, they seem to believe that it is possible to use corporations to circumvent pesky laws and regulations and enact social change via corporate pressure(s).

Plutocrats? Oligarchs?

Darconix: You libs are socialists, and I want no part of that whatsoever. However, if the government is to move toward socialism, better income-generating areas such as the financial sector than your insane subsidized healthcare plan.

President Bush, a nominal social conservative Republican, just nationalized about a third of our economy. Nationalized. As in 'the government now directly controls it'. As in 'socialist'.

Looks like the libs aren't socialist anymore, it's the conservatives who have done more to make us commies than anything else.

Weaver95: Darconix: You libs are socialists, and I want no part of that whatsoever. However, if the government is to move toward socialism, better income-generating areas such as the financial sector than your insane subsidized healthcare plan.

President Bush, a nominal social conservative Republican, just nationalized about a third of our economy. Nationalized. As in 'the government now directly controls it'. As in 'socialist'.

Looks like the libs aren't socialist anymore, it's the conservatives who have done more to make us commies than anything else.

now all we need is salary caps and my plan will have worked

moistD: Weaver95: Darconix: You libs are socialists, and I want no part of that whatsoever. However, if the government is to move toward socialism, better income-generating areas such as the financial sector than your insane subsidized healthcare plan.

President Bush, a nominal social conservative Republican, just nationalized about a third of our economy. Nationalized. As in 'the government now directly controls it'. As in 'socialist'.

Looks like the libs aren't socialist anymore, it's the conservatives who have done more to make us commies than anything else.

now all we need is salary caps and my plan will have worked

It wouldn't surprise me to see that happen, but it'll be caps on US (i.e. the rank and file) and not on the CEO/corporate officer types.