Jon Stewart Analyzes Bush's Latest Fearmongering Speech
By SilentPatriot Thursday Sep 25, 2008 12:40pm
President Bush's doom and gloom speech about the economy last night reminded Jon Stewart of another speech Bush gave five years ago. Same script, different crisis.
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STEWART: This is so weird, the President standing there with the carpet and the little flaggy things behind him to tell us something really scary. It's not deja vu; that's French. Uhh... I guess I'm having a freedom memory.
BUSH (2003): My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of deicison.
STEWART: That's right -- Iraq! Thank God I'm not having a synapse misfire. He gave this exact same speech five years ago. Which points do we want to hit? First things first...should we be scared...?
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Boo-b!
Firstish...
Even Chris Matthews comented on the tone. Words like 'Panic' aren't going to inspire the electorite.
This is what happens when two slosh-buckets get together and spawn an ill-gotten offspring...and somehow this one ends up being pResident...TWICE!
Even in brain washing the instructions are the same: lather, rinse, repeat. Over and over and over and... well, you get the idea. (:>
Look at those dead eyes. Like a doll's eyes.... then they roll over white, and there's the high-pitched screamin'...
Four minutes into it, Bush basically blamed the homeowners/borrowers.
No, it was really the relaxed lending policies that allowed them to offer bad loans.
These bad loans were sold as bad investments.
But, no one cared, because everyone was making billions!
NO to the fraud. NO to the BS. NO to the bailout!
Bush is a steaming pile of vomit
Why do none of the videos ever work right anymore. They come out choppy and disjointed, skipping every few seconds untill they freeze. It doesn't seem to be my download speed or the presence of any viruses or spyware. The only thing different is I recently upgraded to Firefox 3.02. Anybody else having difficulties?
I know, it reminded me of that speech so much.
The Palm Beach Post had the best political cartoon today. It showed a man opening a door. Behind the man were two big ugly pigs. One pig was labeled "Iraq War" the other was labeled "Patriot Act". Outside the door stood bush with a big sack (poke) It was labeled "financial bailout". Bush was looking at the guy who opened the door and saying something like you have to buy this immediately.
Sorry George, but according to Zillow, the value of my home has increase, (albeit not by much), since this fiasco started. Also, several short-sales in my area have been removed from the MLS, awaiting the possibility of refinancing. Some banks are starting to get the message.
It is my understanding that if Congress doesn't act, the states will begin to and some already have. More oversight, some regulation, etc.
More raping, more pillaging, more of the same.
4 words: 19 percent approval rating.
3 more words: worst president ever.
By the way, I hereby nominate Jon Stewart for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Anyone second that motion?
CMINCA @ 12:
Who the hell are these 19 percenters? Martians?
CMINCA @ 12:
3 more..
Last President Ever?
IdiotShrub @ 13:
I second that emotion.
This is IMPORTANT!
RichStraightWhiteAmericanMale @ 5:
Funny.
MikeC @ 15:
Hopefully, Last RETHUGLICAN President Ever!
Economic Code Red!!!
"Remember it happened over a long period, maybe way back to Carter, but the good news is we are going to handle it for you. TRUST ME, or I'll scare the hell out of you."
It's a race. Will McSame save his campaign before Bushy saves his presidency?
W forgot only one thing, but somebody remedied it yesterday.
I was channel surfing yesterday and came upon an "authoritative-type" woman who was saying that the perfect time for al Quaida to strike is when we are distracted by our economic problems, so we had to pass the President's package ASAP.
Huh, huh, I said President's package.
Hey stop rippin' on da' prez. We need to give some lovin' to Nancy Pelosi and her chums over in the capital building.
Bush "FEAR TERRORISTS FEAR FEAR!"
Nancy "YES SIR YES SIR YES SIR!!"
Is it just me...or has W gotten a little....Grayer in 5 years?
Bush's speech made me think of a ransom note..
'We have your economies held hostage.. gimme the money or it dies..'
Time to put the Moron on rails with a one-way ticket to Crawford, with his head hung in shame (assuming of course, that he has any), and pelted with rotten eggs all along the way. Thanks for 8 wasted years, Gee Dummy Butch.
Only the funny can spoon-feed us the truth now. Have things gotten so bad? Don't answer that.
Peter G @ 8:
I run FF 3.02 as well, but I just download and then replay rather than opening from here. Good luck...
God, those two speeches are more eerily similar than I even remembered. I knew they sounded similar in tone, but I didn't realize how much the wording was almost the same. This in itself should clue us in that what he's saying is most likely bull excrement. He wouldn't be that hyper dramatic if what he was saying was factual.
of course it's the same speech, Bush is the definition of a One Trick Pony.
IdiotShrub @ 14:
The Palin family.
The stench coming out of Washington is not to be believed and here is just one of a million credible reasons as to why this bail out for the rich and infamous should not take place under duress and time constraints.
First, he media incorrectly is labeling WaMu as a sub prime lender which is not true. WaMu was the Alt-A monster and those loans are worse then subprime because of the high LTV, no documetation features, and high loan amounts. Citi and Indy Mac were also big in Alt-A.
What is really interesting is that the Federal Reserve protection seeking JP Morgan found all the necessary liquidity to buy even more troubled WaMu. How is that for bail out? I thought they all had trouble with liquidity.... that is until they see a deal...
Add to the above fact that JP Morgan coughed up 138 billion 2 hours before Leahman Brothers had their bankruptcy filing time stamped by the court. The American people should be demanding that NO DEAL be signed off on until we the people know exactly how much money the remaining banks have on hand after a full and complete audit by the Comptroller of the Currency which is further verified by an independent accounting firm.
Again I ask, what is the bloody rush to get this completed by this weekend before the markets open? did we not hear the same cry last weekend? We're still here aren't we?
Well, I can answer that question. At 12:00 midnight Tuesday the 30th, the fiscal year ends and if the funds are not in place to cover the Federal Reserve and other entities, the Federal Reserve will no longer exist because as of this moment, they are bankrupt. But then miracles of miracles big daddy JP Morgan keeps coughing up billions for buyouts?
The American tax payer rightly demands answers before one thin dime of our current tax dollars and those well into the next century are paid. If that means that the Federal Reserve no longer exist that's fine with plenty of us because the only thing this private banking cartel has done in its nearly 100 year existence has been to act like a parasite sucking the life blood out of us and in turn our once great country.
Keep writing, faxing, calling or any other method used to communicate with your Senators and Representatives, but at all cost, keep the pressure up and never give up. If our founders had, we probably would be ruled today by a King. The present occupant of the White House might think he is, but I have a funny feeling we the people aren't ready for that nonsense.
Keep writing and calling. Make it clear that those who vote for this massive bailout on our backs will not have to worry about returning to their government jobs next year. Enough is enough.
Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Finally Achieved: Iraq in Better Shape Than U.S.
IdiotShrub @ 14:
No, mostly my in-laws.
levelheaded moderate @ 23:
Haggard was the word I was thinking, we have seen what the Presidency does to a man and folks can vote an already very physically damaged guy like McCain?
Does this mean we're all gonna fucking die (again)?
Peter G @ 8:
No problem here with FF upgrade ...
Why is the Daily Show the only program that actually examines the past ... ?
One senator or rep. was on tv this morning. I can't remember if he was a dem or a repub, but he said the calls coming into his office were 50/50. Half were saying no and the other half were saying, hell no.
IdiotShrub @ 14:
These are the people who have profited from this presidency. Or, the "I want a plain-spoken president I can have beer with" types.
Just walking the dog @ 33:
And mine too.
earl @ 36:
Too much work to perform research.
Against the policy of infotainment and instant gratification.
Intellectually lazy faux-journalists who only want to be celebrities.
... and why does the average crappy award show on TeeVee have better accounting & auditing then all of these bandits put together ...?
Taarak @ 18:
Thanks.
-- Quint
He is right about one thing, this happened over a long period of time. Starting with Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman, and Alan Greenspan. Trickle down economics. Free trade race to the bottom for wages. Billions for Iraq occupation and the military industrial complex. The transfer of billions and billions to the top %5 at the expense of the middle class just for starters.
CMINCA @ 40:
Yep, must suck to be shown up by a "fake news show whose lead in is a puppet making prank phone calls", huh Wolfie?
The amazing thing to me is how much Bush has aged in the last 5 years.
They've got martial law ready to go and the elections ready to cancel, but I don't think they'll do it for this truth, shown most clearly in this video:
Bush just wants to go home and get the hell out of the WH.
But he was a POW! Oh. Wait...
Wrong liar.
earl @ 36:
Because they aren't afraid to?
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/obamas_lead_near...
Obama's Lead Nearly Doubles In Today's Tracking Polls
By Eric Kleefeld - September 26, 2008, 1:17PM
Here's a wrap-up of the four major national tracking polls for today, containing the first full day of sampling since John McCain's pseudo-suspension -- and Barack Obama is extending his lead:
• Gallup: Obama 48%, McCain 45%, with a ±2% margin of error. Yesterday, the candidates were tied 46%-46%.
• Rasmussen: Obama 50%, McCain 45%, with a ±2% margin of error, compared to an Obama lead yesterday of 49%-46%.
• Hotline/Diageo: Obama 49%, McCain 42%, with a ±3.2% margin of error, compared to a 47%-43% Obama lead yesterday.
• Research 2000: Obama 48%, McCain 43%, with a ±3% margin of error. Yesterday, Obama was up 49%-43%.
Adding these polls together and weighting them by sample sizes, Obama is ahead by a margin of 48.9%-44.5%, almost double his margin from yesterday's 47.7%-45.3%.
Since John McCain began his quasi-suspension to deal with the economic crisis, we've had one new day of data for these three-day tracking polls. And that day doesn't appear to have treated him well.
IdiotShrub @ 14:
We have no reason to believe, if Martians do indeed exist, that they are fucking idiots.
And, of course, we have Condi admitting that Shrub and his minions sat around discussing the finer points of torture, and Alberto Gonzalez now saying that Wanton Boy himself directed him to go to John Ashcroft's hospital room in that famous intervention to try to get the attorney general to sign off on a torture memo.
Why aren't these people in jail?
I've never seen or heard a bigger loser than George Dumbya Bush. He's pathetic. And a thief and killer as well.
I swear Bush is an autotron with Chaneys heart. He seems so empty. His speeches are brief. When there is a crisis, he is nowhere to be seen. I can't wait for him to get out of office.
ecotopian @ 47:
Hope we aren't doomed to repeat the last 8 years...
heck of a job Bushie ... heck of a job.
I hope this clip get attached to something with McCain saying some similar things and passed all around the Internet. I know the Networks wont have the balls to air this.
Tommy Gunn @ 45:
earl @ 36:
Past? What past? Where's my paycheck?
[Deleted. You're a liar-Sitemonitor]
CMINCA @ 54:
ecotopian @ 47:
Too true. There was a female journalist on Countdown last night who spoke out, a bit, about Palin's ignorance and stupidity, but did so fearing the wrath of the mail she would receive today.
My god.. McCain is already running "McCain won the debate" ads!!!
stacy @ 56:
Excellent imitation of crazed rightwing lunatic, stacy!
[Not an imitation -- it's real-Sitemonitor]
Stewart rips to the truth. I just could not figure out why Stewart played softball when he had Tony Blair on? Stewart really played softball. Did not ask him about the Niger Documents , Downing Street Memo etc. come on Tony Blair is almost as guilty as Bush and Cheney for the deaths and destruction in Iraq.
Stewart asked Chris Matthews more hard driving questions than he asked Tony Blair when he had this once a lifetime opportunity.
stacy @ 56:
Where did you hear that garbage Stacy, could it be FOX?
Your so wrong I can't even comment further.
Stacy@56, Oh please! This is a result of DEREGULATION.
Alexdem @ 59:
A very good indicator of the regard that McSame has for facts and the "situation on the ground".
Why is the Daily Show the only program that actually examines the past … ?
Because, in the common parlance of the contemporary media, any member of the SCUM who doubts any statement by any official is presumed to have a bias against that official.
this has been part of the incredibly successful Rightard strategy of marginalizing the press, even those which can be relied upon to parrot the party line and stenograph the official stories.
the Daily Show, because it makes no pretense of being a "news" show (though all of its charm derives from the fact that it DOES pretend to be a news show) is relieved of those limitations.
It is so pathetic that we get more honest news from our comedians - Stewart, Colbert, Letterman - than from the members of the media. BRING BACK CRONKITE!
levelheaded moderate @ 23:
Not gray enough. The only gray he should be should be that provided by the mold covering his body in a pine box.
Fool me once, shame on you!
Fool me twice, shame on me!
woody, tokin librul @ 65:
Actually, John Stewart, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow have pretty good research departments. They dig up stuff every night, unlike the Network News Shows, who do nothing but pander and cowtow.
Alice X - (Click Here for Nader Debate What If) - status quObama - change you can pretend in - @ 68:
No fool you are using the pre-911 version of the saying; the new and upgraded version: "Fool me twice... eh.. hum... ehhhhh... you can't get fooled again!"
Who pulled 16 billion dollars out of WaMu and made the bank fail? Sorry, I just don't see the average Joe pulling out that much in cash transactions. Somebody rather some filthy rich somebody tanked that bank on purpose. I bet it has something to do with the bank that is going to take it over. Nice how people in the financial community are using this as an opportunity to make money and take over banks. I bet these people are friends of W.
stacy @ 56:
Lying sack of shit! Produce evidence(of course you won't...you can't) to substantiate your bullshit. And learn how to spell DEMOCRATS....dumbass.
Off topic, but I think some of those guys who got fired for misspelling the CAVUTOs over at FOX must have been hired by CNN. Check out the "Ricky Ricardo" title of this one:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/26/podcast-what-do-world-le...
Think boosh will ever hear this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBnluNBMGc
Iraq is doing better than the US and they're not even paying any money for the reconstruction back. (Not that they should.)
The good people of the USA have to pay for the war, for the reconstruction and the Wall Street crims while losing 4,000+ of their loved ones.. you all deserve some kind of Nobel prize. You must be a very stoic nation.
stacy @ 56:
Link?
[Jeez you want a link for everything, doncha :P ? You know McPointers' links only go back to 'Republic Party chat topics.' Get real, Jo-Sitemonitor]
stacy @ 56:
Man, I was starting to wonder where all the trolls had gone.
Now that their funding has dried up most Trolls have gone back to their "flipping the burger" positions. Alas, true kool aid drinkers like Stacy here, do their trolling for free!
I think that Stacy here is to the right wing trolls as the 10 yr old German boys fighting the Russian troops in 1945 were to the SS.
upchuck @ 71:
... ever heard of a bank run?
P.D. @ 63:
....and Stacy is the result of home schooling.
Left&Left @ 72:
Stacy if that is your real name. McCain is a member of the Keating 5. The man has already been caught red handed trying to stonewall investigations into crooked banking schemes. The crooked bankers on Wall Street need him now more than ever. The crooked bankers on Wall Street will be happy to know that at least one near sighted TOOL supports their cover-up man McCain.
CMINCA @ 58:
The View had a harder hitting interview with McCain then anything the MSM had done up to that point. What the heck has this country come to?
Alexdem @ 59:
Seriously?
Wonder how many Americans Bush directly motivated to run to their banks this morning and cash out their accounts.
Stacy was just a stop-by troll ...
Comes in, tells a lie with no link or fact to it.
Lurks for an hour watching everybody pay attention to her.it's comment.
Just walking the dog @ 33:
Same here... incredible.
The good thing is that at least this years things have deteriorated to the point I may be spared of the hell on earth that was "Thanksgiving" at my in-laws.
Tanking Blue Lensman @ 60:
Excellent imitation of crazed rightwing lunatic, stacy!
What in the world is this blather? Bush was pushing, pushing, pushing for homeownership in his ownership society. Glass-Steagall was obliterated under his watch, which a Republican controlled Congress. Is this post a joke? If so, it isn't funny or ironic.
Peter G @ 8:
yes, since C&L changed servers I have also had the same problem and it drives me nuts. Of course there also have been many that never worked at all when they first changed. I liked the older server better.
upchuck @ 71:
I'll admit that I don't know that much about the WaMu failure, other than it had been predicted for quite awhile that they would be the next bank to fail. That being said, are you sure that the money was pulled out? WaMu was a major player in these junk loans; it is possible that the loans were written down to fair market value and that the write-off was $16 billion. Either way, it is a travesty.
stacy @ 56:
Actually whenever boosh tried to make the case in State of the Union Addresses that the economy was better under him, despite news stories to the contrary, he would cite increased home ownerships.
The Republicans in the last 30 years in general and elevated in the last 7.5 stripped regulatory agencies of much of their mission and budget under the government is the problem mantra.
I think you're referring to the Bankruptcy "reform" laws where only corporations can declare bankruptcy and walk away from their debt. For the rest of us bankruptcy isn't an option, so whether they try to stay or walk away from their debts and their homes are foreclosed on them, thus precipitating the crisis we have at hand.
Left&Left @ 79:
Definitely, as proven by her revisionist history. A sad state of affairs. Truly. Such ignorance.
why is NO ONE questioning and looking into the ON-LINE pay bill OPERATION?
From the time the depositors order the bank to pay a bill ON-LINE, the bank debits the depositors account on a set date; BUT credits the amount into a CORPORATE or SUB-ACCOUNT until the custodian of this account is told to make the payments to the depositor's payee. This window of TIME where the transfered money is temporatily sits is being diverted; invested, gambled by the CEOs. When the wager (CEOs) lost the bet at WALL street; the bank's earnings is paid out of the bank's Revenue which in turn affects the BANKS over-all BALANCE SHEET.
This is SIMILAR to what was called "CHECK-KITTING" during pre-online, pre-ATM era. This WAS illegal.
This SUB-ACCOUNT is under the discretion of the bank's corporate OFFICE managed by the office of CEO's.
They CAN virtually control and slow down the payment transaction of MILLIONS of depositors and ON-LINE payors and DURING which the trustee can gamble these billions of dollars in Wall Street.
NO ONE SEEMS to make to DISCLOSE these highly RISKY banking activities or have done a careful OVERSIGHT of these ACTIVITIES.
This is MISAPPROPRIATION of the PUBLICS FUND and should be looked into by REGULATORS and the FBI. But we can not expect them to do this IF they (Regulators and our Governments) are complicit to this FINANCIAL SCHEME.
There are insider-watchdogs familiar with this QUESTIONABLE BANKING OPERATION; why aren't there anyone at the TOP racing hell about it? BECAUSE they themselves are the CULPRIT.
ecotopian @ 81:
A nation of voyeurs and sensation seekers who can't tell the difference between reality TV and fiction, between common sense and bull****.
CMINCA @ 90:
She must work at Fucks Snooze.
30 fastfeat Says: IdiotShrub @ 14:
CMINCA @ 12:
4 words: 19 percent approval rating.
3 more words: worst president ever.
Who the hell are these 19 percenters? Martians?
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These guys?
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5107CHAQ34L._SL500_AA240_.jpg
Is it just me or does the girl look already pregnant?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1y1XZt9zYc
Jo @ 93:
Or Focus on the (Homophopic) Family.
stacy @ 56:
Looks like we found one of the idiotic 19%ers/1
EJG @ 96:
95 CMINCA
Homophobic.
96 EJG Says: stacy @ 56:
GO JOHN MCCAIN and SARAH PALIN!!!
Looks like we found one of the idiotic 19%ers/1
(Fixed it for ya.)
It just seems very immature and small minded to compare Iraq (apples) to current financial crisis (oranges). I understand Bush's lack of credibility, but he is the POTUS. Should he just say nothing? Then we'd waste him for his silence, right? I cannot stand hackery. Intellectual honesty, please.
CMINCA @ 88:
http://consumerist.com/5055215/wamu-fails-feds-seize-it-jp-morgan-buys-i...
Yeah, it was a 16 billion bank run. No way did average people take out that much in a bank run. They were set up for failure.
J.P. Morgen took it over.
Guess who the CEO is; none of than George Schultz. Remeber him from the Iran-Contra Scandal.
I think this whole banking crisis was engineered so that Bushco to loot this country in its way out of power.
Bush fires his employees but keeps them on his team anyway.
I also seem to remember repugs trying to hold back emergency loan relief
To victims of Katrina.
CMINCA @ 86:
By now most of us should have seen that Presidential press conference, where W says that he just convinced Fannie and Freddie to provide these loans so that people with bad credit could buy more expensive homes.
I also came across someone saying that thousands of dollars were given to the selling agent for each low quality loan that was given. So much that sixty percent of these loans went to people who could have had regular loans. Then they got shocked when the introductory rates skyrocketed at the end of the introductory period.
Sorry about not having the references to these two items.
ysbaddaden @ 94:
http://www.creationmuseum.org/
Answers In Genesis Creation Museum - watch the commercial with dinosaurs befriending people, if you can stand it.
100 Joker Says: Intellectual honesty, please.
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Why so serious?
Your last statement, "Intellectual honesty, please," is a sentence fragment.
To paraphrase you, Intellectual accuracy, please."
ysbaddaden @ 98:
Typing way to fast. My spelling has been terrible all day. Thanks.
Ignore that quote sign at the end.
RichStraightWhiteAmericanMale @ 5:
Seriously, though... LOOK AT THOSE DEAD EYES!!!
Joker @ 100:
You're not understanding the concept here. Both videos are examples of Disaster Capitalism. No one is comparing Iraq with Wall Street. No one.
Army Unit to Deploy in October for Domestic Operations...
The 1st BCT’s soldiers also will learn how to use “the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded,” 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them.
“It’s a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that they’re fielding. They’ve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission we’re undertaking we were the first to get it.”
The package includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag bullets.
“I was the first guy in the brigade to get Tasered,” said Cloutier, describing the experience as “your worst muscle cramp ever — times 10 throughout your whole body.
“I’m not a small guy, I weigh 230 pounds ... it put me on my knees in seconds.”
The brigade will not change its name, but the force will be known for the next year as a CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced “sea-smurf”).
“I can’t think of a more noble mission than this,” said Cloutier, who took command in July. “We’ve been all over the world during this time of conflict, but now our mission is to take care of citizens at home ... and depending on where an event occurred, you’re going home to take care of your home town, your loved ones.”
For the whole story -- http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/8972826
C&L, why dont you post this? Or explain why the NYT was lying?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A...
ysbaddaden @ 106:
Hey Professor, here's a full sentence: Bite me.
upchuck @ 101:
Joker @ 100:
It's the fear tactics they always use. Come on, you can do better than that, can't you?
Tanking Blue Lensman @ 60:
Stacy is an expert on the economy. She can see an ATM from her house.
CMINCA @ 97:
whoa, now get this people. When even the San Diego Union that hot bastion of conservative thought, when even they do not support the bail-out, then you know as a country we are in deep s...t. Bush began his first term attempting to do with the presidency and the country what he's done with everything else he's ever put his hands on. That is to totally bring the country to its knees in ruin. And judging by today, he has just about had a "mission accomplished." Washington Mutual went down today. And still this country of let's say intellectually challenged wants to support his policies by attempting to elect McCain. This is plain ass stupid. Wake up, This sucker's going down. That's pretty much the vernacular used by bush to the legislators who would not support the bail out bill. Excuse me. Why should anyone believe or trust this village idiot. What was once a great country is now seen by the rest of the world as being led by a self serving group of cunning, greedy opportunists. The as...le mCcain has found every reason to not engage in a debate with obama. Now that the only lick of smarts that dude has ever shown. Barack would absolutely in the nicest way tear him a new one. His judgment was clearly shown for what it is when he selected pallin as his running mate. The union Tribune in a news story buried on the eleventh page but reported in this conservative paper nonetheless stated that pallin's foreign policy experience hinged on her being a "neighbor" to Russia, and that she had never met with foreign leaders until last week, and had never gotten a passport until recently, attributing that to never having been given anything but always having to work for it. This is all very reminiscent to the answer given by the beauty queen contestant last summer. And this could by our next vice prez. People, wake up, danger, danger will robinson, we're going down. Personally, at this point, i don't know whether the presidential race makes much of difference, but perhaps it's our only hope, so i intend to keep fighting the corruption that is imbedded in our core.
enor @ 6:
he also blamed those who took student loans
he blamed everyone but the real crooks
of course, that is because he sits at the head of the table
and you can thank pelossi for this
this man and cheney both should have been impeached 2 years ago
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 119:
Actually, right now would be the time to start impeachment proceedings. They can't stop it before his term is up.
CMINCA @ 114:
Holy shit! They bought $300 billion dollars worth of assets for $1.9 billion.
According to this article WaMu they had $50 billion in liquidity to back it up. They should of been able to cover the $16 billion run. This doesn't smell right. The other thing is J.P. Morgen has been talking about buying them out. It looks to me like Bushco pulled out $16 billion to make it look like the bank went under from a run then used the government to give WaMu to J.P. Morgen for pennies on the dollar.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080912/bs_nm/washingtonmutual_dc
RichStraightWhiteAmericanMale @ 5:
They don't look any different than they usually do to me.
Still stupid after alll these years! LOL!
Apologies to Paul Simon.
Pericles @ 121:
Are you sure that's Bush? I don't see a flag pin.
stacy @ 56:
Is a "DEMOCRATE" the thing that Rebublicans stand on to spout bullshit?
CMINCA @ 105:
I really tried, but all I got was a 404 error...
Ron @ 123:
Hmm...could be the MechaImbecile 3000
Joker @ 112:
From the 3rd paragraph:
"The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies."
This was an attempt to transfer power to the executive. The republiscum controlled congress was not doing any oversight but they wern't going to give away any of their power to do it to the executive branch. Crooks aren't always stupid.
After all of the failures, King George the Lesser still cannot admit he has made a mistake or is the cause of any of America's problems.
IdiotShrub @ 13:
Nobel Peace Prize is more like it!
RichStraightWhiteAmericanMale @ 109:
If indeed, eyes are the window to the soul, Bush's window is made out of bricks.
I really like it when Jon Stewart plays Hardball with Bush. BUT WHY DID STEWART PLAY SOFTBALL WHEN HE HAD TONY BLAIR ON?
STEWART DID NOT ASK HIM ABOUT FALSE INTELLIGENCE, THE DOWNING STREET MEMO, OR IF HE FEELS ANY GUILT WHAT SO EVER FOR THE DEATHS AND DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ.
STEWART PLAYED HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS (WHY HE WAS SO RUTHLESS I AM NOT SURE BECAUSE I WITNESSED STEWART GO SOFT ON BILL KRISTOL TOO) BUT WITH TONY BLAIR STEWART WENT ALL SOFT. REALLY SOFT
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=185186&title=tony-...
Ron @ 115:
Actually, can you answer my question? What should he do? Say everything is fine? Then you'd crush him for that. I'm no Bush fan--for full disclosure, I'm also not a Democrat--but I think this just isn't the same as the Iraq hype.
Proud American @ 91:
Another banking activity that is questionable IS the amount of time it takes for the bank to CLEAR a check. It is HIGHLY questionable when a BANK places a 10 day HOLD on a Bank issued Cashier's Check by the receipent bank; WHEN the CASH has ALREADY BEEN RESERVED by the BANK issuing the CASHIER'S CHECK. This is a VERY QUESTIONABLE transactional banking SCHEME to CON the DEPOSITOR's. WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT?
THERE MUST BE ACCOUNTABLE for these mis-appropriate banking activities and hold those RESPONSIBLE accountable. THEY THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS and not know these questionable activities that has been made legal by the BANKING DEREGULATIONS.
AMERICA MUST STAND AGAINST THESE ACTIVITIES.
Saint Augustine @ 126:
Huh? Did you read your hero Barney Frank's prescient observations? Seems to me, someone was in tune with Fannie's flaws...but not Barney!
woody, tokin librul @ 65:
Woody, the right wing neo-cons haven't "marginalized" the press - they own them. Or, rather, the corporate press owns the right wing pols.
It's all one, big, happy Fascist Family!!
This is why I don't listen to bu$h anymore. I prefer Barack Obama's message of HOPE.
Joker @ 133:
He could report on what is being done and leave the conjecture to people who understand the economy. As it is, he comes out holding a shotgun to your head, saying "You're all gonna die." This is unpresidential. The president should calm fears and gain concensus, not scare the hell out of the people he works for. He should be someone who gets people to rally to a cause, to inspire them to want to contribute, each in their own way, and to ask for personal sacrifice by ALL (rich included), not make people hide, and grant even more power to his failed Executive.
Just tell me one thing...why did it take a comedy show host (albeit, an Emmy-award-winning comedy show host) to put this all together and not the alleged main stream media?
Brilliant, Mr. Stewart. Well done!
levelheaded moderate @ 23:
And a helluva lot dumber.
Mike the Riverine @ 140:
No. He's always been that dumb, just no one saw it with all the American flags waving everywhere. True patriots, you know.
George Bush is a fucking Mongoloid.
This so true.........
And while we sit and mock and laugh at this rediculous REALITY; the banks executives are running to tim-buck-to and taking our money to see the wizard of OZ.
It's time to folow them to the Yellow brink road before they get away with our money and without a scratch and we lose them in somewhere in the rainbow in the never never land.
Somebody should be waiting at the other end before the get-away car reaches the nowhere land and catch them and hold them to account before the AMERICAN PUBLIC and in front of the WORLD COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE of the WORLD must stand together united for LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE. Not doing so would mean ACCEPTING DEFEAT from the CROOKS and LIARS by the PEOPLE who fell VICTIM to the GREATEST SCHEME perpetrated by these people through their unconscienable immoral conducts.
Kathleen @ 61:
MI6.
I wish you all a full tank, and a full belly. It's been a long, long, eight years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcZSh1diQRQ
It's amazing how Bush is equally cardboard and unconvincing when he's saying something almost completely untrue (2003) and when he's saying something mostly true (2008).
He really is a tool.
Alright, still (exquisitely painful Lily Allen allusion).
I know we love to hate on him, but I have 2 questions:
1. Does anyone believe that the U.S. economy will NOT go down the tubes if banks won't lend to each other, to companies, or to individual borrowers? To clarify, by down the tubes I mean double digit unemployment, etc.
2. Does anyone have a better plan than the core of the Paulson plan (trying to remove the illiquid assets from banks' balance sheets) to restore lending between banks and from banks to borrowers?
I know that any Paulson-style bailout means higher taxes, higher inflation or (most likely) both. But what is the alternative?
I kept imagining howhat it would be to have to listen to Palin give speeches like this for the next four years and it made my ears bleed.
From CNN:
Quick Vote
What's most to blame for the stalled $700 billion bailout talks?
Principled differences of opinion 32% 81791
Political maneuvering 68% 174790
Total Votes: 256581
In the meantime, another giant Wall St. bank folds, but it's NOT EVEN NEWS.
ASK PELOSI.
Just walking the dog @ 33:
And MINE, lol. My only consolation is that by now they are all knee-deep in shit, those fascist morons.
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