"It's the economy, stupid." - James Carville

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Smart:
http://kat1031.livejournal.com/91300.html

Educational:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94748529 - What got AIG in trouble up to its electrified nipples, and why the Fed had an interest in bailing it out.

Comments

and here I was thinking....

[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

That AIG failed because they had hired one of my questionable cousins...

Re: and here I was thinking....

[etcet.livejournal.com]

that probably helped.

Re: and here I was thinking....

[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

We'll file that under "questionable hiring practices"

[argylerockstar.livejournal.com]

You may like this blog: http://www.rgemonitor.com/blog/roubini

He's very intelligent on economic issues.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if "like" is the word I'd use.

"Nodding along in bitter, disgusted agreement" seems more akin to what I've just experienced.

I think it's only a matter of time before I'm going to have a nigh-Pavlovian response to projectile vomit on anyone I see holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal, merely as a self-defense strategy.

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We have bikini baristas at one of the shops here in Salem, OR somewhere.... I haven't been there but I think it is out by 12th and Belleview?