... What a pathetic collection of cowards and scumbags. Bloomberg News: " "The Bush administration sought unchecked power from ... at worst criminals out to enrich themselves and their friends, and in the process of doing so are destroying the American economy which is quite different from what many others are saying, which is that it is deliberately being managed for certain planned outcomes stated ...

Bush confident bailout bill will stabilize economy - Los Angeles Times ( ---Quote--- *House rejects Wall Street bailout ... was 205 for and 228 against. The Dow falls about 500 points on the news.* By Richard Simon and James Gerstenzang, Los Angeles Times Staff ... a sharp downturn and leaving President Bush's plan to bailout the economy in doubt. *The vote was 205 in favor of the measure and 228 against. ...

With all the hoopla these days, it is very difficult to determine why our economy is tanking. Almost every news article, and certainly every political candidate, points the blame and tries to oversimplify the situation. FactCheck.org, a wonderful web site which debunks the spin in presidential candidate statements and advertisements, has a great summary in its [...]

... markets was the right thing to do. The following video is raw from Saturday morning in Washington DC. Speaking at a White House news conference with the visiting President of Colombia, Mr. Bush said his plan to use more than 500 billion federal dollars will help to stabilize the American economy.

... on risky mortgages and have, as a consequence lost their appetite to lend to anyone but the very safest of creditors. I guess their pain has secretly entertained us. We've all raised a smile at the news of unloved banks going under and laughed more openly at the sight of individual bankers and traders carrying their stuff home in boxes (I used to be one and even I struggled to shed too many tears ...

Unemployment: Another Crisisfor the American Economy?"The nation's unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 ... loaded words like "blizzard" and "propelled" for a straight news story, and thinks that's her job. But tossing around numbers ... McCain would be spending a lot of time worried about the economy and all these jobs that are being lost on their watch," the first-term Senator ...