Marcy Kaptur voted in OUR POLL today (you can too!). She chose C, No Bailout for Billionairz. Seriously, this might get really ugly. Kaptur’s mad as hell. We’ll see if she’s gonna take it anymore.
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From the monthly archives:
September 2008
The number of emails to Capitol Hill in the past 24 hours has crashed the system’s servers. Wow. I guess the electorate is paying attention now! Details here. How big was the outpouring of opposition that helped kill the bailout bill in the House of Representatives on Monday? Big enough to leave the House’s Web site with [...]
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via garychapelhill @ The Confluence. Copy, paste and email all your friends. Let’s make it viral! From: Henry Paulson [mailto:henrympaulson@gmail.com] Date: 9/30/2008 Subject: URGENT Dearest One Bright Greetings Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent and important business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry [...]
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THE WASHINGTON HILLBILLIES Come and listen to my story bout a man named Dodd refied his house but it seemed kinda odd saved eighty grand but he said he didn`t know law makers get a break cause they`re friends of Angelo Mozillo that is , CountryWide , Bad loans Well the first thing ya know [...]
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“Well, I think there are a whole host of areas where Republicans in some cases may have a better idea.Well, on issues of regulation. I think that back in the 60s and 70s a lot of the way we regulated industry was top-down command and control, we’re going to tell businesses exactly how to do [...]
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McClatchy gets it right: The failure of a proposed Wall Street bailout Monday underscored that America is suffering not just from a financial crisis, but also from a crisis of political leadership. “This has been a bad day for Washington and a bad day for American politics,” said Harold Ford, a former Democratic congressman [...]
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Dow down 728 with twenty-five minutes to the close 628 with four minutes to the close 777 points on Super Massive Black Monday. Biggest point drop in history. Let’s DANCE! Surprise! Bank stocks down. Gold stock up! NYSE Most Active Stocks | NASDAQ | AMEX Find Historical Data | WHAT’S THIS? Monday, September 29, 2008 – 3:19 pm ET [...]
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Biggest intra-day drop in Wall Street history. Wheeee!! I’m taking bets: Dow closes down 1000. “House leaders tried to scramble for more votes and FAILED!” Pelosi FAILED!
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UPDATE 2:05pm eastern: Arm Twisting Time! Will try to live blog it. Watch it live HERE.
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