binge

- pretty soon we're talking about real money!

Treasury Secretary Paulson now says they won't use the $700 billion blank check from taxpayers to buy up bad mortgages and get them off the books of failing banks, and instead will buy equity and encourage them to use the cash to start lending again.

Treasury Secretary Paulson now says they won't use the $700 billion blank check from taxpayers to buy up bad mortgages and get them off the books of failing banks, and instead will buy equity and encourage them to use the cash to start lending again.

Ok, perhaps Sarah Palin does have one redeeming quality:

The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.

Robert Reich on the spending habits of the average American:

It will be felt long after he is gone:

The focus right now – and probably for many months to come – is the bailout binge aimed at saving our financial system. All told, the government will likely put more than $1 trillion on the line (with hope the money will be recouped down the road).

Enclave shouts hypocrisy:

Sean Braisted posts the list of Nashvillians who signed Eric Crafton's petition to try to put his failed English Only initiative on the November ballot. To paraphrase a line from Schindler's List: this list ain't life; this list is strife.

Every day that the presidential campaigns stumble along, it becomes clearer to me that we're not likely to hear/see substantive debate on national issues. The internet may become THE place where positions and details see daylight and as long as the mainstream media continues to binge on sound bites, that isn't likely to change.

Every day that the presidential campaigns stumble along, it becomes clearer to me that we're not likely to hear/see substantive debate on national issues. The internet may become THE place where positions and details see daylight and, as long as the mainstream media continues to binge on sound bites, that isn't likely to change.