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Best of the Meltdown Comments
directorblue.blogspot.com - 3/8/2009
Best of the Meltdown Comments
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Three comments from Friday's Meltdown post, which described the catastrophic effects of Democratic interference in the banking system, are worth recapping here. First, the brilliance of "Shelly T":Nope. It definitely was George Bushj's fault. It was 90% the Bush administration's fault -- as he ...
Meltdown
directorblue.blogspot.com - 3/7/2009
Meltdown
— directorblue.blogspot.com — This is the private switching system, utilized by the Federal Reserve, that performs electronic financial transfers.This is... the vault that holds sixty billion of the taxpayers' dollars, which moved to an account owned by American International Group (AIG).This is troubled insurance giant AIG, a ... (more) Meltdown

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Is Obama responsible for Wall Street's meltdown?
salon.com - 3/5/2009
Is Obama responsible for Wall Street's meltdown?
— salon.com — March 5, 2009 | Is Obama responsible for the meltdown of the Dow? The consistently wrongheaded Wall... Street Journal's editorial page says so, as does Republican Fox News, CNN's reliably demagogic Lou Dobbs, and now CNBC (where, full disclosure, I ... (more) Is Obama responsible for Wall Street's meltdown?

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/5/2009
Is Obama Responsible for Wall Street's Meltdown? Where Populist Rage is Heading
— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — Is Obama responsible for the meltdown of the Dow? The consistently wrong-headed Wall Street Journal's editorial page... says so, as does Republican Fox News, CNN's reliably demagogic Lou Dobbs, and now CNBC (where, full disclosure, I frequently appear ... (more) Is Obama Responsible for Wall Street's Meltdown? Where ...

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