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scsuscholars.com - 11/14/2008
If he was serious...
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...about this , Hank Paulson would be escorted from Washington by U.S. marshals. In a speech at the Manhattan Institute in New York before weekend talks among leaders from the Group of 20 nations, Bush said policy makers should resist the urge to meddle too much in markets as they seek to ...
mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008
Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double standard
— mediamatters.org — In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters... and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ... (more) Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely
— huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized... or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who ... (more) Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely

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chicagoboyz.net - 11/11/2008
Rehabilitating Bush
— chicagoboyz.net — Let the rehabilitation of Bush begin! For the past 8 years, the most strident and hysterical leftist... criticism of Bush has centered on his intelligence policies which leftist assured us arose purely out of a callous disregard for civil liberties and ... (more) Rehabilitating Bush

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Hot Air » Top Picks — ... by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under mandate of Congress.  The government created the meltdown in two stages: by incentivizing bad loans through massive Fannie/Freddie purchases, and by securitizing the bad loans with good ones in MBSs.  Since government created that toxicity, it had a responsibility to provide a specific antidote. As critics warned, though, once given that kind of power, government wouldn’t stop with toxic assets — and apparently won’t even bother with them now.  King Banaian has learned his lesson: I feel like Charlie Brown — I should have known that ...

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Bush On Financial Markets
hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com 11/13/2008 — At the Manhattan Institute in NYC today, President Bush discussed the financial crisis facing the nation and increasingly the world. He said the United States has taken "unprecedented steps" to secure the banks. And he cautioned that the crisis "did not develop overnight and will not be solved ...
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by Mark Silva President Bush, who will convene a summit of world leaders on the economic crisis with a dinner at the White House on Friday and meetings on Saturday, will spell out his goals today in an address to the Manhattan Institute at Federal Hall in New York. "This crisis did not ...