Posts Tagged ‘economy’

Cheney’s invisible hand strikes again

September 19, 2008

Just when you thought he’d retreated to his permanent “undisclosed location,” our favorite neocon strikes again.

“The Bush administration sketched out a multi-faceted effort on Friday to confront the worst U.S. financial crisis in decades, outlining a program that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to buy up bad mortgages and other toxic debt. Relief washed over Wall Street with a surge of buying.

“The administration is asking Congress to give it sweeping new powers to execute the plan. ”

Torturing suspects, starting wars for profit, ignoring subpoenas, refusing to testify, claiming executive privilege, hiding documents, e-mails, memos, faxes….

Hasn’t this guy done enough? No matter who wins the election, Jan. 20, 2009 can’t get here quick enough.