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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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  1. CREDIT CARDHOLDERS' BILL OF RIGHTS

    Oct 10, 2008

    It's hard to feel much love for bankers, but they're sure not helping themselves right now. Even as they've been clammoring for a massive bailout from you and me, they've been lobbying furiously in Washington to kill a

    Tagged: corporate responsibility

  2. WALL STREET'S BANK ROBBERS

    Oct 9, 2008

    Willie Sutton, who said he robbed banks because "That's where the money is," had nothing on Richard Fuld. He's the Wall Street whiz who headed Lehman Brothers and moved the company heavily into gimmicky investment

    Tagged: corporate greed

  3. BUCKING WALL STREET

    Oct 8, 2008

    In a plaintive plea to get his rebellious house colleagues to vote for the establishment's Wall Street bailout bill, Rep. Spencer Bachus wailed that, "There are no other alternatives, no other choices." Sheesh, sir

    Tagged: common good

  4. MCAIN'S "LEADERSHIP ROLE" ON BAILOUT

    Oct 7, 2008

    Drum majors do less strutting than John McCain did during the Washington negotiations over the infamous Wall Street bailout. And drum majors at least lead the band down the field; McCain, on the other hand, was

    Tagged: republicans

  5. BUSH IS DUCKING HIS PRESIDENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY

    Oct 6, 2008

    Where's George? You know... George W, the guy who's supposed to be president, the one who calls himself "The Decider"? Here we are in the midst of a financial meltdown that Wall Street, the media, the Congress, and

    Tagged: common good