American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Well, thank goodness

At least someone in DC is feeling the pressure. While trying to fool everyone in to thinking the bill is urgent, and regardless of how the market reacted, it’s a good thing congress will be spending some more time to make sure the U.S. taxpayers don’t give cash to those who least deserve it.

Goldengrove unleaving

Paulson are you aching
Over Laissez-Faire’s unmaking?
Risk, like useless VAR, you
Can’t your job prepare for, can you?
Ah! as the task grows bolder
It will gray your baldness older
By and by, nor spare your eye
Though worlds of shattered markets lie;
And yet you will weep and know why.
Now no matter, Hank, the game:
Market’s failings are the same.
Nor trade, no [...]

Wall Street’s attack dog mentality

When a person trains an attack dog, the way it is done is to prod the dog into attacking countless times and each time allowing the dog to win. The result of this is a dog that thinks that he cannot lose a fight. Given that attitude, and the aggressive nature of the [...]

Don’t you know what stat means?

Palin dumber than bricks

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