Playing chicken with 3 million jobs

The ruse just might work because the Bush administration has established a pattern of responding to the troubled economy by throwing tens of billions of dollars at large banks without asking how the taxpayer’s money will be spent.

The Fat Man Skips Lunch

It seems that Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has responded to the financial crisis by sacrificing his own bonus as a gesture of solidarity to the millions of taxpayers who bailed out his employer.
Goldman Sachs, which received a $10 billion from through the troubled relief asset program this quarter, hit a public relations quagmire [...]

Cartoon Network Terrorizes Beantown

Boston officials succeeded in wasting millions of dollars and bringing their city a halt yesterday after police received tips of several unidentified devices planted throughout the city.