Goldman, with it’s agent Henry Paulson, operating as Secretary of the Treasury and using the full power of the US government, eliminates competitors (Lehman and Merrill) and gets bailed out indirectly via AIG.  And now they are making “profits”?  This is crony capitalism in extremis.
Even the New York Times scorns these scoundrels, and amazingly, [...]

The associated article can be found here, however, this graph provides far more useful info than the article’s text.

This video speaks for itself and makes me proud to be an American.

I rarely agree with Robert Reich on anything, so i found myself shocked to be in complete agreement with this post regarding the long, slow climb we face in resurrecting the US economy,  Reich says
In a recession this deep, recovery doesn’t depend on investors. It depends on consumers who, after all, are 70 percent of [...]

Lots of articles commenting on the One and his socialist buddies, but the Michael Ramirez cartoon above sums it up succinctly.  Other commentary on the “coup” that wasn’t (Zelaya arrest by Honduran military) and the coup that almost was (Zelaya illegal referendum) includes:
Investors Business Daily – Banana Democrats
Wall Street Journal – Honduras Defends Its Democracy
The [...]