bills_fan

Yep. And lets not forget that the hedge funds/other secured creditors have investors that they have to answer to. If they took a worse deal than they could have gotten in bankruptcy, they would be subject to a myriad of investor lawsuits. I'm guessing the government did not offer to indemnify the secured creditors against any and all investor claims related to taking a bad deal on Chrysler debt. A lot is riding on the rulings of the bankruptcy judge here, I don't envy his position.

As I said back inS ept, the $700 bil was a bad, but very necessary idea. We were days away from a total collapse and that bill calmed the markets tremendously. I don't like it, but it was necessary. Agreed, that Rs blaming Ds is foolish.

Can you imagine the no huddle with the Bills D from 2004...that gambling, big-play D? That would have been something to see.

Love it.."droptastic"

Guess we're not going to have to worry too much about Obama's budget... http://www.businessinsider.com/quantitativ...ing-fail-2009-4 My advice is if you have not yet refi'd your house, do so right now.

And the infamous b.harami meltdown... Meltdown

I voted for Retatta, but will have to check out a couple I missed like the TraceyLee thread. We should link each of the classics in here, just for furture ease of reference. Retatta

Good. I'll hold you to that when the S&P is trading at 550 in October.

Rather have LeRoy Hill

RIP Linda. My prayers go out to the Wilson family.

I have friends working there (both on the Merrill side and on the BOA side). For the ML guys, they say its pretty poisonous and they feel pretty constrained. Many are leaving or looking to leave. On the BOA side, the people are happier, but nervous because of what TARP/Gov't/populist outrage will do to the company and bonuses. My advice is to learn all you can about the person you will be working for and as much as possible about the team you will be joining. That will make all the difference in the world as it relates to job experience. Good luck.

Per Rotoworld Apparently the guy can rush the QB, not sure what the injury issues are/were.

At least they don't have us taking a DB.

*cough* Jason Peters *cough*

Point taken. By conservative do you mean social conservative or fiscal conservative? Cause Bush spent like a drunken sailor, he was horrific to small gov't advocates. If you mean social conservative...well that will only further marginalize and regionalize the party and you will see very little gains in 2010. If the Republican party wants to turn it around they MUST embrace small gov't and balance the budget. That has to be their message; anything else is far too divisive. Many Republicans (except maybe the defense industry NeoCons), some Blue Dog Dems and a ton of Independents can agree on smaller gov't. Once the tax hikes from Obama hit, the Republicans will have a chance to position themselves as the party of lower taxes and smaller gov't. If they can draw off some Obama independents (due to the size of the tax increase and the profligate spending), they have a chance to make a comeback. Embracing social conservativism or NeoCon foreign policy will kill the party, IMHO.

Many on this board are not the "too far to the right" Republicans of whom you speak.

My thought as well, a party centered around fiscal conservatism and social liberalism, but well-funded enough to be taken seriously and begin winning seats in Dem territory.

Seriously, we really need to term limit these azzholes right out of office.

You've got to be kidding me...I'm no R (or D for that matter), but permitting one party to have the WH, House and filibuster-proof 60 in the Senate is a really bad idea. We turn our lonely eyes to the only entity left that can control Obama spending...the bond market.

Given our failure to upgrade WLB, sign him up!!

It was authorized by the WH. Specifically, the WH Military Officer Louis Caldera. His statement... "Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision," White House Military Office director Louis Caldera said. "While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, its clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused." Of course, this is the same Louis Caldera who served board of directors for IndyMac Bank from 2002 until its failure and subsequent seizure by the government in July 2008. In other words, he was there for the entire housing bubble while the bank destroyed itself. Apparently, the problem was that the WH informed certain agencies in the city and told the city if they made it public it would be a Federal crime. Working in Lower Manhattan for a large company, we get email messages all the time about various government operations/mass transit etc. If this email had been disseminated prior to 10 AM, noone would have cared or jumped. As it is, below is a copy of the email I received (note the time, after the flyover)... Here's a link to the Post story about what happened. Big communication fumble here. http://www.nypost.com/seven/04282009/news/...city_166544.htm

This story did not make much of a national ripple today (to my knowledge), but someone's head really needs to roll here. Not a very good idea to have a low flying jumbo jet across lower manhattan that looks like it is being chased by an F-16....no, not a good idea at all. The video of it... http://www.businessinsider.com/first-video...ne-video-2009-4

LT Jones LG Wood C Hamgartner RG Butler RT Walker with Levitre, Chambers, Simmons and Bell on the bench... me likely!

Care to share any experience of watching this guy firsthand?

Not Jonas (even for 8 games)?