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"The country runs better with a good looking man in the White House. I mean, look what happened with Nixon; no one wanted to fuck him, so he fucked everyone." --Samantha, Sex and the City

Ganked from Shakesville.

From an article in the Wall Street Journal, which I strongly recommend reading in full (it's not behind the subscriber wall) about how the administration's approach to Wall Street has reportedly changed (emphasis mine):

Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his colleagues worked the phones to try to line up support on Wall Street for the plan announced Monday. ... Some bankers say they turned the conversations into complaints about the antibonus crusade consuming Capitol Hill. Some have begun "slow-walking" the information previously sought by Treasury for stress-testing financial institutions, three bankers say, and considered seeking capital from hedge funds and private-equity funds so they could return federal bailout money, thereby escaping federal restrictions.

...Bankers were shell-shocked, especially when Congress moved to heavily tax bonuses. When administration officials began calling them to talk about the next phase of the bailout, the bankers turned the tables. They used the calls to lobby against the antibonus legislation, Wall Street executives say. Several big firms called Treasury and White House officials to urge a more reasonable approach, both sides say. The banks' message: If you want our help to get credit flowing again to consumers and businesses, stop the rush to penalize our bonuses.

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/03/galling.html

Damn Good Read.

( Her post is repeated inside the cut )

Ganked from auryn29a...

And now the song is stuck in my head!

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Tweets for Thursday 2 October 2008. ( Read more... )

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As seen on a friend's journal: "Why I'm voting Republican."

QOTD: "To be fair, the odds that a senior member of this administration will get beaten to death with a dozen or so vets weilding prosthetic limbs increases every day." --SayItWithWookies, commenting on Wonkette

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"When I see the prices that whores involved with politicians have set, it makes me want to go visit my statehouse." --Madaloon, commenting on a recent Wonkette post

Rachel Maddow's Campaign Asylum: Hookers Hookers Everywhere!

I think I love this woman. In a purely nonsexual way, of course. Not that there's anything wrong with that! :-)