Comments on: Stock market drops 107 points during Bush’s speech on the economy.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:34:49 +0000

22. Frosty Cupcake, I can’t remember the amount, but your point is well taken.

Not to mention, it used to be 85 cents to the Euro. Now its something like $ 1.50 for a Euro.

Honor and Dignity to the Whitehouse !

By: Keith H.

Keith H. — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:01:55 +0000

That’s right georgie, your sick a$$ better be looking for a place to hide.
Because I can guarantee you that this is a situation where you can’t hide behind your fu[king war on terrah bull$hit.
The people will be coming for you, long after you’re no longer the paper mache president.

By: Strangely Enough

Strangely Enough — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:50:21 +0000

Shouldn’t Bush be taking one of his interminable vacations? For once, it might do some good.

By: Buckie Boy

Buckie Boy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:01:53 +0000

Well, I dropped my pants and mooned the a$$wipe….he’s gonna fix it my butt, what exactly has this moron ever fixed (besides the elections)?

By: McWars

McWars — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:52:50 +0000

I’m so sorry Marie, I hope your son can find a way out of this mess. This shouldn’t be happening to the American family in 2008.

By: Uncle Ho

Uncle Ho — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:39:47 +0000

clusterphuckTim: FLAGGED AGAIN!

By: Frosty Cupcake

Frosty Cupcake — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:11:44 +0000

Kay Says:

Gas was $1.54 when the Chymp the stole Election #1

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Thanks, Kay.

By: Klem Kiddilehopper

Klem Kiddilehopper — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:10:01 +0000

Just think how bad it really could be,if we didn’t have a president with a MBA!

By: DallasNE

DallasNE — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:04:28 +0000

The other day the same thing happened when McCain spoke. That day Obama spoke a few minutes later and the market made a full recovery of the McCain loss. (The next day it started getting hammered again though).

By: impeachcheneythenbush

impeachcheneythenbush — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:59:30 +0000

CageyCretin Says:

Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:

Excellent list, to which I would like to have added: Remove all laws and regulations supporting “corporate personhood”.

Absolutely. Here’s an interesting article about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood_debate

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:57:33 +0000

Thanks for the sentiments, RUC and impeachcheney, I know our family is not alone — we have joined the ranks of millions of others.

By: krazeeinjun

krazeeinjun — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:55:39 +0000

“Stock market drops 107 points during Bush’s speech on the economy.”

You think that’s bad? While I was watching Commander McBragg’s speech I heard a scratching sound. I looked behind me and the family cat was in the process of taking a magnificent dump in his litter box while staring at the prezerdent on the big screen. That pretty much summed it all up for me.

Just saying . . .

By: misshusseinmolly

misshusseinmolly — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:41:28 +0000

Bush might have had a better time of it had he not squandered every single last bit of trust the American people ever had in him. Now, nobody believes a word he says, and he has nobody to blame but himself.

Just toss this disaster onto the legacy pile with the other trash…

By: impeachcheneythenbush

impeachcheneythenbush — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:37:38 +0000

My son lost his job today – closed their doors, no warning.
Two kids, house and car payments. Thanks, George.

Marie – I’m so sorry! How completely devastating. My prayers are with them, for sure.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:37:31 +0000

I want to see a feature article on the mood around the White House these days.

I don’t normally revel in another’s misery, but Bush has so richly earned his, and seasoned it so vulgarly with his “with us or agin’ us” arrogance, that this moment of the man coming face-to-face with the sheer scale of his failure is truly Shakespearean.

By: bigeugene

bigeugene — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:27:07 +0000

Bush, go to your ranch in TX and remain irrelevant there already!

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:25:34 +0000

If the issue is bank recapitalization, that means new owners come out much rosier than old. Guess who wants to be a new owner? The Carlyle Group.

Co-founder David Rubenstein is interviewed on the CFR website. He closes with:

Nobody is immune from the laws of gravity, and private equity will have its problems as well, but by and large the private equity firms are probably going to emerge from this far stronger than many of the other kinds of economic engines of our society.

Taxpayers are clearing the deck for Carlyle & Co. to ride in, take positions, and profit mightily.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:25:03 +0000

Once upon a time in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them.
The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, they became harder to catch, so the villagers stopped their effort.
The man then announced that he would now pay $20 for each one. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. But soon the supply diminished even further and they were ever harder to catch, so people started going back to their farms and forgot about monkey catching.
The man increased his price to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so sparse that it was an effort to even see a monkey, much less catch one.
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys for $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.
While the man was away the assistant told the villagers. ‘Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has bought. I will sell them to you at $35 each and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.’
The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys. They never saw the man nor his assistant again and once again there were monkeys everywhere.

Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works.

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:24:43 +0000

This 8 year hangover is going to hurt on 1/21/09 like hell.

By: CageyCretin

CageyCretin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:24:25 +0000

Bush says, “This is an anxious time,” (and thinks: “doggone right it’s anxious. I have to talk for almost 10 minutes AND no alcohol until I’m done. I think my toes are shaking. God, I need a drink….”)

Bush contiues, “But the American people can be confident in our economic future.” (”Of course I mean OUR economic future — me, Cheney, Rummy, our oil buddies, the Bin Laden family, etc. … you know, the only “Us” that matters….. God, I need a drink…. and a little snort would be dandy…”)