Bingo we have a winner:toast:
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Great day for the country and the world with hopes of climbing out of eight years of dark predation by military religious corporates. Obama's speech was terrific. I liked Rev Lowery's benediction speech. I also thought L and W Bush were gracious under tough circumstances so hats off and best wishes to them too.
Curious if you liked this piece of the Good Reverend's benediction?
'we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around, when the yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right'
Actually that was the best part of his benediction. This was a man who stood beside ML King against firehose Alabama Georgia Mississippi teeth slashing dogs. I heard laughter and appreciation connecting his older generation words to our present generation. Too bad if you missed the connection.
Dow Drops Below 8,000 on Fresh Fears About Banks
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- New doubts about the health of major banks triggered sharp losses on Wall Street Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average shedding 4 percent and the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 stock index plunging more than 5 percent.
Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Citigroup fell to fresh lows, leading the Dow down 332 points to 7949 points, its worst closing level since Nov. 20.
The S&P 500 lost 45 points to close at 805 points, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq ended 88 points lower at 1441 points.
"The problem is first and foremost in the financial sector and it's spreading out in all other manners," said Richard Cripps, chief investment officer at Stifel Nicolaus in Baltimore. "It's just hard to think about trying to own stocks if we can't get the banking system on some kind of solid footing, and it seems to be on anything but that at the moment."
The Royal Bank of Scotland moved a step closer toward full government control in Britain over the weekend, renewing worries about the stability of banks around the globe. Meanwhile, State Street, the largest money manager for institutional investors such as pensions and mutual funds, jolted the market when it said paper losses on bond investments had climbed from $3.3 billion on Sept. 30 to $6.3 billion at the end of December.
Washington Post.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 -- New doubts about the health of major banks triggered sharp losses on Wall Street Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average shedding 4 percent and the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor's 500 stock index plunging more than 5 percent.
Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Citigroup fell to fresh lows, leading the Dow down 332 points to 7949 points, its worst closing level since Nov. 20.
The S&P 500 lost 45 points to close at 805 points, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq ended 88 points lower at 1441 points.
"The problem is first and foremost in the financial sector and it's spreading out in all other manners," said Richard Cripps, chief investment officer at Stifel Nicolaus in Baltimore. "It's just hard to think about trying to own stocks if we can't get the banking system on some kind of solid footing, and it seems to be on anything but that at the moment."
The Royal Bank of Scotland moved a step closer toward full government control in Britain over the weekend, renewing worries about the stability of banks around the globe. Meanwhile, State Street, the largest money manager for institutional investors such as pensions and mutual funds, jolted the market when it said paper losses on bond investments had climbed from $3.3 billion on Sept. 30 to $6.3 billion at the end of December.
Washington Post.
I agree 100%....Bush had a tough 8 years and I dont think any other president cold have done better:toast:
Mickey Rourke defends George W Bush over 9/11
Mickey Rourke has expressed sympathy with President George W Bush's predicament in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, saying he does not know "how anyone could have handled" the situation.
The Hollywood actor, who is enjoying a career resurgence with his new film, The Wrestler, for which he won a Golden Globe on Sunday, also said it was "too easy" to blame Mr Bush for a host of global issues including terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism.
Unlike many of his Hollywood peers, who are vocal supporters of President Elect Barack Obama, Rourke said he had not followed last year's historic election battle between Mr Obama and John McCain.
Instead he spoke up for Mr Bush, who with just days of his presidency left, has the lowest approval rating since Richard Nixon resigned in 1974.
Rourke urged people to consider the pressures Mr Bush was under after the 2001 terror attacks and in the early days of the War on Terror.
"President Bush was in the wrong place at the wrong time, I don't know how anyone could have handled this situation," the actor said in an interview with GQ magazine.
"I don't give a ---- who's in office, Bush or whoever, there is no simple solution to this problem... I'm not one of those who blames Bush for everything. This ---- between Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it." He added: "It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do."
The actor also told the magazine he was surprised at Britain's approach to fundamentalists and the freedom of speech in the UK.
"I was in London recently and I couldn't believe all these hate-talking fanatics you have over here who are allowed to carry on doing their thing even when a bus full of women and children gets blown to pieces."
What a cheap excuse. He coulda started by thinking things through instead of just simply pulling the trigger. Bush and his cronies were so fuckin blinded by Cheney's hard on for world domination and to get his Haliburton contracts running we ended up going to war with the wrong fucking country.
So you mean to tell me Roosevelt was in the wrong place when got blindsided by the Japanese?? LOL!!! That's almost as lame as the bullshit job Bushies were selling about us not being attacked since 9/11.
Getthefuckouttahere with that crap.
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