Chuckleheads

As the Bush administration ever so slowly winds down, Vice President Dick Cheney has begun to practice for his new career as a stand up comedian. Last week, Cheney told the media that nobody saw the financial meltdown coming. Jeez, Dick. What with spending $12 billion a month on two illegal, immoral wars; giving multi-millionaires generous tax breaks; handing over $100 billion dollars to shyster contractors for the rebuilding of Iraq; a $700 bill bail out package for the rich and powerful Wall Street greedmeisters, even the dumbest could see it coming a mile away. Nice try.

The only problem, Dick, is that you’ve got to learn to smile if you’re going to do stand up.

written by Deb Della Piana \\ tags: bail out, Cheney, economy, financial-crisis, financial-meltdown, hypocrisy, lies, most-dangerous-vp-in-history

It was revealed today that Hank Paulson lied on national television (surprise!) when he said that he deliberately left oversight out of his Wall Street bail out request. He assumed that the Congress would assign that. The reality is that Hank Paulson and his boss, imperial leader George W. Bush, stipulated that there would be no oversight from the courts or Congress. Hey, he learned from the best. If that isn’t enough to freak you out, a spokesperson for Mr. Paulson admitted that the $700 billion figure is meaningless. They just needed to pick a “really big number.”

written by Deb Della Piana \\ tags: bail out, Bush, Hank Paulson, Wall Street