Comments on: Straight Talk From Richard Shelby http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:01:53 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643296 MarkH Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:23:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643296 <blockquote><p>McCain/Ponzi ‘08</p></blockquote> <p>Palin/McCain and their Treasury Secretary Mr. Ponzi</p>

McCain/Ponzi ‘08

Palin/McCain and their Treasury Secretary Mr. Ponzi

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643295 MarkH Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:20:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643295 <blockquote><p>Short selling proscription is just on financial stocks.</p></blockquote> <p>Around the world a bunch of markets are instituting the no-short-sell ban.<br /> Egypt is an exception. They’re instituting the short sell just now for the first time.</p> <p>What are all these people thinking? Banning the short sell just makes a crash worse.</p>

Short selling proscription is just on financial stocks.

Around the world a bunch of markets are instituting the no-short-sell ban.
Egypt is an exception. They’re instituting the short sell just now for the first time.

What are all these people thinking? Banning the short sell just makes a crash worse.

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643160 bluebutterfly Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:02:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643160 <p>D.B.Cooper jumped…<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper" rel="nofollow">http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper</a></p> D.B.Cooper jumped…http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

]]> By: neurophius http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643122 neurophius Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:28:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643122 <p><a href="http://digg.com/world_news/Straight_Talk_From_Richard_Shelby" rel="nofollow">Dugg it</a> for Teddy!</p> Dugg it for Teddy!

]]> By: john in sacramento http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643119 john in sacramento Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:27:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643119 <p>I’m thinking of it as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out_(The_Sopranos_episode)#Title_reference" rel="nofollow">a bust out</a></i>. And rolling is good. Or as <a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/09/why-you-should-hate-treasury-bailout.html" rel="nofollow">a cap not a ceiling</a></p> <blockquote><p>And mind you, $700 billion is not the maximum that the Treasury may spend, it’s the ceiling on the outstandings at any one time. It’s a balance sheet number, not an expenditure limit.</p></blockquote> I’m thinking of it as a bust out. And rolling is good. Or as a cap not a ceiling

And mind you, $700 billion is not the maximum that the Treasury may spend, it’s the ceiling on the outstandings at any one time. It’s a balance sheet number, not an expenditure limit.

]]> By: john in sacramento http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643111 john in sacramento Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:21:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643111 <p>More on the <i>first</i> <b>1.8 TRILLION</b> <a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-congress-intends-to-waste-18.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></p> More on the first 1.8 TRILLION here

]]> By: brendanx http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643059 brendanx Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:54:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643059 <blockquote><p>Can Paulson tell us his plan won’t need more money?</p></blockquote> <p>Paulson already has. It’s a <em>rolling</em> $700 billion.</p>

Can Paulson tell us his plan won’t need more money?

Paulson already has. It’s a rolling $700 billion.

]]> By: brendanx http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643058 brendanx Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:53:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643058 <blockquote><p>Can Paulson tell us his plan won’t need more money?</p></blockquote>

Can Paulson tell us his plan won’t need more money?

]]> By: brendanx http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643054 brendanx Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:52:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1643054 <p>Shelby was one of the eight who voted against Gramm-Leach-Bliley’s final version, though I’m not sure he voted against the Senate bill.</p> Shelby was one of the eight who voted against Gramm-Leach-Bliley’s final version, though I’m not sure he voted against the Senate bill.

]]> By: Primrose http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1642960 Primrose Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:20:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/22/straight-talk-from-richard-shelby/#comment-1642960 <p>That’s a lower bar than even the one that was set for Bush.</p> That’s a lower bar than even the one that was set for Bush.

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