Ha. And to think I tried to warn about pissing away our negotiating power with camp Obama and some of my betters here at Corrente (and the real world) had nothing but contempt and condescension for me.

helped write the Paulson Fix (Is In), per what he has been told by insiders. That the purported precautions were written in a way to make it easy for Treasury and the Merry Banksters to avoid following them.

Gee, I think that's predicted here and elsewhere.

...but what about America’s small businesses? We look into how the bailout bill could affect small business owners in the U.S. if it passes. Lloyd Chapman is president of the American Small Business League. WNYC intro

Chapman says he is not big fan of this bill. He says he's learned that whenever Congress tries to pass a bill quickly it's something they don't want the public to look at too closely. {We've all learned that--except for the Dems.) Disgusted WH is trying to cram this down our throats. End of segment--I came in at the very end.

Of course, Obama is right there noodling the legislative goose, cramming it down reluctant Dems' throats. Get ready for another BOHICA.

Obama-BOHICA. BOHICA-Obama. I feel a song coming on....

I don't think I've witnessed Obama come out as firmly for anything prior to his public and private work on behalf of the Obama-Bush Paulson Fix. Have any of you seen him be this passionate and proactive on anything else? Except winning the nomination?

Podcast will be available later today.

I feel another song coming on--"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." Would that we could.

You've got Iraq on one end and the manufactured Crisis of 2008 on the other end. If I didn't know any better, I'd think Bush was trying to speed towards the title of Worst President E V A H.