Today and yesterday saw major demonstrations on Wall Street. The NY Daily News, Reuters, Xinhau, Associated Press, and even the Tennessean all have stories. But Isvestia is silent. That is worse than dishonest. It is embarrassing.

Digby has Andrea Mitchell's latest embarassment:

Andrea Mitchell: It does go beyond rhetoric. He needs to engage the American people in this joint venture. That's part of the call. That's part of what he needs to accomplish in his spech and in the days following the speech. He needs to make people feel that this is their venture as well and that people are going to need to be more patient and have to contribute and that there will have to be some sacrifice.

Video at the Nightly Business Report Web Site

Investment News

The $700,000 billion financial services industry bailout plan has a critic in Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairwoman Sheila Bair, who said yesterday the initiative does not do enough to prevent Americans from losing their homes, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

At some point Versailles will work out that the well being of the big shots is connected to the well being of the little guys.