Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:43PM

the graph doesn't go straight down when I tilt my head...

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:45PM

1 How could he be stupid? He went to Yale and HBS.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:48PM

@3

LEGACY! Thanks grand-daddy and daddy!

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:51PM

Dow up 400... cry wolf babies..

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:52PM

how many bunker-busters will it take to get the economy to cooperate. hmmm, carry the 1...

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:52PM

OK. Enough with the W.-knocking. I don't like him much, but he didn't cause this fuckfest...you could argue Clinton administration and "affordable housing push for people who could never afford homes in the first place" policy decisions did.

I don't even like W. but this post is what's wrong with 80% of Americans who think this is just a Wall Street problem created by the Republicans.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:54PM

this is Greenspan's problem

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:55PM

@7 The is a Wall Street problem created by republicans.

The Guy From Dellawhere.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:56PM

After nailing yesterday's bottom, financialtraders.blogspot.com has just issued a call to take the profits with NDX (nasdaq-100) at 1580. 80 NDX profits in less than 5 hours of trading!

http://financialtraders.blogspot.com/2008/09/nq-qqqq-ndx-qid-stock-trading-profit.html

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:58PM

Dear Mr. Ben Bernanke:

Your housing bailout bill is a travesty. You are forcing the American taxpayer to pay $700 billion dollars to wealthy wall street bankers who made risky, highly speculative, over-leveraged investments. These bankers need to be put in jail for violating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, not rewarded with taxpayer dollars. You were hired to defend the US dollar not destroy it by recklessly lending to speculators on Wall Street. You need to wise up and come out against this bill.

Yours,
The American Taxpayer

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 2:59PM

EP and Bess both suck, go blog for the ACLU or some $hit...

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:02PM

@13- bess didn't post this, genioso

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:03PM

bring back Carney

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:07PM

Yeah, I agree with some posters that the outright hate for Bess is over the top, but give me a break. It is fine that you are liberal, you are an NYC journalist who went to Amherst(?), but it is stuff like this that just makes you both look incompetent. I am fine with political discussion and hate both ways for humors sake, but your liberal bias is coming out no matter how much you tell yourself it isn't. Great job lately, but can we cut back on this crap.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:07PM

14 - note the word BOTH. "Genioso" isn't even English, are you a foreigner? Go back to the 3rd world and help improve your country before you talk about the USA.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:07PM

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Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:08PM

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Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:09PM

@ 12, go look up the definition of "Narrative Fallacy."
You are a simpleton.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:32PM

Greenspan didn't close the window. He let the stank out!

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:35PM

"Go back to the 3rd world and help improve your country before you talk about the USA."

We're headed there mate, won't have to go anywhere.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 3:46PM

@7, actually Bush wall all about the "Great Ownership" society and championed along with Congress policies to facilitate loans to the poors...i blame 1. Greenspan, 2. Bush, 3. Poors

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:21PM

@21 You cynicaly root for a bailout because it will personally benefit you. The reality is with the bailout bill as currently written you will be creating a moral hazard of more speculative lending and greater inflation. We need to defend the dollar and drive out the speculators. Sarbanes-Oxley manadates that these bankers tell the truth. They failed and now these bankers must go to jail.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:23PM

@19-20 and now, with comments?

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:26PM

@17 said, "Yeah, I agree with some posters that the outright hate for Bess is over the top, but give me a break. It is fine that you are liberal, you are an NYC journalist who went to Amherst(?), but it is stuff like this that just makes you both look incompetent. I am fine with political discussion and hate both ways for humors sake, but your liberal bias is coming out no matter how much you tell yourself it isn't. Great job lately, but can we cut back on this crap."

are you a moron? or just blind. bess didn't do this post, EP did.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:27PM

the amount of people on this site who can't read a simple byline is astounding.

Posted by guest , Sep 30, 2008 5:52PM

Re: 12

Ben Bernanke responded to my e-mail:
Dear Mr. X:

Thank you for your thoughtful correspondence to Chairman Bernanke and for your suggestions for relieving the current strains on the U.S. financial system. Healthy economic growth depends on well-functioning financial markets. Consequently, helping the financial markets to return to more normal functioning will continue to be a top priority of the Federal Reserve. Again, we thank you for sharing your ideas. Please be assured that the Federal Reserve is working diligently to find and implement the best and most sustainable solutions to the current economic challenges. Sincerely, JPDBoard Staff