Erupting Boils Of Rage And Pustules Of Righteousness, Coast To Coast
Rage is all the rage! Today we are all feeling rage at insurance AIG, which paid $165 million in bonuses to the people who ruined the company (and the world). [ AP ]
But will citizen rage eventually turn on President Obama, who keeps getting caught flat-footed by these duplicitous financial institutions? [ Washington Post ]
New York City is bucking the jobless trend with a lower-than-average unemployment rate. Maybe this is because New York City doesn't depend on a construction industry that erects 4500-square-foot stucco shacks in three weeks for subprime borrowers. [ New York Times ]
Maybe stress gave Don Imus cancer, in his prostate? [ ABC News ]
Avigdor Lieberman has joined Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition in Israel. He talks like a hawk but maybe he'll be pragmatic when it comes to the Palestinians, who knows. [ Wall Street Journal ]
You'll never guess who's thriving in the New Depression: bankruptcy software and services companies. [ Reuters ]