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  Recs: 2 Michael Lewis, on "The End" of a Wall St era |. http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-new s/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boo m This is an immensely entertaining, tragi-comic account of the mortgage sausage machine at Wall St, with references to Ivy Zelman and Meredith Whitney, and particularly centered on Steve Eisman and FrontPoint ...

quote: Well, McCain held his part of the bargain. I believe the "bargain" included restrictions on 527's, lobbyists, and other things which McCain obviously did not stop using. quote: . This link dispells the whole McCain megabucks from lobbyists idea. Which is irrelevant as he didn't eliminate lobbyist influence from his campaign nearly as much as Obama has... Please note ...

Social Orphan's babe: Alias L.K.T.: This election is probably the most important election weve had in many years. I can understand why many of you are so angry. President Bush and our Democratic Senate and Congress haven't served us well. Unfortunately our government was working for themselves. They were so busy fighting amongst each other that they forgot to take care of this country...

Cinderella: The reason McCain wanted to take the money directly to the homeowners is that there are really NO RESTRICTIONS on how these institutions will actually use this money they're being handed. And, no gaurantee the banks will loosen their credit belts either. McCain wanted to make sure that the victims of those sub-prime mortgages benefitted and not just the folks at AIG taking $...

McCain Attacks Wall Street Greed—While 83 Wall Street Lobbyists Work for His Campaign In the past few days, as the economic crisis has deepened, Senator John McCain has been decrying the excesses of Wall Street. At a campaign rally in Tampa on Tuesday, he vowed that he and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, if elected, "are going to put an end to the reckless conduct, corruption, and unbridled ...

Phil Anderson: American Council of Life Insurers, Aetna, AIG, New York Life, MassMutual, VISA Rebecca Anderson: Aegon, American Council of Life Insurers, Cigna, Barclays, Credit Suisse First Boston, HSBC Stanton Anderson: The Debt Exchange David Beightol: Allstate, Amerigroup, Charles Schwab, HSBC Rhonda Bentz: VISA Wayne Berman: American Council of Life Insurers, AIG, ...

Phil Anderson: American Council of Life Insurers, Aetna, AIG, New York Life, MassMutual, VISA Rebecca Anderson: Aegon, American Council of Life Insurers, Cigna, Barclays, Credit Suisse First Boston, HSBC Stanton Anderson: The Debt Exchange David Beightol: Allstate, Amerigroup, Charles Schwab, HSBC Rhonda Bentz: VISA Wayne Berman: American Council of Life Insurers, AIG, ...