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Instapundit:
To test Nancy Pelosi’s hypothesis that after eight years of President Bush the economy is in far worse shape than it was under President Clinton at a time of “budget surpluses,” I went to Lending Tree to see what kind of mortgage terms I could get to buy my first home today. . . .
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From the youtube page:
Sing for Change chronicles a recent Sunday afternoon, when 22 children, ages 5-12, gathered to sing original songs in the belief that their singing would lift up our communities for the coming election. Light, hope, courage and love shine through these nonvoting children who believe that their very best contribution to the […]

At first glance, it looks like Obama has a good idea.
Adopting a proposal backed by some House Republicans, he wants to hike the FDIC insurance limits from $100,000 to $250,000, which would, presumably, restore faith in banks while giving small business owners a place to park their cash.
There are just two problems. First, McCain beat […]

I got chided over at Hot Air by somebody who claimed the “facts” have been out there for two weeks, and I just wasn’t paying attention.
Sorry, but no, they have not. Where are the economic analyses balancing a bailout against none? I’ll tell you where they are: Nobody has bothered to do any.
Pardon my skepticism, […]

I forgot something I needed for one of those errands, so here in a little while, I’m going to have to go back downtown. Duh.

Off to mail those Congress critter letters, and do another errand.

I’m sending this to Peterson, Specter, and Casey today.
It seems imprudent to rush a bailout bill. There have been no committee hearings, and as far as I have been able to tell, very little data. Forbes reported this week that, “’It’s not based on any particular data point,’ a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. ‘We […]