Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Market Meltdown: Thoughts on Shadows, Secrets, and Shells

By Karoli September 21, 2008 Bush Administration, Congress, Domestic Policy No Comments

After reading Francine Hardaway, Dave Winer and Steve Gillmor today, it occurs to me that we are not under any obligation to accept the Bush Administration’s claim that their way…

Stunning Coup Attempt of 2008: Right Here, Right Now

By Karoli September 20, 2008 Bush Administration, Congress, Domestic Policy No Comments

When I wrote about the bailout bill this morning two things happened. First, I was focused on the staggering, mind-numbing numbers. And second, even though intuition told me there would…

Merrill, Lehman, Bank of America: Financial Chaos?

By Karoli September 15, 2008 Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

With the news of Lehman’s frenzied courting of Barclay’s for a shotgun marriage, and the elopement of Merrill and Bank of America, everyone is nervous. On the Twitter stream, the…