White House releases list of times it warned Congress to regulate Fanny and Freddy since 2001, including seven times this year alone. Barney Frank, the US Representative in charge of writing the bailout package along with his counterpart in the Senate Chris Dodd, has had a rather cozy relationship with Fanny and Freddy . . . and by cozy I mean an executive of Fanny Mae was his lover (and he received $40,100 in campaign contributions from them). In 2003, thrilled that they had started buying sub-prime loans, Frank said, “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have played a very useful…
Hopefully not me, yet, but no hard numbers so far. The e-mail said mentioned 150 surplus pilots and offered voluntarily leave of absence to anyone who wants it. There are 189 pilots below me, so I should be okay for another week, but who knows. I suspect it’s simply a matter of time before I’m looking for another job. Anyone need a pilot?
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Wow. So, there’s a real chance that if elected, McCain might die in the next 4 years, and this is the woman he’s picked??? It’s not like Couric was asking really tough questions here, or even surprising questions. I’ll just go ahead and toss in (in case you missed it) Letterman’s bewilderment at McCain calling him on the phone to say that he was rushing back to Washington, so he couldn’t be on the show. Which turned out to be an out and out lie, since he was actually next door doing his interview with Couric. All I can say…