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Bailout Politics
Nothing could more painfully demonstrate what is wrong with Congress than the current financial crisis.
Among the Congressional "leaders" invited to the White House to devise a bailout "solution" are the very people who have for years created the risks that have now come home to roost.
Five years ago, Barney Frank vouched for the "soundness" of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and said "I do not see" any "possibility of serious financial losses to the treasury."
Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/bailout_politics.html
Penny-wise Politics
Congress is never more ridiculous than when it tries to look like it is serious.
In the midst of a major national financial crisis, what was one of the first things Congress zeroed in on? The pay of Chief Executive Officers of financial institutions.
If all those CEOs agreed to work for nothing, that would not be enough to lower the bailout money by one percent. Anyone who was really serious would start with the 99 percent and let the one percent come later, if at all.
Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/pennywise_politics.html
ACORN, Obama, and the Mortgage Mess
The financial markets were teetering on the edge of an abyss last week. The secretary of the Treasury was literally on his knees begging the speaker of the House not to sabotage the bailout bill. The crash of falling banks made the earth tremble. The Republican presidential candidate suspended his campaign to deal with the crisis. And amid all this, the Democrats in Congress managed to find time to slip language into the bailout legislation that would provide a dandy little slush fund for ACORN.
ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, a busy hive of left-wing agitation and "direct action" that claims chapters in 50 cities and 100,000 dues-paying members. ACORN is where Sixties leftovers who couldn't get tenure at universities wound up. That the bill-writing Democrats remembered their pet clients during such an emergency speaks volumes. This attempted gift to ACORN (stripped out of the bill after outraged howls from Republicans) demonstrates how little Democrats understand about what caused the mess we're in.
Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/acorn_obama_and_the_mortgage_m.html
The Long Reach of a Depression
It comforts me that Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and an architect of the financial bailout plan the House rejected Monday, is a specialist in the Great Depression. This, of course, was the economic calamity that beset the United States from 1929 to about 1942 and ended only when America went to war. What stopped the Depression was a worldwide bloodbath.
Anyone who knows the history of those awful times has to be chastened. The Depression was not, after all, simply an economic crisis. It was also a political and cultural one. It contributed to the rise of totalitarian movements abroad -- both in Europe and Japan -- and some pretty ugly political movements here as well. These things are hard to measure, but American democracy's closest call probably came during the Great Depression.
Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/the_long_reach_of_a_depression.html
Palin Still a Mystifying Choice
WASHINGTON -- Forget Joe Biden. I'd like to see John McCain debate Sarah Palin.
McCain's scorn for Barack Obama was on unrestrained display in Friday night's debate. How dare this impudent whippersnapper imagine he can be president, you could almost see McCain thinking. I'm the one who's racked up the frequent flier miles to Waziristan! Henry Kissinger and I were BFFs when Obama was glued to "The Brady Bunch"!
Original: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/palin_still_a_mystifying_choic.html
Chuck Checks In: Chicago | September 29, 2008
Chuck Swirsky follows up on the news that Ben Gordon is expected to sign a one-year qualifying offer as Vinny Del Negro and the Bulls prepare to get to work in training camp this week.
Original: http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/swirsky_080929.html?rss=true
Luvabulls travel around the world for NBA Madness
The Chicago Luvabulls recently took their show on the road, spending time in Hong Kong for NBA Madness.
Original: http://www.nba.com/bulls/dance/luvabulls_hongkong_0809.html?rss=true
Subscribe to the Luvabulls e-newsletter!
The Chicago Luvabulls e-newsletter, set to debut in October with the start of the 2008.09 season, will be sent once a month and include blog updates, dance tips, question and answer sessions, news and video.
Original: http://www.nba.com/bulls/dance/luvabulls_enewsletter.html?rss=true
Chuck Checks In: Chicago | September 22, 2008
With the start of training camp one week away, Chuck Swirsky says Vinny Del Negro and his staff and ready to go, and shares some news on a current member of the Bulls getting his college number retired.
Original: http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/swirsky_080922.html?rss=true
Bulls name four to Basketball Operations staff
The Chicago Bulls have announced the appointment of four individuals to its Basketball Operations staff, including Dave Severns, Jeff Tanaka, Justin Zormelo and Joshua Bonhotal.
Original: http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/staff_080923.html?rss=true
Best Practices: Opportunities to OPTIMIZE and IMPROVE HF Care
This review of both the OPTIMIZE-HF and IMPROVE HF registries of in- and outpatient HF care gives clinicians a reference point as to whether they are guideline compliant.
Medscape Cardiology
Original: http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/17395?src=rss
Use of Combination ACE Inhibitors and ARB Therapy in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the use of combination ACE inhibitors and ARB therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease in this video blog.
Medscape Nephrology
Original: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/580872?src=rss
Extensive Testing Finds More Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Deep Vein Thrombosis
Significantly more undiagnosed cancers are detected when patients who present with unprovoked deep vein thrombosis undergo extensive tests at baseline, points out Dr. Maurie Markman in this video blog.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology
Original: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/581194?src=rss
Presidential Candidates Present Their Healthcare Reform Plans in NEJM
Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain lay out their healthcare reform plans, and critics on both ends of the political spectrum take them to task for it, in the New England Journal of Medicine's online edition.
Medscape Medical News
Original: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/581120?src=rss
Cases from AHRQ WebM&M: What Was in Those Platelets?
Bacterial contamination has become the leading transfusion-transmitted infectious risk. Can you detect it?
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Original: http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/17358?src=rss
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