Archive for the ‘insurance’ Category

Idiot Wind

02Oct08

Harry Reid joined Nancy Pelosi today in being a Democrat with bad judgment in a crisis. Several big life insurance stocks fell sharply Thursday, dragged down by jitters about their role in the credit crisis and fears sparked by a comment from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Wednesday about a potential bankruptcy in the […]


Sick Bastards

01Oct08

These people are sick. Wall Street needs a bailout, and anyone in congress who isn’t brain dead is appalled at the $700B request. So how do Democrats respond to the horror of socializing the financial sector in the new version of the bill? The Senate substitute now runs over 450 pages. And tucked away in […]