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Paulson and Bernanke ratchet up the blackmail talk | 59 comments (59 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

You're talking as if they know what they're doing. It's just as likely they'd dump it on Obama and the first thing he does is look like he successfully navigated his way out of the storm - no-one really understands how this is all going to play out.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 01:33:46 PM EST
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well that would be Kama at work.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 01:40:37 PM EST
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Definitely Kama, not Karma!

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Sep 23rd, 2008 at 10:19:10 PM EST
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