Y'all quit your whining! This enonomy is strong!!

[girl gone mad]

"We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline" --Phil Gramm, John McCain's then top economic adviser

“I still believe our fundamental underpinnings of our economy are strong.” --John McCain



http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2008/09/14/the-mother-of-all-mondays/">The Mother of All Mondays

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/09/14/cat_4_hurricane_heads_for_wall.html">Cat 4 hurricane heads for Wall Street

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/business/15lehman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/business/15street.html?ref=business">Nation’s Financial Industry Gripped by Fear

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/14/news/economy/greenspan/">Greenspan: Economy in 'once-in-a-century' crisis

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/09/storm-on-wall-s.html">Storm on Wall Street: U.S. won't save Lehman; Merrill Lynch for sale; AIG begs

http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/09/14/2008-09-15T005313Z_01_N14459928_RTRIDST_0_COLUMN-STOCKS-OUTLOOK-SCHEDULED-COLUMN-UPDATE.html">US banking woes seen hitting Wall St

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/0915/1221257219452.html">Wall Street braces for Lehman collapse as deal fails

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/aig-seeks-fed-aid-to-survive/?ref=business">A.I.G. Seeks $40 Billion in Fed Aid to Survive

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYJT9o4nV8DA&refer=news">Asian Stocks, U.S. Futures, Dollar Tumble on Lehman Bankruptcy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7797939">Wall Street model broken by credit crisis

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/15/business/15lehman.php">Frantic day on Wall Street as banks teeter

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/meltdown-as-bank-collapses-930989.html">Meltdown as bank collapses

http://business.smh.com.au/business/nightmare-on-wall-street-20080915-4glr.html">Nightmare on Wall Street



Had enough?

ETA: The Republican Economic Miracle has taken hold.

[quiet.american]

1. Yep. nt

[girl gone mad]

2. More links..

my editing time expired.

The Republican Economic Miracle just keeps on giving:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aSm53rguR1.Q&refer=japan">U.S. Dollar Weakens on Concern Lehman to File for Bankruptcy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122142743298633735.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Week Unlikely to Be Kind to Dollar

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122144484890334903.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">Wall Street Reckoning

http://www.247wallst.com/2008/09/merrill-lynch-1.html">Merrill Lynch (MER), Sucked Under By Crisis, Is Ruined By The Value Of One Home