"May you live in interesting times" is an interesting curse (or complement) and it certainly applies today. I find myself wanting to preserve this moment for posterity. It will be fun to look back after we know what happens after Americas':
- nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (basically the mortgage industry)
- bailout of American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
- largest Bank failure in history (WaMu)
- failure, purchase, or conversion of every investment bank on Wall Street
- a government ban on short selling
- republicans arguing amongst themselves about nationalizing banks, creating new government regulations and agencies, and spending $700B of taxpayer money
- all in the middle of fighting wars on two fronts and an election campaign
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