Chris Cox — master of the obvious.
Cox and Paulson have done more to damage the reputation of the GOP as competent stewards of money and wealth than any other two political appointees in history.
If Bush had a pair of brain cells to rub together between his ears, he would have thrown both of these idiots out of their positions in September, when it appeared that they were going to be the financial equivalent of Brown at New Orleans.
brain cells? in bush? the thought is unimaginable.
Sadly, you get my "post of the day".
When I was a broker some 20 years ago, I vividly remembered the uptick rule on shorting stocks. I can't imagine why that rule was suspended. Much of the unnecessary carnage could also have been averted by enforcing another rule by forcing traders to actually borrow the stocks they're shorting. Those two speed bumps were there for very good reasons.
Dubya is really going out with a whimper.