Posted on 03/05/2009 12:58:11 AM PST by Cyropaedia
Newsflash: Wonderboy Treasury Secretary is in over his head
They said he was uniquely qualified. A wunderkind. The Man with the Plan. Too big to fail.
Now we learn from the on-the-ball MSM that tax cheat Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is flailing about and in over his head.
Whos shocked?
For five weeks, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has battled the worst economic crisis in generations with no key deputies in place. Thats made for a rocky debut for the man President Barack Obama put in charge of addressing the financial crisis.With an awkward first television appearance, a bank rescue plan that lacked promised specifics and two restructured bailouts that raised taxpayer risk, Geithner has failed to calm financial markets desperate for answers.
Critics say part of the problem is that Geithner is flying solo: Not one of his top 17 deputies has been named, let alone confirmed. And without senior leadership, lower-level Treasury employees cant make decisions or represent the government in crucial conversations with banks and others.
(Excerpt) Read more at michellemalkin.com ...
As a wrecking crew they are like a horde of army ants though, I guess army ants could be considered professional.
G*d help us.
Secret deals, secret cash, secret preferences, secret wiretaps, secret suicides and murders . . . Need we go on __________ ?
The Satanic Owl Worshipers are in charge now.
Check my freeper page if you want to learn something. Otherwise, just go back to sleep my fine, woolly sheep. You are about to get sheared by experts . . .
Fed Refuses to Release Bank Lending Data, Insists on Secrecy

The Federal Reserve Building in Washington D.C.
Fed Refuses to Release Bank Lending Data, Insists on Secrecy
I’m so mad, I could... Hell, I don’t know, but I wish people would WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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