[i are a cowboy]

I want names

[FormerACLUmember]

Laugh it up, democrats.

[Diogenesis]

Who? How much? When?

[mlocher]

On Oct. 8 and 9, 2008—as the Federal Reserve was bailing out American International Group Inc.—an account Sen. Isakson held invested more than $30,000 in ProShares UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury and UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury, the records show. These are "leveraged short" funds, designed to gain $2 for each $1 drop in the daily value of U.S. Treasury bonds.

Many of the examples given, including this one, are not stocks, but rather ETFs. It is true that market forces caused interest rates to drop (and hence bond values to rise) to very low (high) levels, making these "bets" safe ones. On the other hand, Congressmen, by spending trillions, have much more direct long term impact on interest rates and bond prices. Why would these bozos even want to balance the budget or cut spending?

This is a conflict of interest case if I have ever seen one!

[mo]

tar...feathers...rail...rope..lampost...what’d we leave out?

[Tupelo]

Names please.

[MizSterious]

Why no names in this article? I’d like to know WHO.