Free Republic

We expect it from the likes of Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, but when we hear conservatives from George Bush to David Brooks speak as if it’s a scientific fact that the only solution to the mortgage/liquidity mess is to put the geniuses of the federal government in charge of $700 billion of the people’s money, we immediately detect a powerful stink in the air. Yes, something smells rotten when a gang of politicians, bureaucrats, and CEO’s tell us they are so certain about their solution to a problem (which their rapacity created) that there is no need to consider...