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Poll: Bush Still To Blame For Economic Woes

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Bush, Economic crisis, Economic recovery, Economy, Obama, Polls

As I’ve said numerous times before, voters aren’t stupid. They know who piloted our economic collapse last year and it’s going to be extremely hard for Republicans to convince them otherwise.
Still, it is kind of telling that Republicans blame Obama more for the economy than Bush, even though it’s by a very small 6 point [...]

November 3rd, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

If You Only Read One Post About A Sculpture Featuring Bernie Madoff, A Flying Bull & The Wall Street Crisis, Make It This One

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Art, Economic crisis, History, Money

Bernie Madoff being pinned to the wall by a huge, farting bull…which is supposed to represent Wall Street.
All from the mind of Chinese artist Chen Wenling.
I mean, come on…that is AWESOME!
A question…if you had to create a sculpture that summed up what happened last year…what would it look like and why?
(Photo: BBC)

September 30th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Quote Of The Day – Miserable Choices

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Economic crisis, History, Quotes

“Sometimes you have to make the tough decisions. If you think this has to be done, you have my blessing. But someday you guys are going to need to tell me how we ended up with a system like this. I know this is not the time to test them and put them through failure, [...]

September 13th, 2009 | Permalink| 15 Comments »

Vacation, all I ever wanted

By Jacob | Related entries in Economic crisis

Here’s an interesting gambit from an hard up resort.
The Rancho Bernardo Inn, a San Diego luxury resort, is offering rooms for $19 a night. But there’s a catch — you have to sleep in a tent and bring your own toilet paper.
The promotion runs for 2 weeks. The idea is to get “heads in [...]

August 9th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »