The Sting: Now that the bail out is law - will it work?

Yesterday, the President signed into law HR 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act, also known as “the bailout bill.” With the stroke of the President’s pen, Uncle Sam entered the financial market with 700 billion dollars in cash and a mandate to buy the crappiest investments that Wall Street can muster. The hope of the politicians who passed the measure is that the massive injection of money by the Treasury will stabilize the mortgage market, stop the free fall in the value of equities, and most importantly, keep the entire fabric of western capitalism from unravelling. We should all be cheering, right?

The “Barracuda” takes on the “Messiah”… in the quest for national ratings.

Vice Presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday for all intensive purposes matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

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Sen. Clinton finally gives up… Obama the “presumptive” nominee.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking.
The former first lady, who as recently as Tuesday declared herself the strongest candidate, gave Obama an unqualified endorsement and [...]

So what now… is it “really” over for Clinton?

Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): Last night’s speech by Sen. Clinton hardly seemed concessionary to me. She talked about how hard she fought. She asked her supporters to rally around her - and send her notes of encouragement. Today at her website - she’s asking people to join her in her “fight” (for what I’m not sure).
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Changes to RC & Service Updates

We have been working to make RC more content rich and somewhat more automated. I’ve begun experimenting with syndicated feed posts into the RC framework - so bear with me as I fine tune the plug-ins, etc., in that process.
Also - I apologize if you were unable to get to the site last night. I [...]