Y'all are just busy I guess...

Has it failed yet?

Judging by the letters to the editor in the local paper, I'd say the only thing that has really failed so far is the theory that an economic crisis decades in the making can be solved in 3 months.

Assuming the AIG thing is what we're talking about, I think it's sort of complicated. It seems to me if you're going to help an organization out with its financial obligations, you can't really pick and choose which of those financial obligations you feel good about them fulfilling. If they're contractually obligated to paying bonuses, I have a hard time forcing myself to believe it's any different than any other financial obligation, including to a foreign bank. Sure it's easy, as a middle income earning, middle class dwelling person to go all Korprit Hate and and feel like I'm getting screwed while rich people get richer on the backs of the taxpayer. But I don't think you can buy off on the concept of governmental support of an organization (which, let us not forget predated the Obama administration) and not buy off on the idea that if that organization made stupid decisions, some of the money is going to go to pay for things you think are ridiculous.

Perhaps it's Geithner's fault for not asking specifically where the money was going, perhaps not. In the grand scheme of things $165 million is pretty small potatoes, but it's a number that's big enough to attract attention. I'm sure someones head will roll, and it will probably be Geithner's. But the reality I see it is that it's knee-jerk reaction to public outrage. One has to wonder how much sooner we could find our way out of this mess if we took away everyone's internet and cable TV.

If we're talking about something else, please disregard my comments.

Nothing to do with the previous administration that's for sure. Whats it been 60 days?   

Are we talking about AIG or the apparent plan to do essentially what Shrub SAID he was going to do in September and then decided not to AFTER getting the money from Congress?

Can't say as I understand a lick of the Geithner plan. 

But what I do understand is that nobody likes it.  At all. Not the libs, not the howler monkeys, not the wall street money guys, not the economists.

As a dyed in the wool contrarian, whose major principle is to zig when everyone else around me is zagging, I feel compelled to declare my intention to give full support to HRH Obama and to this Geithner feller.

btw, saw a bit of criticism of Geithner from a Ibanker type that really cracked me up, as he dismissed the idea that Geithner would some how be a palatable character on Wall St.. 

This particular Wall St Barron declared (and I paraphrase), "Geithner is nothing but a $500K guy.  A regulator. He's not one of us." 

Wall Street = American Royalty