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The White House and congressional Republicans have agreed on a 7 p.m. ET start time for Obama's Sept. 8 address to a joint session of Congress. The game between the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints won't kick off until 8:30 p.m.
Originally posted by Ghost375
Are people's memories that bad?
The Economy collapsed under George Bush. George Bush bailed out the bankers responsible for the mess.
You can't blame the economy on the president when it was the psychopaths on wall street who were responsible for it.
Quit falling for the propaganda of the system!edit on 1-9-2011 by Ghost375 because: (no reason given)
The repeal of provisions of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933 by the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act effectively removed the separation that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers of commercial banks. Some economists believe this repeal directly contributed to the severity of the Financial crisis of 2007–2011 by allowing Wall Street investment banking firms to gamble with their depositors' money that was held in commercial banks owned or created by the investment firms.