humanevents.com — Do you consider yourself to be a reasonable person who deals with FACTS? Then read the whole story before making a judgment! \"In 2008, Goldman employees gave a record-breaking $1,007,370 to the Obama campaign. This year, the \"securities and investment\"

news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON – Republicans abandoned their blockade against legislation to clamp tough new controls on Wall Street Wednesday, clearing a road to likely passage for the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression. Democrats and Republicans agree the Senate will ultimately pass landmark changes aimed at preventing a recurrence of the crisis that knocked the nation's financial system to its knees in 2008, but the battle now begins over crucial details. The House has already passed its version.

nytimes.com — The obvious question is whether financial reform of the kind now being contemplated would have prevented some or all of the fraud that now seems to have flourished over the past decade. And the answer is yes.

earthblognews.wordpress.com — “Left” vs “Right”, “Liberal” versus “Conservative”. This simple minded paradigm is involuntarily hoisted on Americans by the corporate media while at the same time both parties have sold out the population to the multinational corporations, banks and special interests who run Washington D.C. To think that every American can be divided into one of two simple categories represents a mass delusion concocted and promoted by the media solely for the purpose of distraction and avoidance of discussing real issues that affect all Americans while the country is looted and power is consolidated.

washingtonpost.com — Among the banks that rule Wall Street, Citigroup got a bailout that was bigger than the rest. Now the company is about to pay a king's ransom for its federal rescue. The Obama administration is making final preparations to sell its stake in the New York bank, according to industry and federal sources. At today's prices, the sale would net more than $8 billion, by far the largest profit returned from any firm that accepted bailout funds, and the transaction would be the second-largest stock sale in history. On paper, the government's 27 percent stake has grown in value to $33 billion. The size of the deal in the works has Wall Street buzzing.

thinkprogress.org — Ohhhhh Boehner thinks the banks are getting picked on by punk staffers. How can anyone be against banking reform after the mess they made with the economy? This is just crazy.

lewrockwell.com — Here is an interesting story from the Economist that mentions Ron Paul, not in a very positive light, sad to say. See my very critical comments on it, below.

smirkingchimp.com — Excuse me, but can I have a word with the 70% of Americans who continuing keeping their money in big banks, like Bank of America, CitiBank, Wells Fargo and such? Come closer. A little closer. I want to be able to give you a well-earned dope-slap while I ask;

sadlyno.com — ...lashing out at the public for scapegoating AIG employees. “To be honest with you, I really hope it blows up. I think the U.S. taxpayer deserves to lose a trillion dollars over this thing for the way they have behaved.”

rollingstone.com — Matt Taibbi with another expose of our financial system. Enjoy!