Fittingly, It’s ‘Talk Like A Pirate’ Day

“These measures will require us to put a significant amount of taxpayer dollars on the line.” -George W. Bush, POTUS

“We’re talking hundreds of billions of dollars…”  -Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary

“[This new government power] needs to be big enough to make a real difference…” -Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary

“America’s economy is facing unprecedented challenges, and we are responding with unprecedented action.” -George W. Bush, POTUS

“Federal Reserve would be provided with a different, yet critically important regulatory role with broad powers…” -Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary

“Congressional leaders tell Politico that to expedite the rescue, Treasury plans to seek additional authority rather than creating a new entity.” -Mike Allen, Politico reporter

“The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took what it called ‘emergency action’ on Friday and…banned investors from short-selling 799 financial companies” -David Goldman, CNNMoney.com staff writer

“The commission is committed to using every weapon in its arsenal…” -Christopher Cox, SEC Chairman

“We have the irony of a free-market administration doing things that the most liberal Democratic administration would never have been doing in its wildest dreams.” -Ron Chernow, financial historian

From a few historical pirates…

“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But…they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” -Norman Thomas, six-time U.S. Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America

“When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope” -Josef Stalin, Russian dictator 1929-1953

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Arrrrrggghhh!

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