Shattering Glass-Steagall

Look at what so many years of Republican leadership has wrought. 5 years ago, I would have said that McCain would have been a great choice. Even a year ago, I was saying that anyone would be better than Bush & Darth Cheney. However, now I can't stomach the thought of another 4 years of horribly failed policies enacted in worship of the almighty dollar. No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin!

McCain sold out his independent fans like myself and has become a Republican patsy. I remember when I read his book "Why Courage Matters." I thought it was remarkable that I was reading a book by a Washington politician that i actually enjoyed. It sat next to "Profiles in Courage" on my bookshelf. Where'd that McCain go? I dont know and frankly I don't care. He lost his spine. Time to kick him out with the rest of the Republican cronies.

-- Fiscal Conservative and Former Republican

Buckle up everyone. We're getting ready to go for ride. Gotta love 7 and 8 percent unemployment. Can I get a round of applause for G Dub, Phil Gramm, Dick Cheney and all the other regulation haters out there for making this possible. All of you who voted for G Dub give yourselves a pat on the back. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to see all the fiascos taking place every single day. Keep spinning those hits. Hell, vote for McPalin. Let's keep the ball rolling. FRED THOMPSON 2012 BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEW HOOO!

How many more bubbles are we going to have to blow before we face up to the hard reality that an economy based primarily on services does not produce net wealth. We keep going through crises like this borne out of greed, creative financing and over valuation. Fundamentally we aren't generating enough real wealth in our economy to fund our lifestyle. This is a painful lesson we seem not to be learning right now. We must fix the fundamentals that are creating these problems instead of trying to lessen the impact at the dining room table while fixing nothing - which is what our politicians are inclined to do.

Maybe we are looking at a real solution that will take a decade to play out. We will be more humbled. We will learn the true value of the dollar - buying what we can afford instead of what we can finance. We will learn to inspire our kids to learn useful skills that will last them a lifetime. We will focus on ensuring that we ourselves have the skills necessary to compete on the world stage. And when we have learned these great lessons, we will again be a great nation - ready to lead the world as we rethink our transportation infrastructure, as we explore our nearest heavenly bodies and beyond, as we protect and promote democracy for all . Essentially, we are ready to learn the lessons our grandparents and great grandparents learned during the depression. Those great lessons gave us 50 years of prosperity - we need to go through it again to get another 50 great years.

Hey Mr. Masters Degree and 100k salary, didn't the article say the act was repealed by President Clinton. I'm positive he was a Democrat.

High tech HS dropout with 100k salary, St. Louis, Missouri

These investment banks who pushed the free market on everyone else, who delight in the joys of creative destruction are now crying for bailouts and backstops. No more free markets, it hurts too much! Well, sorry suckers. Now you will find out what it is like to be a highly skilled worker who cannot get a job. Welcome to the wonderful global world you created.

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McCAIN IS A FRAUD

PALIN IS A LIAR

NEITHER CAN SPELL CHANGE EVEN IF YOU SPOTTED THEM THE 'C' AND THE 'H', AND HANDED THEM THE VOWELS 'A' AND 'E'.

McCAIN IS JUST SWIPING OBAMA???S "CHANGE" CAMPAIGN - - - WORD FOR WORD!!

McCAIN KISSED BUSH's @$$ WITH 90% OF HIS VOTES AND NOW WE HAVE , , , , , , , , , ,

(1.) - Lehman Brothers and other Financial Institutions dropping dead after McCain and Bush applied a hands-off policy, instead of applying gentle regulations to insure the integrity of financial organizations.

(2.) - The housing foreclosure response from Bush and McCain is a YEAR LATE and VERY WEAK. If Bush and McCain would have acted decisively a year ago, the housing foreclosure disaster would not have spread to Wall Street.

(3.) - Unemployment at its highest rate; far higher than when Bush took office and jobs continue to fly overseas.

(4.) - National debt continues to break records and "spiral out of control", even after Bush and McCain took over from Clinton when the nation had a "surplus".

(5.) - A gallon of gasoline was $1.50 when Bush/McCain took over 8-years ago. Now its $4.00 a gallon, the fastest 8-year climb in history.

Iota1963: Read the article. It says that President Clinton, a Democrat, signed the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999. It came out of a Republican Congress, but it was not vetoed by, admittedly, a moderate Democrat president. He basically signed off on eliminating the firewall created by FDR during the Depression. Also, your reference to the Supreme Court is irrellevent. $100,000 and a Masters Degree?