The Binary Circumstance

Apropos of the biggest bailout in history:

America is a melting pot, the people at the bottom get burned while all the scum floats to the top. -Charlie King

Source: 1001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks, Steven D. Price (Ed.), Guilford, Connecticut, The Lyons Press, 2005

Lady Astor: Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
Winston Churchill: Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.

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Lady Astor: “Mr. Churchill, you’re drunk!”
Winston Churchill: “Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober.”

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Check out this really funny cartoon slide show that describes the mortgage mess and the resulting credit crisis.