The article links to others in a package on the current economic woes, including investment advice, a piece on Bush's "optimism," another on GM's announced cuts and the confrontation between the president and Congress over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac emergency relief plan. While it mentions the role of a lack of regulation, it doesn't really emphasize the salesmanship that went into convincing folks to take on risky mortgages, nor the apparent lack of consumer education in the press, that left consumers more susceptible.

The crises hitting America are the direct result of Bushie governance with their drown government nonsense, their never-never land economics, corruption, greed, irresponsibility, destruction of regulation and pandering to special interests, ensuring they receive everything they demand. And all Bush can say in reaction to what is happening to Americans is: 'It's been a difficult time for many American families?' There is one word to describe this administration--criminal