http://creditwritedowns.disqus.com/Today's latest business and financial news reports and the best credit crisis coverageenTue, 15 Jul 2008 22:41:00 -0000http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/07/senator-bunning-blasts-bernanke-at.html#comment-120405530<p>Yuck, I don't know about all that. If you noticed, Bernanke was very careful -not- to use the word "recession," but things like "the economy has continued to expand." What exactly does that mean? I was pretty entertained by this translation of BB's speech: <a href="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/15/federal_reserve_chairman_ben_b_1_7732.php" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/15/federal_reserve_chairman_ben_b_1_7732.php">http://www.236.com/news/200...</a></p>sanrioscenarioTue, 15 Jul 2008 22:41:00 -0000http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/07/senator-bunning-blasts-bernanke-at.html#comment-120405529<p>I second sobers! This Senator is a complete breath of fresh air in the stagnant pool of Washington rhetoric. How refreshing is it that he actually called foul on a wayward institution.</p>JessicaTue, 15 Jul 2008 17:57:00 -0000http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/07/senator-bunning-blasts-bernanke-at.html#comment-120405527<p>He's a Republican Senator from Kentucky who's actually a former Hall of Fame Baseball player.<br><br><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bunniji01.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bunniji01.shtml">http://www.baseball-referen...</a></p>Edward HarrisonTue, 15 Jul 2008 17:10:00 -0000http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/07/senator-bunning-blasts-bernanke-at.html#comment-120405525<p>Jim Bunning - I don't know a thing about him, I've never met him, never will, may never hear of him again, but I like the cut of his jib!</p>SobersTue, 15 Jul 2008 16:48:00 -0000