As for who is this Lady De Rothschild, perhaps the tin-foil hatters/ conspiracy nuts know something we do not, perhaps George Carlin was speaking about the Rothschilds and several other large “Illuminati” banking families in his routine “Who owns America?”
In these times, its hard to tell what’s fact or fiction, but we’re about to learn some ugly truths

I’m pretty sure she doesn’t refer to herself as Lady de Rothschild, but others do, to flatter her or ridicule her, depending.

I’m not entirely clear on what the British rules are about non-hereditary titles like Sir Evelyn’s knighthood, and what a protocol officer who was would call her.

Meanwhile, in other news, Shrub’s speech was awful. If you’ve been paying attention to the crisis, you realized he doesn’t actually understand it, and if you haven’t been, you wouldn’t have understood it from what he said.

I’m pretty sure there is no one who will be impressed by McCain’s stunt today. People may differ on why exactly it is ridiculous (there are many reasons), but I can’t imagine anyone thinking it’s brilliant and statesmanlike.

Bush or Rove or someone knew just how to manipulate the beast for maximum effect. Obama appears to be doing a little better, while occasionally scolding it for focusing on the frivolousness. Kerry was terrible at feeding it.

I think McCain is struggling with how to feed this beast. Every day a new story just to be original!

Can I ask some rudimentary questions about this whole banking issue? Did the government really purchase all these banks? I really don’t understand this. Great maha could you tell me who makes a profit from these banks now? The CEOs still? If so then what did we buy? If one bank bought another bank wouldn’t bank A profit off bank B? Does this mean the US tax payer is going to see a profit off these institutions?

I’ve been watching the news beast, but I feel like they just talk about the political ramifications, how will this effect Obama’s poll number? Will Ohio turn around and vote for him now? To me it becomes repetitious and boring… Can you give a blog post about what the upshot of this all means?

Thanks Greatly, Don

Yep, I’m now reduced to yelling at my teevee.

So… what did the Creature have to say? CNN is reporting that he has “summoned” McCain and Obama to the White House. Scuse me? Summoned? I hope Obama tells him to stuff it, also.

This is completely off-topic but has been bothering me all day, and you all are so knowledgeable, I’m sure someone can explain. Why the hell is someone called Lady de Rothschild a major player in our presidential election? Is that her name, and not an aristocratic title, as in “Prince Rogers Nelson”? I ask because American citizens cannot use aristocratic titles, and foreign aristocrats cannot vote in our elections. Or is she just another Murdochian subversive-alien tramp?

And these are the same fat cats who are watching the mail for a billion dollar check with your signature on it. I am not suggesting this is ALL A CONSPIRACY. The problem is all too real. But on the other hand, if the people who stand to benefit the most are also in a position to manipulate the symptoms of the problem, shouldn’t we be suspicious or cautious?

I thought this comment above is a brilliant summation of McCain’s latest political maneuver, and should be shared with Mahablog readers. It’s a difficult process to encapsulate an issue of many aspects into a concise comment… but the commenter Cindy McCain above succeeded in capturing the essense of McCain’s ploy to a perfection.

& on the other hand, they wish to be seen as the party of leadership in a crisis & all that entails — see “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” et cetera.

I think there should be a very carefully worded bill to fund a very short-term loan necessary to cover the basics, and leave any sweeping, comprehensive legislation until after the new President is sworn in. (I’m hoping the new President will be more fiscally responsible than the one we’ve got now. I would have said it would be impossible for this not to be the case, but if McCain is the pick of the Republican litter, man, those folks are in T R O U B L E.)

My gut instinct is that this is Bush’s final push to rape what’s left of the country. As an American, I’m saying “no.”