On Alan Greenspan's Window Is Always Open
Actually, there was also huge technical failure on Greenspan's part. It was that the Fed continued to use Owner equivalent rent as the biggest component in it's measure of inflation(CPI). Rent didn't budge for a long time, despite housing prices going up, which in turn hid the massive inflation of 2002-06. Instead they should have used the Case-Schiller indexed CPI, which tracks mean house values. This would have prompted the Fed to raise rates much sooner than it did. See http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/12/case-shiller-cpi-vs-cpi-u-november-2008.html for an excellent analysis of this.
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On Insane FDNY Brawl Takes Place After Dinner at Unattractive Restaurant
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the fight happened at the Salty Dog:
"Sources said the night began when a large group of firefighters met for an annual dinner at Two Toms Restaurant in Gowanus.
Afterward, up to 30 of them ended up at the Salty Dog, and began boozing in earnest..."
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On Automobile Ad Heats Up War Between The Sexes
tea party people don't buy new cars.