working overtime

“I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for working over the weekend."
President Bush, thanking Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for, ya know, putting in a few extra hours to prop up the financial markets.

Speaking of which, there was a piece in the Times on Sunday morning before the JP Morgan deal was announced that valued the Bear Stearns tower in midtown at $1 billion.  Compare and contrast that figure with the $270 million purchase price for the firm...including the real estate.

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[dismissed reality]

it would be interesting to read a collection of bush' speeches/annecdotes throughout his career.

[pwb]

It's a common error to consider only the assets and not the liabilities.