The "Aughts," Rethought

Alan Greenspan had often attested
That inflation at last had been bested,
But his loose money vices
Inflated home prices,
Which a few enjoyed more than the rest did.

Chairman Bernanke's Testimony at his Reconfirmation Hearing

"True, I did not foresee this catastrophe,
But since then I've done all that's been asked of me;
Now, should I take the blame
For Him I'll Not Name,
Whose baton was, four years ago, passed to me?"