Like it's going out of style

Is the way the GW Bush administration is handing out money in its final few months in office. Think the Iraq war is a money pit? Not in comparison to what has been spent ensuring financial execs get their christmas bonuses this year. This CNBC page is keeping a running tally of the grand sum of federal handouts, and has a slideshow to compare it to other high dollar expenses in the history of the nation. The money spent on the financial crisis surpasses even WWII, and the entire cumulative spending of NASA. Memo to W: George senior can't write a check to bail you out of this one.

Hand over fist

Here's a look at what the bailout money has been doing so far in Rolling Stone.