Monday, September 29, 2008
"Six Hundred Points!"
That's what Democratic Repr. Joe Crowley said as the roll call board recorded an accelerating number of NO votes on the $700 billion bailout page today, 2008 September 29 and as the Dow Jones average showed down 600 points. House Republicans ignored him. They continued to finger NO on the voting buttons, NO, NO, NO, YES, NO, …
What were they trying to do? Wreck the Country? What would you expect anyway from the Party that Wrecked America?
Yes the bailout plan has flaws, and yes, we need to institute other measures to stem this financial crisis, and we also need to deal with the Bear that stands behind this crisis, Peak Oil. But we were warned that the consequences of having NO measure at all were immense. Destruction of 401(k)'s, unable to get any loans anywhere, getting thrown out of work and unable to pay for college, clothes, or even food for your family were among these consequences.
Yet these House Republicans kept at it, spouting off their free-market rhetoric, even though we know that free-market economics led us straight into the Great Depression of the 1930s. Most of them are under the age of 75, which meant they never knew of the deprivations of that depression. In fact, many are young smart alecks under the age of 50 who know nothing except our present society's predilection for get it tomorrow, get what you want, drive anywhere you please, and get it now, pay later. I urge you to vote against any Republican running for office, especially the House and especially those who voted NO, and to support campaigns against the Republicans, such as the Democratic National Committee. Throw Randy Forbes (Rep, VA) out of office. He voted NO. Eric Cantor (Rep, VA) is probably OK; he voted YES.
So the bill needs to be reconsidered, and now religion gets in the way. (by the way, I urge you to see "Religulous", a new movie opening in theaters this week, starring Bill Maher). September 30 is Tishri 1; i.e., Rosh Hashanah,so they want to put saving the nation's economy on the back burner while the Jewish New Year is celebrated. So it will be Thursday before Congress can get back to it. I am glad to see that recess has been postponed. Fixing this financial mess takes precedence over any political campaign.
So I hope they consider it and then come up with a plan that a majority will vote on. It's either that or maybe the next Great Depression. And then after that and the elections, let's get to work on resolving this thing once and for all, so we can deal with the Peak Oil Bear that lies beyond.
What were they trying to do? Wreck the Country? What would you expect anyway from the Party that Wrecked America?
Yes the bailout plan has flaws, and yes, we need to institute other measures to stem this financial crisis, and we also need to deal with the Bear that stands behind this crisis, Peak Oil. But we were warned that the consequences of having NO measure at all were immense. Destruction of 401(k)'s, unable to get any loans anywhere, getting thrown out of work and unable to pay for college, clothes, or even food for your family were among these consequences.
Yet these House Republicans kept at it, spouting off their free-market rhetoric, even though we know that free-market economics led us straight into the Great Depression of the 1930s. Most of them are under the age of 75, which meant they never knew of the deprivations of that depression. In fact, many are young smart alecks under the age of 50 who know nothing except our present society's predilection for get it tomorrow, get what you want, drive anywhere you please, and get it now, pay later. I urge you to vote against any Republican running for office, especially the House and especially those who voted NO, and to support campaigns against the Republicans, such as the Democratic National Committee. Throw Randy Forbes (Rep, VA) out of office. He voted NO. Eric Cantor (Rep, VA) is probably OK; he voted YES.
So the bill needs to be reconsidered, and now religion gets in the way. (by the way, I urge you to see "Religulous", a new movie opening in theaters this week, starring Bill Maher). September 30 is Tishri 1; i.e., Rosh Hashanah,so they want to put saving the nation's economy on the back burner while the Jewish New Year is celebrated. So it will be Thursday before Congress can get back to it. I am glad to see that recess has been postponed. Fixing this financial mess takes precedence over any political campaign.
So I hope they consider it and then come up with a plan that a majority will vote on. It's either that or maybe the next Great Depression. And then after that and the elections, let's get to work on resolving this thing once and for all, so we can deal with the Peak Oil Bear that lies beyond.
