At the moment Frank and Waxman ARE in charge.

And where are they getting this $850B, not a mere $750B, from? Now I know it’s US but how are they wringing it out of us?
They haven’t even passed a budget and have all gone home until next year.

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The unemployment rates for adult men (6.1 percent) and blacks (11.4 percent) rose in September. The jobless rates for teenagers (19.1 percent), whites (5.4 percent), and Hispanics (7.8 percent) were essentially unchanged. The unemployment rate for adult women declined to 4.9 percent, partly offsetting an increase in August. The unemployment rate for Asians in September was 3.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted.

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Hi angelgirl: I’d like an Obamahide wallet and a set of Biden briefs delivered on November 5th. Thanks

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[...] as I pointed in in my What a Rescue… we’re bailing but the boat’s still taking on water post, we’ve got ourselves into what many be a never ending pickle of business and US state [...]

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Wonderful. Let’s put Barney Frank and Henry Waxman in charge of these investigations. Let’s put the foxes in charge of which hens get executed. I wonder how they will handle their own testimonies especially since Frank is one of (if not the) the authors of this crisis? Will he indict himself? Let the DOJ and the FBI investigate although I expect no better results. Both these organizations are littered with Obama fans who will do their best for the dems and blame the republicans.

According to Biden Obama wants the government to not only adjust the ARMs and other high interest rates on these mortgages they purchased yesterday but to adjust the principal also. I am too late and the wrong color. No one ever adjusted the principal of any of the 7 houses I bought in my lifetime. I paid them all myself and fail to see why these people can’t do the same. Sure, I would have liked to buy larger houses I couldn’t afford but something stopped me. Personal responsiblity maybe? Or was it the idea that I would be in a heap of trouble if I couldn’t make my mortgage payments? It was both.

And as far as California is concerned repeal their $3 billion stem cell research boondoggle before they get any federal money. Remove that cap on electricity Californians have enjoyed for years. I am totally opposed to giving federal money to these idiots who don’t have a clue how to run a lemonade strand much less a populous state. California is well on its way to becoming a socialist state. Let them wallow in their bad decisions. And if all these states are going bankrupt it is time to pull in their belts and do away with some if not all of their give-away programs.

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Bottom line here is the Republicans took a giant scandal out of play with bipartisan anti-solution. This will just, certainly in the long-run and let’s see the short, make things worse. On top which McCain supported it and voted for it and will only look like an even bigger fool than he already does (and I fear is) if he says anything against it or any of its provisions. The Dems didn’t need McCain to pass the bill- he voted for it all on his own.

Once again we see the use of earmark and general “pork” for the purpose of getting another terrible bill signed in to law.

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Missy, I’m actually glad to see FDL open his eyes on Obama. He’s only PO’d that he won’t get his other welfare programs, of course…. but that he sees this as the cork in the bottle for all that Obama promised is at least progress.

This might be one the ‘october surprise” that equally kicks the butt of both candidates. This bail out has created a unity of many former adversaries. As I said, it’s a rare day when I find myself agreeing with George Soros.

The one unknown in these last weeks is what this bail out will do to each candidate and the numbers. Both have tried to dance the fine line… neither for nor against… in order to bolt to the appropriate corner when they are with Joe Q. Public.

Obama should be more vunerable with his direct ties to ACORN, Fannie/Freddie donations, and the DNC’s culpability for the CRA. McCain, however, doesn’t approve of “political torture” and won’t use these tools. Afraid that it will appear racist, I guess. We are speaking about the primary loan packages for minorities.

Obama also has a problem with his attitude… quoted suggesting Americans are too stupid to know what’s right for the country.

“To the Democrats and Republicans who have opposed this plan, I say this– step up to the plate do what’s right for the country even if it’s not popular, because the time to act is now.”

In this single statement, Obama has revealed his arrogance towards the US citizen. He has just instructed Congress to ignore the common man’s opinion because we don’t know sheeeeeet about it.

McCain should be hammering this home… but he can’t. He voted for that piece of shit bill too…. ‘scuse my language. But, ya know, you can dress up a turd and give it a speaking role on South Park… but it’s still a turd.

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Yep, Neo… Curt did a post on that video yesterday called What Just Happened? I, and others here, have spoken about how the CRA got the ball rolling, and the ensuing events created the perfect storm for this fiancial crash.

It was as far from a “surprise” as you could get. Rather it was a disbelieving Congress, refusing to recognized what they had begat.

As far as Obama/ACORN and the lawsuit…. this is all stuff that was reported in December of last year. Obama, himself as an attorney, has only appeared in court once to represent Calvin Roberson against Citibank (1994). The firm he worked for represented ACORN and many other public interest groups in various lawsuits. But the only one where Obama performed as a lawyer in the courtroom was the Roberson case.

None of this is new news… but it is news that everyone chose to ignore 11 months ago. I assure you, with this cult-like movement, they will choose to ignore it today as well.

Obama is as transparent as Pella glass windows. He and the DNC are tightly wrapped up in the CRA/redlining debacle… so they blame this on deregulation of securitization. To that I can only say being able to bundle and intersell products is not the problem. The problem is creating back (risky) products to bundle. But it’s a line that apparently is working for the DNC and media, as everyone seems to thing the GOP is responsible for the risky loans on Wall Street…

Obama’s out there today, still proposing spending programs on the campaign trail. The faithful are lapping it up… where’s the cash coming from? Obviously not from the 30% of Americans that don’t pay any income tax. But rest easy… we’ll all be in that category soon if Obama has his way.

Obama’s choice of business advisors, his friends and associates are all distressing signs of his Chicago political mentality. His designs for the nation – even he and his wife’s speeches – are peppered with leftist socialist heroes like Saul Alinsky.

Now… to those who open their eyes, Obama is showing us who he is. The problem is, there is a large portion of the US who is willing to go down the road to socialism. And when they have reached the tipping point for an election… as it may go this time… socialism is where America will go. Undoing that damage man not be possible, once it takes hold.

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They’re laughing at us folks. To them, we’re just a bunch of suckers. Now fork over the money and nobody gets hurt. STAND AND DELIVER!!!

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I am terrified at the lack of spine on the part of the Republicans. McCain’s ecumenical approach to politics is a sure loser as he agrees with his critics and insists that Palin spout his line. It seems that the Republicans, as a general rule, are more interested in hunkering down and keeping their jobs than standing strong and saving their country.

The democrats do the damage. They blame the republicans. Then they do more damage, say it is salvation, and take all the credit. And republicans help them at every turn.

I really believe that McCain is running with the agenda of destroying the republican party and leaving nothing in its place. I really don’t believe that he wants to win. He continues to blame his own party for everything that is wrong.

What other state is he going to stop campaigning in? Illinois? Ohio? Florida? Arizona??

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