WTF

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http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/1/10453/2389/196/616108

Seriously? Seriously?

I'm listening to the smart folks on my flist who explain why letting shit collapse might be a bad thing (yeah, I haven't finished stocking up on dry and canned goods yet, but I've started), but the ongoing disconnect here, coupled with what marchenland wisely observed yesterday (to wit, paraphrased: "I don't feel like we're getting the whole story here; nothing moves this fast, with so much pressure out of nowhere, without the public being left very seriously in the fucking dark about something behind the scenes that's probably really fucking important.")....

Yeah, I'm one of those angry constituents who don't want a bailout passed yet, and I think I've got a good case for my reservations.

Additional bitchery: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/30/bailout/

Or, as I said elsewhere via IM: ELECT ME GOD AND GET OUT OF THE DAMNED WAY, PEOPLE.

Comments

[serpentstar.livejournal.com]

I understand that ordinary people (for some values of 'ordinary people') will suffer without the bailout. If I had $700,000,000,000 spare, though, for improving the US economy, I'd give out... what would that be? About $3,000 each for every man, woman & child in the US? I think that might stimulate the economy a bit, as well as helping out ordinary people.

Unfortunately I don't believe the US government does have that much spare cash, so it's something of a moot point.