Greetings visitors! This post is a slight deviation from regular postings regarding Obama and his campaign or posts criticizing the Republicans.
In this post I hereby criticize the usage of the term "Rebellion" to call those in the House who voted AGAINST the 700 Billion Dollar Bailout bill.
Now why on earth would the media, the White House, the leadership of both parties are use this word to describe their colleagues who voted against such an unpopular plan?
TRUE they are voting against the wishes of their party leaders, the wishes of the lame duck president, the wishes of ex-CEO and multimillionaire Henry Paulson and the folks at the Federal Reserve. But WHY DID they vote against their "leaders"? Simple folks. It's an election year. And as we know, these politicians mostly listen to their constituents ONLY DURING AN ELECTION YEAR. And what did their constituents say? Majority told them to VOTE NO! Who wants to pay up to $3000.00 per tax payer to clean up Wall Street's mess. Let Wall Street and other rich companies pay for the clean up and fix up of this mess! Don't screw the little guys for something that is NOT, I repeat, NOT their fault! I do not buy for one second the administration's claims that the sky is falling and will fall without this bailout. Bush has become the boy who cried wolf. Maybe this time there really IS a wolf...but he has no credibility left and it's hard for common people like you and me to believe anything that comes out of his mouth.
Now let's get back to my original topic. Are the house members who voted against this insane plan (which they were given only a FEW DAYS to review...and with NO ALTERNATIVES BEING CONSIDERED) REBELS? I SAY NOT! They listened to their constituents...the PEOPLE that they serve (yes yes, it's only because they face reelection...but still at least they DO LISTEN THIS TIME). WHO ARE THESE CONGRESSMEN AND CONGRESSWOMEN'S real bosses? Err...that would be their CONSTITUENTS...the PEOPLE. The PEOPLE elect them, the PEOPLE pay for their salaries through their taxes, the PEOPLE are the ones they MUST SERVE FIRST, they can serve their congressional leaders SECOND. The PEOPLE ARE THEIR BOSSES. If they are doing the will of their TRUE BOSSES (The People), then they ARE NOT REBELS. THERE IS NO CONGRESSIONAL REBELLION. There are only congressional representatives who did EXACTLY what the Founding Fathers intended for them to do...SERVE THEIR CONSTITUENTS...REPRESENT THE PEOPLE. If majority of their constituents say NO...they they must say NO as well. That is their JOB! That is their PURPOSE. That is REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY AT WORK!
It is rare that the system actually works. And it tends to do this during election years. So let us be happy the system is working as it was intended to work. Repeat after me...THERE IS NO CONGRESSIONAL REBELLION. It's just Democracy working as IT SHOULD!
For the record I disagree with the 700 Dollar Bailout plan as it stands now. It needs serious changes or they need to consider ALTERNATIVES before passing something so VERY VERY EXPENSIVE FOR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS into LAW. Did you know the current plan does not address the root cause of this mess? That's right folks, the current plan does not address the deregulation of Wall St. that got us into this mess. The current plan does not provide for any new regulations or rules for Wall St to PREVENT this kind of mess from happening AGAIN!
There are a few times I disagree with my candidate. This is one of those times.
NO TO THE CURRENT 700 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT PLAN!
9/23/2008
700 BILLION BAILOUT: A GOVERNMENT OF THE (rich) PEOPLE, BY THE (rich) PEOPLE, FOR THE (rich) PEOPLE
One of America's greatest leaders once proudly declared that "...the government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE, shall not perish from the earth."
Let us make sure it DOES NOT PERISH--by using the ONLY REAL POWER we ORDINARY PEOPLE HAVE. THE POWER OF OUR BALLOT.
Because the government of the people, by the people and for the people is IN DANGER OF PERISHING. Under the Republicans for 8 horrible years.--the modern DARK AGES if you will--the government of the PEOPLE has slowly morphed to the government of the (rich) PEOPLE, for the (rich) PEOPLE, by the (rich) PEOPLE. Yeah yeah...technically it's still for ALL the PEOPLE. But in practice it seems to work for just the rich people. Specially in recent times.
Look at our situation now. The Republican Administration is trying to RAMROD a 700 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT PLAN through Congress. They are trying to get congress to rubber-stamp this crazy plan without much debate. I hope congress develops a SPINE this time an puts its foot down and demands more details and oversight. 700 BILLION to bailout the RICHEST COMPANIES. Yes, these companies are failing now...but through their OWN BAD DECISIONS, their own IRRESPONSIBILITY, their OWN GREED. What this is essentially is PRIVATE PROFIT, PUBLIC LOSSES. When these companies where making profit...they get to keep all that for themselves. But now that they are LOSING MONEY...the government now wants to make their LOSS PUBLIC. The taxpayer will be stuck with the GIANT 700 BILLION DOLLAR BILL to keep these companies afloat.
700 BILLION to the RICHEST COMPANIES...0...that's ZERO for ordinary STRUGGLING AMERICANS...specially those losing their homes. Now Congress is trying to get something into the bill to help out these people...but the Republicans resist...saying "we shouldn't put controversial items into the bill". EHEM! EXCUSE ME! 700 BILLION for the richest (but failing) banks and companies is NOT CONTROVERSIAL but a few billion to help out ORDINARY AMERICANS LOSING THEIR HOMES IS CONTROVERSIAL? WTF! WTF! Are the Republicans insane?
OBAMA IS RIGHT! No to a 700 BILLION DOLLAR Bailout Plan that helps ONLY WALL STREET BUT NOT MAIN STREET. Any plan to rescue the economy MUST...MUST include something to help out the common, ordinary STRUGGLING American citizen and families. The plan must also include OVERSIGHT and ACCOUNTABILITY. There can be "NO BLANK CHEQUE", as Obama has insisted. There must also be more oversight over these companies in exchange for this bailout.
Most of all remember on Nov. 4th that all this happened under a REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION. The buck stops with them.
NOW YOU ALL MAKE SURE TO USE YOUR POWER on Nov. 4th. Use your POWER WISELY. VOTE THE REPUBLICANS OUT!
Let us make sure on NOV. 4th that The Government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, and of the PEOPLE...does NOT PERISH from this EARTH!
NO MCCAIN NO PALIN.
Vote Obama / Biden 2008!
Vote Barack Obama for President!
It is TIME FOR CHANGE WE NEED!!!
Let us make sure it DOES NOT PERISH--by using the ONLY REAL POWER we ORDINARY PEOPLE HAVE. THE POWER OF OUR BALLOT.
Because the government of the people, by the people and for the people is IN DANGER OF PERISHING. Under the Republicans for 8 horrible years.--the modern DARK AGES if you will--the government of the PEOPLE has slowly morphed to the government of the (rich) PEOPLE, for the (rich) PEOPLE, by the (rich) PEOPLE. Yeah yeah...technically it's still for ALL the PEOPLE. But in practice it seems to work for just the rich people. Specially in recent times.
Look at our situation now. The Republican Administration is trying to RAMROD a 700 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT PLAN through Congress. They are trying to get congress to rubber-stamp this crazy plan without much debate. I hope congress develops a SPINE this time an puts its foot down and demands more details and oversight. 700 BILLION to bailout the RICHEST COMPANIES. Yes, these companies are failing now...but through their OWN BAD DECISIONS, their own IRRESPONSIBILITY, their OWN GREED. What this is essentially is PRIVATE PROFIT, PUBLIC LOSSES. When these companies where making profit...they get to keep all that for themselves. But now that they are LOSING MONEY...the government now wants to make their LOSS PUBLIC. The taxpayer will be stuck with the GIANT 700 BILLION DOLLAR BILL to keep these companies afloat.
700 BILLION to the RICHEST COMPANIES...0...that's ZERO for ordinary STRUGGLING AMERICANS...specially those losing their homes. Now Congress is trying to get something into the bill to help out these people...but the Republicans resist...saying "we shouldn't put controversial items into the bill". EHEM! EXCUSE ME! 700 BILLION for the richest (but failing) banks and companies is NOT CONTROVERSIAL but a few billion to help out ORDINARY AMERICANS LOSING THEIR HOMES IS CONTROVERSIAL? WTF! WTF! Are the Republicans insane?
OBAMA IS RIGHT! No to a 700 BILLION DOLLAR Bailout Plan that helps ONLY WALL STREET BUT NOT MAIN STREET. Any plan to rescue the economy MUST...MUST include something to help out the common, ordinary STRUGGLING American citizen and families. The plan must also include OVERSIGHT and ACCOUNTABILITY. There can be "NO BLANK CHEQUE", as Obama has insisted. There must also be more oversight over these companies in exchange for this bailout.
Most of all remember on Nov. 4th that all this happened under a REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION. The buck stops with them.
NOW YOU ALL MAKE SURE TO USE YOUR POWER on Nov. 4th. Use your POWER WISELY. VOTE THE REPUBLICANS OUT!
Let us make sure on NOV. 4th that The Government of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, and of the PEOPLE...does NOT PERISH from this EARTH!
NO MCCAIN NO PALIN.
Vote Obama / Biden 2008!
Vote Barack Obama for President!
It is TIME FOR CHANGE WE NEED!!!
BUSH IS A JOKER
I saw a headline earlier today that almost made me fall of my chair. Either DUBYA was being a JOKER or he was being total HYPOCRIT or BOTH.
The headline said "BUSH SAYS UN MUST DO MORE TO PREVENT TYRANNY" followed by smaller text which says "Bush says the UN is needed now more than ever."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAH! HEHEHEHEHE!
Bush surely you jest! Dubya the tyrant himself wants the UN to prevent tyranny! Has he looked in the mirror lately? Does the man who thinks the Constitution is just a piece of paper with some "guidelines" that does not necessarily need to be followed wants to the UN to prevent more leaders like him from coming to power?
And suddenly the UN is "needed more than ever". This is from the same man that once said the "UN IS BECOMING IRRELEVANT" when it would not support his crazed drive to go to war with Iraq 5 years ago.
So suddenly, after DUBYA has weakened America's influence and power by the debacle of Iraq...suddenly the UN is "needed more than ever".
DUBYA, you lame duck joker you!
NO TO 4 MORE YEARS OF REPUBLICAN TYRANNY! NO MCCAIN!
Vote Obama / Biden 2008!
The headline said "BUSH SAYS UN MUST DO MORE TO PREVENT TYRANNY" followed by smaller text which says "Bush says the UN is needed now more than ever."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAH! HEHEHEHEHE!
Bush surely you jest! Dubya the tyrant himself wants the UN to prevent tyranny! Has he looked in the mirror lately? Does the man who thinks the Constitution is just a piece of paper with some "guidelines" that does not necessarily need to be followed wants to the UN to prevent more leaders like him from coming to power?
And suddenly the UN is "needed more than ever". This is from the same man that once said the "UN IS BECOMING IRRELEVANT" when it would not support his crazed drive to go to war with Iraq 5 years ago.
So suddenly, after DUBYA has weakened America's influence and power by the debacle of Iraq...suddenly the UN is "needed more than ever".
DUBYA, you lame duck joker you!
NO TO 4 MORE YEARS OF REPUBLICAN TYRANNY! NO MCCAIN!
Vote Obama / Biden 2008!
9/19/2008
Barack Obama Pounds McCain
I like the newer feistier Obama! It's about time! It's time to hit McCain and the Republicans hard. It's hardball time! I understand Obama wants to fight with truth and not lies like the Republicans do. But you can wrap that truth on your fist and whack McCain upside the head with it! It's fightin' time!
Off with the gloves! The economic crises has revived the Democrats momentum and now they must run with it! The Republicans don't know crap about the economy...they got us into this mess to begin with. Mr. Obama...make sure you remind the voters of this fact EVERY DAY until ELECTION DAY!
Republicans RUINED the economy.
Republicans turned SURPLUSES into DEFICITS.
Republicans TAKE from the POOR and GIVE to the RICH!
Republicans are RESPONSIBLE for the WORST FINANCIAL CRISES SINCE THE 1930's!
I loved it when Obama responded to McCain's claim that McCain will take on the "old boys network". Obama said "the old-boy network? In the McCain campaign, that's called a staff meeting!" HAHAHAHA! That's what I want to hear from Obama!
This isn't the primaries anymore. Obama already got the SMART VOTE, THE EDUCATED VOTE, the INFORMED VOTE. Now he needs to get the Less-Educated Vote, the Blue Collar Vote, the Less-Informed Vote. These voters don't listen much to serious intellectual talk. They thrive on soundbites. That's exactly what Obama is doing now and what he needs to do MORE OF!
If the Republicans sling MUD...you sling their MUD right back at them! It is fightin' time! And YES WE CAN! We CAN and WE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT! We cannot have 4 MORE YEARS of SAME OLD CRAP!
No McCain! NO McBUSH!
Obama / Biden 2008!
Vote Obama 2008!!!!!!!!!!!
Off with the gloves! The economic crises has revived the Democrats momentum and now they must run with it! The Republicans don't know crap about the economy...they got us into this mess to begin with. Mr. Obama...make sure you remind the voters of this fact EVERY DAY until ELECTION DAY!
Republicans RUINED the economy.
Republicans turned SURPLUSES into DEFICITS.
Republicans TAKE from the POOR and GIVE to the RICH!
Republicans are RESPONSIBLE for the WORST FINANCIAL CRISES SINCE THE 1930's!
I loved it when Obama responded to McCain's claim that McCain will take on the "old boys network". Obama said "the old-boy network? In the McCain campaign, that's called a staff meeting!" HAHAHAHA! That's what I want to hear from Obama!
This isn't the primaries anymore. Obama already got the SMART VOTE, THE EDUCATED VOTE, the INFORMED VOTE. Now he needs to get the Less-Educated Vote, the Blue Collar Vote, the Less-Informed Vote. These voters don't listen much to serious intellectual talk. They thrive on soundbites. That's exactly what Obama is doing now and what he needs to do MORE OF!
If the Republicans sling MUD...you sling their MUD right back at them! It is fightin' time! And YES WE CAN! We CAN and WE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT! We cannot have 4 MORE YEARS of SAME OLD CRAP!
No McCain! NO McBUSH!
Obama / Biden 2008!
Vote Obama 2008!!!!!!!!!!!
9/12/2008
Fool Me Once, Shame On YOU. Fool Me Twice Shame on ME.
Fool Me Once, Shame On YOU.
Fool Me Twice Shame on ME.
It's an old saying. But it holds much wisdom.
Unfortunately many people are allowing just this very thing to happen. They are allowing themselves to be FOOLED--AGAIN--by Republican lies, Republican politics-of-fear, and Republican false claims.
So SHAME on these people who are allowing themselves to be so easily fooled by the Republicans. I hope they eventually wisen up before the election. I mean really people...ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN 8 YEARS AGO? IS AMERICA BETTER OFF NOW THAN 8 YEARS AGO?
I don't think so. Things have definitely gotten worse. The economy is a JOKE. Gas prices as SKY HIGH. Thousands of people are gonna lose their homes because of the Mortgage Crisis. Countless people have lost their jobs. The Healthcare system is a big freaking MESS. YET...YET...many people ACTUALLY THINK...McCain--a Republican who AGREES with BUSH 90% of the TIME--will make things better.
HUH? Listen you McCain leaners or fence-sitters...This is like trying to fix a broken machine with the WRONG TOOL. DEEP DOWN...YOU KNOW it's the WRONG TOOL. It hasn't worked for 8 years. But part of you THINKS that if you change the name of the tool from BUSH to MCCAIN that it "might" work. I don't think so dude.
It's time to TRY SOMETHING NEW. It's time to TRY a new TOOL to fix the broken machine that is America. It's time to TRY OBAMA! Yeah, some of you maybe scared of CHANGE. But we cannot continue going on the same DISASTROUS COURSE that the country is currently headed. Something needs to CHANGE. McCain/Palin WILL NOT BRING ABOUT CHANGE. They will bring MORE OF THE SAME.
OBAMA has the vision, the temperament, the right judgement to lead this country FORWARD. FORWARD to the FUTURE. FORWARD to PROGRESS. FORWARD to a BETTER LIFE for YOU and YOUR FAMILY.
McCain is the PAST. McCain/Palin will DRAG America down a DEEPER HOLE that it's already in. It's time to GET OUT of the HOLE that DUBYA dragged us into during the past 8 years. It's time to MAKE America the "Shining City on a Hill" once more. It's time to GET AMERICA OUT OF THE DARK...and make her A BEACON OF LIGHT once more to the world.
McCain/Palin will keep the country in the DARK AGES. It's time for AN AMERICAN RENNAISSANCE. It is TIME FOR OBAMA!
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!
VOTE OBAMA 2008!
Fool Me Twice Shame on ME.
It's an old saying. But it holds much wisdom.
Unfortunately many people are allowing just this very thing to happen. They are allowing themselves to be FOOLED--AGAIN--by Republican lies, Republican politics-of-fear, and Republican false claims.
So SHAME on these people who are allowing themselves to be so easily fooled by the Republicans. I hope they eventually wisen up before the election. I mean really people...ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN 8 YEARS AGO? IS AMERICA BETTER OFF NOW THAN 8 YEARS AGO?
I don't think so. Things have definitely gotten worse. The economy is a JOKE. Gas prices as SKY HIGH. Thousands of people are gonna lose their homes because of the Mortgage Crisis. Countless people have lost their jobs. The Healthcare system is a big freaking MESS. YET...YET...many people ACTUALLY THINK...McCain--a Republican who AGREES with BUSH 90% of the TIME--will make things better.
HUH? Listen you McCain leaners or fence-sitters...This is like trying to fix a broken machine with the WRONG TOOL. DEEP DOWN...YOU KNOW it's the WRONG TOOL. It hasn't worked for 8 years. But part of you THINKS that if you change the name of the tool from BUSH to MCCAIN that it "might" work. I don't think so dude.
It's time to TRY SOMETHING NEW. It's time to TRY a new TOOL to fix the broken machine that is America. It's time to TRY OBAMA! Yeah, some of you maybe scared of CHANGE. But we cannot continue going on the same DISASTROUS COURSE that the country is currently headed. Something needs to CHANGE. McCain/Palin WILL NOT BRING ABOUT CHANGE. They will bring MORE OF THE SAME.
OBAMA has the vision, the temperament, the right judgement to lead this country FORWARD. FORWARD to the FUTURE. FORWARD to PROGRESS. FORWARD to a BETTER LIFE for YOU and YOUR FAMILY.
McCain is the PAST. McCain/Palin will DRAG America down a DEEPER HOLE that it's already in. It's time to GET OUT of the HOLE that DUBYA dragged us into during the past 8 years. It's time to MAKE America the "Shining City on a Hill" once more. It's time to GET AMERICA OUT OF THE DARK...and make her A BEACON OF LIGHT once more to the world.
McCain/Palin will keep the country in the DARK AGES. It's time for AN AMERICAN RENNAISSANCE. It is TIME FOR OBAMA!
OBAMA / BIDEN 2008!
VOTE OBAMA 2008!
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