Do Not Follow This Link

[filkertom]

Unless you want to become really, really pissed off. No matter which side of the bailout question you're on.

I am very serious. If you want to pursue the political stuff, go for it. If you're just not in the mood right now, avoid it.

Comments

[dement1a.livejournal.com]

I'm actually vaguely bemused that their plan failed so miserably.

Also, pissed that they are playing games with the economy to better their political standing. I don't think they understand that with no economy, there is no government.

Or maybe they just don't care. I don't know.

[kayshapero]

Scary short sighted, mostly.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on vaguely bemused. And also moderately puzzled by the number of feet McCain must have, given that he keeps shooting himself in them.

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

He was a POW! Shooting himself in the foot is easy compared to the Vietnam POW camps!

:)

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think the only reason the GOP nominated McCain was because they believed themselves not to have a chance after 8 years of Bush, and wanted to prop up McCain to punish him for past sins against the party.

Alas, I'm pretty sure THIS plan shall backfire as well, because they're making the same mistake Democrats make Election Year after Election Year...

They're overestimating the intelligence of the American people.

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

Actually, the way that I saw it go by this past spring, was that the Republican primary rules were tilted toward a coronation instead of a contest (e.g., winner-take-all-delegates, and the scheduling and typing (election vs. caucus) of the states' contests).

Except that the Crown Prince chosen by the GOP's movers and shakers (Romney) was discarded by the Republican electorate, as they spoiled the plans of their betters by crowning McCain instead.

My guess is that the voters were ratifying what he had stood for 4 years before, when he stood against Bush, spoke common sense, and lost. Any of those voters who actually pay current attention enough to re-evaluate that decision, would probably find enough reason to change their minds now.

[lariss.livejournal.com]

Doesn't take much over-estimating.

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

You warned me, but being the masochist I am... GRRRRRR

[jss]

I may have said this before, but it bears repeating: Icon love!

[kayshapero]

Not so much pissed off as bemused. And amused at how they were so SURE their scheme would work that they tipped their hand to all of us. Worried at how much influence appears to attach to such shortsighted idiots.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAOinUK
And I thought OUR political jokes were bad....

[devospice.livejournal.com]

Really, I expect nothing less. I can almost hear the RNC chanting

"Mo' money! Mo' power! Mo' money! Mo' power!"

[kilbia.livejournal.com]

I *wish* that surprised me.

[solarbird]

EPIC FAIL! EXCELLENT!

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

Actually, that gives me a nice warm feeling of schadenfreude.

Um. Followed by worrying that the Republicans won't vote for a good package if we manage to get one together in the next few days.

[bryanp.livejournal.com]

Meh. I don't buy it. If they'd really wanted it passed then the Republican House leadership would have shoved it through one way or another. There's enough stupidity on both sides without making up half-baked conspiracy theories.

Which, by the way, is the same thing I told someone who said this was all a plot by the Democrats because "everyone knows that people will vote Democrat when they're more worried about their jobs than their scruples." (her words, not mine)

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Well, I know two people at least who simply won't believe it.

Ramps up the anti-Republican feeling nicely for the rest of us, though, doesn't it?

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

I am SO tired of the "say anything to get power" mentality!

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good plan, Doc. But, uh... There's just one little thing wrong with it."

[indyellen.livejournal.com]

I suppose what baffles me is that they seem to think they can keep this sort of thing a secret. There are enough of them working the 24-hour news cycle...don't they think we'll notice?

Obviously, they don't.

Scary.

[fredhuggins.livejournal.com]

Which is EXACTLY why I remain optimistic, in spite of all the shit that's happening, that technology will help this nation pull through. If they'd had the internet in 1929, would the Depression have even happened? (Seriously, I'm asking)

[realinterrobang.livejournal.com]

If they'd had the internet in 1929, would the Depression have even happened?

No, something similar would have happened that would have been much, much worse. For one thing, I'm not sure the concept of "strategic financial regulation" existed back then, and if the internet had been around, that probably would have effectively extended the panic to everywhere with internet access. There were stock crashes worldwide in 1929, where there were stock exchanges. Add the internet, multiply the number of stock exchanges (most likely) and drag more countries into it -- stock crashes, bank collapses, and bank runs all over the world.

By the time the topsoil finished blowing away over half of North America, there would have been a much different world.

Strangely, people living in large world cities almost effectively had the internet, in terms of what tasks they were capable of performing remotely, by the late 1890s, telecommunication and globalisation had gotten so far. What receded the first great wave of international commerce and communication was World War I...

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

I think their new plan is to try and convince their base that the bailout did, in fact pass, and is now law. In fact, they'll be sending their guys around to various "values voter" homes, dressed up as Democrats, to collect their share of the $700 billion in person.

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

Great, not only evil but incompetent as well...[or vice versa depending].

Well, nice to know they've their priorities...while the Republic crashes and burns, they're busy fiddling the system. But hey, as long as they score points off the democrats, they win! [never mind that we all loose.]

[fredhuggins.livejournal.com]

I've become convinced that money, and power, and the constant, never-ending pursuit of more money and power, is literally ALL THESE FUCKING PEOPLE CAN THINK ABOUT.

I don't think it's even the slightest bit logical anymore. I think it's an addiction. They found out how to manipulate the system, and now they can't stop. They don't live on remotely the same level that you or I do, and I'm not talking about MEANS here - if I had 0.1% of their coin I'd live the same way I do now, but with a more free time and comfort - but in terms of how their brains function. Doing whatever they can to make more money and power is like a VICE to them, like alcoholism or compulsive gambling (but without as much risk for failure). They don't have friends, they don't have hobbies, they don't relax, they don't even enjoy their money, and they never even retire - you'll notice, many of these people are old as fuck.

I'd almost pity them if they weren't fucking over the rest of us so thoroughly.

To quote Londo...

[nimitzbrood.livejournal.com]

"Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you! "

And that about sums it up for me. I can only hope that people wake up and start throwing politicians and Suits out of high windows claiming that they committed suicide due to the market crash.

In the meantime I'm working on storing provisions and saving cash...

[firedrake-mor.livejournal.com]

And, on top of that, Grampy McSame was out there taking credit for passing the damn thing even as it was failing in the House!

Between that and the selection of Palin, I do begin to wonder if McCain was set up by the GOP.

No surprise

[urban-terrorist.livejournal.com]

But cynical enough for someone 3 times my age (which would be 153 for those who care).

While this doesn't directly affect me (I'm Canadian) the fact that the Conservative Party of Canada seems to be slavishly imitating the Republicans does. We are in the middle of an election campaign right now, and I'm hoping that the ABC Movement (Anybody but Conservative) his some luck.