"THE EVIL------------------------------------

----------------------------------THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM--"     The rightwingers in Congress that vote their ideology rather than do the work of the people should be flogged in the public square.   The so-called "bailout" may not be the ideal solution, but something had to be done. The $700 billion cost is beyond huge, but the loss in the stock market was more than $1 trillion.  I've been in the market for many years, and seen many bad days, but yesterday was by far the worst.   If the idealogues were proper politicians, they would have proposed a reasonable compromise rather than stick it to the public. It has been wisely said that politics is the art of compromise, but these fools would rather ruin the country than compromise their "ideals".   Maybe flogging would be too good for them.  

 

 

 

 

BAILOUT

The vote on the bill proves that Bush has ceased to exist in his own party.

The Repubbys are blaming the Pelosi speech for the failure. Geez little boys! What are you saying? If Mama scolds you, then you're justified in burning down the house? Daddy Mac will come home and spank you.

GROW UP AND DO RIGHT!!! 

BAILOUT

The Republicans, who have lead us down the slippery slope of fiscal disaster, are now trying to put on the mantle of fiscal conservatism.

TOO LATE!

War, deregulation, budget deficits, massive borrowing from foreign powers, and assorted other foolish acts have brought us to ruin.

I weep for my country.

 

 

FOOLS RUN AMOK IN BUSHLAND

Why should we believe that the gang of scoundrels that brought us to this financial precipice are smart enough to create a "bailout" that has any chance of succeeding?

Truly, we are adrift at sea on a ship of fools.

"BAILOUT"

The thieves and scoundrels who brought this financial disaster down upon us are being rescued from the consequences of their greed and stupidity. What about the rest of us? What about the innocent poor who are just getting by, and now will suffer?

Will any of these crooks go to jail? Very doubtful. If I was a poor man, out of work through no fault of my own, broke with no money to buy food for my family, what would I do. Beg on the street? Go door to door asking for help? Become desperate and steal food or money to care for my children? Get locked up, while my family is thrown out on the street?

I remember poor people going door to door begging food back in the depression before World War 2. We were fortunate. Dad's business brought in sufficient income, and we had enough property in a small Virginia town to have a large garden and chickens. We never went without the necessities. Mother fed many people who knocked on the door, hungry and raggedy.

The incompetance of our government and the greed of the Wall Streeters have brought us to the precipice of depression.

WHAT IS NEXT?

LACK OF JUDGEMENT

 

A very important characteristic of a candidate for President of the United States should be sound judgement, a trait very much lacking over the past 8 years.

One of the two candidates in this upcoming election has shown exceedingly poor judgement on his most important "presidential" decision so far. This person who aspires to the highest office in the land has totally failed the judgement test by his choice of a vacuous twit as vice presidential candidate.If he dies, the nuclear arsenal is under the thumb of this fool.

Apocalypse Now!

The Republican Hamlet

"To be, or not to be, that is the question----------------" Shakespeare

This McCain guy, is he the Hamlet of Republican politics? To debate or not to debate, that is the question.

THE BAILOUT

If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)

I heard this years ago, but never knew the origin. Does't surprise me that crusty old Shaw said it.

WE'RE SINKING! BAIL FASTER!!

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The Federal Government has done a terrible job of management for the past 7+ years. Now that we are in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, why should we think they will manage the "Bailout" any better?

You can put lipstick on a bailout, but it's still a bailout.

IMPEACHMENT

The people who have brought us to this awful place will probably get away scot free with their loot and booty. This is so wrong. SOMEONE should pay for this. Impeachment? Criminal indictment?

Remember this. "The fish rots from the head".

CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMY HEARINGS

We are supposed to believe that the people that got us into this mess are smart enough to "bail" us out.

Verily, verily it doth boggle the mind.

I guess that the answer is, as usual, to print more money.

My feeling about these people is this. If they found you in a hole too deep to climb out of, they would throw in a shovel and tell you to dig your way out.

NATIONAL DEBT LIMIT================

====================11.3 TRILLION DOLLARS.

$12,000,000,000,000

This is a huge number. I'm not sure it's correct. I don't understand numbers this big. Does the doofus gang in Washington understand?

larer------

I think that many of them don't understand. I hear people as smart as Barney Frank say "billion" when he means "trillion".

A quote from years ago:

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.

Senator Everett Dirksen
US politician (1896 - 1969)

The good senator would have to learn a new number. A number rarely, if ever used in those days except by scientists and odds makers.

"A trillion here, a trillion there", etc.- etc.

Take a billion. Multiply by 1000, and then confusion sets in.

AAAARG!

THE ROAD TO RUIN

Have the Bushites removed the blinders, opened their eyes and surveyed the ruin that used to be the most powerful nation in the world? Bush and his followers have lead us down the road to Iraq and ruin, an evil adventure from which we may never fully recover. We are close to bankruptcy, both fiscal and moral and how CAN we recover?

No nation has ever had a 10 trillion dollar millstone of debt around it's neck. There's no roadmap to lead us out of this desert of evil.

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Next day: I'm afraid that we have the worst government in our history. How can we trust them to do the right thing? They haven't done it for years now. Why would they change? We surely are stranded in a "desert of evil".

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Furthermore: This is the same Congress of fools that bought into the Iraq disaster. Do they understand what they are buying into now? Their past record doesn't inspire future confidence.

 

BAILOUT? OR BOOTY FOR BAGMEN?

Bailout plan needs stronger oversight: Pelosi

.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that Democrats want to deal swiftly with the Bush administration's $700 billion financial market rescue plan, but also want more oversight, taxpayer protections and regulatory reform.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2052201620080921

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There should not be 1 cent of taxpayer money to bailout the crooked bankers and mortgage rats until proper and stringent regulations are in place to insure this disaster does not re-occur in a short time.

The "no regulation" gang should be shut out of this process, because it is their greed and stupidity that brought about this crisis in the first place, THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

 

Proper regulation is necessary for society to protect itself from the evil machinations of anarchistic rightwingers. Would these people eliminate all types of regulation. How about laws that regulate automobile traffic? I mean after all, red lights are such an inconvenience. Hard to steal when you are stuck in traffic with honest people just trying to get to work to make enough to pay the crooked mortgage holder.

 

Our goal should be PROPER REGULATION, and swift punishment for those who violate the rules.

 

 

CORPORATE WELFARE and a NATION of HYPOCRITES

Paulson urges Congress action on mortgage debt plan

Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:27am EDT

 

  

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, leading a push for a taxpayer-funded plan to contain the credit market crisis, said on Friday he would ask Congress to take action on this next week and that the Treasury was taking immediate steps in the meantime.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWAT01008320080919

If I was to behave in such a greedy and irresponsible manner and ended up broke and on the street, I would be a bad person who needed to go on welfare to survive,

If my name was Joe Blow Inc., and asked for "government assistance", the pols and pundits would be wringing their hands and rushing to my rescue.

Greed and irresponsibilty are reprehensible behavior, no matter who is the guilty party.

Where will the money come from for this massive welfare plan?

CHINA?

Memo to everyone; Learn Chinese

 

JOHN McPAIN

McPain in Spain went down the drain.

Poor old John. I appreciate the difficulties of growing old. I heard him interviewed on tv today. Sounded at times like someone slowing down an old 78 rpm record.

This man cannot be president.

I can say that because I'm older than John.

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Added later: It occured to me that many folks of the young persuasion have no idea what a 78rpm record is. I know because I'm older than John.

 

SPAIN/McCAIN

McCain 'confused' over Spain PM

By Lourdes Heredia BBC News, Washington In April, Mr McCain called for improved relations with Spain US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has raised suspicions in Spain that he thinks the country's prime minister is Latin American.       http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7624143.stm The pain in Spain is mainly John McCain

FINANCIAL CRISIS

I hear many talking heads on the tube referring to the current economic crisis as the worst since the GREAT DEPRESSION.

When the crash of 1929 occured, there were 2 major differences between then and now, In 1929 there wasn't a foolish war that has run up a debt that is beyond comprehension. That may make 2008 worse than 1929.

The Republicans, once self styled as the party of fiscal responsibility has over the past 8 years gone totally bonkers. They behave like a drunk gambler in a crooked casino.

They've been playing poker with the economy and losing every pot. On election day, lets hope they are holding the "dead man's hand", and the "marshall" drags them feet first out the door and up to "Boot Hill".

 

 

VOTE YOUR SELF INTEREST

I understand that most vote for their perceived self-interest. This is the normal way.

For instance, the Republican mantra is NO NEW TAXES. That attracts many voters.

What has happened today in the financial markets, and in the past few months in the subprime mortgage mess should give Republicans pause to ponder the fact that the "don't tax but spend anyway" crowd that has so terribly mismanaged the country and the economy, that the worst financial horror since the GREAT DEPRESSION has afflicted us, and huge amounts of wealth have vanished.

YOU CAN PAY ME NOW, OR YOU CAN PAY ME LATER.

signed

Mad Mike

AIG BAILOUT

I suppose it's necessary to keep these giant corporations afloat, but there should be some severe penalties for the crooked and incompetent executives who have caused this financial disaster. I deeply resent my tax money going to these people to finance their obscene compensation packages and underwrite their greed and stupidity.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

For those who have caused this mess, the rallying cry should be:

JAIL, NOT BAIL!

signed

Mad Mike

A FEMALE NIXON?

The more I see and hear of Sarah Palin, the more I'm reminded of Richard Nixon, who was known by the political monicker, "Dirty Dick". News out of Alaska concerning the so-called "Troopergate" scandal has inspired me to name the governor "Slimy Sarah".

signed:

Mad Mike

 

THE ILLUSION OF WINNING

We are in a "Through the looking glass" (apologies to Lewis Carroll) situation where nothing is ever what it seems, or what you believe you see, or what you are told you see. As the White Queen might say to Alice if they were observers of the current scene, "win tomorrow, win yesterday, but never win today". We are really in a "jam".

When we invaded Iraq, we passed through the "Looking Glass" from rationality to madness, and have never been able to see the truth and ultimate consequences of our misadventure.

History tells us there is no way to win.

Only fools press on.

SHOCKING INCOMPETANCE

From the highest levels of government to the corporate boardroom, greed, foolishness and sheer incompetance have created the perfect economic storm that threatens government and business stability.

As I type this, the Fed is meeting and discussing among many things the fate of insurance giant AIG. Will there be a bailout? Where will the money come from? Will the crooks and fools that brought about this disaster keep their jobs and their obscene compensation packages?

We need accountability.

"THE FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD"

EXPERIENCE?

McCain touts his "experience" as his main qualification to be president.

Experience without judgement is like a car without an engine. It may look pretty sitting by the curb, but it won't get you down the road to a better place.

THE GREAT FLUSHING SOUND---------------------

--------you hear is the USA financial stability going down the toilet.

We have the worst government in our history, and millions are poised to vote for more of the same.

Fellow citizens, you had better wise up. A vote for JonnyMac and Ms. Piggy is a vote for economic and military disaster.

DO NOT do as Esau did and "sell your birthright for a mess of pottage".

3 1/2 WARS

If the voters, in their infinite stupidity, decide to elect Jonnymac and Ms. Piggy, I would expect to see our 2 1/2 wars ( Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan) turn into 3 1/2 wars with the bombing of Iran and the next ground war.

The majority of the world's countries are against us now. Would the geezer and pitbull face seal the deal? Will we be on the losing side of WWIII?

THINK ABOUT IT

FORECLOSURES

I live in San Mateo County, California, a prosperous and in many areas a wealthy county. We are situated between San Francisco, and Santa Clara County, home of the highest of high tech.

Here's the story. At this moment in time, there are more than 730 foreclosure sales listed in San Mateo County. This is shocking to me. I've lived in this county for more than 50 years. Never seen anything like it.

Where are we going?

 

BAILOUT THE BUMS

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns, IndyMac,and so on and so on and on. Companies run by greedy and foolish management that squandered away fiscal resources, and now they throw themselves on the mercy of the taxpayers to rescue them from their stupidity. And more to come. Lehman Bros. sinking fast. Washington Mutual gone from flush to being flushed down the toilet, getting in line for WELFARE. (an aside; why is corporate welfare good and personal welfare bad?)

Back to the bailout. Where is all the money coming from to save the crooks and fools? Just imagine this! Bad debt covered by creating more debt. Most of it from overseas sources.

Here's one to stick in your craw. The head fools of Fannie and Freddie are due huge golden parachutes. How do you feel about being in debt to reward the scoundrels?

I suppose that if we don't like the debt we could pay it off. It's only $31,000 for every man, woman and child in the USA.

 

HOORAY!! 

Can a Gentleman Win?

Barack Obama is a gentleman. He wants to continue to behave as a gentleman, or at least TRY to do so. HOWEVER, like a boxer who keeps getting hit low by his opponent without any intervention by the referee, there is only one thing to do before your opponent succeeds in emasculating you, and that is for every low blow you get, give 2 back and make them lower.

The Republicans, being the party of people who will sink to any depth, have no compunctions concerning the use of nasty talk, vile and false accusations, and character assassination.

So, like a boxer who is a gentleman out of the ring, but knows that to survive and win he must match his opponents dirty tactics by being fiercer, meaner, and as dirty as the contest forces him to be, Obama must hit back harder, and as low as need be.

The fate of our country may depend on this.

PALIN WAS ALL FOR THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE-----------

----------------------------until she was told it was a liability. The bridge was pork. Shall we call Sarah, "Porky Palin"? Sounds just right.

I think "Porky Palin" is perfect. What is Joe Bidens phone number?

 

 

Words on Sarah via email. Pass it on

Anne Kilkenny's post in response to the Washington Independent article entitled "The Reform Candidate?" "Dear friends, So many people have asked me about what I know about Sarah Palin in the last 2 days that I decided to write something up … Basically, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have only 2 things in common: their gender and their good looks. You have my permission to forward this to your friends/email contacts websites, Thanks, Anne ABOUT SARAH PALIN I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992. Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the residents of the city. She is enormously popular; in every way she's like the most popular girl in middle school. Even men who think she is a poor choice and won't vote for her can't quit smiling when talking about her because she is a "babe". It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents for seven months. She is "pro-life". She recently gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby. There is no cover-up involved, here; Trig is her baby. She is energetic and hardworking. She regularly worked out at the gym. She is savvy. She doesn't take positions; she just "puts things out there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit. Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin's kind of job is highly sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their major source of income. Nor has her life-style ever been anything like that of native Alaskans. Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters. She's smart. Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000 (at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about 670,000 residents. During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had given rise to a recall campaign. Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a fiscal conservative. During her 6 years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation (1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they benefited residents. The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration weren't enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn't even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later—to the delight of the lawyers involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing. While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office redecorated more than once. These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city. As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state. In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's surplus, borrow for needs. She's not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas or compromise. As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren't generated by her or her staff. Ideas weren't evaluated on their merits, but on the basis of who proposed them. While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the Librarian are on her enemies list to this day. Sarah complained about the old boy's club when she first ran for Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of "old boys". Palin fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people, creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally grateful and fiercely loyal— loyal to the point of abusing their power to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the case of pressuring the State's top cop (see below). As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he intimidated her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska's top cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure and she had every legal right to fire him, but it's pretty clear that an important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn't fire her sister's ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation for abuse of power, she has had to admit thatmore than 2 dozen contacts were made between her staff and family to the person that she later fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew her support. She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in help. The City Council person who personally escorted her around town introducing her to voters when she first ran for Wasilla City Council became one of her first targets when she was later elected Mayor. She abruptly fired her loyal City Administrator; even people who didn't like the guy were stunned by this ruthlessness. Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything publicly about her. When then-Governor Murkowski was handing out political plums, Sarah got the best, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: one of the few jobs not in Juneau and one of the best paid. She had no background in oil & gas issues. Within months of scoring this great job which paid $122,400/yr, she was complaining in the press about the high salary. I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the structured hours, the work. Sarah became aware that a member of this Commission (who was also the State Chair of the Republican Party) engaged in unethical behavior on the job. In a gutsy move which some undoubtedly cautioned her could be political suicide, Sarah solved all her problems in one fell swoop: got out of the job she hated and garnered gobs of media attention as the patron saint of ethics and as a gutsy fighter against the old boys' club when she dramatically quit, exposing this man's ethics violations (for which he was fined). As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the bridge to nowhere after it became clear that it would be unwise not to. As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative action restored most of these projects—which had been vetoed simply because she was not aware of their importance—but with the unobservant she had gained a reputation as anti-pork. She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated them. Other members of the party object to her self-description as a fiscal conservative. Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah. They call her Sarah Barracuda because of her unbridled ambition and predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah's mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her. As Governor, she stepped outside of the box and put together of package of legislation known as AGIA that forced the oil companies to march to the beat of her drum. Like most Alaskans, she favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She has questioned if the loss of sea ice is linked to global warming. She campaigned as a private citizen against a state initiative that would have either a) protected salmon streams from pollution from mines, or b) tied up in the courts all mining in the state (depending on who you listen to). She has pushed the State's lawsuit against the Dept. of the Interior's decision to list polar bears as a threatened species. McCain is the oldest person to ever run for President; Sarah will be a heartbeat away from being President. There have to be literally millions of Americans who are more knowledgeable and experienced than she. However, there are a lot of people who have underestimated her and are regretting it. CLAIM VS FACT Hockey mom: true for a few years PTA mom: true years ago when her first-born was in elementary school, not since NRA supporter: absolutely true Social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships (said she did this because it was unconstitutional). Pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to promote it. Pro-life: mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life legislation Experienced: Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska. No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city administrator to run town of about 5,000. Political maverick: not at all Gutsy: absolutely! Open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at explaining actions. Has a developed philosophy of public policy: no A Greenie: no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR. Fiscal conservative: not by my definition! Pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built streets to early 20th century standards. Pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on residents Pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city government in Wasilla's history. Pro-labor/pro-union: No. Just because her husband works union doesn't make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim that she is pro-labor/pro-union. WHY AM I WRITING THIS? First, I have long believed in the importance of being an informed voter. I am a voter registrar. For 10 years I put on student voting programs in the schools. If you google my name (Anne Kilkenny + Alaska), you will find references to my participation in local government, education, and PTA/parent organizations. Secondly, I've always operated in the belief that "Bad things happen when good people stay silent". Few people know as much as I do because few have gone to as many City Council meetings. Third, I am just a housewife. I don't have a job she can bump me out of. I don't belong to any organization that she can hurt. But, I am no fool; she is immensely popular here, and it is likely that this will cost me somehow in the future: that's life. Fourth, she has hated me since back in 1996, when I was one of the 100 or so people who rallied to support the City Librarian against Sarah's attempt at censorship. Fifth, I looked around and realized that everybody else was afraid to say anything because they were somehow vulnerable. CAVEATS I am not a statistician. I developed the numbers for the increase in spending & taxation 2 years ago (when Palin was running for Governor) from information supplied to me by the Finance Director of the City of Wasilla, and I can't recall exactly what I adjusted for: did I adjust for inflation? for population increases? Right now, it is impossible for a private person to get any info out of City Hall—they are swamped. So I can't verify my numbers. You may have noticed that there are various numbers circulating for the population of Wasilla, ranging from my "about 5,000", up to 9,000. The day Palin's selection was announced a city official told me that the current population is about 7,000. The official 2000 census count was 5,460. I have used about 5,000 because Palin was Mayor from 1996 to 2002, and the city was growing rapidly in the mid-90's. Anne Kilkenny August 31, 2008

MORE ON THE MORTGAGE CRISIS

Frontpage headline, San Francisco Chronicle of 9/6/08

Feds to seize mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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Bad government+greedy bankers+foolish people=disaster!

McCain says "change is coming"

McCain acts like he wasn't part and parcel of the Bush League for the past 8 years. Are the voters so stupid that they will buy this nonsense? Bush and McCain. Cain and McBush. Ideological brothers. War lovers.

McCain's efforts to distance himself from Bush are like a man who has been sprayed by a skunk. No matter how much distance he puts between himself and the skunk, the stink lingers on.

Mac, you have the Dubya stench, and you'll never wash it off.

 

 

ARE YOU VOTING FOR----------------

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FAIRFIELD CITY COUNCILMAN------------------------

-----------------------------gunned down in cold blood. Sept. 1, 2008

Another triumph for the NRA.

Raise the flag and buy another gun.

 

 

SARAH PALIN'S DAUGHTER---------------

----------pregnant out of wedlock. Republican "family values"?

Now that it's one of their's, and she plans to marry the father, it's strictly a family matter.

Suppose Obama's daughter was of age, and became pregnant out of wedlock? Can you even BEGIN to imagine the Rovian uproar?

I can hear it now, and the language is such that I won't repeat it here.

A message to the Repubbys:

"Let he among you who is without sin cast the first stone". JC

THE BIG SIGH OF RELIEF-------------

--------------you hear from the Twin Cities is the Republicans when they heard that Bush and Cheney would not attend the convention.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SCALED BACK

So, the Repubbys are taking the noble route and cutting their convention because of Hurricane Gustav. Don't you believe it!!

All this "noblesse oblige" to show sympathy to the Gulf Coast unfortunates is so much malarkey. They know how badly they screwed up KATRINA for one thing. The other thing is that they know there is no way they can compete with the Demo's convention.

Gustav  was ready made for them. While it may not blow as hard as the blowhard Repubbys, it will cause plenty of damage.

However, Gustav won't cause anywhere near the damage those Repub fools have over the past 8 years.

OK Gustav, blow 'em outta town!!