$700 Billion. Got to have it. Misery, doom, gloom, brimestone, blah…. Just give it to us, you can trust as we’re not like the others. We’ll use it to buy the toxic assets of the banks…no, we’re going to buy equity in the banks and financial institutions…no, we’re going to bail out the car companies…..we’re going to…..ah heck, they have no idea. Remember, it’s just money, right?
OUR MONEY!
No way to track where it went, and the banks say "we don’t have to tell you where we’re using it"? No increased lending….and that was the purpose, right?
Arrrggghhh!!!
Obama now wants the other half of the $350 billion. And I’m not too happy that our Congresscritters just voted to release the next half. I really wish that more thought had gone into it….just because I’m conservative to want to see objective measures set up for milestones for EVERYTHING! And I would expect my Republican Senator to be doing such….and would have voted this thing down. Imagine my surprise when I saw the list of those who opposed the bill:
Barrasso (R-WY), Bayh (D-IN), Bennett (R-UT), Bond (R-MO), Brownback (R-KS), Burr (R-NC), Cantwell (D-WA), Chambliss (R-GA), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Cornyn (R-TX), Crapo (R-ID), DeMint (R-SC), Dorgan (D-ND), Ensign (R-NV), Enzi (R-WY), Feingold (D-WI), Graham (R-SC), Grassley (R-IA), Hutchison (R-TX), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE), Lincoln (D-AR), Martinez (R-FL), McCain (R-AZ), McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), Nelson (D-NE), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Sanders (I-VT), Sessions (R-AL), Shaheen (D-NH), Shelby (R-AL), Specter (R-PA), Thune (R-SD), Vitter (R-LA), Wicker (R-MS), Wyden (D-OR)
Well, our motto is "Spank’em when they’re wrong and thank’em when they’re right".
Senator Shaheen (D-NH), we thank you!
Umm, er..ah….Isn’t there another name that should be there? Well, er:
It also means that those tired of the bailout—in the media and at the grassroots level—need now to apply pressure to the the following Republican Senators who defected from the vast majority of their caucus:
Alexander (R-TN)
Gregg (R-NH)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lugar (R-IN)
Snowe (R-ME)
I can understand the last name. But Gregg? Sheesh….talk about getting out-flanked on the right…
