You may be saying, "Gee, the Vulture has been awfully quiet about the whole financial bailout situation". If you're saying that, please get a life. :)
I did opine already about the build up to the disastrous bill that, thank God, flamed out earlier this week. Now, as Vox Day presciently predicted, King George the Dim and his bumbling Congress have employed the Brussels method to try to ram through their hideous plan to reward the very scoundrels who effed up the economy in the first place.
Now for the big do-over. House members get another chance to vote on a bill that many would like to avoid: a massive financial rescue plan that has infuriated millions of voters but is described by President Bush and congressional leaders as vital to keeping the economy from sliding into a deep recession.Do NOT be deceived. This is NOT about saving the economy. This is NOT about helping the American people. This is about a group of out-of-touch elitists taking care of themselves and their well-connected friends. The rest of us can go pound sand as far as they are concerned.
This time, it comes back to the House loaded with billions of dollars worth of tax cuts and other sweeteners. They are meant to attract at least a dozen House members who voted against the measure Monday, when it failed, 228-205, triggering a record drop in the stock market.
One last FYI: the 25 Senators who voted "Nay" to this did so against the direction of their leadership, and party affiliation was NOT a factor. The breakdown: 15 Team Elephant, 9 Team Donkey, 1 "Independent" (it's Bernie Sanders from Vermont, who is technically a Democratic Socialist).
You'll note that both Senators from The People's Republic of Maryland voted "Yea" to this steaming pile. So did both "mainstream" candidates for president. I wish I could say that I was shocked.
