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Personally, I think they waited a year too long for any bailout plan to work.  If they'd done this last year it might have made a difference.  But we are in a free fall now, where fear and lack of trust trumps everything.  The reverse of irrational exuberance, if you will.  What we really need is something far more radical: re-negotiation of mortgages based on current market values and rates.

The bailout actually has to use some of the $700 billion in order to unfreeze credit.  Psychology alone will not do it.  It will be at least a month before he's ready to do auctions.  As I said during the debate, the fact that it will take a while before the bailout can even get started makes it all the more critical to pass a bill, because wealth is going to evaporate at an increasing rate.  And it isn't just the wealth of fat-cats.  It's people's retirement savings and small businesses that provide most of the jobs in this country.

It's the seriousness of this crisis that led me to support a plan that I don't like, because I don't like to play political games with people's savings and jobs.  

It is from that cesspool of people that death threats and assassination plots against Obama arise.

I think a new, new deal is the only way this country will prosper again. That Moonbat site is downright scary and I wonder what will happen to these people once Obama wins. Will they ever judge him on the merits of his policies or just always slander him on subjective motives? It is disgusting.

What does that make Reagan's "welfare queens driving Cadillacs" comment?

Answer: A Saint of course.

So, the Democratic nominee is the candidate promoting personal responsibility and that makes him a fascist. What does that make Reagan's "welfare queens driving Cadillacs" comment?

Ooh, I hadn't heard of all of those.  Thanks.

I absolutely agree about the FDR references. Just the use of his name makes me feel safe again.

My sister and brother-in-law, who've been lifelong right-wing Republicans, are trying to find hospitalization insurance for my brother-in-law. He's about sixty, a lifelong smoker and drinker and is losing feeling in his extremities. They kept voting for the politicians that dismantled every part of our social welfare system. Do they understand? Probably not. They'll probably go down thinking that somehow the illegal aliens took their hospitalization.

I feel for swimmer's mother.  Babies leaving home is traumatic.  :(

To me the biggest challenge here is that cactus, although that sky won't be easy.  Stay tuned and thanks for your continued interest.

My thoughts go out to the Bidens.

Without Lawrence Tierney and Harvey Keitel the first photo feels a bit lacking.

Good morning, Andi (I gather Hurria's post was pre-sleep)!

swimmer has a long weekend coming up, and will be here Fri-Tue. That will be nice, especially for her mother who has not been able to handle the separation too well.

The correct pronounciation would ruin her 'folksy' act, hence, back to the old.

Actually, at the convention she said "new clear" (two words) because that's how they spelled it on the teleprompter. It sounded even goofier.

That first picture looks like it could be the opening shot of some hip, new crime series.

You all being the good guys, of course.

Law & Order:  Bloggers

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I'm assuming that you have the picture already uploaded. If not, you'll need to go sign up at a picture-hosting site like Photobucket, Flickr, ImageShack, or Picasa.

To post the picture, you need put the url for the picture in the src attribute of an <img> tag. If the image is bigger than 500 pixels wide, you should the width tag to scale the display down.

The full tag would look like this:
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Why do you think Obama will be a one termer if he is elected?

As the Republican Party sinks deeper and deeper into the morass of depression regarding their electoral prospects in November, they become increasingly more and more desperate.  They are now hitting the Democrats and Obama, in particular, with the jawbone of an ass.  Honestly, what else can you call this arrogant bubble head  who thinks a thesaurus is a symbol of shame and ridicule.

My god, the governor of Alaska is elevating ignorance and a lack of linguistic ability as methods to appeal to a non thinking part of the electorate.  She has no decency, no honor, and, what is really scary, no morality. One reason why she flaunts her pregnant unwed daughter on the national stage.  Apparently, she will use any person and any technique (character assassination) to further her political ends.  

I agree she is a monster already.  What has America come to when such a personality can run for national office with the endorsement of then Republican Party? I conclude the Republican Party is a monster also.

God help the Republic.

What a beautiful event.  Thanks for sharing the pictures that Cabin Girl took.  A thanks to the latter also.