Now, we should all understand why the Bushies (McCain) wanted to privatize our Soc. Sec. They knew way back then, that Wall St. was in trouble. They figured that the public was stupid enough to believe them when they said that investing our Soc. Sec. in Wall St. was a great thing. I bet they figured all those billions from Soc. Sec. would rescue Wall St. and this implosion would come under the next Pres. Just remember folks, McCain voted for investing our Soc. Sec. into Wall St. Obama voted against it. Damn those idiots in Washington

Brain to Nowhere: a youtube musical parody about Sarah Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdCYlHVC70

"Vote for Palin, Palin-McCain!
He's the maverick
I'm the brain
Brain to nowhere..."

If "hero" McCain went to Washington to "save the economy" then why did all AZ House Members vote "NO" on the bail out?

Rachel that announcement was a real downer. I hope you retract that statement.

The guy before does not have a clue about a credit crunch on Wall Street.You may not like this 700 bio Deal.

When 4 of the biggest US Banks crashed in less than 3 threes as it happens since 2004. I would very hard
reconsider Mr Paulsons Plan. The US does not have any savings. Everything is financed from Russia, China, Korea, Japan.

The US Treasury bills ranks with a AAA but this is a very temporary state. It is much closer to a B3 Rating.
The USA Triple A is something Moody called a cornerstone for the global financial community.Millions of
401 retirements savings are based on this US Triple AAA.

When US banks can't lend money as it is now. You can foreign banks for additional money but higher much higher interest rates 7 - 15 % - that of course have direct impact on Boeing, GM who require additional money. GM should then at least 10 % pay on the capital market. A rate which they can't afford.

The US capitalismus model is dead. Dead for centuries.

If Disney made a Palin movie
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461

I thought Mukasey would just play out the clock on this one, but it looks as though he's actually trying to do something - or at least give the appearance of trying to do something - about Gonzales' sorry actions and legacy:

www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/washington/30attorney.html (emphasis mine)

An internal Justice Department investigation concluded Monday that political pressure drove the firings of several federal prosecutors in a 2006 purge, but said that the refusal of major players at the White House and the department to cooperate in the year-long inquiry produced significant “gaps” in its understanding of the events.

At the urging of the investigators, who said they did not have enough evidence to justify recommending criminal charges in the case, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed the Acting United States Attorney in Connecticut, Nora Dannehy, to continue the inquiry and determine whether anyone should be prosecuted. [snip]

The investigation, which uncovered White House e-mail messages not previously made public, offered a blistering critique of Mr. Gonzales’s management of the department. It called Mr. Gonzales “remarkably unengaged” in overseeing an unprecedented personnel review, and said that he “abdicated” his administrative responsibilities, leaving those duties to his chief of staff. It said that the process for deciding which prosecutors were fired was “fundamentally flawed.”

More troubling, the investigation concluded that, despite the denials of the administration at the time of the controversy, political considerations played a part in the firings of at least four of the nine prosecutors.

The most serious case, the report said, was the firing of David Iglesias, the former United States Attorney for New Mexico ... [snip]

Is one of those rare religious people who keep me hoping that religion can be "saved."

Bill Maher is completely anti-religion, and, mostly, rightfully so. The vast majority of organized religions seem to be bound and determined to reshape the world in their own image.

I recently made the switch to one of the progressive religions Dr. Gaddy was speaking of - Unitarian Universalist - from Catholicism and it's changed my life. For the first time, I'm pursuing a spiritual course that doesn't demand I convert the rest of the world to what I believe.

I was sad to read this in the LATimes but not surprised:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-maddow29-2008sep29,0,6426052....

"Maddow worries about losing her distinct persona in the glare of television but said she has no desire to remain in the freer environs of radio."

"I'm trying to be influential," she said. "I'm trying to be part of the discussion. You reach people in television in a way that allows you to make more of an impact. If that's the game you've decided to play, you might as well try to win."

Good-bye and good luck, Rachel!! I hope your impact is as influential as you hope!! You'll be missed but when your heart isn't in radio - it's time to give it up to those who do care./ who have the desire.

Maybe Sam and Marc have the desire to remain in the "freer environs of radio."

Takecare .... :) :) :) :)

Peace

Deborah from Kansas

Today was another typification of McCain losing his mind 133 Republicans voted No on a bailout that there administration created the need for and then blamed Senetor Obama for the failure. This clearly shows that McCain was overdue for his Ensure midday meal and his Depends diapers were the only thing giving him that warm and wet feeling.

Hi,
Who can help me? I can't say I am fully up to speed on all topics there just isn’t that much time in the day. Why, with all the media coverage isn’t somebody making good use of all the air time to explain the details of the bailout plan? I had heard they were going to post the plan on a website for the public to review, did anyone ever see the web address come up? Even if I read it, would I understand it?

All I am asking for is for an educated, neutral person to throw up a slideshow and break it down for me so i (ya know) “The People” can have some say in this. I feel like I’ve been sent away so they can have “grown-up talk!”

Okay, I just needed to vent a little.

.... if everyone in Congress is saying that everyone hated the bail-out bill, isn't it then a good thing it didn't pass??? I mean, who wants to see enacted legislation that no one likes? Maybe now they'll get their sh*t together and come back with a decent, less-hated bill.

Really appreciated Rachel Maddow having Laura Tyson on the air to explain the bailout bill failure. Quite illuminating!