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- RJBURLE, on 10/02/2008, -63/+449Big surprise! Both Obama and McCain voted for this sham. They should run on the same ticket. Vote for a third party this year.
- gjvrieze, on 10/02/2008, -60/+304***** McBama, vote for someone like Nader or Ron Paul or ANYONE who did NOT steal from you in this vote!
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..................................., - davebg8r, on 10/02/2008, -12/+188Your Senate: Doing more damage to the US than terrorists since 2001.
- digitronix, on 10/02/2008, -8/+180Hmmm.... let's see....
Obama's top contributors:
Goldman Sachs $691,930
University of California $611,207
Citigroup Inc $448,599
JPMorgan Chase & Co $442,919
Harvard University $435,769
Google Inc $420,174
UBS AG $404,750
National Amusements Inc $389,140
Microsoft Corp $377,235
Lehman Brothers $370,524
Sidley Austin LLP $350,302
Moveon.org $347,463
Skadden, Arps et al $340,264
Time Warner $338,527
Wilmerhale Llp $335,398
Morgan Stanley $318,070
Latham & Watkins $297,400
Jones Day $289,476
University of Chicago $278,885
Stanford University $276,038
McCain's Top Contributors:
Merrill Lynch $298,413
Citigroup Inc $269,251
Morgan Stanley $233,272
Goldman Sachs $208,395
JPMorgan Chase & Co $179,975
AT&T Inc $174,487
Blank Rome LLP $150,426
Credit Suisse Group $150,025
Greenberg Traurig LLP $146,787
UBS AG $140,165
PricewaterhouseCoopers $140,120
US Government $137,617
Bank of America $129,475
Wachovia Corp $122,846
Lehman Brothers $117,500
FedEx Corp $113,453
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $104,250
US Army $103,613
Bear Stearns $99,300
Pinnacle West Capital $97,700
Yep. It all makes sense now. They have the exact same interests at heart.
(Source: http://www.opensecrets.org%29 - Stdnt4Paul98, on 10/02/2008, -10/+163This is HORRIBLE! 700 billion dollars into the market because it MIGHT help. In that case why doesn't the government inherit the whole economy tomorrow? i mean heck it MIGHT help. Pathetic. Inflation will rise, our debt will explode, and the dollar will fail. Good job senators.
- kcapxis, on 10/02/2008, -10/+149$856 billion in circulation. $700 billion injection to the richest 1%. One step closer to the largest transfer of wealth in US history and a one-day devaluation of your assets by 45%.
The scary part is that our representatives are unilaterally choosing to ignore our clearly expressed message. It is nothing short of criminal in its scope, but its most significant effect will not be felt immediately. If this bill is signed into law it will signal to future representatives that the consent of We the People is no longer necessary, and will begin a dark chapter in America as a nation ruled by tyranny rather than by consent. We do not call our elected officials "leaders," because we are not a nation ruled by any dictator or king. We call them "representatives" because their duty is to carry out our will in assembly form. You, as a citizen and as an American, have a duty to your nation right now. Make your voice heard to those who represent you by calling Congress, and register to vote to ensure those who put their own interests before yours are not elected again. - theneb29, on 10/02/2008, -14/+135there is still a house vote on friday....lets see if this congress will do one thing right before it dissolves in a months time
- agaiziunas, on 10/02/2008, -16/+130Get yourself as much credit as possible and then spend it on gold, silver, and go-karts.
- brad3378, on 10/02/2008, -4/+104Meanwhile, the National Debt clock officially ticked past the $10 Trillion mark today.
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
.........I haven't heard anything about it in the Mainstream Media. - viker7, on 03/30/2009, -9/+108Next week: "Senate passes bill to revoke the Constitution".
- TomJohn, on 10/02/2008, -9/+93What we are witnessing is our own elected representatives blatantly acting on their own initiative and ignoring the loud and clear objections of the majority of Americans.
Yet no one wants to demonstrate in the streets... We'd all rather sit comfortably at home and type crap to each other via the internet...
We have one last chance to make ourselves understood in Washington before the House vote. Act now or give up your right to complain.
Demonstrate in front of the U. S. Capitol Building in DC at 10 a.m., eastern time, Friday. - mickaloha, on 10/02/2008, -10/+80Hopefully the House will vote it down but they are making it too enticing to pass up. Let the market correct itself, not stay artificially inflated.
Yes credit will get tighter, people will lose jobs. It is best to take the hit and start to dig out from this mess as opposed to making this worse later down the line. Banks will still loan to people that are good credit risks. They will not be as quick to loan a $500,000 interest only loan to someone making $15,000 a year which is a good thing.
The banks that have capital on hand are the banks that survive and will thrive in the new environment. Let the people that made the bad decisions, go down. Do not reward them. Capitalism is about risk and reward. If the bailout happens, there is no risk. - NyteStarNyne, on 10/02/2008, -11/+72Hear that? It's the value of the dollar falling into the dark unknown.
- j.carcinogen, on 10/02/2008, -7/+67Who wants to bail out failing banks with your money? The answer is simple, who was given millions of dollars by failing banks? Thanks to www.opensecrets.org
http://digg.com/politics/Bank_Bailouts_Show_me_the ...
Kucinich floor statement against the bailout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feyu2Db2QuU
Paul floor statement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAETgDEzTvA - giddytonk, on 10/02/2008, -3/+62EPIC BAIL
- StormCommander, on 10/02/2008, -5/+48If the House actually votes against this, we should knock up their approval rating to a full 10%! Double digits!
- Baldar, on 10/02/2008, -16/+58Everyone needs to write their congressmen and stop this in the house.
I think this should seal the deal for most Americans that Obama and McCain are one and the same, and they should start looking at third parties. - 22magnum, on 10/02/2008, -5/+46can you say... oligarchy?
- tracywood, on 10/02/2008, -11/+47I don't care about Baldwin's pro-life stance, and to be honest, I don't even care if he is anti-homosexual, which I have not found any evidence of anyway, because Baldwin gets the economy, he gets socialism, he gets foreign policy, he has promised to appoint Ron Paul as secretary of the Treasury, and Ron Paul has even endorsed the guy. I am voting for him. This election, so many are so pissed, that it's actually possible that Baldwin could win. IF, you and I bite our tongues on some of the issues we disagree with and accept a little compromise in order to get our nation back on track by focussing on the MAJOR issues. Please consider voting for Baldwin.
Remember, minor on the minors, and major on the majors. - odigity, on 10/02/2008, -2/+35Child molestors can't rape millions of people in one day.
- iericg, on 10/02/2008, -4/+35They took 110 page bill and turned it into 405 pages. Leave it to the bipartisan Bureaucrats to keep complicating a so called solution.
This article goes a little more in depth with the revised billed.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14161.ht ...
This might actually work to our favor... causing a bigger rejection from the House. - stretch611, on 10/02/2008, -10/+40...and they wonder why congress has a lower approval rating than Bush.
- rprprs, on 10/02/2008, -9/+38Complete and utter dereliction of duty.
- agaiziunas, on 10/02/2008, -1/+30I thought McCain is talking about vetoing any pork-laden bill when he becomes president and will make sure we know the names of these spenders, yet he votes for this pork dumpling just fine.
I guess he thinks we already know his name, so what the heck?? - inactive, on 10/02/2008, -3/+30Dead link. Digg effect or not posted properly?
Eye opening as hell though. Classic tactic used by the central banks for centuries. Finance both sides and you win either way.
This is economic terrorism. - dycc07, on 10/02/2008, -4/+31Way to subvert the will of the people
- algaeturd, on 10/02/2008, -8/+34Even ***** sprinkled with sugar is still *****. Keep at the House...call them non-stop...call, call, call. This is a heist. It needs to be stopped.
If it does pass, use the next few months to prepare for the what will ultimately be the worst crash and bubble burst in the history of the world. More credit = bigger bubble = bigger crash ultimately. I'm not sure why Obama would be for this...it'll be under his watch possibly that it'll all come to a crash. - McLieberman, on 10/02/2008, -20/+46Who's the TERRORIST? It's GONGRESS and the EXECUTIVE Branches! More damage to AMericans foir GENERATIONS to COME. It's a PROVEN fact with over 75% of ALL Americans saying no to ANY type of BAILOUT, yet the SENATE votes 75 in favor.
This is the HYPOCRISY of Washington DC! Oh, and McCain and Barak Obama just proves the CHARADE! It's all the same in Washington DC... you're just given the Impression that there's big differences between the 2 parties.
What an INSULT... Americans UNITE and take back our COUNTRY, because The CONGRESS and EXECUTIVE branches... aren't be held responsible for ANYTHING, and they report to CORPORATIONS, WEALTH, ELITISTS, ZIONISTS!
Even you Obama voters have top realize what the HELL is happening in this country... SOCIALISM or the verge of FASCISM!
DISGUSTING! - unisonic, on 10/02/2008, -8/+33Dear Senate,
F•uck you very much for hastily slapping a 700+ billion dollar band-aid on a shotgun wound and listening to the people. - digitronix, on 10/02/2008, -3/+27These politicians don't know what the hell they're doing. And they say we're the ones that are misinformed about everything!
- xieodeluxed, on 10/02/2008, -7/+31Can I just not pay taxes then? ***** these politicians that think they're economists.
Canada time! - stealthc, on 10/02/2008, -5/+27The real problem is the $90 TRILLION in credit default swaps that none of these banks can cover. This bailout is just buying time while destroying the Dollar.
- odigity, on 10/02/2008, -5/+26Seriously, I'm a pro-choice aethiest, and I'm voting Baldwin. Abortion is so not a priority, for *****'s sake. Let's focus on foreign, monetary, and fiscal policy, m'kay?
- Ymeg, on 10/02/2008, -4/+25http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maP3ZPxrjgU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRzLPkHWGr4 - Goodanswer, on 10/02/2008, -5/+25They know EXACTLY what they are doing and how to fool he American public that it is for "our best interest."
Conspiracy?...Not anymore.
Rich get Richer-Poor gets Poorer. Complete Power Grab by those who think they are elite. Money has nothing to do with it, its all about power and who controls who or what. Considering they just enslaved my great grandchildren..ya, they know exactly what they want to do. - DrReaper, on 10/02/2008, -3/+23This shows you cannot trust McBama with the money of the United States.
- Ymeg, on 10/02/2008, -18/+38How will this be better than the previous alternative? The tax cuts seem to be better, but I still have a suspicion they are going to print a lot of money.
Oh well, it's not like pure Capitalism ever had a chance...
Anyway, http://senateconservatives.files.wordpress.com/200 ... = text. - jeffvvisoft, on 10/02/2008, -8/+27In related news...
NEW YORK - In a desperate attempt to rid Wall Street's "Toxic" assets, the Federal Reserve hired GAMERA, a giant flying tortoise from another galaxy to help.
GAMERA's job as described by the Fed, is to eat lethal assets held by investment banks, then leave Earth and defecate in deep space. "He's dumping our problems on someone else! Gotta love him!", said one Wall Street fat cat.
GAMERA's salary was not disclosed; however, those close to the deal say a XBOX 360 and a package of Crest Teeth Whitening Strips were part of the negotiations.
Video: GAMARA takes on the Wall Street Sharks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_LbdVi37J8&NR=1 - inactive, on 10/02/2008, -7/+26where did we get the money? please answer just this simple question.
- Mpwns, on 10/02/2008, -6/+25this is gonna be a epic thread.
- RickScarf, on 10/02/2008, -0/+19List of senators who voted for and against it:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hX_MaTaUTKVxe0Z ... - BridgeBurner, on 10/02/2008, -3/+22Great, can my friends that lost their jobs yesterday have them back now?
- 8347, on 10/02/2008, -3/+21"The last 8 years has messed up our economy". You're a moron! We are feeling the effects of decades of poor financial management by both parties. Blaming on person or party just prolongs the problem.
- tracywood, on 10/02/2008, -7/+25Can you not just bite your tongue on the pro-life issue when everything else is just so important? I have, and I'm voting Baldwin. Baldwin has also said he will make Ron Paul Secretary of the Treasury. Goodbye Fed.
- Vodd9, on 10/02/2008, -7/+25dugg for go-karts
- jmcneilly, on 10/02/2008, -9/+27And they say that Sarah Palin is dumb? We just found 75 who make her look smart.
I need to go cry now... - loconet, on 10/02/2008, -6/+23pssst.. Senate .. ok, ok, me next. See, I have these old student loans...
- kaelyiesta, on 10/02/2008, -2/+19"SOME KIND OF RESCUE is necessary."
Congrats, you have been brainwashed.
Meanwhile, people who actually read the bill have learned that it allows for money to buy bad debt from nearly any source, and not a little evidence suggests that that is also the intent: http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/596-Th ... - Jacolyte, on 10/02/2008, -9/+26Time to relocate to Sweden.
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