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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:22 PM Original message |
We've been backed into a corner. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. They had a plan and they had the power to execute it. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think that congress will have to approve of some kind of bailout but |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Guarantees nothing. How about zero interest on any of these mortgages we're buying up |
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Captiosus (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Agreed, I see no reason why we have to "accept" the first thing |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Please, show me examples where the Democratic Congress went |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. They overrode his veto last May on the Farm Bill to close the Enron Loophole. |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. We have no choice. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I think most people here realize I am a defense hawk |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I could go for some isolationism at this point. n/t |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Me, too! And I think under the circumstances |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 03:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. And totally overhaul the privatized contracting procedures. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. The Dems can add perks for main street as well |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Obama should screw his courage to |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 03:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Not if he plays his cards right. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. You truly believed the RNC and The powers that be collapsed this on purpose |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm open to some schoolin' since I hardly understand wtf is gonig on. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Start with Howard Zinn and his history of the United States |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. In that case, and in lieu of further reading on the subject, yes, I think |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I think the article that .... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Then I think we have nothing more to discuss |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. So, I guess there wasn't a single loan agent at Coutnrywide, et. al., that |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It is possible |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I have and I am positive they will try to use it (see McCain privatizing SS) |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The "true believers" are just dupes |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. But This Medicine Is Worse Than The Illness |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yea, Wiley50, I read that. We're screwn!!!1!!1 n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. How about if we propose to move the tax-brackets back to Eisenhower's levels if they want this? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. When was the last time "we" lobbied Congress successfully? |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. They SHOULD reject it ... |
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fla nocount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. I vote for total and utter collapse of the nations financial system as we know it. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
27. Pelosi needs to play poker with a line drawn, and say 'Take it or leave it.' |
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