I think we are PI$$ed

[bomelia]

Yup. Judging from the posts that I am reading, I am certain we are suffering from PI$$ (Post Innaugeral Stress Syndrome.) And I'm kind of liking it

Mike

[427 S/O]

Let's see if can stir the pot a little.... Cody Willard, FOX business anchor, predicted huge corruption with the proposed bail out (stimulus package for you libs) and it's already started with non other than Barney Frank!,

Boston’s OneUnited Bank received $12 million in federal rescue funds last month just weeks after regulators issued a cease-and-desist order to overhaul some of its lending and executive compensation practices.

The tiny bank received the bailout money after gaining influential support from Massachusetts congressman and House Financial Services Committee Chairman 'Barney Frank'.

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=76398

I wonder what it will take to 'REALLY'[ piss people off...........

[nevermind65]

This has been going on for a while now.

Pittsburg National Bank got almost 8 billion in bailout money. Instead of using it for bailout purposes, they went and bought a local bank, National City. The feds refused to give National City money for some unknown reason. National was one of the top 50 banks in the U.S. and had more holding than PNC and was technically in better financial shape.

This whole bailout is nothing more than a big rip-off. Take from the taxpayers and give to the incompetent. Citi already had 24 billion in bailout given to them, then they went back for more. We, the taxpayers, are getting screwed by BOTH sides.

[wtm442]

Pi$$ed? Not me! Here is my comment on the bailout. Eat this, Bawany Franks and Piccadilly Pelosi.

[Ron61]

Originally Posted by nevermind65

This has been going on for a while now.

Pittsburg National Bank got almost 8 billion in bailout money. Instead of using it for bailout purposes, they went and bought a local bank, National City. The feds refused to give National City money for some unknown reason. National was one of the top 50 banks in the U.S. and had more holding than PNC and was technically in better financial shape.

This whole bailout is nothing more than a big rip-off. Take from the taxpayers and give to the incompetent. Citi already had 24 billion in bailout given to them, then they went back for more. We, the taxpayers, are getting screwed by BOTH sides.

Isn't that about the same thing that B.O.A. did so they could become the largest bank in the U.S.and now they are crying for more bailout money.

Ron

[Dan40]

The $700,000,000,000.00 "Bailout" is named TARP. Troubled [Toxic?] Asset Relief Fund. It WAS clearly defined to be used for relief from bad mortgage assets. $350,000,000,000.00 has already been distributed [spent? wasted?]. How much on troubled assets? Near as I can read, NONE! 350 billion to corruption already and the rest to rapidly follow down the glory hole.
You want honest politicians? With 700 billion on the table and another 2 TRILLION to follow. That's enough to buy the most honest men that ever lived, ALL of them.
Will it ruin the United States? Yes, there is no other possibility.
Do the pols. care? Not at all, they are getting theirs.
You want bipartisan? We got it, TOTAL bipartisan corruption.

Dan

[Fordzilla]

Originally Posted by Dan40

The $700,000,000,000.00 "Bailout" is named TARP. Troubled [Toxic?] Asset Relief Fund. It WAS clearly defined to be used for relief from bad mortgage assets. $350,000,000,000.00 has already been distributed [spent? wasted?]. How much on troubled assets? Near as I can read, NONE! 350 billion to corruption already and the rest to rapidly follow down the glory hole.
You want honest politicians? With 700 billion on the table and another 2 TRILLION to follow. That's enough to buy the most honest men that ever lived, ALL of them.
Will it ruin the United States? Yes, there is no other possibility.
Do the pols. care? Not at all, they are getting theirs.
You want bipartisan? We got it, TOTAL bipartisan corruption.

Dan

Dan, I think you are right on target!

[427 S/O]

Nonetheless, in December OneUnited got a $12 million injection from the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. One apparent factor: the intercession of Rep. Barney Frank, the powerful head of the House Financial Services Committee.

---Mr. Frank, by his own account, wrote into the TARP bill a provision specifically aimed at helping this particular home-state bank. And later, he acknowledges, he spoke to regulators urging that OneUnited be considered for a cash injection.----

[cobra de capell]

Take $100 from your left pocket.

Burn $40.

Put the remaining $60 in your right pocket.

You’ve been stimulated.

Those who refuse to read and heed History and doomed to repeat it. I don't believe that Barry Zero is a US Citizen because he seems totally ignorant of US History. But then so do those who voted for him. Maybe they need to go back to school to take a History Lesson from a book written before the Revisionist-conquistas took control of the publishing firms.

Repetition of the same act, continually, expecting a different result, is a sign of mental illness. Congresspeople who vote for "stimulus" hoping to achieve a changed result are mentally ill.

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866)

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. -Mark Twain

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

[Wayne Maybury]

Originally Posted by cobra de capell

Take $100 from your left pocket.

Burn $40.

Put the remaining $60 in your right pocket.

You’ve been stimulated.

Those who refuse to read and heed History and doomed to repeat it. I don't believe that Barry Zero is a US Citizen because he seems totally ignorant of US History. But then so do those who voted for him. Maybe they need to go back to school to take a History Lesson from a book written before the Revisionist-conquistas took control of the publishing firms.

Repetition of the same act, continually, expecting a different result, is a sign of mental illness. Congresspeople who vote for "stimulus" hoping to achieve a changed result are mentally ill.

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866)

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. -Mark Twain

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

I would like to add 2 more to that list:

99% of politicians give the rest a bad name. -Unknown, but I adopted it.

Common sense isn't all that common. -Voltaire

Wayne

[427 S/O]

Got a letter from the Georgia Republican party urging support for Senator Saxby Chambliss, in the 'no stamp necessary envelope', I included a brutal letter describing my disgust for his yes-vote on the initial bail out, and the 'dirt road' our party has taken.

Although small, a group of fellow Georgians and I, have begun a search committee to find a 'real conservitive' to challenge Chambliss......It's a shame the 'good ones' decide the BS isn't worth it......Hard to disagree......

[427 S/O]

Quote wayne: Common sense isn't all that common. -Voltaire

Wait a minute!, are you sure?, I saw that on the restroom wall (above the urinal) at 'blind willie's' (my favorite blues bar) back in 99'.

[cobra de capell]

The interesting thing to me is that the Government seems more than a little disconnected from the fact that IT'S OUR MONEY! The first package had no to little impact, now why would one think that a second package - much bigger - will work? None of us feel comfortable spending or should feel uncomfortable spending on large items in this environment - therefore, will the fact that the government is basically giving away another trillion dollar change anyone's mind? Keep in mind, a tax increase may be the only way to pay for this charity.

[sllib]

Every politician should have a pimp for an older brother so he has someone to look up to.
Bill Stradtner

[joe g]

Here in Ct we ahve started a DUMP DODD group. That crook has to go, but our very liberal state will vote him back in if we dont stop it.
joeg (Smokingcobra)

[IKE]

Originally Posted by joe g

Here in Ct we ahve started a DUMP DODD group. That crook has to go, but our very liberal state will vote him back in if we dont stop it.
joeg (Smokingcobra)

Too bad phone booths have gone away, if not you'd have a place to hold your meetings

[joe g]

Oh you have obviously not been listening to talk radio. Dodds ratings are dropping like a plane that just hit a bunch of birds Now i will agree its a up hill battle, but one must start somewhere. Do you feel he has represented us well in the banking industry or his special mortgage? if you do then drink some more cool-aid and vote for him.
joeg (smokingcobra) p/s we now use cell phones so we can reach many you know thos e little black things you see people using