[Rhodes22-list] Hold on!

[Steven Alm]

'Hold On' is right.  Just for today I'm not going to worry about the
bailout.  Today the Tigers must beat the White Sox to advance the Twins to
post-season.  If CWS win, then there's a one-game playoff with the Twins
tomorrow in Chicago.  Damn.   GO TIGERS!

Slim


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:

> I forgot to mention the other "issue".
>
> They adjourned until Thursday!
> THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!
>
> If I'm in "crisis" mode at work, I don't "adjourn" at ALL until the
> crisis is fixed!!!
>
> I say everyone of them, including the Republicans, that leave and don't
> duplicate the recent Republican "stunt" of staying and debating after
> adjournment, should be sent home permanently.
>
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Herb,
> >
> > I witnessed Speaker Nancy's speech live yesterday and while cringing
> > at the time, I thought the opponents would take a bullet for the
> > country.  I would have.  Perhaps we both overestimated our countrymen.
> >  Nancy is a cancer on our democratic process.  Hopefully, rational
> > minds will prevail. She truly IS a demagogue and an idiot. My hope is
> > that the process doesn't melt down over personalities.  It is truly
> > regretful that the country is being held hostage by one Congressman
> > from the weirdest district in these United States.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> How not to get bi-partisan support:
> >>
> >> Give a speech that says , in part:
> >>
> >> =====
> >> ...
> >> It is a number that is staggering, but tells us *only the costs of the
> >> Bush Administration's failed economic policies*-policies built on
> >> budgetary recklessness, on an anything goes mentality, with no
> >> regulation, no supervision, and no discipline in the system.
> >> ...
> >> *Democrats believe in the free market,* which can and does create jobs,
> >> wealth, and capital, but left to its own devices it has created chaos.
> >> ...
> >> *Democrats insisted that legislation responding to this crisis* must
> >> protect the American people and Main Street from the meltdown on Wall
> >> Street.
> >> ...
> >> *These were the Democratic demands to safeguard the American taxpayer*,
> >> to help the economy recover, and to impose tough accountability as a
> >> central component of this recovery effort.
> >> ...
> >> Today, we will act to avert this crisis, *but informed by our experience
> >> of the past eight years with the failed economic leadership *that has
> >> left us left capable of meeting the challenges of the future.
> >> ...
> >> =====
> >>
> >> Note to Madame Speaker, if you want to blame the other side, and try to
> >> score political points while laying all the blame at the feet of "the
> >> other folks', make sure you've got ALL of your folks on board.
> >>
> >> If you piss off (and on) the other side, 60% of your side probably won't
> >> be enough.
> >>
> >> Now, go back, and try again.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Lowe, Rob wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/news/economy/bailout/index.htm?cnn=yes
> >>>
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