I've Had It! a.k.a. You have GOT to be kidding me with this shit.

Ok, I'd like to think that I'm somewhat of a reasonable human being. I'd like to think that I'm a citizen who stays informed to some degree (ok, I'm an NPR junkie). I'd like to think I'm a pragmatic and progressive thinker. I'd like to think that there would be no way this administration could be any more corrupt and irresponsible than it already has been. I was wrong.

The bail out bill on the table basically GIVES the right to ONE PERSON, who has NOT been elected by the public to have TOTAL and COMPLETE control, with the FULL BACKING of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH to be in charge of the nearly ONE TRILLION dollars that is about to be fleeced from our pockets. Does anyone else see a problem with this?

Are you with me? If not, wait, there's more. Do you people out there in bloggerland realize that this also means that since there will be a new administration in just over 3 months (Think Obama!!!), that we're basically giving carte blanche to, hmmmm, um, well gee, WE DON'T KNOW! Think about it people. Right now, the carte blanche is going to Henry Paulsen, who most likely won't be kept on the payroll, so to speak.

The other thing that should scare you silly is that this is happening SO fast, that they don't have a PLAN for down the road. SOUND FAMILIAR???? An administration going in no holds barred, under the guise of an emergency, with no plan for later on. Hmmmm.....are you thinking what I'm thinking? Are their memories that freakin' short, about what can happen with that kind of strategy?!!

I do agree that there is an extreme urgency, but if you personally were planning on spending nearly a trillion dollars of your family and friends hard earned money, don't you think you would take just a teeny tiny bit MORE TIME to research and develop the bill!!!???

Ok, I'm almost done. Let me see if I've got this right.
The people bailing out the investment banks include all of those people that have gone into foreclosure, are living paycheck to paycheck, and/or are hard working people barely able to pay their mortgage that shouldn't have been given to them in the first place. The people being bailed out are mostly giant entities that should have known better, are PRIVATE companies, run by people that make a bajillion dollars a year, and have no business being rescued to the tune of a trillion dollars. The employees of said companies have all lost their jobs, and are now in the same trillion dollar boat as the rest of us. How about we take the trillion, pay off all the mortgages (plus buying me a nice little house free and clear, cuz I love earmarks), and we'll be done with the whole thing. People's houses will be paid off, leaving them plenty of money to invest in the market, which will turn this whole thing around. That's it. I'm running for President.

This administration has taken unscrupulous to a whole new level. And it's not the bargain basement.