At 04:14 PM Sunday 10/26/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > > and the sheep accept it, like they > > accepted the bush/cheny agenda, and > > > swallow that the real threat to america > > was terrorism, and now is socialism... > > > You wrote about "the public" and "the > > sheep". I wrote to and called my Congress > > representatives, before the bailout > > vote, to explain my opposition to the bailouts. > > I know a lot of other people who did as well. > > And the numbers I've seen indicate that a > > majority were against it. Considering that it > > is corporate welfare, it is odd that a larger > > percentage of Democratic Congresspeople voted > > for the bailout than Republicans. But there is > > so little difference these days, both parties > > seem to want to spend our money and act > > like our parents, protecting us and doing things > > for our own good even if we don't like it. The > > choice isn't between shit and chicken. Everything > > tastes like chicken. > > >a lot of people called congress,against the >bailout, but the people who didn't are the >sheep and they are largely those who buy into >the war and straw man attacks against obama.
Many people who voted twice for GWB opposed it. Most of them also knew even before they or others called their Congressional representatives that they were going to end up getting some version of it stuffed down their throats in any case. . . . ronn! :) "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." Mark Twain, a Biography _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
