hence my reference to this administration's questionable track record.... (the word "questionable" is being generous)
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > remember that the last couple of really urgent items of business that > the administration put through brought us the patriot act and the war > in iraq. > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:05 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> You forgot one option that seems to be being expressed by a fair number > of > >> Democrats who voted against the bailout bill: They think that if they do > >> absolutely nothing, things will definitely go badly. But just because > you > >> have to do something does not mean that you should do the first thing > that > >> pops up. There are a lot of proposals out there by smart people that > >> haven't > >> gotten listened to in Congress. Ones that start off with less money > upfront > >> and try to do more about the underlying causes of the crash. I don't > know > >> if > >> any of them are the answer, I don't know if they'll work. But I also > don't > >> know if Paulson's plan (modified by Congressional leaders) would work > >> either. > >> > >> So the fundamental bet here, I think, is that correct action is more > >> important than immediate action. Can we make that happen in an election > >> year > >> with ballots starting to be cast already? I don't know. But I don't > think > >> it > >> is an absurd stance and I do think there is some wisdom in not accepting > >> the > >> first offer put on the table. > >> > >> Judah > >> > > > > that certainly makes sense, especially when you consider this > administration > > and it's track record with this kind of "hurry up" legislation. > > > > Maybe this is checks and balances working as it should..... > > > > -- > > Every monkey needs alone time > > To eat bananas in the sunshine > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
