Not to get off topic, but Sue I am furious about this bailout as well. I gathered on the street and protested when it was first announced. Never have I seen conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats gather together in protest.
I read the 100 page document that Paulson first proposed. It was disgusting. There have been adjustments made to this but I'm still angry. Toochis ----- Original Message ---- From: Susan Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:34:33 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] I am REALLY angry at George Bush and this Democratic Congress! The aggravating part of it all is that I keep hearing how many "regular" citizens were against the bailout and would not have voted for it. Yet our representatives voted for it, seemingly, not caring what their constituents thought. As for the crooks (oops, I mean idiots) that got themselves into the mess, I'm sure they knew that a worst case scenario would have Washington bailing them out. They could use the threat that "if we go down, so do thousands of American investors that have their money tied up with us". Sounds like blackmail to me as CEO's of these organizations walk away will multimillion dollar bonus packages as their company's ship is sinking. Bonuses for doing what? It is an amazing thing to watch greed in action. Sad, but true. I heard a report the other day where people being interviewed were blaming the companies that allowed them credit saying that "credit was made so easily available and then, because of that, they had just gotten in over their heads." I'm wondering whatever happened to responsibility and personal restraint - forgoing the purchase because you can't "afford" it? I realize many Americans are using credit cards just to live on and survive. Some have no choice as they have lost their jobs or hours cut back. However, most of those credit users are just buying whatever they want. Then, if they get in over their heads, they just claim bankruptcy. That is what I believe has been made to easy in this country - walking away from your responsibilities. Just since January, Americans have defaulted on 27 billion dollars worth of credit card debt. They anticipate 96 billion next year. Unbelivable. Anyway, so that I am not entirely absent of the "movie" connection in my MoPo post, I see Bruce has some great stuff in his auction, Kirby had thousands of posters available for your perusal, and the new Heritage catalog is beautiful. "Thank you" Bruce for getting the Le Mans movie poster to me in two days. My customer's wife was thrilled and it was a beauty. Have a great weekend everyone and take care of yourselves. Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.com ________________________________ Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:07:30 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MOPO] I am REALLY angry at George Bush and this Democratic Congress! To: [email protected] I KNOW full well that my current 9th Halloween auction is far and away my best ever (and you guys have ONLY seen Parts I and II, and you are going to be even MORE amazed when you see Parts III and IV next week, which includes much of the best material!). I also know full well that these items would have certainly sold incredibly well any previous year. I feel certain they deserve to, and if they don't, I feel the blame can surely be placed on George Bush and this Democratic Congress. Their massively wrong-headed policies in so many ways have hurt the world drastically, and it may take decades to undo what they did in 8 years (but maybe once the elections are over, we can quickly get on the right track, and it hopefully won't take nearly that long). If there ARE many bargains to be found in these auctions, I hope that long-time collectors will take advantage of them! Does anyone here doubt that George Bush will go down as the worst President in American history? And I am not being partisan in saying this, for I feel the Democratic Congress is at least equally to blame for all the terrible decisions that were made the past 8 years (some they came up with on their own, and some they simply went along with Bush, passing his wacky ideas, when any sane person would have recognized them as recipes for disaster). And they let the robber barons on Wall Street loot the country for 7 years, and then, when those fools managed to bankrupt themselves, they go along with the insane plan of bailing them out with OUR money! What do YOU think? Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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