Sarah Teen USA Palin (Scripting News)

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/09/25/sarahTeenUsaPalin.html#disqus_thread

Ok,  now that's sad.

Unfair to everyone,  but still real in a Very Scary way.

  jeff

David Letterman on McCain's Suspension Campaign.

mentioned on the 'net....

"You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."

"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?"

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"

And now for some comic relief: Won’t Get Fooled Again

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/wont_get_fooled_again.php

Bail Out Comedy!

Really!

Go Read.  Including the comments.

Hey Washington, can you buy my bad investments too?

http://www.buymyshitpile.com/

Have you bought stuff that you'd like to sell but no one will buy?

Stuff that won't even sell on eBay,  but you KNOW is way valuable??

Or maybe a loan for a car that turns out to be crap and you can't afford lawsuits over?

Well those things are very much like the houses bought by sub-prime no money down loans given to people who were suckered in.

So http://buymyshitpile.com is building a SHITPILE for all your crap,  and you're invited to add yours to it!  They are up to almost 8 BILLION dollars so far... that's nothing compared to the money they want to shovel at banks,  so why not join the line for handouts?

To quote the SHITPILE site:

With our economy in crisis, the US Government is scrambling to rescue our banks by purchasing their "distressed assets", i.e., assets that no one else wants to buy from them. We figured that instead of protesting this plan, we'd give regular Americans the same opportunity to sell their bad assets to the government. We need your help and you need the Government's help!

    

Works for me

        - Jeff -

In this week of turmoil, consider the Enabling Act of 1933

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933

I saw a comment on Scripting News wondering if the bail out bill was an "Enablement Act".  Took me a while to find out what that referred to.  Basically it was an act in 1933 of the German Government which enabled Hitler to take complete control of the German Republic.

So the fear/pondering about our present time is if the current bail out legislation combined with the 9-11 legislation could be an enabling act for some current politician to take dictatorial powers.

You know, like declare a national emergency and suspend elections.  Or something like that.

This is why I'm seriously hoping that our congress people go slow on writing the blank checks.

     - Jeff -