Reading the news this morning. Says that the republican congressmen are going to oppose releasing the other half of the tarp money to Obama, who says he will use it if needed and will monitor where it goes but wants to help small businesses and homeowners. They had no problem essentially giving the dough to Bush and Paulson who simply passed 350 billion to his buddies with no strings and no oversight. But now they have a problem. Same old, same old.
The economy is worse. Joblessness is worse. Foreclosures are worse. Every legitimate economist that I have listened to, from "liberal" to conservative, has said that we are in a lot of trouble and we may be going down a lot farther than most people want to think about.
Who elected these people? Is it really impossible for them to scrap their petty partisan politics in times of emergency for our country? Will they just sit on the hill and play politics and squabble? It is hard to believe that they are not all complete idiots, and this includes some of the democrats as well. What are they thinking?
We have a leader. Let him lead. Give him the support and get our country moving. Good lord. We have a major flat tire. Lets not stand in the middle of the highway and argue about the right way to change it. Some big 18-wheeler is going to come bearing down on us and blow us into bits. Get it done, get moving, and make adjustments along the way.
I promise I won't do political rants every day from now on, but today, this is on my mind. We have been without a president for 8 years. We have had the seat filled by an immature, narcissistic, disassociated dunce. A ten year old boy scout could have done better.
Now that we have a President again, let's get behind this agenda and begin to heal.