The other issue with THE cartoon

[StillStanding]

This reminds me of the funny bailout explanation in pictures that I saw.

The first picture showed a car that had plunge into the canal.
The second picture showed a crane trying to rescue the car.
The third picture shows the crane also falling into the river from the weight of the car.
The fourth picture shows a much larger crane that will attempt to rescue both the car and the crane.
The fifth picture shows the larger crane also falling into the canal!

[StillStanding]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeEG9dEqrl4

[Praxeas]

What needs to happen but won't is we need to vote OUT the old farts that have been there for ever. They get re-elected every year. The Pelosi's and Kennedy's. Vote out the McCains...for voting yes on the first package

BTW I was listening tonight to Obama address congress. They cheered and cheered...but when he said "we passed a stimulus package with no earmarks"...I thought I heard a few jeers....Did he just lie?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by tstew

But I don't even know that we are even voting for what we're getting. I'm just of the firm opinion that if we the people continue to operate in the same political boxes with the same programmed political outlets, we'll get much more of the same.

I agree.

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by tstew

The one subtlety that I don't think people are realizing in the New York Post cartoon is the clear implication that there will be another stimulus package. Now that we have had a Republican and Democratic version, it appears that what seemed absolutely foreign a few months ago has become common place and accepted. Here is a relatively conservative major news outlet cavalierly discussing the next stimulus bill. It is ironic that even in its attempt to criticize the stimulus package it concedes the next one. It's almost as if we have conceded that these bailout packages will be a commonplace part of American life...how far we have come in just a few short months.

Stew,

If I remember correctly, there were stimulus packages back in the 80's and 90's. This is nothing new. I think if you look back we have been on this path a long time. We are just farther along. It takes a while for Rome to fall!

[Digging4Truth]

We need Ron Paul.

[edjen01]

vote the bums out....and vote in new bums. term limits....but it will NEVER happen.

"we the people" no longer really want to be free. "we the people" want government ran schools, health care, police, roads, etc....and so "we the people" have given away our freedom so that we can have these things.

and now "we the people" have to deal with the results of our actions...or lack of action.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by tstew

No opinions? Am I just reading too much into how we appear to have been so quickly conditioned to accept this sort of bailout that seemed so un-American a few months ago? I don't know how many of these stimulus packages we can afford to be written by anyone...simian or otherwise.

Originally Posted by tstew

The one subtlety that I don't think people are realizing in the New York Post cartoon is the clear implication that there will be another stimulus package. Now that we have had a Republican and Democratic version, it appears that what seemed absolutely foreign a few months ago has become common place and accepted. Here is a relatively conservative major news outlet cavalierly discussing the next stimulus bill. It is ironic that even in its attempt to criticize the stimulus package it concedes the next one. It's almost as if we have conceded that these bailout packages will be a commonplace part of American life...how far we have come in just a few short months.

No you are being completly accurate. In fact I believe this has been articulated by the President?

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by edjen01

vote the bums out....and vote in new bums. term limits....but it will NEVER happen.

"we the people" no longer really want to be free. "we the people" want government ran schools, health care, police, roads, etc....and so "we the people" have given away our freedom so that we can have these things.

and now "we the people" have to deal with the results of our actions...or lack of action.

Well said...

"We the people" want everything to be okay but we don't want to take the action required to make it okay.

Actions such as thinking with our own brains rather than tuning in for an hour in the evening and letting "those in the know" tell us what to think.

Actions such as being our representatives worst nightmare when they vote in a manner not keeping with our wishes.

Actions such as seeing beyond the 2 party system and making it known that WE are the ones who decides if a "3rd party" candidate can get voted in.