Monthly Archives: October 2008

Is what I am doing work? I remember my mother and father; I’ve lit a candle and engage in the same long thoughts, as Longfellow called them, I do on almost a daily basis. I’ll think of my grandparents. Perhaps … Continue reading →

I fell asleep. Perhaps it was the “Town Hall” format and no follow up, I don’t know, but the entire colloquy struck me as remarkably boring.

The Bailout                   $700,000,000,000 Auto Industry                   85,000,000,000 Earmark on the Bailout   140,000,000,000 Oh, I think you can add it up. Remember what Ev Dirksen said, “A billion here, a billion there and soon you’re talking about real money.” And California’s apparently going … Continue reading →

I’m still waiting for someone to tell me what the $700 billion bailout does for me? How folks who are upside down on their “gas guzzlers” can ever afford to buy an efficient automobile.

Or as the current Washington euphemism goes, “the rescue plan” passed this morning. I was against it and remain opposed. Again, I’m an old left wing liberal Democrat, bus as I’ve written before, this sounds far too much like the … Continue reading →