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1. #1
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm, sonofdy said:

   Well they are going to have to have some sort of outrage to cover the next trillion dollar spending spree. This will do.

2. #2
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm, PBoilermaker said:

   There is no GOP.

   RINO’s abound.

3. #3
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm, khan said:

   And people still vote for Republicans. Meanwhile, there is a party that truly believes in limited government and defends your personal freedoms. Vote for them.

4. #4
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm, POTUS said:

   My (R) congressman is on the list and I’ve drafted a letter to explain why I won’t be voting for him regardless of his opponent. I had called his office when the pork bills were being passed (with his vote) and was told how badly we needed this now. Obviously he didn’t even read it since this new bill wouldn’t have been necessary otherwise.

   Beyond disgusted at this point. Time to do more than just type on blog comments.

5. #5
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm, Jeff2161 said:

   C’mon those corporate jets are needed for “Congressional Junkets”.

6. #6
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

   Rohrabacher isn’t usually a RINO. He just must be having a stupid moment.

7. #7
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm, iamsaved said:

   Let’s hope oil doesn’t go above $100.00 per barrell again or the oil companies will be the target of these new found “excess profit” taxes.

   Congress is counting on the public being distracted by fighting the diversionary battles while they win the war with their socialistic plans.

   They could care less about the economy. It’s the social and political agenda that is first and foremost in their minds. They’ll worry about the economy once their first objective is finalized.

   If they don’t watch it, the brush fire they started to chase the sheeple in the direction they want them to go may engulf them too.

8. #8
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   Ya know, saying they belong to the GOP or Republican party does not make it so.

9. #9
   On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   Ya know, at least Hilly Clinton was honest when she said outright she would take those profits…

10. #10
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm, judybeth said:

    Will some “common sense” congressman, IF one exists, please offer an amendment that every elected official to be required to read the US Constitution with the Bill of Rights??? It would take 20 minutes at the most!

    Geithner, Dodd, and Frank, the “Three Stooges” with their manager Obama should be FIRED & jailed immediately The People of the USA! We should file a Class Action Suit against most of Cogress for Dereliction of Duties! jb

11. #11
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm, iamsaved said:

    We should file a Class Action Suit against most of Cogress for Dereliction of Duties! jb

    We the people don’t have standing to file a Class Action Suit. /sarc.

    The People nor the courts can’t even get Obama to release any of the documents detailing his life as other politicians have voluntarily provided up until now.

12. #12
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm, detolbert said:

    WHY ARE THESE REPULICANS GOING ALONG WITH DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY?

    I cannot believe the Repulicans are helping Obama set the Country against Capitalism, and the ONLY reason this country keeps employment going.

    How STUPID are these Republicans???

    All the jobs that support the Economy through manufacturing, travel, service, food, etc. are based on the “trickle-down” and multiplier effect of jobs that are created in support of industry.

    Compensation, through salary and bonus programs are key. Why did Obama and Dodd create the AIG bonus fiasco. So they could have the demon of fake anger to start taking away salaries! What is their limit, $1 Million/Yr, $500,000/Yr, or maybe even $20,000/Yr.

    If the Republicans want to be useful….Ask Black Athletes to return ALL of their Salary and Signing Bonuses (since most give nothing back to their communities) or Demand ALL HOLLYWOOD Salaries must be $0.00/Yr, since they really don’t work for a living.

13. #13
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm, willie peter said:

    When are they going to confiscate the $26.4 million that the cretinous hag Jamie Gorelick extracted from Fannie Mae in bonuses and compensation.

    On top of the “Wall” she created that led to 9/11, this crone makes Ma Barker look like a piker.

14. #14
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm, John Deaux said:

    Bonuses for AIG executives and corporate jets are bad, but $900 million for Hamas is okay.

    Up is down. Got it.

15. #15
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm, johnsteele said:

    But the Gulfstream 650 is one sweet airplane

16. #16
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm, undresiege said:

    LOL. Folks should get a look of Obama’s first post-inaugural Q&A with the House. Cantor was postively smitten with Our Great One. It was adorable.

17. #17
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm, johnsteele said:

    I wrote to my CongressCritter, Mario Diaz-Balart,and told him how disappointed that a man decended of refugees from Castro’s repression would vote for an unconstitutional, ex post facto, bill of attainder law. I told him I will send him a copy of the Constitution as he apparently never read it either before taking his oath. I also told him one way to tell he was wrong was that Debbie Wasserman-Schulz voted for it so it had to be the wrong thing to do.

18. #18
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm, scott said:

    I had been dismayed about why my adopted Congressman (McClintock) voted for it. He represents where my in-laws live and where I hope to move to in the next 5 years.

    This is what he said about it:

    “I reluctantly supported HR 1586 for a simple and singular reason: it will stop or slow the corporate bailouts that are bankrupting our country.
    
    I am guessing some of the other surprises might have done the same thing. While it makes me feel a bit better, I still think voting against it would have been better. Unless you got the entire GOP to have voted for it to make the point Rep. McClintock makes, it serves to lessen the GOP’s moral high ground.

19. #19
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm, undresiege said:

    I can’t wait till MM has her first encounter like this, and will be equally smitten.

20. #20
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Are Minority Whip Cantor and the CYA-on-AIG House Republicans going to join hands when Pelosi/Rangel/Reid et al. cook up a tax scheme targeting JPMorgan’s purchase of new corporate jets and an airplane hangar? What about the next Kabuki Outrage to come along?

    The answer is an emphatic, YES WE WILL!

    We have now reached the point where politicians on both sides of the aisle are willing to summarily punish a small group of Americans without individual review or due process under the ASSUMPTION they are guilty of something after villifying them to cover up their own malfeasence in order to remain elected.

21. #21
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm, undresiege said:
    I can’t wait till MM has her first encounter like this, and will be equally smitten.

    …and you call me a coward…

22. #22
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm, txvet2 said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm, undresiege said:

    I can’t wait till MM has her first encounter like this, and will be equally smitten.

    He only asked Cantor for thoughts because his telprompter told him to.

23. #23
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm, John Deaux said:
    Bonuses for AIG executives and corporate jets are bad, but $900 million for Hamas is okay.

    Don’t fret JD, it’s only 90 milliom after taxes!

24. #24
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm, bjc said:

    *Cantor, who the GOP is touting as a rising star, has no credibility; He voted for the original sin bailout and has yet to admit he made a mistake; At least Boehner has backed off from his original sin position.
    *If those 85 GOP members can’t even recognize and express what is constitutional and what is not, then let’s hope the GOP plans to primary them out; I’ve got money for those that wish to put the constitution first and can recognize what is and isn’t extra-constitutional.

25. #25
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm, iamsaved said:

    “I reluctantly supported HR 1586 for a simple and singular reason: it will stop or slow the corporate bailouts that are bankrupting our country.”

    I don’t see how voting for the 90% tax on the bonuses will slow the corporate bailouts. It was Congress who agreed to exempt bonuses in the bailout in the first place. The way to stop the bailouts is to vote against them each and every time. They may not win but they will let their constituents know where they stand.

26. #26
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm, John Deaux said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm, undresiege said:
    I can’t wait till MM has her first encounter like this, and will be equally smitten.

    I kind of doubt that.

    However, I do think that pretty much means Cantor’s a shoe in for the Republican nomination in 2012!

27. #27
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm, scott said:
    I had been dismayed about why my adopted Congressman (McClintock) voted for it.

    I went to Mclintock’s site and here is what he’s posted.

    Until HR 1586, there has been no downside for the executives who persuaded Congress to hand them the keys to our nation’s treasury and who are now plundering it with impunity.

    I have read this excuse before.

    Genisis 13:13 – Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

    Yep, I need to punish the kids, because they convinced me to give them matches. Republican Moral High Ground can be found somewhere in Death Valley.

28. #28
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm, John Deaux said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm, John Deaux said:
    Bonuses for AIG executives and corporate jets are bad, but $900 million for Hamas is okay.

    Don’t fret JD, it’s only 90 milliom after taxes!

    So where are our Keynesian disciples? I’d like to know exactly what the multiplier effect is on million dollar bonuses vs. corporate jets vs. giving it to a foreign country terrorist group that wants us dead.

29. #29
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm, WarTip said:

    So how do we legally overturn our government before it succeeds in turning us over?

30. #30
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    Here is a clue for the GOP: Whenever Democrats are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, it might just be a good idea not to join in the chaos. Frankly, I am rather surprised and stupified that so many in the GOP voted to strip away the bonuses, thus giving aid and comfort to the obvious failures of the Democrats.

    To make it real simple so any GOP politicians can understand: When the Democrats go in one particular direction, maybe you ought to stop, think – and then go in the other direction.

31. #31
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:06 pm, BuckeyeSam said:

    I was a fan of Cantor and of Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. What a couple of douchebags.

    I’ll have to look elsewhere for conservative leadership.

32. #32
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm, undresiege said:
    I can’t wait till MM has her first encounter like this, and will be equally smitten.

    Sorry, undreseige, but I won’t go to any of your links. I don’t trust you. And that is o.k. because I’m not really interested in what you could possibly link anyway.

    As for the RINO’s who voted for this tax, remember their names. Write them down. If they are in your state, DO NOT support them. We have to get rid of the RINO’s and the liberals. The very life of our country depends on it!

33. #33
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm, undresiege said:

    However, I do think that pretty much means Cantor’s a shoe in for the Republican nomination in 2012!

    Cantor was actually on the short or long list as a possible running mate for McCain. He only could have helped in VA, and likely FL considering his faith. He’s always seemed popular with the base until he fell in love with President Obama. Maybe he’ll get over it by 2012. That Obama can be a heartbreaker. Damn that smile and charm. I’d have a bromance with him. That clip shows me Cantor would too.

34. #34
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:08 pm, Durangodarlin said:

    I have given up on my representative here in the 8th congressional district of Missouri. She just isn’t conservative enough for me, and keeps crossing over to the other aisle. I am looking for someone to run against her in November, 2010.

35. #35
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Roy Blunt, R-MO is on the list. Last week I sent him an email that I won’t vote for him ever again.
    See, during/for the KCMO Tea Party, he sent a communique to let us know that he was going to run for the Senate seat that’s being vacated by Kit Bond.
    Blunt acknowledges the principles behind the Tea Party but he turns right around and wants to tax a specific group of people 90%. Say what!

36. #36
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pm, undresiege said:

    Sorry, undreseige, but I won’t go to any of your links. I don’t trust you. And that is o.k. because I’m not really interested in what you could possibly link anyway.

    Yet you care enough to let me know. Oh well, I guess you’ll find your SCAT stuff on your on time. You’re 14 and curious, so you’ll figure it out. You can’t count on me to help you out anymore. Good luck. Be well.

37. #37
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm, John Deaux said:

    So where are our Keynesian disciples? I’d like to know exactly what the multiplier effect is on million dollar bonuses vs. corporate jets vs. giving it to a foreign country terrorist group that wants us dead.

    Terrorist group? Hamas has the right to launch 3000+ rockets at Israel. Didn’t the UN declare them victims of war crimes? Doesn’t this $900 million mean we are sending aid to war victims? And democrats had a problem with the USA freeing half the population of Iraq – the females.

38. #38
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm, happyscrapper said:

    If the republicans no longer put true conservatives up for election, I will never vote republican again. I mean that. And I believe most conservatives feel the same way. If the last election didn’t teach our republican leadership anything, then we will NEVER win another election.

39. #39
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm, rightisright said:

    If those 85 GOP members can’t even recognize and express what is constitutional and what is not, then let’s hope the GOP plans to primary them out;

    This GOP has no such plans, Steele is another squishy, country club repub.

    So, was there or was there not a need for the bailouts, or was that the socialist plan to cut competition for their banking pals, while having the nicest, fastest, widest private planes available for their private needs?

40. #40
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    Cao and Cassidy are both freshmen (and apparently don’t have a testicle between them), and they both voted for the same garbage that their predecessors would have embraced. Brilliant.

    Memo to gutless Republicans-in-name-only — throw your hat in with Obamanure and his commie-lib cronies, and you’ll NEVER be able to wash the stink off.

41. #41
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm, lottadawg said:

    Well who can you trust. Last year I had a conservative to hold accountable.
    This year I have freshman Glenn Nye. He was sent to Virginia by Pelosi, Kaine, Web , and Warner. Loaded with a million dollars he bought my district. Now I have zero representation.
    Just when I thought the Republicans were starting to get it together they flopped on the most basic of freedom. Targeted taxes. No recognition of individual rights, intrusion into what they know absolutely nothing about in a private company driven by an other lie by government, and demonstrating an obvious lack of political courage.
    What in the hell are your core values Republicans?
    Talk about frustrating. No where to go!
    We are so screwed!

42. #42
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Yet you care enough to let me know.

    Um…no, I just like to vent my disgust at trolls. It makes me feel better. It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with my needing an outlet for my anger. You were it this time. Next time it might be lgm. At any rate, I enjoy tell you to STFU! It has a great effect on lowering my blood pressure. So thank you for that.

43. #43
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm, happyscrapper said:

    This GOP has no such plans, Steele is another squishy, country club repub.

    Do you get the impression that Glenn Beck is leading a charge toward a third party? Just some things he said. And his 9/12 Project. If enough people respond to his stuff, and the tea parties, there might be some interest in splitting off from the republican party, which has pretty much abandoned the conservatives.

44. #44
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, ammo john said:

    Rep. Geoff Davis is my a$$hat congressman. He’s always been a little weasely.

45. #45
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, rightisright said:

    If the republicans no longer put true conservatives up for election, I will never vote republican again.

    I agree 100%, by habit I claim to be a Republican at at times, then I remember how they’ve stuck us in the back, then regain my sanity. I now consider myself an “Independent Conservative”, not to be confused with an “Independent” that’s just too squishy, middle of the road crap for me.

46. #46
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:36 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, rightisright said:

    We did not renew our membership in the republican party. We will be re-registering as independant. I agree, though, that independant just doesn’t cover the conservatives. If we have a third party, it should be called the Conservative Patriot Party. Or maybe Constitutional Conservative. I know that a third party is a big risk. But what choice do we have?? The democrats are now socialists and the republicans are now the old democrats. There has to be a party for the conservatives! Otherwise, our voices will no longer have a chance to be heard. Without the Conservative influence, the morals in this country will continue to disintegrate further into Sodom and Gomorrah.

47. #47
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm, edward cropper said:

    I was wondering why everyone, or almost
    everyone was stampeding toward Cantor
    when his name came up as a possible veep candidate.
    Too many Rinos and other Republican wannabe’s are too anxious to get cover without really knowing who they are
    asking to do the covering.

48. #48
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 3:00 pm, Roman Con said:

    We absolutely need a third party, but it won’t start with the Presidency. We’ll first need to win local elections – even seemingly insignificant ones – to gain necessary momentum to take it to the Congressional/national level.

    Honestly, we’d do better (and perhaps it’d be faster) to hold a ConCon and pass an amendment limiting terms of Congress Critters. K Street would then look like a buffet table after a Rosie O’Donnell fly-by: an utter wasteland.

49. #49
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 3:02 pm, undresiege said:

    Um…no, I just like to vent my disgust at trolls. It makes me feel better. It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with my needing an outlet for my anger. You were it this time. Next time it might be lgm. At any rate, I enjoy tell you to STFU! It has a great effect on lowering my blood pressure. So thank you for that.

    I know, right? I was once 14 too. It’s tough. Whatever helps. Type, type. Its your hand and fingers. Thanks for thinking of me. *I’m slowly winking now*

50. #50
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm, undresiege said:

    Look. People like Beck and Rush need to accept the fact that this Republican Party will never be in their mold of thinking, or those of their followers. They need to get the courage of their convictions and run independent in 2012. Maybe they are the ones they have been looking for or waiting for.

    They have the cash and the support. Put up or shut up.

    On a side note, I’m convinced Sen. Judd Gregg in running for the Republican nomination in 2012. He has perfectly positioned himself by removing himself from Cabinet consideration. He’s coming out strangly hard against Obama as of late. He has chops regarding economic matters. I think he’s gettin ready.

    Out.

51. #51
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 3:26 pm, cheapseat said:

    to the folks who think what is going on with our economy, and your economic situation, i ask you were you better off under bush in december, or obama in march? is your homes value more or less today than last december? is your pension or 401k better today or last december? are your kids future brighter today than last year? sure the gubmint de obama is gettin dose fat cats, but while the fat cats are losing some of their assets and money, yours are going to nothing. when steve jobs or the google kids lose 5 billion dollars, is that really a hit to them, or is it more of a hit to you when your 150k life savings goes to 75k, and your house appraises for 30k less than you paid for it five years ago, and the taxman says we’re raising your taxes because we need to fund a gubmint beaurocracy run amok. how about taxing california public servants who retire with 250k per year pensions 90% of that to recoup egregious contracts?

52. #52
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 4:08 pm, mike.musculus said:

    11
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 pm, detolbert said:
    WHY ARE THESE REPULICANS GOING ALONG WITH DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY?
    …

    Because, the Dem & Rube-ician parties are currently both controlled by and follow the tenents of the Progressive Movement.

    If you read about the aim of that movement and its goals you’ll see that not only is HRC a Progressive — as she claims to be — so is McCain and ob and about 2/3rds the rest of both houses.

    Take it as “given” that if a politician is communicating he’s lieing. Look at his actions: the truth is *ALWAYS* there!

53. #53
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 4:26 pm, 24Klady said:

    I thought Cantor held promise as well. But, he’s now on the “NO” list. I’m tired of being treated like a cheap date by the RNC, OK to grab a hamburger with but not dinner at a fine restaurant. I can’t imagine a real conservative voting for this monster when the implications are it’s not only illegal but also questionable whether it can be enforced. I say we go after the entire House/Senate under the RICO Act. It’s collusion, theft, and fraud on the grandest scale of any criminal group in history.

54. #54
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 pm, zorro said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    There is no GOP.

    RINO’s abound.

    How true, how true.

55. #55
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 6:28 pm, AniMEL said:

    The way I understand it, even the banks that didn’t need a bailout were required to take a portion of the money, particularly if they participated in bailing out other failing companies. This is true in the case of JP Morgan Chase. Because they purchased Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, Chase was required by the writing of the original bailout to take a portion of the funds.

    They’re also on track to pay it off within five years–BECAUSE they didn’t need it. So I really don’t want to hear any of the Democraps wailing and moaning about Chase buying jets or hangar space. They’re one of the few companies that DIDN’T help run the industry into the ground.

56. #56
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm, davidcaskey said:

    I know some of these people personally and can assure you that they got their money the old fashion way. They stole it.

57. #57
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 9:03 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    Re: campaign contributions from bailout recipients.

    Here’s an idea:

    Since the government has decided to pit restrictions on bailout recipients to keep the taxpayer money from being wasted, here’s an idea:

    No bailout recipient may make campaign contributions until ALL bailout money is repaid.

    I think I’ll write my congressman about that.

58. #58
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm, RandyS said:

    Michelle, you should be ashamed of yourself. You call yourself a writer? Feh, using a redundancy like “confiscatory taxes”…Lazy padding is what my editor would call it.

59. #59
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 pm, olsantaroy said:

    At least the democrat representing the poorest district (where I live) in the US of A was not one of the loons who signed on to the stupidity.

60. #60
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 pm, secondsight said:

    MICHELLE, the 85th (your list only has 84 names) is Charles Dent, R-PA.

61. #61
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    My question for the 85 CYA Republicans:

    Do you want lemon with that hemlock?

    RINO season is open-no bag limit. I see no chance of stopping this leftward drift anytime soon–but we can make some RINOs pay. The Pennsylvania S!ut in the Senate is worried-talk he may change Parties–Good bye, good riddance.

    WSJ *
    Specter Facing Pressure From All Sides as 2010 Vote Nears

    Good Bye America-you will be missed.

    —
    Keep the change-I’ll keep my guns

62. #62
    On March 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 pm, drfredc said:

    The real issue here is congressional districting. If Congress conservative critters were elected at-large from a state, they’d have lots of conservative support.

    It’s the divide and conquer strategy of gerrymandering that creates and supports the continuing existence of RINOs who don’t have principles.

63. #63
    On March 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am, jangar said:

    the list of 85 GOP bonus-tax boneheads

    Goin’ along to get along.

64. #64
    On March 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am, jangar said:

    On March 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    RINO season is open-no bag limit

    The only way to salvage that bunch is with some serious conservative leadership – then, and only then may they become useful.

65. #65
    On March 24th, 2009 at 9:44 am, Schweggie said:

    Please sign my petition in protest of Lamar Smith HERE

    Creating a blog for the RINO now.

66. #66
    On March 24th, 2009 at 9:56 am, Schweggie said:

    ^^^^^^^^^^^
    PLEASE SIGN And spread to friends and family. I’m going after my RINO Congressman with reckless abandon.

67. #67
    On March 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am, By Choice said:

    Slowly working thru the list either phone or fax–seems like most won’t take emails unless you are in their district. THEY can vote on a bill that will effect future generations in the entire country, but won’t take emails from EVERYONE who opposes their votes!! Aren’t they special??!!!

68. #68
    On March 24th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, T-Bone said:

    I am still looking for the truth here. I heard that some of these bonuses were offered to people to get them to stay at AIG and help unravel some of these credit swap instruments.

    Since AIG was going down, these people were bailing for other jobs while the getting was good. They were persuaded to stay by these bonus offers and because of their expertise, they helped unravel some of these things saving AIG (and the taxpayer) billions of dollars.

    They earned this bonus by making the decision to stay. They risked having to get in the back of the line for other jobs, etc. Now they are told, just kidding, you can’t get the bonus. Ha Ha!

    Now I hear these were executive bonuses paid to reward failure. Is that the truth or more of team Obama’s propaganda lies?

    People got all up in arms over “bonuses” paid but what is the real truth here? This isn’t the USSR yet. Can I get the facts please so I can make an intelligent decision, not a bandwagon decision based on populist propaganda?

69. #69
    On March 24th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, iowavette said:

    My guy, King, votes no on nearly all legislation and so is my hero. I tell him frequently along with my monthly email of instructions. Sometimes his staff sends form letters and sometimes you get form letters with added language providing a more nuanced response. Believe my Senator, Grassley, does as well. I don’t give a good dog damn what that socialist Harkin does.