This TIME the Message is REAL But No One believes Bush these days...PITY...the Nation Falls apart

[opihimoimoi]

cause no one believes the First Dufuss...him having lost all creds and respect years ago from crying wolf too many times

[ShortnFiery]

1. No, it's going to fall. Let it FALL without giving the upper .1% the financial shirts off our backs

:(

[gibbsale]

8. As long as there is a stopgap measure....

...to keep credit flowing to small and medium sized businesses. If they fail we're all screwed.

[liberalmuse]

2. Sad, huh? If Obama gave this speech verbatim...

I'd totally believe him. It's amazing what credibility and personal honor will do for you.

[gibbsale]

4. And remember....

...this was the man who was supposed to restore "honor and integrity" to the White House.

[sandnsea]

3. I don't know how real it is

I do want people to have facts and so I try to post them so people will understand the case made.

But I really don't know what is going on, and I don't trust anybody anymore. Maybe it is just another Rove scare tactic that is backfiring.

[NMDemDist2]

5. he's proof of the moral of that story

The Boy Who Cried Wolf


There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!"

The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces.

"Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill.

Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away.

When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!"

But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more.

Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!"

But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come.

At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping.

"There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"

An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village.

"We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"

[casus belli]

6. So much for the "strong" economy they've been selling.

The American people have been smelling smoke for the last 7 years, and they've denied the problem. Now, they expect us to shut up and open up the checkbook.

Way to go, W. You fucking idiot.

[gibbsale]

9. That's the thing, isn't it?

Everyone was warned about the credit crisis for years. And in a typical American fashion we ignored it, hoped it would go away. And now the chickens come home....

[casus belli]

10. Nothing worse than broke chickens, is there? :) n/t

[Lint Head]

7. No one should believe him because he is lying. The dow was down

29 but the NASDAQ was up. Credit card companies should go out of business. Every time I turn around I'm getting an offer from a credit card company with a celebrity face on it or some company logo promotion. 28 years ago I went bankrupt and the judge said that the credit card companies could not collect on anything because their loan was not secured. :dem: