The pigmen did not expect so much resistance. What Congress

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and the People are asking in return for the $700 billion "bailout" was not part of the agenda. They wanted to get the money THIS WEEK. Negotiating was not in their plan.

But, what was the plan that required a quick giving over of this money and what of it now?

[helderheid]

1. is that picture real???

:scared:

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4. Yes. The original was published in Newsweek and on MSNBC. n/t

[helderheid]

8. OMG!!!

:scared:

[Karenina]

11. Photoshop suggestion: a dainty gold Hakenkreuz sceptre in her hand...

[sinkingfeeling]

2. This is another terror attack on the American public. The more resistance they get, the

more they're saying we're all going to die if they don't get the money.

[Arugula Latte]

3. Yep -- They got their way on Iraq being rammed down our throats

and they got their way on the Patriot Act being rammed down our throats ...

They forgot this is 1.5 months before an election when people are PISSED and the president is HATED.

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5. Did you notice how Bernanke/Paulson were extremely nervous

yesterday after they realized it wasn't going their way? They were stuttering and stammering and then they suddenly had to go.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Yep ... How DARE they be questioned by peons!

They deserve nothing less than a check for a trillion dollars and no oversight whatsoever!

:eyes:

[DCKit]

12. Bernanke is incredibly nervous and uncomfortable.

Paulson is a far more accomplished liar, due to his years on Wall Street.

Additionally, it is beyond convenient for the maladministration that this issue should arise the week before Congress was scheduled to break to go home to campaign. We can only hope cooler heads (all our favorites) will convince their (D) peers to question the motivation and abstain from rash decisions.

The (D) Congress needs to torture these two mouthpieces.

[seabeckind]

7. My tinfoil might be a little tight

But what if it's all a scam? What if it's deliberately outrageous in its first offer?

What if that's the whole intent? We know they lie. We know they lie about everything. They don't care about the common people -- the furniture (see Soylent Green).

But they know how to run a campaign and fool people. Is that what this is?

In any battle or negotiation or chess game, the first question to ask yourself is: why does my opponent want me over there?

What if they don't care about the money? What if the fact of the bill is the issue, not whether it passes or not. They've already protected the money and the "good people".

[ShortnFiery]

9. We *must* keep the pressure on OUR Congress lest they disappoint us - they are millionaires.

Their lives will all go on "just fine" regardless of re-distribution of wealth from the middle class to the upper .1%.

Damn them if they pass ANY damn bail out plan. :grr:

Tell Pelosi, "Bail out is off of the table."

[monmouth]

10. The big tell for me was when Schumer offered/put out there, the

possibility of 50 million or so now, see how that goes, both were ashen and dumbstruck. By January we have President Obama and he may not be as flexible...LOL....