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You Tend to Be Right About These Things

October 2nd, 2008 axiomatic, economic, political, technical

YouTube - Ron Paul on CNN 10/1/08

Can any one of the 535 members of Congress explain what’s going on better than this man? Have the two Senators running for President been interviewed every day for the last two weeks by CNN and Fox news asking their wisdom on the matter? Here’s the understatement of the year by the CNN anchorman:

“Dr. Paul, you tend to be right about these things—on occasion.”

Regardless of the clear call by Dr. Paul and all those of us who have contacted them, our Senators were working the late shift tonight, coating the “700 Dollar Bill” with a layer of chewy nougat, rich chocolate syrup, and candy sprinkles to hand back to the House this Friday for a second try. It passed with 3/4 of the Senate. It now has another $100 billion added to it (!) including tax breaks to encourage Hollywood to do more filming in the states. Who can resist those candy sprinkles? The bill entered the house at 3 pages, was up to 110 when they voted on it and as of this morning it was 451 pages long. LA Times article. Read and comment on the delicious treat at publicmarkup.org. You may be one of the few people who actually does read it.

Obama’s speech on the Senate floor was so obviously not from his heart or even his mind, he was clearly doing what someone else told him to do. McCain didn’t even speak. That maverick. Remember all that talk about vetoing pork and making those who craft the bills famous? McCain is signing $100billion of pork onto $700billion of stupid before our very eyes! Who is going to call him on this? He is a conservative by association and has no clue about economics.

In my letter to Jim Webb, I told him that if he supports any bill of this sort, he can be assured of my enthusiastic support of this being his last year in Congress. I suppose I’ll need to make good on my word now.