Dejavu All Over Again

Our great leader, “W” once mangled the saying, “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” Does this financial bailout have some scary and previously enacted provisions, like ultimate unquestionable authority bestowed upon the executive branch of government? What in the actions of this administration would warrant giving them authority to do anything but to go to the bathroom? I once thought that this president should be tried for both malfeasance and misfeasance, but now I think his mental state should be reviewed.

This country is faced with bankruptcy. This come after a string of disastrous undertakings: Iraq, Enron and the Wall Street Meltdown. And these are only the most notable. There has been nothing less than a disaster perpetrated either intentionally or incompetently by a bunch of disreputable dullards and corrupt politicians of the rankest order. A serious review of every major office in this administration should be conducted. I would wager a guess that each and every one of these supposed conservatives have been engaged in a whole scale ripping off of this country. It is unbelievable that these incompetents would have the gall to even ask for any authority to do anything.

Was this crisis spontaneous? I can't see how a trillion dollar disaster could happen over the night? And if Mr. Paulson is such a competent person how come he didn't see it coming? In a metaphor, it must have been quite an avalanche of mounting scams? So, let's dispense with competent assertion about this guy. He was asleep at the switch. Seems to be a pattern with Bushies.

Also, what is this reluctance to curtail the salaries of the thieves responsible for this mess? Is this but another “Haliburtonesque” attempt to siphon capital out of the hands of Americans? Also, why isn't there a provision to go after these Wall Street moguls who knowingly or, worse unknowingly, presided over a colossal failure of institutions with the money invested by citizens? It seems to me that Don Henley had it right, “A man with a briefcase can steal more money than a man with a gun.” I don't know what you call it but when someone walks away from his tenure with a total capital accumulation in excess of hundreds of millions of dollars while his company is bankrupt, his investors penniless, and his employees without a dime, this is a crime of the first order.

These flimflam operators need to be arrested, tired and fined for there egregious acts. Then and only then, can we talk about a bail out. God, the fox has been guarding the hen house for eight years now. It is the time to get the fox out. Impeachment hearings should be started immediately. If it stops this government and this administration in its track, it can only curtail this outrageous incompetency and corruption.