Thursday? Wasn't it just Monday?

[lagilman]

Yesterday was the not the day I was looking for. Moving along now. [nothing bad, just.. a lot of office management and not much word management either authorally or editorially. And still waiting for answers on things I need to move on other things.]

On the plus side: 7 hours of sleep last night. I may not die, just yet.

Am thinking hard about going to the pro-regulation rally on Wall Street this afternoon (5pm), because apparently the Dems are feeling shy about following through on demanding accountability* (shock). Anyone else in the NYC are interested?

EtA: deadline just hit an external snaffle, so it looks like I'm dealing with freelance cat-herding tonight, instead. Such is life...






*I expected nothing else from the GOP, which has always answered to Wall Street, even in the worst of recent days. That leopard will not de-spot.

Comments

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

I just don't get that. It wouldn't surprise me at all if instead of more teeth in regulation the GOP wanted to crack down on internet porn instead. (Those baaad SEC regulators were watching PORN instead of protecting you! It's their fault!)

If you go, take my voice with you.

[lagilman]

well, I'm all for slapping the hands of whoever allowed that to go on, too. Pr0n has its time and place, but not at the expense of doing your job.

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Which is true, and I have no problem with the Feds going after the SEC on that issue either. However, my belief is that the GOP will use the SEC pr0n issue as a wedge to kill the bill because it does the following:

a) Plays to your social issues base (pr0n)
b) Leaves Wall Street intact
c) Makes it seem like you're standing up to corrupt big government

warning: non-bitter cynicism ahead

[lagilman]

They're managing to kill debate on the bill perfectly well without that, I suspect it will never even be raised as an issue except to distract those who find it morally outrageous that anyone should have more interest in sex than work/want to get away with jacking off instead of doing their job.

Government these days is predicated on the theory that your lobbyist-bought-and-paid-for representative can judge when it would cost more to accept their paycheck than to refuse it. Right now, the GOP thinks the patronage outweigh the outrage. The only way to change their votes is to prove them wrong.

Re: warning: non-bitter cynicism ahead

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Non-bitter? When I spout off like that, my wife tells me I'm being bitter again.

Re: warning: non-bitter cynicism ahead

[lagilman]

Well, you may or may not be. If your wife were to tell me that, I'd tell her she hadn't heard me being bitter.

Cynical or jaded =/= bitter, 100% of the time. Not even 90%.

Re: warning: non-bitter cynicism ahead

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

When you're going to be bitter, let me know in advance so I can put on the flak jacket. And get out the Maker's Mark; I figure I'd need it afterward.

I think I'm going to read your happy news now. I'm going to need it before my set of meetings later this morning give me a headache and turn me grumpy.

Re: warning: non-bitter cynicism ahead

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Oh, and yes, I agree with the sentiment. Completely.

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

I'd love to go but I'm slammed by a Friday deadline.

[lagilman]

Same here, and yet... this is something that really needs to be shouted loud enough that there's no mistaking how tired we are of getting shafted while they play the same old games.

(if everyone were sharing equally in the opportunities/costs, I say good 'on 'em for doing well. But that's not how they've rigged the game)

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

I understand and agree. Whole-heartedly. But the fact that I can't make it today does not prevent me from expressing myself and my views quite firmly and in great detail to Dodd and Shelby (cc'ed to the rest of the Senate Banking Committee and our own state delegation) via letter/email (since it's too easy to just delete email) Weds afternoon (after I ran it by Dad to make sure I wasn't describing something from bizarro world).

I also wrote a snippy email to Carl Levin & Co. after watching the Goldman fiasco but I deleted it before sending it because it was not constructive. Though :-) - I must admit, I felt better after writing it.