Sunday Serving of Activism, with a side of Sports

[lagilman]

Hello my fellow US Citizens (the rest of you can skip down to the last item in this post):

You're probably tired of me sounding the alarm and telling you to get up and DO, but I'm going to do it again. More, I'm going on record as saying that if you're not calling your representative critter first thing Monday morning and asking if they've LOST THEIR MINDS regarding this baby-with-the-bathwater bailout proposal (hint: you want to them to vote no), you've drunk some very bad kool-aid. Running scared into a Really Bad Idea is far worse than holding scared for a halfway-responsible one, especially when the Really Bad Idea basically equals giving all our money to the wipes who screwed up in the first place, and not putting ANY restrictions on what they can do with it for two years. WTF?

Scared + Stupid = Doubly Screwed.
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On the political side, a few pics from what's being billed as the largest rally in Alaska. I am reminded of all the New Yorkers who went "oh lord, NO!" when Rudy tried to go national... it pays listen to the people who had to put up with them locally, folks...





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In less important but satisfying news, the Giants won. Barely, in OT, in a game they should have put away early. But they won and nobody looked hurt, so yay for that....
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Oh, and if you're still reading, the web site's been updated. Some new excerpts, some new quotes, some new details on VINEART WAR....

Comments

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

I was heartened to meet several anti-Palin folk in Alaska. Not enough to really make a difference, mind, but at least Alaska has the bare minimum of electoral college votes.

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

CHeers on the Palin pics. I love the "Beware the Trickster" crow.

I have to admit, I'm a bit confused by the bail outs. I know that if the US economy seriously tanks, it affects the entire world. When America sneezes, the whole world gets pnemonia, as they say. That being said, there has to be some serious jail time for someone!

[lagilman]

One system ends, another will come into play, and it may not be the USA leading the sneeze any more, as it were. Wall Street Worldwide as it was played is undergoing a massive change right now. May we live in Interesting Times, indeed.

that being said, there has to be some serious jail time for someone!

Don't count on it.

More seriously, the truth is that it will probably turn out that very few people did anything illegal*. A number of people did things that were in poor or ill-considered judgment, and a lot of people believed what they wanted to hear, rather than actually digging into the facts, but if stupidity and hubris were crimes....

Everyone wanted to make money. Nobody wanted to listen to the (not inconsiderable) voices pointing out that the Emperor was not only bare-assed naked, but on an invisible tightrope, too.

If there ever was a trickle-down theory, it's in effect now. Most of us are only indirectly tied to the financial network, the meltdown's going to affect everything. However, it's not going to be the Big Bad End of All. Really.






*and those who did will scuttle out, same as always. No matter what else changes, cynicism still reigns in that regard

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's helpful.

We bought our house two years ago, and I remember that the loan officer tried to talk us into believing we could afford a larger loan. But we've always stuck to the rule that you should spend no more than 25% of your yearly income (I think that's the number) on housing, and we stuck to that. Good thing we did!

[lagilman]

yeah, living within your means may not be as splashy, but it has its own satisfactions....