09-24-2008, 12:48 AM
It's actually quite clever.
It's a many-layered metaphor.
Among other things, there's a veiled suggestion that Bush thinks he's god as it's he who just sent Cheney to put pressure on (read as "extort") Congressional Republicans to pass the Bush version of the bill which prohibits courts from having any jurisdiction over decisions made by the Treasury Department, once again attempting to wrest Unconstitutional unlimited power from the American people.
Meanwhile, what makes the situation so urgent as to warrant this deadline? So urgent as to make it unreasonable to ask for accountability and record-keeping? So urgent that the government has to buy liens RIGHT NOW at full maturity value instead of market value or auction value or some other compromise?
The only explanation proffered for this need for speed has been to prop up investments by kicking up confidence in banks. It seems to me that an unrestricted payoff/bailout to the tune of $700 billion plus interest would knock whatever faith in the dollar still exists right out of the park and that wouldn't be very good for anyone in this country.
It's a many-layered metaphor.
Among other things, there's a veiled suggestion that Bush thinks he's god as it's he who just sent Cheney to put pressure on (read as "extort") Congressional Republicans to pass the Bush version of the bill which prohibits courts from having any jurisdiction over decisions made by the Treasury Department, once again attempting to wrest Unconstitutional unlimited power from the American people.
Meanwhile, what makes the situation so urgent as to warrant this deadline? So urgent as to make it unreasonable to ask for accountability and record-keeping? So urgent that the government has to buy liens RIGHT NOW at full maturity value instead of market value or auction value or some other compromise?
The only explanation proffered for this need for speed has been to prop up investments by kicking up confidence in banks. It seems to me that an unrestricted payoff/bailout to the tune of $700 billion plus interest would knock whatever faith in the dollar still exists right out of the park and that wouldn't be very good for anyone in this country.