Someone else that wants our counrty to stick its nose where it doesn't belong.

Several of you have indicated that Bush ran his administration based on pragmatism. Could you site a few examples, because as far as I can tell it was all ideology?

How much of your own paychecks are each of you willing to give up to make this happen?

I am glad someonf finally started telling people that ran their companies into the ground "NO". I should have happened a few months ago, and I hope it continues.

Will this guy have several billion dollars avaliable to use in his defence, because if so he's not going to jail.

the Senate not handing over money to the auto industry meant that the south wanted a kind of continuation of the civil war I thought it was a joke, but some of you are serious. All you r giong to do with this bailout (just like the financial bailouts) is make these indusrties less competative in the long run. Only one , Ford, of the "big three" even plans to be braking even in the next three years. Our financial bailout will encourage the finance companies to take overly risky positions in the future, and an auto bailout will keep these companies from making the tough decisions. Let them resructure in chapter 11.

We should not be involving ourselves in other countries politics. We dont want their governments comming over here and telling us what to do.

Most Americans think that voting for any party other the Republicans or Democrats is throwing your vote away. This gives the far left and far right a lot of political clout. If in 2012 President Obama is very unpopular then whoever is the Republican nominee will have a good chance of winning. Because most people that vote in the primaries are on the far left and right, it is easy for someone on the fringes to get the nomination.

Does anyone on this website actually beleive that members of Congress put their constituents before their campaign doners? It always seems strange to me that some people act as though the government will protect us from big business, or that big business doesn't like big government. Imagine that you and a group of people get together and express your opinion on an issue to one of the members of Congress that represents you, and the next day some one that gave say $50,000 in soft money to them expresses the opposite opinion, does anyone beleive that you opinion would even be considered?

and if you are, will you be suprided next time it happens too?