So, people afraid of losing reelection didn't vote for a bill that is unpopular with their constituents. In other words, democracy worked.

I for one want to know:

A: What is the actual problem that this money is supposed to address?

B: How will this bailout solve the problem, if there is in fact such a large problem?

I simply don't trust Bush and company at all. Just because Bush claims that there is some sort of vague financial problem that requires all of our money doesn't mean that I believe him. I want more trustworthy sources to describe the issue and the solution before Congress blows 700 billion dollars on some scheme.

One thing that would actually fix the problem, i.e. renegotiating the variable rate mortgages to a low fixed rate, is dismissed by both parties. Lowering the interest rates would prevent foreclosures, prop up housing prices, and make many of the "bad" loans into "good" loans. Instead of helping the banks by helping the homeowners, the government is just giving cash to the banks who will get the taxpayer money and the houses. This bill is clearly designed to rip people off, and should be voted down.

After the election many people will switch their votes and this ripoff will occur, but at least it will be delayed. The horrible meltdown will somehow not happen until after the election, of course, but it will still be an emergence in a month.

To get a qualified black man into the right place at the right time. Without the disastrous reign of Bush and the terrible campaign of McCain, we would not have seen the first African American president. The deaths around the world and the economic destruction of America for the past eight years has yielded a silver lining, and I am glad to see this moment.

And we all know where that gets you. The speaking tour circuit.

GM crushed it's future existence when it destroyed the electric cars. They had the lead. They had the future. They tossed it in the trash. Goodbye!

If Camille wants to suck off the fame of a famous woman, she could pick a better woman. Picking Palin will generate letters, I suppose. Paglia has descended to the level of common net trolls. Oh well.

Obama and company need to act as if they are not going to investigate anything. They can change their tune on Jan 21, but for now they need to act as if the things done by Bush is water under the bridge. Bush can give pardons to anyone he wants, and naming names at this point is extremely counterproductive.

Bush will pardon himself and everyone else, of course, but Obama shouldn't give him an excuse.

BTW, can Obama just ignore pardons and grab people anyway? Can he attach a signing statement to the pardons after the fact? The executive branch seems to be able to ignore he law and the constitution, so why not in this case?

The republicans got s good kick in the teeth, but the big companies who want pliable tools in power have not (all) gone away. The republicans will bounce back to cause more damage after the democrats get the American people fat and happy again.

Lieberman is keeping his post as it forces him to vote the way Obama and co. want him to vote. If Joe does something the democratic leadership doesn't like, Lieberman will be taken out and put in charge of trash collection in the parks.

Before when he kept the dems in their slim majority, Lieberman held the dems hostage with "do as I say or I am out." Now Obama can say "Do as I say or you are out."

Kicking Lieberman out may feel good, but keeping him in ensures one more vote on important issues. His humiliation will be private, not public, but he is now in a very different situation than a few months ago.

First off, Jesus was hoping that people would be celibate until the rapture, and was against all marriage unless people can't contain their lust.

Second, the Bible decrees death for all men who have sex with men. God was very clear that homosexuals are to be publically excecuted.

One has to work very hard to try and put any sort of spin on Christianity as a progressive religion. It is a bunch of ancient myths ranging from Babylonian to Roman mythology with babarian tradions and recently the gospel of wealth. If you want a progressive religon I suggest you try a newer one made by people with more modern sensibilities.

that the people who are telling you to buy and hold are usually selling like mad or asking for tax dollars? I simply don't believe it. None of my 401K goes into the US stock market, and it never will.

Buy and hold is for chumps.

I can't think of a better way to describe the press and the government. I hope things in the government change a bit on January 20, but i know things will only get worse int he press.

The negotiations and efforts of the 90's got Israel an Intifada. The peace process was full of suicide bombings in public places in Israel. Since shutting down the crossings and taking a hard line the groups intent on bombing Israel have been limited to lobbing inaccurate missiles. The rise of Hamas has hardly given anyone any reason to think that peace negotiations would be met by a receptive audience. Israel needs a real reason to consider peace.

"If the Palestinians are relegated to "lobbing inaccurate missiles", then why does Israel have to declare "war to the death" on Gaza?"

Because the Palestinians are shooting at them and trying to kill innocent people. Things are better than when there were regular suicide bombings, but the rocket bombardment of Israeli civilians is impossible to ignore.