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Sep 24, 2008

President Issues Warning to Americans

President Bush appealed to the nation Wednesday night to support a $700 billion plan to avert a financial meltdown on Wall Street, and he invited both major presidential candidates to join him and Congressional ...

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Lance Winslow

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The real warnings to Americans should be about record federal deficit spending, lack of financial markets oversight, and military adventurism in Iraq, which contributed to this fiscal mess. Perhaps Bush should call for a change in leadership style in the next presidency.
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its almost 8 years too late but thanks mr. president, thats very kind of you.heh hehh!
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Scare tactics. Gimmick, BUSH calls a major crisis so his pal McCain and run and hide in DC to avoid a debate.

Did BUSH explain how this money crunch is any worse then the Savings And Loans failure. Did we have to stop debates, run and hide in DC, bail out big millionair banks. And last month BUSH said we do not bail out banks the econimy is sound. NOW a crisis developes? A big gimmick to avoid debate on the issues that do affet the average guy.

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Sep 24, 2008
 
Hey George and Dick,we need some of that money back you gave away to your rich friends in the way of massive tax breaks to pay for all of this 'free money' you are giving away.

Since these times are so urgent and the need is so immediate,we know you won't mind if we remove all of those tax breaks so the United States government can save the day.

Thank you for giving us the time to be able to justify removing those massive tax breaks that have so depleted the Federal Reserve.

We,the American people thank you for your support in this.

We know you won't interfere.
James

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BUSH calls it a major crisis. Our homes went down 15% and he does not bail us out. The investments banks made all the money upfront from the little guy. The CEO's made millions. The tax payer pays his mortgage on a home that went down in value, and now is asked to bail out the big bankers who make millions. Give 700 billion to the bankers who took the risk, bankers who made the money up front, bankers who do not need a bailout. Stop the bail out call your Congressman, tell them nO. It is BULLSHIT. Did anyone pundent explain how this major crisis actually hurts the regular person. BUSH said "maybe next month you cannot make a loan". A CNN guy said that a big corporation had to pay 7% on a loan today and it was higher than last
month???? SO, a loan at 7% is good any month.

A gimmick to let McCain hide in DC to avoid a debate.
Knurly

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Sep 24, 2008
 
Lotta good the stimulus checks did.
Why don't yall just gib 'em back?

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What Scary thing NOW?
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What BUSH explained is a big depression that he created, he said it may happen. If we do not bail out the millionaires. He has yet to convince me it is a real crisis. He is trying to help his buddy McCain and save the millionaire bankers,
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SCUM! Remember THE KEATING FIVE!

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James wrote:
What BUSH explained is a big depression that he created, he said it may happen. If we do not bail out the millionaires. He has yet to convince me it is a real crisis. He is trying to help his buddy McCain and save the millionaire bankers,
.... IF we really had a REAL CRISIS the illegal aliens would pack up and Leave. AS long as we still have jobs we don't want to do, we will have illegal aliens, when Regular Americans take THOSE JOBS,....WE have an economical CRISIS Big TIME!

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There is no real crisis. It is 'Order out of Chaos'. THey create this Chaos then to bring in a new World Order of enslavement.

haha....... there is no crisis. Only that which they seek to cull the masses about.

What is going to happen to the economy is going to happen anyway. This is just a way for the American people to pay for years of bad behavior and outright greedy scamming of our shared trust and good faith efforts to make a living.

Bush invited Obama to join him with McCain . LOL. dont go. Why would anyone want to sit down with a lame duck 30% approval rating in order to justify McCains hail mary pass to avoid the debate? Not none of me.

Now they will try to blind the masses with the 'particulars' of the Bill being 'ironed out'. THis sucker should not even have reached an ironing board. Dont fall for 'de tails'. Its a yes or a no. And a No is what the People have spoken in pole after pole after pole by 94%.

The Republicans cannot hide for re election behind ,'well I did what the President said we must do' or anyone else coming up for election in Senate or Congress.

The People We The People have spoken. And unless the lobby money has gone to your heads in DC and your drunk in the reality of a false persona of self indulgent popularity .. you are duly sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.

You wil either honor our forefathers......... or in dishonor them......so dishonor yourself.

Anything that begins with the letters 'DE" is against the Light! Go to any dictionary and find any word beginning with DE that you would be comfortable accomodating. lol

There is no DE AL here. Working out a Deal is very telltale to what is intended.
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I can't believe they are trying to ask for this much money. This is equal to what we have spent in Iraq since the war started. Where the fu*k do they think this money will come from? This country is already bankrupt and they want to buy off a trillion of bad debt? Let these moron ceo's fail and go broke then let the chips fall where they may. I saw a poll that 95% of americans oppose this bailout. If it passes we need to UNITE and get rid of EVERY one of these criminals who votes for this. I knew we were going to hell fast, but I didn't expect it to come this year.
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Gimmick for McCain to avoid a debate.
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Didn't Bush say some years ago that everyone should own a house??

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lost country wrote:
I can't believe they are trying to ask for this much money. This is equal to what we have spent in Iraq since the war started. Where the fu*k do they think this money will come from? This country is already bankrupt and they want to buy off a trillion of bad debt? Let these moron ceo's fail and go broke then let the chips fall where they may. I saw a poll that 95% of americans oppose this bailout. If it passes we need to UNITE and get rid of EVERY one of these criminals who votes for this. I knew we were going to hell fast, but I didn't expect it to come this year.
This money has been leveraged out over and over again. THey thought the S & L debacle of the 80s was in the low billions. It is 1.2 Trillion counting interest 2 trillion easy.
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This is an issue that we all are responsible for. We allowed Congress and the President to remove restrictions on the amount of debt these institutions could have. This allowed the variable rate mortgages that people took to buy more home than they could afford. These people took a risk, the banks took a risk, and the Government encouraged it. Why did we allow this? We lost oversight of these policies. Now we pay. Giving the Government oversight scares me, look at what we let the do already. The Constitution made it very clear what the Governments responsibilities are. When we have allowed them more responsibility, they have always failed.

A wise man once said that as soon as the people find out they can vote and get “free” money from the Government we will all go bankrupt.

I did not buy a new house under these rates, I have kept up my mortgage, and it is almost paid off. But now I will have to help finance those who took on the debt. Am I now going to pay more taxes? What is going to be forced on me? Will I see a return on this forced investment?

I wanted to pay off my mortgage in 3 years from now. I have saved, worked, and scrimped on luxuries to get there. I only wish others would have done the same.
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James wrote:
Gimmick for McCain to avoid a debate.
so true
Jill

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Yes, Bush, what about the stimulus checks you thought would help boost the economy? Did you not know this crisis was in the making?

It's funny how know one is talking about the war, not that our nation is in one of great resessions of our times.

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Did you hear Bush's THREAT to AMericans?

He said he faced stepping in with dramatic actions unless they ( our elected officials) do his bidding. DO what his NEw World ORder wants.

DAYUM.

I want to tell you something Mr Bush. You dont threaten the American people with 'dramatic' action . You think you have the military and all your Fascist edicts in place including the Patriot Act to sign Marshall law? Dont even go there. The world is watching and you dont wont to go there.

http://www.ww4report.com/node/3940

That is the Order you enacted on May of 2007. But I want to warn you buddy. It will be a blood bath if you activate it.

I shouldnt be surprised if you did though. After all Madam Albright and all those Bilderberg types love blood letting.

Just ask the people of South Ossestia Russia.
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Richard USA wrote:
What Scary thing NOW?
it's fun !?!
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