Do you really think it was a good idea for Obama to try and push it through? In fact, wasn’t it better that it was voted down? Do you value your tax dollars?

As many times as I thought he’d be our anti-christ this generation, it may be true, just cuz i have a feeling of it. But since it’s inevitable, its "supposed" to happen. If he is, he’s doing a pretty good job getting everyone to his side, if he’s not, thats someone who is one cool fellow.

But what, I’m curious, is a rope sucker?

Bernanke said policymakers need a bold plan to correct the deficit or else face dire consequences. Our "near-term challenges must not be allowed to hinder timely consideration of the steps needed to address fiscal imbalances. Unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustainability in the longer term, we will have neither financial stability nor healthy economic growth."

He’s not alone. The Congressional Budget Office and private forecasters share these worries. Concern about the president’s handling of the deficit and debt are also spreading to the general public. While 67 percent approve of Obama’s job performance overall, only 45 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of federal spending, and 46 percent of his handling of the federal budget deficit, according to a new Gallup poll.

It is refreshing to see someone, anyone, stand up to the Obama Administration. They are a snow ball rolling down hill. Our jobs, automobiles, homes and families are at the bottom.

There were 15,832 earmarks totaling $71 billion in 2006. (In 1994, there were 4,155 earmarks totaling $29 billion.)

Their Congress passed budgets that resulted in deficits of $318 billion and $250 billion.

The typical Congressional work week was late Tuesday to noon on Thursday.

They eliminated the Perkins college loan program and cut Pell Grants by $4.6 billion.

In a debate last year over the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee abruptly cut off the microphones when Democrats began discussing the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

They stripped detainees of the right of habeas corpus.

Passed an energy bill that showered $6 billion in subsidies on polluting oil and gas firms while doing little to curb energy demand or invest in renewable energy industries.
Allowed Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) stay in Congress for a month after pleading guilty in the Jack Abramoff investigation.

Didn’t investigate Tom DeLay and let him stay in Congress as long as he wanted.

There were just 12 hours of hearings on Abu Ghraib. (There were more than 100 hours of hearings on alleged misuse of the Clinton Christmas card list.)

Passed a $286 billion highway bill in 2005 stuffed with 6,000 pork projects including the $233 million Bridge to Nowhere.

Refused to swear in oil executives testifying about high prices.

Not a single non-appropriations bill was open to amendment in the second session of the Congress.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/06/109-congress/

Yes, I also find it amusing because they keep pointing out that currently Congress has a lower approval rating than Bush, but they never look at the disapproval rating of the Republicans vs. the Democrats. The Democrats are in the majority and they still aren’t as despised as the Republicans right now.

Republicans – Disapproval 58%
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_rep.htm

Democrats – Disapproval 49%
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_dem.htm

I know ACORN thugs and Black Panthers will be outside intimidating voters and pressuring them to vote Democrat and driving away true patriots from the polls.

When the American people choose freedom and vote Republican, I suspect Chairman Obama’s regime will crack down on dissent and try to destroy the remains of the country in a last ditch attempt to rule over the American people forever.

What are some survival tips and kit suggestions for the 2010 elections and the post-election timeline?

We will only have 2 years to save america, and come up with a damage estimate to repair all the damage Obama has done before he destroys us.

We must make the world safe for democracy, starting at home!
COMMIE LIBERALS DON’T YOU GET IT YET!

CHAIRMAN OBAMA POISONS YOUR MINDS TO DO WHAT HE DESIRES! HE CARES NOTHING FOR YOU! OR THE PEOPLE YOU HURT!

HE JUST WANTS POWER TO RULE OVER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE GOVERNMENT!

We cannot bring back those that have died due to Chairman Obama, BUT WE WOULD BE BETRAYING THEIR MEMORY IF WE LET THEM WIN IN 2010!!!

Whenever people like you organize, you end up getting tried for treason. Don’t try it .

There was the democratic congress with there government action, not the free market or capitalism. Government intervention, government spending, and the Federal Reserve’s liberal chairman, Alan Greenspan, that had killed our economy as well so how is this all bush’s fault

there was also the Treasury Department under the Clinton Administration which established the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

which caused the destruction of the banks, the housing market was also destroyed. Prices began to go up, and millions who could not pay back their loans lost their houses Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam as well.

The recession wasn’t his fault. He knew we were facing problems and asked the congress to do something about it but Barney said all was well with Fannie and Freddie and everyone preferred to believe him. It could have been too late by then already. The laws passed during the Clinton administration by both parties caused the recession.

His book, "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World," is scheduled for release Monday. CNN obtained a copy Saturday.
In the book, Greenspan wrote that Bush essentially left an unbridled GOP Congress to spend money however it saw fit, and by not vetoing a single bill in six years, the president deprived the nation of checks and balances.
"The Republicans in Congress lost their way," Greenspan wrote. "They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose."

Greenspan, an 81-year-old Republican who retired last year after five terms as Fed chairman, wrote that he made no secret of his view that Bush should reject some bills.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/16/greenspan.book/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Look at the link. He was talking about Bill not Hillary.
Sandy K. – I referenced the BOOK he WROTE not and edited interview. SO the Show you watched wasn’t relevant to this question
koalacomics- youa re certainly a one trick pony-that is the only post you have and you keep posting over and over again. Most of what you post has been debunked look-http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/bodycount.asp

I have a feeling we are going to start seeing a lot more of this. And it’s about time.

Unfortunately, I think we’re stuck with "no change in direction" until the next presidential election.

May the days pass swiftly with as little loss of life as possible.

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.

Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry"

"After the hearing, Representative Michael G. Oxley, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, and Senator Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced their intention to draft legislation based on the administration’s proposal. Industry executives said Congress could complete action on legislation before leaving for recess in the fall. " (they’re republicans)

"Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing.

”These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ”The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.” "

Democrats opposed the bill to help poor people and people with bad credit get loans. These of course are the people who defaulted on their loans and bankrupted the companies.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

The republicans had a slim majority. It takes 60 votes to beat a fillabuster

Good question. The Clinton administration and his cronies (some of which are current Obama advisers and contributors) like Franklin Raines, James A. Johnson, Janet Reno, and Jamie Gorelick are to blame for much of the financial mess we are in right now, namely running Fannie Mae into the ground.

In an effort to make housing “affordable” to everyone, they created the market for the high-risk subprime loans. New regulations forced lenders into high-risk areas where they had no choice but to lower lending standards to make the loans that sound business practices had previously guarded against making, or face stiff government penalties.

Meanwhile, Fannie Mae executives received maximum bonus payouts in the millions by overestimating earnings. You can now see the domino effect this has had with corporations like AIG, who owned a large stake in Fannie Mae. President Bush and Senator McCain have pushed for change in the mortgage giant’s structure since 2002, but Congress has largely ignored them. This shouldn’t come as a surprise though considering Democrats were the biggest benefactors of Fannie and Freddie lobbying, with Christopher Dodd receiving the most in contribution money at $165,400, followed by Barack Obama at $126,349, and John Kerry at $111,000.