Politics and religion.

[RICHARD]

LIz, I'll wear my motorcycle helmet when I type from now on.


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I saw something on the tube that made me think and get kinda melancholy.

BO was to make a stop here in the Southland. People were camping out for tickets and the news crews stopped by to interview people.

As I flipped thru the channels the interviews were in two parts, some people wanted to see him in person and the other set were there to see if they culd ask the pres about getting some of the stimulus money for themselves.

Sheesh,
This is going to be a prob for this administration. 'giving' away money is the not the answer! Most of the people who lived within their means are doing 'o.k.' considering the econ climate. The people who over extended their financial limits are the ones that are begging to be helped. This is a scary
precedent because no one is inclined to clean up their mess-they want someone else to do it for them.

That really gets me angry that we have lost the desire and drive to 'do it ourselves'.

The people who wanted a government that would butt out of our lives is getting the opposite of their wishes!

[Edwina's Secretary]

As I flipped thru the channels the interviews were in two parts, some people wanted to see him in person and the other set were there to see if they culd ask the pres about getting some of the stimulus money for themselves.

Sheesh,
This is going to be a prob for this administration. 'giving' away money is the not the answer! Most of the people who lived within their means are doing 'o.k.' considering the econ climate. The people who over extended their financial limits are the ones that are begging to be helped. This is a scary
precedent because no one is inclined to clean up their mess-they want someone else to do it for them.

That really gets me angry that we have lost the desire and drive to 'do it ourselves'.

The people who wanted a government that would butt out of our lives is getting the opposite of their wishes!

Oh come on! Some people ...who make their own mess asking for a handout....NEVER happened before?

And this new action is the result of the Bush and the Obama administrations giving money to save corporations.

PLEASE!!! An opinion about so-called "bailouts" - fine - dislike Obama and his ideas - fine....but to say...

we have lost the desire and drive to 'do it ourselves'.

...based on the overwrought interviews with some people. That make a "good" story on the news.

....hyperbole...drama...whining...

I don't know about you...but I am still doing "it" myself and so is just about everyone I know.

So a couple of people went to the Town Hall Meeting and asked for money. I realize the media (as you so often like to point out) makes a big deal out of it.

But...I really don't think this is indicative of a general collapse in the American spirit.