{"id":299,"date":"2008-09-29T12:54:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=299"},"modified":"2017-08-13T09:59:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T16:59:18","slug":"yo-dubya-bail-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"Yo, Dubya!  Bail THIS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, my position on many social issues (that of someone who <em>does <\/em>know American and world history) has often been sneered at for being &#8220;liberal.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, the fact that someone would sneer in that <a title=\"Day100, Once a Dork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98259649@N00\/2733273194\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 0px 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3113\/2733273194_20ceff5645_m.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Day100, Once a Dork\" width=\"192\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>fashion simply marks that person as uneducated to the extent that he or she accepts without question the liberal-bashing of various media blowhards.\u00c2\u00a0 (A thorough education in history is the best antidote for right-wing claptrap.)\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t bother me.\u00c2\u00a0 Thomas Jefferson was a liberal.\u00c2\u00a0 Benjamin Franklin was a liberal.\u00c2\u00a0 Teddy Roosevelt was a liberal.\u00c2\u00a0 Dick Cheney is a conservative.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8217;nuff said.<\/p>\n<p>On fiscal matters, however, I line up with the real conservatives, not the neocon poseurs.\u00c2\u00a0 The conservatives who are against deficit spending and in favor of zero-based budgeting for all government agencies.\u00c2\u00a0 The conservatives who believe that CEOs who mess up should suffer the consequences, in spades.\u00c2\u00a0 The conservatives who believe that just because the feeble nobody in the White House got bailed out of every single thing he ever failed at (and that IS everything he ever tried) doesn&#8217;t mean he should expect we-the-people to bail him and his cronies out this time.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Stewart played back-to-back clips of Shrub saying &#8220;we need to pound Iraq&#8221; in 2003 and &#8220;we need to bail out these incompetent managers&#8221; in 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 They&#8217;re the <em>same speech<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Today in Congress, according to CNN, Lloyd Doggett from Texas said <span class=\"entry-content\">&#8220;Like the Iraq war and patriot act, this bill is fueled by fear and haste.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s right.\u00c2\u00a0 Act in haste, repent at leisure!<\/span><small><a title=\"Attribution-NonCommercial License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"Cayusa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/17731548@N00\/2250160502\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Hooray for Congress for voting down the bailout.\u00c2\u00a0 The deregulated greedheads got their companies into this mess, let them start fixing it by giving up their salaries and perks.\u00c2\u00a0 No golden handshake for people who have earned nothing better than a golden shower.<\/p>\n<p><small><a title=\"Attribution-NonCommercial License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/wp-content\/plugins\/photo-dropper\/images\/cc.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/><\/a> photo credit: <a title=\"Cayusa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/17731548@N00\/2250160502\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cayusa<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, my position on many social issues (that of someone who does know American and world history) has often been sneered at for being &#8220;liberal.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, the fact that someone would sneer in that fashion simply marks &hellip; 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