Re: OT: PING Don Bowey

Don Bowey <dbowey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:C5178BA5.C67CB%dbowey@xxxxxxxxxxx:

On 10/12/08 9:12 AM, in article
Xns9B35720265BDEmeadowmuffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kris Krieger"
<me@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don,

I've been reading your posts - informative and clear, makes sense. Do
you have more such info on a webiste or otherwise published?

TIA,

- Kris

Thanks, but I don't have a website, so no blog. What I post is just
based on my education, experience, and exposure to credible and
incredible news.

OK, it just made a lot of sense so I decided to ask ;)


Last evening on one of the news channels (might have been CNBC) there
was an excellent report which traced the cause of our current problems,
through several President's administrations starting with Carter. It
did point to the general reluctance, in both parties, to take any steps
that would slow the economy.

Ah, I missed that - I'll check the CNBC website, tho' and see whether they
had a transcript, thanks for the heads-up.


From the report, it is clear that I have been a little wrong in
criticizing the Bush administration for not controlling the Federal
Reserve System, Fannie Mae, and Freddy Mac. The report more-or-less
said that by 2005, a melt-down of the economy was inevitable.

In 2005 the Republicans initiated a Bill in the House that would have
regained some control of the monetary system. The Republican vote was
100% in favor and the Democratic vote was 100% against passage,
defeating it's passage to the Senate.

It appears to me that special interests have dulled any good sense in
our elected people.

I think both were culpable, and warped by special interests.

I think what botehrs methe most is that none of them has the cajones to
just stand up and say, "THis is how I voted, this was my reasoning at teh
time, I now realize I was in error and want to work towards a real
solution."

THat, I could deal with, becasue nobody's perfect. But all of the "Oh no
it wasn't me it was all *their* fault" stuff is disgusting.


Beyond that, a President with any courage, intelligence and leadership
ability would have gone to the airways and told us about the impending
problems, asking us to contact our representatives to support the Bill.
Unfortunately, Bush has none of these characteristics.

Also unfortunately, given the way elections work, I usually despair that
such a person could *never* be elected to the Presidency any more. Maybe
it's not too late, but only "maybe".


My unforgettable memory of him is in the film of him visiting with
elementary school children, sitting on a small chair while an agent
whispered in his ear about the terrorist controlled planes on 9/11. He
defined himself right then, as a functional idiot, doing nothing, just
remaining there, dull faced, looking like nothing important was
happening.

Bottom line again, is that no one Party is responsible for the mess
we're in. I hope people will look for the best man for President, and
not just vote party lines.


I changed to Independent 16 yrs ago, after having been a registered
Republican, because I didn't liek how the Democratig party became over-
populated by, well, people with theirhands out, btu I was equally disgusted
that "Cnservative" went from meaning "fiscal responsibility and small
gov.t" to meaning "social recidivism, religious sectarianism, exclusionism,
and rejection of the Constitution when teh Law became 'inconvenient'".

OTOH, I've personally been reading a lot - legislative records, news
stories, cached/archived info, etc and so on and so forth, until my
eyeballs are ready to fll out, and coming to my own conclusions. So I
agree with you that I hope as many poeple as are intelctually capable will
actually examine the public record, and choose according to that.

Anyway!, thanks for the info :) and I'll check CNBC to see whether they
have any transcripts or video of that program.

- Kris



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