[Peace-discuss] Fw: Tell Congress: stop the next recesion

Thu Sep 17 12:17:12 CDT 2009

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:48 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

 I am wondering if it's the hypocrisy or if it's the blindness of the Obots
> that
> drives them to write classical pap like this:
>
> "But *despite all that's been done to rescue them and prop them up,
> some bankers and traders still have not learned their lesson*."
>
> Since when does "rescuing" and "propping up" cause anyone to "learn a
> lesson"?
>
> Are the writers at True Majority really so benighted that they don't parse
> and
> resolve what they are writing?  Are their followers so dazzled that they
> can't
> figure it out either?
>

For once we agree, Wayne.  I often suspect that all of these organizations,
even the seemingly well-meaning ones like True Majority, are ultimately
about little more than salaries for their paid employees.  If they can get
benighted readers/members to send money, it doesn't much matter what they
say.

I even wonder why Obama went to talk to the Wall Street bankers in his
recent speech.  "Now, boys, you're gonna have to straighten up and fly
right!"  C'mon.  Just withhold their allowances and start kicking their
asses.  Even then they'll just move their asses - their assets and/or
operations - offshore.

By the same token, I always wonder why I should phone our cadaverous
representative Tim Johnson, or sign these endless petitions, begging him to
do things that he plainly has no intention of doing.  When will we
understand that the self-interest of our "leaders" is not synonymous with
our own self-interest or the interests of our nation, and start treating
them as the mortal enemies they are?

> On 9/17/2009 11:34 AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
>
>   Almost tooooooo obvious to bother taking action on, but...
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/16/09, Drew Hudson, TrueMajority.org
> <alerts at truemajority.org> <alerts at truemajority.org>* wrote:
>
>
>   Dear Jenifer,
>
>     One year ago, the fall of Lehman Brothers started a financial crisis
> and recession.
> [image: Lehman brothers before the collapse]<http://act.truemajority.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1sXuS2xzkexw8VVsCyuS0t7mNdXnevSS>
>
> *Tell Congress to get tough with Wall Street so we can prevent the next
> crash!*<http://act.truemajority.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QRR89%2FNIm6kMKuM8Bc0FEN7mNdXnevSS>  [image:
> add your voice]<http://act.truemajority.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=D5myTcGyYcr7qTJcNxhhdN7mNdXnevSS>
>
> *One year ago, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy* and touched off the
> worst financial crisis and recession in a generation.1 But 12 months
> later, *instead of learning its lesson, Wall Street is back to its old
> tricks*: Paying huge bonuses and taking huge risks that still threaten our
> 401Ks and pensions.
>
> President Obama went to Wall Street this week to try and talk sense. He
> called for *clearer regulation, new protections for consumers, and rules
> that ensure CEOs are rewarded only for performance*.2  But Wall Street
> isn't going to listen just because the President talks.
>
> Top bankers and traders are still making a fortune off our under-regulated
> system. And they're spending an unprecedented amount of time and money to
> make sure Congress leaves them to it.3
>
> The House and Senate are both planning to take up Obama's reform package
> next week.4 *Tell your Senators and Representative*<http://act.truemajority.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xes3yon5eXS0Xvqzf7UmUt7mNdXnevSS>
> *to get on board now and make Wall Street toe the line.*
>
> *
> http://act.truemajorityaction.org/t/120/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=38
> *<http://act.truemajority.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VEPt7495T01TcWEonj8MjN7mNdXnevSS>
>
> A year ago, the financial crisis caught a lot of us by surprise. John
> McCain famously misread the situation and pronounced "the fundamentals of
> our economy are strong," even as the collapse was beginning.5
>
> Now we've got a new President who led an unprecedented intervention into
> the markets. We the taxpayers have spent billions to save banks and give
> them the security to keep our economy going.
>
> But *despite all that's been done to rescue them and prop them up, some
> bankers and traders still have not learned their lesson*. And with the
> stock market rebounding, it's too tempting for them to go back to their old
> tricks and for Congress to look the other way.
>
> In his speech, Obama warned, "The old ways that led to this crisis cannot
> stand." It's up to Congress to make sure that they do not.
>
> Tell your members of Congress to back reforms that will stop the next
> financial meltdown<http://act.truemajority.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q4O6Gcgn%2Blw2%2BDjiXrL4297mNdXnevSS>
> .
>
> -Drew
>
> Drew Hudson
> TrueMajority / USAction
>
> 1 - cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/14/eveningnews/main5310960.shtml
> 2 -
> washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091400582.html
> 3 -
> washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/12/AR2009091202932.html
> 4 - bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZ8i3P1We3VA
> 5 - nytimes.com/2009/09/15/business/15obama.html
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