Comments on: The ongoing, expanding bailout is a freaking disaster

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:35:30 +0000

I, as a citizen, say, “Sorry, I didn’t want them to bailout AIG and I don’t want them to bail you out.” I, as a government guy, say, “Sorry, we thought bailing out private companies was a good idea, but realized it was a mistake.”

Otherwise, next week you’ll be arguing, “How do you tell the workers at Victoria’s Secret that GM and AIG warranted a bailout, but they don’t.” You have to draw the line and I say the line has to be drawn now.

By: Talmadge East

Talmadge East — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:27:58 +0000

How do you tell the workers at GM that AIG warranted a bailout, but they don’t?

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:24:12 +0000

I agree – AIG, etc. shouldn’t have been bailed out either. Two wrongs, as they say, don’t make a right. Bailing out GM & co. because the wrong decision was made to bail out AIG makes no sense.

By: Talmadge East

Talmadge East — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:58:31 +0000

Well, and I know this detracts from the central point, but I live on a farm and I wouldn’t have anything but a Chevy or Ford pickup. There just isn’t anything better. Now to the bailout of Detroit; I don’t see why they shouldn’t qualify if everyone else is. If we are going to bailout AIG, then why not GM? If other companies are sucking the government tit, why should Detroit get the left-hind one?

By: Flashpoint » Blog Archive » A tale of two Shelby’s

Flashpoint » Blog Archive » A tale of two Shelby’s — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:45:42 +0000

[...] As I previously mentioned, Alabama’s senior senator Richard C. Shelby has taken what appears to be a principled stand against a federal bailout for automakers. Sayeth Sen. Shelby (emphasis mine): “The financial straits that the Big Three find themselves is not the product of our current economic downturn, but instead is the legacy of the uncompetitive structure of its manufacturing and labor force. The financial situation facing the Big Three is not a national problem, but their problem. I do not support the use of U.S taxpayer dollars to reward the mismanagement of Detroit-based auto manufacturers in such a way that allows them to continue and compound their ongoing mistakes.” [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:50:36 +0000

Alright, by popular demand (of at least one reader) I have installed a WYSIWYG comment editor with preview functionality. Enjoy and please alert me to any bugs.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:30:23 +0000

Success! I’ll try to look around for a better comment interface plugin when I get some free time.

By: countrycat

countrycat — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:07:40 +0000

Just testing…

Use good ole’ html to blockquote.

HTML I can deal with… just wish this had a “preview” feature…

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:53:38 +0000

Use good ole’ html to blockquote. [blockquote]Insert quote here.[/blockquote] Just replace the brackets with greater than and less than symbols. Maybe I should look into a WYSIWYG comment editor…

More on the multiple personalities of Shelby later…

By: countrycat

countrycat — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:07:29 +0000

—- BTW, someone has kidnapped Richard Shelby and replaced him with a taxpayer advocate and believer in private enterprise. Notify authorities. —–

Ok. Now I’ve spewed Diet Pepsi all over my keyboard, that made me laugh so hard.

I can’t figure Shelby out either. He seems to have multiple personalities. As a Senator at least.

Process question…. is there a way to blockquote so it’s clear someone is responding to a particular section of the post or someone else’s comment?