tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.comments2022-07-01T08:32:32.330-07:00CHICAGO JEDICHICAGO JEDIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673371851824813034noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-58542917009042289332012-11-25T12:18:22.096-08:002012-11-25T12:18:22.096-08:00Some of our elected officials are truly ignorant. ...Some of our elected officials are truly ignorant. I wonder could they survive if their salaries and pension are cut to match their constituents. <br />I heard a commentator – who knows Romney- say he saw the TRUE Romney when he was in front his contributors talking about the “other 47%”. Romney and the others idiots don’t care about America – they care about themselves. Republicans need to take notes from the Mayor! <br />Sharonfasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-55065174448502534072010-11-03T22:14:20.438-07:002010-11-03T22:14:20.438-07:00Your perspective and compassionate but I respectfu...Your perspective and compassionate but I respectfully disagreement in part. Mr. Long's transgressions (if proven true) are in my rationale too egregious to just be waived off as human failings. Yes we all fall short of the glory of God and we will have a price to pay for our sins. However, Long was placed in a position of power like all religious leaders. His duty to his congregation and the delivery of the Word is of the highest calling. Yes he has done good work for thousands I'm sure, but to have used his position of leader, and in some ways father, to manipulate those young men is not only abhorrent to the church he represents but also appropriately illegal. Yes we all have been "found guilty of BEING A HUMAN BEING with occasional lapses in judgment," but this was more than a lapse. The allegations assert that his behavior was continuous and a persistent abuse. This is something I am not ready to waive off as just as being human.<br /><br />I am no saint, far from it, but I do believe in the old fashioned right and wrong. For full disclosure,I am especially sensitive to the type of crime he is accused. I am a survivor of sexual abuse and I know the hell that a person has to go to get reasonably well and whole. Any man or woman who uses a potentially beautiful thing for evil is low and deserves persecution to the fullest extent of the law. I will pray for the truth and that God heals all his victims... the boys, the church and its followers. <br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing this well written piece.Cheryl Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-32568661412262227302010-10-28T16:03:53.327-07:002010-10-28T16:03:53.327-07:00I am happy that I can finally access your blog. Fo...I am happy that I can finally access your blog. For some reason I was experiencing problems. Look for my comments in the future.<br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-26225493285640547332010-08-20T06:55:41.585-07:002010-08-20T06:55:41.585-07:00Thank you Chicago Jedi. I don't know if the us...Thank you Chicago Jedi. I don't know if the use of the term "nerd" will help many of these women. But most intelligent and reasonable women will understand exactly what you meant. You are a powerful ally in the "Force".<br /><br />-Jeff Kidd, A Jedi from the Flossmoor systemHalsted Autohttp://www.halstedauto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-55664048138859189052010-08-16T11:06:53.694-07:002010-08-16T11:06:53.694-07:00I think one of the first things we need to do as e...I think one of the first things we need to do as elder spokesmen of the youth is come to the table and admit that the philosophy that we have been living by was a false sense of entitlement that we used to justify our mindset and actions. Regardless if we realize it or not, the majority of us have supported the notion of "no snitching", especially if we have held our tongue and declined to speak out against the subject. Now we are in a state where we are being held hostage by a nonsensical philosophy that only hurts our youth and community. There is a song on the rap group Goodie Mob's album entiteld "The Experience" where Ceelo Green makes the statement: I'm sick of lieing, I'm sick of glorifying dieing, I'm sick of not trying, I'm sick of being a Ni@#a. This is exactly how I feel today. It makes no sense to keep perpetuating the same ridiculous mentality and expecting different results. That's the definition of insanity. What we have to realize as well is that remaining silent on this subject is just as problematic as promoting the negative mindset and actions that are perpetrated within our communities. This is the same mentality that cost Chicago the 2016 Olympic Bid and continues to cost precious youthful lives and economic empowerment within our community. Continue to speak out against the treason that's taking place in our own communities. <br /><br />D. ClayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-34322043590847380022010-04-04T07:38:16.101-07:002010-04-04T07:38:16.101-07:00Being devil's advocate as well as an actual em...Being devil's advocate as well as an actual employee of the department of corrections, being incarcerated is supposed to be about punishment as well as rehabilitation. It's not about locking them up and throwing away the key. In addition, work release is allowing the offender to leave the facility for the time period he or she is working an actual job. The offender returns to the facility after work. If the offender is missing for any amount of time outside the parameters allowed for work, sanctions are imposed. That includes losing his or her job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-60213352073248805832010-04-01T08:40:44.343-07:002010-04-01T08:40:44.343-07:00This is amazing! How could they let this guy out? ...This is amazing! How could they let this guy out? Isn't Malcolm still dead? Then why isn't he still in jail? unbelievable.<br />Ceryl<br />Hyde ParkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-3787178979146194502010-03-31T09:01:54.907-07:002010-03-31T09:01:54.907-07:00I think if we call ourselves people of reason and ...I think if we call ourselves people of reason and understanding we have to be willing to "listen" to things (art forms, writings, speeches, political parties, etc.) that we are not used to. If you consistently dismiss things because of how they look you will be doing yourself a disservice. You would be surprised to see how similar your views are with most of the people (including Jay Z) who you dismiss. You have to be willing to learn from those who are different. You quote the acievements we've made over the past 40+ years but if you think about it, there were a lot of people who dismissed us because we didn't fit into what they thought was the right mold and system. You are doing the same thing by dismissing Jay-Z (or anyone else). Look beyond the cursing and witness the message. He is actually talking similarly what YOU are talking about (tradition, ethics, integrity in your particular genre). If you have children or young adults, most likely they are listening to the same things and if you don't know what they are talking about you won't ever hear them. Hop off the high horse and walk among the common folks to witness what they are grumbling about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-57418027645171278032010-03-30T13:58:35.111-07:002010-03-30T13:58:35.111-07:00Maybe I'm old fashioned, maybe I'm just ti...Maybe I'm old fashioned, maybe I'm just tired but I don't waste my time or money on entertainers who can't stop using profanity. I'm raising young men, not n___as. I'm a doctor, not a b___ch. Our generation failed to grasp the power employed during the civil rights movement of projecting a positive/professional image. We decimated the image of our people through the projected popularity of foul language, crass behavior, low aspirations, and ignorance---for some, it even became too hard to just pull their pants up. The fact that these images are disparate from the achievements that we have made within the past 40+ years and reflect a subcomponent of our collective selves quickly vanishes. Its too high a price to pay for a "great beat".Dr. A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-74251473308205680552009-10-11T09:56:12.012-07:002009-10-11T09:56:12.012-07:00It's not that I don't think Obama will do ...It's not that I don't think Obama will do a good job at President. I mean how could he not do better than the previous clam shit President we had before? The point is why is he getting a Nobel Peace Prize when he hasn't achieved any peace? I mean isn't it in the definition? How can a President who has asked for MORE troops to fight a WAR win a Peace Prize? Isn't that a contradiction? Do I think he has good intentions? Yes, absolutely. BUT to give him a prize NOW is not the right thing to do. But hey, who am I but a lowly tax paying citizen?<br />-James Curtin<br />Hyde ParkJames Curtinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-31904400694283127582009-01-04T14:57:00.000-08:002009-01-04T14:57:00.000-08:00I had the opportunity to attend a prayer service f...I had the opportunity to attend a prayer service for Roland Burris at St. John Baptist Church. ( His church for over forty years ) Roland had asked his minister, pastor Freeman to organize the service because he felt the need for PRAYER as he traveled to Washington D C to assume his rightful position as the junior senator from the State Of Illinois. The meeting was chaired by Alex Robinson. a prominent retired Chicago businessman. Prayers were given by pastor Freeman, Rolands daughter, Reverand Al Sampson, and a few others attending the service. Many others spoke offering words of support an encouragement. It was refreshing to know that Roland wanted to embark on his mission with Prayer as the wind beneath his wings. I have heard recent comments to the effect that since the appointment by the Govenor has been tainted, it is not politically or morally right for Roland to be seated in the U S Senate. I would suggest to those folks that the words Moral and Politics don't even belong in the same sentence There is no morality in politics. You and I learned long ago (or should have learned) that most politicians will say or do almost anything to get elected or re-elected. The sport of politics is in and of itself immoral. Funny how that kind of flimsy argument always seems to surface when we are involved. Blago signs the check for everyone who works for the state of Illinois including the Legislature and Secretary Of State. If he is not ligitimate, they need to turn all of their checks in. The state can use the money to pay it's expenses. It is now being reported this morning (Sunday) that Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid contacted Blago to suggest Black folks he didn,t want appointed to the seat and White folks who were acceptable. Last I heard, Reid was not a resident of Illinois. This fact if true should be a game changer in Rolands favor. No way he could continue his opposition given this as a fact. It would be GAME OVER. I'm sure Roland would appreciate the prayers and support of those of you who support his effort and of those who are in opposition but want the process to be fair and for him to be treated with the Dignity and Respect he deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-88512908939444598622009-01-03T07:19:00.000-08:002009-01-03T07:19:00.000-08:00Blago represents Chicago Politics at its best; stu...Blago represents Chicago Politics at its best; stupid and crooked! We usually only have to deal with one flaw! However, Burris is a stand up guy and probably the best appointment he could make. But it is like failing a test and then getting all the right answers. Too late Blago!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-46633891568785178882008-12-31T10:04:00.000-08:002008-12-31T10:04:00.000-08:00Regardless of what has been said about Blagojevich...Regardless of what has been said about Blagojevich, he is still within his right. Othewise, there would have ALREADY been some legal movement to relieve him of OR AT LEAST, delay him in his right to make this appointmen. The Us Prosecutor is not showing a very strong case, wles this would NOT have happened.<BR/><BR/>I am not necessarly a Blagojevich supportor, but I do think the clais are weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-8050878985678299252008-12-18T18:58:00.000-08:002008-12-18T18:58:00.000-08:00ALTHOUGH HIS ACTIONS WERE CRUEL IN EVERY WAY, HE A...ALTHOUGH HIS ACTIONS WERE CRUEL IN EVERY WAY, HE APOLOGIZED AND HAS BEEN PUNISHED FOR HIS ACTIONS. ISN'T THAT THE PURPOSE OF A PERSON HAVING A TRIAL? HE WAS FOUND GUILTY AND GIVEN A SENTENCE FOR HIS ACTIONS. AFTER SERVING HIS TIME HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ON WITH HIS LIFE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-73389728945908216302008-11-26T13:11:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:11:00.000-08:00I forgave him when he apologized. Look he made a m...I forgave him when he apologized. Look he made a mistake that is punishable by law that's were he slipped up. He should have just stuck to complicity in the slaughter of lambs,cows, chickens, alligators, bison, etc. If you live in the USA you better be clear that you can kill anything (even in some cases a human), but if you fuck with a cat or dog your ass is grass!<BR/>- The Veggie KingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-62776176293906797862008-10-14T03:25:00.000-07:002008-10-14T03:25:00.000-07:00How are the countries that are 90% free from fossi...How are the countries that are 90% free from fossil fuels acheiving this?Moose Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466413370870272890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-58526138619144066532008-10-13T13:33:00.000-07:002008-10-13T13:33:00.000-07:00Dr. Howard Hendricks used to tell his Seminary stu...Dr. Howard Hendricks used to tell his Seminary students that when he listened<BR/>to most preachers preach, he wanted to interrupt them and say, 'You know, I<BR/>don't think you really believe what you are preaching.' He said when<BR/>they assured him they did believe it, he would then keep on goading them until<BR/>finally they cried out with great passion, 'Yes I do! I REALLY do believe<BR/>this with all my heart!!!'<BR/><BR/>Hendricks says then he would sit back down and say, 'Great. NOW tell us<BR/>about it!'<BR/><BR/>Dr. Hendricks makes a great point. Sometimes we come across as not fully<BR/>believing what we proclaim. Sometimes we don't 'practice what we<BR/>preach' as my grandmother used to say. <BR/><BR/>We say that we speak for a God Who is over all and knows all and is in all, yet<BR/>we frequently don't behave as if we are Children of the King. We say that<BR/>our Father owns the cattle on a thousand hills, yet somehow His church has<BR/>trouble coming up with operating expenses.<BR/><BR/>The world has been hearing some really depressing economic news this past week,<BR/>and we've bought into it. This past week I've heard a lot of church<BR/>folks talk about how the crisis on Wall Street is affecting the way people are<BR/>tithing and consequently the way churches are allocating funds. I've heard<BR/>several conversations where people are scared that their ministry would fall<BR/>victim to the hard times we appear to be heading toward.<BR/><BR/>Something doesn't add up here, folks.<BR/><BR/>I have a question for you: Has the current economic situation changed God? Is<BR/>He less able than He was a few weeks ago? No! In fact, God knew this was<BR/>coming. The drop in the Dow Jones average didn't catch God off guard. And I<BR/>am certain there is no in Heaven, and that God will continue to provide for us<BR/>to do what He guides us to undertake!<BR/><BR/>If we really believe what we have been preaching all this time, this is not a<BR/>time for the church to fold under the economic realities of the day! If God is<BR/>our Source - and He is - and if God is leading us to do something, then we need<BR/>to know that He will provide for it.<BR/><BR/>We need to practice what we preach!<BR/><BR/>God Bless, <BR/><BR/>Angela <BR/><BR/>Just remember Jesus is the Lord!!! Psalm 150:6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-78857593245566108702008-10-11T21:25:00.000-07:002008-10-11T21:25:00.000-07:00Heironeous sees the world as a deadly place, fille...Heironeous sees the world as a deadly place, filled with perpetual challenges and trials for those who battle for justice and defend the weak and innocent. His followers should always act with honor and chivalry, and to uphold justice. Danger is to be faced head-on, with calm and resolve. Those who defeat evil are rewarded with Glory, while those who uphold the tenets of the Arch-paladin are rewarded with Virtue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-66059605631710287442008-10-10T07:51:00.000-07:002008-10-10T07:51:00.000-07:00You know what? I recently did some digging and I f...You know what? I recently did some digging and I found out there is a huge price on the total amount needed to purchase all of the bad mortgages out there in mortgage land. Would you like to read what that number is? It's $100 Billion dollars. Yes, I said $100 Billion. So my question is, if the total number to buy all of the so-called bad mortgages is only $100 Billion why in the hell are we paying $700 Billion? This is the type of stuff that makes people NOT TRUST GOVERNMENT! They are all a bunch of f-ing crooks. But, the minute we ordinary joes commit some fraud or white collar crime to make our ends meet, we go directly to jail and do NOT collect our $200. <BR/>The word is out already that before the ink was dry on the bailout package, AIG was spending a half a million bucks on spa treatments for its employees. This is such a crap of shit! BUSH, McCain and all the rest of those assholes are driving this country into the ground and then have the nerve to blame it on Black and Hispanic homebuyers. I think they should go to jail just like John Q would.<BR/>I'm out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-24977898264199902462008-10-10T07:44:00.000-07:002008-10-10T07:44:00.000-07:00hi. i hate to trouble everyone again with my soapb...hi. i hate to trouble everyone again with my soapbox trifles, and i try not to assume that everyone can or even wants to hear what i have to say. but i have to vent. please forgive my folly and audacity. but there are some things i can't figure out. maybe someone, ANY ONE can help me: i've heard this theory about how giving big businesses and rich people tax breaks and "incentives" helps the economy. there is this mythological "trickle down" theory that seems to have republicans buying into this ever since i can remember. here are the logical and historical arguments why that does not work: 1) these same big businesses/rich people supported sending OUR jobs and their companies overseas WHILE RECEIVING these so called incentives. what exactly was the incentive designed to do? ohhhh thats right, it was to help the economy. duh. i must be stupid! 2) i don't buy this whinning from big corps and republicans talking about, "well, if the U.S. government was more friendly and we could afford to compete we wouldn't have to send business overseas". i have a itty bitty problem with that arguement. THESE ARE THE SAME COMPANIES WHO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ON CEO AND EXECUTIVE BONUSES EVERY YEAR. there is NO ONE on this planet who NEEDS a salary of 1 million dollars a year. many many executives make WELL over that. if people learn to live modest lives, AS THE BIBLE PROMOTES, companies would have very few issues with finances. Don't get me wrong. i am not into bashing the rich. my business will make me rich one day, but i don't plan to line my pockets with a seven figure income along with other executives of the company, then have the audacity to lay people off or trade the jobs of hard-working american mothers and fathers for foreign laborers who are not and probably never will be committed to this country. i call that anti-american, unpatriotic, greedy, and immoral. i'm sure GOD agrees. 3) our current economic crisis happened when this republican theory was at its zenith. feed the rich more and what happens? well, the outcome is obvious. THEY ASPIRE TO GET RICHER!!!! thats what they do! many of these people were born into wealth. they don't take special government courses to teach them to identify with the middle class or the poor. they see us as a means to get richer. this is a fact. this is the way they think. i don't mind that. some people are born investors or entreprenuers. but some people are born to work a 9 to 5 or nobody would ever stay on a job and the economy fails. god bless those people. the working man and woman are the key the any nation's wealth, and they SHOULD be treated as the MOST valuable resource we will ever have. many of you may remember in the bible, the old testament had rules for working animals...yes ANIMALS. one rule was let him eat all he wanted of whatever it was he helped to till and plant. if i used an ox to till my ground and plant corn, that ox could eat all the corn he wanted as he tilled. you figure it out. 4) ponder this side bar in light of the middle-class and poor. modern day believers of the bible always equate the sin of sodom and ghomorra to be homosexuality. thats NOT the the whole truth. that was one of the things they did, but that was NOT the reason GOD destroyed them. Ezekial 16-48-52 says:Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.<BR/><BR/>the reason they ended up so immoral was because of their GREED. you don't have to believe me. search the scriptures. even when GOD judged israel for sinning against him it was ALWAYS attached to their greed of material things leading them into immorality. this is what greed does, it destroys people's character and the fiber of good nations. i don't know if everyone realizes it, but america is on the brink of financial destruction. financial failure precedes all other types of failure.<BR/><BR/>we must attack greed first. everything else will fall into place with minimal effort.<BR/><BR/>and by the way, GOD is not a democrate or republican.<BR/>kevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-58699590838595367432008-10-10T07:39:00.000-07:002008-10-10T07:39:00.000-07:00There's nothing new about this line of attack. It'...There's nothing new about this line of attack. It's familiar to American politics in general and this campaign in particular. Right-wing bloggers and Fox News have peddled the Obama-as-scary-other narrative all year, and both Clintons flirted with it during the Democratic primary. But what's unexpected is that no less a bastion of mainstream journalism than the Associated Press called McCain out for his loaded words. "Whether intended or not by the McCain campaign, portraying Obama as "not like us" is another potential appeal to racism," an AP analysis of the campaign's tone-shift declared last weekend. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the primary campaign's obsession with Jeremiah Wright has ironically primed political reporters for racism that usually goes unflagged. Or maybe the AP was prodded by lefty charges that its coverage has been pro-McCain. But whatever prompted the AP story, it generated as much buzz as the campaign itself because it was a unique thing: an example of the Washington press corps abandoning "objectivity" long enough to tell the naked truth. That's just what the McCain campaign is betting won't happen widely, but it's precisely what must occur—not only if we are to have a fair election, but if we are to ever have an honest conversation about race in America. <BR/><BR/>Too often, journalists concerned about being labeled biased work to create balance where there is none. When the McCain camp began telling plain, demonstrable lies about Sarah Palin's record in Alaska, for instance, too many journalists covered it as tit-for-tat, citing mischaracterizations from Obama that paled in comparison. As the ground war turns negative, many will be tempted to do the same when covering McCain and Obama's jabs. But there is a meaningful difference between tarring your opponent's record and demagoguery. The former is ugly; the latter is dangerous, and journalists have a responsibility to point it out.<BR/><BR/>Americans have notoriously short memories, so it's often assumed that the critical clamor journalists hear from both left and right is new. It actually began with Southern segregationists brow beating Northern news organizations covering the Civil Rights Movement. Both sides of the Jim Crow battle knew the news media would shape how the country viewed them, so segregationists did all they could to make reporters part of the story. The liberal-media trope was their brainchild, and they used it to provoke the sort of false moral equivalencies that today's political reporters too often draw.<BR/>(this comment is reprinted from www.theroot.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-8747330111192188162008-10-10T07:36:00.000-07:002008-10-10T07:36:00.000-07:00Oct. 9, 2008--To everything, there is a season. If...Oct. 9, 2008--To everything, there is a season. If summer is the time for civil (or close to civil) discourse in presidential politics, fall is the time for blood sport. And if you're a Republican trailing in the polls, it's the season for racist fear mongering. <BR/><BR/>No one should be surprised by the assault John McCain launched this week. His campaign is flailing—dropping out of once-contested states, defending newly insecure ones and, by one adviser's reckoning, "looking forward to turning a page on this financial crisis." Those hard realities set the stage and, on Monday in New Mexico, McCain stepped into its center with a sneering performance before a crowd that sounded more like a mob than a rally. <BR/><BR/>"There are essential things we don't know about Sen. Obama," McCain warned, a charge that is as pointed in divisive sentiment as it is unsubstantiated in fact. His supporters responded with the roar of a fight-night audience eager for gore—"Take those gloves off, John!" <BR/><BR/>McCain obliged, rattling off a series of catch phrases that sound all too familiar when hurled at "elitist" Negroes. "It's as if the usual rules don't apply," he huffed in complaint about Obama's refusal to respond to smears masquerading as questions. "What does he plan for America? In short, who is the real Barack Obama?!"<BR/><BR/>The crowd was ready with an answer. "A terrorist!" is the cry several observers heard from at least one McCain fan. Similar slurs flew at McCain camp rallies all week. Someone at a Sarah Palin event in Florida hollered "kill him!" when she repeated her now-infamous smear about Obama "palling around with terrorists." (It's unclear whether the supporter meant Obama or '60s-radical-turned-academic Bill Ayers, the terrorist pal in question.) The crowd eventually turned on the press galley covering the speech, shouting threats and taunts. A black camera crew member was told, "Sit down, boy."<BR/><BR/>By yesterday, Team McCain had cooled things down a bit. They at least kept the race baiting out of McCain and Palin's mouths—even if they still haven't stopped others on the platform from conspicuously repeating "Barack Hussein Obama." But the crowd's reactions this week lay bare the coded language McCain and Palin have deliberately used. The message from the McCain camp was clear: This Obama guy is different than you in "essential" ways. He represents people who aren't like you. Don't trust him. He is other.<BR/><BR/>(this comment was reprinted from www.theroot.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-51864032185071667032008-09-23T20:15:00.000-07:002008-09-23T20:15:00.000-07:00Thank you for giving me a forum to shout about Bus...Thank you for giving me a forum to shout about Bush's most recent band-aid solution! Not only is this a horrible solution, the idiots in Washington D.C. don't even know how they want to administer it. Initially, it was thought to be a solution for the mortgage problems, but now they are trying to expand it to other credit instruments (cars, credit cards and what not),and while i don't disagree that these areas need help as well, I don't think we as a people (the consumers and tax payers, depending on what day you ask) are in a position to fit the bill for the big corporations being greedy and finally paying for that greed. I think the way they are going with this we are in for another bailout in the near future and we the tax payers will pay for it. In closing, a number of people who made healthy financial decisions during a good economy are paying for a number of people who decided to live over their means. We are also paying for big corporations who tried to take advantage of these people and failed!<BR/>Frank -NIUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-60922912863478909802008-09-21T08:48:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:48:00.000-07:00The crazy thing about all of this is someone actua...The crazy thing about all of this is someone actually could've made the decision to bail out AIG giant for $20 billion just a week before our efficient government bailed them out for a whopping $80 billion. Now is it just me or if that was Joe Citizen who made that decision they would either be in jail or out of a job or BOTH. BUT, the geniuses who signed off on this ridiculous plan are not only still employed but have profited from it. <BR/><BR/>This administration AND McCAIN are a joke. Anyone who votes for those two assholes need to be shot.<BR/>Janis Reese<BR/>North Shore (Chicago)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742206685702805351.post-76691834108170323712008-09-21T08:36:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:36:00.000-07:00The solution is simple.....since we (taxpayers) ar...The solution is simple.....since we (taxpayers) are now in the mortgage business ...we should offer the following plan: A fixed rate 3% mortgage to all owner occupied homeowners for a thirty year term and offered for the next 3 years. 3-30-36. The impact is obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com