Le sigh, le sigh ...

[misseli]

Monsieur Sen. McCain, from those thrilling days of yesteryear, i.e. 1995/1996, while trying to kill the public interest provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act:

"In the past, we have deregulated the airline industry, the trucking industry, the railroad industry in America, and there is very little doubt in my mind that world events, as well

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[bikerwalla]

Well, if you're not a billionaire, why should the government care?

The SEC allowed five firms - the three that have collapsed plus Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley - to more than double the leverage they were allowed to keep on their balance sheets and remove discounts that had been applied to the assets they had been required to keep to protect them from defaults.

[debg]

Did you ever get the feeling that we are not so much surrounded by as immersed up to the oxters in stupid people...?

headdesk headdesk headdesk

[wordslinger]

...and I fear we might vote them into office again.

[debg]

As of this moment in time, I detest both candidates. Nothing would induce me to vote for McCain, but Obama's running out of time to earn my vote, either.

I'm burying myself in researching the issues on the California ballot. But right this moment, not only does neither candidate represent me, they're both inimical to anything other than my blind adoration and/or my campaign contributions. Feh.

And I had such high hopes for this particular election, too.