Especially this line:
I don't believe the bonuses themselves are the heart of the matter...But three things:
Number 1:
We're collectively taking our country's future in our hands, spending vast sums of money to keep these companies from suffering the consequences of their own folly...-We- are not collectively taking our country's future in our hands.
Let me fix that for you:
The Government has taken control of our country's future, using our (stolen!) money.
There, much better.
Number 2:
...it fuels the impression that the whole enterprise is not what it seems, not what we've been told, that in addition to picking up the tab we're being played for fools.okay, duh. Welcome to the party. Does the lump from that cluebat hurt much?
And...This is kind of a mirror in a mirror thing going on. If Josh's assertion is actually correct here and AIG is playing 'us' for fools, then what really happened is AIG played the government for fools. "We" have already been played for fools by the government. Well, more like suckers. Patsies? Whipping boys? What's the word here, really?
Number 3:
...and what makes it such a dangerous moment for the White House -- is the jarring image of the administration's impotence.Hey, no rebuttal here. I agree. The administration is impotent. And incompetent.
Schadenfreude? Me? No.
Well...actually, really; no. Because I'm here paying for all this crap right along with the head-cases that back this administration.
Uh oh. I'm creeping into that "I want him to fail" territory, aren't I...? Eh. More like walking proudly.
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Well, we (meaning you and me) weren't so played. But the majority of those who voted in the last election apparently were....
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