THE RABBLE HAS BEEN ROUSED ENOUGH

There is a new perspective from others I have recently seen on the bail-outs that came from ReasonOnline. While I not infrequently disagree with many writers and find them less than reasonable, in all, the magazine generally challenges one's thinking, thus a good read. Amusingly, it writes: "These days, every politician assumes that because he has a driver's license and an ATM card, he must have all the necessary skills to run an automaker and operate a bank. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, for example, said Detroit should use its bailout money to become "a global, competitive leader in fuel efficiency." It goes on to say, "Of course, some taxpayers feel that members of Congress should forfeit their salaries in years when they fail to balance the budget. But our leaders' contempt for failure applies only to the private sector." The old saw about "Do as I say, not as I do." is what the Congress runs on.

While I have been writing for days at the unfair and naive response by the Congress to the whole Bail-out and Stimulus packages, the Washington Post writes: "After a week of unexpected setbacks for an industry accustomed to deference, bank executives said they were now racing to convince Congress and the Obama administration that imposing punitive taxes on bonuses would unfairly punish thousands of people for the sins of a few. Executives also argued that hitting banks would hurt the broader economy."

Are we to believe that, after the Media frenzy of stirring up the masses by the Media's ignorance of facts, some people who matter are beginning to see the bigger picture?

Meanwhile, all problems are not about money, bonuses or politics. The Space Agency reported: 2:00 PM, 3/22/09, Update: Urine flow problem forces station crew to delay processor test A critical test run using the space station's presumably repaired urine processor system was called off today when the lab crew ran into problems loading the system with stored urine. After several hours of troubleshooting, mission control told station commander Mike Fincke to close the water recovery system rack and call it a day. The troubleshooting steps we just did to try to resolve this problem with the UPA (urine processing assembly) were no joy," Rick Davis called from mission control shortly before 2 p.m. "We are going to stand down from UPA activities for today so that we can get everyone looking at it to come up with some additional ideas." Perhaps the Congress might shut down for a few days to give people with ideas an opportunity to solve the problems in a more productive way than spending all the time trying to find out a person to blame.

Why does a Boston Globe headline seem to me to cheapen the purpose of attending church? Churches vie to be Obamas' spiritual home Will there not be Divine Intervention to make sure the right one is attended?