Fortunately no single person has control of that button. And yes, I am honestly and truly happy that Obama can say "Holy Shit, I fucked up! Undo". That was something Bush was incapable of doing and what I faulted him for most.
Obama has pissed me off many times in his young presidency. That will happen again. Some we'll just disagree on. Some he'll realized he fucked up or I'll realize I was wrong. Ideally, I'd like a presidency and a populace that could admit both. And yes, having people over for a beer to talk things over instead of trying to ruin their careers via the DOJ.....a wonderful change indeed :) On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Sam<sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Isn't it comforting knowing the guy with his finger on the button can > turn around a week later and say: "Holy Shit, I fucked up! Undo". > > Or let's have a beer, that'll fix things :P > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Judah McAuley<ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >> So aren't you glad that it has been paused at only 96 million spent >> when they realized "holy shit, this isn't right"? I've already seen >> that they are working on revising the list of cars that qualify >> because it wasn't working right. I am still quite dubious about the >> program, but I like the fact that they are stopping and pausing it >> when expectations didn't match reality even though I'm sure that it is >> going to piss off the auto industry. >> >> Judah >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Robert Munn<cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Also, it's apparently not hitting the intended target >>>> market. I heard something about a majority of customers paying cash, ie, >>>> it's saving a bit of money for people who seem to already have some. >>>> Awesome >>>> as that may be for them, I thought the idea was to get old Fleetwoods and >>>> the like retired >>> >>> >>> >>> That's my real problem with the program. It was intended to help get old >>> beaters off the road, but that's not what is happening. When money is being >>> handed out, people will figure out how to game the system. A BMW dealership >>> was advertising on the radio today about the program- get your new BMW, >>> subsidized by everyone else! >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301162 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
