Remi Cornwall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think the democrats are shifting the blame. > > The law makers have a duty to make sure that people behave in a civilised > manner. If you create an environment where people can panic in a crowded > theatre
The President is the one who cried fire, not the Democrats. He alone is responsible for administering the laws and regulatory agencies. Congress and the Democrats have no power whatever to do these things. > The democrats favour these hybrid corporations (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac) > that get a blank cheque from government when it all goes wrong. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. It worked well for 60 years under both Democratic and Republican administrations. Capitalism thrived during this period. There were no panics or defaults on the scale we are seeing today. Many other government agencies such as FEMA also functioned well. The Federal government has been rescuing cities and towns after catastrophes since 1803, and it has NEVER botched the effort as badly as it did in Katrina. It was only in this administration that these organizations fell apart. The mismanagement and incompetence of this administration is unprecedented. > Now they are cynically trying to shift the blame on the free-market system This disaster was caused by rigged markets and crony capitalism, not free markets. Most of the debt was incurred by banks and insurance corporations, not Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac. > They are forever talking about the character of the republicans but one > needs to look at the character of the left: a motley crew of the > self-loathing, anarchists, vandals, control freaks, low standards, low > achievement, anti-patriotic scumbags. You mean people like Thomas Jefferson, who founded the Democratic Party? I guess you still have it for him for his Declaration dumping King George. Maybe you despise Democrats Wilson and FDR for saving England's butt in WWI and WWII? The French, who are not known for expressing gratitude toward other nations, named a major avenue in Paris after FDR. But you (along with many American right-wing fanatics) call FDR a "self-loathing anarchist, vandal, control freak" and an "anti-patriotic scumbag." I think you should tone down the rhetoric. Also, "anarchist control freak" sounds like a contradiction of terms to me, but I wouldn't know, not having met any anarchists. (My mother painted a portrait of a well-knew New Jersey anarchist's wife in 1938 -- an old woman sitting next to a Franklin stove -- but that's the closest anyone I know has been to anarchism.) If anyone is self-loathing, I think it is people like you and these right-wing talk radio people such as Rush Limbaugh, who express such ignorant and virulent hate of their fellow citizens, and people they disagree with. As I mentioned, we liberal Democrats have been here since colonial times, and we aren't going anywhere. So you should get used to the notion that we will play a role in society. Try to look for our redeeming features, and forgive us our transgressions. The Republicans and reactionaries imagine that in the past everyone agreed with them, and that they are the only patriots, but they are wrong. - Jed
