One small satisfaction

The one thing--the only thing--I can take any small comfort from out of all this financial mess we're now dealing with--and will continue to be dealing with, for weeks or months or years to come--is that, out of all the socialism and fascism that is and will continue to come out of it, was all brought to us by the Republican Party.

Oh, yeah, the Republicans.

It was Senators John McCain and his pal Phil ("The United States is a nation of whiners") Graham that wanted to--and did--deregulate the banking industry that we're paying for now and will continue to pay for.

President Adolf Bush and his sidekick, Vice President Goerring Cheney want their tightly controlled, ultra-secret government with its listened to and watched public. That's where the Fascism has come.

And the socialism, what with buying the mortgage markets first, and then the insurance conglomerate, AIG and now, did you hear this? The Congress wants to cover banks on our loans over in Europe and, I guess, around the world.

Not stopping there, Rep. Barney Frank (yeah, OUR guy) said aloud this weekend that maybe we should throw more good federal tax dollars at the credit card industry, too.

Holy cow. Where is this going to stop?

And when?

And how soon?

I like my idea of just buying up the healthcare industry and nationalizing the energy industries.

My plan would have been cheaper.

And had a lot more benefits.


Good luck to us, people.

We need it.