Bankers Face Grilling By Dubious Congress

MSNBC: Eight leaders of the nation’s top banks were facing a grilling from Congress Wednesday, meeting with deep skepticism from lawmakers who quizzed them aggressively about how they have used more than $160 billion in taxpayers’ money.

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February 11, 2009 at 12:56 pm - MSNBC
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Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 11th, 2009 - 2:56 pm

After the fact, America, they ask…”what did you do with your bailout money?”

Should they not have asked before it was given out…”what are you going to use the money for” and then make sure it was used for that purpose?

You know how we got into that mess…”haste makes waste”!

Rushed it through with no accountability on where it was going or to whom?

Now they want to do the same with trillions of dollars in this “pork” filled so called “stimulus” bill.

We, the American people and the Republicans standing with us…say NO>>>NO>>>NO!

Call/email your House of Representatives right now and tell them “no” before they vote on this “pork”!

AMERICA WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…THE HEAD NEEDS TO BE TURNED TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER NOT BIG GOVERNMENT AND HANDOUTS!

irishkay   February 11th, 2009 - 8:43 pm

This ‘Grilling’ was a staged performance! We found out what really happened to that 350B for the banks. We know there was a ‘run’ on the banks back in September – we were ‘cyber-attacked’ – nobody thought to tell us about it, i guess we, the owners of our money, were ‘not’ important enough to be informed of the ‘theft’! Have not fear though, the government immediately informed the UK!
It’s so outrageous! When Paulson came out last year to ask for 700B for the banks, he ‘knew’ what they were going to do with it – the only ‘dopes’ who didn’t know what was going on was the people whose money was stolen! We are irrelevant to everyone in Washington! We are all minions of these clown. This was at the time of the McCain suspension of his campaign, when Obama ‘wouldn’t go back to Washington’ until he was summoned by Bush – and on Obama’s way back to Washington, he was talking to Soros, and in fact brought to the meeting the ‘Soros’ Plan! How convenient – if you’re wondering – YES, OBAMA BOUGHT THIS ELECTION TOO! I wouldn’t put it past him! Where is SCOTUS?

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 12th, 2009 - 3:20 pm

AMERICA…CSPAN2 RIGHT NOW (2:52 PM EST 2/12)…WATCH IT AND BE INFORMED…PLEASE!
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America…old saying…”haste makes waste”….let us learn a lesson from the fiasco called the “bailout”!

We let the government fool us into thinking the economy would fail if it did not act on the bailout…they did and it didn’t!

FOOL ME ONCE…SHAME ON YOU!

FOOL ME TWICE…SHAME ON ME!

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AMERICA…KEEP CALLING…KEEP EMAILING…IT IS NOT OVER…THE DEBATE GOES ON AND SHOULD.

THERE IS TOO MUCH IN THIS BILL THAT EVEN THE POLITICIANS DON’T KNOW ABOUT…HOW CAN THEY EFFECTIVELY MAKE A DECISION BASED ON…”NO” INFORMATION.

CALL THEM TO JUST SAY “NO” AND LET’S START OVER WITH THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS INVITING THE REPUBLICANS TO THE TABLE TO CRAFT A BILL THIS TIME…ONE THAT FOCUSES ON THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT GOT US INTO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 13th, 2009 - 9:34 am

AMERICA…WATCH THE DEBATE ON THE STIMULUS BILL THIS MORNING…FRIDAY…2/13…AT 10:00 AM EST. DON’T DEPEND ON THE MEDIA, THESE BLOGS AND/OR ANYONE ELSE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON…HEAR IT FOR YOURSELF!
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America…late last night the Democrats finally presented to the Senate and House Members a copy of the 700+ page “stimulus” bill that was agreed to by the House/Senate Conference. Each and every member is expected to read this bill and understand it in it’s entirety in order to VOTE ON IT TODAY!

It is a bill that is complex and written like a legal document. Have you ever tried to read a legal document? How about 700+ pages in just a few hours and then be expected to make an “informed” decision to saddle your children and grandchildren with a debt so high it can never hope to be repaid.

A debt that will come about because we have to “borrow” that money from “another” country…we don’t even have the money we are spending. A debt that, again, puts us at the mercy of another “country”!

Add to that the little we do know about this bill….$300 million for “green” golf like cars, millions for food stamps, the tax credit for buying an auto…scrapped, aid to NASA for climate research, funds for disadvantaged children at Head Start, and electronic tracking of our medical care by the government….America what is any of this doing for business that needs to create the jobs the Democrats promised?

I heard that Harry Reid, dropped in at the last moment, $8 billion to build a railroad from California to Las Vegas (his home state) . Doesn’t that sound like an “earmark” project“…something the President says is not in this bill?

In addition, we won’t see most of any benefit for the rest of the year. If there is some relief, it won’t be felt in the job segment until 2 or 3 years down the road.

America…this bill is being pushed down the throats by a President who should know how things work in the Congress. Should know, but we have to remember that most times while “he” was a Senator he voted “present” not even getting involved in the process or the vote.

Each “one” of the items in this bill (if they could be understood in just a couple of hours), should be read in it’s entirety, understood in it’s entirety, and then discussed in it’s entirety and streamlined and polished before any one of item should come up for a vote. That is the responsible way that Congress should do a bill.

This is an unconscionable and irresponsible act foisted upon the American people and our descendants by the Democrats and the President.

We need to tell each and every one of them in the Senate, in the House and the President that we, the American people, WILL HOLD THEM PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN THEY ARE PUTTING UPON US….THAT WE WILL NOT FORGET WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR ECONOMY.

America….Sec of the Treasury Paulson told us before the bailout…if we didn’t allow them to have over $750 billion dollars…our economy would fail.

The government, and the Congress, gave them the money and it didn’t work…and this one won’t work either.

FOOL ME ONCE…SHAME ON YOU!

FOOL ME TWICE…SHAME ON ME!

America…members of all parties are voting on this bill.

There are members of all parties that are showing complete irresponsibility by voting for this bill against the wishes of the American people who have called/emailed their offices and voiced their opinions on not voting for this bill.

Then there are true American politicians (in all parties) who are listening to the American people and will vote “no” on the passage of this “earmarked – pork” bill because it is bad for America.

AMERICA…CALL/EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THE WHITE HOUSE AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL AGAIN. WE WANT A “NO” VOTE ON THIS BILL. WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON WHAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE…HOUSING AND BANKING.

WE WANT THEM TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND START OVER. PREPARE A BILL THAT WILL DEAL WITH OUR HOUSING AND BANKING.CRISIS.

CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE LOW INTEREST LOANS —- “BECAUSE EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD HAVE A HOUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY FOR IT“! THEY DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE A “DOWN PAYMENT” – IT WAS FREE FOR NOTHING!

THAT “NOTHING” AMERICA HAS COST US ALL DEARLY AND THE POLITICIANS NEED TO KNOW WE KNOW WHO IS TO BLAME HERE AND WE KNOW WHO NEEDS TO FIX IT AND HOW.

WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON CORRECTING THE MISTAKES THEY MADE IN THE PAST ON THE HOUSING AND BANKING.

THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN WORK ON. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN FOCUS ON…DEBATE…POLISH AND THEN VOTE ON A HOUSING/BANKING BILL….NOT THIS GARBAGE!

THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF THIS “STIMULUS” BILL WILL NOT EVEN BE SEEN FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, IF THEN.

SO WHY THE HURRY? WHY NOT SCRAP IT AND START NEXT WEEK ON A “BI-PARTISAN” HOUSING/BANKING BILL THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH?

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AMERICA WE ARE THE BOSS OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE ELECTED THEM TO REPRESENT US AND OUR VIEWS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.

WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ,AND IT DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

TELL THEM AGAIN…DON’T GIVE UP…DON’T STOP…THEY NEED TO HEAR IT UNTIL THEY GET IT!

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WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THAT HEAD AND WE NEED THAT HEAD TURNED IN OUR DIRECTION NOT TOWARDS BIGGER GOVERNMENT AND INTERVENTION IN OUR LIVES!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 13th, 2009 - 12:47 pm

AMERICA…WATCH THE DEBATE…..RIGHT NOW…..ON THE STIMULUS BILL THIS MORNING ON CSPAN2…FRIDAY…2/13…AT 12:23 PM EST.

DON’T DEPEND ON THE MEDIA, THESE BLOGS AND/OR ANYONE ELSE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON…HEAR IT FOR YOURSELF!
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America…let’s believe that the (3) renegade Republicans that took this bill over the top will have a change of heart and a heart for the America and our people by changing their vote and voting “no” instead.

Here is their information for you to call/email to implore them to do what is right for America and what “you” want:

Senator Snowe 202/224-5344

Web Form:

snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenaterSnowe.email

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Senator Collins 202/224-2523

Web Form:

collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.Email&CFID=39113496&CFTOKEN=99427497
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Senator Spector 202/224-4254

Web Form:

specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

PLEASE DO IT NOW…IT MIGHT MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR AMERICA AND OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN!

Anonymous   February 16th, 2009 - 12:54 am

Watch The Money Masters – Fractional Reserve Banking System
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