i swear this site isn’t turning in to a political op ed column, but now that bush has come out of seclusion to panic the u.s. public in a prime time address i feel obligated to make sure everyone recalls the last time he was playing this game.

it was when he was lying to us about going to war with iraq and how we were going to enjoy a quick and easy victory.

back then bush also had ‘experts’ who guaranteed iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that our troops would be greeted as liberators and a litany of other tall tales.

now that he’s weeks away from riding off in to the sunset and realized there are still a few nickels in the till, he is planning a coup de grâce that will complete his plunder of the u.s. treasury.

there is no reason to rush a decision of this magnitude weeks ahead of a change in control at presidency and there is certainly every reason to question the motives and competency of everyone in this administration. remember, just weeks ago bush was saying there was nothing wrong with the economy. and during his campaign advocated tossing our social security funds in to the stock market.

and what’s with mccain? after casting the least votes in senate all year (by the way, the guy in second place suffered a brain hemorrhage) he wants to rush back to washington and take a break from campaigning? i’m sorry, he needs to stay on the campaign trail and to attend the debate. i want to know what his plans are when he potentially becomes the next president. it’s 3:00am and its time for a president who needs to take a time out, cracker please…

i sent the following to both senators of my state (find your senator here) hoping cooler heads will prevail:

Do not under any circumstance approve or promote the President’s financial market bail out plan. The magnitude of this situation alone dictates due diligence and I will not accept a rush to respond to this President’s fear mongering.

It would be reasonable to provide some short term plan that addresses the immediate bleeding but it too should be carefully considered and scheduled for review when the new administration comes to power in January.