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Originally Posted by rshoffer

Like heck I would... are the Fire Companies in DC open today?... are the hospitals and emergency rooms open today?... this is a national crisis and emergency... if it occurred at Christmas I would expect Congress to do their jobs and rise to the occassion. Remember... we've seperated "church and state".

This is to good....you guys talking about separatation of Church and State.

The laugh of the day.

You were wrong they didn't go on vacation they are off for the Jewish Holidays. They only have 2 a year.

Amen!!

Originally Posted by rshoffer

Like heck I would... are the Fire Companies in DC open today?... are the hospitals and emergency rooms open today?... this is a national crisis and emergency... if it occurred at Christmas I would expect Congress to do their jobs and rise to the occassion. Remember... we've seperated "church and state".

Originally Posted by SteveZ

Time will tell...but it does seem strange that the economic world did not end today as the fearmongers wailed...

Today was not a good day. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this is going to get much, much worse before it gets better. Please don't mislead people. This is a "dead cat" bounce.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deadcatbounce.asp

According to an article on the front page of USA Today, ""old-fashioned" politics killed the bill. In the end, too many lawmakers weren't ready to risk losing their jobs"......"mainly political fear, the reaction back home." Many of their constituents were not in favor of the bailout. In essence, many congressman who were going to be in close elections back home voted no for the bailout, even after compromises were made to the bill to appease the conservative members of Congress.

Originally Posted by cologal

This is to good....you guys talking about separatation of Church and State.

The laugh of the day.

You were wrong they didn't go on vacation they are off for the Jewish Holidays. They only have 2 a year.

you are correct, they were on Holiday. Call it what you want... they were not responding professionally to the current crisis. BTW, if you needed emergency medical care today what would you do? I believe our leaders referred to this as Pearl Harbor Day for the economy... sounds emergent to me... not the time to go "on Holiday". Keep laughing if you think this is funny.

Originally Posted by rshoffer

you are correct, they were on Holiday. Call it what you want... they were not responding professionally to the current crisis. BTW, if you needed emergency medical care today what would you do? I believe our leaders referred to this as Pearl Harbor Day for the economy... sounds emergent to me... not the time to go "on Holiday". Keep laughing if you think this is funny.

I agree with this post. Many years ago my Dad had a stroke on Thanksgiving. The doctor was really upset to be called in and even mentioned that this was Thanksgiving. I told him he should have thought that this might happen before he took his Hippocratic Oath.

I think the same applies here. This is a national emergency. I agree with Senator Obama that they all should step up to the plate. To take off now, for any reason, is inexcusable. (Except a personal family emergency)

I have to agree that they should not have taken a Holiday/Vacation/Day off. We are in National Crisis and they should have been working. They should be on the news talking to us and telling us what is going on....from both sides. I don't care if it is a Jewish/Christian/Muslim/Buddhist holiday....

It is supposed to be a seperation of church and state...

We need them working on this....to find an answer....bail out or not....find an answer....this is what we have voted them into office for....to work for us...to fix the issues....

This is a scary time....the scariest part is the unknown....and that they do not even know what to do!

Originally Posted by Pookirgirl

As a Christian... I had to reply. I would NOT be screaming if Congress worked on Christmas Day if the country is in the predicament we are in today! We are in BIG trouble and every second counts to sort out the mess we are in. Time is of the essence. I am scared.

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