Do you really want your next President to appoint a "Blue Ribbon Commission" to investigate what is happening to the mortgage and credit industry? Do you remember the Warren Commission? What about the 9/ll Commission? McCain is an experienced and distinguished politician. Is the best he can up with is to appoint a commission? Is that supposed to make "us" feel better? I don't think so. He would have to appoint some old white guy, a close "friend" of his who typically is a former Governor or Senator or some billionaire business person, to head it up. Then that person would have to chose bi-partisan members (more old folks with old ideas) to work for the commission. Then there would be a large staff, of let's say 250 Ivy League lawyers and interns. Then they'll need a big budget to pay for all the laptops, papers, copying machines, and of course, travel. We're looking at a year or more of investigations and hearings. Then we would have to wait for the 5000 page report. Then everyone under the sun would have to talk about what was written in the report. Then the Congress would try to act on the recommendations. Let's throw in an independent prosecutor, just for fun. More hearings and lots of partisan policies. Bottom line, nothing would get done. If elected, we would already be into McCain's second term, or Palin's first. This is not change. A great deal of our money would be wasted. This is totally a Bush move. And this is absolutely not what I want the next President to do. The pig, sans lipstick, in a blue ribbon is by http://www.flickr.com/photos/pickingdaisy/2082172199/
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A "Blue Ribbon" Commission?
Do you really want your next President to appoint a "Blue Ribbon Commission" to investigate what is happening to the mortgage and credit industry? Do you remember the Warren Commission? What about the 9/ll Commission? McCain is an experienced and distinguished politician. Is the best he can up with is to appoint a commission? Is that supposed to make "us" feel better? I don't think so. He would have to appoint some old white guy, a close "friend" of his who typically is a former Governor or Senator or some billionaire business person, to head it up. Then that person would have to chose bi-partisan members (more old folks with old ideas) to work for the commission. Then there would be a large staff, of let's say 250 Ivy League lawyers and interns. Then they'll need a big budget to pay for all the laptops, papers, copying machines, and of course, travel. We're looking at a year or more of investigations and hearings. Then we would have to wait for the 5000 page report. Then everyone under the sun would have to talk about what was written in the report. Then the Congress would try to act on the recommendations. Let's throw in an independent prosecutor, just for fun. More hearings and lots of partisan policies. Bottom line, nothing would get done. If elected, we would already be into McCain's second term, or Palin's first. This is not change. A great deal of our money would be wasted. This is totally a Bush move. And this is absolutely not what I want the next President to do. The pig, sans lipstick, in a blue ribbon is by http://www.flickr.com/photos/pickingdaisy/2082172199/
