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<blockquote data-quote="thormagni" data-source="post: 4487911" data-attributes="member: 13637">Sure. It may be better than doing nothing. But is it better than taking the time to figure out what the right thing is and then doing the right thing, whatever that may be? I say &quot;No.&quot;My analogy of the day. You are cooking in the kitchen and a fire breaks out. Do you just grab the first thing you can find and throw it on the fire, whether that is cooking oil, or grease, or water, or gasoline? Or do you take a breath and figure out what exactly will put this fire out? Then throw that?&nbsp; For the past week the administration has been screaming as loud as they can &quot;Quick, grab the first thing! Don't look at it! Just throw it or our whole house will burn down! Ohmigod! Do it NOW!&quot;I believe something should be done, but I certainly don't believe it should be predicated on a starting point of giving this administration either a) exactly what it wants or b) almost exactly what it wants.Now that it has failed, we can move this load of manure off of the table and move on to something better. Seriously, wouldn't it be nice for a change if W and his cronies had to enact a bill written by Democrats with progressive values in mind because they were too scared to vote against it?&nbsp; And really, today was like the buildup to the Iraq war all over again. The mad race toward dubious ends, loaded up with fear and proclamations of doom and gloom. And if you vote against doing exactly what these fear-meisters want, then by god you are responsible for the coming calamity.&quot;It's a nice stock market you have there. Be a SHAME if anything were to happen to it, 'cause you didn't pay up.&quot;Let W blink for once.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thormagni, post: 4487911, member: 13637"] Sure. It may be better than doing nothing. But is it better than taking the time to figure out what the right thing is and then doing the right thing, whatever that may be? I say "No." My analogy of the day. You are cooking in the kitchen and a fire breaks out. Do you just grab the first thing you can find and throw it on the fire, whether that is cooking oil, or grease, or water, or gasoline? Or do you take a breath and figure out what exactly will put this fire out? Then throw that? For the past week the administration has been screaming as loud as they can "Quick, grab the first thing! Don't look at it! Just throw it or our whole house will burn down! Ohmigod! Do it NOW!" I believe something should be done, but I certainly don't believe it should be predicated on a starting point of giving this administration either a) exactly what it wants or b) almost exactly what it wants. Now that it has failed, we can move this load of manure off of the table and move on to something better. Seriously, wouldn't it be nice for a change if W and his cronies had to enact a bill written by Democrats with progressive values in mind because they were too scared to vote against it? And really, today was like the buildup to the Iraq war all over again. The mad race toward dubious ends, loaded up with fear and proclamations of doom and gloom. And if you vote against doing exactly what these fear-meisters want, then by god you are responsible for the coming calamity. "It's a nice stock market you have there. Be a SHAME if anything were to happen to it, 'cause you didn't pay up." Let W blink for once. [/QUOTE]

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