Shock Doctrine THIS

Yesterday I wrote about the danger of rushing into this $700 Billion plan without thinking it over thoroughly. It's been fairly well discussed in progressive media that we are witnessing textbook "Shock Doctrine" tactics when the Bush administration effectively threatens the American people to pass a proposal or else face certain destruction. It's exactly what they did after September 11th, and it's what they've been doing for 35 years during any time of political or economic crisis.

I am not shocked by their actions. In fact... if anything shocks me it's the fact that apparently we have learned something since 9/11 and are actually sticking up for ourselves. I applaud the US Senate (even several Republicans) for calling this out for what it is. A black hole bailout for Wall Street CEOs (see: Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson). With the sheer magnitude of this expenditure, this bill should be at least 100 pages long and include several provisions.

There is no reason why this bailout paperwork should be shorter than my lease.

I called my two senators' offices this morning and left messages (the phones are jammed) letting them know that I support them never signing this bill if it doesn't get fixed.

#1) Call (202) 224-3121
#2) Ask for your Senator by name and they transfer you to their office
#3) One of their little peoples answers the phone and all they want to know is your opinion (I don't support this bailout plan as it currently exists) and what your 5-digit zipcode is (for their tallying) It's really easy, helps them directly inform the Senators of their constituents' trends, and only takes a minute.