Irie, that's kind of funny. We have 2 parties in our country that couldn't give a rat's ass about you or me. To think otherwise is seeing life tlhru a pretty small window.

I visited Didiers site. He had a taped call to rush limbaughs show.

go listen to that, if its up. Trouble is, he WILL end up with Doc Hasting seat if they live in the same district.

another dam hugger.

Over in GH County, we actually have some moderate democrats. Actually some pretty darned good people who do not vote the straight party line, which is why they get elected.

I just wish there were more moderates on both sides.

Nothing would be better than that for this Country right now IMHO

Just out of curiosity... what would you guys consider "moderate" as far as the current actions of Congress go?

What do you consider "far left" and "far right"?

And what has Obama and the Dem-controlled Congress done exactly to make you think that they aren't moderate already?

Can you be specific with your "expansion of government" Hank?

And what are you comparing the current expansion... if there is indeed one happening, to?

Did you know that the 2 largest government expansions in U.S. history happened under Reagan and GWB?

Both of these presidents as you know were Republican... and were supported wholeheartedly by conservatives.

So if government expansion is "far left" under your definition... how do you 'splain that?

Non-partisan data:

On the positive side of the TARP Money issue. A good amount has been paid back from a number of banks, as holding the money came with burdensome regulation and healthy banks got rid of that liability.

The American tax payer earned a rate of 5% on that portion of that investment. The cost of TARP money goes up significantly after a specific period of time, so you will see banks who have improved somewhat paying off that obligation in the near future.

Eight banks were closed today, none in Washington, but there will be some more in Washington go down in the next 3 months or so. That is a given. http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html

Some boutique banks, and some hefty regionals will be gone. Got a weak capital ratio? That dot on your chest is a laser sight.

While a bank's Texas ratio is a solid indicator of risk of failure, a better index would be to include their 30-90 past due notes, as that is their pipeline of crap about to blow up. Check that out before investing in any IPO's or special placements of stock.

The use of those funds was a good investment in part of the portfolio, but in others, not so much. Think of it as a mutual fund.

All I know is that I won't be buying a GM vehicle any time soon. Fix Or Repair Daily for me and my trucks. Mulally saw the storm, prepared for it, and they are clicking along.

Go back to bickering.

I actually agree with that purple headed dinosaur on a few things, but his forays into the financial world are generally misguided.

I think the title of this post says it all ....... time to send a message from the people ...... I don't care if they are D, R or I ..... fire 'em all, and if the new ones screw up, fire them too!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q59ZcFguUOo&feature=channel

Saw a lot of Didier stickers as I made my way back from Buoy 10, around Eltopia, but they faded out pretty fast. Hell, he was even too conservative for Michael Medved.