From TARP To Elections.

We should talk more about the TARP deal. A lot of people aren't very happy about TARP. It stands for troubled assets relief program. Those who voted for it think it helped the country stay out of a depression. Maybe so, maybe not. We'll never know. One thing we know is that a whole lot of people are mad as the dickens because the bankers are still making obscene bonuses and they're not giving out loans. They're holding a ton of money. How come? Because they got it for free and are still getting it for next to free. So instead of lending it out cheap, they're holding on to it cheaper or lending it overseas for more money. We don't know. We don't even know if they're funding political attack ads, because they're secret. Nobody knows who's paying for these ads. For instance there's one PAC called "over 60" or "60 Plus" or something. Now that doesn't mean it's funded by people over 60 years old. It doesn't even mean there's more than 60 donors funding it. It's just a phony name that's meant to sound like it's helping seniors. For all we know it could be a bunch of 30 somethings from Wall Street or the banks or Tehran or who knows where. So!!! If you listen to any of these attack ads, and believe any of them, what does that make you? Smart? A deep thinker? An honest voter? An informed voter? Or none of the above? If you're not listening to the candidate to find out what he or she believes or wants to do, you are "none of the above". If you're listening to the candidate tear down somebody else, you are "none of the above". I don't know about you, but I think I'd rather be one of the informed voters. Now I can understand why candidates don't mind these attack ads. At least the ones against the opponent. But how come the Supreme Court likes them? What's up with them anyway? Can that possibly be what the founding fathers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution? Lots of lies ? In secret? Well if not, then how come the Supreme Court allows it?