Daily Archives: 10 January 2009

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Says No More Bailout Money for Bush

BURLINGTON, December 23 – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said today that Congress should reject Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson’s request to release the second half of a $700 billion Wall Street bailout fund that has been shrouded in secrecy.

In a statement issued by the Treasury Department on Friday, Paulson asserted that “it is clear…that Congress will need to release the remainder…to support financial market stability.” President Bush has not yet formally asked Congress for authority to tap the second half of the fund.

“It is inconceivable that we would provide another $350 billion to the banks — supposedly to ease credit — when they are refusing to tell us how they’re spending the money they’ve already received,” said Sanders. The senator said that many of the concerns that he voiced when he voted against the bailout on October 1 have turned out to be true.

“Given the incompetence of the Bush administration, there is no way I would give them another dime to throw at a program that he has been so miserably botched,” Sanders said. (Read more from buzzflash.com)

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Don’t worry. The ARMY is here to help you.

“The Armed Forces Press Service has initiated a propaganda campaign designed to convince the American people that deploying the 3rd Infantry Division in the United States in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is a good thing. The propaganda piece appeared on the Hinesville, Georgia, Coastal Courier’s website on December 26.

‘The first active-duty unit dedicated to supporting U.S. civilian authorities in the event of a nuclear, biological or chemical attack recently wrapped up three days of intensive training its members hope they never have to apply in real life,’ Donna Miles reports for the Armed Forces Press Service.” (Read more from prisonplanet.com)

Many bloggers have been watching closely since last fall, when the Army began keeping an infantry brigade on domestic duty. See my earlier post.

See also:
–Report: Military may have to quell domestic violence from economic collapse “Deepening economic strife in the US could lead to civil unrest and violence that would require military intervention, warns a new report from the US Army War College.”