<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post4749585107388580987..comments</id><updated>2009-03-19T08:39:37.058-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on GuadSpot: Stimulus Fail</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.guadspot.com/feeds/4749585107388580987/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15172854914218047070</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-7988992695470852057</id><published>2009-03-19T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T08:39:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The two-party system is the bane of our existence....</title><summary type='text'>The two-party system is the bane of our existence.  I must locate the identity of the founding father who warned us against such folly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Corporate greed = executive greed.  AIG bonuses?  WTF?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/7988992695470852057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/7988992695470852057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html?showComment=1237477140000#c7988992695470852057' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-4749585107388580987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/posts/default/4749585107388580987' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-5898558122983275577</id><published>2009-03-06T15:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T15:03:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The “we won, so shut it!” response is as repulsive...</title><summary type='text'>The “we won, so shut it!” response is as repulsive now as it was during the previous administration. There absolutely is/should be a role for the opposition party to keep the majority honest through the tool of oversight, and to remind everyone that there are alternative views to those of the majority.&lt;BR/&gt;Unfortunately there are only two real parties and they maintain fairly diametrically </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/5898558122983275577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/5898558122983275577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html?showComment=1236380580000#c5898558122983275577' title=''/><author><name>Dyrk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17001329268403971202</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-4749585107388580987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/posts/default/4749585107388580987' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-379690367406213422</id><published>2009-03-05T17:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T17:38:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wondering how McCain's steering of the economy wou...</title><summary type='text'>Wondering how McCain's steering of the economy would have worked has nothing to do with my premise, nor does it have anything to do with the shit hole we're in now. The issue is not Republican vs Democrat. I know this is how Obama must frame the issue to avoid any real discussion or dissection of his incompetent handling of the economy. I am sure the Obama administration is hoping the vast </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/379690367406213422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/379690367406213422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html?showComment=1236303480000#c379690367406213422' title=''/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15172854914218047070</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02184064185885294156'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-4749585107388580987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/posts/default/4749585107388580987' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-9216877947297446567</id><published>2009-03-05T15:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T15:53:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I’m wondering how McCain’s Tax Cut Solution (aka R...</title><summary type='text'>I’m wondering how McCain’s Tax Cut Solution (aka Republican Panacea) would have helped the situation.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Would it have solved the sub-prime debacle? &lt;BR/&gt;Would it have unscrambled the Gordian Knot of “securitized instruments”? &lt;BR/&gt;Would it have unleveraged our financial institutions back to sane levels?&lt;BR/&gt;Would it have placed any kind of reality into the evaluations of the Credit Rating </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/9216877947297446567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/9216877947297446567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html?showComment=1236297180000#c9216877947297446567' title=''/><author><name>Dyrk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17001329268403971202</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-4749585107388580987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/posts/default/4749585107388580987' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-7797398109804964260</id><published>2009-03-03T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T13:22:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dude, he is only 50 days in. Give it a little time...</title><summary type='text'>Dude, he is only 50 days in. Give it a little time. He has just barely begun to scare the shit of us and screw things up. It's going to get a lot more interesting.&lt;BR/&gt;I had a very interesting thought this morning as I listened to Sam Donaldson speak about the Obama administration in comparison to the Bush years when he said, "The kids are in charge." I thought, wow, could it actually be that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/7797398109804964260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/4749585107388580987/comments/default/7797398109804964260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html?showComment=1236115320000#c7797398109804964260' title=''/><author><name>Kevin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13804608471406748553</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13889030063815591992'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.guadspot.com/2009/03/stimulus-fail.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5884897.post-4749585107388580987' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5884897/posts/default/4749585107388580987' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>