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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Barney Frank & Rahm Emanuel are two of the more important players in this 
little drama.  Emanuel is observant, 'not sure about Frank  ...bobford


--- On Tue, 9/30/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Is it serious, or is it not?
> To: "Homestead" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 7:35 PM
> I can't get a handle on the seriousness of the so-called
> financial  
> crisis. There is simply too much conflicting information.
> 
> "Both campaigns pledged to support efforts to resolve
> the situation,  
> though they were short on details. Mr. McCain’s campaign
> said he would  
> continue to monitor developments closely to see whether
> more House  
> Republicans could now be persuaded to vote for the bill, or
> whether it  
> had to be amended to address their concerns. But his aides
> said there  
> did not appear to be a need to return to Washington
> immediately, since  
> Congress had recessed for Rosh Hashana."
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/us/politics/30campaign.html?ref=us
> 
> So, McCain is continuing his campaign. It is no longer of
> highest  
> priority. It is not so serious that Congress is working
> straight  
> through on it, like eighteen hours a day. They are taking
> time off for  
> a religious holiday. Apparently that is more serious than
> the crisis.  
> I didn't know what Rosh Hashana was but figured, whoa,
> this must be  
> some big deal, so I checked Wikipedia.
> 
> It turns out that Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.
> They blow a  
> ram's horn and do other solemn things. Also:
> 
> "Rosh Hashanah is a day of rest (Leviticus 23:24):
> with some  
> variations, the activities prohibited on Shabbat are also
> prohibited  
> on all major Jewish holidays, including Rosh
> Hashanah."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashana
> 
> So, in the midst of what we are chillingly told is the
> greatest  
> economic disaster of our time, our elected officials are
> observing a  
> religious holiday and taking a day of rest.
> 
> I thought we had separation of church and state.
> 
> What am I missing?
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