Ande, Bastian, and Dad

In my opinion, and I know that it doesn't count for much more than that,  I have to say that our Republican Representatives in Washington did the right thing this morning by shooting down this bailout plan, or excuse my language, the "Recovery Plan" (oh please).  The fact that the Democrats, on the other hand, pushed for it in significant numbers troubles me, but then again, Dems are usually the ones pushing for more oversight and regulation, while Reps prefer smaller government.   In most cases, health care, education, and other social services, I do prefer the Democratic point of view, but this time, on this absolutely ridiculous idea that more debt can solve a problem of debt, just seems like the wrong idea at this point.  I would agree to more regulation, but not to the 3/4 of a trillion dollars for a few massive banks.  Of course, like always, I could be wrong.  I don't get much in the way of information out here, other than reading the Internet news (and I think we all know how reliable that can be).