The house just joined the senate is passing the $700 billion bailout bill, as I predicted they would after failing to earlier this week. This shouldn't surprise anyone because we don't live in a democracy, we live in a republic. In a republic, the government doesn't think the people should elect the highest office in the land directly, but rather indirectly. The reason is that people are just too gullible, too stupid. Given the election of Bush 1 1/2 times, I'd have to agree.

So the house members get calls 100 to 1 telling them not to pass it, and shockingly they don't pass it. But then some meaningless changes get shoved in, and they do pass it. After all, they know better than we do - they get paid to know better, not by their salaries but by lobbyists, once again proving that all is right in the great republic we live in.

I'm just so glad we don't have this sort of power directly, just being the stupid tax-payers that we are. We just have to pay for it, that's all. As I recall, once upon a time some people in the country didn't like the fact that they were being forced to pay for something without representation. Did the house members suddenly get calls 100 to 1 telling them they should vote for this bill? Not that I can tell, so they just did it anyway despite what their constituents were telling them.

Anyone in Boston have some excess tea they aren't using?