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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v7n41 (10/08/2008) » Section: Letters to Artvoice


About That Bailout . . .

After the financial “bailout” plan was approved by the House and Senate at the end of the week, George Bush sought to “assure” Americans that “ …The federal government will undertake this rescue plan at a careful and deliberate pace to ensure that your tax dollars are spent wisely.” Can you imagine? This statement about spending our tax dollars “wisely” from the same guy who has pissed away what will eventually amount to over a trillion of our tax dollars on an illegal, unjust, unnecessary, and genocidal war on Iraq, a sovereign nation that was no threat to the security of the US at the time of the invasion.



News 4 & Time Warner, Roasting on an Open Fire

In case you don’t follow the news, or you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, let me bring you up to speed on some crucial current events. Bush will probably go down as one of the worst presidents in history; the candidates who want to replace him never talk about politics; the economy is on red alert; and finally, Time Warner Cable’s contract to carry the signals of WIVB and WNLO Buffalo has officially expired. All of the sudden that rock doesn’t sound so bad.





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