Keep Your Eyes On The Bouncing Ball!

It really doesn't matter, does it? I mean, who won the presidential debate tonight? Here we are barely three hours removed from discussion regarding the financial market crisis, and everyone is concerned as to who, exactly, won the debate. Was it John McCain, or was it Barack Obama?

Do not be deceived by the mere passage of time, nor the lack of continuing discussion on this more important issue before us. Did you, as I did today, call any of your Congressional representatives in Washington, or for that matter, President Bush, to express your concerns for their proposed plan to save the markets? In speaking with a representative from Congressman Mike Pence's office, I brought up the matter of inquiry, and investigation into the fundamental reasons underlying the market crisis. "Will there be such a call for accountability?", I asked. The young man said he was not aware of any plans, but the question was an excellent one. Clearly, Congress, and the President, want to put the matter firmly behind them, and move on to the next most pressing issue. I say we should keep the pressure on our representatives, and the President himself. After all, would your father have given you a sum of money, an extremely large sum of money, just because you had asked for it? No, he would not. Among other questions he would ask you, would be what exactly did you need it for, and would you please account for any mistakes you might have made getting yourself into such a grand mess. That we would owe to the man we hoped would bail us out of our difficulty.

The people of America deserve, no, the people of America have a fundamental right, to an explanation of how this country got itself into these dire straits. It seems there is culpability a'plenty to go around, and we demand answers before our "servants" in Washington sweep that culpability under congressional rugs. How important is this? Well, we all know the old saw about history repeating itself, don't we? Take the brooms and vacuum cleaners away, and let us see the unvarnished truth emerge. As I said last evening, there may not be enough room on post office walls for all the pictures of those with direct complicity in all this.

Please, do not take this lightly, for the information we seek will not be voluntarily forthcoming. Call your Representative at 202-224-3121, The Capital Office, and the President, at 202-456-1111. Register your concerns, and your demands for full, and complete accountability. Remember, your acting expeditiously will have lasting meaning for your children, and for your grand children. We, if Congress does not, owe this much to those who are in our care. There is nothing more important in any of our lives at this time. Stand up, and be accountable to all who love, and depend on you.

Now, back to those who sleep blissfully, unaware of the surprises in store for them, should we default in our role of being responsible citizens, and parents.