Bank Bill: Being taken for a ride

It’s nice when you know you are being taken for a ride there is someone to point out the scenery for you.

Since Friday there was heap big talk regarding the pending vote for Bank Reform. I note the bill was not given an official name. All the networks spoke of its importance and implications.

Comes voting time at 5:00 PM Monday, I noted right off the bat C-SPAN did not put up their score board. I cursed at not seeing how the vote was going and even more for not hearing a single word regarding the vote until 9:00 PM during the Rachel Maddow Show.

Before that time, there was nothing regarding the vote I could find on TV nor on the several web sites I usually visit. This strengthened my resolve where the power in America lie and how it is used. It was then my resolve was strengthened that I, perhaps along with others, was being taken for a ride and for reasons that surfaced late in the evening in the Huffington Post article cited below. Kudos to the author.

Shorting Democracy
Richard (RJ) Eskow
Excerpt:
The bill contains many measures that Republicans say they want. As Sen. Shelby said, they claim to want something substantive. Normally a bill is finalized through a process of public debate -- at least that's what we were taught in civics class. But 41 Senators are on record as saying they don't want a public debate about this bill. They don't want to introduce amendments or debate the merits of the policies that are in it today. Their long-range strategy is no doubt to paralyze the Senate until Democrats are forced to accept back-room deals that will kill an already dangerously weakened bill. That's a great way to kill reform without leaving any fingerprints.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/shorting-democracy_b_552861.html

As always,
BB

P.S. Regarding the withholding of information: Should a young woman tell her dates up front she has had a hysterectomy or how many abortions she has experienced?