Blue Collar versus White Collar

Can you believe it?  We're sitting here, working on an apple pie, and we hear Rachel Maddow talking about the new CitiBank bailout!  They have been given a second bailout of twenty billion dollars, and loan guarantees of 300 billion by our wonderful government, no questions asked.  No testifying before a Senate committee of angry, sarcastic white men, no ridicule, no plan required for restructure, no cheap shot about airline transportation arrangements or CEO pay!  

And what does CitiBank do with our taxpayer dollars?  They pay 400 million dollars for naming rights to the brand new New York Mets stadium.  Where is the public outrage!?!  What a double standard.  Betsey, how can we legally express our displeasure at the highest level of government!

On a brief aside, the asshole Senator from Alabama who grilled and ridiculed the Big 3 and the UAW at hearings approved state perks to the tune of  $175,000 to Mercedes-Benz per employee to locate a SUV manufacturing plant to the state.  And he has the temerity to chasten the UAW for receiving supplemental unemployment benefits during layoffs.  We are furious, and feel greatly let down by Obama's critical remarks in light of the Senate decision!

Ed and Claudia