Crap Sandwich (Updated II)

America is about to eat a $700 billion dollar crap sandwich. I want to know: Is this what I ordered?

Too bad we all have to live in the house of crap our government builds. The grand ole party must feel particularly craptastic right now, what with its trickle-down economic theory dripping into its pants, its standard of fiscal responsibility flushed down the john, and its presidential ticket as sad and funny as one of grampa's farts. I'm glad we have someone to vote for other than that pathetic pair, but I get the feeling the more important vote is the one we have absolutely no say in: whether or not to eat this giant crap sandwich.

Can we at least get a little hot sauce?

UPDATE: Looks like the Repubs found their inner free-marketeer and (mostly) voted to send the crap sandwich back--along with many Dems including our local Rep. Hinchey--though reports suggest they sent it back for extra crap. More details as they emerge.

Perhaps in response to all the crap, the stock market decided to take a bath.

Here's an analysis I can relate to, "Burn, Baby, Burn!":

"The question we are facing right now is whether it is better to let an unstable edifice implode, and then attempt to build a new and better structure out of the rubble, or whether there is still a way to shore up the creaky old barn while simultaneously replacing the foundation. The House of Representatives today said: Let it burn. Partisans on the left and the right seem happy to watch the flames."

UPDATE II: My original lament, that this would be a vote that we the people have little say in, was proven to be unfounded. It seems that many members of Congress facing re-election were persuaded by calls and letters from their constituents. Glenn Greenwald asks:

"Can anyone even remember the last time this happened, where the nation's corporate interests and their establishment spokespeople were insistently demanding government action but were impeded -- defeated -- by nothing more than popular opinion?"

Does it matter that most pundits believe that voters opposed to the bailout bill have no freaking idea what they're talking about?