[quote=CA renter]Whatever happened to Hank Paulson’s claim that we would look for the guilty parties when the “crisis” is averted. Gosh, with all the green shoots an’ stuff, you’d think they’d be beating the bushes already looking for the “guilty perpetrators.”

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CAR: Paulson’s claim is going to rank right up there with O.J.’s claim, post-acquittal, that he’d be beating the bushes and looking for Ron and Nicole’s murderer. Of course, beating the bushes was code for playing golf.

The American people have shown themselves willing to be gulled into just about anything, whether it’s standing by idly and watching as our civil liberties are stripped from us (FISA, Patriot Acts I & II, wireless wiretapping) or allowing the government to fully co-opt shareholder/bondholder owned businesses (Chrysler and GM) or spend our money to enrich or bail out their cronies (everything from Carlyle Group and Halliburton under Bush to AIG and Goldman under Obama).

And we’ve stood by and done nothing. When we have protested or dissented, we’ve been referred to as un-American (Pelosi) and this while engaging in the most American activity of all.