It would seem the analegy is quite apt.

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"J. Clarke" wrote in message ...
Stormin Mormon wrote:
A guy walks into a party, and asks a woman "Would you have sex with
me for a million dollars?" She says sure. And of course he doesn't
have a million dollars. But the decision is made, they are going to
get it on. Now, it's just about deciding how much is the price.

That was Bernard Shaw, and he was insulting her--the sequence goes,
and I paraphrase: "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?", he
asks. "Yes", she replies. "How about for 5 dollars?" "Why Mr. Shaw,
what do you think I am?" "We've already determined that, now we're
haggling over the price."

I have that sense with the bailout for Freddy and Fannie. My sense
is
the bailout is a done deal. The question is only the details. What's
the end result? The Fed, with all the power of the government, will
take large ammounts of my money, and give it to someone else. It's
not roads, bridges, or even pork barrel construction projects. Just
a
big transfer of money.

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