So, we got our bailout package approved to save America, well, if the House of Representatives will play nice and vote yea this time around. Taxpayers still owe $700 billion dollars to the government in a revised bailout plan that passed in the Senate: The package didn't pass Monday in the House, causing the stock market to crash and at least three horseman of the chocopocalypse to ride around Manhattan for a couple hours. But the new deal is not much different, except it includes more tax breaks and a "higher limit for insured bank deposits," but most importantly it gets rid of the golden parachute for Wall Street execs who chose poorly, meaning no more million dollar condos paid in cash. Also, no more threats of government cheese whiz, so everyone is happy right?

The bill passed 74-25 in the Senate last night, and included the most relieved/hypocritical statement ever uttered by a Senate member (fer serious):

"This has been the Senate at its finest," said (Republican Senate Leader Mitch) McConnell.

"In the years that I've been here, I can't recall a single time where - in this close proximity to an election - both sides have risen above the temptation to engage in partisan game playing, if you will, to address an issue of great magnitude."

That is just such a giant "fuck you" to the House, it's unbelievable. Barney Frank had to personally promise to S all Republicans D's in an effort to get the new package approved in the House, so let's not pretend that the Senate is all kumbaya while the House sits there and watches the country burn.