Bitter? Angry? Confused? You bet.

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The man from Chicago said small-town Americans (or is it just small-town Pennsylvanians?) are bitter, so now we are discussing elitism, populism, guns and churches.

This post is about none of those things. It’s about bitterness, anger and confusion over the government response to the housing slump.

Bitter and angry: Angry Renter, who does not want to pay for a foreclosure bailout, posted this video on YouTube, which argues, ‘Don’t Bail Out Bob -- Or His Bank!’ It’s only 50 seconds long, go ahead and watch it.

Truth in lobbying: Who’s the Angry Man behind Angry Renter? It’s former Congressman Dick Armey, who heads up Freedom Works, a conservative think tank, and who argues in this other YouTube video, ‘The American people are not looking for another big bailout program.’)

Confused? That comes from Fed-watcher, mortgage broker and bailout supporter Lou Barnes, who argues Americans are getting fed up with the lack of a cohesive government response to the mortgage problem: ‘In this leadership vacuum, the American people are confused, worried, and p--ssed, which is the soul of good sense.’

For the record, your blogger is neither bitter nor angry, but is often confused.

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