Nobody likes class warfare -- especially when it's the corporate class against the lesser "people" (aka "citizens") recognized by our government.

The dissent across party lines and political philosophies has been growing in the past several hours. Now tunesmith has posted Bankruptcy Protest: A Coalition:

The opposition against the bankruptcy bill crosses party lines, among the grassroots.

The support for the bankruptcy bill crosses party lines among Congress.

This is clearly an example where the interests of Congress are divorced from the interests of the public. This bill is about politicians and lobbyists, not the American public.

So we should call them - a lot. Let your congresscritters know that you do not support the bill, that it does nothing for American citizens, and that if the politicians let the credit card companies dictate their vote, we will hold them responsible.

There's appetite for a blogosphere-wide effort against the bankruptcy bill. I will be including a list of conservative and liberal weblogs that are signed on to this effort. All you need to do is leave a comment, preferably a trackback (now enabled), or drop an email, and endorse the effort on your own weblog.

The final Senate vote is expected for today, March 10th. Call your Senator's office today. The House battle is coming soon. For more details, click "Continue Reading".

Updates:

BuzzMachine will be discussing the emerging opposition.

Read this weblog for future updates on the same subject. Bookmark, rss feed...

Instapundit links to the effort.

JustOneMinute has good ideas:

Folks who plan to fight on (don't rush me) ought to check something - where is Rush Limbaugh positioned on this bill? Could he be re-positioned? (...) Last point - I am not going to instruct activists in how to boil water for coffee, but - is there a House committee this bill needs to clear? Are there Congressman who might be swayed by phone calls, e-mail, and a letter campaign to their home-town newspapers? Who are the targets?

Tacitus and Redstate have front-page action alerts on the bill:

The bankruptcy bill before the Congress is bad law, bad practice, and an example of bad faith with the common people whom elected officials presumably serve.

Other sites linking up:
PowerPundit
Think Progress
Heretical Ideas
Centerfield
Insane Troll Logic
Pinko Feminist Hellcat (heh)
(links taken from Technorati)

Here is some of what conservative bloggers are saying about the bankruptcy bill:

Instapundit says:

I'm deeply skeptical of the bankruptcy bill in front of Congress now, and this report on credit-card industry practices goes a long way toward explaining why. Credit extended to people who can't handle it, absurd hidden fees, high interest rates, etc.: There's a lot of scamming here. The argument, of course, is that people who sign up for credit card accounts ought to know what they're getting into. But shouldn't the companies that extend credit to people who obviously can't handle it be held to the same standard?

bizzyblog has a rundown of cross-blogosphere opposition.

RedState has a discussion that shows a lot of conservative opposition to the bill.

Free Republic has opposition to the bill.

Here are the top ten states in terms of bankruptcies - meaning, the states that will be hit hardest by this bill:

1 Utah
2 Tennessee
3 Georgia
4 Nevada
5 Indiana
6 Alabama

7 Arkansas
8 Ohio
9 Mississippi
10 Idaho

Leave comments for more examples of bipartisan grassroots opposition to this turkey, and suggestions for a unified action we could take. Right now the best suggestion is a branded "call-in" day.

Among the trackbacks:

» Everybody Hates the Bankruptcy Bill from Simianbrain
Except the Credit Card companies. Glenn Reynolds thinks it sucks. Any chance that left and right could declare a truce in 2006 to take down the architects of this tripe? Nah, didn't think so, but if we were worth anything... [Read More]

Tracked on March 10, 2005 11:53 AM

» Join the Bipartisan Blogosphere Bankruptcy Bill P from Nobran
Tunesmith over at dKos is spearheading an effort that is so far doing a great job bringing internet activists from both parties together. Pretty cool stuff... [Read More]

Tracked on March 10, 2005 12:15 PM

» Bi-Partisan Opposition to Loan Shark Prtotection Act from Licking County PAC
The grass roots on both sides of the political isle are unifying against the Loan Shark Protection Act, which we mentioned here yesterday at Licopac. While DC politicians may like the cha-ching of big money from the Credit Card Industry, [Read More]

Tracked on March 10, 2005 12:35 PM

» Bipartisan Anti-Bankruptcy Coalition from nick davis

I hereby would like to offer usage of the CongressTrack.org tool for this cause, reagrdless of who would like to run it. This bill is bad for all the people of America, and people from both sides of the line can see that.

The coalition is locate

[Read More]

Tracked on March 10, 2005 01:14 PM

» Crazy Train from Centerfield
All aboard! Politology is trying to amp up the volume against the bankruptcy bill. Instapundit, Buzzmachine, Tacitus, and others are on board. I say we go off the rails! This has a flavor of getting rammed through, and I don't... [Read More]

Tracked on March 10, 2005 01:18 PM

» Bankruptcy Protest: A Coalition from OweBoat
Politology is putting together a coalition to oppose the bankruptcy bill. As stated in their post:

This is clearly an example where the interests of Congress are divorced from the interests of the public. This bill is about politicians and lobbyist... [Read More]

Tracked on March 10, 2005 01:39 PM

And that doesn't count the dozens of commenters.

I fear it's too little too late. But then we still have the spectre of possible FEC "regulation" of political bloggers, where again I think we can expect "the people" to object to decisions made of the rulers, by the rulers and for the rulers.

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