There are no words to describe how disheartened I am by the passage of the bailout bill today.  Can anyone explain to me how this bill is BETTER than the one from Monday?  How on earth is $850B in spending better than $700B?  I wanted neither, but from a conservative's perspective the one from Monday was far superior to this one.

But, at least we got this:

SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROWS DESIGNED FOR USE BY CHILDREN.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 4161(b) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-paragraph (C) and by inserting after subparagraph (A)
the following new subparagraph:

‘‘(B) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROW SHAFTS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any shaft consisting of all natural wood with no laminations or artificial means of enhancing the spine of such shaft (whether sold separately or incorporated as part of a finished or unfinished product) of a type used in the manufacture of any arrow which after its assembly—

‘‘(i) measures 5⁄16 of an inch or less in diameter, and

‘‘(ii) is not suitable for use with a bow described in paragraph (1)(A).’’.

So we got that going for us.  :-(