Congrats to all! Way to go Jack!
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[quote]"Congress was pressuring him so he ignored the advice of his managers...". Nonsense! He needs to accept responsibility and the resultant fines and pokey time along with quite a few others.[/quote] I agree 100%. And exactly when in all this will congress accept any responsibility as well? That has been my frustration watching this unfold. As an independant voter, I was not buying all the Bush bashing as the sole cause of the issue and now we shall watch Barney
This is a reasonably accurate of what really happened at Fannie/freddie from the NY Times, hardly a conservative publication. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/business/05fannie.html?ei=5070 Certainly worth the read!
It has been very slow to the point of not being usable all day for me. FF3.03 The forums have been ok but going to the galleries is just a nightmare.
Be careful what you wish for!!!!!! I am in the autumn of my madness and my hair is turning gray. The milk has finally curdled and I have nothing left to say. You come to me at midnight and say "It's dark in here!". You know you robbed me of my sight, the night is what I fear. Any though my face is smiling, I'm really feeling low, and though you say you're with me, I know that it's not so. - Procol Harum
[e digicons]:(O[/e] Thanks Doc.....your trick worked...we now have 300 credit card numbers and assorted info...I'll send them to you as per your plan! [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e] [e digicons]:)[/e]
Does anyone else need a handout? File your request today! All is there for the asking. Clean up those credit cards! http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/california.loan/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
A very fine piece of work Mike.
[quote]They'd better be pretty darned transparant about this, though.[/quote] Yes indeed! But I rather doubt it. I just don't trust any of them to do anything other than try to get re-elected. I have had it with the blame game and the result from same that we never get to the truth of anything that happens. It will always be through the prism of whomever chairs the investigating committee. If the republicans head the committee they will blame the dems and vice versa.
[quote]He will be missed. [/quote] Yes, indeed he will.
[quote]I'm just afraid it's not going to work, or that foreign countries holding some of the toxic paper (mortgages w/o hope of payment) will sneak them in [/quote] The last I heard was that if a foreighn bank had branches in the USA with employees etc, they too would be eligable for the "bailout". I have not checked if this made it to the final package. I do believe that they removed the nonsense about giving 20% of any profits that might result to ACORN and other low i
Good selections ID!
[quote]Ken, not even you could make that look good![/quote] Just the thought scares me to death!
Congrats on the spotlight! All the Best to you!
[quote]Thanks for this. I read the executive summary and didn't see a thing in there directing any banks to lower their lending standards for anyone.[/quote] No politician would ever say such a thing in writing. However, this act greatly expanded the definition of what a "bank" was and suddenly there were all kinds of new "banks", companies that could give mortgage financing. The big negative as it turned out was that these companies did not have to keep the same le
[quote]Little over 8 months and I can start collecting social security. Can't wait.[/quote] Hope it survives until then! The way things are going, you might well be one of the last recipiants!
[quote]Anyway, the missus and I are thinking of you all and wish you all the best. [/quote] Thanks for that! And we always are concerned for the folks that spend their lives on an island that is always upside down on the planet. [e digicons]:dur:[/e] [e digicons]:dur:[/e] [e digicons]:dur:[/e]
[quote]As long as there is Zubaz, there will be Zubish. As long as there is Zubish, there will be a totally alive Jafo standing behind Zubaz with a dictionary and a shotgun [/quote] [e digicons]|-)[/e] [e digicons]|-)[/e] [e digicons]|-)[/e] [e digicons]|-)[/e] [e digicons]|-O[/e]
For anyone intereseted in the facts of the 1999 Banking act go here: http://banking.senate.gov/conf/ Not the vote was 90 to 8 in favor and signed into law by Bill Clinton.
But you can't die until you find it! Way to go Jafo!
[quote]Bugger that.... bunch of fat, old leering farts pissing their company profits up against a wall...AND wearing bikinis?....[/quote] A horrible thought indeed!
[quote]Ken, my dear friend..... this is the kind of piddly bickering that gets us nowhere. That's why I refuse to respond to asses that can't seem to seperate real issues from made up issues. Please don't get sucked into the petty disputing. I know you are way too smart for that.[/quote] Just having a bit of fun Craig. I can't always be serious [e digicons]O:)[/e] Having said that, I do believe that the country is split 50/50 and many of the swing votes will unfortunate
[quote]my near 92 yr old mum, who still lives on her own...runs a family company.[/quote] Now that is truely impressive!!!! [e digicons]k6[/e] [e digicons]k6[/e] [e digicons]k6[/e] [e digicons]k6[/e]
I just figured it all out! God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
[quote]The rage is palpable[/quote] Strange indeed. A day ago, Biden in all seriousness was talikng about the current financial crisis in the US and said that in 1929 when we had another great crisis on Wall Street, FDR got on TV and taliked to the American people and calmed them down. Unfortunately, FDR was not President then and there were no TVs!! The press reaction was 'oh well, that's Joe! Can you imagine the outroar if Palin had said the same thing!