I would have thought his finger prints would be found all over some guys private parts.
On Sep 28, 4:25 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fingerprints, footprints, stompings, drool and fat ass. > > > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:34 PM, d.b.baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [Q] - 'THE PRIVATE SECTOR got us into this mess. The government has to > > get us out of it." > > > That's Barney Frank's story, and he's sticking to it. As the > > Massachusetts Democrat has explained it in recent days, the current > > financial crisis is the spawn of the free market run amok, with the > > political class guilty only of failing to rein the capitalists in. The > > Wall Street meltdown was caused by "bad decisions that were made by > > people in the private sector," Frank said; the country is in dire > > straits today "thanks to a conservative philosophy that says the > > market knows best." And that philosophy goes "back to Ronald Reagan, > > when at his inauguration he said, 'Government is not the answer to our > > problems; government is the problem.' " > > > In fact, that isn't what Reagan said. His actual words were: "In this > > present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; > > government is the problem." Were he president today, he would be > > saying much the same thing. > > > Because while the mortgage crisis convulsing Wall Street has its share > > of private-sector culprits they weren't the ones who "got us into this > > mess." Barney Frank's talking points notwithstanding, mortgage lenders > > didn't wake up one fine day deciding to junk long-held standards of > > creditworthiness in order to make ill-advised loans to unqualified > > borrowers. It would be closer to the truth to say they woke up to find > > the government twisting their arms and demanding that they do so - or > > else. > > > The roots of this crisis go back to the Carter administration. That > > was when government officials, egged on by left-wing activists, began > > accusing mortgage lenders of racism and "redlining" because urban > > blacks were being denied mortgages at a higher rate than suburban > > whites. > > > The pressure to make more loans to minorities (read: to borrowers with > > weak credit histories) became relentless. Congress passed the > > Community Reinvestment Act, empowering regulators to punish banks that > > failed to "meet the credit needs" of "low-income, minority, and > > distressed neighborhoods." - > > >http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200... > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
