Zeb, And the 2nd half of your answer is?
On Aug 20, 8:56 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > The difference between encouraging easy credit and "taking specific > action" is enacting laws like the Community Re-investment Act and > attacking banks as "racist" if they didn't lend to minorities, despite > the fact that the minorities didn't meet the lending standards and > even siccing your justice department on them and threatening their > borrowing ability with the government. Its pressuring Fannie and > Freddie to lower lending guidelines (credit score, down payment, debt > ratio) to include risky borrowers and in doing so, inadvertently open > the door for these poisonous loans to permeate the entire financial > system. > > On Aug 19, 7:06 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Zeb, > > > And the difference between "encouraging easy credit" and "making > > credit easily available" is what? > > > On Aug 19, 3:42 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just did. > > > > >Ownership Society. The immediate root of the current financial >crisis > > > >lies in Bush’s encouragement of easy credit to everybody and >inflating > > > >the housing market. > > > > This point is total bullshit as I pointed out in my previous post. > > > Moreover, it is OBVIOUSLY bullshit as the President "encouraging" easy > > > credit is meaningless. Specific action was taken by the people I named > > > to make credit easily available to high risk borrowers. > > > > >Katrina. A total disaster of bureaucratic mismanagement, featuring > > > >>martial law. > > > > The lion's share of the blame for the aftermath of Katrina goes to the > > > Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana. The dubious claim > > > that Bush should have done something about the levies in advance is > > > even more laughable now considering that no one is even discussing it > > > as a priority. Just like no one is screaming about getting out of Iraq > > > or Afghanistan or Gitmo anymore. > > > > On Aug 19, 3:49 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Zeb, > > > > > You intend to dispute or refute any of the points asserted in the > > > > article or not? We already have plenty of brainless twits to hurl > > > > insults at the messenger because they don't like the message. You feel > > > > free to point out the "lies" you seem to find so objectionable. > > > > > On Aug 19, 1:46 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Who is this homo, Doug Casey? Another limp wristed lib liar who cums > > > > > in his pants, like Chris Matthews, when he says "OBAMA!" And on top of > > > > > his disgusting man-crush on Obama, he tries to blame Bush for the > > > > > Democrat's destruction of our financial system by lowering lending > > > > > standards to accommodate their pathetic voter base. Is this satire? > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2:18 pm, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Aug 19, 9:39 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Baby Bush: The Worst President in History?by Doug Casey > > > > > > > Most of our subscribers toThe Casey Reportappear to be > > > > > > > libertarians or classical liberals – i.e., people who believe in > > > > > > > a maximum of both social and economic freedom for the individual. > > > > > > > The next largest group are "conservatives." It’s a bit harder to > > > > > > > define a conservative. It’s unclear to me what, if any, > > > > > > > philosophical foundation conservatism, by whatever definition, > > > > > > > rests on. > > > > > > > And even harder to define a neo-con. Unless of course it means to > > > > > > bring stupidity the new heights. > > > > > > > > Which leads me to the question: Why do conservatives seem to have > > > > > > > this warm and fuzzy feeling for George W. Bush? I can only > > > > > > > speculate it’s because Bush liked to talk a lot about freedom and > > > > > > > traditional American values, and did so in such an ungrammatical > > > > > > > way that it made him seem sincere. Bush’s tendency to fumble > > > > > > > words and concepts contrasted to Clinton’s eloquence, which made > > > > > > > him look "slick." > > > > > > > Perhaps conservatives do after all have a soft spot in their hearts > > > > > > for ignorance. After all, the very concept of conservatism is to > > > > > > keep > > > > > > things as they are, and that also means keeping a stagnant IQ. Neo- > > > > > > cons take the concept one step further and believe in lower IQ's for > > > > > > everyone. > > > > > > > > Is it possible that Bush was actually the worst president ever? > > > > > > > I’d say he’s a strong contender. He started out with a gigantic > > > > > > > lie – that he would cut the size of government, reduce taxes, and > > > > > > > stay out of foreign wars – and things got much worse from there. > > > > > > > A George Washington he was not. For if Bush Jr. was our first ruler, > > > > > > the United States would most likely be called Bushistan, the > > > > > > Presidency be called the Bushidency, and the form of government be > > > > > > called Bushocracy where he gets more votes the richer you are, and > > > > > > the > > > > > > opposition gets less votes simply because their the opposition. > > > > > > > > And he’s left OBAMA! with a fantastic starting point for what I > > > > > > > expect to be even greater intrusions into your life and finances. > > > > > > > Eventually, the Bush era will look like The Good Old Days. But > > > > > > > only in the way that the Romans looked back with nostalgia on > > > > > > > Tiberius and Claudius after they got Caligula. And then Nero. And > > > > > > > then the first of many imperial coups and civil wars. > > > > > > > Obama as Caligula or Nero I don't see. I can see Bush Jr. in either > > > > > > role though simply because he likes the idea of absolute power and > > > > > > ignoring real internal problems in favor of perceived ones.- Hide > > > > > > quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
