Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Billy wrote: > fund managers continued pushing sub-prime mortgage funds even after they > knew that those funds were going to tank. > Zackly, but why are there even mortgage funds? The answer to that question is the nexus between Dana's old blind lady and the melt-down. By separating the lende

RE: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Billy Cox
It's about race now How do you prove they 'knew' these funds were going to tank? 2008/6/26 Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >The fund managers continued pushing sub-prime mortgage funds even after >they knew tha

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Vivec
How do you prove they 'knew' these funds were going to tank? 2008/6/26 Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >The fund managers continued pushing sub-prime mortgage funds even after they > knew that those funds were going to tank. ~| Ad

RE: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Billy Cox
fund managers continued pushing sub-prime mortgage funds even after they knew that those funds were going to tank. -Original Message- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:58 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: It's about race now actually I just clicke

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > That is the case for some people. Other people were definitely lied to. > Certainly, but only in the sense that they were told breaking the law would be ok or that their sheet metal lean-to was really worth $10B. The point is, the problem was not lenders selling one thing and givi

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Bill Wheatley
LOL i'm not a supporter of bush-o-nomics. I have hated this moron since before it came fashionable :) And he totally screwed the budget over which sucks. So why do want to let barack do the same thing by bailing out people who goofed. I'm sure there are people who were defrauded perhaps. Though i

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > actually I just clicked on the last message I read in the thread, so I don't > mean you specifically. I am glad you are against all subsidies -- this is at > least a rational position and one I might consider. > > I do think you are

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Dana
That is the case for some people. Other people were definitely lied to. On 6/26/08, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Cam wrote: > > So if something is too complicated to understand we should forgive the > > debt? Cause the tax code is pretty fucking complicated and as far as > > I know

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Dana
actually I just clicked on the last message I read in the thread, so I don't mean you specifically. I am glad you are against all subsidies -- this is at least a rational position and one I might consider. I do think you are missing *my* point -- you don't get charged with fraud because your clien

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Cam wrote: > So if something is too complicated to understand we should forgive the > debt? Cause the tax code is pretty fucking complicated and as far as > I know, idiots who don't pay their taxes get a lead hammer to the > head. This is no different. > All good points, but this really isn't

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > realizing that loans carry interest, people. You don't send people to jail > because the people who signed your contracts didn't read them. True, but it takes 2 to tango or buyer-beware; whichever you'd like. The people going to jail are going to jail because they broke the rules t

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the thing I find interesting in this thread is that everyone complaining > about keeping to a budget is a supporter of Bush-o-nomics. Which means you > have no credibilty when you say that other people can't do math. Not really sur

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Dana
the thing I find interesting in this thread is that everyone complaining about keeping to a budget is a supporter of Bush-o-nomics. Which means you have no credibilty when you say that other people can't do math. So let's see, it's ok to bail out Exxon, just not elderly near-illiterates who have b

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yea i know the govt is going to bail them out which means no lesson will be > learned. Well the lesson that will be learned is be a moron the govt will > make it ok. Yeah I love hearing "they should do something" (meaning

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-26 Thread Bill Wheatley
Yea i know the govt is going to bail them out which means no lesson will be learned. Well the lesson that will be learned is be a moron the govt will make it ok. And bailing them out keeps the companies they can't pay in business. Thats why i have to buy my house before obama gets elected :) On 6/

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-25 Thread Dana
oh he's the best republican, but that's a low bar. ::flees:: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No thats not enough. I've always voted democrat but if Obama can't get > himself up and have a debate with mccain i can't vote for that. > > You can't just sa

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread denstar
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > Hm. I wonder what economic effect the attack on the world trade center had? > I wonder how much we have to pay out to protect ourselves from those who > want to do it again? ok, it's not the only answer possible but it is a real > one. > Ot

RE: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Billy Cox
't involve spending it. -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: It's about race now One of the things Atlanta radio talk show host (and Fairtax book author) Neal Bortz says all the ti

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Bill wrote: > I wouldn't really call it predatory lending so much as a stupid person who > makes a stupid decision. > Here's the bizatch of it all: the taxpayers are going to bail everyone out. * estimates are that we're only 33% through the "correction" so there's going to be more than BearSte

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Bill wrote: > No thats not enough. ANWR (and others) is expected to lower gas prices 3-4 cents 5 years from now and then only for a short time (less than a decade). That being said, I'm not opposed it except for it's just a way to make people think something being done when it's not. The answe

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't really call it predatory lending so much as a stupid person who > makes a stupid decision. > > Yes i could have seen myself falling for it in my past because having credit > was great you could spend now without

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Bill Wheatley
I wouldn't really call it predatory lending so much as a stupid person who makes a stupid decision. Yes i could have seen myself falling for it in my past because having credit was great you could spend now without thinking about tomorrow. I think this predatory lending has taught a lot of people

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Bill Wheatley
No thats not enough. I've always voted democrat but if Obama can't get himself up and have a debate with mccain i can't vote for that. You can't just say hope for change and play on the hopes of people and then ride that into the office. Hell shrub is a bumbling idiot and even he had debates. So w

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Loathe
Time to drill the anwr. Robert Munn wrote: > if they aren't at capacity yet, they are definitely close. it's all a > question of timing. we need immediate relief and there just isn't capacity > available for supply relief, so we have to press for demand relief. > eventually the market will take ca

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if they aren't at capacity yet, they are definitely close. it's all a > question of timing. So say the Saudis. -Cameron ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Robert Munn
if they aren't at capacity yet, they are definitely close. it's all a question of timing. we need immediate relief and there just isn't capacity available for supply relief, so we have to press for demand relief. eventually the market will take care of that. oh btw, i just heard who the biggest oi

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Saudis are bringing online another million barrels a day, which maybe > gets us through the middle of next year in terms of demand growth, barring a > significant downward trend in demand. This also assumes that Saudi A

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Robert Munn
Predatory lending, while problematic, is not a long-term threat to the economy. Current gas prices are not the real threat to the economy. We are within spitting distance of not having enough oil to meet daily demand. Any significant disruption would be disastrous. Supply disruptions, including fr

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:20 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> if you took all the money in the country and redistributed it >> equally among everyone > > You mean if we elect Obama? Heh - methinks Obama will be redistributing my money to people who are not me. -Cameron

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Robert Munn
bada-bing! On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:20 AM, G Money wrote: > > > if you took all the money in the country and redistributed it > > equally among everyone > > > You mean if we elect Obama? > > I kid, I kid. > ~| Adobe®

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread G Money
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you took all the money in the country and redistributed it > equally among everyone You mean if we elect Obama? I kid, I kid. -- I don't have pet-peeves I have full psychotic hatreds

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Billy wrote: > Predatory lending is just the result of those who paid attention in math > class ripping off those who did not. Same with rent-to-own, auto pawn, > payday loans, etc. > Those are legitimate services that come in handy and, 40 years ago, were only available to the wealthy. The con

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Predatory lending is just the result of those who paid attention in math > class ripping off those who did not. Same with rent-to-own, auto pawn, > payday loans, etc. One of the things Atlanta radio talk show host (and Fairta

RE: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Billy Cox
x27;s about race now > Dana wrote: > to predatory lending. The fact that there can even be "predatory lending" is confirmation of a failed educational system. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most i

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dana wrote: >> to predatory lending. > > The fact that there can even be "predatory lending" is confirmation of > a failed educational system. Just yesterday I bought a t-shirt and all I got was a stinkin t-shirt! Predator

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > to predatory lending. The fact that there can even be "predatory lending" is confirmation of a failed educational system. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Dana
it is AN economic issue but not the most important one. A possible terrorist attack is way outweighed by people who can't buy groceries on get to work because of rising gas prices, and are on the verge of losign their homes due to predatory lending. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Michael Dinowit

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Hm. I wonder what economic effect the attack on the world trade center had? I wonder how much we have to pay out to protect ourselves from those who want to do it again? ok, it's not the only answer possible but it is a real one. Other real ones include the rising cost of importing food. The need t

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Gruss Gott
> Cam wrote: > his race being used against him in the campaign. There is really no > other reason to bring that up other than Obama playing the race card. > H... or it could be that Fox News has been busy painting Michelle Obama as a Black Panther: * "Michelle Obama is still angry" * "Michel

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread Dana
yeah I heard Mr Black was kind of hoping for a terrorist attack. And that McCain, asked about the dingle greatest *economic* threat facing the country, said it was radical Islamism. Good job of sticking to the issues there! On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-24 Thread G Money
Yes, that is enough. Thanks to George W. Bush. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But he's got people fired up about the political process and he has hope > for > change. Isn't that enough? > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROT

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-23 Thread Robert Munn
that certainly is what he is hoping for... On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Michael D wrote: > But he's got people fired up about the political process and he has hope > for > change. Isn't that enough? > > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-23 Thread Michael Dinowitz
But he's got people fired up about the political process and he has hope for change. Isn't that enough? On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > McCain is not a guy to play Clinton-style dirtbag politics. He will attack > Obama on the issues from now until Electio

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-23 Thread Robert Munn
McCain is not a guy to play Clinton-style dirtbag politics. He will attack Obama on the issues from now until Election Day. For his part, Obama realizes that he is going to get chewed up and spit out in a straight fight with McCain over the issues, hence his refusal to agree to a series of town ha

Re: It's about race now

2008-06-23 Thread Cameron Childress
Yeah I found that disappointing too. Obama is young and, relatively speaking, inexperienced. Those things I can see the republican party using against him. I cannot however - under any circumstances - see his race being used against him in the campaign. There is really no other reason to bring

RE: It's about race now

2008-06-23 Thread Scott Stewart
Context? -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -Original Message- From: sam morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:39 PM To: CF-Community Subject: It's about race now "We know wh

It's about race now

2008-06-23 Thread sam morris
"We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid. They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?" -BHO Jr Lt. Col Allen West: My advice to Senator Obama is to run as