Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-24 Thread OrionWorks
>From Richard, > Unless, and this can be troubling ...we have already elected our last > President. By executive order, the President can now "put off" the next > election. Yes! the power is in place because executive orders now in place > permit this "if" a national emergency is declared. > The e

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread R C Macaulay
Unless, and this can be troubling ...we have already elected our last President. By executive order, the President can now "put off" the next election. Yes! the power is in place because executive orders now in place permit this "if" a national emergency is declared. The existing President can d

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Terry Blanton
But Obama is a smoker whose parents died early in life. And Biden has suffered two brain aneurysms. If they both die, guess who's the prez? ("But everyone knew her as Nancy.") Prediction: Considering Biden's latest performances, after the VP debate, he will pull out "due to health reasons" and

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Jones Beene
Steven You may be underestimating the level of "closet racism" in the USA. But lest we deplete the ranks of vorticians even further - why not at least label this kind of political post as off-topic?

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Edmund Storms
Good analysis Steven. I hope you are right. Ed On Sep 23, 2008, at 7:55 PM, OrionWorks wrote: Since we are speculating on presidential outcomes I thought this might be a good opportunity to share the opinions of a blatantly unscientific and unverified source - particularly insofar as this sou

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread OrionWorks
Since we are speculating on presidential outcomes I thought this might be a good opportunity to share the opinions of a blatantly unscientific and unverified source - particularly insofar as this source's take on the election. Please take the following "predictions" with a grain of salt. ;-) The e

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Edmund Storms
On Sep 23, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:05:37 -0600: Hi, [snip] I hope the people who elected and supported him are pleased. [snip] He was voted for by lots of people, but he was never elected, as both elections

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:05:37 -0600: Hi, [snip] >I hope the people who elected >and supported him are pleased. [snip] He was voted for by lots of people, but he was never elected, as both elections were rigged. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
At 03:47 PM 9/23/2008, Ron Wormus wrote: Jed, There needs to be more transparency. How many mortgages are actually in default? I heard less than 20%. Amen to that. As I said, the quickest way to separate the sheep from the goats would be to demand that any company that participates in bailo

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Ron Wormus
Jed, There needs to be more transparency. How many mortgages are actually in default? I heard less than 20%. Why not just pay those off from the bottom up instead of rescuing all these guys who leveraged themselves at 30:1? I don't trust Bush & his gang of theives. I see it as a last theft befo

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Edmund Storms
On Sep 23, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Ron Wormus wrote: . . . a single sentence of thirty-two words, but it represents a significant consolidation of power and an abdication of oversight authority that's so flat-out astounding that it ought to set one's hair on fire. It reads

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Ron Wormus wrote: . . . a single sentence of thirty-two words, but it represents a significant consolidation of power and an abdication of oversight authority that's so flat-out astounding that it ought to set one's hair on fire. It reads, in its entirety: "Decisions by the Secretary pursuan

Re: [VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread Ron Wormus
It should never be said that "W" & his boyz aren't ballsy! A critical - and radical - component of the bailout package proposed by the Bush administration has thus far failed to garner the serious attention of anyone in the press. Section 8 (which ironically reminds one of the popular name of t

[VO]: Sub-prime submarines

2008-09-23 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Vorts, One can accept that liars can figure while figures don't lie.. well.. errr.. until we listen to Sec. Paulson explain how wonders can equal numbers while eating cucumbers... or numbers can perform wonders.. or.. err.. maybe I am just suspicious when anybody starts "explaining" how s