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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (116120)	9/30/2008 11:16:07 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Community organizers "What exactly does a 'community organizer' do? Barack Obama's rise has left many Americans asking themselves that question. Here's a big part of the answer: Community organizers intimidate banks into making high-risk loans to customers with poor credit," Stanley Kurtz writes in the New York Post. "In the name of fairness to minorities, community organizers occupy private offices, chant inside bank lobbies, and confront executives at their homes — and thereby force financial institutions to direct hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgages to low-credit customers," Mr. Kurtz said. "In other words, community organizers help to undermine the U.S. economy by pushing the banking system into a sinkhole of bad loans. And Obama has spent years training and funding the organizers who do it. "The seeds of today's financial meltdown lie in the Community Reinvestment Act — a law passed in 1977 and made riskier by unwise amendments and regulatory rulings in later decades. "CRA was meant to encourage banks to make loans to high-risk borrowers, often minorities living in unstable neighborhoods. That has provided an opening to radical groups like ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) to abuse the law by forcing banks to make hundreds of millions of dollars in 'subprime' loans to often uncreditworthy poor and minority customers. … "One key pioneer of ACORN's subprime-loan shakedown racket was Madeline Talbott — an activist with extensive ties to Barack Obama. She was also in on the ground floor of the disastrous turn in Fannie Mae's mortgage policies."

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (116120)	9/30/2008 11:40:34 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 132070

"1. He won the nomination against the Clinton Machine. That makes me think he may be able to undo the disaster of the Bush Machine." He lost the last 13-15 primaries, lost every big state but one and won the early caucus where there is no secret ballot and intimidation plays a big role. And since the dems didn't have winner take all Hillary couldn't catch up.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (116120)	9/30/2008 1:10:40 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

3. He was the first to suggest dealing sternly with Pakistan. Even airhead Palin gets that. McCain doesn't. He will follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell, but not over the border of Pakistan. === U still buying that load of crap? Pakis have a Democrcy. What gives us the right to meddle in their affairs? Just cut off foreign aid and walk away. There wouldn't be any terrorists if we did business overseas with honesty and integrity.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (116120)	9/30/2008 6:22:09 PM
From: LowtherAcademy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Okay, I'm really confused and confounded. Yesterday's no vote crashed the market. Today the market rallied for a large percentage take back of yeterday's loss. For the most part the vote was lost in the conservative base. That same base got all kinds of congrats from its constituents today and with the market rally there is obvious, albeit superficial, evidence that the original plan was not as needed as was advertised (or so it will be argued). So, how in the heck do those folks that voted it down come back and vote for it? I may be early, but, I had to buy some QID at the end of the day. We're back to them pissing on my head and telling me its raining, ng. Lew

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (116120)	10/1/2008 10:54:21 AM
From: Knighty Tin	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Since the Governor of Kentucky is trying to kill online poker, I have decided to boycott Kentucky tracks on YouBet and simulcast until he wises up. I am urging the Poker Players Alliance to announce a similar boycott, but they are a bit too nicey-nicey for that. Oh, well, New York and California tracks are going to love all the additional revenues they get from me. "Oh, boy, another 10 cents Superfecta bet from Houston." <VBG>