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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (3563)12/22/2008 10:33:09 AM
From: longnshort1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 103300
 
"interestingly --- the greatest BULK of the toxic sub-prime mort. loans (of the past 3 years, really the bad period...) were made, not by the federally regulated banks, but rather by NON-bank, NON-regulated specialty mortgage lenders."

that would be when Pelosi, Reid, Frank and Dodd ran things, hmm that is interesting



To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (3563)12/22/2008 10:01:17 PM
From: Neeka  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 103300
 
Bush asked for oversight in 2004, 05 and 06 and was told my Dodd to shut up or he'd politicize the whole thing.

You don't or won't hear that on any MSM report that is why your are ignorant regarding "lending practices."



To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (3563)12/23/2008 11:15:58 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 103300
 
Brooksley Born blew the whistle, but was rejected by big institutional banking interests.