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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (637848)	12/1/2011 6:38:27 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578195

Hey Ted, you forgot to highlight this very important part of the article: > Yet what is scandalous is the basic unfairness of what has transpired. The federal government rescued highly paid bankers from their reckless decisions. It protected bank shareholders and creditors. But it mostly turned a cold shoulder to some of the most vulnerable and least sophisticated people in America. Last year alone, banks seized more than one million homes. This is what happens when government acts like it knows more and cares more than you do. It is worth pointing out that the REASON the government had to lend money to the banks (they didn't "bail them out", they lent them money to get through a cash flow crisis) is that banks had already taken a beating on real estate for which debtholders were underwater on the property. In many, if not most, cases these were taken back as "friendly foreclosures" without a deficiency judgment or at least will never recover any money. I don't get what Ted's bitching about here. The banks had to have cash flow loans to keep the economy from collapsing. It isn't like the homeowners who walked away from their commitments were hurt by that.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (637848)	12/2/2011 12:21:16 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578195

Believers Find Atheists as Untrustworthy as Rapists AND MANY WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THEM IN HIRING: STUDY By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Dec 2, 2011 10:25 AM CST (NEWSER) – Atheism might just be the most reviled (un)belief system out there, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia, which found that believers think atheists are roughly as trustworthy as rapists. In one of the study’s six parts, researchers described an untrustworthy “archetypal freerider” performing selfish or illegal acts, and asked subjects to say if what type of person the description was most likely to apply to, CTV explains. Atheists and rapists were found to be trusted less than Christians, Muslims, Jews, gay men, and feminists. In fact, “people did not significantly differentiate atheists from rapists,” the study says. Respondents also said they’d discriminate against atheists when hiring. “When hiring for a high-trust job like daycare worker, they were like, nope, not going to hire an atheist,” the study’s lead author tells the Vancouver Sun. Atheists, on the other hand, seemed fine with believers. “They seem to think that religion is not an important signal for who you can trust.”

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (637848)	12/2/2011 12:30:11 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578195

See Snakes Let Loose at Tax Office MAN ANGRY HE DIDN'T GET A PARCEL OF LAND By Mark Russell, Newser Staff newser.com ( Here's how REAL tax haters deal with things! ) Posted Dec 2, 2011 12:05 AM CST (NEWSER) – As reported earlier, a venomous North Indian snake charmer got back at government bureaucrats the best way he knew—by releasing cobras in their office. The snake charmer told reporters he had been promised a plot of land for his reptiles two years ago by a district magistrate, but nothing had come of it because he couldn't afford to pay the bribes demanded. The Telegraph has video of the scene, in which workers fled from the building or leaped to the top of their desks. Police are still searching for some of the snakes.