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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (121061)	9/19/2012 1:01:16 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Obviously, in your hysteria, you didn't read my post. So I'll repost the second half to give you a clue as to what consequences I would enact: But as I said in my previous post, I wouldn't advise going to war over this. Rather, I would just pull our people out of Libya and cease all funding and aid to that country for a specified period. That will send an important message to the government that if they want our friendship, then they have an obligation to protect our embassies. And apparently you don't understand what's at stake here. The Libyans elected a moderate, non Islamic gov't. They want to be friends. They have one of the largest oil fields in the world. They feel very close to Europe. Why the hell would you would want the US to pull out? Both the Libyan gov't and the people have expressed their embarrassment and deepest regrets over the incident. And you want to rub their noses in it. Sorry, dude, I think your people skills need more work. It seems to be a typical trait of Rs.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (121061)	9/19/2012 1:09:44 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

[A]lmost three years after stepping down as chairman of the Federal Reserve, a humbled Mr. Greenspan admitted that he had put too much faith in the self-correcting power of free markets and had failed to anticipate the self-destructive power of wanton mortgage lending. “Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief,” he told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.[...] “You had the authority to prevent irresponsible lending practices that led to the subprime mortgage crisis. You were advised to do so by many others,” said Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, chairman of the committee. “Do you feel that your ideology pushed you to make decisions that you wish you had not made?” Mr. Greenspan conceded: “Yes, I’ve found a flaw. I don’t know how significant or permanent it is. But I’ve been very distressed by that fact.”