Comments on: Lyndon’s Whipping

By: Linda C

Linda C — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:22 +0000

With the passage of the civil rights ammendment LBJ was well aware that those “southern Jim Crow democrats” would be lost for a generation. They are the republicans now and not even moderate ones. Therefore the incremental bit is not a valid argument. Also in those days Goldwater was considered to be the radical republican. Now I doubt that Goldwater would even fit into the republican party . As for Stupak,,,,I am tired of my uterus being a political football. Since he is even against women having to pay extra for reproductive health..I am for men paying extra for their reproductive health.

Although this bill may help many people get insurance that do not. I happen to be one of them. However, without a public option, I am a bit leery of it.

By: snosandy

snosandy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:59:03 +0000

That should read 20% equity, or 80% loan to value.

By: snosandy

snosandy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:57:56 +0000

Gag me

By: Docelder

Docelder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:25:11 +0000

They are easy to spot in Tampa by the off brand signs. Probably attorney firms acting as realtors. But you will see these no-name realtor looking signs in the yard. Usually also an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper showing in a front window. It’s a foreclosure. Big banks were too big to fail, but people and smaller banks are just the right size to fail. Convenient. Everything this administration has done so far is just so convenient to corporatists. Go figure, with all the Marxist rhetoric, he is just a mirror image of Bush. But most of us here knew that already.

By: getfitnow

getfitnow — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:09:13 +0000

I have a friend who says that most of the foreclosed houses in her area don’t have signs out front–just lock boxes on the door. She said some blocks-half the houses are foreclosed.

Makes for a bleak neighborhood.

By: creeper

creeper — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:53:28 +0000

Suitable for framing:

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By: Trent

Trent — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:35:11 +0000

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By: jwrjr

jwrjr — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:02:26 +0000

“The contrast with how the rookie Senator Obama has conducted his administration is Sun and Moon” I would say, rather, to borrow from LBJ, that the difference between LBJ and Ozero is like the difference between chicken salad and chicken sh*t.

By: carol haka

carol haka — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:12:50 +0000

OT – The Democrats refused to stop the over sentencing created by crack vs. cocaine. They really are a bunch of f***ing elitest aholes.

:’(

By: snosandy

snosandy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:01:38 +0000

My house lost another $75K in value this past year. I wouldn’t be able to refinance now since I no longer have 80% equity in it. So, I’m already overpaying hundreds of dollars every month to make up for those who were irresponsible and bought homes above their means which devalued mine, and now they want me to pay the insurance for people who lead unhealthy lifestyles even though I have always been very conscious of making healthy lifestyle choices for myself.

By: carol haka

carol haka — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:52:14 +0000

They have to be obsessive – they got nothin else.

By: snosandy

snosandy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:50:28 +0000

I remember when the Senate bill passed on Christmas Eve, one of our Dem Congressmen (Jim McDermott) was on a local liberal talk radio show (Dave Ross) saying the Senate bill was terrible and the House would never vote for the bill they passed. He also said that all the Obama supporters always had way too high of expectations of Obama and that he continuously shakes his head at how obsessive they are. Just another HYPOCRITE!

By: carol haka

carol haka — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:41:03 +0000

I saw where the European markets want the hedge funds to stop.

By: sowsear

sowsear — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:37:24 +0000

Oh Soros has some oil drillin going on down Brazil, Goldman Sachs is buying short, you know hedge funds cost money.

By: carol haka

carol haka — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:26:48 +0000

Over 300k a month are being foreclosed on.

Where did all the money go?

How about a straight across the board 2% interest rate cut on all mortgages without having to refinance or anything? It would work as a miracle. After all, the banks aren’t paying a dime to borrow money to carry the loans. And, don’t we own F&F?

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