Comments on: Will Someone Please Bailout The Constitution? http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John M. http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14313 John M. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:45:11 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14313 Is there such a thing as <em>Outrage Fatigue?</em> :( <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iY6GooJaABBAEI8AHiO6yArVW21QD93I04T82" rel="nofollow">"Analysis: A vote with unforeseen consequences?"</a>, by David Espo, <em>Associated Press</em>, October 1, 2008.<blockquote>The White House and congressional leaders already have made up their minds. Confronted with the defeat of an earlier measure in the House this week and increasingly urgent warnings of economic hardship, they've begun rounding up votes the old-fashioned way.<br /> <br /> They're buying them.</blockquote> Is there such a thing as Outrage Fatigue? :(

“Analysis: A vote with unforeseen consequences?”, by David Espo, Associated Press, October 1, 2008.

The White House and congressional leaders already have made up their minds. Confronted with the defeat of an earlier measure in the House this week and increasingly urgent warnings of economic hardship, they’ve begun rounding up votes the old-fashioned way.

They’re buying them.

]]> By: arizonaslim http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14312 arizonaslim Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:48:50 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14312 Ummmm, people, I'm feeling really stupid, but it's not Visa being annoying at all. The real deal is that there's a charge that I made on the card this morn. Which isn't showing up on the online banking, but I can see it on PayPal. So, blame the online banking for not showing the charges in real time. For once, the big evil credit card company is innocent. I stand corrected. Ummmm, people, I’m feeling really stupid, but it’s not Visa being annoying at all.

The real deal is that there’s a charge that I made on the card this morn. Which isn’t showing up on the online banking, but I can see it on PayPal.

So, blame the online banking for not showing the charges in real time. For once, the big evil credit card company is innocent.

I stand corrected.

]]> By: John M. http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14311 John M. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:34:16 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14311 twist - This post is being cited <a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/palins-advice-mccain-island-little-diomede" rel="nofollow">here</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Observer" rel="nofollow">The New York Observer</a>. twist -

This post is being cited here by The New York Observer.

]]> By: twist http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14310 twist Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:04:52 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14310 John- What got me was this statement in your Barron's article: <em><b><blockquote>According to some reports, the Federal Reserve’s expansion of liquidity in the last several days alone has been greater in size than the central bank’s own balance sheet just two weeks ago. </blockquote></b></em> Unbelievable John-

What got me was this statement in your Barron’s article:


According to some reports, the Federal Reserve’s expansion of liquidity in the last several days alone has been greater in size than the central bank’s own balance sheet just two weeks ago.

Unbelievable

]]> By: John M. http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14309 John M. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:31:35 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14309 twist - Very OT, but I can't resist. This Barron's headline read just like one of those old non-sense messages they used to put on the war-time BBC to inform one of William Stephenson's agent's to activate the Q-bomb countdown device: <em>"Backwardization Sets In: Banks Loosen Lending, Stocks Set To Fall -- WALL STREET STILL <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2008/10/01/backwardization-sets-in-banks-loosen-lending-stocks-set-to-fall/?mod=googlenews_barrons" rel="nofollow">FOCUSES RAPTLY ON BELTWAY</a>"</em> "Foolish," says Igor. Well, yeah ... twist -

Very OT, but I can’t resist. This Barron’s headline read just like one of those old non-sense messages they used to put on the war-time BBC to inform one of William Stephenson’s agent’s to activate the Q-bomb countdown device: “Backwardization Sets In: Banks Loosen Lending, Stocks Set To Fall — WALL STREET STILL FOCUSES RAPTLY ON BELTWAY“

“Foolish,” says Igor. Well, yeah …

]]> By: AZSALUKI http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14308 AZSALUKI Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:48:58 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14308 arizonaslim, me too! however, mine was a couple months ago. they froze my lin of credit. they did this though 3 days after they cashed my check for $50 (annual fee)!!! i called and said that this was fine (as i had it for two years and never touched it) but give me my $50 back, close the account (don't "freeze" it) and release the lien on the property. they did....eventually. guess it was my fault for not using it. funny how the responsible borrowers are feeling the pinch. arizonaslim,

me too! however, mine was a couple months ago. they froze my lin of credit. they did this though 3 days after they cashed my check for $50 (annual fee)!!! i called and said that this was fine (as i had it for two years and never touched it) but give me my $50 back, close the account (don’t “freeze” it) and release the lien on the property. they did….eventually. guess it was my fault for not using it. funny how the responsible borrowers are feeling the pinch.

]]> By: arizonaslim http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14307 arizonaslim Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14307 Ouch! I just got bitten by The Credit Crunch! Took a gander at my online banking, and, what's this? The credit limit on my Visa card has been cut! By $25.00! I guess that's the punishment I get for never, ever carrying a balance on that card. I pay it down to zero every month. My bad. Ouch! I just got bitten by The Credit Crunch!

Took a gander at my online banking, and, what’s this? The credit limit on my Visa card has been cut! By $25.00!

I guess that’s the punishment I get for never, ever carrying a balance on that card. I pay it down to zero every month.

My bad.

]]> By: Bristinwolf http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14306 Bristinwolf Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:13:03 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14306 Placing riders on bills is really the number one thing that Congress needs to fix. Its a political weapon with no redeeming value. Most of the time its used for either pork barrel projects or to smear a politition for his next campaign by placing a ridiculous rider onto an otherwise good bill. Just so they can point the finger later and claim he voted to raise taxes,kill babies,support xxxxxx (your personal pet peive here) Riders represent the worst failings of our government and no one is ever eager to get them fixed for fear that when their party is in power they will not be able to use them Placing riders on bills is really the number one thing that Congress needs to fix. Its a political weapon with no redeeming value. Most of the time its used for either pork barrel projects or to smear a politition for his next campaign by placing a ridiculous rider onto an otherwise good bill. Just so they can point the finger later and claim he voted to raise taxes,kill babies,support xxxxxx (your personal pet peive here)
Riders represent the worst failings of our government and no one is ever eager to get them fixed for fear that when their party is in power they will not be able to use them

]]> By: AZSALUKI http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14305 AZSALUKI Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:51:52 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14305 Is there anything that would prevent these guys from puting a handful of the top economists in room during these negotiations? If I'm sick I want a doctor in the room, not a bunch of lawyers. If the economy is sick, shouldn't we get the best economic minds in the room, not a bunch of lawyers? I agree with freemonster...when suits them, the constitution is perfect.....when it doesn't it is "flawed" or "open for interpretation." Is there anything that would prevent these guys from puting a handful of the top economists in room during these negotiations? If I’m sick I want a doctor in the room, not a bunch of lawyers. If the economy is sick, shouldn’t we get the best economic minds in the room, not a bunch of lawyers? I agree with freemonster…when suits them, the constitution is perfect…..when it doesn’t it is “flawed” or “open for interpretation.”

]]> By: freemonster http://housingdoom.com/2008/10/01/will-someone-please-bailout-the-constitution/#comment-14304 freemonster Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:08:31 +0000 http://housingdoom.com/?p=1672#comment-14304 get a room full of lawyers together and you usually get anything but the law. These are the the same people that are always crying we must follow the rule of law when it politically benefits them and conveniently ignores it when it doesn't. This group of lawyers can take credit for the housing mess. It's going to take non-lawyers to end it. And the rest of our economy is going to suffer in the mean time. What a disgrace to our country. Igor says burn. I'm not going that far. I just say throw the bums out. get a room full of lawyers together and you usually get anything but the law. These are the the same people that are always crying we must follow the rule of law when it politically benefits them and conveniently ignores it when it doesn’t. This group of lawyers can take credit for the housing mess. It’s going to take non-lawyers to end it. And the rest of our economy is going to suffer in the mean time. What a disgrace to our country. Igor says burn. I’m not going that far. I just say throw the bums out.

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