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Mortgage subsidies
I bought my house the old-fashioned way
Eri
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7/12/2008 3:30:47 AM
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I had good credit and a down-payment.
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And I thought it was the hedge funds that were next.
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Yeti
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7/11/2008 3:23:05 PM
Update: Looks like the Fed is going to try to 'print' its way out of this crisis as well
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Yeti
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7/14/2008 4:06:48 AM
Been doing that for years.
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TB
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7/14/2008 5:13:47 AM
Which?
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Yeti
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7/14/2008 3:35:06 PM
Was referring to the Fed "printing" its way out of financial issues.
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TB
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7/14/2008 3:53:43 PM
Your comments make no sense
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Yeti
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7/14/2008 8:43:15 PM
No, I suppose they don't.
(n/t)
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TB
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7/14/2008 11:09:27 PM
Another commentary on this subject
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TB
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7/12/2008 10:34:00 PM
I vant to dlink yor blaaad.
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ER
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7/11/2008 5:11:19 PM
Mortgage subsidies
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TB
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7/11/2008 3:40:19 PM
"Mortgage subsidies"?
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Robert
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7/12/2008 5:39:19 PM
Wow!
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ER
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7/12/2008 8:24:48 PM
re: Wow
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TB
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7/12/2008 9:45:09 PM
All I recall you saying about the subject a year ago was...
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alcaray
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7/13/2008 6:39:05 PM
Not quite a year ago....
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 9:09:45 PM
And which of those numbers were incorrect?
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TB
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7/13/2008 10:31:52 PM
You consistently claimed the problem was fabricated...
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 10:38:11 PM
No.
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TB
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7/13/2008 11:00:54 PM
A bit more Fannie Mae history, as a sidebar.
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TB
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7/13/2008 11:10:28 PM
YES...and ANYONE able to read can see what you were doing and what you are trying to get away with now....
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 11:06:10 PM
Have it your way. We're doomed.
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TB
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7/13/2008 11:27:14 PM
I looked, nothing I found was as asinine as THIS:
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ARRELL
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7/14/2008 1:46:59 AM
Didn't think you'd bother.
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TB
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7/14/2008 3:24:31 AM
FISA
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ARRELL
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7/14/2008 4:35:53 AM
re: FISA
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TB
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7/14/2008 5:01:24 AM
"What do you think?"- Did you even read my post?
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ARRELL
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7/14/2008 5:23:50 AM
But you're voting for him, aren't you?
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TB
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7/14/2008 5:26:19 PM
And what are our choices?
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Yeti
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7/14/2008 9:40:39 PM
Ahhhh- the good old days...
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ARRELL
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7/14/2008 2:06:54 AM
re: Ahhhh- the good old days...
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TB
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7/14/2008 3:33:34 AM
Where did I say we were doomed?
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 11:33:15 PM
"slid around??"
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TB
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7/13/2008 11:40:12 PM
8^) People can read the quotes from you for themselves and draw their own conclusions...
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 11:45:38 PM
PS- see the thread below
(n/t)
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ARRELL
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7/14/2008 12:16:57 AM
Though I must admit dumbfounded admiration at your research skills.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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7/13/2008 9:54:20 PM
ipsa scientia potestas est
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 10:06:49 PM
re: Though I must admit dumbfounded admiration at your research skills.
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 9:57:44 PM
Well I wasn't really trying to point the finger at Tom so much...
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alcaray
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7/13/2008 9:53:18 PM
re: Wow
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ER
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7/13/2008 12:02:37 AM
Actually, "collectivism" isn't the issue.
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TB
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7/13/2008 5:26:42 AM
Corporations are not private companies.
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ER
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7/13/2008 12:26:49 PM
If you notice Robert's "blame the victim" post below...
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TB
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7/13/2008 5:34:38 AM
I don't think its a silly concept at all.
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ER
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7/13/2008 12:06:50 PM
Same as it ever was
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Robert
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7/13/2008 5:41:19 PM
Then maybe you'll agree that...
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Lee
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7/13/2008 7:07:27 PM
You do know you're pretty much just underlining my point, right?
(n/t)
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TB
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7/13/2008 6:35:12 PM
Reality check
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TB
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7/13/2008 6:45:23 PM
re: Reality check
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ER
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7/13/2008 7:11:21 PM
You know, that really wasn't the point.
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TB
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7/13/2008 7:41:05 PM
That's what we've been trying to tell you.
(n/t)
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ER
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7/13/2008 8:51:02 PM
"Imagine the kind of world we'd be living in if Big Business and the wealthy elites had their way."- No need to imagine
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ARRELL
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7/13/2008 5:54:15 PM
Worst of all possible worlds
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TB
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7/12/2008 6:08:31 PM
blame the victim?
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Robert
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7/12/2008 7:43:23 PM
Blame
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TB
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7/12/2008 8:22:24 PM
BTW...
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TB
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7/12/2008 6:34:33 PM
I bought my house the old-fashioned way
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Eri
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7/12/2008 3:30:47 AM
Same here.
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TB
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7/12/2008 3:42:19 AM
re: Same here.
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Eri
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7/13/2008 6:23:45 PM
"The Price of Fannie Mae"
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TB
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7/11/2008 5:04:28 PM
Thanks TB for the link...
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Jody
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7/12/2008 2:54:08 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.