I received my absentee ballot Saturday
I can vote right now. Who should I vote for?
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I ran across this interesting little video online the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8K-tendkSc |
I got about 35 seconds into the clip and stopped it for two reasons.
1. The clip is entitled Burning Down the House, a reference to the Talking Heads, and the intro music is clearly Dire Straits "Money for Nothing." 2. The clip makes it seem that low income families are largely to blame, when many of the biggest perps are middle income/leveraged high income people who were buying into bigger homes. I mostly stopped it though because I hate Dire Straits and mark Knopfler is a headband-wearing fool. Walk of Life was a really catchy tune, though. i will give him that much. btw, the sports bloopers version of the Walk of Life video....VASTLY superior to the "communist soldiers in the tunnel" version. |
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Presently this is an awfully close poll.
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I thought about that your point afterwards and you are right. It is always good to hear the other side out. Minus 10 points for me. I will watch the whole thing later. I would give you minus 10 points for you for not listening to the music, but as I mentioned, it is Dire Straits. You keep all your points. |
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Keep your points. Foiled again by Mark Knopfler! |
Paul isn't running. Why not replace him with Barr who has the same views minus a few of the wacko ones.
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That guy strains too hard to connect the CRA to the sub-prime crisis when there isn't even a correlation. The CRA was enacted 30 years ago with Clinton making changes in 95. There was a jump in sup-prime lending in the late 90's as a result of CRA but died down around 2001. The Bush admin weakened the CRA yet subprime loans continued to rise. Studies show the sub-prime loans made under Clinton as a result of the CRA performed quite well and had low default rates. Also lenders subject to the CRA made less subprime loans than private lenders that weren't subject to the regulation. Notice how there are no lenders crying about the CRA and claiming that it forced them to make 120% loans, neg-am loans, interest-only loans etc. www.prospect.org But any idiot can make a video and put it on Youtube. |
Ooh, there's a Proposition 8 thingy on it too. I've been meaning to pray about that one.
I find it odd that in 2004, a million people claimed they prayed over Bush or Kerry, and half of them received a "Bush" answer while half received a "Kerry" answer. |
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And yes, I've seen Knopfler both with Dire Straights and solo. |
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