I blame the homosexuals.

 

I was under the impression everything was the gay's fault!
 

Any business that has made stupid and careless decisions like these banks and financial institutions have should absolutely be allowed to fail. Survival of the fittest. Bailouts should not exist. Period. That's like saying to the a normal American like me, "Yeah, I know you had 10K in the bank and stupidly used credit cards to charge 200K worth of stuff you couldn't pay for, but I'll give you 400K any way to help you out." Ridiculous.






And, many of these institutions were forced by Clinton administration to lower their standards for home loan qualifications. You know this, so don't keep blaming the whole thing on the Bush admin. You know I despise Bush - probably more than you do - but the truth is it didn't start with him.

 

You are certainly correct. None of this happened overnight.

 

It's always much easier to blame others thatn to accept responsibility your self. Since the Republicans were in power for 8 years, a lot of things were done & unchecked on their watch. To expect President Obama to correct at least 8 years of bad management & unbridled greed in 2 months is a bit ridiculous....
 

we're in a recession???
 

I think the problem is that too many people chocked our New Pres up as the second coming so they expect unrealistic things.. I am still holding out hope though
 

my grandmother, an old time new england yankee republican, always blamed f.d.r.


me, i blame the people who downsized ice cream and still like us to think we're getting a half gallon.

 

and let's not forget bonzo's tutor ~ ronnie raygun.

 

Good points, and I think that the debt which is being added to the existing debt is not the correct way to handle things. The yearly debt now exceeds more than 10% of the GNP............ yipes!!!
 

You are becoming an Internet Superstar!
 

Whatever, Im good. My homeboy Bernie has invested all my money and my returns look great every month. Ya'll need to get it together.

 

Hello! Been following you for a while via Nina's Blog. Add me on facebook and twitter if you'd like. My sign in for both is florascarbrough@yahoo.com or just the flora scarbrough part.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
 

Oh yeah, I already found you're howrudeareyou site, just haven't posted anything yet...But I'm sure there will come a day, lol.....
 

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That's all I have to say
 

The AntiTrust Laws need to be used to break AIG up into smaller pieces.

 

If I ran my house the way these businesses did, no one would rescue me. I say let them fail, in the a capitalistic economy some other entity will fill that void.