tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749136035154367149.post1989182338378414391..comments2020-05-22T08:07:48.825-04:00Comments on Complex Topics: Electoral Map Review for 27 September 2008J. L. Kruegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749136035154367149.post-9871231940426718832008-09-29T23:21:00.000-04:002008-09-29T23:21:00.000-04:00Aw Sex,I just know you are trying to provoke me wi...Aw Sex,<BR/><BR/>I just know you are trying to provoke me with the "move to another country" comment.<BR/><BR/>I can't understand "undecided" either, since the Democrats chose Obama as their candidate. Probably the biggest blunder in the history of a major party. <BR/><BR/>After one term of Obama, it will mean at least twenty years of Republican dominance. His socialist agenda will truly destroy the country.<BR/><BR/>Do your homework on the economic crisis. Go look at the Community Revitalization Act of 1977 (Carter President, both houses controlled by the Democrats). <I>THAT</I> is what started this mess because that Act <I>forced</I> banks and mortgage companies to give loans to people who never would have qualified before.<BR/><BR/>Then look to 1993 when Clinton was President and again Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress. They <I>strengthened</I> the CRA with threats to strip banks and mortgage companies of credit ratings and other penalties if they did not <I>expand</I> their loans to meet hard quotas.<BR/><BR/>Follow that to 2003, 2005 and 2007 when Bush and the Republicans tried to get legislation passed that would reign in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (whose collapse initiated the current crisis). Democrats Barney Frank, Charles Rangel, Nancy Pelosi and Charles Schumer led the charge to beat back those efforts. Their line was that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were solid institutions with no problems. <BR/><BR/>All this information is available in the Library of Congress online, including all the statements of the culprits. <BR/><BR/>The laziness of the media and the American people in actually checking facts is astounding. How often have you and I been involved in "discussions" online where several participants admitted that they do not "really follow politics" but they are voting for so-and-so anyway. In other words, making an <I>informed</I> decision on their vote really isn't that important to them. The American people deserve the mess.<BR/><BR/>The right to vote comes with a <I>responsibility</I> to be educated on the issues. Look at the idiotic statements on both sides of the political divide and the apparent lack of interest by the middle. The American people ignore all but their handful of pet issues and on those are not ruled by reason either. Americans have ignored their responsibility and deserve the consequences.J. L. Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335606939334631954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4749136035154367149.post-47506830561693916762008-09-29T22:21:00.000-04:002008-09-29T22:21:00.000-04:00I can't understand "undecided" since McCain has ma...I can't understand "undecided" since McCain has made the biggest blunder in our nation's history with Palin. If she ever becomes president, I will seriously have to consider living elsewhere in the world. She's more driven than Bush is when it comes to nosediving this country.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.com