tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post6555132938164917843..comments2024-03-28T17:13:53.779-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: THE BUSH LEGACY, Part IShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-62197608948967106312008-12-23T10:32:00.000-05:002008-12-23T10:32:00.000-05:00What DMarks wrote!What DMarks wrote!Gordon Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772014586181361069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-47880841366436896022008-12-22T11:16:00.000-05:002008-12-22T11:16:00.000-05:00"You could 'add' whatever you seem to pluck out of..."You could 'add' whatever you seem to pluck out of the air dmark."<BR/><BR/>I plucked it from the <A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9c0de7db153ef933a0575ac0a96f958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all" REL="nofollow">New York Times</A>, actually. Please read the artlce about how the policy began in 1999.<BR/><BR/>I guess you think that the New York Times is thin air.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Reaganomics and the products of the 'free market' have reached their logical conclusion."<BR/><BR/>By 1999, Reagan had been out of office 10 years. And the fact of <B>government agencies</B> having policies (as directed by the Federal Government) to explicitly act as a black hole to absorb bad mortgages have nothing to do with the free market. <BR/><BR/>So you can't refer to Reaganomics and the free market, since neither were involved. "Under Clinton, bank regulators have breathed the first real life into enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act, a 20-year-old statute meant to combat “redlining” by requiring banks to serve their low-income communities"<BR/>"Andrew Cuomo is merely another squashed bug on a bigger windshield."<BR/><BR/>I thought he was gum on someone's shoe. Or a leaf on the cupboard? Not that any of the three analogies hae anything to do with anything.<BR/><BR/>"GWB was actually driving the car."<BR/><BR/>Clinton started the car and drove it aways, Bush continued driving it, and Democrats were among those who told Bush to floor it.<BR/><BR/>As per Shaw's article, the Bush administration has a lot of blame. The Clinton administration started this, and has a lot of blame. Reagan is long since out of the picture. To blame Reagan and Bush while ignoring Clinton's role only shows a bias of "D after name good, R after name bad. no matter what the facts are"dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-37079606740803986742008-12-22T08:42:00.000-05:002008-12-22T08:42:00.000-05:00You could 'add' whatever you seem to pluck out of ...You could 'add' whatever you seem to pluck out of the air dmark. <BR/><BR/>Doesn't change the source of the fundamental problems we are facing. Reaganomics and the products of the 'free market' have reached their logical conclusion. <BR/><BR/>Andrew Cuomo is merely another squashed bug on a bigger windshield. <BR/><BR/>GWB was actually driving the car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-26435485906153831452008-12-21T18:23:00.000-05:002008-12-21T18:23:00.000-05:00It can also be added that the policy started with ...It can also be added that the policy started with Andrew Cuomo before Bush was in office.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-30235632558299093252008-12-21T18:16:00.000-05:002008-12-21T18:16:00.000-05:00mmm, are you implying that this housing problem is...mmm, are you implying that this housing problem is due to the fact that minorities took out loans that they could not afford?The Griperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937560474548021334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-77165732199788614962008-12-21T17:48:00.000-05:002008-12-21T17:48:00.000-05:00Shaw, I will look forward to forthcoming parts, ho...Shaw, I will look forward to forthcoming parts, hopefully with more personal analysis.Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-14772423875448854352008-12-21T13:25:00.000-05:002008-12-21T13:25:00.000-05:00That's by any account a balanced and reasonable po...That's by any account a balanced and reasonable post. Too bad the first comment flew off the handle. Ruth seems to have the Limbaugh-speak down pat, even if the targets of the rants are in the opposite party from Limbaugh's targets.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-56363229884921945672008-12-21T12:32:00.000-05:002008-12-21T12:32:00.000-05:00The cretin in chief will be calling his policy stu...The cretin in chief will be calling his policy study group/collaborators "The Freedom Institute" at the Lie-bury at SMU. Freedom from rational thought, definitely.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553541514560319083noreply@blogger.com