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MrRodgers -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:08:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: lockedaway quote: ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet S & P is downgrading Fannie and Freddie? Too bad they didn't do their job before, when they were rating sub prime mortgage securities as AAA. Now they tell us. I am having a hard time understanding why this downgrade is causing the reaction that it is, in light of this company's history. Do people really believe that this is the end of the world as we know it? Oh well, time to buy stock. Ummmm.....where you been????? Did you know that there were 3 senators that were cheer leaders for Fannie Mae and got kick backs from Fannie? Did you know that? The Senators were Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and Barrack Obama. In the shortest amount of time, one senator collected more money than the others. Do you know who????? Barrak Obama received $164,000.00 in two years. :) :) :) Up until now I have been willing to discuss matters with you but with this, I have to tell you, it is all unmitigated bullshit. There isn't a senator or congresswhore that hasn't taken advantage of their position all of which is small potatoes. There isn't anything that the Freddies and the Fannies did for them that they didn't do for anybody. It was Raines, smothering, purely speculative, debt, bonuses and unmitigated greed that took down Fannie just like wall street while Freddie just followed along in our pure, wholesome search for profits. You no longer seek to search the specifics of an issue, for you they are all just a vehicle to reinforce your own prejudices and presumptions.

thompsonx -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:14:15 PM)
quote: neither should be believed. Kinda like the mainstream media, too. What is it about the mainstream media that you do not care for?

cloudboy -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:17:56 PM)
quote: What kind of political party would kill our economy, in hopes that their opposition would get the blame? Locked away is still here blaming Clinton. I'm waiting for him to switch to Roosevelt next.

thompsonx -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:23:54 PM)
quote: Locked away is still here blaming Clinton. I'm waiting for him to switch to Roosevelt next He has already tried but was unable to discern the difference between "court packing" and the constitutional requirement of the president to appoint justices to the scotus.

imperatrixx -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:28:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thompsonx quote: neither should be believed. Kinda like the mainstream media, too. What is it about the mainstream media that you do not care for? Come on. They refer to Michele Bachmann as a "Presidential Candidate." You just can't take that sort of shit seriously.

Sanity -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:34:00 PM)
Point out some of Obamas wildly obvious hypocrisy and Ive seen some of the Dems excuse it by saying something like, "oh well, what do you expect from a politician" or "So? Bush was like that too..." But the Tea Partiers arent politicians, are they. Theyre not fiscally liberal like Bush, either - they stand by their fiscally conservative principles. And for that the far left is going insane with hatred toward them. Theyre called terrorists and traitors, and so on. For doing what they said they would do, doing what they were elected to do. quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan You know, there's a lot of convenient forgetting going on here. The Tea Party folks stuck to their guns. I'll give you that, but in the lead up, there were Democrats killing bills within two hours of their passage, tweeting things like, this bill dies tonight before it even passed. Obama was dictating to Congress what he would accept, and threatening to veto if he didn't get what he wanted. Reid was posturing, Boehner was posturing. McCain was talking out of both sides of his mouth, talking tough on one side, but clarifying it that bottom line, they had to pass the debt ceiling. The more I learn about him, the more I dislike him, and the more I'm glad I didn't vote for him. He reminds me too much of Arlen Spector, who was more worried about getting re-elected than either doing the job he was sent to do, or doing the right thing. And in the end, they did nothing more than continue what they were doing during the wrangling, which was point fingers at each other and scream blame. Before the elections, I told someone out here that the Tea Party folks would do exactly what they did. They would say no, and mean no.

StrangerThan -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 7:54:35 PM)
I know. What the hell is Washington going to do with political types who actually believe in what they're doing?

DomKen -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 8:23:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Politesub53 Yeah Wilbur, the market drop has little to do with investors on the worlds markets worried about the downgrading, thats why its in freefall. Actually for once he is right. A lot of money that left the market today went into Treasuries. The downgrade should have caused the interest rate on treasuries to go up, the price paid for the bonds would go down, but the opposite happened (at least on 2 year and longer bonds).

lockedaway -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 8:30:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers quote: ORIGINAL: lockedaway quote: ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet S & P is downgrading Fannie and Freddie? Too bad they didn't do their job before, when they were rating sub prime mortgage securities as AAA. Now they tell us. I am having a hard time understanding why this downgrade is causing the reaction that it is, in light of this company's history. Do people really believe that this is the end of the world as we know it? Oh well, time to buy stock. Ummmm.....where you been????? Did you know that there were 3 senators that were cheer leaders for Fannie Mae and got kick backs from Fannie? Did you know that? The Senators were Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and Barrack Obama. In the shortest amount of time, one senator collected more money than the others. Do you know who????? Barrak Obama received $164,000.00 in two years. :) :) :) Up until now I have been willing to discuss matters with you but with this, I have to tell you, it is all unmitigated bullshit. There isn't a senator or congresswhore that hasn't taken advantage of their position all of which is small potatoes. There isn't anything that the Freddies and the Fannies did for them that they didn't do for anybody. It was Raines, smothering, purely speculative, debt, bonuses and unmitigated greed that took down Fannie just like wall street while Freddie just followed along in our pure, wholesome search for profits. You no longer seek to search the specifics of an issue, for you they are all just a vehicle to reinforce your own prejudices and presumptions. Don't be a partisan IDIOT. Your fucking president took $164,000 in payoffs to cheer lead for Fannie Mae. Get the fuck over it!!! You want to make excuses for people? I guess you should probably make excuses for yourself first....right??? "The total listed for Obama is $126,349 - a tiny fraction of the approximately $390 million his campaign has raised, according to the center. The list shows McCain has received a total of $21,550 from Fannie and Freddie employees. The list includes donations of at least $200 from those who receive paychecks from Fannie and Freddie. It also includes donations from political action committees - pooled contributions from employees." Oooops...my fucking mistake...$126,349.00. I was off by less than 40k. Have other senators taken donations? Sure...but here is the interesting part; there WAS NO SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS prior to the repeal of Glass Steagall in 1999. If I am incorrect......................................................correct me. Obama was cheer leading during the time he was Senator which was from 2005 through 2008; the height of the American RAPE. Look...all of libs are unpatriotic socialists anyway. You have your hands out even while you watch your country race downward like a Brazilian landslide. For fuck sake, just come out and admit it? Don't talk about how much you love the U.S. when YOUR president has increased the debt more than any other president in 30 months than, perhaps, FDR. Why bother? The rest of us know you are full of fucking shit. You love your cocksucker so much? Fine. Come out and say you are socialists. Come out and advocate for a 90% tax bracket for any family making a combined income of $250,000.00 per year. Fucking say it already you no good pieces of skunk shit. Say it and OWN it.

lockedaway -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 8:36:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan quote: ORIGINAL: Owner59 What kind of political party would kill our economy, in hopes that their opposition would get the blame? You know, there's a lot of convenient forgetting going on here. The Tea Party folks stuck to their guns. I'll give you that, but in the lead up, there were Democrats killing bills within two hours of their passage, tweeting things like, this bill dies tonight before it even passed. Obama was dictating to Congress what he would accept, and threatening to veto if he didn't get what he wanted. Reid was posturing, Boehner was posturing. McCain was talking out of both sides of his mouth, talking tough on one side, but clarifying it that bottom line, they had to pass the debt ceiling. The more I learn about him, the more I dislike him, and the more I'm glad I didn't vote for him. He reminds me too much of Arlen Spector, who was more worried about getting re-elected than either doing the job he was sent to do, or doing the right thing. And in the end, they did nothing more than continue what they were doing during the wrangling, which was point fingers at each other and scream blame. Before the elections, I told someone out here that the Tea Party folks would do exactly what they did. They would say no, and mean no. Good post! McCain, Hillary, Obama, Romney; they are all trash. They are slightly different shades of gray....of each other. Garbage. Shit..."Meet the new boss.....same as the old boss."

Hippiekinkster -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 9:04:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cloudboy quote: What kind of political party would kill our economy, in hopes that their opposition would get the blame? Locked away is still here blaming Clinton. I'm waiting for him to switch to Roosevelt next. I think that, deep down inside, he's got this "thing" about "The Emancipation Proclamation".

cloudboy -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 10:59:58 PM)
quote: I think that, deep down inside, he's got this "thing" about "The Emancipation Proclamation". The catalyst before that was the Whiskey Rebellion.

Termyn8or -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 11:06:22 PM)
"You love your cocksucker so much? Fine. Come out and say you are socialists. Come out and advocate for a 90% tax bracket for any family making a combined income of $250,000.00 per year. Fucking say it already you no good pieces of skunk shit. Say it and OWN it. " Sure, take all the fucking money. Unless you got enough for a Lear, everything money can buy is worth shit anyway. But now if people's jobs are to take other people's money, who takes it from them ? I'm having a real hard time caring less about this shit. Let the whole damn fucking thing go down once and for all. Fuck this slow torture shit. Stock up on cat food and let it fall, like it SHOULD HAVE IN 1929. Own THAT. T^T

lockedaway -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 11:08:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Termyn8or "You love your cocksucker so much? Fine. Come out and say you are socialists. Come out and advocate for a 90% tax bracket for any family making a combined income of $250,000.00 per year. Fucking say it already you no good pieces of skunk shit. Say it and OWN it. " Sure, take all the fucking money. Unless you got enough for a Lear, everything money can buy is worth shit anyway. But now if people's jobs are to take other people's money, who takes it from them ? I'm having a real hard time caring less about this shit. Let the whole damn fucking thing go down once and for all. Fuck this slow torture shit. Stock up on cat food and let it fall, like it SHOULD HAVE IN 1929. Own THAT. T^T LOLOLOLOL I agree with you, Termy. LOLOLOL

Owner59 -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/8/2011 11:29:32 PM)
Dow dropped over 600 points. This years gains? Wiped out. John-boner: "I got 98% of what I wanted"...... I predict that that boner-statement, will turn around and bite him. Possibly fatally(politically).

mnottertail -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/9/2011 6:48:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sanity But the Tea Partiers arent politicians, are they. Theyre not fiscally liberal like Bush, either - they stand by their fiscally conservative principles. As they vote in the historically largest debt in history. To repeat an untruth, ad nauseam, does not imbue it with reality. There are no fiscal conservative principles. There are jingoes, and that is the alpha and omega of that teabagger shit.

joether -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/9/2011 10:16:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail quote: ORIGINAL: Sanity But the Tea Partiers arent politicians, are they. Theyre not fiscally liberal like Bush, either - they stand by their fiscally conservative principles. As they vote in the historically largest debt in history. To repeat an untruth, ad nauseam, does not imbue it with reality. There are no fiscal conservative principles. There are jingoes, and that is the alpha and omega of that teabagger shit. Working on what mnottertail expressed. Fiscal conservatives have utterly 'zero' credibility right now. They are the ones who voted for George W. Bush in both elections, and McCain in the most recent one. Neither of these individuals understood macroeconomics better than the average tea party idiot. When President Bush and Congress issued all those tax cuts in 2000-20002, the fiscal conservatives blindly went 'with the flow' in voting and support. Only a moron can not see those tax cuts created the current US Deficit we are experiencing AND a good portion of the US Debt. Fiscal conservatives didn't utter a peep in protest to how we paid for the Iraq war (which equals about 1/4th of the current US Debt). Likewise, they failed to grasp what would happen to the markets, the economy and the nation's ability to manage its monetary obligations when the Republicans eliminated regulations and inspectors. Yes, 'fiscal conservative' is a polite way of saying 'total fucking idiot'. When the tax cuts were made, why was the US Spending not ALSO reduced at the time? Fiscal conservatives didn't put two and two together to arrive at an answer of four. They voted for the people that screwed up the country. Who gives a DAMN what they think now on ANYTHING?

Hillwilliam -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/9/2011 10:40:54 AM)
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49 today! If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG, you would have $33. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers, you would have $0 today. But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer, drank all the beer, turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you would have $214. So the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg Plan.....Drink up!!! Hunky might have an idea.

Iamsemisweet -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/9/2011 10:44:23 AM)
The fact is, we need to get out of the wars that we now cannot afford. Remember the Soviets little foray into Afghanistan? They ended up with no money and lots of internal discord. Sound familiar? This would be a great place to start cutting spending. We have already lost, no point in having our country go down too. As far as I am concerned, failing to withdraw from these wars is Obama's biggest failure and possibly our undoing.

willbeurdaddy -> RE: Stock Market falls 500 points over credit downgrading (8/9/2011 12:13:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet The fact is, we need to get out of the wars that we now cannot afford. Remember the Soviets little foray into Afghanistan? They ended up with no money and lots of internal discord. Sound familiar? This would be a great place to start cutting spending. We have already lost, no point in having our country go down too. As far as I am concerned, failing to withdraw from these wars is Obama's biggest failure and possibly our undoing. He has been withdrawing from Iraq, pretty much on the Generals' and Bush's timetable. Recent escalation in violence shows that withdrawing too soon would be a mistake. Afghanistan...we agree. It should never have been escalated, we have no winnable objectives there, and they shouldnt be receiving any aid money either.

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