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eliot spitzer observes 2000th us service death since the start of the war on terror
Bookmarked 718 weeks ago a grim statistic is making headlines today: the report of the 2000th us service death in operation enduring freedom the war that began after 911 the so-called war on terrortune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tvhttp:currentcomshowsviewpoint |
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039if big lies are told often enough people will start believing them039: reich on obamacare backlash
Bookmarked 716 weeks ago robert reich professor at uc berkeley039s goldman school of public policy and former us labor secretary reacts to the supreme court039s 5-4 decision to uphold the affordable care act and voices his concern for how republicans will retaliatetune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tvhttp:currentcomshowsviewpoint |
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a warning to congress supreme court039s health care ruling may have negative side effects
Bookmarked 716 weeks ago rep jerrold nadler d-ny a ranking member of the subcommittee on the constitution sits down with quotviewpointquot host eliot spitzer to discuss the ramifications of the supreme court039s decision to uphold the affordable care acttune in weeknights at 8e5p on current tvhttp:currentcomshowsviewpoint |
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the president likes my hair
Bookmarked 715 weeks ago are you in http:ofabo4w12pptoday president obama kicked off a two-day quotbetting on americaquot bus tour through northern ohio and western pennsylvania today the bus tour is stopping in maumee sandusky and parma ohio and tomorrow he039ll be in poland ohio and pittsburgh pennsylvania |
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what mitt romney failed to mention in his naacp speech
Bookmarked 714 weeks ago rep sheila jackson lee d-texas reacts to mitt romney039s speech at the 2012 naacp convention in houstontune in weeknights at 8e5p on current tvhttp:currentcomshowsviewpoint |
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why did democrats try to cover up fannie mae freddie mac scam - must see
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago democrats in their own words covering up the fannie mae freddie mac scam that caused our economic crisisat a 2004 hearing see democrat after democrat covering up and attacking the regulations to protect fannie mae and freddie mac their cash cows that are now destroying our economy because the democrats let them cheatthere has been a lot of disinfo out there about the causes of the economic fail i039m frankly sick of it so as a public service i thought i might lay it to rest right now this is a long article and will remain on a static page for all to seethe roots of the fail can be traced back to the carter administration president carter signed the community reinvestment act cra in 1977 this was basically feel-good legislation that forced banks to serve all customers in a several mile radius of the branches this was intended to end the practice of quotredliningquot where banks would refuse to service quotbadquot neighborhoods ie low incomefast forward to the clinton administration in 1995 clinton signed an extensive revision of the act this act forced banks to document how they were complying with cra regulations for more see this the clinton admin and the democrats in power added massive new provisions to authorize require sub-prime loans be made the revisions went further by allowing the securitization of cra loans containing sub-prime mortgages that forced banks to issue 1 trillion in new quotsub-primequot loans by 2000 the cra was funneling millions perhaps billions of dollars to left-wing quotcommunity activistquot groups the clinton administration had turned the community reinvestment act into a democrat piggy-bank and quota scheme against the nation039s banksquot and created sub-prime mortgage securities bear sterns was the first company to do it remember them remember the banks had to issue sub-prime loans or pay big penalties to the government how do you keep these loans quotaffordablequot no money no money down interest only low variable rate no income verification bad credit no credit no problem just sign here by 2004 92 of fannie mae039s sub-prime loans were variable rate fannie mae told the banks quotmake the loans we039ll guarantee themquot home ownership kept rising and so did prices and the demand for houses rose too but demand for loans caused the interest rate to rise basic supply and demand 101 stuff high-school students are taught this apparently not senators or representatives then gas prices shot up paychecks got squeezed especially low-income paychecks some borrowers stopped paying so banks stopped lending foreclosures started piling up no buyers only sellers home prices started falling down 2 4 6 8 more borrowers stopped paying 60 day delinquencies went from under 8 in 2006 to over 25 by mid-2007 fannie mae quotguaranteesquot became worthless -- because they kept overstating their assets banks collapsed due to worthlessness government sponsored securities issued by fannie mae became worthless jobs disappeared and here we are why is the expansion of the government039s community reinvestment act to blame before cra expansion home prices simply increased with the underlying inflation rate going up by 200 from 1975 through 1995 as the dollar dropped in value by the same amount home prices and home ownership rates were essentially flat -- after adjusting for inflation after cra home prices became unhinged from inflation jumping 100 from 1996 to 2006 while inflation increased by 039only039 33 cra caused home prices to rise too fast economic fundamentals did not support this growth government regulation-mandated credit didnow you might ask yourself why didn039t anyone warn about this well dear reader warnings were made many times but they were ignored as the evidence will show in april of 2001 the bush administration first red flagged fannie and freddie stating that quotfinancial trouble of a large gse could cause strong repercussions in financial markets affecting federally insured entities and economic activityquot on september 10th of 2003 in response to the bush039s regulatory overhaul proposal barney frank a ranking democrat on the financial services committee defended fannie and freddie saying quotfannie ampamp freddie are not facing any kind of financial crisis i think it is clear that fannie ampamp freddie are sufficiently secure so they are in no great danger i don039t think we face a crisis i don039t think that we have an impending disaster fannie ampamp freddie do very good work and they are not endangering the fiscal health of this countryquot in october of 2003 less than a month later fannie mae disclosed 12 billion dollars in accounting errors |
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michele bachmann stupid moments
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago yeahi decided to expose this lady for what she really is an idiot -__- |
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romney039s ad: evidence of his own 039corporate welfare039 hypocrisy
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago quotcountdownquot guest host david shuster questions mitt romney039s latest campaign ad which touts his stance as a quotjob creatorquot after attacking president obama for facilitating public-private partnerships according to public records dekalb county ind where the first steel mill mentioned in romney039s ad was built gave the mill 23 million in tax credits and finance bonds -- along with an income tax increase to help pay for the bonds weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tv |
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robert beaulieu responds to james o039keefe using his identity in voter fraud sting
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago keith dismisses conservative filmmaker james o039keefe039s attempts to impersonate deceased residents at primary polling locations in new hampshire on tuesday he discusses the supposed voter fraud sting with one of the presumed-dead voters an o039keefe associate attempted to impersonate -- robert william beaulieu a 23-year-old registered democrat from nashua nh who is very much alivetune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tvhttp:wwwcurrentcomshowscountdown |
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cenk uyger opens up about leaving msnbc
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago cenk uygur host of quotthe young turksquot opens up to keith about his msnbc departuretune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tv |
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web extra: keith reads thurber039s quotfile and forgetquot
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago in this web-exclusive thurber reading keith tackles the literary legend039s quotfile and forgetquottune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tv |
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the real gop priority deny obama a second term
Bookmarked 762 weeks ago the real goal of the gop is not to fix the economy or drive down the debt or create jobs but to make obama a one-term presidentvisit my facebook: wwwfacebookcomopinionatedliband my blog: wwwopinionatedlibcom |
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countdown with keith olbermann - anthony bourdain sounds off on the us obesity epidemic
Bookmarked 760 weeks ago keith sits down with quotno reservationsquot host anthony bourdain to discuss the obesity epidemic in the us after a new report in a british medical journal projects half of the american adult population will be obese by the year 2030 bourdain proposes we could win the war on obesity by making it a matter of patriotism and that healthy eating is not a class issue |
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joseph wilson: cheney039s defense of the iraq war torture pt 1
Bookmarked 759 weeks ago former acting ambassador to iraq joseph wilson measures the damage done to america039s reputation by former vice president dick cheney quoti think it039s safe to say that there is no single individual in my lifetime who has done more single-handedly to damage the moral authority and the international political leadership capacity of my country than dick cheneyquot wilson saystune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tv |
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joseph wilson: cheney039s defense of the iraq war torture pt 2
Bookmarked 759 weeks ago keith and former acting ambassador to iraq joseph wilson discuss all the things former vice president dick cheney left out of his new book wilson says cheney should be held to account for war crimes and crimes against humanitytune in weeknights at 8:007:00c on current tv |