Posted on October 7, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
USN&WR
Seventeen. That’s how many times, according to this White House statement (hat tip Gateway Pundit), that the Bush administration has called for tighter regulation of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congress has cooperated only once. In spring 2007, as House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank likes to point out, the [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, John McCain, Mortgage Bailout | Tagged: 2005, Bill, Block, democrat, Fannie, Freddie, McCain, Vote | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 5, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
The past ten days has radically shifted the entire course of the Presidential campaigns… but seemingly not in the way that most people have caught on to yet.
From Firedoglake
I can’t think of any way to sugar coat this, I’m afraid. It’s a bad bill and it isn’t just that Barack Obama voted for it, it’s [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, John McCain, Mortgage Bailout | Tagged: Bailout, Bill, bill clinton, Clinton, cuts, McCain, Obama, spending | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2008 by papau2
If you are like me, you occasionally wonder what our Congress is spending our tax dollars on. I’ve been searching for an official copy of the bill and the usual summary that accompanies these things – and have not found it. So in the interest folks knowing what is going on, I thought I’d offer [...]
Filed under: Mortgage Bailout | Tagged: Bailout, Bill, Energy, fdic, Mortgage, Senate, tax | 5 Comments »
Posted on October 2, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
Via Divine Democrat
Filed under: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Video | Tagged: Bill, Bush, cheney, Clinton, condi, Hillary, McCain, Obama | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 2, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
UPDATE: To Read The Latest News On The Status Of The Bailout And The Market CLICK HERE
And it’s a crock of crap.
The bill has now been expanded to 451 pages, from the House version of 110, which was expanded from the original 2 pages submitted.
God, Congress has a way of adding bunches of irrelevant crap [...]
Filed under: General Politics, Mortgage Bailout | Tagged: Bailout, Bill, pork, Senate | 18 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
I must say that this election season has been the craziest I have ever seen. I feel like I have stepped through the looking glass and what was down is now up.
In the most recent of unexpected twists… I think Bill O’Reilly might be my new hero?
via MOUNTAIN SAGE
Filed under: Best of the Rest | Tagged: Bailout, Bill, meltdown, o'reilly | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2008 by papau2
Reverse Auction Design – will it be in the final bill?
With over 100,000 individual designed mortgage-related securities, obligations, and other instruments outstanding, further divided by multiple rated tranches, auctions to price each piece are not workable. But the Mortgage Bailout Bill depends on price discovery via auction – and as far as I can tell [...]
Filed under: General Politics, Mortgage Bailout | Tagged: Bailout, bernake, Bill, Bush, FICO, interest rate, McCain, Mortgage, Obama, Paulso, securities, treasury | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
As a follow up to this mornings article about how Obama has failed the leadership test yet again… yeah, 3 times now, we find out today that John McCain steps up to the leadership plate once again.
From CNN,
Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, John McCain | Tagged: Bailout, Bill, DC, Delay, Leadership, McCain, Obama, Postpone, Return, washington | 26 Comments »
Posted on August 27, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
Damn that lady is brilliant.
She spoke twice yesterday. Once at a “Women Count” function and second at the convention. She absolutely hit it out of the park with her speech.
She also did what she had to do… threw full weight behind Obama. Maybe now they will leave her alone now.
Oh, and Bill, a man of [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton | Tagged: 2008, Bill, Chelsea, Clinton, Convention, Denver, Hillary, Obama, speech | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 26, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
Somehow Darragh Murphy conned me into giving a speech at the Rise event in Cheeseman Park, and it was pretty tough on me. I have been on a sort of outrage autopilot, but getting up there to give the speech I had to communicate what I saw to others, and it made me very very [...]
Filed under: Hillary Clinton | Tagged: 2008, Bill, Clinton, Convention, PUMA, rise. hillary, sppech | 16 Comments »
Posted on August 8, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
Looks like the Obama camp and the DNC is starting to bow to the power of the Clintonistas…
From MSNBC:
CHICAGO – In a hurried move to put an end to the tensions between supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and those of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Obama campaign has offered former President Bill Clinton [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton | Tagged: 2008 Convention News, Barack Obama, Bill, Clinton, Convention, Denver, Hillary Clinton, Vice President | 4 Comments »
Posted on July 24, 2008 by Texas Hill Country
Obama is a man that is well known for taking the credit of other legislators. The incident with Chris Dodd a few months ago was the most obvious and egregious, but stories abound about Obama’s years in the Illinois State Senate and how he was handed legislation right before it passed.
Well… this time, he straight [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama | Tagged: Banking Committee, Barack Obama, Bill, Dodd, Liar, Lie, Obama | 4 Comments »
