Unscrupulous Lenders Leading to Our Demise

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Wednesday February 27, 2008 · 12:27 PM PST

2008/02/27 · 12:27

Once in a while you hear a story that is so eggergious you just have to scream to the world about it. This is such a story.

This is not a story about an uneducated unsavvy borrower who did not understand the difference between a fixed mortgage and an arm. No, this is the story of a college educated successful middle class professional who himself worked in the mortgage industry.

As you read, please keep in mind, if this can happen to someone like him, it could also have happened to you or almost any one of us.

Follow below the fold for a look into the sordid practices of unregulated lenders in 21st century America.

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Friday February 15, 2008 · 2:04 PM PST

2008/02/15 · 14:04

Like many here, I was deeply distressed to learn of Senator Webb's vote to allow President Bush and the Telecoms retroactive immunity for FISA.

Feeling strongly about it as I did, I wrote the following letter to Senator Webb. I urge all Kossacks who feel as strongly about this as I do, to do the same.

Reading InsideScoop's excellent diary on the subject I was moved to action.

If you would like to write your own letter to Senator Webb here is the contact link.

Follow below the fold for the text of this letter

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Wednesday February 06, 2008 · 9:28 AM PST

2008/02/06 · 09:28

I wrote the following letter to my father describing the scene from the Colorado caucus floor. He's never been to a caucus and I had never been to one either. I found it to be both a hectic and an exhilirating process.

If you've never been to a caucus before you might want to follow below the fold for a glimpse into this amazing process.

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Thursday January 24, 2008 · 9:45 AM PST

2008/01/24 · 09:45

I've not seen this diaried and it's a critically important story that needs to be told. This will be short and sweet, I strongly recommend clicking through to the NPR article for all the details. It is deeply concerning.

The Bush administration is seeking... no has found and is working on a defacto treaty with Iraq that would obligate a large US military presence for decades to come. This so called "Declaration of Principals" would be binding on future US presidents so that they could not orchestrate a pullout or significant reduction of our troops. It would include a permanent and massive US military presence including permanent Military bases

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 1:59 PM PST

2008/01/16 · 13:59

This diary is a very difficult one for me to write. As a recent convert to the Obama camp from the Edwards camp, a
decision I made out of practicality not out of an actual preference, I am particularly troubled by what I see as a weak and poorly defined healthcare plan.

It was not my desire to write a hit diary, especially for the only remaining candidate who I believe has a real
opportunity to bring a progressive agenda to the Whitehouse. However, my personal top issue is healthcare, so, for me,
no examination of the available candidates can leave that particular stone unturned.

Now that I have upturned that stone and begun examining in detail what scurries away, I feel it's my duty to report my
findings to the Dkos community below the jump.

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Wednesday January 09, 2008 · 8:33 AM PST

2008/01/09 · 08:33

While we reel from the shock of the Clinton victory in New Hampshire there will be a lot of hand wringing over what this may mean going forward.

We already have ToqueDeville's diary proclaiming it's time to jump on the Obama bandwagon (something yours truly did right after Iowa) and of course numerous comments by the same deadenders wishing for a miracle who villified those of us who last week saw the handwriting on the wall and made the same pragmatic decision that Toque is suggesting now.

However there is a differnt perspective that I would like to present below the fold.

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Friday January 04, 2008 · 10:44 AM PST

2008/01/04 · 10:44

Lot's of sour grapes out there today. Some who will pick up their toys and stay home on election night if Edwards is not the nominee, others who vow to fight on in NH and beyond. I can understand how they feel, I feel the same way. But I am jumping ship now and I want my fellow Kossacks to know why.

Please follow me below the jump.

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Wednesday September 12, 2007 · 3:04 PM PDT

2007/09/12 · 15:04

These words were spoken by a prominent republican politician who later tossed his hat into the presidential race.

I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world—enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites—causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity, and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty—criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest.

More below the fold.

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Tuesday September 04, 2007 · 1:22 PM PDT

2007/09/04 · 13:22

I don’t expect this diary to get much traction unless by sheer virtue of the fact that it may be controversial. But this is something that needs to be said and needs to be done.

I think it’s fair to say that as democrats, most of us here consider ourselves to be believers in fairness and openness. We’ve come to despise the dirty tricks that exemplify our friends on the other side of the aisle.

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Monday September 03, 2007 · 10:11 AM PDT

2007/09/03 · 10:11

With the growing likelihood that the Bush administration intends to attack Iran, possibly with nuclear weapons, we have entered a new level of dangerous behavior that threatens to bring down this nation.

Speculation has been running rampant, with anecdotal stories coming in from all sides. Each on it’s surface may seem insignificant at best and little more than conspiracy theories at worst. But what I for one find compelling is the sheer volume of these stories. Usually when a rumor becomes this pervasive there is at least a kernel of truth embedded within it.

How pervasive is this rumor? Take a look below the fold

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When Should Congress Act to Restrain this President?

93 votes Vote Now!

When Should Congress Act to Restrain this President?

Yesterday, we've had enough of this!

82 votes

If the administration starts trying to sell war with Iran

4 votes

Only if he's caught on video committing a high crime

2 votes

Never, no matter how dangerous he is, he's still the president

5 votes

Time to Take the Gloves Off

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Thursday August 09, 2007 · 12:02 PM PDT

2007/08/09 · 12:02

Congressman Henry Waxman has a history of being a democratic stalwart, but his illustrious reputation has been badly tarnished by his refusal to pursue hearings on Sibel Edmunds and his apparently incompetent handling, or should I say non-handling of inherent contempt charges against the Bush administration and it’s officials who have thus far refused to testify before congress.

Sadly, congressman Waxman has of late shown that he is either not capable of handling these issues or not inclined to do so. What could be the reason for this stunning turnabout in attitude?

More below the jump

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Thursday July 26, 2007 · 10:08 AM PDT

2007/07/26 · 10:08

Hillary Clinton is far ahead of the pack among "mainstream" voters in terms of poll results and about neck and neck with Obama in fundraising.

As those who have read me will know, I'm no fan of Hillary. I feel she panders too much to the center on too many vital issues and posits only the most tenuous of positions on others. I'm deeply disappointed on her Iraq war vote and subsequent refusal to back away from it. I find too many of her answers on critical issues like healthcare to be little more than meaningless rhetoric, with no specific plans or intentions stated. On healthcare she offers only a restatement of a problem that we all know to be well defined and a few plattitudes like "I have the scars" regarding the healthcare debate without offering any substance on what she would do about it if elected.

Jump with me for a further diagnosis of what ailes Hillary on healthcare and what we should do about it.

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Unscrupulous Lenders Leading to Our Demise

Letter to Sen. Jim Webb

ColoradObama land! Impressions from the caucus floor

UPDATED BREAKING: Bush "Agreement" Would Keep Us In Iraq For Decades

Obamacare, and the word "essential"

Clinton's Win: No Time To Panic

Why I'm Jumping the Edwards Ship

A Contemplative Rant

Sling it on Back

The Salvation of a Nation (w/Poll)

Time to Take the Gloves Off

Hillary Clinton MUST Be Challenged On Iraq, Healthcare