Sunday, December 30, 2007

2008 Election Playoffs

Watching the morning news we'll see the stats displayed just like an NFL pre-game show. Huckabee is up, Guiliani is down, Obama and Clinton are throwing pre-match jabs, and the Iowa caucus is expected to draw less than 10% of the population.

The only real difference between this particular form of entertainment and football is the teams. We're not getting ready for the Colts v. the Titans or the Detriot v. Green Bay. In this episode, we're getting ready for Huck v. Guili and a black man v. a woman. On one side, you have the traditional politicians. On the other side you have a battle of minorities previously assume to never have a shot at presidency.

Who will win each contest? Which minority will emerge victorious? How much of this is scripted? Can it really be an accident that in an election where Republicans are the least viable that the Democrats would have multiple "high impact ticket items" battling for their chance?

It is a great strategy. Having two underdogs in the running allows for the competition to have to pick one to attack, possibly discredit, and still have another underdog in tow to pickup the party and run to the finish. Also, how much can an opponent attack an underdog w/o looking bad? If they were to take out one of the minorities, they would surely have to step carefully in handling the remaining opponent wouldn't they?

In any case, we're watching one of the best political "made for tv movies" of our time. We've been groomed for this election since grade school. Are we ready to see how it ends? Buckle up kids. Obama wasn't even around when Hillary set her sights on the White House. Let's fire up the Tivos and see how predictable the script turns out to be!
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The Mortgage Crisis

The mortgage crisis could not have been an accident. The people that "approved" the mortgages KNEW that:

  1. Were going to have prohibitive payments in 12 to 24 months
  2. Were going to be on property worth far less than what they sold for within 12 to 24 months
  3. Would be forclosed on because they couldn't sell for the amount of the mortgage

Bankers blame it on homeowners making bad decisions or not having foresight. However, those bankers get very uncomfortable when you point out that these mortgage were all approved by bankers that get PAID to know the market and it's trends.

When you point out that regular people like you and I saw this coming back in 2004/2005, they start to tap their fingers and look around nervously.

The short answer is that they set us up and we don't know "why".

Mortgages traditionally require people prove they can make the payments even when the market is not headed down. The banks knew exactly what they were doing...

The Media On It's Knees

Why is it that the mainstream media is clamoring on their knees in front of Obama as if their unwarranted affection will somehow lower his zipper and give them what they so desperately seem to want?