The very idea that "nobody could have foreseen" the recent U.S. economic collapse is galling. I did, and I said so back in 1998. I had worked in the mortgage business, albeit unsuccessfully, in the mid '90s. It was at the time when sub-prime mortgages were a laughing stock, openly dismissed and ridiculed by serious financial professionals and ( Read more... )

It really shouldn't, but it never ceases to amaze me that so many political party members, party leaders, and elected seem so surprised, angry, disheartened, sad, and shocked when their opposition rises up and defeats them after two or more years of conversation that amounts to "WE WON! HAHAHAHAHA! FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUU, FUCKERS! WE'RE IN  ( Read more... )

I am amused at how the protestors of Obama's much-ballyhooed health insurance reform are being accused of being a bought-and-paid-for legion of mindless dittoheads who have no real clue as to why they're obeying their fascist overlords but are content to spew venom and hate just because they're pointed in a direction and told to go. Karl Rove is ( Read more... )

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