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" His partner, Jim Ready, 39, is a surfing enthusiast whom Frank met during a gay political fundraiser in Maine, where Ready still lives"
Jim Ready is a great name, but how active a surfing enthusiast can you be when you live in Maine?
06/25/09
Surfing in Kennebunk, Maine
06/25/09
You have to be VERY enthusiastic about surfing to be a surfer in Maine.
06/27/09
Very cool.
06/24/09
Having said that, he can try to shuffle the sub-prime lending blame around all that he wants, but people need to know the facts about his complicity. This was discussed about a week ago in this post:
[gawker.com]
Frank was part of the opposition to the following bills:
S.1508 Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2003. If you read through the summary, you will see that "minimum and critical capital levels" are addressed. The Republicans didn't have a filibuster proof majority so the bill died on the floor. [www.govtrack.us]
See also, S. 190. Federal Housing Regulatory Reform Act of 2005. [www.govtrack.us]
These were both bills were introduced by Elizabeth Dole and Chuck Hagel. The first one was co-introduced by Sununu.
The actual death nell to these bills occurred in the Senate, but Frank was very vocal that the reason that he didn't want to tighten the restrictions when they needed to be tightened was because he didn't want homebuyers to be disqualified.
I haven't looked into all of the implications of this condo rule, but it stands to reason that they don't want to guarantee loans in a building where the lack of demand for the condos pushes the prices down. That sounds reasonable, but I can see his point about discouraging purchasers. I kind of think living in a big empty building would be appealing.
I respect Frank as a veteran statesman, but his hands are as bloody as anyone else's when it comes to the sub-prime lending crisis that helped with this meltdown.
It's also ironic that Dole and Sununu probably lost their seats because the Republicans were blamed in large part for the economic meltdown. At least they can sleep at night for having tried.
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Honestly, do you write comments like this just to be provocative?
06/24/09
If you could give me a better word to use for someone that just thinks that people should be able to live their lives without people tagging them based on one characteristic like skin or sexual orientation, I will use that going forward.
Honestly, I didn't mean to offend and I am sorry that I did. LP, if you're reading this, please, don't kill me.
06/25/09
While we're championing Mrs. Dole and her devotion to the American people, I might remind you of her attempt to name an AIDS relief bill after Jesse fucking Helms. She lost her Senate seat because she played a hackneyed game of Rovian politics and it blew up in her taut, wretched face.
06/25/09
Heteros for Homos.
Or, you could always go with the tried and true classic: I'm Straight, But Not Narrow.
But if you need something pithy you could just say No Homo. LULZ.
06/25/09
You know damn well that the economy was the biggest issue in the 2008 elections. The polls showed that the American people believed that the Democrats could do a better job handling the economy. That is the battle that she lost.
Whatever. You just can't handle the fact that someone is giving your girl a run for her money in the facelift department. I'm challenging you to a Facelift Off.
06/25/09
Yeah, that just hurt my head too.
06/25/09
Dole:
Pelosi:
Now, you tell me: who has a better surgeon? Also, I win.
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You totally win, but that pic of Liddy Dole makes me kind of sad.
They're both over 70 though. So...
Go Olds!
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My God, the visual. Bob slipping out of the hot tub and picking up the champagne bucket to carry it into the bedroom. Elizabeth moves her facial features around with her hands to approximate a demure expression. The Clapper's set to dim. Some big band music from the 40's is playing in the background to harken them back to a time when they felt alive. Mirrors on the ceiling to reflect every fissure in every field of skin. Elizabeth almost doesn't notice the red light on the tripod mounted video camera...almost.
06/25/09
Not to get all 4chan here, but this is utterly win.
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Cool she's pals with Charo- even helping her get a discount for a creepy cult!
[skepdic.com]
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