On Dec 31, 10:22*am, Brad wrote:
I got this the other day from my Dad, retired from the armed forces
and lives in Pensacola FL.........FWIW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1

Who and what are we to believe about all this stuff?

The only things I can really believe in are when I core a 500FPM
thermal and gain a few thousand feet: I am there and I am experiencing
the event.

As average citizens we "rely" on un-reliable politically motivated
news sources.

Sorry if this post offends anyone, but I've come to look to this group
as a bunch of really smart folks with some very good opinions.

Happy New Years!

I've heard the story enough times and from enough different sources to
believe it's basically true. I've heard other paraphrases of comments
from Barney Frank that he was willing to "roll the dice" on a
financial collapse in order to keep home "ownership" available to low
income Americans (hard to call it ownership at 0% down and interest
only). It's also sadly ironic in that many of them will now lose those
homes - and more). His statement in the video that a federal bailout
was his fallback plan is breathtaking - and a rare moment of candor
for any of us who have watched Barney's antics over the years. It's
all consistent with the Congressman's bent towards aggressive income
redistribution, among other things.

Next watch for his call for a bailout of "mainstreet" - where the rest
of us get to buy homes for Barney's delinquent (on their mortgages)
constituients.

Happy New Year everybody