Were Washington Insiders Laughing All the Way to the Bank? (Trees And Things)

HidingFromGoro: Re: Were Washington Insiders Laughing All the Way

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:27:59 EST

I know, the least Dodd could have done would be to have taken the $75,000 in cash and put it in the freezer.

zyxwvutsr: Re: Were Washington Insiders Laughing All the Way

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:08:17 EST

Damn Republicans. Damn.

Bryan Bytehead: Re: Were Washington Insiders Laughing All the Way

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:16:22 EST

As we are just finding out that McCain has a honey of a deal with Amex so that they don't charge him interest, even though the balance is like half a million.

I'll take that just on my piddling $5k card thank you.

HidingFromGoro: I'll take door #2...

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:11:53 EST

...since I can't think of any situation where an elected official shouldn't be held to a higher standard than Joe Average.

pO157: There are two (2) ways to go on this

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:28:33 EST

The first is ignorance. If Ma and Pa Kettle in the city can be excused for signing a horribly predatory lending deal and not getting a lawyer to explain the terms or even bothering to read the language then so should the Dodds, Conrads, etc. But if this is

pO157: What's up with Mr. Freeze?

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:17:29 EST

Is he running for re-election -- if so, I would be interested to see if he gets it come November. Sometimes I wonder about Louisiana. The residents there seem to bemoan the corrupt officials like this guy, but they keep turning up in office. My dad used to

port1080: How 'bout an Honor System?

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:04:48 EST

I think we should have a system like many colleges do with cheating - relatively minimal oversight, but if you are caught cheating (or if you know someone is cheating but don't turn them in) you get kicked out immediately, first strike, no second chances.