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Chimps don't talk: Now scientist may know why
Wed Nov 11, 2009
- "Every other species gets along fine without it" -- Well that ought to pacify the human-loathing zealots who assert mankind is wiping out the planet.
Lumber truck overturns on I-5 near 164th, starts grass fire
Sun Sep 20, 2009
- The reporting of any freeway incident could be greatly improved by stating the direction of the traffic.
Pirates recapture U.S. hostage after escape bid
Fri Apr 10, 2009
- well if you add up all the "goons" (70,000,000 voters), that actually leaves somewhat less than the "whole" nation hijacked.
Pirates recapture U.S. hostage after escape bid
Fri Apr 10, 2009
- a $70 billlion pirate bailout package should do the trick. Barney? Chuck? Chris? Nancy? Get busy.
Pirates recapture U.S. hostage after escape bid
Fri Apr 10, 2009
- Appropriate 21st century response: Secretary Clinton advises President Obama to take a deep breath. "That is the point".
Navy confirms underwater voices in San Juans
Thu Apr 9, 2009
- poor and misleading headline
In your 20s? Your brain's already on the decline
Thu Apr 2, 2009
- The doctor in the accompanying video is incorrect when she says that we should challenge our brains 'to take in more', on the grounds that our brains' apparent neglect of the large majority of our surroundings is somehow slacking off. The brain is taking in everything presented to it at all times.
Obama 'stunned' by millions in AIG bonuses
Thu Mar 19, 2009
- Surreal.
Bracing for a bailout backlash
Mon Mar 16, 2009
- One of two things is happening here. Either the Obama administration and their congressional faction anticipated this latest AIG move or they didn't. If they did, then we must try to understand why they set up the original bailout in such a way as to let this happen.

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"But the lenders were coerced initially by the Federal Government into making those loans."

What drugs are you taking? I'd like some too!

It sounds like you know about 1% of how we got into this catastrophic economic mess. Etiher that or you're friends with the Lehman Bros. execs. Please do more research into who's responsible for this mess that has dragged the world down with us before making uninformed statements like those you posted on Dec. 1. Wall Street and the Banks have had free rein without accountability, and now we all suffer from them having raped us. What do they care? When they lose 50% of their wealth, they're still millionaires. When we do, we're in poverty.
— Steve Parks

I could not agree more with your statement. We need far LESS government intervention into private business. Government intervention is what got us into this mess; the mortgage crisis caused by the government forcing lending institutions to make risky loans to unqualified purchasers. Suggestion: Create another Resolution Trust Co. like the one used for the S&L crisis and let the banks sell the bad paper at discount in order to get them off their books. For those who purchased homes with artificially low payments and no down payments, they are merely "renters" and that is what they should do, or get into a home more befitting their income level.
— MCBC