Comments on: House of Cards: Collapse of the Mortgage Market http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:56:32 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Youffraita http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410651 Youffraita Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:37:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410651 <p>Chuck Schumer warned about the repeal of Glass-Steagall on the NY Times op-ed page back in 1987:</p> <p><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFDB1231F935A1575BC0A961948260&scp=17&sq=Glass-Steagall+Act&st=nyt" rel="nofollow">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f.....038;st=nyt</a></p> Chuck Schumer warned about the repeal of Glass-Steagall on the NY Times op-ed page back in 1987:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f…..038;st=nyt

]]> By: TLinGA http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410352 TLinGA Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:32:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410352 <p>I assumed that since he put the time qualifier on the end that expectations existed for other time windows.</p> I assumed that since he put the time qualifier on the end that expectations existed for other time windows.

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410330 egregious Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:20:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410330 <p>Actually I zeroed in on “no expectations” — who could have anticipated? etc</p> Actually I zeroed in on “no expectations” — who could have anticipated? etc

]]> By: TLinGA http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410324 TLinGA Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:19:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410324 <p><em>But don’t worry: Mullen has “no expectations that we’re going to get into a conflict with Iran in the immediate future.”</em></p> <p>Given his habit of redefining words, just how long is the “immediate future”?</p> But don’t worry: Mullen has “no expectations that we’re going to get into a conflict with Iran in the immediate future.”

Given his habit of redefining words, just how long is the “immediate future”?

]]> By: lynnlightfoot http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410265 lynnlightfoot Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:49:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410265 <p>I believe Peggy Noonan has a child, maybe more than one. Poor things, something is very wrong with their mother.</p> I believe Peggy Noonan has a child, maybe more than one. Poor things, something is very wrong with their mother.

]]> By: spurious http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410205 spurious Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:16:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410205 <p>Late to the party, but congrats, egregious!!!</p> Late to the party, but congrats, egregious!!!

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410192 egregious Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:09:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410192 <p>Hey Boo, </p> <p>Thank you for the encouragement, much appreciated.</p> Hey Boo,

Thank you for the encouragement, much appreciated.

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410180 BooRadley Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:03:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410180 <p>Thanks very much egregious.</p> Thanks very much egregious.

]]> By: Fern http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410165 Fern Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:55:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410165 <p>Stolen passports. Domestic servitude. Rape. No pay. That sort of thing.</p> Stolen passports. Domestic servitude. Rape. No pay. That sort of thing.

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410147 egregious Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:43:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/25/house-of-cards-collapse-of-the-mortgage-market/#comment-1410147 <p>Wish I knew the name of the house of cards builder. Apparently he is constructing Boston’s Government Center, a pretty good likeness if memory serves.</p> Wish I knew the name of the house of cards builder. Apparently he is constructing Boston’s Government Center, a pretty good likeness if memory serves.

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