tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post975997506140074680..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: Den of ThievesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-88633086686576288982008-09-20T09:41:00.000-07:002008-09-20T09:41:00.000-07:00Ann, that's an excellent commentary on the present...Ann, that's an excellent commentary on the present situation of borrowing and lending in the US today. The deregulators enabled the rapacious, greedy lenders, along with those who were trading "who knows what it is and what it's worth" back and forth, with little or no transparency.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-76867319360846163852008-09-19T13:57:00.000-07:002008-09-19T13:57:00.000-07:00On-topic: has anyone else this week sorta wanted t...On-topic: has anyone else this week sorta wanted to hear that hoity-toity Knickerbocker accent intone<BR/><BR/><I>The only thing we have to fear . . . is FEAR itself!</I><BR/><BR/>[FDR was an Episcopalian, wasn't he? He shoulda been! ;-)]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-22047071986314288572008-09-18T20:33:00.000-07:002008-09-18T20:33:00.000-07:00Duncan was received into the HoB of the So. Cone b...Duncan was received into the HoB of the So. Cone by declaration of the PB of the So. Cone this morning, before deposition by the TEC HoB.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-83008597400850159402008-09-18T19:21:00.000-07:002008-09-18T19:21:00.000-07:00Off-topic:xDUNCAN DEPOSED!Lord have mercy. Christ ...Off-topic:<BR/><BR/>xDUNCAN DEPOSED!<BR/><BR/>Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.<BR/><BR/>God, continue to bless and protect the Episcopal Church. Strengthen your faithful Episcopalian servants in Pittsburgh, for the HARD WORK of rebuilding their diocese; may they be granted a new shepherd who is faithful and merciful. Bring a spirit of reconcilation---to your child Robert, and to us all---in your time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-81940129245282642502008-09-18T18:01:00.000-07:002008-09-18T18:01:00.000-07:00Ann, this was such a great post.I had this discuss...Ann, this was such a great post.<BR/><BR/>I had this discussion with my 94yo mom yesterday that used to double date with Reagan and has always liked him. I think she was paying particular attention given we spent 5 hours on Tuesday INSIDE banks, moving things from WaMu to Wells Fargo. This is half her life's savings that she worked very hard for, three separate (and separately protected) accounts. She has two others at Banco Popular NA which I am watching closely.<BR/><BR/>The big Republican shark of deregulation and its egregious companion, privatization, ruined in one year what Clinton saved in 8 years (after UNDOING daddy Bush's mess of four years). If Obama wins, he is stuck with one helluva mess to fix and getting out of the middleeast ASAP will HAVE to be part of that solution. We simple cannot spend $500million/day occupying a foreign country we had no business invading.<BR/><BR/>I am not sure the American public gets all this yet as the news doesn't lay out the history very well. I will never understand the complex strands of the current crisis, even groups of experts don't understand it. But we do know the philosophy that drove us to where we are.<BR/><BR/>Clinton's biggest mistake, IMHO, was NAFTA. That is part of this. He wasn't alone by any means. Few pubs voted against it and few dems, likewise. I will give Nader credit: he warned and warned and warned until he was blue in the face, and so did the unions. They were right.<BR/><BR/>We Americans have lost our sense of "us".(little u). I am going to be writing on that soon.<BR/><BR/>It is a religious and cultural adaptation to politics which is extremely sad.<BR/><BR/>The only possible good thing that may well come out of this is that it may have changed the dynamics of the election. <BR/><BR/>FINALLY people are talking about issues and not some second-place beauty queen who has no deference to the natural world which, BTW, includes we humans. We all know why it is so wrong that this is happening--and hopefully everyone understands why--and perhaps this singular event may keep her from being president in the next four years.<BR/><BR/>If we are going to get ANYTHING done to fix this, we need a dem presidency AND a dem congress. That is the fastest and best way to make changes we so obviously and desperately need.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, end of lecture.<BR/><BR/>I can only hope that people wise up and I think that is starting.Canyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737285360280766111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-87040470808816107312008-09-18T10:45:00.001-07:002008-09-18T10:45:00.001-07:00Does anyone have any insight or ideas about when w...Does anyone have any insight or ideas about when we will finally hit bottom economically? This is a nightmare and it seems to be causing worldwide anxiety. The sense of dread I am picking up from people is like we are on a downward slope, sliding inexorably into the ditch of some awful war. The people who had the least to do with the creation of this disaster are the ones who will be hurt the most.Марко Фризияhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329850161076633932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-62153857978800253012008-09-18T10:45:00.000-07:002008-09-18T10:45:00.000-07:00OT. Episcopal Cafe has posted a link to Field Pol...OT. Episcopal Cafe has posted a link to <A HREF="http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1245706.html" REL="nofollow">Field Poll finds gay marriage ban trails by 17 points</A>. The story begins:<BR/><BR/>"A constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in California has lost support during the past two months and now trails by a 17-point margin.<BR/><BR/>"Just 38 percent of likely voters back Proposition 8 while 55 percent say they will vote against the Nov. 4 ballot measure, according to a new Field Poll. In July, the measure trailed by nine points."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com