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1. #101
   On April 4th, 2009 at 6:59 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

   Time to go home and watch The Final Four!

   Ta ta for now….

2. #102
   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, bjc said:

   JS4: Banks are not your friend; Indeed, they got creatively greedy; The borrower is slave to the lender, and those bricks and mortar banks are super-sized for a reason; And this boom and bust cycle will never end without drastic change on the part of individual people and the institutions; I favor the Fair Tax to put people back in power over the lawmakers, lawyers, and lobbyists, and I favor Austrian Economic Principles to once and for all stop this b & b cycle that lets the two parties take turns destroying our Constitutional Republic.

3. #103
   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:05 pm, rightisright said:

   On April 4th, 2009 at 3:02 pm, joannmandolin said:

   I’m with you, I won’t pay good money to watch liberals that hate America preform.

   I have a personal boycott going against any of these left wingers, from actors, to stores to products and countries.
   Income below the poverty line I cut my spending at Wal*mart down to only items I can’t find in a local store at a price I can’t afford. Wally’s doesn’t even sell in store or online Mark Levin’s new book Liberty & Tyranny. They have all of Odumbo’s books and other known libs, but not the #1 book on the N.Y, Times(the only articles worth looking at in times) best sellers list. To be fair they do sell Ann Coulter’s last book…yippeee.

4. #104
   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:07 pm, bjc said:

   *Game time; Gotta go watch some hoops.

5. #105
   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:19 pm, txvet2 said:

   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, bjc said:

   JS4: Banks are not your friend;

   Before you get too orgasmic over how mean and evil bankers are, maybe you should read this article and think about it for a bit.

   You’re right, banks are not your friends – they’re businesses, they’re motivated by the desire to make a profit, and they perform a necessary and important role in a free society. Their absence would make you much more a slave to the state than we already are.

6. #106
   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:28 pm, MarcoPolo said:

   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:19 pm, txvet2 said:

   Their absence would make you much more a slave to the state than we already are.

   To disagree, I think the business model is antiquated. Today’s communications would allow for alternatives, like person-to-person arrangements, if the government would just get out of the way.

   I have a friend in a former Soviet bloc country. Their language did not even have a word for “mortgage” until the bankers arrived to feed. They just paid cash, or made payments to the previous owner.

7. #107
   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:55 pm, bjc said:

   TXVET2:Already read the article and understand it goes from bad to worse in that scenario; Just too many bad products offered up to too many people prone to bad behavior; That’s why debt is dumb and will always remain so.

8. #108
   On April 4th, 2009 at 8:02 pm, joannmandolin said:

   Conservatives seem to have taken the high road and left Biden and his daughter alone to deal with her alleged
   “happy dust” issue.
   The video story seemed to dissappear pretty quickly.
   So, I’ll say it-
   I’m guessing that a rep from the dnc got himself all dolled up like a
   TMZ reporter and paid some fat cash to buy the tape. Gone forever.
   Bummer, I was hoping for the
   “How’s it feel, Joe?” from Sarah Palin
   but you know she’d let it go-

9. #109
   On April 4th, 2009 at 8:17 pm, txvet2 said:

   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:28 pm, MarcoPolo said: I have a friend in a former Soviet bloc country. Their language did not even have a word for “mortgage” until the bankers arrived to feed. They just paid cash, or made payments to the previous owner.

   On April 4th, 2009 at 7:55 pm, bjc said:

   Just too many bad products offered up to too many people prone to bad behavior; That’s why debt is dumb and will always remain so.

   Debt is not dumb, but too much of the wrong kind of debt is dumb. Without borrowing, you wouldn’t live in whatever house or apartment you live in, because I can guarantee you that whoever built it borrowed the money to do so.

   Using the previous Soviet Union as an example is just precious, unless, of course, you think you’d actually like to live there.

10. #110
    On April 4th, 2009 at 8:25 pm, d1carter said:

    You guys cannot be serious…

11. #111
    On April 4th, 2009 at 9:02 pm, bjc said:

    TXVET2:I do have a mortgage, I’ll give you that, and it’s close to being paid off; That is the one and only exception I make when advising; Life is good when you can live on less than you make; Have seen nothing but behavioral tragedy with the welcome acceptance of debt.

12. #112
    On April 4th, 2009 at 9:29 pm, bjc said:

    *Breaking News: Spartans Win!

13. #113
    On April 4th, 2009 at 10:05 pm, tonyr951 said:

    This needs more views:

    HILLARY IS SO VAIN

14. #114
    On April 4th, 2009 at 10:16 pm, txvet2 said:

    On April 4th, 2009 at 9:02 pm, bjc said:

    TXVET2:I do have a mortgage, I’ll give you that, and it’s close to being paid off;

    As do I. But we are the exception, rather than the rule. There’s nothing inherently wrong with credit, whether it be a mortgage, car loan or credit card. The problem is the financial illiteracy of the average American (citizen or otherwise). But the point I was making was that the builder borrowed the money to complete the project, and paid back the loan when the project was finished and he got paid himself. The owner borrowed the money to pay the builder, and gets his money back in equity (or rent). In any event, it isn’t the banker’s fault. They don’t deliberately make bad loans – that’s insanity. They do know, however, that statistically a certain percentage of their loans will not perform. Their interest rates reflect that.

15. #115
    On April 4th, 2009 at 10:51 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    North Korea did the deed – fired the rocket.

16. #116
    On April 4th, 2009 at 11:22 pm, rightisright said:

    State Department spokesman Fred Lash confirmed the launch, saying it occurred at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday.

    “We look on this as a provocative act,” said Lash.

    Oh my goodness, Hillary must be really upset, what is she going to do now, tell them to stop it?

17. #117
    On April 5th, 2009 at 1:20 am, txvet2 said:

    I doubt that Hillary is all that upset; after all they’re Communists, so they’re allowed to do as they please. More than likely, we’ll open up free trade with them so we don’t hurt their feelings by acting like we’re mad at them. Now if were somebody like Japan or a NATO country, we’d slap them with sanctions so fast it’d make their heads spin.

18. #118
    On April 5th, 2009 at 6:50 am, Omu said:

    So, how annoyed is everyone on MM.com that gay people now have equality in Iowa?

19. #119
    On April 5th, 2009 at 7:37 am, happyscrapper said:

    On April 5th, 2009 at 6:50 am, Omu said:
    So, how annoyed is everyone on MM.com that gay people now have equality in Iowa?

    No one is going to engage you, Omu…buzz off.

20. #120
    On April 5th, 2009 at 9:34 am, Laree said:

    The Democrats to introduce a retroactive tax?

    http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-dem-budget-plan-0302,0,550902.story

21. #121
    On April 5th, 2009 at 12:07 pm, rightisright said:

    Well said happy. That should cover it.

22. #122
    On April 5th, 2009 at 12:16 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    On April 5th, 2009 at 6:50 am, Omu said:

    So, how annoyed is everyone on MM.com that gay people now have equality in Iowa?

    Gay people have always been equal in Iowa. It’s a “Certain Inalienable Rights” thing involving a “Creator”. It’s kind of complex, involving something higher than arrogance and self righteousness – you liberals wouldn’t understand.

23. #123
    On April 5th, 2009 at 9:56 pm, hadsil said:

    Late Night Talk Show Hosts and Saturday Night Live: “Move along, folks. Nothing funny to see here.”

24. #124
    On April 5th, 2009 at 11:39 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    If the speech that was uploaded into the Dimwit-in-Chief’s teleprompter was nothing but F-bombs and scat-talk, he’d dutifully stand there and read it like it was the Gettysburg Address.

25. #125
    On April 5th, 2009 at 11:48 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    On April 4th, 2009 at 9:29 pm, bjc said:

    *Breaking News: Spartans Win!

    Oh yay! I live in Lansing–just a few miles from East Lansing (MSU-ville), and I’m just DYING to experience yet another basketball-induced riot. Another basketball-induced is all Michigan needs right now. The black eye it’ll give the Lansing area (we’re experiencing a full-blown depression here) will be more far-reaching to this state than any silly NCAA championship.

    The thing is, whether the Spartans win or lose, there’s going to be a riot, so we’re screwed either way. It’s a lose-lose proposition. Damn you Connecticut!!!