It's a no brainer for me... Ghostbuster's. It's connected to the 80's era and we all know that was the era to be a teenager in!!! Not to mention, it came out the year I graduated from High school so Ninja Turtles were a little young for my taste.
This is much more complex than one or the other. Of course I want all of our brave soldiers back home but I also don't want everything they've worked for and sacrificed for to go up in smoke.
The very fact that Obama is now backing out of his campaign promise to bring the troops home within six months should make it pretty apparent that Iraq is a very complex situation that is far more complicated than leave them there or bring them home.
For me this one was a toughie. For a kid attending Harvard Law, I felt the student was unprepared to rebut the dishonorable Barney Frank. On the other hand, he shouldn't have had to. Frank is a public representative being asked a question and rather than bullying a kid he should have just answered it.
The Community Reinvestment Act enabled regulators to punish financial institutions which did not lend in low income minority applicants. In other words, the government and Barny Frank required the creation of the so called sub-prime lending market by decree.
The failure of the so called free markets is a fantasy. Rather it was a failure of horrendously bad regulation advanced and supported by people like good ole Barney.
Fannie and Freddie also served as the governments arm in encouraging these bad lending practices and Frank was among those who insisted that despite these high risk loans these government backed institutions were fine. The direct quote was, "these two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis." Can anybody in there right mind think that in hindsight this was a fair assessment of the health of those institutions?
At the very least, he should have said his assessment of these institution missed the mark and realized what a significant role denying this problem played in the financial crisis (and Bush is the arrogant one who never could admit a mistake huh?).
Many of the funky derivatives of the credit market were created to deal with the systematic risk the government created in the first place. Obviously, these instruments failed in hedging against the risk that was created, but it was the regulators who imposed that risk in the first place and sent the "free" markets down a rabbit hole.
Here are a couple of articles you might find interesting and I only wish the Harvard Law student had at his fingertips:
There's a good reason why no American president has ever done this before. I think the fact that he decided to be the first says a lot about where he is taking our our country and it's not good. He's always comparing himself to Lincoln, Roosevelt, and other great presidents but none of them would have ever done this.
Something different does not necessarily mean something better. I agree that we all need to do everything we can to get out of debt. However, I think that is going to be difficult with the heavy taxation that is coming to ALL of us. Much of it will be hidden but some of it's already out there. I don't even smoke and I think the new tax on cigarettes is ridiculous. Now they are trying to put a tax on soda in the name of obesity. I'm not obese so why should I have to pay extra for soda? I also heard that we can soon expect to have an extra $3,100.00 a year added to our power bills in energy tax. This is just the beginning. The only people who should be happy with the direction our country is going are those who love big government. REALLY big government. I'm always surprised to hear about the "hell" we were all going through for the past 8 years because my husband and I were actually doing just fine. The past few months have been a different story. My husbands hours have been cut, grocery prices have gone up, our power bill is twice what it was, and our homes value has plummeted. I think it's time to stop blaming Bush and start blaming our present administration since it is their actions that are creating these problems. If you think only the rich are going to be paying higher taxes, you are sadly mistaken. It's time to wake up and smell the coffee, if you can still find a Starbucks in business...
The very fact that Obama is now backing out of his campaign promise to bring the troops home within six months should make it pretty apparent that Iraq is a very complex situation that is far more complicated than leave them there or bring them home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjtfaLtLT7s
The Community Reinvestment Act enabled regulators to punish financial institutions which did not lend in low income minority applicants. In other words, the government and Barny Frank required the creation of the so called sub-prime lending market by decree.
The failure of the so called free markets is a fantasy. Rather it was a failure of horrendously bad regulation advanced and supported by people like good ole Barney.
Fannie and Freddie also served as the governments arm in encouraging these bad lending practices and Frank was among those who insisted that despite these high risk loans these government backed institutions were fine. The direct quote was, "these two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis." Can anybody in there right mind think that in hindsight this was a fair assessment of the health of those institutions?
At the very least, he should have said his assessment of these institution missed the mark and realized what a significant role denying this problem played in the financial crisis (and Bush is the arrogant one who never could admit a mistake huh?).
Many of the funky derivatives of the credit market were created to deal with the systematic risk the government created in the first place. Obviously, these instruments failed in hedging against the risk that was created, but it was the regulators who imposed that risk in the first place and sent the "free" markets down a rabbit hole.
Here are a couple of articles you might find interesting and I only wish the Harvard Law student had at his fingertips:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/09/28/franks_fingerprints_are_all_over_the_financial_fiasco/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122091796187012529.html?mod=most_emailed_day