What Will It Take for Us to Get Back to Being a Decent Society?
POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Saturday, April 25, 2026 00:05
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Quote:In truth, the reality is NOWHERE in the middle. BYTE, fraudulent loans were NOT a legislated standard. I know that you and KIKI have discussed that at length, but that is a right-wing trope with no basis in fact. And every time you repeat it, you put yourself in rappy-land.
In truth, the reality is somewhere in the middle
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But there were so many outright fraudulent loans being written by banks and places like Countrywide, that ALL 50 STATES ATTORNEY GENERALS got together to prosecute these loans writers. Dumbya, not wanting the music to stop, then had the OCC pronounce in 2003 that all such investigations/ potential prosecutions were unconstitutional. And all investigation that had been in the works stopped.
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BYTE, fraudulent loans were NOT a legislated standard.
Which wasn't what I meant, which the conversation with 1kiki elaborated on.
Oh gee, illegal fraudulent versions of a legal type of loan that does have legislative standards might not MEET those legislative standards, what a shocker.
You're quick on the attack today. Christmas cheer? Sugar rush?
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
You're quick on the attack today. Christmas cheer? Sugar rush?
And you are indeed being somewhat Rappy-like with this. Why don't you go all-out Rapster and tell her she needs to get laid?
(Hoping you know me well enough to take this with a big lot of tongue-in-cheek...)
I didn't know that about Spitzer and how the Bush administration actively protected the banks before the crash. They did all they could to bring in Too Big to Fail. I'm not surprised, really. Just a little bit more horrified about so many things that are already completely horrifying.
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I don't take anything tongue in cheek and you knew that when you said it.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
RAPPY- is ... what we would think of as phenomenally well-off: HIS taxes went up when the Bush tax cuts expired because he's raking in $400,000+ per year. No wonder he feels so entitled!
So little rappy has never had to work - or face poverty, maybe even hunger and homelessness. And given his concretized perspective, he has about as much chance of understanding us normal people as an ant does of understanding Einstein. That makes sense.
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
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I don't take anything tongue in cheek and you knew that when you said it.
F U and the reindeer you rode in on. I know very well you have a sense of humor, whether you choose to use it or not.
Merry Xmas to you too.
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It's possible sometimes a person might be offended if you say something even if you tell them not to be offended.
Suggesting I tell Sig THAT was just that kind of offensive.
Happy New Year.
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
It's possible sometimes a person might be offended if you say something even if you tell them not to be offended.
Suggesting I tell Sig to get laid was over the line.
Happy New Year.
Yep, you lost your funny bone. You do so love to take offense, don't you?
Weren't you around when Rap told Magons to get laid and he got reamed for it? If so, you'll know that I was making fun of Rap, not you. If not, well, have fun taking things too seriously as you so often do. Maybe next time you should try a different tactic, as I always encourage you to do.
Happy Boxing Day.
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Weren't you around when Rap told Magons to get laid and he got reamed for it?
AND I GOT SUPER PISSED OFF TOO.
That isn't good JOKE material!
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Hey BYTE, look on the bright side of things... rappy is too afraid to dip his little toe in this thread, either because we can all figure out that rappy is a $400,000+ individual, or because he simply refuses to answer this question
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Well, since you suggested that we should be like the old west (as you saw it), where people lived and died by their own efforts and luck... not much money, no insured banks, little law, no roads. and no industry ... I thought you were making a broad-brush "get rid of government" proposal. If not, in what areas do you think a government SHOULD interfere? And why? (Gets in car to run errands and some popcorn, will be back later.)
RAPPY... we've all figured out your AGI by now. There's no point in hiding. So come on out, and answer the question.
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