On the Acorn thing

[AllentownJake]

The only thing I will say is that is what the ACORN employees did is no worse than the mortgage brokers 3 years ago were doing when they were giving out ARMs to anyone with a pulse.

[spanone]

1. acorn orders independent probe

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32880434/ns/politics-more_politics/

[BlooInBloo]

2. Ah yes. When they were giving ARMs to black folks who qualified for much better loans. I remember.

[AllentownJake]

3. that isn't what I'm talking about

I'm talking about when they were giving ARMs to real estate speculators for no money down

[Hello_Kitty]

4. You are comparing mortgage fraud to child rape? Seriously? eom

[AllentownJake]

5. I'm pretty sure someone could have walked into a mortgate broker

in 2006 with the same story and walked out with a house.

[JVS]

7. "Hi I need a house to serve as a child brothel" "Sounds like a sound business plan to me!"

[AllentownJake]

8. Hi

I have no money, no credit, and no collateral, can I have a house?

Sure just sign this ARM.

[Hello_Kitty]

11. That wasn't the comparison in the OP

And if someone did do that they should get reamed for it.

[Hannah Bell]

13. no child rape took place, kitty. otoh, mortgage rape *did*.

[Hello_Kitty]

17. Then the analogy is completely inapt. eom

[Hannah Bell]

18. something that happened v. something that didn't?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. The bad mortgage brokers actually hurt people.

So they're much worse.

[JVS]

6. zOMG! Let's withdraw all federal monies from the banks

[AllentownJake]

10. :-)

Now you are on my page.

I know you were being sarcastic

[TxRider]

9. Of course ACORN was one of those brokers...

[Hannah Bell]

14. link?

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[me4change]

16. A Real Hate Crime

I have to put this here because I can't start a thread yet.

FBI: Beating at Cracker Barrel may be hate crime

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/16/cracker.barrel.beating/index.html

This is a bad story.
Take a look at the picture of the slime ball.
If that is his booking picture it shows savage hostility.
You are looking at a white savage, and a real racist.

I hope that they throw the book at this piece of *expletive deleted*.