Category Archives: Housing Crisis

Radical Right Blames Dubya for Housing Crisis and Loss of Wealth by Minorities

Posted on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Now that the President has submitted his nomination for Director of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the agency that regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the right-wing has begun their anti-government propaganda to obstruct the nomination. From ThinkProgress.org: The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Financial Collapse, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Politics, Republican Propaganda Machine | Tagged republican propagand machine

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Up In Arms

Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“Their paranoid fear of a possible dystopic future prevents us from addressing our actual dystopic present. We can’t even begin to address 30,000 gun deaths that are actually in reality happening in this country every year because a few of … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Gun Control, Housing Crisis, Occupy WallStreet, Politics, Supreme Court | Tagged Alex Jones, democracy, gun control, gun nuts, history, institutions, waco texas

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Freedom of Speech vs. Wall Street’s Interests

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” –Henry David Thoreau You know that civil rights are in dire straits when Rage Against the Machine starts to seem eerily prescient. … Continue reading →

Posted in Banks and Finance, Capitalism, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Financial Bailouts, Government, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Occupy WallStreet, Police Brutality, Politics, Privatization, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wars | Tagged citizens united, corruption, crackdown, DHS, documents, FBI, First Amendment, free speech, freedom of assembly, Freedom of Information Act, greed, occupy wall street, plutocracy, police, police brutality, wall street

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” –John F. Kennedy On November 6th, 60 million Americans waited in line to yank the monkey wrench from Congress. We reappointed our Democratic general … Continue reading →

Posted in Auto Industry, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Democratic Leaders, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Employment, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, Liberals, Mitt Romney, Occupy WallStreet, Outsourcing, Politics, Poverty, Primaries, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republican Scandals, Ronald Reagan, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Constitution, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street | Tagged boycott, D Day, demand economics, economic justice, economy, Franklin Roosevelt, george w bush, Hayek, Hostess, income, income inequality, Keynes, labor, Obama, occupy wall street, romney, ronald reagan, scott walker, supply-side, tax cuts, taxes, The Fiscal Cliff, the fiscal cliffs of Normandy, trickle-down, union-busting, unions, voodoo economics, Walmart

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The GOP Needs to Move Further Right and Suppress the Vote Better: A Modest Proposal

Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2012 by Marc Belisle

It would appear that many of these “voters” gathered the wrong message from our pitch. As he poured my wine, Reginald observed that Romney, old boy, convinced the commoners he’d had such an illustrious career in the private sector that … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Blogs, Campaigns, Capitalism, Chris Christie, Corporate donors, Corporations, Debates, Debt and Budget, Democrats, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Election, Election Fraud, Electronic Voting, Employment, Ethics, Financial Collapse, Healthcare, Housing Crisis, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Lefty Sites, LGBT Issues, Liberals, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Politifact, Poverty, Primaries, Privatization, Progressives, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Republican Campaign Donors, Republican Leaders, Republican Propaganda Machine, Republicans, Same-Sex Marriage, Satire, superPACs, Supreme Court, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, Teachers, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Voter Registration, Voter Suppression, Wall Street, Women's Health, Women's Rights | Tagged 2012, Ben and Jerry, chris christie, citizens united, David and Charles Koch, donald trump, Dream Act, election, fox news, latinos, Lilly Ledbetter Act, mitt romney, Pell grants, Rupert Murdoch, Sheldon Adelson, Super PACs, tea party, Vote, vote suppression, women, young voters

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Vetting Paul Ryan, Part 2: A Voting Record With Something For Everyone to Hate

Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by Cindy Rose

As numerous people have reported, after thirteen years in Congress, Paul Ryan has only seen two of his bills become law, and one was to name a post office – heady stuff. You can learn a lot about Ryan however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Banks and Finance, Campaigns, Congress, Debt and Budget, Deregulation, Economic Policy, Election, Energy Policies, Environment, Government, Gun Control, Housing Crisis, LGBT Rights, Mortgage Crisis, Paul Ryan, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Privatization, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Same-Sex Marriage, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, The Economy, Women's Health, Women's Rights | Tagged Affordable Care Act, birth control, campaigns, congress, Contraception, economy, election, gay rights, gop, gun rights, healthcare, mitt romney, mortgage crisis, paul ryan, paul ryan v.p., reproductive rights, republicans, tax cuts, tea party, women's health, Women's Rights

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Cipher-Radical ’12

Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” –John Kenneth Galbraith Romney is known for his cringe-worthy Freudian slips. When he introduced Paul … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Greed, Corporations, Debt and Budget, Defense Spending, Ethics, Financial Bailouts, Financial Collapse, Foreign Policy, Healthcare, Housing Crisis, Income Inequality, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Politics, TARP, Tax Cuts, Taxes, Tea Party, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Voter Registration, Wall Street | Tagged Ayn Rand, budget, Choice, Cipher, Decision, mitt romney, paul ryan, Pick, Radical, Ryan Plan, safety net, tax cuts, taxes, the middle class, the poor, the rich, vice president

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If you’re going to blame anyone for the housing crisis, blame dubya

Posted on Monday, July 30, 2012 by Doug Marquardt

Over the past few years the radical right has asserted that it wasn’t Republican-owned and managed banks and Wall Street firms that caused the housing market collapse and financial crisis. The claim is that the blame goes to the low … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Housing Crisis, Politics | Tagged bill clinton, george w bush, housing crisis

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It’s Not That Romney Lacks Vision; He’s Not Even Looking

Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2012 by mlitman

The term “flip flopper” has been attributed to Mitt Romney since the beginning of his campaign. Here is a reminder of the many flips and flops of Mitt Romney. 1. Constitutional Amendment to Define Life 2. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell 3. Abortion 4. Health … Continue reading →

Posted in AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Corporate Greed, Economic Policy, Gun Control, Housing Crisis, Immigration, Labor Unions, LGBT Issues, LGBT Rights, Mitt Romney, Poverty, Reproductive Rights, Same-Sex Marriage | Tagged barack obama, corporate greed, economic policy, gay marriage, gun control, housing crisis, immigration, labor unions, lgbt issues, mitt romney, reproductive rights, the poor

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Let’s Cut to the Chase

Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“All money is a matter of belief.” —Adam Smith JP Morgan Chase has lost $2 billion. Woops. The largest bank in America lost this money with a bullish bet on an index of investment-grade corporate debt, later paired with a … Continue reading →