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OFF TOPIC: It's A Street Fight Now!: Keating Economics.com

Monday, October 6, 2008

Who is running Obama's campaign...Marvelous Marvin Hagler? This current move is worthy of the ring! Somebody might have to give McCain a standing eight count.

The gloves are off and the Obama Campaign has landed a penatrating body blow to the McCain Campaign by putting up a website that ties the current disatrous economic conditions to the scandal surrounding the savings and loan industry failure and the notorious "Keating Five." OUCH!


The current economic crisis demands that we understand John McCain's attitudes about economic oversight and corporate influence in federal regulation. Nothing illustrates the danger of his approach more clearly than his central role in the savings and loan scandal of the late '80s and early '90s.

John McCain was accused of improperly aiding his political patron, Charles Keating, chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association. The bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee launched investigations and formally reprimanded Senator McCain for his role in the scandal -- the first such Senator to receive a major party nomination for president.

At the heart of the scandal was Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which took advantage of deregulation in the 1980s to make risky investments with its depositors' money. McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators tasked with preventing banking fraud, and championed legislation to delay regulation of the savings and loan industry -- actions that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.

When the savings and loan industry collapsed, Keating's failed company put taxpayers on the hook for $3.4 billion and more than 20,000 Americans lost their savings. John McCain was reprimanded by the bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee, but the ultimate cost of the crisis to American taxpayers reached more than $120 billion.

The Keating scandal is eerily similar to today's credit crisis, where a lack of regulation and cozy relationships between the financial industry and Congress has allowed banks to make risky loans and profit by bending the rules. And in both cases, John McCain's judgment and values have placed him on the wrong side of history.

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Talk about reality bites!

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OFF TOPIC: Gwen Ifill On Palin: "She Blew Me Off"

Sunday, October 5, 2008

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I'm Back After Killing My Third Computer

Friday, October 3, 2008

Hello Everyone!

On Tuesday evening my excessive computing has put to death yet another computer...poor thing. However, the seven-year-old system had many upgrades and alterations and it was time to be put out of it's misery. A simple burial was given.

I did unfortunately lose some data, so I will be spending the day playing catch up so that I can begin posting again soon.

I hope that everyone's week has been purposeful, and that a great weekend is on tap.

Take Care!

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OFF TOPIC: The Same People You Cross On The Way Up, You Meet Again On The Way Down

Tuesday, September 30, 2008


The ABC News Polling Unit Reports The Following:

Bush's Disapproval Rating Highest in History

Just two presidents have had lower approval (Richard Nixon and Harry Truman) than President Bush, and none has had higher disapproval in polls since 1938.

McCain's problem: Fifty-three percent of registered voters think he'd lead the country in the same direction as Bush, inching back up over a majority.

Forty-eight percent of registered voters are uncomfortable about McCain's age, a new high. And while Obama has advanced since mid-June in the sense that he's a "safe" choice for president, to 55 percent, McCain has lost ground on this measure; 51 percent now see him as safe, down 6 points.

Obama continues to trounce McCain on enthusiasm. Sixty-one percent of Obama's supporters are very enthusiastic about their choice, vs. 38 percent of McCain's.

For all that, Obama does not have the race in the bag.

Though more registered voters say Obama than McCain won Friday's debate, Obama has not progressed in the sense that he'd make a good commander-in-chief of the military, and remains under 50 percent in this measure.

The number who say he's got the kind of experience it takes to serve effectively as president, while a majority for the first time, is only narrowly so, 52 percent.


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James And Thomas Blake Groomsmen At Mardy Fish Wedding

Black Tennis Pro's James and Thomas Blake at Mardy Fish WeddingJames Blake serving as groomsman.


Black Tennis Pro's James and Thomas Blake at Mardy Fish WeddingAmerican tennis player Mardy Fish married fiancée Stacey Gardner on Sunday, September 28, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills before 150 wedding guests.


Black Tennis Pro's James and Thomas Blake at Mardy Fish WeddingThomas Blake serving as groomsman


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Watch And Learn Groenefeld

Black Tennis Pro's Venus Williams vs. Anna-Lena GroenefeldAmerican Venus Williams returned to singles play at the 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after ten years, and what did she do? She gave German home girl Anna-Lena Groenefeld a tennis lesson. In just over an hour, Venus defeated Goenefeld 6-1, 6-2.
Black Tennis Pro's Venus Williams vs. Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Venus said, “She hit some great shots but my experience helped me.”

Next up for Venus is qualifier Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko, who upset Italian Flavia Pennetta 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.






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The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Opens

Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixLight display during 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix opening ceremony on Sunday afternoon.


Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixLight display during 2008 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix opening ceremony on Sunday afternoon.


Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixSerena Williams held her Jack Russell Terrier, Jackie, as she arrived at the airport in Stuttgart.


Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixSerena in Porsche Arena talking to media.


Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixVenus Williams got into Stuttgart with her Yorkshire Terrier, Harold.


Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixDinara Safina in Porsche Arena talking to media


Black Tennis Pro's Porsche Tennis Grand PrixLi Na with a fan.


Vera Zvonareva signing authographs.



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Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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My Other Bigger Stronger Love

Black Tennis Pro's Pittsburgh SteelersYes, I have another love. It is not the stylish precision game that tennis is, it is the hard-knocking-ass-kicking-clothes-lining sport of football...YEAH!!

After the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-20 OT win against the Baltimore Ravens tonight, I just had to post at least one of the photos from the game. YES, I am gloating.

One of these times I'll have to post pictures of me in my #36 Jerome Bettis jersey that I wear every time they play. I know... but like I said, die hard.


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