| Fighting recession
In 2003 15 year fixed cold be had for 5%. Why take an ARM for 4%? Every time I go to a bank for a home loan they tell me how much I can afford to borrow. I look at the payment and say no thanks - I only feel comfortable borrowing this much. Its that simple. And is it beyond us to save for a rainy day instead of having the govt try to bail us out (or more likely buy our vote this election year).Haven't seen the two parties move this quick and agree on something in years. If we end up in a recession because of the housing/foreclosure issues, then the blame should not go to politicians or banks. It should go to all of the people that took out loans beyond their means. What ever happened to Personal Responsibility .
Embattled BCC director resigns: Decision reached after marathon Trust ...
The Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority voted to accept the resignation of Interim Director Brady Deaton Wednesday night following a three-hour executive session.Deaton's resignation is effective immediately.Details of any settlement agreement reached between Deaton and the board were not disclosed.After his departure was announced, Bartlesville mayor and Trust Authority member Ron Nikkel addressed the approximately 80 citizens who anxiously awaited a decision."This has been a very difficult time for all of us even at the table, and with Brady and his family," said Nikkel.He said he wasn't sure "how we got to this point," but continued, "I have had a chance to know Brady, not for very long, but I have come to appreciate him." .
Official transcript of Mulroney appearance
Clear the cameras, please.
I call to order the 10th meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Our order of the day is to study the Mulroney Airbus settlement, pursuant to the following resolution adopted by the committee on November 22, 2007.
That, in order to examine whether there were violations of ethical and code of conduct standards by any office-holder, the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics review matters relating to the Mulroney Airbus settlement, including any and all new evidence, testimony and information not available at the time of settlement and including allegations relating to the Right Hon. Brian Mulroney made by Karlheinz Schreiber and, in particular, the handling of allegations by the present and past governments including the circulation of relevant correspondence in the Privy Council Office and Prime Ministers Office.
Taiwan says can't match $6 bln China aid to Malawi
The Malawi flap is Taiwan's worst diplomatic crisis since the island broke ties with long-time ally Costa Rica in June. On Friday, Malawian leaders suddenly told the Taiwan foreign minister to cancel a scheduled visit. A Malawian foreign ministry official said later that the country would give diplomatic recognition to China but retain economic links with Taiwan. The Malawi ambassador to Taiwan was unavailable for comment. But Taiwan had averted another potential showdown, Yeh said, as newly elected Marshall Islands President Litowka Tomeing has indicated he would stick by Taiwan rather than push for ties with China as suggested by media reports last year. "He has said multiple times that he would stick by Taiwan," Yeh said of the South Pacific nation's president-elect.
Corrupt Sharon son going to jail as father turns 80
Israeli media said that meant he would begin his seven-month term on February 27. The 43-year-old pleaded guilty and resigned from parliament in 2006 after the elder Sharon was forced from office by a massive stroke that plunged him into a coma. He appealed his sentence, saying the loss of his parliamentary seat was punishment enough. The scandal over the funding of the former general's campaign for leadership of the right-wing Likud party in 1999 cast a shadow over the latter part of Sharon's five-year premiership, as did a high-profile investigation, later dropped, into his other son's dealings with a property developer. Omri Sharon and his younger brother Gilad were granted an audience with George W. Bush during the U.S. president's visit to Jerusalem earlier this month, a meeting aides described as a mark of respect to their ailing father, long a Bush ally.
The Curse of Zog?
Won't Get Fooled Again? Zogby's poll right before the New Hampshire primary showed Obama with a 13 point lead. ... Zogby's poll for Saturday's South Carolina primary shows Obama with a 13 point lead. And falling. I'm just sayin' ... P.S.: Remember, a "Bradley effect" is possible among black voters as well as white voters. ... Update--Would you lie to a robot? I would! Mark Blumenthal analyzes the diverging (but not all that much) S.C. polls, including the Clemson poll with its huge (36%) undecided result. He's skeptical of a Bradley Effect, noting that if voters lie to polltakers when they say they're going to vote for the black candidate, you 'd expect them to tell the truth to automated polls: If the Bradley/Wilder effect is operating, we would expect to see it on surveys that use live interviewers, but in this case, the lack of an interviewer seems to work in Obama's favor.
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