tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post4601711093785671552..comments2023-12-17T20:37:39.572-08:00Comments on Wayne's Dirty Lab: Col. Hoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-22449237260188405882008-09-26T20:36:00.000-07:002008-09-26T20:36:00.000-07:00Steve,Hee hee! There's so much that can be said! I...Steve,<BR/><BR/>Hee hee! There's so much that can be said! I have to resist.....I have to....Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-21070154154289033222008-09-26T20:09:00.000-07:002008-09-26T20:09:00.000-07:00Aurora,Heck, our ancestors had 'em whipped, once. ...Aurora,<BR/><BR/>Heck, our ancestors had 'em whipped, once. Then, over time, bit by bit, their descendants gave our freedom away. It's up to us, or perhaps our kids (that's why I say "keep 'em out of the children's prisons," so they learn <I>our</I> values, not those of the socialists.Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-62432689280113676982008-09-26T15:22:00.000-07:002008-09-26T15:22:00.000-07:00Col., excellent post. I couldn't agree more with ...Col., excellent post. I couldn't agree more with everything you say here.<BR/><BR/><I>Senseless regulations must be lifted and individuals must take responsibility for their actions. There must be no involvement of government in banking, entrepreneurship and commerce.</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly right. Government has almost become a behemoth or an iron-jaw monster which at times appears to be activelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-3358511605688029942008-09-26T13:44:00.000-07:002008-09-26T13:44:00.000-07:00I'm thinkin' Barney Frank (D) umbass NY doesn't ne...I'm thinkin' Barney Frank (D) umbass NY doesn't need to see that shotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-84145974368748389952008-09-25T11:57:00.000-07:002008-09-25T11:57:00.000-07:00Col.,Ok. "He has to know better than this--they al...Col.,<BR/><BR/>Ok. <BR/><BR/>"He has to know better than this--they all have to. What else do they have to do with their time?"<BR/><BR/>I truly think that is part of the problem. Trying to "do something" when their job is really to do nothing. People have a hard time with that. <BR/><BR/>There's about as much evidence that McC is the manchurian candidate as there is for B.O. being part of a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-6500357012810322272008-09-25T11:49:00.000-07:002008-09-25T11:49:00.000-07:00Kent, Not really sarcasm, but I'm just pointing ou...Kent,<BR/> <BR/>Not really sarcasm, but I'm just pointing out, in an unnecessarily oblique way that McCain might be right at times (even Maxine Watters is probably right sometimes, though I've never seen it) you can never tell with him. You never know what he'll do next. Destroy the First Amendment or join a group determined that no rational judges get seated.<BR/><BR/>I'm still not sure he isn'tCol. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-20554352280525378702008-09-24T05:59:00.000-07:002008-09-24T05:59:00.000-07:00Col.,"Now if McCain would only analyze the situati...Col.,<BR/><BR/>"Now if McCain would only analyze the situation correctly, he wouldn't be calling for even more regulation. Oh, wait! You said that, already."<BR/><BR/>Not picking up the intent here.. the Oh wait! could have a sarcastic edge to it, but perhaps not. If you're suggesting that McCain called for regulation in the article I posted you're exactly right - regulating of a failing _Gov't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-91623899851515344442008-09-23T23:00:00.000-07:002008-09-23T23:00:00.000-07:00Col.,"..no one in Washington actually wants to hol...Col.,<BR/><BR/>"..no one in Washington actually wants to hold anyone responsible.." <BR/><BR/>And history tells us it wasn't always like that. The two stories that always impressed me was when the idea of helping out the 'widows and orphans' of the Reveloutionary War arose and Madison says (paraphrasing) that while he had the same sympathies of those who proposed the measure and that many of themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-70962531578546469782008-09-23T21:37:00.000-07:002008-09-23T21:37:00.000-07:00Kent,That, and the fact that no one in Washington ...Kent,<BR/><BR/>That, and the fact that no one in Washington actually wants to hold anyone responsible for anything.<BR/><BR/>That is, except for the productive class.Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-16927629118184286362008-09-23T19:16:00.000-07:002008-09-23T19:16:00.000-07:00Col.,"I don't think it'd be too difficult to get a...Col.,<BR/><BR/>"I don't think it'd be too difficult to get a list of the names..."<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see that happen. But that's a bit too much confrontation for Washington. They're better at grabbing people for tapping their feet in bathrooms, but not for those who created the laws that allowed the wholesale destruction of an industry. "They _meant_ well", you know ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-32332984245580937312008-09-23T18:37:00.000-07:002008-09-23T18:37:00.000-07:00Mk,In fact, there is no authorization for any of t...Mk,<BR/><BR/>In fact, there is no authorization for any of this in our Constitution. It does give the federal government authority to coin money and regulate the value thereof. That, among a few other unwarranted tasks given as a monopoly to government, should be changed by Constitutional Amendment. Our federal government has proved itself over and over as being utterly inept at handling the Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-42804368884552386272008-09-23T18:23:00.000-07:002008-09-23T18:23:00.000-07:00Kent,Now if McCain would only analyze the situatio...Kent,<BR/><BR/>Now if McCain would only analyze the situation correctly, he wouldn't be calling for even more regulation. Oh, wait! You said that, already.<BR/><BR/>BTW, from your first comment: I'm not in favor of blanket punishments. I don't think it'd be too difficult to get a list of the names of who did things they shouldn't have done, failed to do things that it was their job to do, and Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-51814357724771811332008-09-23T18:10:00.000-07:002008-09-23T18:10:00.000-07:00TWC,There is a lot of bull coming out of the New Y...TWC,<BR/><BR/>There <I>is</I> a lot of bull coming out of the New York/Washington DC political/financial community.<BR/><BR/>Even though all those slimeballs are rich, they expect us to foot the bill for their blunders.Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-41904826018503346732008-09-23T04:12:00.000-07:002008-09-23T04:12:00.000-07:00"There must be no involvement of government in ban..."There must be no involvement of government in banking, entrepreneurship and commerce."<BR/><BR/>I agree, when the government bails out this lot, why won't they bail out other companies as well. They shouldn't be bailing anyone out who is in private business.<BR/><BR/>But unfortunately CH, enough people out there think the government ought to step in and use other people's money to save them.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-14024649981243463672008-09-22T22:24:00.000-07:002008-09-22T22:24:00.000-07:00col.,"Nobody was paying attention."Some ...col.,<BR/>"Nobody was paying attention."<BR/><BR/>Some were. E.g.:<BR/><BR/>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20060525-16&bill=s109-190<BR/><BR/>Democrats filibustered the bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-67064566793181177272008-09-22T21:37:00.000-07:002008-09-22T21:37:00.000-07:00Love the picture. 'Bout sums it up.Love the picture. 'Bout sums it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-79147923976468041462008-09-22T21:23:00.000-07:002008-09-22T21:23:00.000-07:00Kent,Oh, so it's Robert now, eh? I guess that come...Kent,<BR/><BR/>Oh, so it's Robert now, eh? I guess that comes with the graying of the beard. That's ok though. I also know a couple of Dicks who prefer to be called Richard.<BR/><BR/>I see how complex this can get. I heard today that the feds had a watchdog agancy that was supposed to rein in Freddie and Fanny if things started to get out of hand. And that agency had another agency watching it! Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-3604364480662234102008-09-21T21:35:00.000-07:002008-09-21T21:35:00.000-07:00Col.,I esp. liked the updates that include testimo...Col.,<BR/><BR/>I esp. liked the updates that include testimony and speeches that reflect the opinions at the time they were considering reforming fannie and freddie and McCain comes off rather well (at that time). Robert (as he now prefers) did some legwork there and it paid off. I just opted out of the secondary discussion on 'comments' where someone wanted to redefine 'capitalism' to suit his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-6644154340986096922008-09-21T20:28:00.000-07:002008-09-21T20:28:00.000-07:00TF,As mentioned above, Bob Bidinotto has a very go...TF,<BR/><BR/>As mentioned above, Bob Bidinotto has a very good analysis of the stuff I brought up, though he names names. Definitely worth a read.<BR/><BR/>http://bidinotto.journalspace.com/Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-12487804857595479522008-09-21T20:25:00.000-07:002008-09-21T20:25:00.000-07:00Kent,I just read Bidinotto's comments. He, as a fu...Kent,<BR/><BR/>I just read Bidinotto's comments. He, as a fully qualified journalist, has and used a lot more facts than I, especially as to the names of some of the major thievin' bustards.<BR/><BR/>I'm always impressed by his work.Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-80086315074333359052008-09-21T15:19:00.000-07:002008-09-21T15:19:00.000-07:00I like the idea of a confiscatory policy aimed at ...I like the idea of a confiscatory policy aimed at those who stole/reaped the rewards rather than kicking the average Joe.T. F. Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998813855197833260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110093.post-58175112752257319112008-09-21T13:04:00.000-07:002008-09-21T13:04:00.000-07:00LOL on the 'title' along with the picture. On a qu...LOL on the 'title' along with the picture. On a quick scan I agree with every word. I left a comment on TWC's place and in the top article at Bidinotto's who also has a good take on the 'crisis'.<BR/><BR/>I like your idea of confiscation of all assets of all the 'shwog' politicians - even though they may have been fighting for reform all along the way. Although I don't believe in 'blanket' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com