Comments on: I’m Sure This Is Not In Any Way Relevant To Recent Events http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shirley http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html/comment-page-1#comment-13854 Shirley Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:28:38 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html#comment-13854 <p>This is a great find...thanks.</p> This is a great find…thanks.

]]> By: Ralph Short http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html/comment-page-1#comment-13853 Ralph Short Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:27:53 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html#comment-13853 <p>Great article which tells the truth about what has happened and why. So, once again, the taxpayers have to pick up the pieces because of government handouts by the "usual suspects" from the left.</p> <p>Also, the Carpe diem site is very informative.</p> Great article which tells the truth about what has happened and why. So, once again, the taxpayers have to pick up the pieces because of government handouts by the “usual suspects” from the left.

Also, the Carpe diem site is very informative.

]]> By: Doug http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html/comment-page-1#comment-13852 Doug Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:17:57 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html#comment-13852 <p>If this isn't a smoking gun, I don't know what is. I particularly like this paragraph:</p> <p>Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, does not lend money directly to consumers. Instead, it purchases loans that banks make on what is called the secondary market. By expanding the type of loans that it will buy, Fannie Mae is hoping to spur banks to make more loans to people with less-than-stellar credit ratings.</p> <p>"By expanding te type of loan it will buy...." I.e., by lowering standards! What more evidence does anyone need?</p> If this isn’t a smoking gun, I don’t know what is. I particularly like this paragraph:

Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, does not lend money directly to consumers. Instead, it purchases loans that banks make on what is called the secondary market. By expanding the type of loans that it will buy, Fannie Mae is hoping to spur banks to make more loans to people with less-than-stellar credit ratings.

“By expanding te type of loan it will buy….” I.e., by lowering standards! What more evidence does anyone need?

]]> By: ErikTheRed http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html/comment-page-1#comment-13851 ErikTheRed Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:58:32 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html#comment-13851 <p>Thanks for the story! I'd recalled this and have been using it as one of the underlying reasons when explaining this stuff to people, but I didn't have a supporting article. Awesome find!</p> Thanks for the story! I’d recalled this and have been using it as one of the underlying reasons when explaining this stuff to people, but I didn’t have a supporting article. Awesome find!

]]> By: dearieme http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html/comment-page-1#comment-13850 dearieme Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:25:53 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/09/im-sure-this-is.html#comment-13850 <p>"pressure from the Clinton Administration": the usual suspects. To really get in the soup, you need two dud Presidents in a row, each serving two terms.</p> “pressure from the Clinton Administration”: the usual suspects. To really get in the soup, you need two dud Presidents in a row, each serving two terms.

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