tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post1928572081715400037..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Why stupid people should not be allowed to blog.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-14752128608782193482009-02-21T21:03:00.000-05:002009-02-21T21:03:00.000-05:00So, you people really are as ignorant as I think y...So, you people really are as ignorant as I think you are. I provided you with plenty of facts, and you all claim that I'm just a racist who believes right wing nonsense. That's just sad.<BR/><BR/>"I already have my opinion, don't confuse me with the facts."<BR/><BR/>Fits the description of the left wing perfectly.Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308612168048934518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-31306905967298746972009-02-21T13:46:00.000-05:002009-02-21T13:46:00.000-05:00Who's debating? I'm sharing.Who's debating? I'm sharing.Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-62370228893254379442009-02-21T13:22:00.000-05:002009-02-21T13:22:00.000-05:00Patience, kids ... Justin's going to get his. Act...Patience, kids ... Justin's going to get his. Actually, let me rephrase that -- Justin will probably learn absolutely nothing when I drop the hammer on him, but the rest of you might find it amusing to have it demonstrated, once and for all, the utter futility of debating with truly stupid people.<BR/><BR/>Again, stay tuned ...CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-84111692335350036462009-02-21T13:04:00.000-05:002009-02-21T13:04:00.000-05:00Here's a little something for Justin, it's a visua...Here's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zEXdDO5JU" REL="nofollow">a little something</A> for Justin, it's a visualization which <I>should</I> makes it easier for him to understand. (h/t <A HREF="http://unrepentantoldhippie.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/the-credit-crunch-visualized/" REL="nofollow">JJ</A>)<BR/><BR/>Oh, and here's <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhDkZjKBEw" REL="nofollow">a second little something</A> for Justin.Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-32078823200410545232009-02-21T12:27:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:27:00.000-05:00Agreed, Ti-guy.It must make life so much simpler a...Agreed, Ti-guy.<BR/><BR/>It must make life so much simpler and pleasant when you can roll this mess into poor people and liberals. :)burpsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09119345096613865981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-34115938365170198612009-02-21T12:22:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:22:00.000-05:00"and the buying of selling CDO's."and the rating a...<I>"and the buying of selling CDO's."</I><BR/><BR/>and the rating and artificial inflating of those cdo's. the system got gamed like never before, and it wasn't by po' folk.<BR/><BR/>KEvronKEvronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732621823124759996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-23499329797533970982009-02-21T12:04:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:04:00.000-05:00it's corruption and greed from top to bottom.The b...<I>it's corruption and greed from top to bottom.</I><BR/><BR/>The biggest sinners in all of this are all the people who admit now that they didn't understand what they were doing...what they were borrowing, buying, selling or rating. That's more forgivable when it comes to the average slob, but when it comes to these highly-educated, well-remunerated so-called experts, well...that's when I think we should examine the option of re-education camps.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-40206458820845007342009-02-21T11:34:00.000-05:002009-02-21T11:34:00.000-05:00I've seen this FM&FM shit floated out on q...I've seen this FM&FM shit floated out on quite a few right and far right, minority hating sites. Blaming FM&FM fits nicely with this types world view. <BR/><BR/>After reading til my eyes bleed on what happened, it's corruption and greed from top to bottom.burpsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09119345096613865981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-7351717507195839532009-02-21T11:31:00.000-05:002009-02-21T11:31:00.000-05:00Justin is being stupidly simplistic in his analysi...Justin is being stupidly simplistic in his analysis, he is looking at one very small piece of the problem, the people who bought homes and claims that they only got their loan FM and other back gov banks.<BR/><BR/>It is true that this is part of the problem, but it was only 10% of the problem, the rest of the problem was created by Wall Street, Hedge Funds and the buying of selling CDO's. These factors, because of the lack of oversite and regulation allow a giant and legal ponzi scheme.<BR/><BR/>The failure the banks and financial markets occured because of the what they did with risky mortgages (sub prime)Zorpheoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09618889126077232837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-82007053725675521332009-02-21T11:07:00.000-05:002009-02-21T11:07:00.000-05:00I don't know. When it comes to the financial melt...I don't know. When it comes to the financial meltdown, I think there are worthier targets than this low-hanging fruit. Li'l Justin's just repeating the nonsense those higher up the right wing food-chain are spewing.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-70950796963736337442009-02-21T10:28:00.000-05:002009-02-21T10:28:00.000-05:00Dear readers:I'm just hanging out in Ottawa airpor...Dear readers:<BR/><BR/>I'm just hanging out in Ottawa airport, waiting for my flight to board but, rest assured, I'm going to give poor Justin the thorough disemboweling he so richly deserves upon my return home.<BR/><BR/>Stay tuned ...CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-22981071175283821002009-02-21T10:16:00.000-05:002009-02-21T10:16:00.000-05:00I stopped reading CC's post here:"These two enterp...I stopped reading CC's post here:<BR/><BR/>"These two enterprises gave out thousands of mortgages to poor people who couldn't pay back their loans."<BR/><BR/>That's not even how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Mae" REL="nofollow">work.</A><BR/><BR/>"The corporation's purpose is to purchase and securitize mortgages in order to ensure that funds are consistently available to the institutions that lend money to home buyers."<BR/><BR/>Justin, you little moron. Get off the computer and go read book.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-19676193452831680812009-02-21T09:29:00.000-05:002009-02-21T09:29:00.000-05:00To be fair, I don't think Justin is trying to be...To be fair, I don't think Justin is <I> trying </I> to be dishonest. For him and his buddies blaming things on teh negroz is easy to understand and entirely consistent with their ideology. While it's possible for a slightly intelligent person to learn about what happened <I> after </I> the loans were made and why that has caused such a problem, it is completely and horribly beyond the capabilities of Justin's stunted brain to figure out, so instead he'll just ignore reality. It's okay Justin... it's okay. <BR/><BR/>WV "Spopord" if there was a word for Justin's level of stupidity, that would be it.CanuckRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105956206764325265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-61365274307905867692009-02-21T08:53:00.000-05:002009-02-21T08:53:00.000-05:00Justin is such the kidder, he amusingly added this...Justin is such the kidder, he amusingly added this to his comments " All comments become my property." -- ah the fun I could have...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-17669640648081462322009-02-21T08:39:00.000-05:002009-02-21T08:39:00.000-05:00Justin says he is in "Debris Removal" -- garbage m...Justin says he is in "Debris Removal" -- garbage man?<BR/>Anyway, the following article at Newsweek explains that it was not the poor people.<BR/>http://www.newsweek.com/id/162789Southern Quebechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275618707597791415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-91495746607678718432009-02-21T08:11:00.000-05:002009-02-21T08:11:00.000-05:00You should change your subtitle. It should read:"R...You should change your subtitle. It should read:<BR/><BR/>"Random thoughts from an unarmed (and fantasy-based) Canadian. These views are not necessarily the same views held by Canadians in general. That is definitely a good thing."Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308612168048934518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-67044918813296269552009-02-21T08:05:00.000-05:002009-02-21T08:05:00.000-05:00So, you ignore facts in order to live in your worl...So, you ignore facts in order to live in your world view. If you had actually read it, you would have noted that my number came from an actual source, unlike your conjecture.Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308612168048934518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-86147152003123384392009-02-21T07:54:00.000-05:002009-02-21T07:54:00.000-05:00Dear Justin:I started reading and when I ran acros...Dear Justin:<BR/><BR/>I started reading and when I ran across you upgrading your number of failed sub-prime mortgages from "thousands" to 1.3 million and realized you really were that sloppy and careless in your research, that's pretty much where I stopped reading.<BR/><BR/>Have fun in your fantasy world where you can blame poor people and their mortgages for the current worldwide economic crisis. I'm sure that, on your planet, that makes perfect sense.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-84369914756968561702009-02-21T07:33:00.000-05:002009-02-21T07:33:00.000-05:00Well, you and your readership have lessons to lear...Well, you and your readership have lessons to learn. Here's the response, complete with a refutation of everything you have said <A HREF="http://ragingtory.blogspot.com/2009/02/someone-needs-to-learn-to-take-their.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Some Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308612168048934518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-15879561939069783162009-02-21T07:30:00.000-05:002009-02-21T07:30:00.000-05:00aren't the folding home mortgages just a shining b...aren't the folding home mortgages just a shining beacon of george bush's ownership society?Lindsay Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461043718147845594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-3128813697941087012009-02-21T07:25:00.000-05:002009-02-21T07:25:00.000-05:00His profile says he's young, fit and angry. Tsk! H...His profile says he's young, fit and angry. Tsk! He forgot stupid.<BR/>Here's another very good overview from Billmon at Dailykos complete with tasty Catch-22 references which would fly waaaaaaaaay over Justin's empty head.<BR/><A>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/2/19/05524/5446/499/699191</A>chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203633769014796067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-61740241679336688002009-02-21T07:02:00.000-05:002009-02-21T07:02:00.000-05:00From Rush's lips to Justin's ears -- I believe tha...From Rush's lips to Justin's ears -- I believe that's how it works.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-43937552170498140992009-02-21T05:30:00.000-05:002009-02-21T05:30:00.000-05:00I was listening to Rush yesterday (I know, I know)...I was listening to Rush yesterday (I know, I know), and by what I'm sure is sheer coincidence, he said the exact same thing as that first paragraph you quoted.<BR/><BR/>At the time I thought: Oh come now, ElRushbo, nobody would believe that hypersimplified tripe.<BR/><BR/>D'oh!JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458917081261136618noreply@blogger.com