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Yes, but while the Democrats, however imperfectly, are working to mitigate the damage of these flames -- and prevent further flare-ups -- the Republicans continue to blame the man whose presidency inherited the conflagration -- which was brought on by the GOP president who deftly and nimbly took a budget surplus and squandered it on two wars whose effect on the economy was made worse by his inane, and insanely transparent, cater-to-the-rich tax cuts he employed at the same time. <br><br>Your metaphor should be more like the arsonist and his buddies warning people of a fire and then blaming the flames on the first firefighter to show up . . . <br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>To: lfalen@turbonet.com; thansen@moscow.com<br>From: jborden@datawedge.com<br>Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:43:46 -0800<br>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Fw: surprise, surprise<br><br><pre>Warning people of a fire hazard doesn't mean you stand idly by when it goes up in flames.<br> <br>Jay<br> <br>Sent from my Android phone... so ignore the typpos... <br> <br> <br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Tom Hansen [thansen@moscow.com]<br>Received: Friday, 13 Jan 2012, 11:39am<br>To: lfalen [lfalen@turbonet.com]<br>CC: {vision2020@moscow.com} [vision2020@moscow.com]<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: Fw: surprise, surprise<br> <br> <br>Roger Falen informs us:<br> <br>"He [Bush] did however along with John McCain call attention to the dangers of Fannie and Freddie."<br> <br>Pray tell, Mr. Falen, is that why Bush bailed out Fannie and Freddie in September '08?<br> <br>And how about McCain's sponsoring a budget reduction to Tri-Care (veterans' health insurance program)?<br> <br>Seeya later, Moscow.<br> <br>Tom Hansen<br>Spokane, Washington<br> <br>"If not us, who?<br>If not now, when?"<br> <br>- Unknown<br> <br>On Jan 13, 2012, at 11:15 AM, lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com> wrote:<br> <br>> Saundra<br>> I admit that I did not check this in Snopes or any other source. I probably should have. However your calling me blinded by partisanship is like the pot calling the kettle black. For the most part I think I have done a better job of criticising the Republicans than you have of the Democrats. regardless of whether Raines and Company were official advisors to Obama, he did consult with them on occasion(not that there is any thing wrong with that), and they did receive Golden Parachutes. Bush was just as bad in regards to Wall Street advisers(Paulson). He did however along with John McCain call attention to the dangers of Fannie and Freddie<br>> www.buchright.com<br>> www.americanelephant.worldpress.com<br>> <br>> Here is my recommendations for a nonpartisan cabinet for the successful republican winner<br>> <br>> Vice -President- Allen West or Marco Rubio<br>> State- Condi Rice<br>> Defense-Petraeus<br>> <br>> Treasury- Ron Paul<br>> Educatiion- Mechelle Rhee<br>> Labor- Linda Chavez or Thomas Sowell<br>> interior- Cecill Andrus<br>> Agriculture- Richard Pombo<br>> Commerce- Cain or Trump<br>> <br>> Admittedly heavy to Republicans<br>> <br>> Roger <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original message-----<br>> From: "Saundra Lund" v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm<br>> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:03:34 -0800<br>> <br>> To: "'lfalen'" lfalen@turbonet.com, vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Fw: Fw: surprise, surprise<br>> <br>>> Come on, Roger -- don't be so blinded by partisanship that you prove the adage that there's a sucker born every minute willing to peddle lies.<br>>> <br>>> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/fanniemae.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/fanniemae.asp</a><br>>> FALSE!!!<br>>> <br>>> Don't like Snopes? Then here's more:<br>>> <a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/wall_street.htm" target="_blank">http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/wall_street.htm</a><br>>> <br>>> It's as untrue now as it was back in 2008.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Saundra<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] On Behalf Of lfalen<br>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:30 AM<br>>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Fw: Fw: surprise, surprise<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Subject: Fw: surprise, surprise<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Surprise!!!!<br>>> <br>>> The three who brought down Wall Street.<br>>> <br>>> Here's a quick look into the three former Fannie Mae executives who brought down Wall Street.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae.<br>>> Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregularities in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. Raines left with a "golden parachute valued at $240 Million in benefits. The Government filed suit against Raines when the depth of the accounting scandal became clear.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Tim Howard - was the Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae. Howard "was a strong internal proponent of using accounting strategies that would ensure a "stable pattern of earnings" at Fannie. Investigations by federal regulators and the company's board of directors since concluded that management did manipulate 1998 earnings to trigger bonuses. Raines and Howard resigned under pressure in late 2004. Howard's Golden Parachute was estimated at $20 Million!<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> Jim Johnson - A former executive at Lehman Brothers and who was later forced from his position as Fannie Mae CEO. Investigators found that Fannie Mae had hidden a substantial amount of Johnson's 1998 compensation from the public, reporting that it was between $6 million and $7 million when it fact it was $21 million." Johnson is currently under investigation for taking illegal loans from Countrywide while serving as CEO of Fannie Mae.<br>>> Johnson's Golden Parachute was estimated at $28 Million.<br>>> *****************************************************************************************<br>>> <br>>> WHERE ARE THEY NOW?<br>>> <br>>> FRANKLIN RAINES?<br>>> Raines works for the Obama Campaign as his Chief Economic Advisor.<br>>> <br>>> TIM HOWARD?<br>>> Howard is a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama under Franklin Raines.<br>>> <br>>> JIM JOHNSON?<br>>> Johnson was hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee.<br>>> <br>>> Are we stupid or what? Vote in 2012..it is the most important election of our lives...<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> No virus found in this message.<br>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<br>>> Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4728 - Release Date: 01/07/12<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></pre><br>=======================================================
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