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Royal Caribbean wants you to pay a $15 surcharge for red meat {WalletPop}
Oct 7th 2008 1:59PM Would the writer of this article been upset if they had just charged everyone an additional $14.95 in the cost of the cruise and said now you can have steak? Perhaps he would have been happier if everyone who doesn't eat steak was subsidizing the cost of his steak.
His complaint is really silly. As the costs of goods goes up (such as fuel!!) yet the price the cruise lines are able to charge does not expect to be charged for extras that not everyone wants. Anyway, since when was everything included in the cost of the cruise?
Owner of Low-Cost Carrier Jailed for Fraud {Gadling}
Oct 7th 2008 1:44PM This crisis was not caused by Bush or even directly by Wall Street. It was caused by the lending policies of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Democrats in congress as well as Clinton who pushed them to lower their lending standards so that more lower income people could afford houses. These toxic mortgages were then repackaged and sold as securities to firms on Wall Street who thought that because they were coming from a government backed entity they were legit. When the mortgages behind these securities started to default the investment banks started to fail with them. Bush warned in both 2003 and 2004 that these institutions were too big and needed greater oversight because if they failed they would have too much of an impact on our economy. Democrats in congress including Barney Frank rebuffed Bush and said these institutions were sound and Bush was just using scare tactics. McCain also promoted new regulations in 2005 for these institutions but it was Democrats in the banking committee who unanimously rejected them, because these mortgages were for minorities and they didn't want to appear racist.
I suggest you go read the New York Times article dated September 30, 1999 titled "Fanie Mae Eases Credit to Aid Mortgage Lending".
Of the top twenty recipients of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac lobbyist funds all are Democrats. Number one is Chris Dodd and number two is Barack Obama.
Obama also has two former executives of Fannie Mae as top advisors, Franklin Raines and James Johnson. Obama sued Citibank in 1994 Under the CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) to force it to make bad loans. So he can blame Bush all he wants, he knows where the real fault lies.
Hot Seat: Should Huckabee Withdraw? {Politics Daily}
Feb 11th 2008 3:56PM I see a lot of those yes votes are coming from Utah and Massachusetts. Are Romney supporters really that resentful?
BTW, did you notice that Romney got 89% of the vote in Utah. Who gets 89% of the vote? It's like these people were told who to vote for and they all obeyed.
Terminator to Sue Decider {Politics Daily}
Dec 27th 2007 12:48PM BillSalem,
"If Detroit had been doing its' job, keeping up with technology, as the computer industry has done, you would now be buying a new car for twenty-five dollars and get five hundred miles on a single gallon of gasoline."
Yes, but it would only hold two mice.
