In September 1999 (see NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/30/business/fannie-mae-eases-credit-to-aid-mortgage-lending.html?pagewanted=1) the actions of Bill Clinton and Barney Frank to create sub-prime loans is discussed. The article shows how they lowered the home mortgage qualification requirements of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to allow people who previously could not qualify for home loans to buy houses. These are the sub-prime loans that sank the entire financial market world wide. The NY Times article warns that a melt down of the financial market could happen as a result of the actions of Clinton and Frank and it did happen. And continues to this day.

The actions of Clinton and Frank hurt their constituents and this truth should be told.

Re: Editorial Exegesis

"Stark is right: Washington has the power to do whatever it wants. But it doesn't have the moral authority, either in constitutional law or in the realm of human decency. When it crosses into the dark region where it does most anything it wishes, it's become a tyrant"

Because of people like Stark, Obama, and Pelosi, et al. (Communists, Idiots or both) the federal government is ignorant as to how close this country is to revolution.

So, so much chatter out there with discontent, mistrust, and fear about the overbearing, unconstitutional, and oppressive fed. I believe the straw that broke the camel’s back was government mandated health insurance and fines for people who do not buy in. People, who I never thought I would hear such anti-government messages come out of, are sounding off louder and stronger. Many people and business owners alike that I know are buying guns, stocking up on ammunition, survival gear, and the like.

More and more, even everyday passing people I meet are calling Obama and Pelosi Communists. And none and I mean none, like the word communist. And neither do I!

They real do not know how close that fuse is to the powder-keg.

BHO says, "[W]hat we can't do is allow a patchwork of 50 different states, or cities or localities...to see if [they] can solve the problem [themselves]."

Well, if the Federal government would just do their job and enforce the ONE law on the books, then the 50 different states wouldn't need to create their own versions of that law to get the job done.

Pete Stark is proof positive that people in California haven't got the brains to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the bottom.

Can't wait for 2012, and to nullify everything this embarrassment to the oval office has done. He and his little czars have GOT TO GO!! Wake up America, do we RELLY want to be a socialist country? I don't. I'm an AMERICAN not a communist. obarney fife was the best we have to offer as a country......PLEASE!!! my 9 year old granddaughter could do a better job than this branch manager.

David Limbaugh's paragraph sums it up, clearly and concisely...for some of us, that is.

"1965, lot of good things came out that year, like Medicare. This year, like always, we'll have our guaranteed benefits. And with the new health care law, more good things are coming ... free check-ups, lower prescription costs and better ways to protect us and Medicare from fraud."

Andy Griffith has obviously been sipping a bit too much of that moonshine he and Deputy Fife confiscated back in Mayberry R.F.D.! There ain't nothing "free" in this world. Someone's gotta pay for it! And as for protecting us and Medicare from fraud...how are some of the most fraudulent crooks in the world supposed to protect us from fraud?

"When some black Obama voters exclaim that they wish to have a dialogue with whites, it means they want an open opportunity to accuse their fellow Americans of being prejudiced." --columnist Marie Jon

She's onto something. More accurately, it means that those specific black Americans who want to open the dialog want to explain their feelings about particular issues to white Americans because they are convinced that we don't understand. Make no mistake, the "dialog" would be uni-directional.

In reality, there is a gap in understanding, and mostly on the part of those specific black Americans who wish to have the dialog. It is promoted by Jesse Jackson et al who profit from the very vibrant existence of the notion that racism is alive well and ugly in America. It is in their best interests to keep this perception alive, which is why everything must be twisted into a means to keep the fire burning.

Enough already.

Regarding Pete Stark: All you have to do is look at who elects him: San Francisco's East Bay area. These are the same lemmings who keep electing Nancy Pelosi. It doesn't matter who in the rest of the country sees the video of his outrageous behavior in the town hall meeting, or her ridiculous comments on television news conferences. No one in that area of the country is going to vote them out, because they are of the same ilk.

So "Lady" Gag-gag wants to protest Arizona's immigration law? Wouldn't the best way for her to protest is to refuse to perform there?

I applaud your recognition of the birthday of the United States Coast Guard in your August 4th "Chronical."

I am proud to have served as part of the Coast Guard's Aviation Group from 1968 to 1972, and know that there are still many fine, hard-working, dedicated people who serve their country as part of the United States Coast Guard.

However, I must make mention of something that is incorrect on one of the items in the Patriot Shop. The Department of Defense coin incorrectly shows the Coast Guard with the other four branches of the service. While this is correct, the Coast Guard is actually a part of the Department of Homeland Security and not the Department of Defense.

Please keep up your outstanding work with the "Patriot," and Semper Paratus.

Mike Wade

Pelosi is a discrase to her heratage. Talk about stupidity. How does she think that thew will regain or keep control of the house an senate. The american people are waking up to the fact that we have a very corrupt government. Change is what is needed and not the change whe have experienced. I have gone through all the political machinery since FDR. The machinery needs to be disassembled. We have experienced what a poliltcal machine can do by electing a non experienced and a quetionable qualified president. We have scrapped the bottom of the barrel and we need a flush.

Yeah, Ray...the knee-jerk liberals are keeping away.

The other jerks are coming to AZ to play fund-raising benefits for the pro-illegals activists.

Also, it is thought that keeping away also hurts the hospitality industry, which hires a large number of the illegals.

It's a rather complex situation for simpleminded liberals to try to get a handle on.

Just a comment on the SB1070 issue. Doesn't it strike you as strange that the government cares more about the Mexican Grey Wolf than the citizens of Arizoina, new mexico and Texas?

Paul B.

Richard-

You are, of course, right that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac were two of the prime entities that helped created the housing bubble that nearly put the economy down the tubes.

However, as I understand it, neither entity is mentioned, nor covered, by the recently passed financial reform bill which is supposed to prevent such disasters from happening again...

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -

- Thomas Jefferson

The BIG Lie: "Our own polling shows that voters are preferring Democratic ideas, generically, to Republican ideas on a lot of big issues like the economy." --ABC's George Stephanopoulos

Hey Mr.Snuffeupagus -

Here is one for you. The voters of the good state of Missouri overwhelmingly REJECTED a BIG Democrook idea: O'BozoCare by 71% to 26%.

How's the Hopey Changey thing working for you now ?

Mike Wade: Thanks for your service in the Coast Guard, but the DOD coin is correct. There were a lot of "Coasties" driving the landing craft for the Marines in the Pacific during WW II. As a Marine I appreciate what you guys do now as well as then. Semper Fi!

We Conservatives have played -- are playing -- into the Commiecrats' hands by engaging in Ping-Pong with this or that Issue of the Moment. The Commiecrats have succeeded in getting us to help them to create chaos, confusion, anger, frustration by drawing us into the Crisis DU JOUR. What ought to be happening is with their every move, they must be asked: "Where, in the Constitution, do you draw your authority to [take over GM, impose health "care," pass financial "reform," hire czars to oversee We, the People's every activity, take banks and mortgage companies over, fund Freddie, Fannie, the Department of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, the EPA, impose fines on British Petroleum...]?" It would not be adequate for them to say that the Commerce Clause gives them that authority, especially if they were called to task by genuine Constitutional attorneys and judges. Article 1, Section 8, of that Document ENUMERATES the TWELVE DUTIES of the federal government. All other duties remain the province of The States, confirmed by the Tenth Amendment. That must be the focus. We must put them on the defensive by forcing them to show us from where in the Constitution they glean their authority! We will lose the battle and the war if we continue to play their game of reacting to The Daily Crisis. Forcing them to justify their very existence through the Constitution would slow them to a crawl. They'd be put in the position of revealing their disregard for that Founding Document and they would place themselves at risk for impeachment and/or dismissal. Out of their own mouths they would condemn themselves.

That is, without a doubt, the best picture of Nancy Pelosi in the cartoon I have ever seen. Great job Ramirez.

Rifleman - I wholeheartedly agree! It is time to use the CONSTITUTION to thwart their monstrous bills, limit their laws to constitutional laws and force the Federal government back into it's constitutionally mandated role. Let the states take up responsibility for their roles, stop putting unfunded mandates on the states, and then, our representatives could spend more time at home with their constituents and find out what the people want the Government to do about their mandated roles.

I have a query, not a comment.

Is David Limbaugh any relation to Rush? They certainly sound alike.

It is a known fact he has abused the Constitution that he has sworn to uphold. That is grounds for impeachment. Why are we not actively headed that way?

Softball questions: "Do you feel sometimes like your administration is not given the credit it deserves?" --CBS's Harry Smith to BO

I certainly don't feel like BO's administration is given the credit it deserves. I understand there are still some people willing to vote for them.

>Softball questions: "Do you feel sometimes like your administration is not given the credit it deserves?" --CBS's Harry Smith to BO<

So far the administration seems to be using the Bank of China Card for credit. When that source of credit evaporates they will get the credit they deserve.

Party like it is April 1861.

I am and the democrats I work with don't like it at all.

Pete Stark has had a long career of abusing power in elected office. The Stark Laws have almost completely destroyed the private practice of medicine, by limiting the business side of medicine and restricting physicians involvement in any medical related business. (You wouldn't want the baker to own an oven, or the barber to own his own clippers now would you?) Pete Stark is the reason that your physician cannot even discuss his fees with another physician, (unless that physician is being treated as a patient). To do so would be considered a "tacit agreement" to "fix prices", and would result in the prosecution of both physicians. He is also the reason that discounts on fees as a "professional courtesy" to clergy, nurses and other medical staff colleagues are no longer permitted. He has ridden the backs of physicians for over twenty years and created burdensome business regulations which have driven up the costs and bureaucratic delays of private practice medical care. Of course - that is the plan. Make free-market care complicated - so that the socialists can create a government solution.

In fact, all the problems with our health care system - preObama - were caused by Government intervention, and much of that was devised by Pete Stark. Check out the STARK I and STARK II regulations, and begin to understand why trying to figure out health-care delivery seems so burdensome.

I'm glad that recent videos help show what an arrogant "servant" he really is.

Now we have the ACLU aiding Al Qaeda Terrorists. They filed a law suit to stop drone strike by our men and women in uniform.

The ACLU has finally lost its mind and it has starkly contradicted itself.

Is it "Americans" Civil Liberty Union, or is it now the Al Qaeda, terrorists, extremists and world kooks’ civil liberties union?

Instead, apparently, they would rather see those terrorists that our drones do not kill, kill Americans and American Service men and women.

The ACLU should be outlawed and declared enemy combatants. They should now be open targets for every American citizen to attack, as they would allow terrorists to kill and maim our citizens, soldiers, sailors and Airmen.

I say they lost their United States Constitutional protections and are now enemies of the American people.

The left have lost their minds and have taken things way too far!

What say you ACLU?

Is anyone out there hanging by their thumbs waiting for the leaders of the republican party to ask where is the birth certificate and isn't it time we impeached Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomeyer and the rest of the supremes and inferior courts (James Madison's words not mine) judges who violate the Constitution? Will anyone be surprised when Kagen becomes a supreme with no protest by the God Owful Party? I have not been able to find the Whig Party on the ballot.

Have become somewhat immune to the idiotic statements of those in the “entertainment” (?) world, but it’s shattering to read that Sheriff Taylor has fallen into the looney bin. Couldn’t it possibly be that the TV ad ended with that sly smile on his face clearly conveying, “come on, now folks, ya’ know I was just’a funnin you all” ?

I have a dream: my dream is to keep Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barney Frank in office after November 2nd. That way, we could see their pain as Obamacare gets repealed, Fannie and Freddie are done assunder, and Harry's interstate connection to the land he owns is torn up. Certainly we could elect conservative constitutionalists from the several states, and eliminate the RINO's so we can get back to what the founding fathers pictured that branch of government to be. As I said, it's a dream...but one worthy of chasing.

Good news today. Limitless stimulus money is being manufactured out of thin air and dispensed to recipients regardless of joblessness. Muslims (whose contribution to science has been to use it to kill innocent people) convinced a panel to build their shrine to their political zeal and accomplishments on 9/11 at ground zero. And the new mouthpiece of the administration is about to be confirmed by our communist-run, bought and paid for, Senate to the Supreme Court of Fools. Yes; it's good news day. In hell. The sooner this country falls under an absolute and irreversible yoke of tyranny, the better since that's obviously what it will take to rid us all of these apathetic and moronic fools who made it happen.

To the commenter who said that Obama et al have no idea how close this country is to revolution, I'd argue they do and welcome it, because the second there's an incident of "tea party violence" or some such nonsense, they have every excuse to "clamp down." I honestly believe Obama and his cronies would love an excuse to impose martial law on this country, and a violent "revolution" would provide just that.

Oh yeah, and there's all the connections the Left has to domestic terrorists from the Weather Underground. That, too. Coincidence, I'm sure.

"We Conservatives have played -- are playing -- into the Commiecrats' hands by engaging in Ping-Pong with this or that Issue of the Moment. The Commiecrats have succeeded in getting us to help them to create chaos, confusion, anger, frustration by drawing us into the Crisis DU JOUR. What ought to be happening is with their every move, they must be asked: "Where, in the Constitution, do you draw your authority to [take over GM, impose health "care," pass financial "reform," hire czars to oversee We, the People's every activity, take banks and mortgage companies over, fund Freddie, Fannie, the Department of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, the EPA, impose fines on British Petroleum...]?" It would not be adequate for them to say that the Commerce Clause gives them that authority, especially if they were called to task by genuine Constitutional attorneys and judges. Article 1, Section 8, of that Document ENUMERATES the TWELVE DUTIES of the federal government. All other duties remain the province of The States, confirmed by the Tenth Amendment. That must be the focus. We must put them on the defensive by forcing them to show us from where in the Constitution they glean their authority! We will lose the battle and the war if we continue to play their game of reacting to The Daily Crisis. Forcing them to justify their very existence through the Constitution would slow them to a crawl. They'd be put in the position of revealing their disregard for that Founding Document and they would place themselves at risk for impeachment and/or dismissal. Out of their own mouths they would condemn themselves." Rifleman

That's a good article, Rifleman. Since Washington loves to pass laws, I hope they will pass this one which will be in the Title of every piece of legislation, "The Congress of the United States will site the text of the Constitution that gives them the authority to pass this law.". As you say, their own mouths, will condemn them.

ENUMERATED POWERS, 12 of them, looks like this "bunch needs downsized", turned out of office, and/or IMPEACHED.

Why do they need to be "in session" all the time??? Pelosi is proving "she can call them in" so why not let go home and stay home. To " Call them in", the leadership will have to state the Constitutional reason why they must convene.

For God & Country

The American

My Sister lives in California. She had such hope in this Proposition 8, on it's "second time around". The people spoke in that Referendum, the "second time around". The People spoke the "first time around", Did the judges listen???? NO. Since I know what it takes to "get ballot position" for something like this and the "tremendous doings" for such an effort, it was a very "LOUD VOICE" from the People. But I told my sister at that time, you all need to "IMPEACH the judges", if the judges wouldn't hearken to the Referendum the first time around, the next step, is "IMPEACHMENT", but the powers that be out there in California, did "another referendum".

The Constitutional remedy is "IMPEACHMENT".

For God & Country

The American

Like the President has done all this by himself?? The country was a mess when he became our president. Didn't all of America WANT health care?? I would like to see one American that bad mouths the President take over his job for one, JUST ONE WEEK!! You think you have it bad? ha, nothing like HIS job!!!

With respect to the tax tables in your Thursday, July 29, 2010 note "Alexander: Taxes Do NOT Create Jobs". Here is the tax table to which I have added the percentage change in the tax rate. Note that the lowest, the one I pay increases by 50 percent. Simply put, my federal income taxes will double. Tax the rich huh?

The 10% bracket rises to 15% = 50 pct more

The 25% bracket rises to 28% = 12 pct more

The 28% bracket rises to 31% = 10.7 pct more

The 33% bracket rises to 36% = 9.1 pct more

The 35% bracket rises to 39.6% = 13.1 pct more

Thank you for your great efforts. Dave

Fran,

I'll take it for six months, but when I leave I will have disbanded the "Office of the President" back to it's Constitutional Limits, NO ABC UNELECTED Bureaus will be left, I will also "write an internal MEMO that from this time forth and forevermore, an Executive Order can only be used to order domestic duties around the White House". I will ask Rifleman, Dr. Timms, Howard Last, Mr. Door, and all other God-fearing Patriots that have "sighed and cried for the abominations done to our Beloved Constitution for more ideas on "downsizing the Monstrosity" known as the "Office of the President".

Would you like me to "give it a try"? I am willing.

For God & Country

The American

"When some black Obama voters exclaim that they wish to have a dialogue with whites, it means they want an open opportunity to accuse their fellow Americans of being prejudiced."

To such persons I would quote that great political philosopher, Marion Berry: "Get over it."

Until black voters begin to accept what the more perceptive of their own leaders are beginning to see, that we are all responsible for our own actions, they will be mired down by the victim mentality and well see little progress and more likely regression in their condition.

Love your platform, Ruth Ann. Go for it !

Perhaps, creating jobs and decreasing the unemployment situation is not Obama's plan. He has certainly passed over many opportunities to stimulate economic growth and increase the number of (non-union) jobs. Perhaps, Obama wants to cause more people to join others collecting unemployment compensation, since this is like welfare, is it not? Also, the Democrats in Congress are only too eager to extend welfare and unemployment compensation payments. This will cause more people to be dependent on the Government to provide taxpayer money to live on. I would expect the jobless people, like those on welfare, would reward their benefactors with votes to keep the Democrats in office. Why would Obama want anything else?

Hey, when you are up to your rear in aligators,

it's difficult to remember that the primary objective was to "drain the swamp".

Title 1 through Title 5 of the U.S.Code tells you exactely who, what and were the United States Governs. If your Representative in Congress can confuse you as to this Fact, you will always be lost.

Here, This will help the lost Americans re-gain their Country.

http://www.edrivera.com/

Learn the truth before its too late.

WAKE UP AMERICA

For too many years I was a good democrat. Now I

can't even consider myself a Reagan Democrat. But

these people aren't really democrats either but are

lying socialist progressive who have corrupted any-

thing they touch. When you lie and scheme to get

what you want, what have your really gotten? Not

anything worth having that's for sure. You and I

HAVE to vote these illegitimet people out of office

and it won't be just a one time deal.

One more matter. I've studied the Scriptures for

years and there is no mention of the USA in them.

I believe it is because we will fall from within.

That no nation will defeat us, but that corruption

and those who want to see us fail will cause the USA to come down from within. The agendas that I

see today taking down the financial powers and the

immorality that is overwhelming the country gives

me an understanding that unless widespread repentance occurs, first among the believers, and

then among the general population, we are doomed.

Comment on News headlines section:

"Is That Higher or Lower Than 'Present'?: "Obama Gives Himself a Grade of 'Incomplete' After 18 Months" --CNN.com"

You would think a news organization could spell better than that, should have been spelled incompetent.