Search Results for politicstag:searchlightcrusade.net,2024:/mt//feed/politics2024-05-13T01:11:14ZMovable Type 4.21-en1251125Should Negative Amortization Loans Be Banned?tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli//3.29132021-10-04T14:00:00Z2021-10-04T13:08:56ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Having written several articles on Negative Amortization Loans, telling of the details of what is wrong with them, and even destroying the myth of Option ARM cash flow, I sometimes get asked if I would like to see them banned...
"Fixes" for the Mortgage Meltdown - Seems You Can't Keep A Bad Idea Downtag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.47662015-08-12T14:00:00Z2015-08-12T13:47:54ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Scapegoating, anyone? Brian Brady notes Barney Frank's misplaced quest for one. 1- Prohibition of "yield spread premium" as compensation to originators. 2- Mandatory licensing of mortgage originators by a Federal registry or state regulator. This Bill does direct the...
Election Daytag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2012://3.50762012-11-06T15:00:00Z2012-11-06T15:10:03ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
I haven't been talking much about the election here this time. Instead of making an endorsement, I am going to talk about the most salient fact of the election, and the rest of our lives until it is dealt with....
I Almost Deleted This From My Spam Folder - Looks suspisciously like a 419tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2012://3.50742012-10-22T14:30:00Z2012-10-22T14:20:37ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Hello dear friend, My name is Barack Obama. You may have heard of how I spent $16 trillion dollars over the course of my last four years as President of the United States. I have thus far managed to...
Last Line of Defense Before The Government Failstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2012://3.50702012-09-22T01:17:46Z2012-09-22T01:26:36ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Zero Hedge Romney: [The] former head of Goldman Sachs, John Whitehead, was also the former head of the New York Federal Reserve. And I met with him, and he said as soon as the Fed stops buying all the debt...
Government Policy, Economic Consequences, and Following The Trail of Logictag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2012://3.50652012-02-04T16:30:00Z2012-02-04T18:34:27ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Something I feel the need to point out when people talk about current issues with the real estate market, for instance, housing prices fall yet again, mortgage rates hitting new lows yet again or the Federal Reserve indicating a need...
The Health Care Question at the Republican Candidate Debatetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50572011-09-20T08:30:00Z2011-09-20T09:53:49ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
This has been bothering me ever since that debate, complete with all the left wing crap about conservatives cheering for a death. They weren't cheering for a death; they were cheering because someone running for public office wasn't giving an...
The Assassination of Osama Bin Ladentag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.50492011-05-04T21:45:00Z2011-05-04T21:45:15ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Make no mistake - it was an assassination. Team of heavily armed men hired by a group breaking down the door with orders to shoot him dead rather than capture. The only difference is instead of wearing business suits and...
The United States is Facing Imminent Financial Failuretag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.50332010-12-22T15:00:00Z2010-12-22T15:04:27ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
It has become clear to me in the past few weeks that the United States is facing imminent financial failure. I have known since at least the early 80s that if something were not done, the bill would come due...
We Must Reform The Budgetary System In Order to Survivetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.50142010-10-05T21:30:00Z2010-10-05T21:31:03ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
This year there's a lot of political energy being expended in the name of ousting big government incumbents from office. That's treating the symptoms of the disease, not the disease itself. It's tempting to humanize the problem, to say...
Federal Reserve Changing The Rules: Was This Supposed to Be Helpful Regulation?tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.48322009-08-21T14:00:00Z2009-08-21T13:56:21ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
The main body of this article is a reprint from December 2007. I will add some comments as to how this has shaken out thus far. I was thinking we were ready for a recovery here in San Diego, but...
A Good Proposal For Dealing With The Mortgage Problemtag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.45712009-02-20T21:15:00Z2009-02-20T21:13:09ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Megan McArdle on Obama's proposed bailout So the plan: 1. Forces the bloated and undercapitalized mortgage agencies to take on more debt without regard to creditworthiness 2. Cleans up only the least toxic loans 3. Will cost some unknowably...
Barack Obama's "Help For Homeowners" Proposaltag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.45662009-02-18T23:45:00Z2009-02-19T00:02:33ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Today, the President announced "a plan" to theoretically aid homeowners. Unfortunately, judging from the information available, it looks more like a Wish List than a Plan. People may be eligible to refinance if their loan to value ratio is 105%...
How the Gay Rights Movement Converted Me From A Solid Supporter to Something Elsetag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.44122008-11-18T06:00:00Z2008-11-18T06:25:26ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
I am sorry, but I cannot stay silent on this matter any longer. Several years ago there was a a Proposition on the California ballot regarding gay marriage. I voted in favor of gay marriage then, but as I recall,...
A Patriot's Manifesto For This Election and Aftertag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.43842008-10-29T15:00:00Z2008-10-29T14:58:06ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
The election is in a few days. While it has become plain to me that the reporting of the polls has been manipulated (along with everything else) by a media actively campaigning for Obama, the math apparently says that...
Killing the Goose That Lays The Golden Eggs - And All of Its Descendantstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.43772008-10-24T00:45:00Z2008-10-24T00:50:28ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
(expletive) unbelievable. Or rather, should I say, all too believable: House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks Words fail, but I'm going to try anyway: Do you have any idea how much of a difference for the worse it...
Second Presidential Debate Polltag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.43462008-10-08T02:30:00Z2008-10-08T02:35:22ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
These are set up to allow Presidential Candidates to appeal directly to large amounts of people. So how did they do? The Second Debate: How did it influence your vote?Was McCain, still McCainLeaning more McCainWas Neutral; still amLeaning More...
The Vice Presidential Debate: How Did Palin and Biden Do?tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.43382008-10-03T03:00:00Z2008-10-03T03:56:58ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Three Poll Questions and lest it be unclear, one person, one vote (in each), i.e. enlightened democracy rules. How did Sarah Palin do? Did Your Opinion of Sarah Palin as Vice Presidential Candidate Improve or Deteriorate with her performance at...
House Kills Best Likely Bill to Save the Marketstag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.43282008-09-29T19:00:00Z2008-09-30T02:40:53ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
Scroll down or hit reload for UPDATES Myth vs Fact on bailout compromise If John McCain had not used his presidential campaign to shine a media spotlight on the process, the Dodd version would probably have been passed over the...
My Impressions of the First Debate - Calling Obama's Blufftag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.43252008-09-27T18:00:00Z2008-10-01T02:09:46ZDan Melsonhttp://www.searchlightcrusade.net/
When I set the poll last night, I said I'd hold off on my comments until later. Here they are. I can see why some people are saying Obama won. He sounded good. He seemed to make sense on...