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	<title>The Pennsylvania Conservative</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy Veteran&#8217;s Day 2008!</title>
		<link>http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/2008/11/11/happy-veterans-day-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics aside for this topic.  Regardless of who you voted for I would like to say thank you to all our brave veterans who have helped and continue to help preserve our freedoms everyday.
God Bless
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politics aside for this topic.  Regardless of who you voted for I would like to say thank you to all our brave veterans who have helped and continue to help preserve our freedoms everyday.</p>
<p>God Bless</p>
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		<title>My Wife Registered My Children To Vote Through ACORN!</title>
		<link>http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/2008/10/17/my-wife-registered-my-children-to-vote-through-acorn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[National Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is one hell of a way to kick off a weekend Folks.  I just received a call from some chick who claims to be with the elections office in York County and was told that my children Brenden age 6, Jacob age 3, and Rachael age 1 are registered to vote.  It turns [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now this is one hell of a way to kick off a weekend Folks.  I just received a call from some chick who claims to be with the elections office in York County and was told that my children Brenden age 6, Jacob age 3, and Rachael age 1 are registered to vote.  It turns out my wife Marci Heckman registered them through a voter registration form provided by ACORN.</p>
<p>As most of you know my wife and I are seperated as she left me for another man, and the fact that she gave those ACORN assholes my kids social security numbers really pisses me off folks.  Keep in mind Marci is a member of the Stephan family who are big fatcat under the table doners to The Berks Democrat Party, so her claiming ignorance on this makes me laugh so hard I could piss myself.  Alledgidly she only gave their social security numbers out with the form to domestic relations, as she &#8220;thought&#8221; it was a form associated with me paying child support (while I have custody of them 75% of the time).</p>
<p>Now here&#8217;s the kicker.  This chick at the elections office was not going to erase their names from the roll until I disclosed to them that I&#8217;m THE MATT HECKMAN THE CONSERVATIVE BLOGGER who plans to vote for JOHN MCCAIN, and I planned on taking my kids to the polls with me on election day and if I find their names in the book I would be damned If their names would be used to illegally vote for Barack Obama and If they refused to remove them, I would make sure that there were 4 votes for John McCain including myself on election day to trump the millions of illegal votes for Barack Obama.  God Damn that chick assured me so fast that their names would be removed &#8220;right now&#8221;.  Shame she did not tell me her name, because she had a pretty damn sexy voice.  If she looks as hot as she sounds, then we got to do dinner sometime and I can make her see the light that right is might in many different ways <img src='http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Bottom line is I plan on taking my kids to the polls, and I will have my trusty camera phone with me, as well as a video camera crew and if I see my kids names in that book I will take a snapshot, and put it right here on this site.</p>
<p>Oh and I&#8217;m putting you local ACORN assholes on notice right now you fucked with the wrong guy, and I&#8217;m going to find out how my kids names ended up on your stupid piece of toilet paper you call a voter registration form and when I do I&#8217;m going to put my legal foot in your asses.  I have proud family members that died for this country, and I have good friends that are going to be risking their lives overseas right now for this country, and how dare you little two legged jackasses try to pervert the basic freedom of the right to vote.  You make me so sick I just want to puke.</p>
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		<title>The Day The Reading Eagle Killed One Of Its Fellow Citizens!</title>
		<link>http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/2008/10/14/the-day-the-reading-eagle-killed-one-of-its-fellow-citizens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Berks County Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Berks County Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago today a young man named Jason Stief was sadistically murdered while waiting in line at a McDonald&#8217;s drive-thru window as his attackers approached his car and shot him.
Jason Stief was murdered, because he believed in putting his community first by agreeing to testify as a witness to his best friends murder only [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Four years ago today a young man named Jason Stief was sadistically murdered while waiting in line at a McDonald&#8217;s drive-thru window as his attackers approached his car and shot him.</p>
<p>Jason Stief was murdered, because he believed in putting his community first by agreeing to testify as a witness to his best friends murder only a few days before.  In this day in age where criminal thugs and wanabe gansters use fear to suppress people from fighting back, Jason is without a doubt an example of what we need more of out of our citizenry, and that&#8217;s the paitroitic duty of standing up for what is right even if you may be putting yourself at risk.</p>
<p>As our Delclaration Of Independence states we have unalienable rights given to us by our creator and that&#8217;s life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  The Reading Eagle reckelssly outed Jason as an eye witness to the murder of his best friend on their October 10, 2004 issue.  Four days later he was murdered.</p>
<p>You would think that in The United States Of America, its &#8220;free press&#8221; would abide by the words that Thomas Jefferson wrote into The Declaration Of Independence so many years years ago, and abide by what our pledge of alligence says, especially in the part that mentions &#8220;And Justice For All&#8221;, but sadly they only care about their own political agenda.</p>
<p>Since Jason&#8217;s death The City Of Reading has decayed into more of a 3rd world country where The Washington Post claimed that living conditions in The Dominican Republic are better.  Crime has continued to rise, and codes enforcment continues to be ignored to the point where a young child recently fell to his death.  Murder cases like Jason&#8217;s continue to be unsolved.  The Reading Eagle must always be reminded of what they did to this kid, and we must hope that one day The Reading Eagle is brought to justice for thier part in Jason&#8217;s death.  Jason&#8217;s mother Tina has activly been involed with Years For Tears which works to solve all of the unsolved murders in Reading, PA.  You can learn more about Years For Tears by clicking here: <a href="http://" title="http://www.yearsoftears.org/" target="_blank">http://www.yearsoftears.org/</a></p>
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		<title>Our last American Heros In The House who voted AGAINST THE BAILOUT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[National Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the roll call on who voted against this bill.


Abercrombie
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Boozman
Boustany
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (TX)
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Camp (MI)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carney
Carter
Castle
Cazayoux
Chabot
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Costello
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Davis, David
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Donnelly
Doolittle
Doyle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Fallin
Feeney
Filner
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Hall (TX)
Harman
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herseth Sandlin
Hirono
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jordan
Kaptur
Keller
Kind
King (IA)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Knollenberg
Kucinich
Kuhl (NY)
Lamborn
Lampson
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lewis (KY)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul (TX)
McCotter
McHenry
McHugh
McIntyre
McMorris Rodgers
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Musgrave
Neugebauer
Nunes
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Porter
Price [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the roll call on who voted against this bill.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="33%">Abercrombie<br />
<em>Aderholt</em><br />
<em>Akin</em><br />
<em>Alexander</em><br />
<em>Bachmann</em><br />
<em>Bachus</em><br />
<em>Barrett (SC)</em><br />
<em>Bartlett (MD)</em><br />
<em>Barton (TX)</em><br />
<em>Biggert</em><br />
<em>Bilbray</em><br />
<em>Bilirakis</em><br />
Bishop (GA)<br />
<em>Bishop (UT)</em><br />
<em>Blackburn</em><br />
<em>Blunt</em><br />
<em>Boehner</em><br />
<em>Bonner</em><br />
<em>Boozman</em><br />
<em>Boustany</em><br />
Boyd (FL)<br />
Boyda (KS)<br />
<em>Brady (TX)</em><br />
<em>Broun (GA)</em><br />
<em>Brown (SC)</em><br />
<em>Brown-Waite, Ginny</em><br />
<em>Buchanan</em><br />
<em>Burgess</em><br />
<em>Burton (IN)</em><br />
<em>Buyer</em><br />
<em>Camp (MI)</em><br />
<em>Cannon</em><br />
<em>Cantor</em><br />
<em>Capito</em><br />
Carney<br />
<em>Carter</em><br />
<em>Castle</em><br />
Cazayoux<br />
<em>Chabot</em><br />
<em>Coble</em><br />
<em>Cole (OK)</em><br />
<em>Conaway</em><br />
Costello<br />
<em>Crenshaw</em><br />
<em>Culberson</em><br />
<em>Davis (KY)</em><br />
<em>Davis, David</em><br />
<em>Davis, Tom</em><br />
<em>Deal (GA)</em><br />
DeFazio<br />
<em>Dent</em><br />
<em>Diaz-Balart, L.</em><br />
<em>Diaz-Balart, M.</em><br />
Donnelly<br />
<em>Doolittle</em><br />
Doyle<br />
<em>Drake</em><br />
<em>Dreier</em><br />
<em>Duncan</em><br />
<em>Emerson</em><br />
<em>English (PA)</em><br />
<em>Everett</em><br />
<em>Fallin</em><br />
<em>Feeney</em><br />
Filner<br />
<em>Flake</em><br />
<em>Forbes</em><br />
<em>Fortenberry</em></td>
<td valign="top" width="33%"><em>Foxx</em><br />
<em>Franks (AZ)</em><br />
<em>Frelinghuysen</em><br />
<em>Gallegly</em><br />
<em>Garrett (NJ)</em><br />
<em>Gerlach</em><br />
<em>Gingrey</em><br />
<em>Gohmert</em><br />
<em>Goode</em><br />
<em>Goodlatte</em><br />
<em>Granger</em><br />
<em>Graves</em><br />
<em>Hall (TX)</em><br />
Harman<br />
<em>Hastings (WA)</em><br />
<em>Hayes</em><br />
<em>Heller</em><br />
<em>Hensarling</em><br />
Herseth Sandlin<br />
Hirono<br />
<em>Hobson</em><br />
<em>Hoekstra</em><br />
<em>Hulshof</em><br />
<em>Hunter</em><br />
<em>Inglis (SC)</em><br />
<em>Issa</em><br />
<em>Johnson (IL)</em><br />
<em>Johnson, Sam</em><br />
<em>Jones (NC)</em><br />
<em>Jordan</em><br />
Kaptur<br />
<em>Keller</em><br />
Kind<br />
<em>King (IA)</em><br />
<em>Kingston</em><br />
<em>Kirk</em><br />
<em>Kline (MN)</em><br />
<em>Knollenberg</em><br />
Kucinich<br />
<em>Kuhl (NY)</em><br />
<em>Lamborn</em><br />
Lampson<br />
<em>Latham</em><br />
<em>LaTourette</em><br />
<em>Latta</em><br />
<em>Lewis (KY)</em><br />
<em>Linder</em><br />
<em>LoBiondo</em><br />
<em>Lucas</em><br />
<em>Lungren, Daniel E.</em><br />
Lynch<br />
<em>Mack</em><br />
<em>Manzullo</em><br />
<em>Marchant</em><br />
<em>McCarthy (CA)</em><br />
<em>McCaul (TX)</em><br />
<em>McCotter</em><br />
<em>McHenry</em><br />
<em>McHugh</em><br />
McIntyre<br />
<em>McMorris Rodgers</em><br />
Melancon<br />
<em>Mica</em><br />
Michaud<br />
<em>Miller (FL)</em><br />
<em>Miller (MI)</em><br />
<em>Miller, Gary</em><br />
Mitchell</td>
<td valign="top" width="33%"><em>Moran (KS)</em><br />
<em>Murphy, Tim</em><br />
<em>Musgrave</em><br />
<em>Neugebauer</em><br />
<em>Nunes</em><br />
<em>Paul</em><br />
<em>Pearce</em><br />
<em>Pence</em><br />
<em>Petri</em><br />
<em>Pitts</em><br />
<em>Platts</em><br />
<em>Poe</em><br />
<em>Porter</em><br />
<em>Price (GA)</em><br />
<em>Pryce (OH)</em><br />
<em>Putnam</em><br />
<em>Rehberg</em><br />
<em>Reichert</em><br />
<em>Renzi</em><br />
<em>Reynolds</em><br />
<em>Rogers (AL)</em><br />
<em>Rogers (KY)</em><br />
<em>Rogers (MI)</em><br />
<em>Rohrabacher</em><br />
<em>Ros-Lehtinen</em><br />
<em>Roskam</em><br />
Ross<br />
<em>Royce</em><br />
<em>Ryan (WI)</em><br />
<em>Sali</em><br />
<em>Scalise</em><br />
<em>Schmidt</em><br />
<em>Sensenbrenner</em><br />
<em>Sessions</em><br />
<em>Shadegg</em><br />
<em>Shays</em><br />
<em>Shimkus</em><br />
Shuler<br />
<em>Shuster</em><br />
<em>Simpson</em><br />
<em>Smith (NE)</em><br />
<em>Smith (NJ)</em><br />
<em>Smith (TX)</em><br />
<em>Souder</em><br />
Space<br />
Stark<br />
<em>Stearns</em><br />
<em>Sullivan</em><br />
Tanner<br />
Taylor<br />
<em>Terry</em><br />
<em>Thornberry</em><br />
<em>Tiahrt</em><br />
<em>Tiberi</em><br />
<em>Turner</em><br />
<em>Upton</em><br />
<em>Walberg</em><br />
<em>Walden (OR)</em><br />
<em>Weldon (FL)</em><br />
<em>Weller</em><br />
<em>Westmoreland</em><br />
<em>Whitfield (KY)</em><br />
<em>Wilson (SC)</em><br />
<em>Wittman (VA)</em><br />
<em>Wolf</em><br />
<em>Young (AK)</em><br />
<em>Young (FL)</em></td>
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		<title>Bailout proves that we need to overthrow our government!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson had a reason for writing the Declaration Of Independence in the way he did.  Jefferson made it clear that we have a duty to overthrow our government if it becomes too tyrannical.
This bailout today proved that we as Americans were sold down the river by a bunch of Benedict Arnolds in the house [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/__oneclick_uploads/2008/10/42727730.jpg" title="42727730.jpg"><img src="http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/__oneclick_uploads/2008/10/42727730.jpg" alt="42727730.jpg" /></a>Thomas Jefferson had a reason for writing the Declaration Of Independence in the way he did.  Jefferson made it clear that we have a duty to overthrow our government if it becomes too tyrannical.</p>
<p>This bailout today proved that we as Americans were sold down the river by a bunch of Benedict Arnolds in the house and senate.  Quite frankly they should take the wooden arrows that were included in this bailout and shove them up thier asses.</p>
<p>This is not a victory for Republicans today, nor is it a victory for Democrats, as the failure of our two party system is on full display for everybody to see.</p>
<p>That being said I would like to welcome you to The United Socialist/Communist States Of Amercia where if you are a stupid moron who failed in life, who bought a house you knew you could not afford, who cooked your books to steal money from your shareholders, and who hates Jesus Christ you are a true American Hero who will always be bailed out by your government, and if you are one of those people who go to church, pray, work hard, pay your bills ontime, believe in people to do great things, learn from your mistake, and don&#8217;t ask to be bailed out for them, then you are a traitor who needs to be hung at the tallest tree as long as the EPA does not consider to charge you with a hate crime for hurting the tree.</p>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the quick list of the senators who voted NO on THE BAILOUT</title>
		<link>http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/2008/10/02/heres-the-quick-list-of-the-senators-who-voted-no-on-bailouteconomic-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[National Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allard (R)
Barasso  (R)
Brownback  (R)
Bunning (R)
Cantwell (D)
Cochran (R)
Crapo (R)
DeMint (R)
Dole (R)
Dorgan (D)
Enzi (R)
Feingold (D)
Inhofe (R)
Johnson (D)
Landrieu (D)
Nelson (FL) (D)
Roberts (R)
Sanders (I)
Sessions (R)
Shelby (R)
Stabenow (D)
Tester (D)
Vitter (R)
Wicker (R)
Wyden (D)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allard (R)</p>
<p>Barasso  (R)</p>
<p>Brownback  (R)<br />
Bunning (R)<br />
Cantwell (D)<br />
Cochran (R)<br />
Crapo (R)<br />
DeMint (R)<br />
Dole (R)<br />
Dorgan (D)<br />
Enzi (R)<br />
Feingold (D)<br />
Inhofe (R)<br />
Johnson (D)<br />
Landrieu (D)<br />
Nelson (FL) (D)<br />
Roberts (R)<br />
Sanders (I)<br />
Sessions (R)<br />
Shelby (R)<br />
Stabenow (D)<br />
Tester (D)<br />
Vitter (R)<br />
Wicker (R)<br />
Wyden (D)</p>
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		<title>Quotes Worthy Of Attention Regarding The Defeat Of The Bailout Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are now in the golden age of thieves. And where I come from we put thieves in jail, we don&#8217;t bail them out.&#8221; — Rep. Pete Visclosky, Democrat.
&#8220;I am bothered that Secretary Paulson offered an immediate government solution rather than taking the time to explore effective private sector and market based solutions. The Paulson [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We are now in the golden age of thieves. And where I come from we put thieves in jail, we don&#8217;t bail them out.&#8221; — Rep. Pete Visclosky, Democrat.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am bothered that Secretary Paulson offered an immediate government solution rather than taking the time to explore effective private sector and market based solutions. The Paulson plan was an unprecedented infusion of government power into the private financial sector.&#8221; — Rep. Steve Buyer, Republican.</p>
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		<title>House Defeats Bailout Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see we have people in congress willing to stand up for what is right as this bailout was defeated and rightfully so.
As for the stock market I hope it crashes and crashes good.  I already cleaned out my 401K months ago, so I won&#8217;t be hurting.  Who are these assclowns to say [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s good to see we have people in congress willing to stand up for what is right as this bailout was defeated and rightfully so.</p>
<p>As for the stock market I hope it crashes and crashes good.  I already cleaned out my 401K months ago, so I won&#8217;t be hurting.  Who are these assclowns to say that they are the only ones that can fix our economy?</p>
<p>We are not seeing a crash, but simply seeing a market correction.  Just like when known professional athletes go off the juice and slim down, the principle is the same in this case.  In other words if we had to use a little Kate Gosselin lingo we are now on an organic economy <img src='http://mheckman.berksblognet.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>Wachovia&#8217;s Losses Prove It Was Not Just Subprime Lending That Caused These Mortgage Woes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The irony of Citigroup which is run by former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin taking over Wachovia that continues to prove that this government bailout is nothing but massive welfare for mainly Democrat Party hacks in the Clinton Administration.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The irony of Citigroup which is run by former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin taking over Wachovia that continues to prove that this government bailout is nothing but massive welfare for mainly Democrat Party hacks in the Clinton Administration.</p>
<p>The main issue that the story fails to mention is that this is the first bank that has fallen without any connections to subprime lending.  Wachovia was strickly a prime lender that required a credit score of at least 650, but perfered 675 to 700 before they would even talk to you.  This is hardly the credit scores of subprime borrowers that ranged from the 500 credit score range which we hear so much about in the media.</p>
<p>Simply put is that this government bailout is only going to be a tear in the bucket, as all fingers of blame have been pointed to stupid people with bad credit, but now news of this takeover indicates that we need to include stupid people with good credit into that mix as well.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s face reality right here and now.  Regardless of what Democrats and Republicans did to mandate banks to lend money to people, it still does not excuse the ignorance and stupidity of the people that signed on the dotted line when they knew they could not afford it.  In my former county of residenance Berks County, I saw this stupidity constantly everywhere I went.  I did several I.T. consulting jobs for real estate companies, and know many realtors, and the kicker is that on average 60% of the mortgages that were being made were prime lenders like Wachovia, Soverign, etc.  The problem was that their underwriting critera did not take into account the risk associated with interest only, or Adustable Rate Mortgages (a.k.a. ARMs) and were using the critera as if these people were taking a standard 30 year fixed mortgage.  Another intersting point was that these people applying for a mortgage demanding the ARM&#8217;s and interest only loans, because they wanted to buy more house than what they could afford.</p>
<p>Bottom line is we have a bigger problem than what people are willing to admit.  We are basically admitting that our credit reporting system is now broken.  It is now been proven that it was not just people with bad credit that caused this problem, but people with good credit that got greedy risking the fact that property values would continue to increase.  That is why banks are so afraid to lend money even with people who have perfect credit.  Your credit score can be 800, but there is no way of knowing if you are going to be one of those morons who try to live beyond your means.  If you really want to fix the problem, then overhaul the concept of credit reporting, because it now has been proven to be flawed for all the world to see.  The best way to underwrite is to judge you for what you did and do, and a reformed system would blacklist these stupid people from taking loans for several years rather than determine what kind of person you are by simply reading a 3 digit number on a credit report from a system that is now been proven to be a joke.  Mark my words we are far from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092900760.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092900760.html</a></p>
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		<title>Best Idea I Read All Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Heckman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the answer to the (economic) problem. Instead of bailing out the rich let&#8217;s take the 700 billion dollars and divide it equally among the 200 million American citizens. This money must be used to pay off debt. The bankers get back in the black and the American people actually benefit!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the answer to the (economic) problem. Instead of bailing out the rich let&#8217;s take the 700 billion dollars and divide it equally among the 200 million American citizens. This money must be used to pay off debt. The bankers get back in the black and the American people actually benefit!</p>
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