the consistent effort by conservative, corporate dems to try and tarnish progressive

[JDPriestly]

76. The underlying purpose and theory was the same. The amount changed.

And that underlying purpose and theory was to save the big banks and force homeowners to repay what they owed with a minimal amount of bail-out for the homeowners facing foreclosure.

In my area of LA, an older area, developers came in, bought dilapidated old houses, put up a shiny new fence and rebuilt the interiors. Housing values have risen in this area. But we are the exception. The housing market in Detroit has fallen apart. As has that market in Florida and some other areas of the country.

Viewed as figures on a financial report, it looks like we are in recovery. And technically we are. But those over 50 who still don't have jobs and the families that suffered possibly a divorce, maybe a serious illness without insurance, the loss of a home and bankruptcy will never recover.

Sorry about the long posts. But if you read some of my posts, maybe you would learn something. I write most of the material myself.

I understand that copying and pasting from the work of others is quicker and easier than my long posts. In fact, I sometimes post with the copy and paste method myself. But when I really have something to say that DUers may not have read before, it can take longer to say it since I have to lay groundwork rather than just cite the name of a publication and the link to an article that is itself quite long.

Sorry for my longwindness, but I hope you will read my post in response to your post on antitrust law. I would like to have your response for the sake of a very interesting discussion.

Thanks for your input on DU. You give many of us lots to take issue with. But that is an important part of conducting a meaningful discussion. I like it when you really deal with issues. That is much more useful than merely characterizing the post of another DUer as stupid or infantile without explaining why you find it so.

After all, this is a discussion forum, not a propaganda website.