The Observation Deck

Stephen Calhoun wrote:Charlie Page:

Fraudulent registration equals fraudulent voting in quite a few states that don’t require some form of identification to verify yourself prior to casting a ballot.

Please cite laws in such states so as to back up your claim. You may be interested in the holding Federal law, (Help America Vote Act ) found here:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin ... ubl252.107

There are some states that don’t require positive identification to vote. If you wish to figure out each and every state, knock yourself out. The basic premise is that because of the lack of this common sense control, there is an increased risk of fraud to an election. Where there is an increased risk of fraud, fraud will happen. The only law that need be cited here is the law of common sense.

Stephen Calhoun wrote:
Charlie, again:

THE seeds of today's financial meltdown lie in the Community Reinvestment Act - a law passed in 1977 and made riskier by unwise amendments and regulatory rulings in later decades.

Could you supply mortgage data for the time periods 1977-2007 that could clarify the actual percentage of bad loans and securitizations that would show that the seeds of the meltdown was due to the legal ramifications of the CRA so as to support and back-up your claim?

My goodness Stephen, I thought we are all just “good neighbors talking over the digital fenceâ€

David Lay wrote:Weak attempt at swift boating...

Swift Boating is telling the truth about a candidate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/reale ... =1&_r=3&hp

the sunbelt is full of new subdivisions. frequently sold to white collar workers looking for an investment. the home values plummet before they can refinance with a better interest rate. The biggest wave of the biggest foreclosures will come from the sunbelt.

Charlie wrote:

The only law that need be cited here is the law of common sense.

Yup, positive identification equates to someone eyeballing a picture ID at the polling place. However, you refused to back up your claim 'Fraudulent registration equals fraudulent voting' so I gather that you may well be unable to back up your claim. My objection withstands your dubious (and illogical,) appeal to the authority of common sense.

Likewise you offer, 'THE seeds of today's financial meltdown lie in the Community Reinvestment Act,' but I can't tell whether you believe this assertion is true; whether you understand the moving parts in the crisis; and whether you are even interested in figuring it out so as to make your claims credible rather than spurious.

Whatever...people show their cards, I read 'em.

It looks the GOP/ACORN tactic is starting to backfire...

David Lay wrote:It looks the GOP/ACORN tactic is starting to backfire...

One of the tried and true tactics used by Obama's mentors is election fraud:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial ... =110009189

The GOP/ACORN tactic is just a Red Herring, trying to distract voters from the truth.