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	<title>Comments on: Financial Crisis a Cultural Failure</title>
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	<description>Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable.</description>
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		<title>By: Booker Rising</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/09/25/financial-crisis-a-cultural-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-417338</link>
		<dc:creator>Booker Rising</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Financial Crisis A Cultural Failure...&lt;/strong&gt;

Asserts Alan Stewart Carl, a moderate blogger: &quot;Yes, insufferable Wall Street greed played a major role as did incompetent, ignorant, servile and just plain corrupt Washington politicians. I?d like to lean back in my chair, point fingers and quietly ...</description>
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<p>Asserts Alan Stewart Carl, a moderate blogger: &#8220;Yes, insufferable Wall Street greed played a major role as did incompetent, ignorant, servile and just plain corrupt Washington politicians. I?d like to lean back in my chair, point fingers and quietly &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: gerryf</title>
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		<dc:creator>gerryf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>House was a 15-year fixed mortgage and is paid off, I have a modest portfolio of socially responsible investments, and I volunteer my free time at the animal shelter and coaching poor youths soccer.  

I blame ASC for everything, too</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>House was a 15-year fixed mortgage and is paid off, I have a modest portfolio of socially responsible investments, and I volunteer my free time at the animal shelter and coaching poor youths soccer.  </p>
<p>I blame ASC for everything, too</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;A lot of us took part in the credit-shuffling game that was the real estate boom. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
Don&#039;t blame me, I&#039;m rock solid on my fixed rate mortgage payments.  I got nothing to do with this. My retirement portfolio is clear of all these investment banks that are going under.  Its your fault ASC  (=P)

Oh, ya and Barney Frank.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgctSIL8Lhs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Watch this video.&lt;/a&gt;  Ya I know its Fox news, but they just cued up archival footage so don&#039;t blame the messanger. 

Do you blame the people who saw it coming and tried to stop it?  Are they included in those 3 words, &lt;em&gt;&quot;We all are&quot;&lt;/em&gt;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>A lot of us took part in the credit-shuffling game that was the real estate boom. </p></blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t blame me, I&#8217;m rock solid on my fixed rate mortgage payments.  I got nothing to do with this. My retirement portfolio is clear of all these investment banks that are going under.  Its your fault ASC  (=P)</p>
<p>Oh, ya and Barney Frank.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgctSIL8Lhs" rel="nofollow">Watch this video.</a>  Ya I know its Fox news, but they just cued up archival footage so don&#8217;t blame the messanger. </p>
<p>Do you blame the people who saw it coming and tried to stop it?  Are they included in those 3 words, <em>&#8220;We all are&#8221;</em>?</p>
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		<title>By: AubreyJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>AubreyJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Last night after President Bush spoke to the nation... my wife asked me who I thought was to blame for all this mess we find ourselves in today. 

I thought on it for a second and imagined this very question, this very same conversation... going on in millions of households, not only around this great country of ours, but all around the world too. 

Now... Iâ€™m not sure how others would answer such a question, but in my household... I found the question to be a simple one to answer and with only 3 simple words. And Alan... those words are the same as you spoke in this post. Those words -- We All Are.

With that said... I think a lot of people got scared last night, for the first time, after hearing what President Bush had to say. And so should they be.

May Politics not play into whatever Congress does over the next few days... for this is not the time in history for a -- Washington As Usual.

AubreyJ.........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night after President Bush spoke to the nation&#8230; my wife asked me who I thought was to blame for all this mess we find ourselves in today. </p>
<p>I thought on it for a second and imagined this very question, this very same conversation&#8230; going on in millions of households, not only around this great country of ours, but all around the world too. </p>
<p>Now&#8230; Iâ€™m not sure how others would answer such a question, but in my household&#8230; I found the question to be a simple one to answer and with only 3 simple words. And Alan&#8230; those words are the same as you spoke in this post. Those words &#8212; We All Are.</p>
<p>With that said&#8230; I think a lot of people got scared last night, for the first time, after hearing what President Bush had to say. And so should they be.</p>
<p>May Politics not play into whatever Congress does over the next few days&#8230; for this is not the time in history for a &#8212; Washington As Usual.</p>
<p>AubreyJ&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: kaseyd</title>
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		<dc:creator>kaseyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You hit the nail on the head. Maybe this is the wake up call Americans need to finally start working on their financial health.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You hit the nail on the head. Maybe this is the wake up call Americans need to finally start working on their financial health.</p>
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