Comments on: FHA to tighten lending standards. As FHA goes, so goes the market.

By: Ab Flyer

Ab Flyer — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:02:59 +0000

How white will my teeth get after one treatment?

By: precision engineering

precision engineering — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:42:51 +0000

Can I take all my 401k out before the market goes down? I know I will be penalized, but wouldn’t it be better to take it out now than to risk having a $ 0.00 return during retirement?

By: Home Loan Calculator

Home Loan Calculator — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:06:20 +0000

You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.

By: Bed in a Bag

Bed in a Bag — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:27:27 +0000

Between me and my husband we’ve owned more MP3 players over the years than I can count, including Sansas, iRivers, iPods (classic

By: Pit Silas

Pit Silas — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:25:18 +0000

Fine blog. I got a lot of good info. I’ve been keeping an eye on this technology for awhile. It’s interesting how it keeps changing, yet some of the core elements stay the same. Have you seen much change since Google made their latest acquisition in the area?

By: coffee

coffee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:17:05 +0000

Your blog really landed right on the mark. Good work, I look forward to your next posting.

By: Barbara aka B-Cat

Barbara aka B-Cat — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:43:08 +0000

250 freedy
point him to Zillow. About three pages worth of scrolly foreclosure goodness.

By: Barbara aka B-Cat

Barbara aka B-Cat — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:37:53 +0000

nothing makes me crazier than inefficient speaking and writing. Wordiness, the next bubble.

By: Barbara aka B-Cat

Barbara aka B-Cat — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:35:52 +0000

168. pat

what a bunch of blah blah blah blah. Is this what corp culture is really like? I’d never survive.

By: relo

relo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:46:38 +0000

Boken,

Thanks. Just like me to screw up the punchline. I should run for office.

By: homeboken

homeboken — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:40:00 +0000

256 – You are off by a bit.

1 billion seconds = 31.7 years

1 trillion seconds = 31,709 years

By: relo

relo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:37:29 +0000

Check that, 1MM seconds = 12 days.

Trust, but verify.

By: relo

relo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:30:05 +0000

When discussing the debt, this comparison made the #’s more tangible for me.

As expressed in seconds, 1 billion = 12 days.

1 trillion = 32 years.

By: Comrade Nom Deplume, a.k.a. "The Goon Squad"

Comrade Nom Deplume, a.k.a. "The Goon Squad" — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:59 +0000

[174] still

“How is it not nearly enough people recognize how screwed we are??”

In the words of Tonto, “Who’s ‘we’ kemosabe?”

Fact is, there are a lot of folks doing quite well from the status quo. They’d be fcuked if we fixed it. So don’t count on their support.

Can’t drain the whole swamp at once. Politically, the best way is to pick off one unpopular group of leeches at at time. That will have popular support and fits the “incremental rule” of effective policy change.

By: homeboken

homeboken — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:22:14 +0000

What’s another 1.9 trillion amongst friends: My God, our addiction to debt will never cease

From Dow Jones:

Senate Democrats are to seek an increase to the federal government’s borrowing limit by $1.9 trillion lifting the total amount the U.S. government can owe to $14.294 trillion, several congressional aides said Wednesday.

The increase is forecast to support the federal government’s borrowing needs the end of 2010, one Senate Democratic aide said.

The borrowing hike comes fast on the heels of a $290 billion increase to the debt ceiling agreed to by lawmakers at the end of 2009