Goldman-Sachs Only Did What They Had To Do

I have my own opinions on this situation, and they all involve a straw man, a red herring, and the extremists on the left, hell bent on destroying this country by destroying our ability to direct our own financial decisions.

Rush Breaks Down the Democrat Party's Goldman Sachs Inquisition
Congress screwed up the market by forcing banks to make subprime loans to people who couldn't pay them back. Goldman isn't pure, but they wanted to survive. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)

"I'm not convinced that Goldman isn't in on this. They'll pay a $500 million or $400 million fine in exchange for a couple of billion in profit down the road. Goldman will take the hit, Republicans get tied to them, Democrats win in November (or don't lose as bad) and all is well." -Rush

The Regime, Class Warfare and the Destruction of American Capitalism
The greatest country on earth is being systematically dismantled right in front of our eyes, and the Republicans are getting blamed for it. It's absurd. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)

Dead Voters? Illegal Voters?

EDITORIAL: Letting crooks & illegals vote
Washington Times

It speaks volumes about Democratic unpopularity that they have to look to criminals and illegal aliens to try to shore up their voting base.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, and Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, have plans to ram through legislation that will produce universal voter registration. No matter what they claim, the rule changes will make it possible for illegal aliens to register to vote and for others to register multiple times.

The proposal is to register everyone on every welfare list, everyone getting unemployment insurance, everyone with a driver's license, everyone who has had run-ins with the legal system, everyone owning any property - basically everyone on every list the government keeps. People will be registered to vote whether or not they want to be registered. If individuals are on any public record, they will be automatically registered.

The legislation is also expected to give felons the right to vote. Why Democrats insist on letting someone who has raped multiple women vote on social policy is beyond us. According to Democrats, robbers who have preyed on helpless victims - and even murderers - have the judgment to tell us how law enforcement should be run in this country.

In May 2005, Public Opinion Strategies surveyed felons who had their voting rights restored and nonfelons who voted in Washington state. Even after accounting for the voters' race, gender, education level, religious habits, employment, age and county of residence, the book Freedomnomics found that "felons were 36 percent more likely than nonfelons with the same characteristics to have voted for [John] Kerry [a Democrat] over [George W.] Bush [a Republican] and 37 percent more likely to be registered Democratic."