Archive for April, 2006


28
Apr

The Bronx is Up, The Battery’s Down

NEWS DISSECTOR IN MOTION:

FROM YANKEE STADIUM TO PAKISTAN
FROM FALUN GONG TO BEANTOWN
DEBATING THE CREDIT SQUEEZE
There is a famous song about the city I am writing from, a show tune really. The memorable lyric is, “The Bronx us up and the Battery’s down and New Yorkers ride in a hole in the ground.”
That’s what I […]


28
Apr

Debating the Credit Squeeze & More

Bob Pleznac writes:
“With over 30 years in the trenches. Morality in the credit system comes exclusively from debtors. If Congress or even a scattering of state legislatures gave half a damn about usury, the poor and middle class might have a fighting chance. IMHO, when the card companies put “universal default” provisions […]

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