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...they could chew were deceived; many of them just wanted more house than they could afford, and it's not clear whether an agency devoted to helping consumers would have pushed for stricter scrutiny of their credit histories, higher requirements for their down payments and other borrowing restrictions that might have helped save them from their own bad instincts. In any case, it's hard to imagine how the subprime crisis would have metastasized into a financial collapse if banks hadn't been so big, interconnected, complex and overleveraged - problems that had little to do with consumer protection...
...they conclude that they're going to pay a serious political price for obstruction. And they're only going to pay that price if they're perceived as anticonsumer; the finer technical points of derivatives regulations or proprietary trading are not going to move the masses. A new bureaucracy might not scream populism either, but it's probably the best way to portray a vote on reform as a choice between the banks and the people...
...love of golden chariots, towering palaces and extravagant grottoes, definitely does not spring to mind. Would he really have taken to these simple clean lines and neutral color palettes, or joined guests for a tea ceremony in Emiko, the hotel's Japanese restaurant? Perhaps not. But he might have appreciated the flock of beautiful origami birds fluttering in the alcove, or the playful furniture (it's designed to look like luggage) in each of the 72 spacious bedrooms. (See Time.com/Travel for city guides, stories and advice...
...Hospital in Los Angeles, who is also an earthquake volunteer in Haiti. "Amputees are too often told in Haiti, 'You are a burden to society and to your family - people do not have the time for you.'" Before he performs an amputation there, Ford says, patients often shout, "You might as well as kill me, because I won't be able to make a living." Haitian officials "have no choice now but to figure out a way to make amputees functional as valued contributors...
...Obama Administration is talking about putting more sanctions on the IRGC, with hopes that a reluctant China might be willing to sign on to a more targeted effort. But this is a silly and hollow gesture - the IRGC is the best sanctions buster in the world. What Washington should be thinking about, now that crazy mullahs have been replaced by cunning generals, is how you negotiate with a military dictatorship. Unlike faith-based regimes, military ones have objectives, ones they are willing to negotiate and compromise on. We've certainly been through it before. The question is whether this Administration...