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...Obama Administration should stop bailing out corporate disasters and abandon plans to move health care onto the backs of taxpayers...
Should more steps be taken to stop the foreclosures? Or would it be better for the foreclosures to proceed? One of the things that can be done to make the housing market more stable is if something is done to limit the foreclosures. There's been a lot of rhetoric about helping mortgage holders who cannot maintain their monthly payments on the mortgage, but very little, in fact, has been done to help them. If they've really got a program now that will work, that will help to stabilize the housing industry, and that will improve chances...
Bassett isn't just talking about neglected gym memberships and people who sit on the couch all day. Physical activity can be something as simple as walking to the bus stop. That's another problem, by the way: the South doesn't have many bus stops. Public transportation is paltry, and for most people, the best way to get around is by car. "You don't really think of riding the train as exercise, but at least you have to walk a few blocks to get to the stop," says Bassett. States like Mississippi and Tennessee also have a surprising...
...here, people will drive up and take our timber." Right away that teaches you that if you don't understand, and you put in a road - just like Greg Mortenson found out [when] he wanted to build a school but the villagers needed a bridge - sometimes you have to stop and figure things out. They are not illogical. They are rational. So what they want and why they do things is often based on things we don't understand. So first, you have got to understand that, and then go from there...
...handwritten note - that I took the time to sit down and write - if I typed it, people may think that I may have dictated it or written 50 of the same and just signed it. And I also find that if I hand-write it, it also makes me stop and think - think about the casualties. It makes me think about everyone...