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Re: HOW THE HOUSING, LENDING, STOCK, BOND & CURRENCY MARKETS GOT SCREWED, AND US ALONG WITH THEM | The District Weekly

dksnider — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:28 -0000

Dear Rachel,

Lucky for you that Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fortune and personification of luck once again found you.

Your friend always,
Dwight

P.S. If we get "lucky" maybe the bastards will go to jail. How fortunate!

Re: HOW THE HOUSING, LENDING, STOCK, BOND & CURRENCY MARKETS GOT SCREWED, AND US ALONG WITH THEM | The District Weekly

Rachel Powers — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:24:23 -0000

We are both in luck! Today the NYT fronts with a story entitled "Can't Grasp the Credit Crisis? Join the Club." It's a pretty helpful breakdown:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/business/19le...

Re: HOW THE HOUSING, LENDING, STOCK, BOND & CURRENCY MARKETS GOT SCREWED, AND US ALONG WITH THEM | The District Weekly

lbwhiner — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:44:57 -0000

Not really. Who started the whole subprime fiasco? There has to be a ground zero, but no one has asked who.what.where.when - though the why is fairly evident: to make a killing. And if we had real govt. in DC, there should have been a big time inquiry to get to the bottom of this. Someone should go to jail, but I doubt it'll happen - ala Enron.