Someone over at Free Republic went and found the documents used in the Burning Down the House video:

V3.0 yanked in the last few minutes.

Subprime Lender Implosion: Bad Omen For Housing Market

Community Reinvestment Act (WikiPedia)

Community Reinvestment Act (PolicyLink)

The Trillion-Dollar Bank Shakedown That Bodes Ill for Cities

First Union Capital Markets Corp., Bear, Stearns & Co. Price Securities Offering Backed By Affordable Mortgages

Fannie Mae Announces Pilot to Purchase $2 Billion of "MyCommunityMortgage" Loans; Pilot Lenders to Customize Affordable Products For Low- and Moderate-Income Borrowers

Going Subprime

Fannie's Perilous Pursuit of Subprime Loans

Chart (pdf): Loans With Affordability Features And Adjustable Rates

Options expert calls Fannie, Freddie shares 'worthless'

Regulators Spin Public to Boost Fannie, Freddie

12th bank failure of the year announced

IMF says US crisis is 'largest financial shock since Great Depression'

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

John McCain Warned Of Mortgage Collapse In 2005

S. 190 [109th]: Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005

Chris Dodd’s Loan Problem

Obama turns to trusted political insider Jim Johnson for key campaign role

Barack Obama advisor Jim Johnson quits under fire

James Johnson resigns from Obama team

Raines's Estate

Advice from Raines

On the Outside Now, Watching Fannie Falter

*Friends of Angelo?

Senior Fannie Mae bosses resign

All Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008

*Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Democrats

*Obama's ex-boss (Miner, Barnhill and Galland) a Rezko partner

Strong, silent type (Fought red-lining)

Schools in Chicago Are Called the Worst By Education Chief

Obama, Education, and Accountability

Kids' protest highlights rich-poor schools gap in Illinois

The Immigration Debate: Its Impact on Workers, Wages and Employers

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac blind to bubble

4 Fannie Mae senior execs resign

Pelosi: Dems bear no responsibility for economic crisis

Obama Ridicules McCain's Economic Response

Burning down the house

Been afb (away from blog) for a while. Been working on some other things.

Came by to post this:

Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis? V3

Version 1 and 2 have been banned on YouTube. Once by Obama Zombies and once by Time Warner (major Obama contributor).

UPDATE>> V3.0 yanked. V4.0 will probably be up soonish.



Watch it once, then watch it again later when you've digested the info.

Maverick - Barracuda - 2008

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