“This economy is strong and growing stronger,” he said, to applause in the House chamber. “New home construction (is at) the highest in almost 20 years. Homeownership rates (are at) the highest ever.”

Just one month later, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan encouraged the mortgage industry to come up with new kinds of loans — so even more people could buy homes. *******

What happened between this 2004 statement and our housing market and financial decline?

Just Having My Say!

I’m also not one for the slugging games. I prefer pitching, speed and defense. Oh how I miss those Whitey Herzog, Cardinal teams.

While this statement is true don’t forget that these company’s plants are receiving millions in state and local tax breaks.

Yes, but these same breaks may be offered to any company willing to set up shop whether it be Honda or Ford or whomever.

In regards to your chipper comment.

As we have learned from our president and Mr. Geithner, factors that do not involve your job should not be considered.
Geithner is supposed to be a great guy with taxes, tax coeds and finance, even-though he did not do so well the for like 4 years on his own taxes, honest mistake though.

Chipper Jones is a multi-time all-star and former MVP. He has way more credentials in his field than Geithner.

HAHAHa,
Just playing please do not take offense to anything I said.

No question speed and steroids improve the latter. In the case of steroids, of course, it’s not that you are able to magically “get bigger” or stronger, but that the recovery time is seriously diminished, rendering very hard training more effective.

Ok, I’ll stop with the pedantic nonsense in a dead thread, just wanted to protect myself from a hard line drive from tcoach!

That sucks. I remember once we were at the Braves game, and one of the players (I can’t remember which one, but that’s probably a good thing – he’s probably broke and on drugs somewhere now) yelled at my son because he asked him if he would hand him a ball that had fallen over the fence – my son was about that age, and he started crying. This particular son (I have two and a daughter) is extremely shy and it took alot for him to get that courage to even ask the player. I got so pissed, man, I was on my way over that fence, but Pedro Borbon saw what happened, came over and apologized to my son, and talked to him for a long time and gave him the ball and signed it. I haven’t been to Turner Field since.

I’m calling BS on the performance enhancing qualities of speed. And to a certain extent ‘roids, actually. I’ve no doubt that some players think it helps them hit more/better; I just doubt it really does.

Remember too (not you tcoach, you know this already) that pitchers have access to the same pharmacological weaponry as hitters.

Also it has been proven and stated by many veteran players of the day that “greenies” allowed them to have the energy to play.

Even Chipper Jones, a modern athlete, said that when baseball banned steroids and amphetamines that the ban of amphetamines would have more of an impact on the game.

Also you talked about the legal issues, I do believe most amphetamines are illegal as well.

And Bosch,

I am not a bummer I was pumped to see you went off topic, because it gets old seeing the same people say the same things. With the lead topic of this current blog that is guaranteed to be the case. Same old same old. So thanks for injecting some sports into an otherwise very dull and predictable topic.
Plus I am biased against Aaron, 1st game my dad ever took me too Hank refused to sign an autograph for me. And he knew my dad they played against each other for 6 seasons, when Hank was still in Mil. and my dad was in St. Louis. I was 4 or 5 he could have signed my new baby blue braves hat.

Whatever happened to the old baby blues they should wear them more often.

An update to your question. I just went and looked at the coding on your comment and it looks like you turned off italics at the end of each segment, but turned it back on right after you turned it off. Once you use the /i don’t use i again until you’re ready to start something else in italics.