Riddle me this, Boxman...

Post #382,013 by Another Scott 10/11/13 8:01:56 AM Reply	Riddle me this, Boxman... Suppose Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. had won Florida in November 2000. How do you think the world would be different now? Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #382,017 by mmoffitt 10/11/13 8:09:24 AM Reply	Suppose Jerry Brown had won in 1992.
Post #382,018 by Another Scott 10/11/13 8:16:09 AM Reply	Different question. Don't distract Boxman.
Post #382,039 by boxley 10/11/13 8:44:28 PM Reply	your carbon tax would be feckin ginormous Interesting question, pretending that the house would have let it stand. We would have been in Iraq much sooner and may have pulled the troops from Iraq 1 out of Saud and did more with the Turks to get to the North of Iraq in a tighter circle. With the troops out of Saud 9/11 may not have happened. He would have lost the second term because of dissatisfaction with the war. The housing bubble wouldn't have taken off because the economy would have been so moribound that derivatives never took off. Tea Party wouldnt have happened because regular folks would have gotten to vote for the regular republicans. With Mccain running with Jeb Bush as VP because he wasn't desperate for the right wing and being a few years younger might have replaced him. The dems would retake the house and the senate would be 51/49 The young Senator from Indiana would be a regular guelfing partner with Rep Boehner as they became the voice of reason in any bipartisan solutions. May have been a lot better Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #382,040 by Another Scott 10/11/13 9:24:20 PM Reply	Interesting thoughts...But I agree with your conclusion. :-)
Post #382,047 by crazy 10/11/13 11:50:51 PM Reply	Sorry, still would have sucked The housing bubble wouldn't have taken off because the economy would have been so moribound that derivatives never took off. This company was making many BILLIONS (no that was not a typo) when Clinton was president. Lots of other companies copied them. You met the guy who decided who to market to at my wedding. http://en.wikipedia....eriquest_Mortgage Ameriquest was among the first mortgage companies to use computers to search for prospective borrowers and to speed up the loan process and was accused of predatory lending practises (sic) by US regulators. No I did not write that, I'd have fixed the typo.
Post #382,048 by drook 10/12/13 9:16:05 AM Reply	My former company (temporarily) profited from that Ameriquest was pressuring appraisers to inflate values. My company did vendor management for appraisal and title services. Ameriquest installed us in their process so they could demonstrate an arm's-length relationship with the appraisers. Of course they still wanted the ability to provide "feedback" on "performance and quality". My former company is now a fifth the size it was. -- Drew
Post #382,050 by crazy 10/12/13 9:39:20 AM Reply	You took your feed from the "eastern" system. That was some fugly data. I got my monthly dump (of the entire thing, they should have not given me all those details) for my suppression list so I would not market to people that were already customers or prospects.
Post #382,059 by folkert 10/12/13 4:24:26 PM Reply	was this the... Smoke and mirrors company? -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Post #382,063 by drook 10/12/13 8:20:16 PM Reply	That's the one -- Drew

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