What planet are you on? The UN security council did not approve the war. It was not persecuted with the UN's approval Kofi Annan himself, called the war illegal.

Do you honestly think that lying to further your case is acceptable?

UN Charter Aricles 39-42 obviously mean nothing to you. The UN did not give the US a mandate to invade Iraq, Richard Perle admitted the war was illegal, as per international law, in 2003.

The UN did not back the invasion. It is one of the big things against the invasion. Lying does not further your cause it simply indicates that you are a liar.

... why did you take out the only secular dictator in the region and replace him with an Islamic theocracy? (The Iraqi constitution is based on Islamic law. Go look it up if you don't believe me.)

Yeah 9/11 changed everything, made it perfectly possible for the more cowardly element in America's society to stop thinking and simply start being afraid.

It should have revealed once and for all how pathetic the Republicans are on homeland defence, but the Democrats were more concerned with uniting the country then actually pointing out that this was eight months into a government made up of:

A Republican President, Congress and Senate.

You are lying. You told an outright lie which anybody here can go and check up if they want. The facts aren't subjective in this case, the invasion was not granted the UN's mandate at all. The UN did not support it and you are lying when you claim it did.

You are a liar. It is as simple as that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3661640.stm

Read that interview and

http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/

Read articles 39 to 42, just in case you don't believe the guy who was in charge of the UN at the time.

A subprime loan is a lot more expensive then a normal loan. While it is less regulated, if you can get the normal loan (Which with multiple properties is possible) you will get the normal loan - even if you are speculating on the market.

Further a large portion of what is ignored is that the predatory nature of the scam was based around the belief that while the borrowers would eventually default, the property itself would go up in value, allowing those lenders to sell it off at a profit.

That is the root of the current market crisis: That while the housing market was good foreclosures eliminated the risk of lending to high-risk clients.

The reason why a large percentage of the houses were in speculative property markets is because the lenders were really speculating on the housing market. They aimed at lending people money in the markets where housing prices were most likely to rise.

The business model relied on the housing market's continued upward trajectory, once that stopped the model, like all con jobs, collapsed.

obviously referring to the subprime loan.

And do you know what is really fascinating?

Cuba has moved away from that old, clunky infrastructure because they no longer can get ahold of the stuff they need to maintain it. You know, what with that old, clunky Soviet Union collapsing.

lobbied for anti-terrorism measures on America's planes during his time as VP - and as part of his election platform - which would have stopped 9/11 cold.

And it is not like that tough, manly cheerleader who became president took August off and ignored all of those warnings about Bin laden being determined to strike the US.

Nooo, nothing like that! /sarcasm

I just double checked on it and I was mistaken.

You support the killings of at least 15 civilians, including women and children. This is not a question it is a statement based on your post.

This is the change wrought in you that your fear based on 9/11 allowed: You support the killing of women and children.

The drop in the interest rates won't counter current growth in oil prices. Thus the economy is going to grind down until oil prices begin to drop a bit - at which point Opec will start cutting production.

1: Opec is largely made up of states which, to tell the truth aren't all that keen on America.

2: They don't have to see an advantage in driving you into a recession, all they have to do is see no advantage in preventing one.