Federal Mortgage Fraud Deal

I had noted earlier that I was quite pleased that several state attorney's general had opted out of the federal mortgage fraud deal that Obama was pushing to have accepted.  Now it seems that many of the holdouts are going to jump aboard.  This is a travesty of justice in the highest degree.  The settlement amount is 20 Billion dollars, which is a JOKE.  Most of the money will go toward paying down mortgages of affected homeowners but it is woefully inadequate AND grants the banks certain  releases that, no doubt, will make it much harder for civil cases to go forward and impede what should be a massive investigation for fraud, seizure of assets, and arrest of blatant criminals.

Mittens Romney- Psychopath

Willlard "Mittens" Romney has many of the classic elements of a psychopath.  He is glib and charming.  Nothing sticks to him.  He is unable to relate a true position on any issue.  He started out doing less than well in school, until suddenly his grades improved, indicating that he finally reached a point that he could get someone to do his work for him or pay to have them get better.  He is completely without compassion and is unable to connect to real people in any way that is measurable.  

He makes laughable assertions with a complete straight face.  His activity at Bain Capital was predatory and destructive.  Psychopaths can't create anything they can only destroy.  And in this current race for president he has adopted an intractable position on releasing his tax returns.  We have also found out that he still has a considerable amount of money invested in Bain funds that are located in tax havens like the Cayman Islands.  And now a new twist on the saga.  The seed money that was used to fund Bain came from rich people in El Salvador at the time of the Sandinista/Contra civil war and the ensuing Iran/Contra affair.  It is highly unlikely that Mittens would have been able to elicit funds from prominent people in El Salvador without the help or knowledge of Colonel North and company running the illegal drugs for guns for murder racket.  Something that a psychopath would be drawn to with relish.