ACORN, Self-Help, Inc., Obama | Friends in Low Places (1)
American axis
President Obama has spoken well of the virtues of public service. On the surface of things, it is admirable to sacrifice one’s time and resources to help others in need. However, with the continuing controversy of the HR 1388 “mandatory volunteerism” bill inflaming the public’s sense of what is [...]
Center For Responsible Lending Irresponsibly Taints Journalism
Jumping off that same cliff
Jay Miller of Crain’s Cleveland Business reports that given the choice, he’d rather be a lemming.
Jump off the cliff like everyone else and buy the Center For Responsible Lending’s (CRL) propaganda, Jay. Or, you might actually take the few seconds necessary to think about cash advance [...]
Rotten ACORN: America’s Bad Seed (Pt. 1)
A vast empire, grown from an ACORN
The Employment Policies Institute (EPI), a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth, put together an extensive report in 2006 on just how much the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) talks a good game when it [...]
ACORN Urging Homeowners to Break the Law
ACORN pains me
Hundreds of thousands of families across the country are facing foreclosure. Many have already been put out of their homes. How does this happen in America? How is subprime lending (thanks to ACORN, the Community Reinvestment Act and Self-Help, Inc.) allowed to go on for so long before [...]
Was Martin Eakes Mugging Planned?
Was it planned?
Recently, David Fellerath asked on Triangulator whether the recent mugging of Center For Responsible Lending President Martin Eakes was planned. He refers to a North Carolina News & Observer column by Barry Saunders at http://www.newsobserver.com/134/story/1335527.html which ventures the suggestion that Mr. Eakes was not merely in the wrong [...]
The Truth? Starkman, the CRL Ain’t Worth It… (Pt. 4)
Payday loans aren’t subprime mortgages
Starkman brings his criticism of the Forbes article to a close. If you missed parts one, two or three, check them out.
“Consumers’ complaints as a seismograph? Does anyone believe that?”
This again refers to Donald Morgan’s work, and again, Mr. Starkman can’t see the forest for the [...]
Center For Responsible Lending: Subprime/Subpar (Pt. 2)
Dean Starkman defends CRL, trips over self
But let’s look at his case against the Forbes article. It’s full of holes. Click here if you missed part one of this story.
“Payday loans, by the way, are even ranker than subprime mortgage lending, which, despite years of diligent research in sub-basement laboratories, [...]
Defending Subprime Lenders? Bad Premise! (Part One)
Starkman’s got the Center For Responsible Lending on his mind
Award-winning journalist Dean Starkman should have known better. His journalistic career has been one of distinction. He was worked for high-profile publications like the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. He was even part of an investigative team that won [...]
ACORN & Center For Responsible Lending: Subprime Culprits
Sharks that feed on banks
During the recent presidential election, an organization called the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) grabbed more than its share of the headlines. Specifically, there have been allegations that ACORN has been involved in large-scale voter fraud (and here’s a road map). But let’s [...]
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