Marjorie Yes a lot of fun. I am watching the “Game” unfolding with great interest, and reading a book called”The Book of Changes and the Unchanging Truth”( no joke). I miss Okpulot, she was the most interesting talent here. Have you heard anything about her? Business as usual is so boring!

Amazing, the guy’s not even in office and already he’s not doing enough for some people. And just how exactly, Barney, is he “going to remedy that situation”? Kick W out of the White House tomorrow and take the reins? I don’t get the impression that Obama expects any honeymoon at all, but he doesn’t have the power to do much except behave like a leader at this point. Bush isn’t exactly stepping up to the plate in this regard, and he IS the President. Not that this surprises me, he was/is such a poor Chief Executive. Why should he do the right thing for the country now? I’ve been reading parallels between this hand-off and that of Hoover to FDR during the Depression. At this point, pres.-elect FDR had not named a single cabinet member, and just like W is today, Hoover was keeping his comments short while the bread lines got long. I can understand why some of you would love to see Obama stumble so they could say I-told-you-so. But under the current circumstances, it’d be cutting off your nose to spite your face. I’m a huge cynic, but I’m holding off on my critiques until at least Jan. 20.

Marjorie: Speaking of Barney Frank. He is the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees housing and banking industries. We all know the reason our economic crisis started with home loans given to people that couldn’t afford them. Barney Frank said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were solid companies. We know these companies are responsible for the millions of foreclosures in the country. Franklin Raines of Fannie Mae made a personal fortune of 90 million dollars in four years while CEO. He was the largest contributor of money to Obama. Herb Moses was an executive at Fannie Mae. He developed many of their housing and lending programs. Barney Frank and Moses were gay boyfriends. Conflict of interest? Barney Frank should accept some responsibility for this mess before looking at remedies he helped start. Was Bush at fault? Absolutely. Everybody in politics was lining their pockets.