Daily Archives: August 7, 2013


Is It Difficult To Talk About Race?

The Daily Show with John Oliver has a pointedly humorous segment on this subject.


The question about stop and frisk is an interesting one. In my almost 70 years, I have been stopped by the police without much reason a small number of times. I can be frustrated by it, and yet understand the point of view of the policemen. I can then go on my way, and use the experience as an interesting story.

I can see that if this were to happen to me very often to the point where it made it difficult for me not to worry about being able to keep a normal schedule, I would have a very different view of it.

It surprises me that people who rarely get stopped cannot see how different it would be if one were frequently stopped.

You cannot fully understand all the details of another person’s life, but it would be nice if you could at least have an inkling that not all experiences are exactly like your own.


President Obama is Interviewed by Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff

Here is the actual interview that was promoted in my previous post.


My question did get addressed somewhat in this interview. Below is the question that is close enough to what I wanted to know to elicit some hints at the answer to my question. Perhaps this question was chosen because it lacks the sarcasm of my question.

Image of question

I’ll have to look at the details of the proposal by Senators Warner and Corker. I know Warner purports to be on the side of the middle-class. Corker I have strong doubts about.


Obama Answers Your Questions On Housing

I received email notifying me of the presentation.

Yesterday, President Obama spoke in Phoenix about his plan to build a better foundation for homeownership.

Today he’s taking your questions online about that plan and what it means for homeowners, and those who want a home of their own. It’s part of an online chat with Zillow — the online real-estate marketplace — and Yahoo!.


If you follow the above link to the video, you will find it fairly content free.

If I could find a way to pose a question for this session it would be, “If semi-privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac proved to be such a disastrous policy, why do you think fully privatizing these housing agencies is a better idea?”

This is where you ask your question. Actually this place gives you links to where to ask your question, one of them being the method I used below.

Previously, I had followed this route. If you can figure this out, maybe the image below answers the How question.