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  • TARP will be a massive loser. it is virtually inconceivable that it could even break even. also, the % of assets failing figure is not really an apples to apples comparison as a great many large institutions are effectively wards of the state at the moment. (citi, bofa, gmac, aig, …) nom de guerre: mmmm. and these same "unfailed" banks are the same ones holding the bag on hundreds if not thousands of abandoned/walked-away-from/payments no longer being made on homes and CRE, right? all those homes, land, and businesses that are technically in default, the banks just …. choose … not to count them as such. "we haven't foreclosed! still a good loan!"

    Coyote Blog 2009

  • We have an opertunity to redeploy without an unfailed state, which is why a date-certain is important to do that by changing the strategy.

    Steve Anderson: Joe Sestak Explains His Vote FOR Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2008

  • Let's set a date-certain, and have our troops out by then, understanding it is also a change in strategy that can actually bring the region to the table to work towards an unfailed state. particularly Iran with its influence on extreminst elements.

    Steve Anderson: Joe Sestak Explains His Vote FOR Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2008

  • We can leave Iraq an unfailed state, if we change the strategy.

    Steve Anderson: Joe Sestak Explains His Vote FOR Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2008

  • Given the drug economy, lack of ability of the government to effectively project control, monumental corruption, a very sketchy legal system and the war lords in the north, what will it take for Afghanistan to become an “unfailed state”?

    Might, Will, and Sacrifice 2008

  • That is why I have been persistent that a date certain (my bill says 31 december) with sufficient time, is not only the right strategy to leave behind an unfailed state, but is also one to protect those we, America, sent to war, while doing so.

    Steve Anderson: Joe Sestak Explains His Vote FOR Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2008

  • I am now confident (Greek for stupid) enough to pass the double-trailer-toting eighteen wheeler and bus and three cars in one unfailed swoop, as long as I can see far enough ahead to make a clear pass.

    Driving Habits and Precautions 2004

  • This comes 12 years late and 26,000 liters of anthrax short, 12 years late and 38,000 liters of botulin short, 12 years late and 30,000 unfailed chemical munitions short.

    CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2003 2003

  • As a student of science and philosophy of science, I am continually amazed and saddened by the willful distortions of science and evolutionary evidence by many who advance ideas of man's failed and sinful nature and then turn right around and are certain of their own unfailed and holy interpretations.

    unknown title 2008

  • That should be our strategy: Date-Certain in an authorization bill, cutting off the funds in a authorization bill, providing the right strategy to bring the Iraqis, Iran, and Syria, to the diplomatic table to leave an unfailed state ... while still appropriating money until that date in an appropriations bill for the safety of our troopsAdmittedly, this is nuance appropriate when considering Congressional procedure, but it does start to make sense to me: don't block the funding, make further funding illegal.

    Steve Anderson: Joe Sestak Explains His Vote FOR Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2008

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