democrats. against democrats. need we say more about the damning statistical revelation that was given by donald shields, the professor at, i believe, it s missouri state university. there s a 1 in 10,000 chance that the department of justice would have gone after democrats more so than republicans. i will tell you that there were 268 democrats, 57 republicans and only 10 independents that were either investigated, prosecuted, some were acquitted. but it went largely enknown, because this is a systemic problem. but the abuse today, we can point to. and i will highlight later on on the part of my father s case simply because we can point to very clear instances where something should have been done. justice recently, we warned the accuser a week and a half ago of a judge who my father fought back in 199, basically against his nomination to become judge. it was a very open and public debate. my father headed up the only government-funded civil rights organization in the city. t
expand those types of opportunities for kids that don t have them and when we do that that s when we ll start seeing the chind of reform and changes we ll see and ultimately that does go to a point where kids and familys are making these choices. host: birmingham, alabama. tom on our line for democrats. . if they don t have activities, and are studying year-round, that s no fun and they will get fat in front of the television, and then everyone will say, oh, well, that system doesn t work. well, i graduated from school in the 60 s, 1967, and we had ph.d. s, we have directors at my school, a small school in brighton, alabama. host: what kind of things did you doer 0er do over the summer? caller: we went on vacation. i would visit my relatives in selma, alabama. we had activities, baseball, softball. you just cleared your mind of all your school activities so you would be fresh and don t mind going to school, you liked it, you enjoyed it. guest: the research shows, and this
burden on our society, so it is actually an important investment for us. part of the problem with many of the bad loans were many of the people were told, don t worry. house prices are going to go up and up and up. the banks believed that the prices would never go down. they were supposed to be the risk experts. if somebody tells you, i have so much confidence that prices are going to go up that i ll give you this big loan and don t worry. in five years times you can refinance it because the price is going to be twice as high. who is the financial expert the bank or the person that this is the first time he s ever borrowed money. of course the bank is the. well, let s the bangs and the real estate companies were not really interested in managing risk. they were really maximizeing the fees they could get out of these unwary borrowers. in the future, i think, though people will be more careful, but the real responsibility for that is on our line for republicans, bud. good