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In foreclosures, increase in abandoned homes, increase in decay and crime, these are problems for cities but we have to stop bailing people out and stop propping things up and stop buying. this is a fools errand. we have to let the price fall to market value. >> david: on the other hand, nobody likes the bankers. they say they are the only ones that will suffer here. >> but the bankers do own the mortgages. this is how its structured. politicians are seizing private property at gunpoint and hand...

>> has the u.s. cut off aid to egypt? >> what is going on with san diegos mayor? >> glenn greenwald is lashing out at authorities. >> ted cruz tried to rally the republicans. >> to defund the presidents health care plan. >> holding town hall meetings against obama care. >> now is the single best time we have to de-fund obama care. >> i dont think shutting down the government is not a good idea. >> we are standing up to take this country back. >> why cant the republicans all get on the same page?...

Had a piece yesterday that said speaker boehner is desperate for some sort of legislative accomplishment he can point to, to show that he and his colleagues can govern. quite frankly, i wonder if the speaker is on a fools errand. as we all know, many of his colleagues believe they were elected to not govern, to stop government from functioning. >> right. and they face a different incentive set than boehner does. to get re-elected as a republican for most of these districts, you dont need to show...

The proponents of prop 8, did not have the proper legal standing. remember that the state of california who is really the defendant at the heart of this case, it was their law, they said its unconstitutional. they chose not to defend the law on appeal. so the people who got it on the ballot stood in the shoes of the state. the federal government has -- the supreme court has issued a series of rulings over the years who say you dont have the right to sue. you cant challenge something just because...

That fools errand. tell me, do we -- obviously, the oral arguments. do we have any indication? as pete outlines, its possible they could say theyre sort of -- there are no technical grounds for this case to be met, which would be a totally different outcome than i think everyone expects. >> i think its quite plausible people will be disappointed on the prop 8 part. there is the defense of marriage act part. from the oral argument, it seemed at least plausible, maybe likely, that the court will s...

Just a very interesting strategic dilemma for the defense. >> defense attorney, mark, how would you go about that? >> i think this thing is going to play out the way omara wants it to play out. mark is going to i dont think put his client on the stand. it is rare any defense lawyer, absent the sky falling in wants to put their client on the stand. i think hes going to try this case within the prosecutions case. if the prosecution wants to go down the race road, hell deal with it within cross exa...

To put their client on the stand. i think hes going to try this case within the prosecutions case. if the prosecution wants to go down the race road, hell deal with it within cross examination. i dont see him frankly putting somebody on the stand whos going to say some of my best friends or i am a best friend, i happen to be african-american, i think that would be a fools errand. i think what you have to do is say there hasnt been anything here to show that this self proclaimed hispanic was out ...

Put his client on the stand. it is rare any defense lawyer, absent the sky falling in wants to put their client on the stand. i think hes going to try this case within the prosecutions case. if the prosecution wants to go down the race road, hell deal with it within cross examination. i dont see him frankly putting somebody on the stand whos going to say some of my best friends or i am a best friend, i happen to be african-american, i think that would be a fools errand. i think what you have to ...

According to bloomberg news, reformist. is there such a thing as a modern, pragmatic reformist? compared to ahmadinejad. you could come up with adjectives to describe this guy. in the end, the final decisions are made in iran based on what the lead cleric has to say. i dont know whether -- one thing that occurs to me, economic sanctions are crushing iran. maybe he is starting to reflect that. you have a minute to believe he is going to be pragmatic? >> if i recall when ahmadinejad was first elec...

The times calls him a moderate. "the new york times" called him a pragmatic victor. according to bloomberg news, reformist. is there such a thing as a modern, pragmatic reformist? compared to ahmadinejad. you could come up with adjectives to describe this guy. in the end, the final decisions are made in iran based on what the lead cleric has to say. i dont know whether -- one thing that occurs to me, economic sanctions are crushing iran. maybe he is starting to reflect that. you have a minute to...