When I was doing “A Field Guide to American Politics,” I used to have the shownotes posted for every show.  For some reason, I stopped doing that for “All American Radio.”  But I was so irritated by the behavior of blubbering Barney Frank that I felt I needed to post the links to what I used to refute his comments. 

So, here are the shownotes for tonight’s show.

First, there is the video of a Harvard conservative asking a simple question, to which Frank not only refuses to answer, but starts questioning the student and ridiculing him.

First, you need to get to know who Barney Frank really is to understand the guy.  For a background check, I chose to read from Mortgage Meltdown Blog.  It gives an “unvarnished” account of Frank’s Congressional career.

Countervailing Truths has a great history of the factors that lead to where we are today, including Frank’s refusal to admit there was a problem.

Jon Keller at WBZ-TV wrote a great piece showing that “Frank Not Free From Blame in Mortgage Mess.”  Including this gem:

August of 2007, another push by regulators for more oversight is dismissed by Frank, now Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, as "inane."

So, is Barney Frank blameless for the Fannie-Freddie fiasco?

Sorry, congressman, the Spin-o-Meter knows a whopper when it tastes one.

Michelle Malkin recalls how Frank refused to accept there might be a problem with loaning money to people who couldn’t pay it back and then having the government collect it all.

Then there is this great video Naked Emperor News created back in September of last year.  Frank starts talking at 6:10 into it.

And World Net Daily shows how social experimentation, not greed, lead to the mess we find ourselves in today.

For general reference, here are the Wikipedia entries for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and  HR 1434, which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program.

Here is the roll call vote for HR 1424, showing that Barney Frank voted for it, and here’s proof that he was a co-sponsor.

Finally, something I started to mention during the show, but stopped myself because I didn’t  have any data on it right then, was the fact that Frank was in a relationship with one of the executives at Fannie Mae.

Barney Frank and the Democrats in Congress are just as, if not more, responsible for this mortgage meltdown as any executive at AIG who received a bonus.  But who is going to drag him before some pumped up pompous panel on Capitol Hill and demand he explain himself?

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