February 4, 2012
Blog by John Steigerwald
Here’s a guy who knows how to talk to people -as opposed to reading to them from a teleprompter.
No teleprompter.
No script.
Whatever you think of his message, this is a great communicator.
It’s too bad he’s not running for president.
PART I
PART II
I learned a lot about the Giants and the Patriots this week while talking to various NFL bloggers and stat gurus:
Here are some fun facts.
Tom Brady was pressured on 18% of his dropbacks in the post season. Eli Manning 39%.
As I’ve said many times, I’ve never seen a QB get more time than Brady gets back there.
Brady completed 33% of his passes under duress. Manning 53%.
I’ve also said many times that I think Brady is a great quarterback, but I don’t think that he handles pressure in the pocket as well as most other great ones.
Brady has 10 interceptions in his last six post season games.
He has two three interception games in the post season and the Patriots have won both of them. That’s really bucking the odds. In the NFL, when you throw three interceptions, your chances of winning are about 20%.
Final NY 24 NE 21.
Today on TribLive Radio:
1:05 Kevin Gorman Pittsburgh Tribune-Review recruiting expert. (Today is national signing day in college football.)
1:30 Kerry Byrne of Cold Hard Football facts from Indianapolis with a Super Bowl preview.
Ever heard of Jamie Gorelick?
She’s a good name for you to know if you are one of those people walking around with the idea that George Bush should be blamed for 9/11 and the economic collapse.
She’s famous for putting up the wall between the CIA and the FBI and possibly preventing the 9/11 plot from being uncovered and she encourged Fannie and Freddie to make more stupid loans so that they could be bundled and sold as securities –the cause of the collapse of the housing bubble and the economic meltdown.
“In 2001, Gorelick made the annoucement that Fannie was buying subprime loans encouraged by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and bundling them as securitized financial instruments. Securities made from bundles of guaranteed mortgages were to contribute to the economic collapse in 2008. (H/T CNSNews)
“Fannie Mae will buy CRA loans from lenders’ portfolios; we’ll package them into securities; we’ll purchase CRA mortgages at the point of origination; and we’ll create customized CRA-targeted securities,” she said in 2001. “This expanded approach has improved liquidity in the secondary market for CRA product, and has helped our lenders leverage even more CRA lending. Lenders now have the flexibility to use their own, customized loan products.”
In remarks before the American Bankers Association on Oct. 30, 2000, Gorelick explicitly how the procress would work and what Fannie Mae would do to make it feasible for banks to lend to low-income applicants.
“We will take CRA loans off your hands–we will buy them from your portfolios, or package them into securities–so you have fresh cash to make more CRA loans,” she said. “Some people have assumed we don’t buy tough loans. Let me correct that misimpression right now. We want your CRA loans because they help us meet our housing goals.”
She also doctored the records at Fannie Mae to make it possible for her and several other executives to get bonuses. Her’s was worth $800,000.
“Here’s another “fun” Jamie Gorelick story. She was a member of the 9/11 commission but did not share her “wall memo” with anyone until, Attorney General John Ashcroft was blasted for the “wall” while he was testifying before the 9/11 commission and said:
“Although you understand the debilitating impact of the wall, I cannot imagine that the commission knew about this memorandum, so I have declassified it for you and the public to review,” he said. “Full disclosure compels me to inform you that its author is a member of this commission.”
I thought this was worth sharing. I’ve given up trying to determine if Joe Paterno got a raw deal.
Maybe we’ll know more after Sandusky goes on trial.