Damn you catchy tunage bastards!

Rewrites. Bidness. Meeting Agenda.

I actually started reading a little more in 2008. Actually I started reading again in the last 6 months. Not as much as some people here by a factor of 20 or so. Some people seem to be able to read a book a day. I suspect the fact that I still read most books out loud to WPKAW slows me down. Still, inside is my list.

• Football
• Suzuki
• Pressure
• Don't fail it, Zip it.
• Moods

California Rep. Joe Baca has long pushed legislation he said would "open the doors to the American Dream" for first-time home buyers in his largely Hispanic district. For many of them, those doors have slammed shut, quickly and painfully.

Mortgage lenders flooded Mr. Baca's San Bernardino, Calif., district with loans that often didn't require down payments, solid credit ratings or documentation of employment. Now, many of the Hispanics who became homeowners find themselves mired in the national housing mess.

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An examination of that borrowing spree by The Wall Street Journal reveals that it wasn't simply the mortgage market at work. It was fueled by a campaign by low-income housing groups, Hispanic lawmakers, a congressional Hispanic housing initiative, mortgage lenders and brokers, who all were pushing to increase homeownership among Latinos.

The network included Mr. Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, whose district is 58% Hispanic and ranks No. 5 among all congressional districts in percentage of home loans not tailored for prime borrowers. The caucus launched a housing initiative called Hogar -- Spanish for home -- to work with industry and community groups to increase mortgage lending to Latinos.