Today "Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil" is commonly used to describe someone who doesn't want to be involved in a situation... or is committed to keep tight secrecy to a situation.

I'll call playing politics!

Have you heard about the Countrywide V.I.P. program? The Hipocisy of all... Sweet Deals?

In the light of latest subprime mortgage crises, where million of people are loosing their home across the country, the news about how Countrywide is doing business with Washington insiders and their discriminating VIP Program comes as a wakeup call. In fact it is business as usual nothing new or unexpected ...

Countrywide VIP program (a little-known program) that waives points, lender fees, and company borrowing rules for prominent people. (???)

Who are those participants in the VIP program? ... "preeminent people"? Include former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, and former U.N. ambassador and assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke.

Campaign finance reports, lobbying records and other evidence show that Countrywide it's been involved in the Washington-insider games for many years. Countrywide employed an army of lobbyists to represent its interests in Congress and elsewhere in the government at a cost of nearly $4 million over the last three years.
Interesting to read >>> Countrywide's 'VIP' loans to Washington insiders raise questions

From the Press >>> Countrywide's Many 'Friends' "The CEO of Countrywide - James Johnson, who had been advising presidential candidate Barack Obama on the selection of a running mate, resigned from the Obama campaign Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported that he received Countrywide loans at below-market rates."

It is hard for regular folks, who are unable to pay their mortgages because of many reasons including: loss of jobs, price of gasoline, inflation all across economy down spiral, to be sitting on the site watching how Countrywide ( the nations largest independent mortgage lender offering home loans) give special treatment based on political game...

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   Thanks to a little-noticed loophole in congressional disclosure requirements, members of Congress simply don't have to reveal anything about their homes or other personal residences, as long as the properties don't produce rental income.

They don't have to disclose loan amounts. They don't have to disclose loan rates. And they don't have to disclose mortgage lenders. READ MORE >>> Congress keeps mortgages off books

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   VIP loan outrage READ MORE >>> CNNMoney.com

"At a time when millions of Americans are struggling to repay their mortgage debts while coping with $4 per gallon gasoline and soaring foods prices, they will be outraged to learn that some members of Congress may have personally profited from their official positions through secret sweetheart deals on their mortgages," said the letter, signed by House leaders.

They called the revelations "extremely troubling" in light of upcoming votes on the housing package.

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