Comments on: Hillary's Housing Fix in a New York Nutshell

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:21:36 +0000

It was brutal, but fun now that I have time to think back on it. 25 long, hard days straight. I was down to 158.5 pounds-usually around 170. I was on a seefood diet but couldn’t hold enough. Tired, sore, cuts, bruises etc. Almost cut my leg off but was saved by my “protective gear”. First time in thirty years of using a saw that I ever had that happen.

Not as much money as I was hoping for but that’s always the way it goes. It’s never enough. But I can keep making the mortgage payments(just to stay on topic). Not a victim yet.
Found another job and went right back to work when I got home. No rest for the wicked.

Susan has a chat site on her web page but I had to give too much info to get on. I’m a paranoid sucker. Maybe she’ll show up again. Duane’s probably fondling his gold inside his new pantry and has forgotten all about us. I’m sure Don’s okay.

Yeah, I went through some kind of withdrawal too without you guys. Funny how people can connect like that. Went looking the day after I got home but you were all gone.

By: GlenGary

GlenGary — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:35:50 +0000

Bob,

I haven’t seen hide nor hair of Duane, Don, Susan since about a week after you left when the ‘Economics’ thread quit taking posts for some reason. I checked back every five days until I ran across this thread and figured I’d try a post on it to see if I could get something started again. I missed you guys.

So, how was the job?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:51:58 +0000

“The bush”- another name for the great outdoors. Your mind is always in the gutter Glen. But I’ve spent time there too, in the bush of which you speak.

Where are Duane, Don and Susan? We still have a lot of the world’s problems to solve.

By: GlenGary

GlenGary — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Bob,

“Looks like fun, I’ve spent a lot of time in the bush.” What’s that go to do with hiking Bob?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:53:34 +0000

I checked out your link Michael. Looks interesting. I watched the first entry and read the last. I’ll try to get caught up on the rest tomorrow. Wear a few layers of wool and you won’t be afraid to get wet. Make sure you get enough vitamin A, and just lace up tight and drive that ankle. It will heal up as long as nothing’s broken. The pain will keep you sharp. Looks like fun, I’ve spent a lot of time in the bush.

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:44:06 +0000

My posting will be sporadic for a while, but I'm not going anywhere.

By: GlenGary

GlenGary — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:29:37 +0000

I missed you guys and felt nostalgic last night so I went a’look’in fer my old Kentucky Home so to speak.

Glad to see you back in one piece! Atta Boy!

As fer this Subprime mess it is hard to keep the score card of “hapless victims” straight. But before it is all over… everyone will be a victim of those fools.

Losing Jobs? I see “La-Z-Boy And Whirlpool Moving To Mexico “, Ford cut 35,000 US Jobs and then opened a plant in Canada to employ 35,000.

This damned country is like a soap opera that thrives on discontent and bad news for good ratings! If it wasn’t so pathetic and hurtful it would make great comedy and so would our leaders. And now we have Obama, Hillary and McPain doing satire and calling that campaigning.

As per previous discussions I ran across this headline,
Confidential CIA Doc Warns Of Conflict Or Revolution For US
Gee…wonder why.

These masters of ours just keep pouring gasoline on the fires trying to put them out.

Glad To See You Back!

“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
Benjamin Franklin
Rebellion and Bullets to Idiots Is Better.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:33:38 +0000

You tell ‘em Glen. There are victims out there but they don’t make the news like the idiots. People who just wanted to own a home. They saved their money, made a good downpayment, made payments for ten years, fixed a few things up but now still owe what their home is worth(or worse)because idiots have built and bought so many houses that have been reposessed and dumped on the market, that no house is worth anything. To make it worse, they will probably lose their jobs in the near future or have to take a wage cut.

But that is just the way it goes. Another human tragedy.

Good to see you’re still around. Thought all of you were gone.

By: GlenGary

GlenGary — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:32:56 +0000

It takes two to tango when any deal goes bad and that includes
a foreclosure. One side turned a blind eye while the other side
clearly lied or were idiots and no plan fixes stupid. No bailout
is what I say! Why reward stupidity?

You Might Be An Idiot If…

If you thought your home would go up in value year after year in a straight line you might be an idiot.

If you thought that you could use your home like an ATM machine to overcome weak income instead of adjusting to your income reality you might be an idiot.

If you did not know that A-R-M meant adjustable rate mortgage meaning your payments might go either way UP or down you might be an idiot.

If you had not considered that interest rates from 2003 to even 2006 were low emergency interest rates you might be an idiot.

If you did not know that your Zero Principal Loan would require catch up principal added to your payment later you might be an idiot.

If you did not read your mortgage papers in full before signing you might be an idiot.

If you disagreed with mortgage terms and signed anyway you might be an idiot.

If you put zero down automatically becoming upside down on your mortgage you might be an idiot.

If you did not know the economy is inflation prone you might be an idiot.

If you did not know that business cycles are cyclical you might be an idiot.

If you thought that credit cards were as good as savings accounts and investment accounts you might be an idiot.

If you did any of those things and think you are the blameless victim of a bank I can assure you that you are indeed an idiot.

And if I see one more sob story on the news about this kind of thing I will know for sure that the Mainstream Media is chock full of idiots!