Comments on: Bush Official: Mortgage Aid Not Working

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Admits Failure Of Efforts To Prevent Foreclosures

[frankfurt200]

From that day forward the fat-cats have been amassing the wealth and pushing to eliminate the middle class. Posted by nowaymcgoo at 09:49 AM

Indeed, the middle class has been in the way. Don''t forget what ENRON pulled on the State of California by inventing and implementing a sudden energy crisis, and how Bush sat back and punished the state for not voting for him. Yep, the middle class is in the way of all out complete greed.

[frankfurt200]

Of course the captain goes down with the ship but it''''s even harder to charter the boat when all the passengers are poking holes in the walls.


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Posted by lancearmstng at 09:29 AM

Or when the people supporting the "captain" have employed the most predatory of lending practices. Oops! You forgot that one, didn''t you?

[lancearmstng]

Tootall, would you like to live with me on my Wild West-themed plot of land? I like the way you think. In fact, I love it. You''re the first person on any news website that places blame on the public, where it belongs for the most part.

Which leads me to another idea for a plot of land!!! As an experiment we can place some people that live above their means in one land see how they survive. I bet it won''t be a pretty picture. They will be a group of well dressed land dwellers but they will all have to huddle around a flaming garbage to keep warm because they can''t pay off their mortgages.

You may say, wait a minute Lance, mortgages? Yes sirree Bob, mortgages. These fine folk will not have the sanctity of a Lord to house them because they are too special and can do what they want. These are the precise people that complain about how the GE executive has the private jet but they can''t have their Sean John socks. There is a reason for it... they''ve built themselves up to earn their spoils, most people haven''t.

But enough of this obvious, blaming the guilty party nonsense.

I need other ideas for plots of land guys. Whoa! Mind blowing idea. Have individual plots of lands for supporters of their favorite sports teams (But only if you live and die by the sport, no band waggoners. this way not everyone is split up by sports teams, only if it really means something to you)

[lancearmstng]

Babyboomer, are you suggesting a French plot of land?? I LOVE IT. Surrounding plots of land can be German, Dutch, British too! and maybe like once a week all those lands can get together for brunch and share cultures and foods. Oh man, this is going to be great.

[baby54boomer]

laissez faire has always been = "let it fail" and now it is = "left us f*#@ed"

[lancearmstng]

Before I get back to the idea of serfs and lords...

Walt, the way I see it those "absolutely-stupid" executives aren''t exactly stupid. Con-artists, yes, even tricksters if I may be so bold and harsh. But absolutely-stupid? ehhh, can''t agree with you there. Unless everyone who earns a living higher than the previous person ends up in jail nothing will change. It''s always been like that. The rich get richer and the poor become, wait for it, SERFS!!!

So, back to important logistics. Ted Turner has his big plot of land filled with laser-tag playing serfs but what about the rest of the un-united lands of America? I''d like to think that we could turn it into many different themed areas. One could be like Water World, another like the Wild West (which would be my preference), one could be a Magical Castle theme.

Any other ideas? Come on guys. I can''t do this on my own.

[lancearmstng]

How would the land be split up? I''d assume it would smaller land plots than by state-size, right? That would be too big, almost like individual countries.

AND, there would have to be a limit to land size unless it''s based by money. By the way, did you know that Ted Turner is the largest private land-owner in America?? Nothing against him by any mean, just a little tidbit of info. Maybe he''d have a large plot of land and create sub-divisions on his land. Ooooh, and then he can create teams of serfs and make them battle each other with weapons, fake weapons though. Real weapons would be dangerous and to be honest take all the fun out of it. Maybe laser fighting is what i''m getting at...

[walt1944-2009]

As usual, efforts by private industry and the court of the Great Emperor Bush II have fallen short of helping homeowners stave off foreclosure and losing their homes.

This, of course, is typical of what the Great Emperor Bush II''s objectives have been since the day he walked into the Oval Office, namely, "A DAY LATE, AND A DOLLAR SHORT!"!

Anyone who expects any help from the Great Emperor Bush II will be waiting until Hades freezes over! Just ask the victims of Katrina, Ike, and those who lost homes in California wildfires and tornadoes in the midwest!

The Great Emperor is only interested in "helping" the highly-paid, highly-perked, totally-greedy, and absolutely-stupid corporate and financial executives who got us into this huge mess in the first place. To him, it is extremely important that the "ELITE" continue to enjoy their lifestyles and live the "American Dream", while everyone else lives the "American NIGHTMARE"!!!!

SIG HEIL, I LOOK LIKE I CARE ABOUT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN!!!, BUSH!!!

[bjcone8559]

This country was built from the bottom up for more than two hundred years and became the greatest nation in history. Then Ronnie Ray Gun gave us ''trickle-down'' voodoo economics. From that day forward the fat-cats have been amassing the wealth and pushing to eliminate the middle class. This crisis is the end result of that republican ''vision for the future'', and now we see neocons in places of power trying to use it to further their goals. Republicans in congress are calling for auto makers to file chapter eleven and, in the process, break the union. They long for America to become a feudal state of lords and serfs. If your net worth is less than eight figures and you voted ''republican'' you have been duped. You are a serf in their eyes. In case you don''t know, Lords are the land owners... serfs own nothing.

[lancearmstng]

and TJ, i''m sorry for calling you a silly goose. I got a little antsy and riled up.

[lancearmstng]

And i''m not saying he isn''t at fault either but don''t say he''s the only one responsible and don''t say that Democrats or Republicans are more responsible than the other. This country became overinflated with a sense of entitlement and greed on my levels. Obviously it''s greedy of the CEO to spend millions but how is it not greedy of the person who didn''t deserve to have a house to begin with and continues to rack up credit cards bills?

Do you need the new Kanye West CD the day it comes out? No. Do you need HBO, Showtime and Cinemax? No.

Everyone is at fault in this and to blame simply Bush is incorrect and just proves further that the masses will jump on board any blame-game to avoid the realization that we, as a whole contributed to this mess.

[lancearmstng]

TJ, you''re being a silly goose. Explain to the class what Bush did to deregulate any further than what was occuring for the past 70 years.

Blaming Bush is the easiest thing to do because no one wants to take the time to understand the situation. It''s as much Bush''s fault as it is anyone who defaulted on their mortgages or spent on credit like someone that can afford to.

Of course the captain goes down with the ship but it''s even harder to charter the boat when all the passengers are poking holes in the walls.

[trillion1]

They put an idiot like paulson in charge. Who gives the money to the same people that s@rewed up in the first place. And they expect positive results?

[lancearmstng]

why hasn''t CBS posted a story about how Iran now has produced roughly enough uranium to create a nuclear bomb?

[perceptions5]

The market is tanking because "business" is looking into the future.

And the only thing they see is Obama, Harry, and Nancy.

A Chicago Gangster, a Las Vegas Mobster,and a San Francisco Snobster.

The economy is the TOP issue right now SO why hasn''t The Emperor Without Clothes, Obama named his candidate to lead the US Treasury?

Of course the this new breed of liberal fascists that run the AP/CBS and the rest of our corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack press aren''t going to run with that theme.

After all Obama is their boy wonder.

It''s going to four years of major pain and suffering.

If you like the past two years that the Democrats have run our economy and Congress then you''re going to love the next four years with the Dems in 100% control.

........Standby....

[lancearmstng]

Agreed that Bush wasn''t a great president but to blame him for the current economy is simply wrong.

For anyone who enjoys learning facts and doing some investigation rather than just jumping along with everyone and making incorrect accusations because that''s the "cool" thing to do...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/10/27/60-minutes-financial-crisis-piece-ignores-election-ramifications

Take a look at what Congress passed on the last session of the 106th Congress, BEFORE BUSH WAS IN OFFICE

[geneonlbk]

A depression happens when the best efforts and best intentions of a government fail to solve the problem.

[slim1h2o]

President Bush have to prove this to you?

Posted by gop_will_win at 08:52

8 times he has proven to be an idiot. We don''t need anymore proof of that.

[gop_will_win]

We republicans tried to warn you liberals that government does not work. How many times does President Bush have to prove this to you?

[ddaryl1]

Yes it is time to offer everyone lower interest rates, or refinance opportunities, so all consumers have more money in their pocket.

why shoudl the people who bought within their means, and have kept up their credit traing with responsibile purchasing not be helped out.

The only signal I am getting here is that it does not pay to be frugal. Allow me to refinance my 26 years left on a 6% mortgae to a 20 year 4% loan and I will have money and equity built up.

Butlets face it the corporations / wallstreet / banks are way more improtant than the people [/sarcasm off]