Comments on: Bush To Put 30-Day Freeze On Foreclosures

In Effort To Combat Housing Slump, President Offers Relief Program To Qualified Homeowners

[pierson98]

Well, if you''re too busy to continue this discussion, I would only wish you a happy and safe day.

If you feel like hanging around, I would remind you that I didn''t mean to offend with the intelligent design comment, I merely inferred that from your earlier statements. I personally hold a different set of beliefs - I believe in the therory of evolution. Under such a theory, the organisms best equipped to survive are the ones who succeed and reproduce, while the ones that are not smart, strong, and capable enough fail. That''s how evolution works.

[iceman_1960]

"Bush To Put 30-Day Freeze On Foreclosures"

Band-aid fixes won"t do it now.

He should put a permanent freeze on the war in Iraq.

The Iraqi government has had more than enough time to get ready to carry the ball now.

[missingamerica]

You can try to make any person who owns or runs a business sound evil by syaing they''re "requiring people to PAY" for goods and services.

Posted by pierson98 at 02:00 PM : Feb 12, 2008

"Intelligent design"? Hmmm...I suspect that any further argument is pointless on my part.

I''ll just skedaddle with a parting remark: You don''t appear to have any grasp of the concept of "the greater good".

[random_radar]

Roosevelt sponsored a similar program at the start of the Great Depression to stop home foreclosures. It didn''t work then, and it won''t work now.

But the key message is that banking, real estate, and industry are in the same dire straits that occurred in the Great Depression. For those who know history, dark clouds are gathering on the horizon.

[missingamerica]

In other words, a retreat to the Feudal Ages and civilization be damned.

Posted by ibsteve2u at 01:55 PM : Feb 12, 2008

(Not that I necessarily have anything against the idea - I like the idea of forming my own army and taking what I want, especially from those whose hand lies particularly heavy upon those who depend upon them.)

[pierson98]

This is how the sum of your arguments appear to me:

You would be perfectly happy to be a Lord of the Middle Ages, content to hire your own protection and utilize only those resources you owned within your domain or paying for those resources that lie outside of your domain - while requiring those who worked for you to pay for the use of the infrastructure that makes their survival possible.

In other words, a retreat to the Feudal Ages and civilization be damned.

Posted by ibsteve2u at 01:55 PM : Feb 12, 2008
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Heh. We were rolling along with some sharp-yet-civilized debate until that last one.

I don''t know what to make of your reference to the Middle Ages, other than to say that feudal land-holding systems are essentially the polar opposite of free-market capitalist models.

You can try to make any person who owns or runs a business sound evil by syaing they''re "requiring people to PAY" for goods and services. Do you wag your finger at a store-owner who "requires his customers to PAY" for the food they eat?

I assume you believe in Intelligent Design? Not trying to be insulting, if you have devout beliefs of that nature I can respect them. Just seriously asking.

[missingamerica]

I don''t see why any intelligent person would. I think any aggressive war-making is terrible and shameful, and we should have only the military we need to defend ourselves in case of attack.

Don''t get me wrong, kid - I think Bush is a poor President, and his ridiculous oil war is threatening to choke our country to death.

Posted by pierson98 at 01:50 PM : Feb 12, 2008

This is how the sum of your arguments appear to me:

You would be perfectly happy to be a Lord of the Middle Ages, content to hire your own protection and utilize only those resources you owned within your domain or paying for those resources that lie outside of your domain - while requiring those who worked for you to pay for the use of the infrastructure that makes their survival possible.

In other words, a retreat to the Feudal Ages and civilization be damned.

[rowdytexan2]

When we were sold the bill of goods that government should de-regulate, we sold ourselves right out of a voice in our government.

We allowed corporations to operate at FULL PROFIT! That means they have NO investment...that means we have actually bought for them what they own! We''re giving their wealth to them FREE!

Without regulation of corporations for fair profit margins, we are rude, screwed and tatooed!

[rowdytexan2]

If we had toll roads, everyone who uses the roads should pay for them. It doesn''''t matter who they work for, if they drive on the roads, they should have to contribute to their construction and up-keep. Rather than being paid for by "the collective" as we do now.


Yes, and if we had toll roads, the the owners can charge us WHATEVER THEY WANT TO TO DRIVE ON THEM to assure that their CEO''S and shareholders make HUGE profits at our expense!!! Great idea there, Fella!

[pierson98]

Why should any American fight for America, when people like you insist that they have no obligation to America?

Posted by ibsteve2u at 01:47 PM : Feb 12, 2008

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I don''t see why any intelligent person would. I think any aggressive war-making is terrible and shameful, and we should have only the military we need to defend ourselves in case of attack.

Don''t get me wrong, kid - I think Bush is a poor President, and his ridiculous oil war is threatening to choke our country to death.