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I think you've just about got the voice over down for a serious looping performance. Hit those posts, Rev, and make it swing. trouble comin' everyday. throw in a little stutter with ca ca pi pi talism every so often On Oct 5, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Rev Fever wrote: > > I was resisting getting into this fray, but when I read this... > >> >> Why isn't anyone angry at the morons that took out loans they knew >> they couldn't pay back? > > ....I finally had to speak out. This is the *same* line of finger- > pointing *blame crap* that *all* of the Repugnican Reich wing > neonconartist "fair and balanced" > Faux Noise TV, and radio "talk" show blowhards and gas bags are now > *repeating endlessly*, ad nauseam, and it makes me *sick* to hear it. > > Yeah. Like those "morons" who lost their long time / good paying > jobs due to their jobs suddenly and without warning, either being > *outsourced* to some other country, or due to the "brilliance" of > some *way overpaid*, fat cat CEO who decided to downsize...oh excuse > me... to "restructure" a company for only the purposes of increasing > the profits of other fat cat stockholders, and then later even run > the company into the ground, but *still* walk away with a *huge* > severance package and a lifetime of other benefits. (Not to also > forget the millions that were already sitting in his / her personal > account, along with millions in stocks,etc) > > Or, the "morons" who suddenly, and without any kind of warning, came > down with some *serious* or even life-threatening illness that put > them out of work for a *long* time, and / or wiped them out > financially, or that the same tragedy occurred to their spouse, or a > member of their family like their *kid* or a *parent*,etc. > > Or, the "morons" who were first-time buyers and were maybe a bit > "green" about going into a mortgage situation for the first time in > their lives, > (and just who is an "expert" in *everything* for the *first* time > ever?) and were the victims of some aggressive, or slick, fast > talking predatory lender, a predatory parasite whom they *trusted* > to be "honest" and a "straight talker", and who was *ordered* by > upper "management" to sell, sell sell, and to do *whatever it takes* > to secure the deal... no matter what, including *lying* or some > other deception. > > Or, the "morons" who were the targets and victims of the *sub-prime > scandal*? (Remember that? Remember Countrywide?) > > And, there are other reasons why many "morons" simply got into > trouble with something that could happen to just about anyone, > but who originally *never plotted or planned* to do so. > > These same "blame the little guys and morons" loudmouths are very > likely long time Rethuglicans who "conveniently" seem to "forget" > that it was over 12 twelve years of *Rethuglican control* over > (haha) "our" gov't that brought about all of the *deregulation* of > the banking and other financial "services" industries that opened to > these doors to being with, for what has led up to today. Let's just > call the blame game it what it *is*. "Weapons of Mass > Distraction" (and / or "Deception")_ > > And of course, in true Rethuglican neoconartist fashion, when the > sh*it finally hits the fan, then they turn around and try to *blame* > someone *else* for it. Same old crap from these vicious and greedy, > self-centered rats, every damn time. Typical bullies who will gladly > kick the little guy when he is down and attack any other more > vulnerable and / or less defensible folks. Check history for more > details. > > I also agree mostly with what this guy Jeff below is saying, except > for one thing, and that is that for the greater part, no one was > ever *forced* to accept *any* credit card offer, especially any > additional ones, other than the first one they may have *had* to > have gotten, for the simple fact that it is next-to-impossible to > get by in our capitalist-dominated and "free" market country and > globalization world without one anymore. But also, when some folks > are *constantly* barraged with tempting card offers all of the time, > and especially if they have been stuck in the lower spectrum of wage > earners for all of their lives for *whatever* reasons, and reasons > that may have been insurmountable or out of their immediate control > up to this point, or also when they are *impressionable* and > *inexperienced teenagers*, or certain other types of "easy > targets", then it is sometimes hard to resist to finally succumbing > to such offers, and many of those offers that usually also have some > *very fine print* that should be noticed *closely*. > > Kick the Rethugs *out* of office (and send a bunch to *prison* too) > and the watch how *fast* the nation (and the world) starts to turn > around for the *better*, > and then continues to improve, and also *never* allow the Rethugs to > gain full power *ever* again. Again, just check US political history > for the last 100 years or so, see what kind of "pattern" that ya may > notice? When the 'thugs are in power, the economy eventually heads > down the toilet, and ever larger deficits are left behind, > and the country is left in a *huge mess* for the Dems to have to > clean up, but not before a lot of Rethugs, and those masters who > they serve, have *gotten away with* a *lot* of the *tax payers'* > money. > > And when the 'thugs are in power, it is when *more wars* get > started. Some of history is there to be *learned* from , and *not* > repeated. Think about it... > > -Rev. Fever > Portland,OR > >> That's a tough one. For one thing, a lot of people probably thought >> they could pay back the loans--or at least hoped they could. When >> they discovered (later) that their interest rate skyrocketed, then >> they could no longer afford to pay. Second, I don't necessarily >> blame the consumers--at least not all the time. It's pretty tough >> to turn down the opportunity to buy a home (or take some other >> large loan) if someone is going to offer you the money. I blame the >> lenders, in other words. Another example: I have so many credit >> cards (and I get solicitations every week for more) with a total >> credit line of an obscene amount of money. Why in the world not >> just one bank--but several--would extend me credit lines of 20K or >> more, I have no idea. But they do. I could get in serious financial >> trouble very easily. Would I be to blame, or do the banks bear some >> responsibility as well? >> >> Jeff >> >