Bryan ,
What do you really think???
Good job of pointing out the nonsence going on on capitol hill. The next thing you know we will all be standing on lines waiting for our government cheese, Yum. Its a sorry state of affairs..

Since ancient times there have been people that want to be led so they don’t have to be responsible for the consequences of the choices they make. These people tend to go about their days in total oblivion, spiritually speaking, and focus more on being entertained, gratified, and avoiding being responsible for themselves and their community of humankind. Watch people in parking lots at supermarkets, etc throwing trash on the ground and leaving their shopping carts in parking spaces, etc. “Let someone else do it” and “what’s in it for me?” is the modern attitude and it isn’t just Americans.
The puppetmasters own the major media and have intentionally brainwashed & dumbed down the people in our country and some others. We are very close to becoming a “One World Order” and responsible people will lose more freedoms while the others believe they are being provided for. “Let someone else do it” has gotten us where we are because it’s too much trouble to get involved in working to RESTORE THE REPUBLIC. The Money Masters (puppetmasters) have created this attitude in more and more of us by corrupting the minds of our youth in more ways than most would believe. Obama was put into office by these “One Worlders” and he will do their bidding very successfully.
One has to go underground for the TRUTH, like on the internet and sites that talk about this while encouraging us to ACT instead of just talk. Americans must UNITE and fight or allow what was created as a Republic (not a democracy) to become just another region in a Communist style One World Order.
Who cares enough to get involved in stopping it? W.G. Reau

While I’m not a big proponent of the “conspiracy theory” angle, fundamentally, I’m with you — Bryan Ellis

Bryan, unfortunately, people don’t learn the lessons and when they begging to “get it”, is most of the times too late. I don’t think that the Americans voters took seriously the treat of socialism been forced upon the American people. We can expect more of the same!

wagreen, are you for real. Do you people even know what socialism is? I came from a country that had a socilaist government years ago, you have no idea what a true a socialist government is. People wake up and smell the corruption. Over the last eight years there was the biggest shift in wealth in the history of the world. The middle class, those people that get up and go to work every morning for a paycheck, those people that try to save for a rainy day and retirement, have watched their next eggs evaporate. The people we need to hold accountable are these greedy financial fat cats, they are the ones eating up the all the cash in this country. People need to realize, we have had a oneway street in this counrty for quite sometime now, but not the way you may beleive. The ones getting all the breakes are the rich.

Wehave had eight long years of poor policies, which led us to where we are now, lets give this guy a chance, he may suprise us.

As for all those crying the blues about this attempt at repairing the mortgage industry, to you I say this. Where was all the belly aching when Bush handed out money like it was candy to all the big banks, with no strings attached, we still have no idea where that money went. Now Obama, is trying to put the money where it will make as difference and eveyone is crying the blues. Remember, if you stabalize the real estate market everyone benefits with housing prices stabalizing. I would love to invest in some real estate, I just refuse to do it at someone else misfortune. It is about time we stop this selfishness and start working together, to get through this.

One last thought, it is not, contrary to the belive of many the rich that make an economy improve. It is the masses, when they go out and spend. If we keep taking from the middle class, they will have nothing left to spend. For you rich folks out there, stop being so greedy, you do not spend enough to help this economy, in many cases you don’t even pay enough taxes to support this government, you would rather spend the money on tax attoneys, figuring how to get out of paying your fare share of taxes, hence the reason why a flat tax is still not in place.

Bryan, I believe that your comments are more true than most will believe. I just finished watching a 3 video series called COMMANDING HEIGHTS. It goes back into the history of the world and shows the troubles Governments cause by Socialism or Marxist type rule. It uncovers how a Capitalistic society always straightens itself out. (The Mystery of Capitalism) It is a must see to understand where we are headed. What continues to happen in the world is what i call the “Grandfather, Father, Son Theory” history is doomed to repeat itself. We do not learn from our Grandfathers only our Fathers. Thanks always for the timely and great info.
Norm

As a Christian, I didn’t vote for Obama, for obvious reasons. As an African-American, I didn’t vote for him, because of what Martin Luther King Jr. said about judging a man based on the content of his character, not based on race. I know a phony when I see one (the emperor has no clothes!). I didn’t need anyone else telling me what Obama would do to “change” this country because it was clear as a bell that he is a socialist ideologue who is going to use the power of government to literally destroy 200+ years of democracy (as we know it) before the end of his 4-year term, as well as enact policies that will solidify his party’s control over the electorate for years to come, using this “economic crisis” as a means of accomplishing this task. How in the world a majority of the American people could vote for this man is still a mystery to me, even to this day?

You can expect more of the same sort of nonsense to start coming down the road once he’s put all his “economic” policies into place, including destroying the banking system (nationalizing the banks), our health care system, piece by piece, by using several pieces of legislation (not in one massive bill like he just did with the economic stimulus bill) to enact his brand of government style “universal” health insurance, just like they snuck in all kinds of “pork” into both the TARP bill and the so-called economic stimulus bill. Then, he’ll turn his attention to the environment and attempt to label carbon dioxide a “toxic gas,” and that’s when the real fun will begin. If you think your taxes are going up now because of the 1.2 trillion dollars he and the Congress just spent, wait until his plans for combatting “global warming” (or is it climate change???) kick in and another trillion (plus) dollars are tacked onto the tax bill owed by us all.

Bryan is right about the genesis of this current global economic crisis going back to the Carter administration with it’s enactment of the Community Reinvestment Act. (For more details, log onto the marklevinshow.com and listen to the archive of the 9/18/08 broadcast.)

When he’s done “changing” this country, he’ll have destroyed our way of life, as we know it. The only way to stop him is if we vote out most of the Congress & 1/3 of the Senate in 2010, and then go on to vote in his replacement in 2012. Hopefully, we can un-do most of the damage that he will have done in the meanwhile.

Good thing you put Bush in that hand basket to hell too, Bryan…proves there’s hope for you yet. But you took the wind out my sail because my raging thought up until that point was that Dubya Bush PRINTED well over a trillion dollars to bail out financial giants who were having a good ole time with exorbitant bonuses, splendid galas and multi-million dollar luxury jet purchases even on our dimes while receiving bailout money. Not to mention the oil barons (Bush, Cheney, et al) croneys who were the ultimate winners in a vast land of losers. Yes, I am torn and worried about the financial burden my children and future grandchildren will inherit. But not so torn I don’t understand that the avarice of unbridaled capitalism has made victims out of homeowners who made smart, responsible choices too. I know, both as a real estate broker and informed citizen that EVERY homeowner has been affected by look the other way capitalism. Sadly, it has come to the point that if we can bail out the mega-rich, we can bailout the working poor.

Wait. What race card? I didn’t see a single mention of race in Anthony’s last post. Did I miss something?

Bryan, you comment is very insightful, although I don’t think that this is part of a socialist agenda. If we want to detect socialism, then we already have socialism for the wealthy in the gigantic bank bailing outs. The fact is that politicians respond to special interests and their lobbiest; I think all Obama is doing is pleasing his masters who put him into power. It’s up to the people to keep things straight by speaking out loud.

cmga64 you’re a blind fool. If you can’t wake up and smell reality and get out of your delusional state of mind then you’re no different then the idiots that voted this moron in office.

Give him a chance give me a break.

This guy is putting this country into a state of Socialism whether you want to believe it or not.

And Anthony you’re the biggest idiot of them of them all. A pathetic idealist with no moral concept of reality. You’re probably the type that says yeah we should support the lazy because you probably are lazy and expect people to bail you out.

Sorry but I can’t stand the Obama supporters they are blind,foolish and ignorant to what this jackass really is.

For all the misslinda2000s out there.

There is a germ of truth to some of what you say, “The banks and Wall Street obviously can’t (or won’t) police themselves, so somebody needs to do it!”

The truth of this is congress has passed many pieces of legislation making it impossible to comply with the law and maintain their charter unless they made a large number of bad loans. Reference the term Redlining and how it relates to the banking industry and how this has altered loans by the banking industry.

The Federal Government has made it illegal to deny many bad loans for home mortgages over the last several years. It has been a long time since banks had a real choice who they gave mortgages out to and whom they denied. If that sounds ridiculous to you then it is about time people started looking into what has really been happening over the last 30 years.

As for invading an innocent country, you have to be kidding! There was nothing innocent about Saddam or Iraq. If you believe it was or even now is so innocent then I suggest you take a few weeks and spend some time in the country. I feel you will come back with a different idea than you currently have. Maybe you won’t but when I see such obviously uniformed statements I always suggest one takes the time to experience something first hand to get a good feel for what reality is.

Here is some information on Socialism for all of the readers, I see much talk about what it is and is not but little accuracy about what it is.

The following is quoted from Wikipedia:
“Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equal opportunities for all individuals, with a fair or egalitarian method of compensation.[1][2] Modern socialism originated in the late 19th-century working class political movement, and in an intellectual movement that criticized the effects of industrialization and private ownership on society. Karl Marx posited that socialism would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian revolution, and would represent a transitional stage between capitalism and communism.[3][4]
The first socialists were termed utopian socialists by later socialist thinkers, and include Robert Owen, who tried to found socialist factories and other structures within a capitalist society and Henri de Saint Simon, the first individual to coin to term “socialism” and the originator of technocracy and industrial planning. The first socialists predicted a world improved by harnessing technology and combining it with better social organization, and many contemporary socialists share this belief.[5][6] Later in the 19th century, Marxist socialism became more dominant. Democratic socialism is socialism by democratic means. Arab Socialism and African socialism are also notable forms of socialism. There is disagreement over the extent that National Socialism is socialist; although Adolf Hitler’s party program included socialist elements, the Nazis did not socialize industry, just created a highly state-regulated welfare state.[7]
Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, creates an unequal society, and does not provide equal opportunities for everyone in society. Therefore socialists advocate the creation of a society in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly based on the amount of work expended, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved.
Socialism is not a concrete philosophy of fixed doctrine and program; its branches advocate a degree of social interventionism and economic rationalization, sometimes opposing each other. Another dividing feature of the socialist movement is the split between reformists and the revolutionaries on how a socialist economy should be established. Some socialists advocate complete nationalization of the means of production, distribution, and exchange; others advocate state control of capital within the framework of a market economy. Socialists inspired by the Soviet model of economic development have advocated the creation of centrally planned economies directed by a state that owns all the means of production. Others, including Yugoslavian, Hungarian, Polish and Chinese Communists in the 1970s and 1980s, instituted various forms of market socialism, combining co-operative and state ownership models with the free market exchange and free price system (but not prices for the means of production).[8] Social democrats propose selective nationalization of key national industries in mixed economies and tax-funded welfare programs and the regulation of markets. Libertarian socialism (including social anarchism and libertarian Marxism) rejects state control and ownership of the economy altogether and advocates direct collective ownership of the means of production via co-operative workers’ councils and workplace democracy.”

Now here is a little bit of discussionquoted form Wikipedia:

“Criticism
Main article: Criticisms of socialism
Criticisms of socialism range from claims that socialist economic and political models are inefficient or incompatible with civil liberties to condemnation of specific socialist states. There is much focus on the economic performance and human rights records of Communist states, although there is debate over the categorization of such states as socialist.
In the economic calculation debate, classical liberal Friedrich Hayek argued that a socialist command economy could not adequately transmit information about prices and productive quotas due to the lack of a price mechanism, and as a result it could not make rational economic decisions. Ludwig von Mises argued that a socialist economy was not possible at all, because of the impossibility of rational pricing of capital goods in a socialist economy since the state is the only owner of the capital goods. Hayek further argued that the social control over distribution of wealth and private property advocated by socialists cannot be achieved without reduced prosperity for the general populace, and a loss of political and economic freedoms.[54][55]
Hayek’s views were echoed by Winston Churchill in an electoral broadcast prior to the British general election of 1945:
. . . a socialist policy is abhorrent to the British ideas of freedom. Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state. It will prescribe for every one where they are to work, what they are to work at, where they may go and what they may say. Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance.[56]”

If you want to read all of this check the link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

If you want to be really afraid of Socialism check out this link http://www.conservapedia.com/Socialism

Read and enjoy if it makes you all warm and fuzzy let us know, if not be afraid, very afraid.
Chris B

I have to disagree… why was there NO OUTRAGE when we bailed the banks out, and they used the money unwisely..but now everyone is fussing when they help out the little guy..

My family is one that will hopefully be assisted by the Presidents new plan.
And my I start off by saying that we DID NOT buy more house than we could afford… we are Self Employed individuals whose business has all but tanked because of the Recession.
The ONLY loan that we could get that was affordable because we were self employed, (and as self employed individuals, they treat you as though you have the plague)…..was an adjustable rate mortgage….yes we could have utilized a fixed rate loan, but the Interest Rate would have been OUTRAGEOUS because of our self employed status.

Our payments (even after our rates adjusted) would have been affordable to us, BUT…. then the economy tanked, and since we service the Housing Industry… we were hit first and the hardest.

People on Wall Street can stand and do their television rants, but until they are just a plain old “Mom and Pop” industry, that trusts in the system that left us down because it is so riddled with Greed, and Corruption…… they should not speak until they realize that there are MANY FAMILIES just like us, that are hard working, trusting in the system, and just wanting to feed their families….

I am PERSONALLY OFFENDED whenever I hear someone on TV who is as far removed from “Main Street” as you can get….ranting and raving about how they are paying for their neighbors mortgage…. why are they not complaining about the Corruption and Greed on the part of the banks?????????

The ONLY way that this Economy is going to turn around is if the housing industry comes back full force….. until then…. you wil see more companies closing, and unemployment reaching 10%.

So please realize that there are MANY SHADES of Grey where this Housing situation is.
I would much rather help the Policemen, and Teachers, and Nurses, and Self Employed Individuals like myself, than the Fat Cats at the Bank…. so please do not Generalize, there are many hardworking people who just wanted a home….
OR like us…. needed to pay Medical Bills for a Sick Family member…. (since Insurance was too expensive for us when we were just starting out)…… and we refinanced thinking that we were doing the right thing.

There is a little saying, Please do NOT judge, until you walk a mile in a mans shoes….I have to agree with that!!!

respectfully
Lisa

Once again Bryan you are spot on with your analogy of the latest plan of the Non Citizen Hussein that currently is occupying the White House. He and his half baked bunch of THIEVES have but one thing in mind and that is to completely destroy the Capitalist economy system that has worked in our country extremely well for over two hundred years.

Those that wish to know the next move on the Hussein the Non Citizen’s agenda pick up a copy of the book “Rules for Radicals” by Saul Alinsky you will be astounded at what you read and you will see that every move that Hussein the Non Citizen is making comes straight from the pages of the book. Get the BOOK, READ the BOOK and when you do you will be GET MAD AS HELL!! THEN JOIN THE REST OF US AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IDIOT before we are pushed completely over the cliff !

To follow is the last letter I sent to my Senators and the Representative form the state I reside in before the senate was to vote on the last SOCIAL SPENDING ORGY THAT WAS JUST RAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS. I encourage each and every reader of this comment to send similar letters to their congressional representatives. The TIME HAS COME FOR “WE THE PEOPLE” to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!

Senator,
As your constituent, I urge you to reject H.R.1, the so-called “Stimulus” bill. This so called ‘compromise’, is far from improving the already bad bill, the “compromise” is actually worse than the original bill. This bill would be more appropriately named if it were called the Obama, Pelosi, Reid Socialist theft act of 2009. There are those of us that do not wish to rename our country as the United Socialist States of America, I trust you are one of them.

This Spending Bill that is to provide TAX Relief to the TAX PAYER does nothing of the sort. Instead of providing real tax cuts that would return money to the taxpayer who could then in turn spend the money to give the economy a real boost again does nothing of the sort. This latest version of the bill actually reduces the meager, temporary tax credits in the bills passed by the House and Senate originally.

These so called “shovel-ready” highway projects we have heard so much about are but a tiny portion of this bill, that should not be part of this bill or any bill for that matter in my opinion. Actually those states that need infrastructure repairs should take care of those repairs through the respective states tax dollars not the US government! The infrastructure is already there and only needs to be maintained. Instead we see billions of dollars to expand existing bureaucratic programs, $300 million for federal employee company cars, wear the cars out first, these people do not need new cars, my car has 125000 miles on it and I am unable to buy a new car because the banks are out of the lending business even though the banks were bailed out with the CITIZENS Tax Payer dollars so tell me why the government employees should have new cars at the TAX PAYERS expense with this new SPENDING BILL that provides NO RELIEF to the CITIZENS of the United States. Then there is $165 million for fish hatcheries and dozens upon dozens of other pet projects that do nothing to stimulate the economy.

Now lets look at the hidden provision to create a health board that is not necessary or needed however this board hidden under the guise of a Comparative Effective Research Council which will set the stage for a health rationing board long advocated by the man who was to be the nation’s health “Czar,” Tom “I couldn’t tell the truth if I had to” Daschle, and provisions that allow the states to weaken work requirements in the 1996 Welfare Reform bill. The US government needs to GET OUT of the health care business and leave this to people that know what they are doing!!

All in all the only way to stimulate this economy is to CUT TAXES!! The US Government is fast approaching the end of it’s usefulness and in my opinion already has. In order for the US government to begin being useful to the CITIZENS of the United States once again, here is a novel idea that WILL WORK!! CUT the Corporate TAX rate to 8% making it the lowest in the world and make the cut Permanent, then CUT the Capital Gains TAX rate to ZERO and make that cut Permanent!! Cut the individual tax rate to 8% for every Citizen (take note I said CITIZEN, this means get the ILLEGAL ALIENS OUT!!!) and make the CUT Permanent!! No new taxes or tax increases of any sort to the Citizens of the United States for any reason whatsoever!!

By doing these simple such logical things the 535 self appointed Napoleons currently in Washington along with the Non Citizen occupying the White House would be able to watch money come to the United States not by the truck load but by the SHIP LOAD!! Additionally if the 535 self appointed Napoleons along with the Non Citizen occupying the White House would simply get out of the way of the United States CITIZENS by staying out of the oil business, out of the energy business, out of the banking business, out of the automobile business, out of the healthcare business, out of the insurance business and out of the education business this country as a whole would be much better off than she is today!

Simply put the US government needs to STAY OUT OF THE UNITED STATES CITIZENS BUSINESS COMPLETELY and do what the US government was formed to do which is to protect the borders of our country nothing more and nothing less!!

The truth is the CITIZENS of the United States have HAD IT WITH THE SELF APPOINTED NAPOLEONS!! Take note there is an uprising brewing throughout the country and the sooner the what are supposed to be leaders listen to the CITIZENS of the United States the sooner this uprising will be thwarted!! Otherwise this fast moving and fast growing uprising will become an unstopable force that the 535 Self Appointed Napoleons do not want to deal with. This means STOP the Self Serving Napoleonic Ways and listen to the CITIZENS of the UNITED STATES we are telling you what we want and what is best for our country however the 535 Self Appointed Napoleons are not listening!!

Additionally the vote on this bill violates the pledge by congressional liars (I mean leaders) to allow 48 hours after publication of the bill before a vote.

Now I am asking you to Please vote “NO” on the conference report on H.R.1, the “Stimulus” bill that would be more appropriately titled as the Obama, Pelosi, Reid Socialist theft act of 2009.

PS.
Realizing that the excoriating comments and concerns contained in this letter may have offended you and if so I do apologize the comments and concerns are not directed at you, as you have done your job by representing my conservative principals and values. The excoriating comments and concerns are actually directed at your democrat associates so please you are encouraged to share this with all your democrat associates.

PSS.
There is a movement for Texas to secede from the union that I personally support and I feel very strongly that Texas should secede from the what are currently called the United States of America. The Citizens of Texas do not wish or need to be apart of the United Socialist States of America. Texas is an independent Republic that has the capability and ability to handle her own problems without the meddling of the United Socialist States of America and the Non Citizen in the White House who wishes to turn what was once the only true free country in the world into a Socialist Hell Hole like all the rest of the Socialist countries around the world. Personally I am NOT INTERESTED in such NONSENSE!! Texas has the ability and the will to be the FREE REPUBLIC that America once was.

Do the right thing VOTE NO!!!! God Bless you,

Darold Reimer God Loving Patriot 1st, Conservative 2nd, Republican 3rd

Chris,

Just like Bryan, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Thank you for the definitions of Mortgage Brokers and Loan Servicers. I’m not sure why you provided that information, but thank you just the same.

Here is where you are wrong: Most big lenders DO service the loans that they originate. Fannie and Freddie don’t exist to service loans. They do service loans, but they are in the business of buying secondary mortages. When a large lender sells a loan portfolio to Fannie or Freddie, they usually retain the servicing. It’s not always a package deal. Servicing is very lucrative. They will usually sell the loan, but keep the servicing for themselves.

Mortgage brokers aren’t investors, so I’m not sure why you brought them up. They are only middle men that broker loans on the behalf of investors. The don’t sell loans either, because they aren’t their loans to begin with. You are probably confusing mortgage brokers with mortgage banks.

To all of you that call me racist, or insist that I’m playing the race card, please show me one post where I have done so. Just one!

How about 6 or 7 of them? Here are some posts where you were the first to interject race, or the only one to continue harping on it, when it was peripheral to the content of the post:

Facts are cruel things. — Bryan Ellis

The problem is, anytime I mentioned the fact that Obama was a Black man, people accused me of playing the race card. I was merely stating the obvious.

I think you should point the racist fingers at yourselves. In this article alone, Bryan has referred to the current President as stupid, arrogant, foolish and idiotic. Most of you have agreed with him. Where does all of this anger and disgust come from? Where was all of this anger and disguest when Bush 43 was flushing the country down the toilet? How can anyone that voted for Bush 43 twice (TWICE!), call Obama an idiot?

Bush ran roughshod over this country for eight years, and he and his cronies stole every penny they could from us. And now that Obama is trying to put some of that money back into our hands, you call him a fool? You have the nerve to be angry and disgusted because our President is trying to keep people from losing their homes, but you sat by while Bush sent our soldiers to attack a country that presented no present danger to us? The cost of this war dwarfs the size of the stimulus plan, but where is your anger and disgust over that?

I’m angry and disgusted that Bush gave big tax breaks to large corporations, only so they could then send jobs overseas. I’m angry and disgusted that thousands of people in New Orleans suffered and died, while Bush stood by and watched. I’m angry and disgusted that Bush put my country at war, only so he could blow up Iraq, and then issue no bid contracts to his cronies to rebuild it.

Maybe what Obama is doing is right, maybe it isn’t. But whatever he’s doing, he’s doing it for ALL of the people of this country. Bush never did anything for anyone but himself and those that are rich like him. Capitalism has it’s benefits, but it mainly benefits those that are rich and already in power. My interests, and apparently those of our President, are more inclusive than that.

Wow. You completely lack conviction, don’t you? “Maybe what Obama is doing is right, maybe it isn’t.” Is that the extent of your concern with his policies? It appears so. You’ve beaten your own argument: To you, the criteria that matters is whether policy effects everybody, and not whether it’s the right policy. This does not speak well of you. — Bryan Ellis

Bryan, thanks for listing all of my posts. That is much appreciated. Now please show me the comments in those posts where I “played the race card”, or made racists comments. You’re not trying to say that by merely mentioning race in a conversation, that I am guilty of playing the card card. Or are you?

Sounds paranoid to me…

To my esteemed readers: This reader has a difficulty in that he can’t see past race, as the partial listing of his comments above reveals. If he was to have a look at any of the posts above, he’ll see that he is, in every case, the person who either introduced race into non-racial conversations or extended non-race-oriented discussions towards the direction of race. I’m sorry, but that doesn’t pass muster around here. I’m not bound by the garbage of political correctness, and I don’t mind pointing it out: Much to the regret of us all, virtually all of this reader’s focus is on racial issues, as he insists on bringing race into virtually every discussion. That is the very definition of “playing the race card”. Frankly, I would think it insulting to anybody sensitive to racial issues - including me - that Anthony’s basis for decision and argument appear to be largely about race, even with issue completely unrelated to race. A sad state of affairs indeed. — Bryan Ellis

Where do I begin ? I will begin by saying I have read every post on this blog and I will thank Bryan for making this forum available to us all to speak our minds, well those of us that have a mind.

misslinda2000 my dear you are very misguided in your thoughts so much so that the only word I have to describe you is idiot, you are simply another of the mindless dolts that feel as though the world is fair and everyone should have the same. Well misslinda2000 whoever told you that life is fair LIED!! and the world owes you the same as the world owes me NOTHING!! Realizing that you voted for the NON CITIZEN that is currently occupying the White House would it be safe to say that you are a NON CITIZEN as well? Given that you are supporting the Socialization of the Greatest Nation the world has ever seen or ever will see this seems rather obvious to me. misslinda2000 contrary to what Hussein has lied to you and 305 million other people about in the United States not to mention the over 6 billion people that comprise the populous of the world having health insurance, going to college, having a mortgage on a house you cannot afford and taking money out of my pocket to take care of you is not a right or an entitlement. The United States Constitution does not state any of these things as rights or entitlements. Rather than wait on Hussein to bail you out how about you get off your assets and go to work and take care of yourself. God states in the Bible, (now I know I am speaking Greek to you) that “those that do not work should not eat.” I suggest you read the play book your messiah is reading from. “Rules for Radicals” by the Communist activist Saul Alinsky that is if you are able to comprehend the Marxist Communist ideology that he espouses in the book. Your messiah is using this book to herd the people of the United States over the Socialist cliff. misslinda2000 I will get off of you now and move on to the next mindless dolt that has no idea what the true power of a Capitalist Society is all about.

cmga64 who claims to have lived in a Socialist society which based on the comments made is very doubtful if not a flat out lie. cmga64 do you want someone telling where you have to work and what you have to do on the job that you are to perform? Do you want someone telling you what you may have to eat or may not eat? Do you want someone telling you where you must live because they said so? Do you want a government bureaucracy telling you that you are to old to receive a medical procedure that would keep you alive another 10 years because you are not worth the expense? Do you realize that even if you are 20 years old and suffering with a cancer could be arrested that a government bureaucracy will decide when and if you are able to seek medical attention for that condition? Do you mindless half wits realize what you are asking for? Be careful what you ask for you may just get it and 99.99% of the time what you asked for is really not what you wanted. The rich in this country continue to get rich because they use the laws that are written to their advantage the same as you mindless dolts could do if you only would take the time to gain the knowledge to do so. However I do realize that sitting around in your underwear crying and whining that the rich keep getting richer and I keep getting poorer is easier and besides Hussein will bail me out. There is a reason for this, the reason is called LAZY and I want my ENTITLEMENT the world OWES ME and I want everything for nothing. What is wrong with work cmga64? Oh you mean I actually have to do something to get something? Why yes what a novel concept that is. cmga64 if you are so enamored with that Socialist country you claim you lived in and left how about you and all the rest of the Lib’s that have made post on this blog board a plane to that Socialist country (there is one that leaves every two minutes) and never return. Trust me; we patriots will not miss you not even a little.

Now lets move onto Mr. Bursten, Mr Bursten you sound as though you are in the same category as the two I have just excoriated for their ridiculous views that millions that do have their priorities straight and their thinking right should bail out those that have made poor decisions. Sir life is a series of choices in which one will make good choices and bad choices and with any choice one makes comes consequences. Granted Uncle Sucker certainly passed some really STUPID legislation with the community reinvestment act of 1978 (which would have been better named the community give away act of 1978) signed into law by a TRAITOR named Jimmy “I am a DUMB ASS PEANUT FARMER” Carter which sir you are witnessing the second term of that disaster right now. However this disaster is being created and orchestrated by a very shrewd and intelligent NON CITIZEN USURPER and a cabinet, house and senate of bought off thieves cheats and liars that have lulled you into thinking that government is the answer to your problems. Well in the words of the greatest and best president this country has ever seen or ever will see Ronald Reagan. “The people turn to the government to solve their problems failing to realize that government is the problem” as well he stated “Be afraid when someone shows up at you door and says I’m from the government and I’m here to help you” any of this sinking in McFly? Mr. Bursten you could not be a real estate investor and if you are you must be starving to death otherwise the statements you made about writing down principal balances would be infuriating you. Suppose and I know this is likely a stretch for you but stay with me here. You hold a note on a home that you sold for 200,000.00 and you are acting as the bank and owner financing the property at say 9% simple interest amortized over 30 years. Now you paid 150,000.00 for the property and are looking forward to the tidy profit of 50,000.00 plus the interest at the end of the mortgage loan you so graciously made to a person that willingly and without duress signed that mortgage loan document and are paying their mortgage on time. Then Hussein the NON CITIZEN comes in and states Mr. Bursten you have not a choice in our decision to modify this persons mortgage and what we are going to do is cut the interest rate in half from 9% to 4.5% and because of declining values (due to the blunders of good ole Uncle Sucker) we are also going to write down the principal on this loan from 200,000.00 to 130,000.00. Now tell me Mr Bursten how is this going to help your bottom line? Well lets see, by Hussein and his band of thieves doing this you will loose a little over 100,000.00 in interest not to mention the tidy little profit of 50,000.00 oh lets not forget you are now 20,000.00 underwater on the house you paid 150,000.00 for. All in all Hussein and his band of thieves have just legally stole 170,000.00 from you. Does this seem like a good scenario to you Mr. Bursten? How does it feel to have just been ripped off for 170,000.00 by a NON CITIZEN and a band of USURPING THIEVES? You like this Mr. Bursten you’re an IDIOT!

Finally on to some good news WGReau you and I are on the same page concerning taking our country back from a NON CITIZEN and his band of USURPING THIEVES!

SANDOR OCHOA how right you are we have history staring us right in the face and recent history to make matters worse and for whatever reason our country is full of mindless dolts that would rather have Uncle Sucker tell them how to live their lives than to take responsibility and accountability for their own lives.

Mr. McMullin like you I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth and have worked for everything that I have never expecting a hand out for anything. The only thing I ever asked for was the opportunity that God gave me the United States Constitution states every man has available to him that lives in the United States. Unfortunate but true also Dr. King was used as a pawn in this past what was called an election and I think I would be safe in saying Dr. King would be very very disappointed in the turnout of this what was supposed to be an election.

Chris as always you are right on point and right on the money with what you have stated. Nice to know that some of us are truly well informed and do actually know what we are stating and why we are stating what we have stated. Brian 2825 you fit right in here with Chris right on the money good job calling this piece of garbage what it is garbage.

Darold Reimer God Loving Patriot 1st, Conservative 2nd and Republican 3rd

OK, so I pulled the following right off of your website Bryan:

I’m Bryan Ellis, and I really don’t know very much about anything. But for some reason, people continue to offer me tidy sums of money for my advice on internet marketing, real estate investing and public speaking/sales strategies.

Today you need to stick to internet marketing, real estate investing and public speaking/sales strategies.

You are misinforming your readers big time. Here are the facts:

1. Servicers will receive an up-front fee of $1,000 for each eligible modification meeting guidelines established under this initiative. Servicers will also receive “pay for success” fees – awarded monthly as long as the borrower stays current on the loan – of up to $1,000 each year for three years. This is called the “Pay for Success” Incentive. I believe you misspelled it as “bribe”. No need to apologize.

2. Because loan modifications are more likely to succeed if they are made before a borrower misses a payment, the plan will include an incentive payment of $1,500 to mortgage holders and $500 for servicers for modifications made while a borrower at risk of imminent default is still current. This is called a Responsible Modification Incentive.

No where in the plan does it say “Bribe Borrowers to unnecessarily modify mortgages by giving them $1,500 if they have their mortgage modified before they are in default!!!!!! No need to apologize!

3. Anthony is 100% correct. Your article is not accurate. Here you should apologize. I think he’s been a good sport.

To Chris B,

I don’t pretend to know what it’s like to have worked for the DNC or the RNC. You shouldn’t pretend to know about mortgage brokers, GSEs, loan servicers or anything mortgage related just because you have 3 friends who work for big banks. So, you should take some of your own advice and “read all the information and look at some of the facts” before you attempt to put someone like Anthony in his place. By the way, he wrote that he worked at one of the GSEs and in case you didn’t know, that’s Fannie or Freddie. So I’m fairly confident he knows what he’s talking about.

James, you stated that I was a blind fool for my remarks. However, all I read from you was name calling of others and negative remarks about the current administration. I heard not one good idea coming from you. So let us analyse for a moment your useful thoughts and general understanding of what is going on, Oh I’m sorry, you obviously have none, not a clue. As far as Obama supporters being blind, foolish and ignorant, this I say, more likely fits people such as yourself. You are the ones whom agreed with the last eight years of government in this country. You sir are a bafoon, I just hope your are in a position to not be negatively affected by the current situation. I hope you have a job you can rely on, a home that has not lost a significant amount of equity, and a 401k that has not lost at least 30% of its value. You see, I just described the situation of better than half the working population in this countyr today. So yes, I will give you a break as you requested, because you are the blind fool. One more thing, you really should learn the true meaning of socialism.

I find Bryan’s original comments that started this thread to be bordering on hysteria. Socialism! The sky is falling! Run for your life! But the posts concerning the social fallout of not doing something are much more thoughtful and, dare I say it, inspiring. This is the freakin’ United States of America. We are capable of better than where and what we are today. It is going to cost money. Get over it.

The post with the essay defining socialism was thought provoking as well but seems to be based on the fear of where the author sees us heading. Here is another definition worth consideration.

“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” - Benito Mussolini.

For those of you who do not recognize this I refer you to the last eight years under 43. If you think this is or has been a good thing I respectfully invite you to pull your head out from where ever it is embedded.

Shalom,
Ken

Darold Reimer, I want to thank you, thank you and thank you again. You saved me a lot of time and effort in addressing some the beyond silly comments by: misslinda2000; reloanpro; cmga64; and tuesdaysmom1.

You misslinda2000, based on the comments in both of your post, you demonstrate either disdain for or a total lack of understanding for the Constitution, or could it be both? In addition to absolutely no concept of economics…there is no FREE LUNCH! You want change? It looks as though you will certainly get it, the problem is all of us will have to deal with this unwelcomed burden of monumental debt that will be the result of you and all of the other folks in this country who now feel entitled to stick your hands in the pockets of posterity.

You mentioned health care in both post. If you took the time to read some of the 1,100 pages of the “PORKULUS BILL” that your “SAVIOR” rammed thru Congress, you will find the “TROJAN HORSE” that will be the start of the health coverage you seek so much. I find it absolutely abhorrent what the socialist in Congress, masquerading as Democrats have planned for the health care you so desire. Be careful what you ask from gov’t, you are most likely to get more than you want. Ever heard of the adage, “the devil is in the details?”

Darold Reimer mentioned it in one of his post, but just in case you missed that important nugget, here it is again.

During the presidential campaign, Obama proposed the creation of an institute that would judge the “comparative effectiveness” of medical treatments, procedures, and therapies, as well as drugs, devices, and technologies. Now Nobama didn’t come up with this on his own, no, he had some help from another “control freak,” Tom, “I am not a lobbyist” Daschle. Did you know all medical records have to be computerized as a result of the passage of that bill? Now a new bureaucracy will be created, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. And the porkulus bill calls for the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research. Daschle explained the purpose of this in his book, it is to slow the development and use of new medications and technologies because they are driving up costs.
Daschle says senior citizens “should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age,” instead of trying to have them treated. Oh, isn’t Mr. Daschle compassionate? In other words misslinda2000, old people should except their ailments and go away and die! “Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The porkulus bill changes this and applies a cost-effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council. The Federal Council is modeled after a UK board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis. You’ll get your health care, is this really the kind of health care you want? Do you really want some bureaucrats in DC making medical decisions that are better left to you and your doctor? Well, those days are soon to be over…is this the kind of health care you want? You wanted it and it’s coming to a doctor near you….These are the same pencil neck geeks that run all of the other many levels government we all love and enjoy the wonderful level of service we get.

The currect tax system and the IRS was first sold to the masses as a soak the rich campaign and it was only going to be at a measly 1%.
“Those that refuse to learn from history are dangerous.” Thats my quote.

If you don’t understand the argument agianst the bail out, it is because you don’t understand the economics of what that kind of spending can do to a country and its economy.

“YES WE CAN” Do you know where that comes from? Ever heard of Cha Guevara? That phrase was used by him, and we all know what an ANGEL he was.

tuesdaysmom1, (Lisa) There was plenty of outrage during the debate prior to the passage of that bill to bail out banks. In fact, the outrage was overwhelming against the passage. But I guess since it was a Republican in the White House at the time, you did not hear the outrage. It appears you only hear the outrage when it’s your guy in office.Those of us that are opposed to this new round of spending, we were just as outraged then as we are now. Doesn’t matter who is in the White House, a bail out is a bail out.

reloanpro: The above comments about the bail out, please ready them. And I want to correct you on the amount of the Bush/Paulson bank bail out, it was not trillions of dollars. On October 3, 2008, Congress passed the first pork bill in the amount of 700 million. They only passed out about half of it, Nobama requested Bush to free up the remainder before he left office.

misslinda2000 and cmga64 are you two neighbors? You seam to be drinking from the same cup of KOOL AID.

cmga, may I ask what is your problem with rich people? You live in America, nothing keeps you from becoming rich. News flash to you, THERE IS A NEED FOR RICH PEOPLE. Broke people can do nothing for each other. Have you ever been gainfully employed by a broke person? NO you have not! There is plenty of information from the government you love so much, why don’t you source them for some facts before you scream about rich people not paying taxes. I know most liberals have a problem with facts, but I will leave you with a few facts about who really pays taxes in this country anyway.

This data is from IRS: Summary of Federal Individual Income Tax Data, 2006
(Updated July 2008) The most recent data I was able to find.

Top:

1% paid 39.9% of all Federal taxes
5% paid 60.1% of all Federal taxes
10% paid 70.1% of all Federal taxes
25% paid 86.3% of all Federal taxes
50% paid 97.01% of all Federal taxes

The bottom 50% PAID ONLY 2.99% of all Federal taxes

So cmga64, here are the facts from the IRS as to who really pays the taxes in this country. So please stop allowing the liberal socialist politicians to indoctrinate you with class warfare venom, their nonsense never stand up to close scrutiny. Now you have no reason to continue your drivel about taxes and rich people, that is unless you enjoy bitching, moaning and whining.

Anthony, you sir should step away from the medicine cabinet…wait, wait, I take that back, you should reach in the medicine cabinet and get a handfully of XANAX and swallow at once. You are wound up way too tight, take off your race tinted glasses.

I was happy to see a number of posters that have an understanding of the proper role of a limited government: gainsmore; WGReau; Chris; brain; James; RonR; Norm Hayek; Sandra Ochoa; Gloria; and Don Gianmini;

Those of you mentioned at the beginning of the post, I suggest you skip the next episode of American Idol and read the Constitution instead, but please get an understanding of it. It is the only thing that keeps the wolves in DC from eating you sheep for lunch.

Chaos

profitbuilder,
I was pretty sure Anthony worked at Fannie or Freddie when he stated he worked GSE. Now this in itself tells one a lot if you thing about it.

As for my friends in the industries, they are more than 3 just so you know, just was thinking of 3 in particular at the time, you might ask yourself who the 3 are? I do a lot of fact research at all times. Are all facts included in every statement, do not think so. Do I like or respect Anthony or others like him, not really. Do they have a right to say what they want, sure do.

If you want facts then here is a fact! Most liberals will do everything but stay on track, will do anything except look at facts, will do anything to change the point, subject, talking point.

Here is a good fact by another famous liar president, “I never had sex with that woman”, while shaking his fingert at us. There is a liberal fact for you!