'Occupy' types

[That Guy]

they hate us because of israel/palestine from 1948, from overthrowing iran's democracy in the 50s, supporting israel and theit retaliations/wars/mossad actions, and some from afghanistan, iraq, kuwait, afghanistan (the proxy war) and some even from the crusades, from which stories are told as if they happened yesterday.

the big problem is that hate isn't natural, its taught, it's learned and they can REALLY hold a grudge.

I don't think hating us for our houses that they can't see or don't care about makes a lot of sense. it was stupid when bush used the "they hate us because our women wear hig heels" argument in 2002. I think they have much more concrete and serious issues.

I think he skips the whole, banking lost everyone else's money, got bailed out, and left everyone they stole from holding the bag (while losing their houses etc) I know a lot of those people shouldn't have bought into housing they couldn't afford, but the banks got trillions in 0.01% interest government loans and hundreds of billions for free.

is a bank getting trillions at 0.01% interest, investing it in government treasuries at 3% and then keeping billions in profit fair? Cause I'd like to get in on that. The banks DID NOT use the bailout or loan money to continue lending, which was the whole point, but if you've tried to get a loan right now, even with an 800 rating, it's a LOT LOT harder than it used to be.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by That Guy

they hate us because of israel/palestine from 1948, from overthrowing iran's democracy in the 50s, supporting israel and theit retaliations/wars/mossad actions, and some from afghanistan, iraq, kuwait, afghanistan (the proxy war) and some even from the crusades, from which stories are told as if they happened yesterday.

the big problem is that hate isn't natural, its taught, it's learned and they can REALLY hold a grudge.

I don't think hating us for our houses that they can't see or don't care about makes a lot of sense. it was stupid when bush used the "they hate us because our women wear hig heels" argument in 2002. I think they have much more concrete and serious issues.

I think he skips the whole, banking lost everyone else's money, got bailed out, and left everyone they stole from holding the bag (while losing their houses etc) I know a lot of those people shouldn't have bought into housing they couldn't afford, but the banks got trillions in 0.01% interest government loans and hundreds of billions for free.

is a bank getting trillions at 0.01% interest, investing it in government treasuries at 3% and then keeping billions in profit fair? Cause I'd like to get in on that. The banks DID NOT use the bailout or loan money to continue lending, which was the whole point, but if you've tried to get a loan right now, even with an 800 rating, it's a LOT LOT harder than it used to be.

I have just over a 800 rating and have had no trouble getting a lot loan and have two banks fighting to get my business.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I have just over a 800 rating and have had no trouble getting a lot loan and have two banks fighting to get my business.

how many mortgages do you have right now?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by That Guy

how many mortgages do you have right now?

I currently have two mortgages but I'm not sure if or how the office mortgage shows up on my credit report.

[NC_Skins]

[NC_Skins]

More than three decades later, Ned Beatty's monologue from the 1976 film "Network" is still frighteningly familiar to the world we live in today...

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

So if the left is so concerned about the homeless then why don't they do something about it? Does the left need big gov. to do everything for them? Is the left too cheap to spend their own money on things like this? Does the left need the rights help to do everything to fix things they think are broken? The left likes to bitch about all the problems they seem to think the right needs to fix so I have to assume those things.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So if the left is so concerned about the homeless then why don't they do something about it? Does the left need big gov. to do everything for them? Is the left too cheap to spend their own money on things like this? Does the left need the rights help to do everything to fix things they think are broken? The left likes to bitch about all the problems they seem to think the right needs to fix so I have to assume those things.

who said it was a left vs right issue? it seems like a human issue and an american issue, not a left issue. are you doing anything to fix it? why so much vitriol?

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So if the left is so concerned about the homeless then why don't they do something about it? Does the left need big gov. to do everything for them? Is the left too cheap to spend their own money on things like this? Does the left need the rights help to do everything to fix things they think are broken? The left likes to bitch about all the problems they seem to think the right needs to fix so I have to assume those things.

Last time I checked, left and right both pay taxes. I think most americans want our tax money spent for schools, hospitals and infrastructure in the US and not in Iraq or pakistan. Alot of money being sent overseas or spent on overpaid overpensioned federal do nothing employees.

baltimore occupy camp was shut down at 3 am a few days ago. no reported problems, site looks clean when i drove by. just a couple cops standing around, i guess making sure no one tries to reset up tents. pretty happy with the way balt and mayor rawlings-blake handled it. didnt make a big deal out of it, the protesters didnt try and block streets or anything. the police didnt surround them and create tense unecessary stand offs. let them do their thing, then when they had their time, told them to move on.