Upcoming Foreclosures

Does anyone know about the $7000 US Government Foreclosure Tax Credit, or when it will be passed?

$7,500 US Government Foreclosure Tax Credit ? Is that per house or just one home

News forecasts, be more specific on borrowers rights on foreclosures. Help us? Who can we contact for help? Who can we trust with so many scams and identy theft everywhere? Should we get legal help as well as housing counseling? How do we get in contact with the loss mitigation dept. with the lender? Whats our government doing to help/protect us from foreclosures?

The real problem with the foreclosures in the US? To me the real problem is not the mortgage companies willingness to deal out excessive loans it's Americans accepting loans that they can not afford. And now they are whinning to the government to bail them out of their financial mistakes. How about lets hold these people responsible for their actions instead of giving them a free pass. Your comments.

Why are there so many foreclosure and crisis in the US real estate? What are the reasons? Who is guilty, borower, lender, government? Why people can't pay back their loan?

House to spend $15 billion to buy and fix up foreclosures? Isn't this OUR job? Foreclosures a good way for lower income families to buy a home, a boon to a lagging economy, a way for some of us to invest in our future. Why is government getting involved? There are more important issues than someone overextending themselves. (Sure i will get beat up for that remark)

How long before our communities collapse from lack of tax dollars being paid? As jobs dwindle and foreclosures double and the banks close down, where will the money come from to pay for our communities? Will the US government go in the hole paying out more welfare checks that can pay for community services or will we all go to jail? Without paying jobs, what will we do?

How much responsonsibility should the government take? It appears that more people are looking to government for assistance for everything under the sun. Anything from foreclosures to health insurance. Why aren't we self sufficient? I'm absolutely happy with my income, and I should NOT be entitled to help someone who carelessly reproduce, and decide not to invest in themselves, obtaining a higher education. And for those who obtained a higher education, did you really think that underwater basket weaving would pay off the 40k in student loans you racked up? The US has provided so much for early success. Where I'm originally from, EVERYONE pays for school, text books, calculators, computers, uniform, school food AND transportation. The basics are taken care of here, so why haven't we taken full advantage of that? Why aren't we successful enough to be able to survive without so much gov't aid? How socialist will we become? I'm not expecting to be liked for these questions, and I'm expecting a lot of answers from the ignorant, so fire away

mortgage crisis: Just how many of those who are facing ? foreclosure are actually US citizens?First the government tells banks to lend these people money to buy homes, who are not qualified. Then they go into foreclosure.Now the government calls the banks greedy, Make sense?

What do you think of this scenario? We're on a fixed income.......namely, social security. Therefore we're dependent on that monthly check from Uncle Sam. We're still paying the mortgage on a house that's about half paid for. If the entire economy were to collapse, the dollar were to become worthless, and the US government were to go broke, would our house be foreclosed on? And if it were, would the banks actually kick us out, or would the foreclosure be more of a formality on paper? After all, if this whole worst-case scenario were to happen, the chance of them re-selling the house would be slim to none. I know it's not likely, but IF it happened.

Can you get a real estate loan (Gov/Trad) to purchase a more affordable home when you are now in a foreclosure Job loss and injury caused us to fall behind on our mortgage payments. The Bank wouldn't work with us and began foreclosure proceedings after 30 days late. We cannot afford our current home. We are trying to sell, but the sheriffs sale has happened, our time to sell is limited. We have located a different home that is 1 1/2 times cheaper & will allow us to make MUCH lower house payments. We have some money to put down (the bank wouldn't take partial payments, work out repayment plan etc..) but we need to finance the balance for this different home. Our credit is terrible now because of this but we need a home for our family & children...are there any loan programs (government or traditional) out there to help us get into this home. We tried going Contract for Deed but the Foreclosure Co. wants to cut the home loose (the home we are trying to buy is a foreclosed property that needs repairs but the payment would be $100's less than we pay now) -Any guidance would be appreciated.

Explain to me why Communism is bad? It seems the US government has demonized Communism and instilled a hatred of it to people who do not have a full understanding of what Communism is. They just "know" Communism is bad. It seems to me the Communist/Socialist system evens out everything. Under a Capitalist society, people will be left behind. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. If you ask me, Capitalism is more evil than Communism. Look at the housing market in the US now. People are losing their homes to foreclosure.

Recession : With War or Without it ? Isrel vrs Iran// War - and US?? Recession: With War or Without It? by Gary North by Gary North DIGG THIS The world's economy has been in growth mode at least since 1991. China has been in growth mode since 1979. The American economy had a sharp recession in 1991. Asia had a financial crisis in 1998. America had a very brief, very shallow recession in 2001. The Federal Reserve System pumped in money at an accelerating rate after mid-2000 through 2004, and did not go to tight money until the month Bernanke took over: February 2006. Inflation overcame the recession of 2001, and it overcame the crisis of 9/11, but it created the housing bubble and the commodity bubble. The housing bubble has popped. This is going to take the price of housing in the United States lower than it is today. I think 20% lower is a conservative figure. We are nowhere near the end of this popped bubble. The commodity bubble is still in full force. It is a worldwide bubble. The price of energy and the price of rice and other food commodities have received most of the attention. Federal Reserve policy since early 2006 has been one of relatively stable money. There is a lot of chatter to the contrary, but if we look at the two most significant monetary indicators, the adjusted monetary base and M1, we see that there has been very little growth in either. This is why the United States is now either in a recession or is facing one in the next few months. When a period of monetary inflation ends, economies go into recession. The American economy is slowing down, and it will continue to slow down. Both China and India have expanded their money supplies dramatically for a decade. Both countries are now facing a crisis of rising prices. Price inflation is a major threat to the continued prosperity of both countries. China's government has begun to impose selective price controls. This is creating shortages and production bottlenecks. India's government is considering doing the same thing. What both governments need to do is to tell their central banks to cease buying all government debt and all assets of any kind. The central banks need to stop inflating the money supply. But if the banks do this, both countries will experience major recessions. The governments do not want to have major recessions, but they also do not want to experience the effects of monetary inflation: price inflation. So, both of them are tempted to go back to the traditional policy of imposing price controls. This always creates shortages, and it always reduces the rate of growth of the economy. China and India are trapped. AN INTERNATIONAL TRAP The United States is in the same trap. The headlines scream of the skyrocketing costs of energy and food, but the broader consumer price indexes indicate slow increases: maybe 3% a year. This is because families are readjusting their budgets. As the prices of gasoline and food rise, families are forced to cut back expenditures in other areas. So, the general price indexes are not rising dramatically, but families are struggling with their budgets. This struggle will get much worse this winter, when the price of heating oil rises. This will exacerbate the existing economic slowdown. Furthermore, the rising price of oil means a rising balance of payments deficit for the United States. Oil-exporting countries are the main beneficiaries of the rising price of oil. This means that foreign sellers of oil will get the lion's share of the increase of the price of oil. American producers will pay for the prosperity of the oil exporting countries. They will pay in the form of reduced demand for their products. The world is facing simultaneous recession. Meanwhile, the American financial system has absorbed hundreds of billions of dollars of IOUs from home buyers who cannot possibly pay off their debts. They are in the process of defaulting to the lenders. This has created a crisis for America's largest banks, and for several major European banks. We all know the story by now, but psychologically, most Americans have not adjusted to the new economic reality. Most investors have not adjusted. Yes, the American stock market is down by 20% since last October. But still they think a recovery is just around the corner. The media keep saying this. American investors still have faith that the economy is essentially healthy, that there will not be a continuing fall in the stock market, and that the economy will not go into recession and stay in the recession for two or more years. So far, I am giving you the good news. The good news is there is going to be an international recession, rising corporate bankruptcies, bank failures, and retrenchment by consumers because they can no longer pay the rising cost of energy. Why is this good news? Because this recession is going to put a cap on the rising cost of energy. Commodity prices will fall during the recession; this includes the price of oil. NO MORE FISCAL WIGGLE ROOM Americans have steadily stopped saving over the last 28 years. In 1981, they saved over 11% of their discretionary income. Today, they save nothing. They are now in full spending mode. They have borrowed money against their future income, against their home equity, and on simple promises to pay (signature loans: credit cards). They have stretched themselves thin with respect to debt. If oil goes to $400 a barrel, or $500 a barrel, and stays there for a year, American consumers will be in panic mode. They will have to cut their budgets, and they have forgotten how to cut their budgets. They have forgotten how to save. The strategy of the optimists is to tell us that the worst is over economically. This is the government's official position. Chairman Ben Bernanke does not say this. He keeps hinting of more trouble to come. He keeps telling us that the Federal Reserve System is monitoring events. He keeps implying that there is some sort of rabbit still remaining in the Federal Reserve System's hat which they can pull out if the banking system moves into paralysis mode. But he doesn't tell us what these rabbits are, or under what conditions the FED will pull them out of its hat. The good news regarding the economy in general is not backed up by anything specific. The government tells us that the worst is over, but there are almost no indications that the worst is over. The housing market is still in decline. Foreclosures are still rising rapidly. The lenders are not selling foreclosed properties at market prices. Instead, they keep buying back the properties. There is a growing inventory of unsold properties on the books of the lenders. Meanwhile the two major sources of liquidity for the housing market, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are verging on bankruptcy. On Wednesday, July 9, the stock price of Freddie Mac dropped by 23%. Yet its stock price was down over 50% since January. These two stocks have continued to fall. Everywhere we look on the horizon of the domestic economy, there is bad news. There is no sector of the economy that is improving, unless it is heavily funded by the Federal government. Health care has not slumped, because health care as funded by Medicare and other state and local government programs. This means that the Federal deficit is going to get worse in any recession. Medicare and Social Security are non-discretionary spending items. The revenues will fall. So, the supposed strength sectors of the economy are in fact guarantees of a government fiscal crisis. If the general economy slumps, the Federal deficit is likely to go over $500 billion a year. When the recession hits, commodity prices will fall. If the recession does not hit, commodity prices will continue to rise. But rising commodity prices will force bankruptcies in those firms that are not in a position to pass on increased costs to their consumers. This means industries associated with discretionary spending. If your company is dependent upon discretionary spending by the public, your job is at risk. If the recession hits, your company will suffer. If the recession doesn't hit, rising commodity prices will squeeze your company. Consumers will spend their money for gasoline and heating oil, not on the products or services your company produces. The boom economy has not been based primarily on non-discretionary income. The boom has come at the margin: those areas of the economy in which consumers do have the option of spending their money rather than saving it. So far, I have been giving you the good news. The good news is there is going to be an international recession, rising corporate bankruptcies, bank failures, and retrenchment by consumers because they can no longer pay the rising cost of energy. THE BAD NEWS The bad news is that the State of Israel is increasingly likely to launch an air strike on suspected Iranian nuclear weapons production facilities. I have discussed this before. If this happens, the price of oil will skyrocket. This will force massive readjustments of family budgets in every country on a permanent basis. This is going to force producers to fire people out of fear of bankruptcy. Consumers are going to stop buying much in the area of discretionary income. That is, those items that can be cut back will be cut back. This could mean you. If the State of Israel launches an attack on Iran, the economic news will get really bad really fast all over the world. So, the most important question today is whether or not the Israeli Air Force will attack Iran. From an economic standpoint, this is the crucial question. Here, too, the mainstream media have generally promoted optimism. They suggest that the Israelis will not attack Iran. The problem is, they can't point to anything specific that officials in the State of Israel have said that indicates that there will not be an attack. On the contrary, officials there keep saying "no comment." Something else is really ominous. The political leaders in the countries over which Israeli bombers will have to fly are deadly silent. They are not telling Israel in full public view that if Israel sends planes over their airspace, they will go to war with Israel. They are not saying that they are preparing right now to shoot down every Israeli plane that flies over their airspace. They are saying nothing. Why? I think the main reason is that they will not back up their words with deeds. They will not shoot down Israeli planes. They say nothing in public because they will do nothing if the overflights take place. If they go public with bellicose threats today, their own people will turn on them if they fail to back up their words with deeds if the flights take place. "You said you would do something. You did nothing. Get out!" This could start internal revolutions in the overflown countries. Silence is golden. It's yellow, but it's golden. This tells me that the overflight countries' leaders think the attack may take place. They would prefer to be accused of having been caught flat-footed by the Israeli Air Force than unwilling to back up a threat. American officials are offering the bipartisan line: "We must settle this through diplomacy." (To which Israeli government officials can respond, Tonto-like: "Who you mean we, paleface?") They are not saying anything about what sanctions against the State of Israel that America will impose as soon as Israeli jets bomb Iran. That is because there will be no such sanctions. Admiral Mullen supposedly sent Israel a statement in early July saying that the United States has not issued a green light for an Israeli attack on Iran. This supposedly means something important in itself. It means nothing in itself. What it means is the United States has not issued a red light against an Israeli attack on Iran. This means that there is no stop sign. There is no red light, so the absence of a green light means nothing. Of course no one has said that the United States will help Israel in such an attack. So what? Israeli officials are not asking for a public offer of American help. If the United States and those governments over which the Israeli Air Force must fly are not issuing public statements at this time warning that there will be significant negative sanctions imposed on the State of Israel as soon as the attack is launched, then this is an implied green light. Do we imagine that senior decision-makers in the Israeli government care a whit about the lack of an official American green light to their attack on Iran? They are as unconcerned about the lack of a green light as Iran is unconcerned about President Bush's threat of sanctions if Iran does not comply with all requirements announced by the Bush administration. Iran knows what Israel knows: the Bush administration is terminal. It will end on January 20, 2009. It has no teeth. Lame ducks don't bite. They merely squawk. Why should we think that either Iran or Israel gives a fig about the red light/green light debate? American pundits may think this debate is important, but why should anyone with common sense think it's important? TIMETABLES Iraq has announced that the United States must pull out its troops. It is demanding dates for this withdrawal. The Bush administration is pooh-poohing all this, and will not under any circumstances announce such a timetable, but so what? There is a timetable for the Bush administration's withdrawal: January 20, 2009. This means that the United States is going to be pressured by Iraq's government to leave Iraq from now on. Most of the troops will be forced to leave Iraq unless things change dramatically. Then what will be done with the 14 major military bases that have been built? As the pressure increases to force us to leave Iraq, and as the pressure from the Taliban increases in Afghanistan, and as the pressure from voters increases to get our troops out of both countries, and as the likelihood of the election of Obama increases, decision-makers in the State of Israel are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. If the United States pulls out of the region, the State of Israel will be left high and dry. But there is another possible scenario. If Iran's surrogate Shia forces in the region take on the United States troops in reaction to an Israeli attack on Iran, American public opinion will swing in favor of keeping the troops there, no matter what. "Who do those Iranians think they are? We issued no green light to the Israelis. It's not our fault." If Iran begins to supply weapons to Shia forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the American death rate goes up, then American voters will switch back to a pro-war position. At least, this is a possibility. Americans do not like to be pushed around. Any escalation of war in the region will create havoc for the supply of oil. The world economy is moving into recession already; it may go into a true depression if oil goes to $500 and stays there. So, the stakes are enormous. The outcome is no longer in the hands of the United States, Europe, Asia, or any of the other outsiders to the Middle East. The outcome, or at least the trigger, is completely in the hands of the decision-makers in the State of Israel. They hold the gun. Unless the United States and Western Europe tell the decision-makers in the State of Israel that Europe and the United States will impose significant negative sanctions after an attack on Iran, then decision-makers there are going to make a decision based on the self-interest of the ruling party, not the self-interest of American or European voters. They are going to take care of their perceived problem, exactly as we would expect any other national political leaders would take care of their problem. That's why all talk about war being a threat to the self-interest of the whole makes sense only if the Israelis conclude that the economic crisis will be so severe that it will take them down in the whirlpool of economic collapse. They are not afraid of military retaliation from Iran. They are also not afraid of the United States, Europe, Asia, or any other coalition that does not have the backbone to say in advance that there will be major sanctions placed on the State of Israel if there is an attack on Iran. This is why I am concerned about the threat of an Israeli attack on Iran. I am in no way calmed by statements attributed to Admiral Mullen. When Admiral Mullen holds a press conference and says publicly that there is no green light for an attack by the Israeli Air Force on Iran, and that any flyover of Iraq by Israeli planes will lead to shoot downs of Israeli planes by American planes, then I will stop worrying about the threat of an attack on Iran by the Israeli Air Force. How likely do you think such a press conference is? We must face reality: the decision to go to war with Iran is 100% in the hands of Israeli decision-makers. It is not in the hands of the United States, Europe, or Asia. In other words, the economic fate of the West over the next decade is now in the hands of decision-makers who are concerned about the long-term survival of their own country. They are concerned because they do not want to have Iran in the possession of nuclear weapons. Both candidates for President have said the same thing. We have seen saber-rattling by the Iranians with the film-doctored test of the missiles this week. These missiles are militarily useless as weapons against the Israelis. They are as irrelevant militarily as Germany's V-2 missiles were in 1945. They cannot inflict enough damage to make a difference, unless they are used against Saudi Arabian oil fields. But, if they had a nuclear warhead, that would make all the difference. The Israelis know this. So, they are going to make their decision in terms of this long-term threat. The main inhibition against an attack is the possible collapse of the Western economy, which buys Israeli-produced goods. This threat may be sufficient to keep them from attacking. I dearly hope that it is. But it is naïve to believe that they are going to make their decision because of worries about whether Admiral Mullen has issued a green light or not. CONCLUSION When you invest your money, do not ignore the worst-case scenario. Set aside some of your money on the assumption that the worst-case will come true. This is what any military strategist does. He makes his decisions in terms of what the enemy can do, not what it would be convenient for the enemy to do. I suggest that you be aware of this threat. I suggest that you sit down with the family budget and outline what your response would be if the price of gasoline were $10 a gallon or $15 a gallon or $20 a gallon. What would you do? I know what you would do. You would drive less. Ignore the happy-face assessments of the geopolitical strategists. Ignore the happy-face assessment of the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry "Goldman Sachs" Paulson. These assessments are being issued to keep panic from spreading. I am doing my best to encourage people to take rational steps with some of their liquid assets: to hedge themselves against the possibility that there will be an attack on Iran before January 20, 2009. This doesn't mean that I think such an attack is a sure thing. Decision-makers in the State of Israel are going to have to live with $400 oil, just like all the rest of us. They may decide that this risk is too great. They may decide to put up with the threat of a future nuclear-armed Iran. I won't bet all of my money on this. I don't think you should either. July 12, 2008 Gary North [send him mail] is the author of Mises on Money. Visit http://www.garynorth.com.

What do you do when youve lost your paid off home to a flood, and waited 4 years for fema to do nothing ? Thats right !!! Our home was severly damaged in a flood 4 years ago and it WAS declared a disaster area. Fema gave us $800 for a footer and never went under the house. Then they said it qualified to be bought out and after 4 years of government runarounds and the roof collapsing and FEMA not coming up with any more money we had to sell it and take a $40,000 loss !!! We never got a credit card like Katrina victims or any other assistance. We had to evacuate the premises immediately on our dime with no help from the government and relocate. We have spent nearly $25,000 bucks in rent waiting on them to say we don't have the money yet to buy your 49,000 dollar home !!! A construction company had been really pestering us to buy it and we got fed up and sold it. Now we are looking at foreclosures and bank repo's and home auction websites, but people with more money than us keep outbidding us on homes that we see and like !!! GOOD LUCK TO NEW ORLEANS AND MINNESOTA !!! How do we get help ???

Do banks have to accept registered US treasure notes as a form of payment? We sold our 2 homes to an investor that has paid off our lender with a promissory notes backed by registered US treasury bonds. We understand that our lender must accept this form of payment under federal law but not state law. (California) So far they have not and they began foreclosing on us and suddenly stopped the foreclosure process in mid stream. The investor says he will fight the lender until the case goes to federal court. He is paying full price and then some. We have contacted several government agencies including the FBI and no one will say that this is true or untrue or even a fraud. Can anyone shed some light on this. Thanks, Gandi

What is you Government doing for you? How is your government doing? If any- one citizen living in the United States feels that the answer to this statement might be true, then it is time for you to act. Stop sitting on your hands doing nothing to fix our problems in Government. No more sitting back waiting for some knight in shining armor to come rescue you, they just are not going to come. No more putting your trust in those fast talking pimps because they care more about their own family, friends and MONEY then doing the real work of the people. Moreover, no more expecting those that we elected to do what is in the best interest of you, the city, the state, or your NATION for to many have proven to us they are inapt and not even deserving of our respect. In order for our Country, and our expected way of life to be sustained, and thrive, it is going to take the citizens that really care enough to pull it out of the pathetic state that our leaders and have now put us in. It is going to take the citizens to start evicting the present so-called leaders and start electing people that care and lead by example. You want change and respectability from other countries. Then stop falling on the sward and start thinking about change that will help us out of our situation and help us grow. We the people need to start stepping up and voicing out about these people and the changes needed, to bring us back to the GREAT NATION we should be and once were. Remember these caring elected people tell us what we want to hear just to get into office, and then they show their true colors. They are taking away our way of life, our jobs, our culture, our plain existence. Honestly, can these people that have hurt us so much care, be trusted with any more of our future. We must stop allowing ourselves to be lead astray by any organizations such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party, or any group, or any other organization. We deserve better, far too many of our pseudo leaders could not lead us past the front door of their banks and are leading us astray with plain BULL, most if not all are just self-fulfilling, and self motivated. THIS MOST STOP One of the greatest things we have in America is the power to make change. As some of the greatest ancestors that founded our great nation intended and fought for us. This is why we have the right to protest and remove the power that is damaging or economy and national security. Our constitution within it self-states we all have a voice that we have rights and should stand up and act, be counted. As our Government has grown 60% over the last 10 years, we have lost our way. One hand is unsure of what the other is doing, weeks of debate to fix nothing, Congressional hearing over steroids in baseball, the list is endless. Moreover, all the while, we the people are without jobs, economy is in a free fall, housing foreclosures everywhere, and our nation is shipping jobs and companies to other countries. We have become so TOP heavy and controlling that the people are the last thing they seem to care about. Keep in mind they keep collect there pay for this poorly, and inadequate job they are performing. We cry foul over the slaves of the past and wrong we where. However, that is what we are moving back to with the way our present GOVERNMENTS thinking. This time it is the powerful and the big corporations the rich and government leaders Vs the little people (slaves), that are dying off and forced to work at nothing jobs as the good jobs leave the our country. NAFTA, a way for the United States to increase jobs and a foothold in the world, what jobs you might ask, I ask that myself everyday another company leaves for Mexico, Japan ect. We have lost over 40,000 companies over the last few years and more than 500,000 jobs this year alone. Therefore, I ask , is our Government doing the right thing for our nation, our people. Are these holders of offices helping the people or just the corporations? In reality who is beneficiary of the changes, they have made to our customs laws and open borders, truly not the American people. Truly not the hard working people that made this country great, not the grandfather that is forced to work at Wal-Mart at the age of 72, because he can’t afford his prescriptions. As Mr. Bush, is set to leave office with his FULL retirement package for life I might add, after doing such a piss poor job for the last eight years, will he care about the damage he and this cronies in congress, and house have done to the American economy, I THINK NOT. Much like the companies that give big severance packages to CEOs that have mismanaged a business, after the stockholders have lost millions. One that comes to mine is a CEO that received 68 Million in severance for his inapt work (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE). Another is American Axel, 8 Million dollar bonus, and a raise after employees took pay cuts; benefit cutbacks, and costing more the 300 AMERICAN people there job in the United States that moved to MEXICO, sure, he deserves a raise. Again, I cannot stress enough how important it is for the people of the United States to be the agent of change for the betterment of America and for saving our Nation, DELAY on this will lead to our own demise. We are constantly saying that the Government is destroying our lives and we need less Government interference, then we need to fine the fortitude that lies within ourselves to stop them NOW. Selfish politicians that claim there helping, and looking out for us are now mistreating and abusing us. Over empowerment in office has allowed them to destroy us and destroy our GREAT NATION. We need to rebel against them and do the right thing, force them to do the right thing or get out of office; the situation has become so pathetic in the United States that it is now or we all will parish into a 3rd world nation. To protest is much like a riot; you can force change, but it is not going to change if we keep excepting the wrongs that we are and have endured. We must stan up and fight back, we are the leaders of change in this world and we must not allow them to continue their dangerous, destructive, and greedy ways. We deserve better, rise up make a stand, start making a difference TODAY, be heard now. Truly, any politician that really cares has a stake in this and the UNITED STATES and should stand next to and with us and finely fight for the people and FORCE CHANGE TO NAFTA and illegal Immigration, and this mismanaged Government as a hole. Someone needs to come forward, embrace this movement, and improve AMERICAS FATE. The fate of AMERICA rest with the people right now, because we can no longer have faith, or trust in the ones we have so inaptly placed in office and in control of our GREAT NATION. We have elected the same people to the same office so many times that they feel it is their right to be there, along with that, we have so many of our politicians with family and friends in office its turned into too ; the good old boy game. Furthermore, we allow a politician to move from one office to another when they can’t run there anymore because of time restraints, what good is that, we just open the door for them to do favors for one another to get that post, and we end up with the same results, different person. However, with our own inability to see the truth, and past their GREEDY way and bad decisions we have failed ourselves. Nevertheless, it is not to late to correct our problem. We can stand up and do today what we should have done yesterday or last week. KICK THEM TO THE SAME CURB THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KICK US TO AND START OVER WITH NEW AND VERY AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOU CAN START TODAY BY CALLING EVERY GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN YOUR STATE AND ASK THEM TO RESIGN, FOR FAILING TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THEIR OATH, AND PRESERVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Do you think America is due for another revolution to get our government back to the people who it belongs to? Do you think that our government needs to behave more like a government that cares and works for ALL Americans rather than the rich few? They are suppose to work for us, not the other way around. History has shown that revolutions help keep our government humble. It's looking like we need another revolution with every day the gas prices go up more and more than ever; and money is being spent on foreign countries as people are losing their homes to foreclosures and people are losing their jobs to corporate greed that sends our jobs overseas. It's time people. Love America, and stand up for keeping America free, and prosperous for ALL Americans. The poorer people get, the more stressed they get, and then the more angry, and then the more ill, and then they can't work when they're ill so it's even more of a burden on our system. Please help us to help keep our country the great country we had before the Bush plague hit. Our children's futures depend on it.

Why is it convenient to blame the victims of the foreclosure crisis? like suddently millions of americans became stupid........while ignoring the larger economic macrofactors induced by government policy or lack thereof that have led us to where we are?

Republicans.How many of these allegations can you disprove? RESUME OF GEORGE BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington , DC 20520 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: LAW ENFORCEMENT I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available. MILITARY I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam. COLLEGE I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader. PAST WORK EXPERIENCE I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas . The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry, including Enron CEO Ken Lay, I was elected governor of Texas. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money. I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history. With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record. I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week. I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury. I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history. I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the US stock market. In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month. I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her. I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President. I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations. My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron. My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision. I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history. I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history. I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history. I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government. I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history. I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission. I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention. I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election). I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent of television. I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history. I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S.the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history. I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind. I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community. I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families-in-wartime. In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends. I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security. I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD. I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice. RECORDS AND REFERENCES All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view. All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. alannin I am not a Democrat.In fact I am not American. The fact is your governments actions(Republican or Democrat) have world-wide consequences.They have affected my life as well

Does "the government" fix inflation statistics using technological trends? Reliable, but not necessarily expert source says the government uses moores law (and variations thereon) to cheat. E.g. Wheat has doubled in price, petrol (gas) is through the roof, Steel and aluminum (aluminium) costs a fortune etc etc etc... ...but your computer that was fast last year, is now slow and almost worthless. The cost of a DVD player has plummeted. Are they obviously cheating by deliberately ignoring the fact that you can't buy, or properly run a pentium II running windows 98, and sooner or later you'll have to buy a blu-ray player because your favourite movies are not available on DVD anymore (etc etc etc). Or are they "honestly and decently" (ahh - bless 'em) relying on home foreclosures (and related trends) to drive down the cost of our most expensive purchases, and thereby turn their published figures into reality? UK and US answers particularly appreciated... If I'm interpreting correctly, I think my sole solitary answerer agrees with the general intent behind my question (if not on the specifics), i.e. that governments appear to have a naughty habit of stacking the variables in such a way that they can report inflation as being lower than it actually is. I wouldn't mind perhaps the odd extra answer, not that the one I have isn't excellent...

how will foreclosure, deed in liue, bankrutpcy affect my credit? We are three months behind on our interest only mortgage payments and other bills. It was difficult this last year since my husband and I lived in separate places due to work and had seperate living expenses. We paid a high mortgage payment on the house and rent for the apartment. we stopped making payments when we had decided to file for bankruptcy but now I find that I may lose my Security clearance and job if I file bankruptcy, and I'm under contract with my job. I have yet to clarify that, but my real question is, is foreclosure/deed in liu better than a bankruptcy? A government financial advisor stated forcl. would be much better than a bankruptcy ch.7 creditwise. We want to open up businesses in the next 3-6 years, and buy another house in that time frame also.After filing bankruptcy it was projected that our credit score would go up 50 points right away. Will a foreclosure really kill our credit by 100-150 points?How long will it take us to get back to the 700 credit score we ha

When are they going to listen and how do we make them listen? Our government leaders have become over the last 30 years the worlds worst terrorists! Now with over 400 billion dollars spent in Iraq, bottles of wine auctioning off for over 200 thousand dollars, people loosing their houses in foreclosure again, the homless, starving, uninsured, populations all growing, and at a rapid rate. What are we to do? How do we control our governement instead of it controlling us? Thanks but dont bother saying VOTE that doesnt work because we only get to VOTE for the canadates that they choose for us to vote for! HELLO! Leogirl you need to do some more research I think you are too young to even begin to understand what this country was like when it was good! And come on you really think a bottle of wine is worth over $200,000 when there are people in this country with out homes, food , health care, and more , you are as out as balance as our country is hence you opinion! People are loosing houses because the lending institutions are whores and will over loan and put people into negative amortization loans without blinking an eye because they gain from such bad ass loans that sink people! Leogirl, your right on now and back then life was more about family, not money, the average work week was 40hr not 60+ and life wasnt about how few tax right offs we have or the return on your money, mom and pop stores were everywhere and the banks cared about their clients, it wasnt so much what your then who you were. AJH no the government does not directly make people loose their houses unless through eminent domain. The government needs to tighten up on the ever strong and one of the largest lobbying buisnesses there is Banks and stop them from taking advantage of people in the name of profit through set up loans that can get anyone under in the right circumstances. Plus when people get introuble wouldnt it be better to cut your profits a bit so people wouldnt loose all of theirs plus now broke and bankcrupt have to pay more for everything including auto insurance because they have bad credit. Not to mention background checks for employement now do credit checks hence no job either. Enough on the 10-15 year punishments!

Is there any help available for victums of idenity theft that ca help the victums recover?

Being a victim of Mortgage Fraud for Profit Scheme, who possesses the property during investigation? I was on a buy to own contract, found out after paying rent, down payment to purchase, the house went into foreclosure on the owner which was 2 years after we went into the agreement. Record now shows that the landlord had nothing to do with the house, not the owner, not on the deed & never filed our agreement at the courts. The previous owner on the deed is MIA, along with the "landlord"... I filed a complaint of Fraud, as everything we went through is a prime example of the Scheme that the FBI has been working on. Our problem, the house was foreclosed upon, and the bank that is involved in the scam is trying to evict us...they were cooperative until they found out we knew the scam was taking place. We have lots of time & money in this place, plus still wanting to purchase it! During a fraud, or scam investigation, although it has been foreclosed upon, can the scammer bank still proceed to have us evicted? Who gets the house if it's a proven scam? The scam bank? the government? who?

Foreclosures in America? We are in foreclosure and have gone to a lot of different agencies with our problem. We are in knowledge of the problem across the states. We feel the government is not fully aware of how desperate this is for Americans. We would like to start a petion from all over and be submitted to the Senate and Congress so they start helping us all USA citizens keep our home. We have a source thru the Senate that we can give all petions and stories to ,so that the Governmanet becomes excessively aware of all americans suffering thru this. I believe it is wonderful that you have a home woth 1.2 million dollars but most Americans at this time are having problems with their homes not because of work related issues but mortgage companies who have overvalued their homes.And landed them in upside down mortgages,predatory lenders,and sub prime mortgages with hidden clauses in them.

What make Thailand a third world country? Thailand has plenty of food and drinking water Thailand has rich cultures Thailand has beautiful landscapes Thailand has peaceful livelihood Thailand full of happy people (Last year on Washinton Post addressed Thais is the top-5 most happiest world population) Thailand has producted so many naive and optimistic Thai girl like me **** Do you think high GDP means high living standard? Do you think have material things like 5 BMW and big mansions can make people happy? *** Now look at the richest nation on earth. Do you think American are happy with their way of life? Is big Mac a happy meal? How many Americans have money in their savings (excluded 401 K?) Look at Britney spears? Look at JFK? Look at Obama? Truth be told: Most of American have big house/car, but in so much debts 1 in 25 in houses in CA is in foreclosures. 9.5 trillion debt (Of course, the US government has borrowed money from the Third world nations like China and Brazil). Any feedback? Look at this question. Please American Dad --I love you and am not judging your spending :) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhwKgJdzqyaIlE817X4uCMjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080727063514AAcy1lO

FORECLOSURE:Where do we go from here? With our government in turmoil as it is now, it seems as though the middle-class have been out there on the battle fields as well as our brothern soldiers. Desperately, day after day trying to save and salvage our life long savings. The bills go up, the sales are down, the rent is up, the collectors are more, money for this~for that~for everything and producing one great big Goose Egg in return. Only thing not going up is the money and the help. Some of us just aren't as smart as others and we are the victims of this War. Any Answers to that? or am I cardboard box house bound?

R we really more "experienced" at making war than engaging in peace efforts through diplomacy? Some look towards 'experience' as the means to the end. And so we look for a president with so-called 'experience'. But 'experience' got us into an unnecessary war, and 'experience' will only keep us in unnecessary war. 'Experience' brought about skyrocketing gas prices. 'Experience' brought about outsourcing. 'Experience' brought about record foreclosures and bankruptcies. And 'experience' brought about a burgeoning hatred of the US worldwide. There are times when using a sense of intelligence overrides the experience factor. The above are amongst common sense factors offered by Barack Obama. To follow that, even given US policy of never bargaining with so-called 'terrorists', does anyone see any real danger in at least making the effort to stop the violence? Of changing tired and rhetorical 'policy' to bring about long lost US standing in the world? To bring domestic matters to the forefront so that we can once again trust government? These are serious questions. Can we 'bargain' wth the enemy and if not, why not? jamesfer: One might say the same about the United States wouldn't you also say? (Quote from you) "most of the enemies of our country today are enemies that only know how to negotiate peace by force. With this kind of negotiation, one has to get there first-est with the most-est we just changed the wording..... "the biggest enemy of foreign countries today is the United States who only know how to negotiate peace by force." they haven't got their "first-est"...Yet.

I am sick and tired of hearing people down people who are in a foreclosure situation!? Me and my husband are stable, we already owned a home and bought a second home. We had a 5.99% for two years and anticipated on refinancing after the two years at a fixed rate. However, the housing market went down the tubes and our home is upside down in value now and nobody will touch us as far as a refi goes. So, we're stuck. Mean while the rate increased to 8.99 sending our payment through the roof! Now we're stuck! We can’t afford a 6K payment we were paying $3,600. So, what are we to do? It's not because we were dumb and bought a house we couldn't afford, we were fully aware that we would have to refi in two years. I'm sick and tired of hearing people saying "Oh all these people bought all these homes that they couldn't afford and now expect the government to help them" NO THAT ISN'T THE CASE FOR ALL OF US! Anybody else in my shoes? Also, if the economy is so bad because of the housing situation, why do they keep raising the mortgage rates on the adjustable, leave them as is and we’re all good! Problem solved! Credit is good... they won't refi a house that whereby the loan is more then the house is worth! Banks do NOT do that!

Who is really behind the sub-prime mortgage bailout,? If you thought Hillary Clinton’s government takeover plan for health care was bad, wait ‘til you see what she has in store for the housing sector. As always with the Clintons, the market is the problem and Big Nanny is the solution. Unfortunately for taxpayers, Hillary has bipartisan company in the Bush administration on this issue. Their election season prescription? Rewarding bad behavior. Punishing responsible behavior. Doing more harm than good. In case you’ve been living in a cave, there’s a painful credit crunch underway. The culprit is the subprime mortgage — a species of risky home loans to buyers with dubious credit and income. Cash-rich lenders doled out the subprimes hoping rising home prices would compensate for any failed bets. But when housing prices started plummeting and interest rates began rising, many borrowers started defaulting. Insolvency looms for countless lenders. Instead of letting lenders and subprime mortgage-holders suffer the consequences of their actions, politicians and grievance-mongers are riding to the supposed rescue. In a supreme irony, the very same champions of the needy in the Democrat party who complain constantly about the lack of “affordable housing” are now fighting tooth and nail to keep housing prices high. To “cure” the housing crisis, Hillary wants a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures for homeowners who default on subprimes. In addition, she wants a five-year freeze on the monthly rate for subprime adjustable mortgages. While she demonizes lenders as predatory out of one side of her mouth, the other side of her mouth is floating legislation to protect lenders from lawsuits and let them convert certain mortgages into “stable, affordable loans.” On top of all that federal meddling, she proposes a $5 billion — yes, that’s “billion” with a “b” — fund to “help communities suffering from high rates of foreclosures.” Jesse Jackson is also stirring the pot. With subprime victim sob stories flooding the news and anecdotes of minority homeowners in trouble, there’s no way the shakedown king could stay away. But the subprime mess isn’t a result of ruthless racial discrimination. If anything, it’s the result of too little discrimination by lenders too willing and eager to sign on people who had no business taking on mortgages. (And you know Jesse Jackson would be screaming either way. The lenders are damned if they lend and damned if they don’t.) Let’s boil this down to fundamentals: Why should the rest of us have to shoulder the burden because some buyers made poor choices, overextended themselves, and bought more house than they could afford? Why should other business owners bear the costs of lenders’ failed bets? And why are falling home prices such a catastrophe to be “fixed” in the first place? Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub put it well: “It is great news when the price of energy, food, transportation, health care and consumer electronics drops. But for some reason it is bad news when the price of shelter drops. . . . Shouldn’t we be seeing stories filled with anecdotes about formerly priced-out middle-income families finally getting their chance at the American Dream?” There’s another side of the housing crunch equation that’s not making it onto the newspaper front pages and presidential campaign websites. “For every house sold because the buyer couldn’t make the payments,” Weintraub notes, “there is a buyer on the other end of that transaction who got a good deal. And for every foreclosure, there are probably 10 buyers of nearby homes who benefited from the general easing of house-price pressure.” Bingo. Fiscal conservatives ought to be balking at HillaryCare for housing. But President Bush’s treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, is singing a similar tune. He proposed a new safety net to stem the tide of home foreclosures through a bailout plan for homeowners with bad credit scores. They’d be eligible for relief from paying hundreds of dollars in additional monthly payments when their mortgage rates reset. Those who have been responsible enough to maintain good credit, however, will be out of luck. In addition, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has proposed that government-sponsored mortgage enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be allowed to raise their loan limits and have their debt explicitly guaranteed by the public dole. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are colluding to protect the reckless and keep home prices high on the backs of prudent taxpayers. Who’ll bail us out from this perversion of the American Dream?

Cant argue with facts?

Would you take a job for 1/2 pay if you were happier? I interviewed for a job today that pays only 1/2 of what my previous job payed. If I took this job, it would be extremely tight financially, and hard for us to climb out from under our debt We are close to filling bankruptcy but would like to avoid it if at all possible. We already doing a voluntary foreclosure. The positive side to the job is that is something that I really want to do, and think I'd be very happy there. It's also a (state) government job.

What the F is going on!!!? Under the Bush Administration we've seen oil prices rise from $19/barrel to $110. Bush and his administration are all oil men, so they obviously used the authority of the US Government to swindle the American people for more gas. Nuff said. Now the dollar is weaker than ever, gold is $1000/ounce, the economy is shedding jobs as fast as foreclosures are rising, and we're spending billions of American taxpayers money a day to fight a war that doesn't even mean anything! Can someone please tell me what's going on? How could we, as a country, fallen so far? Is there anything we can do to reverse this trend? I can appreciate the opinion of the UK, but you guys don't have much to complain about, either. At least the Pound is still respectable. Europeans come to the US just to shop our dollar is so weak right now!

Could this economic crisis been avoided if:? the Democrats and Republican had concentrated on what was happening with predatory lenders, skyrocketing interest rates, illegals taking American blue collar jobs, spending out of control, 'pork-barrel politicians, foreclosures, etc. INSTEAD OF PARTISAN and ONE UPMONSHIP AMONG THE PARTIES. We must get the message across that they representr 'We the people" and not their own political careers and agendas. Unless they begin to work together things will only deteriorate. The lies, the slander, the fighting must stop if we are to survive as a great Nation. Please representatives, Democrat, Republican & Independent restore sanity and civility to our government. We are out here working trying to raise our families, pay our bills, do the right thing and you all are fighting against us. It is time to come together. I don't care what party you belong to but quit lying and trying to destroying each other. You are doing more harm than good to the people you were elected to repre

Superman to troubled homeowners? I need some outside opinions on this. So...the government wants to help out homeowners who have defaulted on their mortgage; yes? This will help with the foreclosure crisis and such. What about the rest of us?! I'm a homeowner. We purchased our home well within our budget, though we had a loan for much more. We live within our means, unlike other people. We aren't incredibly wealthy either - We're a normal, middle-class family. So...what do we get for being REASONABLE and REALISTIC?! What incentives do WE get from the gov't for being responsible home owners?! A gold star and pat on the back? And maybe I'm misunderstanding this whole thing. That is more than possible. If I am, please explain to me how this is NOT rewarding people who bought into a mortgage they couldn't afford. How is this even REALLY taking care of the problem; won't MORE people try to live beyond their means if the gov't keeps bailing them out? At least on the surface, it seems like the gov't wants to act as an overprotective parent and not let their "children" deal with the problems they caused.

Can somebody please explain how,with a record like this, GWB got to become President? RESUME OF GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington , DC 20520 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: LAW ENFORCEMENT I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available. MILITARY I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam. COLLEGE I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader. PAST WORK EXPERIENCE I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas . The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry, including Enron CEO Ken Lay, I was elected governor of Texas. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money. I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history. With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record. I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week. I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury. I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history. I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the US stock market. In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month. I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her. I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President. I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations. My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron. My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision. I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history. I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history. I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history. I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government. I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history. I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission. I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention. I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election). I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent of television. I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history. I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S.the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history. I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind. I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community. I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families-in-wartime. In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends. I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security. I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD. I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice. RECORDS AND REFERENCES All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view. All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.

Has anyone noticed how many records have been set by our government lately? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/us_nm/usa_economy_homes_index_dc Clearly something has been going on for quite a few years now, record after record after record has been set, and none of it is good stuff (for example, record budget deficits, record trade deficits, record consistently high gas prices, record foreclosures, record flow of illegal aliens, record unaffordability of cost of healthcare/insurace, record falls in home prices, etc...). I would be very interesting in hearing well thought and detailes answers from concerned american citizens who can contribute to an intellectual discussion of what is happening to the USA? Hopefully my mere asking of this question does not anger anyone and cause them to call me names or something. Pfo. Have you no shame? You have some audacity to post something like that. Really I mean it. You try to rationalize all that bad stuff, and I guess its just a coincidence that its happening all at the same time, its just a coincidence that you and those like you see all these huge problems as no problem at all. Read you post again, and if you are an honnest person, you will get a real insight of the flaw in your character...its called selfishness and greed and lack of patriotism towards your fellow citizens. Its sad that people like you live amongst us.

Are There Organizations That Can Help Me With Our Moving Deposit? My family and I were unexpectadly slapped with a foreclosure notice on our door about a week ago and have less than a month to move. My husband and I are currently students and are receiving assistance from the government while we finish school and are able to get decent and stable employment. We have five gorgeous and loving children. We had to give up the last $500.00 we had saved for our kid's christmas presents but are still short $900.00. We would like to know if anyone can provide us with any information that help with the rest of our moving deposit. Catholic Charities already turned us down and informed us that thier funds had been depleted due to the victims of the fires that plagued us about two weeks ago. Please I know that there are still good and generous people that can at least give us help in going toward a direction that can help us move into our house before Christmas. Thank you very much and have a blessed day! The foreclosure did come unexpected since we do not own this house. We are only renting. The owner of this house is eight months behind in his payments and did not think it was essential to inform us of this. The foreclosure notice was put on our door and when we called him, he would not answer our phone calls. So I contact the bank and they tell me that its best to start looking for another place to live. And as far as our employment goes I do agree that we both should be working but I also think that working at a burger joint is not the kind of job I would like my children to remember me by. We are working toward a better future not only for ourselves but our childrens' as well.

Why do liberals have a tendency to ignore facts, history, and verifiable statistics? Under Bush Dow hit an ALL TIME HIGH The US economy has grew for 52 consecutive quarters 5.1% Unemployment (94.6% of Americans have a job) Interest rates lowest since 1960’s Core Inflation 2% 8.4 MILLION JOBS CREATED after Clinton era recession began Financially recovered US economy from 9/11 attacks and corporate scandals Tax revenues increased by $100 BILLION after tax cuts Productivity at an all time high. Home ownership is at an all time high (even WITH the 2% foreclosures) . US GDP continues to grow (slowly, but NOT a recession)House Passes Tax Cut Retaining Lower Rates Signs largest energy bill in HISTORY 24 Million Afghans LIBERATED 27 Million Iraqis LIBERATED Free Elections in Afghanistan Free Elections in Iraq Democratically elected government in both countries IRAQ free of murderous dictator His two murderous sons killed Zarqawi Dead 75% of known AlQaeda leaders captured or killed Lybia hands over weapons without a shot being fired Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE now allies in fight against terrorism DRAGON: Educate yourself! There WAS NO SURPLUS. Clinton's "surplus was a 10 year PROJECTION to 2010 and included the Social Security fund's surplus in the calculation. I wont waste my time with the rest of your uneducated answers. Buy a book. Funny how liberals can only answer FACTS with emotional drivel. Its why they'll vote for a one tem senator with nothing more than the word "change". LOL! FACTS are like kryptonite to liberals

Would you hire this applicant after reviewing his resume? Can you guess who? Past work experience: Ran for congress and lost. Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie. Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox. With fathers help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas. Accomplishments: Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money. Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history. Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my fathers appointments to the Supreme Court. Accomplishments as president: Attacked and took over two countries. Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury. Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history. Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period. Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record. First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history. Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job. Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history. Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period. Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history. Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television. Signed more laws and executive orders circumventing the Constitution than any president in US history. Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans. Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches/) Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleezza Rice has an Chevron oil tanker named after her). Had more states to simultaneously go bankrupt than any president in the history of the United States. Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world. Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history. First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission. First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board. Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history. Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. Withdrew from the World Court of Law. Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections). All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history. First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community. First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1) First US president to establish a secret shadow government. Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history). With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years. Fist US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. First US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea. Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts. Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'. Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects. In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States. Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war. Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down. Records and References: At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available). AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of war. Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view. All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public review. For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.)

On this stress scale where would you personally put the government and its activities? Where would you personally put reading the daily mail and express , telling us of these daily c0ck ups, blunders and outrages when we can do f*ck all about them short of rioting? Life Event ↓ Life Change Units ↓ Death of a Spouse 100 Divorce 73 Marital Separation 65 Imprisonment 63 Death of a Close Family Member 63 Personal Injury or Illness 53 Marriage 50 Dismissal from Work 47 Marital Reconciliation 45 Retirement 45 Change in Health of Family Member 44 Pregnancy 40 Sexual Difficulties 39 Gain a New Family Member 39 Business Readjustment 39 Change in Financial State 38 Change in Frequency of Arguments 35 Major Mortgage 32 Foreclosure of Mortgage or Loan 30 Change in Responsibilities at Work 29 Child Leaving Home 29 Trouble with In-Laws 29 Outstanding Personal Achievement 28 Spouse Starts or Stops Work 26 Begin or End School 26 Change in Living Conditions 25 Revision of Personal Habits 24 Trouble with Boss 23 Change in Working Hours or Conditions 20 Change in Residence 20 Change in Schools 20 Change in Recreation 19 Change in Church Activities 19 Change in Social Activities 18 Minor Mortgage or Loan 17 Change in Sleeping Habits 16 Change in Number of Family Reunions 15 Change in Eating Habits 15 Vacation 13 Christmas 12 Minor Violation of Law 11

What do you like the most about Senator McCain? 1. Mostly, I like the fact that Sen. McCain is proud to be an American (and I am proud of him). 2. Sen. McCain won't raise taxes (YOUR hard-earned money stays in your pocket instead of giving it to the government). 3. Sen. McCain will protect Americans around the world and at home. American soldiers will become the background of the fighting, while the Iraqi forces will take the foreground. Our soldiers will eventually stay as peacekeepers and protectors of Americans abroad - as they are in many of the places around the world). 4. Sen. McCain has a strong idea to save family homes from foreclosure. (Clinton's 5 year freeze on what the gov. charges the mortgage lenders has nothing to do with mortgage lenders adjusting the rate to us - the consumer, and as for Obama, he hasn't a clue except to attack Sen. McCain for coming up with a plan). 5. Sen. McCain may be a Republican, but he wants the party to go back to its basic fundimentals - not the was Bush treated it. Sen. McCain knows and respects, and is respected by Democrats in both the House and Senate. He has actually worked with them, and can do so for the better of America when he, Sen. John McCain, become your President of the United States of America. 6. Sen. McCain is honest. 7. Sen. McCain has foreign policy experience, and is well-respected by current foreign leaders with whom he has recently met. 8. Sen. McCain wants to keep jobs in America, and not see them go overseas, so he has a tax incentive plan for businesses to keep jobs here. Sen. McCain wants to financially help individuals to retrain for new jobs after losing jobs to foreign competitors such as the automobile and computer manufacturers. 9. Sen. McCain wants to eliminate the government's road tax during the Summer (Memorial Day to Labor Day). This would save us 18 cents per gallon, and diesel truckers would save 28 cents per gallon. The deisel tax savings would keep costs down due to delivery expenses of goods and services. 10. Sen. McCain lives against the corruption of the system. He could easily earmark millions of dollars for Arizona (like Clinton and Obama have for their states), but he hasn't asked for $1.00 because it's OUR money they take. He doesn't take money from Special Interest Groups because he doesn't want to be in their pocket (like Clinton and Obama have).

Is President George W. Bush the best ever? ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH... I attacked and took over two countries. I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury. I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history. I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record. In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job. I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history. I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history. I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history. I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. I cut health care benefits for war veterans. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her). I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community. I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board. I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history. I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections. I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history. I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1) I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government. I took the world's sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history). I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. I am the first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than by their immediate neighbor, North Korea. I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. I set the all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts. I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war. I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down. I fired federal attorneys for political reasons and did not inform the Senate. I have not fully made enough armor both for vehicles and body armor for US military in Iraq. RECORDS AND REFERENCES: I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available). I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during a time of war. I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father1s library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. Bush also went AWOL...and had his hand in the demolition of the WTC. Bush referred to the US Constitution as a God damn piece of paper. He was wrong about WMD. That got the US into a war with Iraq. The UN said there were no weapons and we still went to war anyway. At least Colin Powell did the right thing and resigned. Too bad Bush doesn't have Powell's intregrity His initial response to hurricane katrina was horrible. The "no one left behind" idea is terrible: dumb down education so children look smarter without learning what they should. The patriot act violates the bill of rights. How can we talk about the freedom of democracy here in the US when the government keeps taking away those freedoms? His tax cuts did not go to those at the bottom of the income bracket. He raised interest rates for those taking loans to go to college. Abstinence taught for sex education does not work. Safe sex should also be taught in school as well. He talked about border protection and sealing off America from Mexico, then gives the Saudis (i think it was them) control over offshipping cargo on our coast. I thought we were supposed to be protecting our borders, not selling that right off to the highest bidder! His environmental policy is not helping reduce global warming. His solution is clean-burning coal! That will never happen!

Do you think that the economy is under control, or is like an out of control truck barreling down the highway? toward a bulk gasoline refinery with nothing to stop it? After taking a look at all the debt the govt. is in, all the debt that US consumers are in ($800 billion in credit card alone circa 2005), record property foreclosures, the poorly designed and crafted profit reporting requirements for businesses, and very little government (SEC) oversight of business, I think its out of control now. Bernake might be in the cab trying to put on the brakes, but I think he is going to crash and go up in flames with the economy, shortly. What is your take?

Is Bush giving America a bad name? ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH... I attacked and took over two countries. I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury. I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history. I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record. In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job. I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history. I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history. I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history. I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. I cut health care benefits for war veterans. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her). I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt. I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community. I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board. I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history. I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections. I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history. I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1) I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government. I took the world's sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history). I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. I am the first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than by their immediate neighbor, North Korea. I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. I set the all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts. I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war. I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down. RECORDS AND REFERENCES: I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available). I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during a time of war. I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father1s library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. PERSONAL REFERENCES: For personal references, please speak to my dad or uncle James Baker (They can be reached in their offices at the Carlyle Group where they are helping to divide up the spoils of the US-Iraq war and plan for the next one.)

Both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae hold a combined worth of $5T in held mortgages. Should we still bail them out? It really disturbs me that our government is even *considering* such a ridiculous move! Why should Corporate America get the red carpet treatment when we have Americans left and right swaddled in debt and foreclosures? Whatever the hell happened to caring for US? This just makes me *sick*. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080711/wall_street.html

Possibly America never saw it coming? About the Middle East, we may be in term of bigger power due to our military size perhaps, but our economy and business is being invested by the Middle East. Do you think the Middle East and other countries are buying us out? OPEC barrel of oil is 110 + that 42 gallon, a full tank for a GMC truck. In my opinions, their Governments have nothing to do with the US economy business. But their people do. On the other hand, their way of thinking is of old fashion: Money is Power. They just continually are buying us out. While our FED kept cutting the rate, reporting to law maker and our research and development are too caught up in election, taxes, foreclosures, and the slice and dice of cutting the rate. Who is checking on other Countries economy? 1. Do you think the Middle East and other countries are buying us out? 2. Who is checking on other Countries economy? This is where they are making their move when we don’t realize it. 3. Any thought?

Would you hire this man to be our president? GEORGE W. BUSH RESUME The White House, USA * ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT: * I attacked and took over two countries. * I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury. * I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history. * I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period. * I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market. * I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. * I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record. * In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history. * After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. * I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history. * In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job. * I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history. * I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period. * I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history. * I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV. * I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history. * I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. * I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have. * I cut health care benefits for war veterans. * I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. * I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. * I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. * Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her). * I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt. * I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. * I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community. * I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States. * I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history. * I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission. * I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board. * I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history. * I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. * I withdrew from the World Court of Law. * I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. * I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections. * I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. * The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation). * I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history. * I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1) * I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government. * I took the world's sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history). * I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability. * I am the first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than by their immediate neighbor, North Korea. * I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. * I set the all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts. * I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war. * I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down. * RECORDS AND REFERENCES: * I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available). * I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during a time of war. * I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. * All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father¹s library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. * All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. * All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. * Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. * PERSONAL REFERENCES: * For personal references, please speak to my dad or uncle James Baker (They can be reached in their offices at the Carlyle Group where they are helping to divide up the spoils of the US-Iraq war and plan for the next one.)

Signs the Economy will worsen? Yesterday, in local newspaper, I read some news in business section, that seem are signs that the economy is either weakening or will do so soon. There was the news about the Euro Dollar getting stronger than the US Dollar; up to 1.40 now. Second, the housing market not having completely stopped falling. Third, foreclosures keep on happening on a daily basis. Third, jobless went up by 4,000. This seems really like nothing, but remembering predictions from experts about a week ago, many thousands will be losing their jobs at end of the year, primarily from Pharmaceutical companies, since no new Drug has come into market, and they cannot post the expected high earnings, so they have to cut jobs. Fourth and probably most worrisome, I guess is that in only a few hours the Federal Government had "injected" quite a few billion dollars into Wall Street on Thursday alone!!! Not having newspaper with me now, I cannot recall how much money, but it was a huge amount. How's money "injected"?

have you seen the legacy...thus so far of George Bush? George W. Bush's 50 greatest accomplishments 1. I attacked and took over two countries. 2. I spent the US surplus and bankrupted the US treasury. 3. I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy) 4. I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period. 5. I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market. 6. I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner. 7. I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record. 8. In my first year in office I set the all-time record for the most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did). 9. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history. 10. I set the record for most campaign raising trips by any president in US history. 11. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs. 12. I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history. 13. I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period. 14. I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any other president in US history. 15. I set the record for fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV. 16. I presided over the biggest energy crisis in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed. 17. I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history. 18. I cut health-care benefits for war veterans. 19. I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any one person in the history of mankind. 20. I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history. 21. I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history. 22. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history (the poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her). 23. I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy. 24. I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world. 25. I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community. 26. I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the US. 27. I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Reagan was hard to beat, but I did it!) 28. I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations to remove the US from the Human Rights Commission. 29. I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board. 30. I removed more checks and balances and have the least congressional oversight of any presidential administration in US history. 31. I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. 32. I withdrew from the World Court Of Law. 33. I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions. 34. I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations elections inspectors access during the 2002 elections. 35. I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for the most corporate campaign donations. 36. The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation.) 37. I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history. 38. I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1). 39. I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government. 40. I took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history). 41. I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stabilty. 42. I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. 43. I set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees who violated US laws by not selling their huge investments in corporations that later made bids for gov. contracts. 44. I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. 45. I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the Civil War. 46. I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down. 47. I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available). 48. I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war. I refused to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use. 49. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father's library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. All records of any SEC investigation into my insider trading or bankrupted companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. 50. All minutes of meetings of any public corporations for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review. ----------------------...and that ain't all....