Comments on: Latest subprime trend: Burnin’ down the house http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/ news and commentary from a conservative perspective Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:05:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: December 20, 2008 « Rising in Phoenix http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-575377 December 20, 2008 « Rising in Phoenix Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:12:02 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-575377 [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...] [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...]

]]> By: December 16, 2008 « Rising in Phoenix http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-572482 December 16, 2008 « Rising in Phoenix Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:19:19 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-572482 [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...] [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...]

]]> By: Banned SNL bailout skit « Yonggi61’s Weblog http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-488321 Banned SNL bailout skit « Yonggi61’s Weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:18:43 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-488321 [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...] [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...]

]]> By: The forbidden skit: Full transcript and screenshots of SNL’s Soros/Sandler bailout satire « Jay Keating’s 2008 Weblog http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-488084 The forbidden skit: Full transcript and screenshots of SNL’s Soros/Sandler bailout satire « Jay Keating’s 2008 Weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:15:05 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-488084 [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...] [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...]

]]> By: Michelle Malkin » The forbidden skit: Full transcript and screenshots of SNL’s Soros/Sandler bailout satire http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-487955 Michelle Malkin » The forbidden skit: Full transcript and screenshots of SNL’s Soros/Sandler bailout satire Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:06:50 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-487955 [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...] [...] Jerome: Well, I’m a triple victim, because now I’ve been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to the house they evicted me from. [...]

]]> By: Bob in Myrtle Beach http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-309622 Bob in Myrtle Beach Fri, 02 May 2008 20:06:55 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-309622 One family down the road from me has had TWO house fires in 5 years. They're under investigation. Another house two doors down from me has had a fire and as I understand it, the insurance company is REALLY putting it under scrutiny. I just hope there's no neighborhood firebug running around. One family down the road from me has had TWO house fires in 5 years. They’re under investigation. Another house two doors down from me has had a fire and as I understand it, the insurance company is REALLY putting it under scrutiny.

I just hope there’s no neighborhood firebug running around.

]]> By: Mohawk http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-298256 Mohawk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:58:13 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-298256 I guess if they can't have it know one can! I guess if they can’t have it know one can!

]]> By: threeCents http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-298177 threeCents Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:58:17 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-298177 <blockquote>If you subsidize irresponsible borrowers, you will get more irresponsible behavior.</blockquote> You stole my line! :-)

If you subsidize irresponsible borrowers, you will get more irresponsible behavior.

You stole my line! :-)

]]> By: Fivepointer http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-296261 Fivepointer Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:31:44 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-296261 Didn't the towns folks do something like this in the final episode of Little House on the Prairie? Fred Didn’t the towns folks do something like this in the final episode of Little House on the Prairie?

Fred

]]> By: bayou22 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-296130 bayou22 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:49:49 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-296130 Oh dear, I certainly hope these people aren't using gasoline to start these nefarious blazes! Do they realize that a gallon of gas is pushing $4/gallon?! Imagine the effect this will have on the futures markets! Oh dear, I certainly hope these people aren’t using gasoline to start these nefarious blazes! Do they realize that a gallon of gas is pushing $4/gallon?! Imagine the effect this will have on the futures markets!

]]> By: graysonret http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-296104 graysonret Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:29:06 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-296104 Boomer, my dad was in the USAF all his life. He was a comptroller and, after retirement, state budget director. We kids learned, early on, the importance of money, spending, and keeping a budget. I've tried to pass that on to my kids. For many people, it's instant gratification that counts...not the concern of paying it back. That's why I shake my head at people racking up huge credit card bills; all to get more than they can afford. It's the same with housing. Buying something you know you can't afford is destructive, but, these days, people see a "right" to have government bail them out, each and everytime. Then, start the insanity all over again. For a long time, being late in debt, earned you a cell in jail. Now, it's a "slap on the wrist" with a signature on a court paper, and the ability to forget those you owe. To me, it's a legal way to "steal". Boomer, my dad was in the USAF all his life. He was a comptroller and, after retirement, state budget director. We kids learned, early on, the importance of money, spending, and keeping a budget. I’ve tried to pass that on to my kids. For many people, it’s instant gratification that counts…not the concern of paying it back. That’s why I shake my head at people racking up huge credit card bills; all to get more than they can afford. It’s the same with housing. Buying something you know you can’t afford is destructive, but, these days, people see a “right” to have government bail them out, each and everytime. Then, start the insanity all over again. For a long time, being late in debt, earned you a cell in jail. Now, it’s a “slap on the wrist” with a signature on a court paper, and the ability to forget those you owe. To me, it’s a legal way to “steal”.

]]> By: RabbidSquirrel http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-296090 RabbidSquirrel Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:53:31 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-296090 Lets look on the brightside, it cant be all negative.... Its an employment program for out of work Arsonists! And as a bonus the government can claim a win for the number of new jobs created due the extra law enforcement and firefighters that will need to be hired now. Lets look on the brightside, it cant be all negative…. Its an employment program for out of work Arsonists!

And as a bonus the government can claim a win for the number of new jobs created due the extra law enforcement and firefighters that will need to be hired now.

]]> By: rightisright http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-295981 rightisright Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:41:38 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-295981 Sign of the times..."someone will take care of me...it's not my fault"" Sign of the times…”someone will take care of me…it’s not my fault”"

]]> By: Mixer14 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-295865 Mixer14 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:36:10 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-295865 <blockquote>On April 21st, 2008 at 7:38 pm, Boomer said: *SNIP* Sorry about the long winded post, but a little history on why I have no sympathy for the greedy criminal lenders and borrowers that can not take the responsibility for their poor decisions.</blockquote> Boomer - Never apologize for getting it exactly right. I really wish High Schools had a required course for real-life finances (yes some still wouldn't learn becuase they're geared that way but I think most would benefit). I also wish greedy* lenders would be jailed with no hope of probation or parole. *Greedy Lender - an ethics-impaired individual who doesn't care about the client's interest and ability to payback a loan or mortgage as much as making the sale and the comission.

On April 21st, 2008 at 7:38 pm, Boomer said:
*SNIP*
Sorry about the long winded post, but a little history on why I have no sympathy for the greedy criminal lenders and borrowers that can not take the responsibility for their poor decisions.

Boomer – Never apologize for getting it exactly right.

I really wish High Schools had a required course for real-life finances (yes some still wouldn’t learn becuase they’re geared that way but I think most would benefit). I also wish greedy* lenders would be jailed with no hope of probation or parole.

*Greedy Lender – an ethics-impaired individual who doesn’t care about the client’s interest and ability to payback a loan or mortgage as much as making the sale and the comission.

]]> By: Boomer http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-295815 Boomer Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:38:33 +0000 http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/21/latest-subprime-trend-burnin-down-the-house/#comment-295815 My youngest brother lives in a very upscale neighborhood in West Sacramento and tells me how his area is turning into a ghost town. He was lucky getting into his house at $350K with it increasing up to $900K before the bubble burst. Fortunately he did not use it as an ATM and is able to live well within his means with a fixed rate mortgage. He has shared with me how desperate people are getting due to making poor choices. Having stared the beast in the eye back in 2001 I have empathy for those at their wits end in financial troubles however I have absolutely no sympathy for insurance fraud. After I retired from the USAF in 2000 we tried to stay in Colorado Springs and was lucky enough to find employment with a semi-conductor company as a Production Supervisor. In July 2001 I was laid off as part of a severe down turn in the Technical Sector. Seeing the layoff coming I shined up the resume and applied for several civil service jobs with the USAF, which but for the grace of God I was offered a job in Idaho in time to earn my first paycheck 2 weeks before we ran out of any and all savings. During the time of uncertainty my wife and I being raised and trained by our parents and USAF service to be self reliant and responsible for our actions and financial decisions we determined we would do the appropriate thing and return a vehicle to the bank along with vacating our first home and placing our remaining possessions in storage until we could find employment and some place to live to rebuild our lives. One reason we try to live within our means to this day instead of living irresponsibly and taking the cowards or crooks way out when the check comes due. Sorry about the long winded post, but a little history on why I have no sympathy for the greedy criminal lenders and borrowers that can not take the responsibility for their poor decisions. My youngest brother lives in a very upscale neighborhood in West Sacramento and tells me how his area is turning into a ghost town. He was lucky getting into his house at $350K with it increasing up to $900K before the bubble burst. Fortunately he did not use it as an ATM and is able to live well within his means with a fixed rate mortgage. He has shared with me how desperate people are getting due to making poor choices.

Having stared the beast in the eye back in 2001 I have empathy for those at their wits end in financial troubles however I have absolutely no sympathy for insurance fraud. After I retired from the USAF in 2000 we tried to stay in Colorado Springs and was lucky enough to find employment with a semi-conductor company as a Production Supervisor. In July 2001 I was laid off as part of a severe down turn in the Technical Sector. Seeing the layoff coming I shined up the resume and applied for several civil service jobs with the USAF, which but for the grace of God I was offered a job in Idaho in time to earn my first paycheck 2 weeks before we ran out of any and all savings.

During the time of uncertainty my wife and I being raised and trained by our parents and USAF service to be self reliant and responsible for our actions and financial decisions we determined we would do the appropriate thing and return a vehicle to the bank along with vacating our first home and placing our remaining possessions in storage until we could find employment and some place to live to rebuild our lives. One reason we try to live within our means to this day instead of living irresponsibly and taking the cowards or crooks way out when the check comes due.

Sorry about the long winded post, but a little history on why I have no sympathy for the greedy criminal lenders and borrowers that can not take the responsibility for their poor decisions.

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