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1. #1
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm, tre said:

   What about people who want to BUY those houses?
   What about the finance companies who’ll need to clean up the messes those people leave?
   Of course, they ain’t got no rights!

2. #2
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:04 pm, englishqueen01 said:

   Okay - so answer me this. Anyone, really, please.

   We’re moving in the spring and considering downsizing our apartment to save a little bit of money.

   Are we stupid? Should we just go to one of these activists and have them obtain (illegally) a house for us? There are a few $500K homes not far from our apartment now that have been on the market and empty for a while. Perhaps we should just move in and squat.

   Good gracious - where the HELL is the incentive to do for yourself anymore?

   This is a joke.

   

3. #3
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:07 pm, DarthRove said:

   You’ve got it wrong, your majesty. Squatting on these houses is a victimless crime! The only victim is the bank, and they’ve got insurance! So it’s all good, see!?

   Gotta stop thinking like a leftard. It hurts my brain.

4. #4
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm, Southpaw said:

   Squatters taking other peoples property while authorities looked the other way. That’s how it all started in Zimbabwe. Where we’re headed:

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7760541.stm

5. #5
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm, maine yankee said:

   “From each according to his ability–to each according to his need.”

   Name the Author;

6. #6
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm, Grey Fox said:

   “Gotta stop thinking like a leftard. It hurts my brain.”

   Well, the whole point of the exercise is not to use your brain. That is where your problem lies…

   Yeah, I know it is a cheap shot.

7. #7
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm, TxSkirt said:

   This man is called an “Activist”? Here in Texas we call them criminals. This is appalling. And for Ms. Penton to bury her head in the sand is really dumb. Now when one of these houses burns to the ground due to open fires in the living room, the “plantiff” has proof that the city of Miami knew and did nothing to protect the “plaintiff” from their own stupidity.

   God save us all from liberals.

8. #8
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:27 pm, The Master said:

   What are the police smoking in Miami? How can they not be involved? The homes are private property. If someone “breaks into” private property, it’s more than just a civil dispute. Breaking into private property is a crime, plain and simple. The property owner doesn’t have to actually be sitting in the living room eating popcorn when the break-in occurs for it to be a crime.

9. #9
   On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm, James Felix said:

   Rameau is an activist criminal who has been executing a bailout plan crime wave of his own around Miami’s empty streets: He is helping homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes squat on property other people actually had to pay for.

   Fixed.

10. #10
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On the advice of my accountant, I had been putting off purchasing a new home until Jan 1st. Thanks goodness I did.

    Over the last couple of days I have rethought my whole strategy of buying a place and paying property tax. Since I live in a very liberal county that voted obscenely Obama, why do I want to fund their people/programs here? And since my teenage daughter surprised eveyone this weekend by deciding to move back in with her mother, why would I want to pay school taxes either?

    Im just going to go relive my youth and go live in a loft downtown in the club district and scru the suburbs.

11. #11
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm, jjmurphy said:

    “There are no actions on the city’s part to stop this,” she said

    This is wrong, absolutely wrong! This activist is breaking and entering. These people are stealing. Who pays for the water, electricity,gas, etc? I cannot believe the city is aware that this is going on and not doing anything. As someone above wrote, just wait until one of these freeloaders is hurt or killed in one of these homes. These vermin will then sue the heck out of the city, bank that now owns the property, etc.

12. #12
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    The only victim is the bank, and they’ve got insurance! a bailout from our freaking reps

    Fixed it. We’re all suckers. Move into the Mayor’s house. Call the cops. Call them again. Call them again. Sue the city.

13. #13
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm, MBuck said:

    “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”

    Looks to me like the “official” is advocating vigilante justice.

    Sounds good to me….

14. #14
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:38 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Breaking into private property is a crime, plain and simple.

    You’re so 20th century. Spread the housing…

15. #15
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm, The Master said:

    Does it take a rocket scientist to see that having (probably) mentally unstable people (including women) living alone and unprotected is a bad idea? Lots of bad things can happen, from crimes commited against the squatters (rape, assault, etc.) to accidents like fires, etc. When something goes bad, you know who will be blamed: the property owner, the banks holding the mortgage, the police, etc. — basically everyone will be blamed but the squatter and this jerk-off Rameau.

16. #16
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Let me guess - you go to a house you own, some fricking squatter is inside, you pull a gun, you get arrested, said fricker is still inside when the “police” leave with you in tow…

17. #17
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm, Southpaw said:

    Call the University of California Police Department. They are now experts at removing squatters:

    Photos

18. #18
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm, The_Livewire said:

    “There are no actions on the city’s part to stop this,” she said in an e-mail. “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”

    So, is the city of Miami authorizing civilians to shoot to kill? That would remove them, for certain.

19. #19
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm, txvet2 said:

    I’m surprised she isn’t suing the owner for changing the locks and taking her stuff. Probably just hasn’t thought of it yet.

20. #20
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm, sillygatboy said:

    WOW! Libs at work,

    America committing suicide (part 231,847,632)

    …stand by, more to come…

21. #21
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Once upon a time, the Executive branch of government was in charge of enforcing the law. Now they are in charge of self-aggrandizement…

22. #22
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm, Hangfire said:

    Credo, quia absurdum est.

23. #23
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm, sonofdy said:

    This is how you get crack houses and brothels. Dumbasses.

24. #24
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:20 pm, vickisoup said:

    But late last month, with Rameau’s help, she got back inside and has put Christmas decorations on the front door.

    C’mon! Where’s your holiday spirit! This lady found hers, after all!
    

25. #25
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    Yet another sign of our continued lurch to the marxist left. Now private property ownership is under fire from our own citizens (or maybe just another “enrichment” of our culture by the latest immigrants?). Squatters have never been looked upon favorably here due to the culture of the sanctity private property. This is just the beginning. A shot across the bow, so to speak, to see how far they can push. It will only get worse.

26. #26
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On December 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm, Southpaw said:
    Squatters taking other peoples property while authorities looked the other way. That’s how it all started in Zimbabwe. Where we’re headed:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7760541.stm

    Yep.

    We will always have law breakers that’s why we have law enforcers… or for that matter that’s why we have laws. Does this make any sense?… there was time once when it did. Reminds me of a simpler time.

27. #27
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    This is just the beginning. A shot across the bow, so to speak, to see how far they can push.

    Well, maybe next it’ll be homes left unoccupied while the owners are at work. I mean, why let perfectly good shelter go unused for 10 hours a day during the week?

28. #28
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm, mattm said:

    They have places for people like this, JAIL!

29. #29
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    I used to joke about this as a way to fill up all of those empty houses. It was a joke because it was so obscenely absurd. I’m not laughing any more.

30. #30
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 pm, sonofdy said:

    231,000,000% inflation rate in Zimbabwe. Thats worse than the Wiemar republic before hitler.

31. #31
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm, JHSII said:

    Maine Yankee #5:

    “From each according to his ability–to each according to his need.”

    Name the Author;

    Joe Biden.

    Or at least Joe claims to have said it first!!

32. #32
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm, Chief RZ said:

    First it was OPM; now it is OPP. Thieves.

33. #33
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm, ajmontana said:

    This is actually a good thing, maybe the squatters will feed the animals the previous dirtbag lame over their head borrowers left behind.

34. #34
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    When will the illegals/moochers start forcibly evicting legal homeowners? Just steal our houses in the plain light of day. Think it can’t happen? We’ve now arrived in a societal state in which the authorities are afraid to enforce the law for fear of being labeled as, and sued for, being hateful racists.

    We’re going to have to band together and clean up this mess. Our elected reps and their appointees are oath breakers, traitors, cowards, and sell-out scoundrels.

35. #35
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm, sonofdy said:

    New Hyperinflation Index (HHIZ) Puts Zimbabwe Inflation at 89.7 Sextillion Percent The highest in history.

    No I am not making that up, yes it is a direct quote. It is so bad there the army is begining to riot. They can’t even afford chemicals to clean thier capital cities water supply so they shut it off.

    WOW I had no idea it had gotten that bad.

36. #36
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:57 pm, sonofdy said:

    89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000% inflation AND RISING!!! Is that even a real number?

37. #37
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm, rich8450 said:

    So I guess if the police see a robery happening at a store or bank when the owner is not around…they just look the other way….TO PROTECT AND SERVE!

38. #38
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm, sonofdy said:

    “The regime is surviving by printing money,” said Martin Rupiya, professor of war and security studies at the University of Zimbabwe. “At this stage there is no other way.”

    Sound familiar? It should.

39. #39
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    “There are no actions on the city’s part to stop this,” she said in an e-mail. “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”

    Whatever they’re paying this twit, it’s too damned much. WTF are the police for, if not to protect people and property? Based on her jack-assessment, my house is fair game if I leave it empty to go on vacation! Vapid ninny.

    Incidentally, don’t come to my house while I’m on holiday… my neighbors pack heat, too.

40. #40
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:06 pm, zorro said:

    “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”

    And we pay property taxes in Florida for what reason? Police protection?

    MBuck said: Looks to me like the “official” is advocating vigilante justice.

    Sounds good to me….

    I’m game.

41. #41
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm, rambler said:

    Maybe we could have skipped the whole bailout thing if we had just given the homes away. Who knew!! When I get ready to sell, I’ll just snag some homeless people and give them the keys.

42. #42
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:12 pm, Southpaw said:

    englishqueen01 has it right (#2). Why pay rent?

43. #43
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:15 pm, Texhoma said:

    I bet if that happened to a house in Kelly Penton’s block the entire Miami/Dade Police, Fire Department, and Animal Control would be there making evictions.

44. #44
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm, mkarnes2007 said:

    “There are no actions on the city’s part to stop this,” she said in an e-mail. “It is important to note that if people trespass into private property, it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals.”

    Does that mean we can legally shoot them?

45. #45
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm, feebiebabe said:

    One rotten fish under the crawl space of the house…. at least one could make things unpleasant for them, no?

46. #46
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm, alaskangrizzly said:

    On December 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm, feebiebabe said:

    One rotten fish under the crawl space of the house…. at least one could make things unpleasant for them, no?

    Oh you can have a lot more fun than that My neighbors in college had all sorts of ways of annoying ways of keeping me awake all night when I was trying to sleep for an exam in the morning(earplugs, a strong door lock, and being known for being prior military who took MMA classes worked wonders in keeping them at bay). All we need is some beer, some paint ball guns, megaphones, silly string, colored permanent markers, paint, eggs, and a party flyer describing the event as a “game of ‘tag’, start with the first person you see in the house and use your imagination” and we can share the fun… Ah yes, redirecting youthful insanity to a more constructive purpose Then all the med & engineering students can get their exam sleep while the future drop-outs are out doing their thing till 4am. Problem solved.

47. #47
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 pm, CJ said:

    Why stop at foreclosed homes? How about any empty house? Lots of beach houses in the Mid Atlantic and Northeast are empty this time of year. And is Congress on break? If so, there are some really nice houses in the DC area with no one living in them at the moment.

    It’s a shame we conservatives are such law-abiding, conventional types. It could be great fun to find out how many Miami city officials own second homes and “borrow” them for a while when they aren’t using them. I wonder what actions those property owners would take …

48. #48
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 7:32 pm, fuseman said:

    One rotten fish under the crawl space of the house…. at least one could make things unpleasant for them, no?

    no. with no running water or trashpickup, a strong stench would already be present. i worked near skidrow in los angeles, the “biologic” order was always present. squatters are not sensitive to odors.

49. #49
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 pm, greenfairie said:

    I know how to get Miami cops to evict these left-wing moochers…tell them Elian Gonzales is hiding in the house with a ton of cocaine they are free to sell themselves (I lived in Miami in the 1980s and the Metro-Dade cops were as crooked as the ones in New Orleans).

    I bet the day these people muscle into some celebrity enclave is the day this crap ends. Until then, it’s f-you to the little people.

50. #50
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Burglary as policy? A Democratic Party virtue to be sure. Private Lives, as with Private Property, is not conducive to the Collective. Do not think Crime: Think Redistributed Wealth. Rather like Windmills off Senator Kennedy’s home: Good for Thee but not for Me.

    Liberals are easy to hate, are they not?

    zorro said:
    And we pay property taxes in Florida for what reason? Police protection?

    Maybe, are you a Beautiful Person or a mere citizen? The best police force can not help if the Powers that Be are dirty. But after the Coronation and Deification of BroBama I am SURE Attorney General Eric Holder will be right on it.

51. #51
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    Why stop at foreclosed homes? How about any empty house?

    Why stop at an empty house? Under Obie’s mandatory service program, you’ll be asked to let that empty bedroom or unfinished attic to your new family member… And do you really need both of those cars… what with their carbon footprints…

52. #52
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm, zorro said:

    Just a commoner Arizona. Just a commoner.

53. #53
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm, Joy said:

    89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000% inflation AND RISING!!! Is that even a real number?

    OHHHhhhh, inflation in Zimbabwe, I thought you meant the current amount of the BAILOUT…

    Don’t worry, it’ll get there!

54. #54
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 pm, Bruce said:

    One could suppose that the legal term “nonfeasance” does not appear in the Miami codes.

55. #55
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm, Judabuggs said:

    But you can bet that if something untoward happens in one of these dicy situations, police and city officials will be the first to be blamed.

    And sued.

    Michelle, I respectfully disagree. Let me see if I can fix it:

    But you can bet that if something untoward happens in one of these dicy situations, police and city officials the property owner will be the first to be blamed.

    And sued.

    Yeah, that’s better.

56. #56
    On December 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 pm, robert537 said:

    Once property rights are gone, what will we have left?

    Our journey to the third world continues…

57. #57
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 am, graysonret said:

    All you have to do is look to England to see what will happen. If you attack a burglar or home invader, he gets a “caution”; you can get charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment. In fact, stop any robbery and you can be charged. Anyone remember the scene from Dr. Zhivago (Omar Sharif) when he comes home after WW1? We’re all comrades now.

58. #58
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 am, bilgerat said:

    December 2nd, 2008 at 4:21 pm, maine yankee said:
    “From each according to his ability–to each according to his need.”

    Name the Author;

    That crazy, wacky commie Karl Marx, a.k.a. the icon of the wingnuts….

59. #59
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 6:22 am, bilgerat said:

    wingnuts duh…meant to say “moonbats”….coffee hasn’t kicked in yet!

60. #60
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 am, sandyb said:

    I don’t look for any Beautiful People’s homes to be squatted in. Either they’re wired to an alarm service that actually works or they’ll start hiring armed guards. As for the rest of us…

61. #61
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 am, karl9000 said:

    “From each according to his ability–to each according to his need.”

    Name the Author;

    The concept is stupid enough that it should have been uttered first by Groucho Marx. It would have gotten the appropriate few laughs and that would have been it.

    Unfortuately, it fits right in with the philosophy of Plunder. Small wonder that it’s being revivied by the Big O & Co.

62. #62
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 am, John Deaux said:

    it is up to the property owner to take action to remove those individuals

    So the bank is supposed to spend money to have these losers evicted? Who’s going to end up paying for that?

63. #63
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 am, Jimmie said:

    Another example of the legal system missing JUSTICE by a country mile, and does any one know what happens when the majority of a population looses faith in government?….does “let them eat cake” ring a bell? I hope the guy doesn’t read the article in the Daily News today….he could just steal the house, with a phony mortgage, and the bank and government will help him do it. The government, with no shame has announced that it wants to steal everyone’s 401K’s……at some point the scale will be tipped…..

64. #64
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 am, karl9000 said:

    Jimmie,

    It’s about SOCIAL Justice. Under that rubric, ANYTHING goes. Property rights mean nothing when measured against those who own no property. Doesn’t matter what sacrifices YOU made to acquire the property; you have it, they don’t, end of story. You lose.

    Still sounds like Plunder to me, but I’m one of those nasty property owners…

65. #65
    On December 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 am, cheapseat said:

    yesterday a St Louis politician was on a news show saying the St Louis City police aren’t responding to the everpresent murder and mayhem inside the city limits. for those unfamiliar with this area, 100+ years ago, the city had all the money and power, and the county had all the farmers demanding roads to get to market. the city removed itself from the county, and so now St Louis City is a County, and St Louis County is a county. when you annually read that St Louis is the number 1 - 5 most crime ridden cities, it is only the city which is now a tiny portion of the metroplex. If the two entities were combined, we rank as a generally safe area, except in the city. but my point is that the police in the city don’t respond to mayhem because the thugs they arrest are right back on the street because the judicial system is gone. juries say “oh he’s not a thug, he’s my cousin elsie’s boy and he couldn’t have killed those people.” “if the glove don’t fit…” so cops get tired of risking their lives to protect citizen’s in the hood, who will just let that same thug go and kill again. if the city wants to attract people, fix lawlessness, just as Rudy did in NYC.