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1. #1
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 am, wighttrasch said:

   And now we know who the real gangsters are…and it’s not the banks.

2. #2
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 am, Misscheryl said:

   Wow..just wow! Thanks for keeping us informed Michelle! You do excellent work.

3. #3
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:16 am, DagneyT said:

   WT, the banks and investors like me are the victims of this mess we are in! We lost $300,000 last WEEK!

4. #4
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am, Truesoldier said:

   Fox Business news just had ACORN on about this and the anchor went off on ACORN for claiming that people have the right to taxpayer money to pay for homes they cant afford in the first place. Fox News has the anchor on right now.

5. #5
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am, wighttrasch said:

   I know that, DagneyT, but many ‘out there’ claim the banks are the bad guys…and I know that they were strongarmed all along by the Bawney Fwanks of the world.

6. #6
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:19 am, pueblo1032 said:

   MICHELLE, an absolutely amazing, but not surprising story… This is totally in line with the LIB LEFT, and their somebody must OWE ME something mentality… Now it is OK to take the property of another in retaliation for the IRRESPONSIBILITY of someone else… Is this the responsibility B. HUSSEIN was referring to last week???

7. #7
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 am, 1GooDDaDDy said:

   ACORN’S latest ad.

   PShopped by…me

   Enjoy!

   Not Over.

8. #8
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:23 am, Truesoldier said:

   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 am, 1GooDDaDDy said:
   ACORN’S latest ad.

   So true.

9. #9
   On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 am, DagneyT said:

   WT, Our net worth has been cut in half in less than a year. Many of my younger friends have seen their 401K’s go from healthy to dead! All of it due to the “you owe me” mentality of the left. Between Fwank & Dudd, they’ve man-handled the banks by twisting their proverbial arms to take loans that never should have been made, yet they refuse to take on their share of responsibility, nor has ACORN! They are disgusting pukes, and those who vote for them should be embarrassed. The idea that between 2 & 4 billion$s of OUR MONEY are going to be handed to the ACORN gangsters makes my head explode, and blood run out of my eyeballs!

10. #10
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 am, flmom said:

    Therein lies the problem with Obama’s plan to stem the foreclosures. He has emboldened his foot soldiers to commit civil disobedience. Meanwhile the buyer, who in good faith purchased the house from the bank is the forgotten victim. Let’s not forget that the bank is also the loser in that they sold the house at a loss. I have no sympathy with them BTW, anyone with half a brain could see the housing market was overblown. Housing, historically has appreciated 2-3% per year, if you look at the original value of the house, and compound the appreciation over five years, there is no way the bank should have refi’d the house at more than 200% of the original value of the house.

11. #11
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 am, Flyoverman said:

    So we can take ACORN to court for aiding and abetting a felon? Sweet!

12. #12
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 am, Stewed Hamm said:

    Amazing what you can discover with a little investigative journalism, isn’t it? Shame that the MSM isn’t in that business anymore.

13. #13
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 am, SSG David Medzyk said:

    “Looters and Trespassers will be shot” seems appropriate.

    Thieves and liars grow from small seeds……acorns sometimes.

14. #14
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 am, bloghooligan said:

    OK…the Donna Hanks I saw on TV was decidedly black. In those court papers, she’s white, indian, and arab…same person?

15. #15
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 am, Jeff2161 said:

    Wow, I see her house tripled in value in 6 years… Amazing. I’m sure ACORN probably helped with a crooked appraisal there. I wonder how much of the re-fi went to them as a RICO ?
    

16. #16
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    These ACORN guys are getting $5 billion of our money thanks to porkulus! Why would anyone buy a home in this market? Pretty grim.

    I checked by credit last week and was surprised to find that my credit score has soared to 814! (It should be with my income, savings and no debt.) Even so, I still couldn’t qualify for those special mortgage rates I read the deadbeats are being offered (3-4%?). I’m told I could get 5.5% but all I see is 6.25% – 6.5% when I check. I think I’ll wait until real estate falls another 50% as the deadbeats redefault and see how things look then.

    In the meantime, I don’t plan on imprisoning myself for life in a home that will keep losing value at the hands of a hostile government.

17. #17
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am, Tennyson said:

    Outstanding investigative reporting, MM. Infuriating. (That’s an understatement. I’m trying to retain my composure.)

18. #18
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:41 am, Jeff2161 said:

    In those court papers, she’s white, indian, and arab…same person?

    It gives her the opportunity to claim discrimination as a minority (twice); and as an oppressed woman.

19. #19
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:42 am, Thunderbird 1 said:

    Brilliant analysis, Michelle. Thanks for making this available. The truth will out.

20. #20
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 am, devildog247 said:

    Keep up the great investigating and reporting, Michelle! Good job!

21. #21
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:47 am, reutersrutter said:

    The GangstaBama rides again in the annual Conahouse race to Moscow and back.

22. #22
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am, txvet2 said:

    ACORN people are burglars, thieves and vandals???? Who wudda thunkit?

23. #23
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am, Jeff2161 said:

    I noticed the WaPo piece was claiming a $1600 mortgage on an $87000 house. Great investigative journalism. That calculates to 22% interest. A little steep, eh ? Or, a fine example of Bravo Sierra.

24. #24
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am, Truesoldier said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am, Jeff2161 said:
    I noticed the WaPo piece was claiming a $1600 mortgage on an $87000 house. Great investigative journalism. That calculates to 22% interest. A little steep, eh ? Or, a fine example of Bravo Sierra.

    What the $1600 payment was probably on was the refinced mortgage of $270,000.

25. #25
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 am, formerwm said:

    I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! When I heard this story I just knew this would be the case! There is segment of people in our society that have learned how to work the system. If someone really wants to talk about race…bring it on. Sorry I mean no offense, just speaking from what I have observed for years.

26. #26
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 am, meangreenfan said:

    Echoing what truesoldier said in post #4:

    This morning on regular Fox News….they showed a Friday interview which Stuart Varney did with ACORN rep Bertha Lewis. Varney was greatness. He really let Lewis have it—telling her what right do delinquent homeowners have to his (taxpayer) money. The idiot Lewis just kept stammering about how the foreclosed people were “paying their bills”….whatever that meant.

    Two recent heroes (besides the great MM) on this matter: Rick Santelli (CNBC) and Stuart Varney (Fox Business Channel).

27. #27
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 am, Jeff2161 said:

    Truesoldier said:

    Sorry, I forgot to express my sarcasm better. My point was, the reporter did not figure it out. Typical MSM regurgitation of a press release.

28. #28
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:08 am, Jeff2161 said:

    P.S. Anyone who has held a mortgage would have realized their numbers were bunk.

29. #29
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:11 am, Cosmo said:

    This is Pulitzer material. How can we break the AP/Reuters/Times stranglehold on journalistic awards and get a grassroots campaign going?

    It is amazing what one responsible individual with a little initiative to actually report real facts can do with a PC and an internet connection.

    It is equally amazing what hundreds of “journalists” are willing to overlook in order to parrot the official story.

30. #30
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:17 am, drivingjack said:

    Has anyone from Huff&Puff taken notice of this? Oh yeah! It’s Bush’s fault (hey 7 months ago he was still Prez).

31. #31
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 am, jt3151 said:

    There is Veronica Peterson, who bought her house on Fox Grape Terrace in Columbia for $545,000 in November 2006, and eventually lost it. The monthly payments were $4,450, even though her previous year’s income was $50,000 plus child support from her ex-husband

    What the hell is wrong with these people? They deserve to be homeless!

32. #32
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am, iamsaved said:

    I thought pigs ate acorns. Looks like the ACORNs eat pork and lots of it.

    Obama thinks these voter registration fraud perpetrators need more tax dollars to extort more money from the have’s in order to give to the have nots. It goes with Obama’s economic plan – grow the economy from the bottom up.

    How many out there have ever worked for a poor person? Grow the economy from the bottom up? Give me a break.

33. #33
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    And this makes my blood boil. To think that our hard earned tax dollars are going to scam artists like these people.

    Makes one never want to pay taxes again.

    Ever.

34. #34
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 am, Truesoldier said:

    and what makes it worse is that I expect that these same people who are being bailed out on their mortgages will be deliquent again within 6 months and you know they will be holding their hand out once again.

35. #35
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 am, txvet2 said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 am, flmom said:

    Therein lies the problem with Obama’s plan to stem the foreclosures. He has emboldened his foot soldiers to commit civil disobedience felonies.

    There. Fixed it for you.

36. #36
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:36 am, conservativesRus said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am, iamsaved said:
    How many out there have ever worked for a poor person? Grow the economy from the bottom up? Give me a break.

    Actually if this keeps up – all employees will be working for a poor man. The employers will all be broke.

37. #37
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:38 am, frostrt said:

    And our (increased) taxes are going to help fund this group as they practice “civil disobedience” to keep banks from collecting on mortgages that homeowners signed on for and evicting non-payers?!

    AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!

38. #38
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 am, jbh45 said:

    ABC, CBS, NBC, NSNBC, CNN: “Facts? C’mon Michelle we don’t no stinkn facts”

39. #39
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 am, Jeff2161 said:

    Never let the facts get in the way of protesters. It confuses them.
    

40. #40
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:47 am, frostrt said:

    Baltimore police have taken fingerprints at the break-in site and the current owner, William Lane, says he will sue ACORN.

    —————————————

    You go, Mr. lane. Take them to the freakin’ CLEANERS.

    How dare they try to force you out of a home that you now rightfully own?

41. #41
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am, frostrt said:

    Note to ACORN:

    How the frak is our economy supposed to recover if banks can’t collect on mortgages or foreclose on anyone? Ever think of that?

    Or maybe you did, and that’s the idea.

42. #42
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 am, InCali said:

    ACORN vows to use “any means necessary” to stop foreclosures.

    How about paying the bills? That’s usually a very effective strategy to stop foreclosures.

43. #43
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Rule .357 magnum, .45 acp, 00 and such should suffice, not that I wish to appear harsh.

    Great Evils from little acorns grow. But the American people did choose He Who Has Come–not that there was much of a choice.

    How dare they try to force you out of a home that you now rightfully own?

    We are on our own. But as we teach in Self Defense class: If you are the only survivor there shall be less testimony: say nothing until you talk to your attorney. Call 9-1-1 right after you talk to him.
    Foreclosure prevention? Pay your bills? Get a job?
    —
    ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
    Should be a convenience store
    NOT a Government Agency

44. #44
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pm, frostrt said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 am, InCali said:
    ACORN vows to use “any means necessary” to stop foreclosures.
    How about paying the bills? That’s usually a very effective strategy to stop foreclosures.

    ————————————–

    Ah, but that would involve a concept completely alien to ACORN and their ilk: personal responsibility. Not to mention the OUTRAGEOUS idea that people are not always entitled to whatever they want, whenever they want it.

    You’re asking them to grow up and THEY DON’T WANNA! WAAAHHH!

45. #45
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm, FireBlogger said:

    Superb reporting Michelle!

46. #46
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm, nlebou said:

    Now that is investigative reporting.

    Excellent Michelle!

47. #47
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Ever notice how very few liberal commentators post in these Acorn threads?

    So selective they seem to be in their quest for fairness and justice. Why not rip into ACORN and people like this?

48. #48
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    ACORN vows to use “any means necessary” to stop foreclosures.

    “We declare our right on this earth…to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.”

    -Malcolm X

    You will never get real freedom and recognition between black and white people in this country without destroying the country, without destroying the present political system, without destroying the present economic system, without rewriting the entire constitution. It will be a complete destruction of everything that America supposedly stands for.

    –Malcolm X

    Only Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me. The blunt poetry of his words. His unadorned insistence on respect. He promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline.

    –Barack Hussein Obama

49. #49
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    But Donna joined with 30 ACORN Home Defenders to liberate her home from the bank.

    “Liberation” theology strikes again.

50. #50
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Great investigative reporting Michelle. Isn’t this what journalists used to do???

    Not sure Michelle has a chance to read this deep into comments with all her sleuthing, but the ABC2news.com report that Michelle links to allows comments…why not send along what you found out?

51. #51
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    And now you know…the rest of the story.

    Well done, Michelle!

    Bravo! Standing ovation!

52. #52
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    According to real property data search information, Hanks bought the two-story home in the summer of 2001 for $87,000. At some point in the next five years, she re-financed the original home loan for $270,000.

    Question: Where did all that money go?

    Help, anyone. I do not understand the meaning of the sentence that I have put into bold.

53. #53
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm, JohnnyD said:

    I would like to echo the sentiment, Great job Michelle. The MSM, particularly in this town, should take notice.

    the current owner, William Lane, says he will sue ACORN.

    Yeah, he should also go after the State’s Atty’s office and give them grief until this “burglar” gets time. Unfortunately, Louis Beverly will make a mockery of justice with his big mouth spewing ACORN mantra.

54. #54
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm, John Deaux said:

    If I were Mr. Lane, I would fix the house as quickly as possible and rent it out cheaply to a member of law enforcement.

    Then dare ACORN to violate my property again.

55. #55
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Question: Where did all that money go?

    deduct $340/month from her salary as a bartender

    Let me guess – she pisssed it away.

56. #56
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:29 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    These people are thieves. We need to shout to be heard. If all those dumb-a$$ RHINOs thought we were loud before, they need to go deaf.

    We will not pay for these deadbeats!!

57. #57
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Just wondering what’s next on their list of tricks. Burning the Reichstag White House?

58. #58
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm, JohnnyD said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Thanks Red Pill, that’s real “Hope and Change”.

    /sarc

59. #59
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Baltimore is the hole that once sold houses on the harbor for $1, but you had to live in them for a certain number of years, and still be alive at the end…

60. #60
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm, b-cat said:

    Just wondering what’s next on their list of tricks. Burning the Reichstag White House?

    The Reichstag would be closer to our House of Representatives.

61. #61
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 pm, mojack420 said:

    again Michelle your telling the whole story that the MSM refuses to tell us .

    Thanks for doing the job the MSM wont do.

    Breaking and entering is not civil disobedience.

62. #62
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    OK, let’s see, $20 million a year ace reporter (and “professional – do not try this at home) Katie Couric is still in the pike position and clueless, while blogger (spit) and unprofessional amateur white, black, Jewish w$%^& discovers truth.

    Sorry Michelle – I hope you know me by now…

63. #63
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:40 pm, wighttrasch said:

    AlohaGuy–indeed!

64. #64
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:40 pm, Truesoldier said:

    You know what would be fun for these foreclosed homes that ACORN wants to liberate?

    Peper spray sprinkler systems….

65. #65
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    A reminder of how the “by any means necessary” left thinks…

    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am,
    eaglehaslanded said:

    We’ll teach them that the only kind of intolerance that will be tolerated (and encouraged) is intolerance of intolerance. The rest will be mercilessly crushed by any means necessary, because people like that are evil and selfish and need to be punished. They need to have it shoved in their faces.

    You can’t stop progress and progressives. We have always been right, and we will always be right.

    Have a nice day.

66. #66
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pm, zorro said:

    excellent reporting Michelle.

    You are exposing the msm and their attempt to propagandize this story. Facts are facts and you’ve got them covered in a first class way.

67. #67
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    If there were any integrity in the journalism industry,
    Michelle Malkin would be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.

68. #68
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    GREAT JOB OF REPORTING MICHELLE! I’ve always liked the carefully researched and well documented job that you do on your investigative reporting blogs and books.
    ***
    Where are the so-called MSM (aka Left Wing Media) reports on this woman’s scam? At least it looks like she will get some legal trouble and maybe some jail time for her theft and breaking and entering.
    ***
    I don’t feel sorry for her–my house is worth much less, but I own it and paid it off myself.
    ***
    Bail me out, Scotty!
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

69. #69
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm, John Deaux said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Ah. The good old days.

    Back when we had trolls telling us how much better the world would be once Obama took office.

    Now they’re saying more by their absence than they ever did with their posts.

70. #70
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm, katablog said:

    I can’t stop screaming! There are no words to express how angry I am. You would think ACORN could actually take a few minutes and find a “victim” that was actually a victim!

71. #71
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm, Freddy said:

    I guess that those acorn people shoulda picked a house not so close to our fav MM! This was way to easy for her to dig up the appropriate public records. heh heh …

72. #72
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm,
    

    John Deaux said:

    Back when we had trolls telling us how much better the world would be once Obama took office.

    Now they’re saying more by their absence than they ever did with their posts.

    They let their internet bill lapse, because Obama promised them free broadband internet during his campaign.

73. #73
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm, By Choice said:

    I knew when I read this story that it was a half truth–just wasn’t sure what the other half was because ACORN was involved. Turns out the whole thing is a blatant LIE!!! What a surprise! THANKS MICHELLE!!! Great job of exposing this farce.

74. #74
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I guess that those acorn people shoulda picked a house not so close to our fav MM! This was way to easy for her to dig up the appropriate public records. heh heh …

    “Maryland?! You idiot, I said Pennsylvania!”

75. #75
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm, chicagojedi said:

    The Left: A criminal deadbeat who draws out a 300% loan o her house she can’t afford and then colludes with terrorist ACORN to break in to the property after she is rightfully kicked out.

    The Right: Michelle Malkin

    Easy to see which side wins…

76. #76
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Freddy said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    According to real property data search information, Hanks bought the two-story home in the summer of 2001 for $87,000. At some point in the next five years, she re-financed the original home loan for $270,000.

    Question: Where did all that money go?

    Help, anyone. I do not understand the meaning of the sentence that I have put into bold.

    What it means is …. when someone else bought a house in that neighborhood for more money than she had paid for hers, she went over to the bank to collect her winnings!

77. #77
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    They let their internet bill lapse, because Obama promised them free broadband internet during his campaign.

    To be fair, they will need the free broadband when they “visit” their new government physician in Bolivia or Turkey. (Choice!).

78. #78
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    Low life scum… plain and simple… voted for low life Obie… plain and simple

79. #79
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    “Looters and Trespassers will be shot” seems appropriate
    

    add: “Survivors will be shot again.”

    Or so my brother-in-law has posted on his Oregon property to leave no doublt as to his view on the matter.:)

80. #80
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    According to real property data search information, Hanks bought the two-story home in the summer of 2001 for $87,000. At some point in the next five years, she re-financed the original home loan for $270,000.

    Question: Where did all that money go?

    Help, anyone. I do not understand the meaning of the sentence that I have put into bold.

    At some point between 2001 and 2006, Donna Hanks refinanced. Presumably, the original mortgage was paid off and a new mortgage was allowed to be written for more than three times the 2001 value of the house.

    That, in and of itself, deserves an investigation.

    It appears that the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy (VLWC) has for years been promoting mortgage fraud, using the government to pressure banks into loaning large sums of money, up to three times the value of the home, to people who had no intention of paying it back.

    This is the face of “Redistribution of Wealth”.

    Robin Hood, or Robbing Hoodlum?

81. #81
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    What it means is …. when someone else bought a house in that neighborhood for more money than she had paid for hers, she went over to the bank to collect her winnings!

    Thank you, Freddy. That was more or less the way I interpreted it, but I could not — and still can not — quite wrap my mind around it. I don’t know much about mortgages, but I don’t see how she could walk away with the differential under a simple “refinance.” Certainly she could have gotten a home equity loan and pocketed a pile of cash — and I don’t mean to be picky — but I wouldn’t call that a “refinance.” But maybe that is just because I am not familiar enough with how people talk about such things.

82. #82
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    At some point between 2001 and 2006, Donna Hanks refinanced. Presumably, the original mortgage was paid off and a new mortgage was allowed to be written for more than three times the 2001 value of the house…

    RedPill, thank you, too. However, if my house greatly increased in value, you can bet your buns that the first thing I would not do is run back to the bank and ask them to increase the mortgage amount!!!

    She must have just taken a home equity loan, wouldn’t be anything complicated or unusual about that. (I’d like to see the appraisal, though, on this house that appreciated so rapidly…at least, I’d like to see it now that banks are publicly backed on their bad loans!)

83. #83
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    I just got off the phone with my mother, who was already annoyed with WI Gov. Jim Doyle’s big, fat, sloppy wet kiss to the trial lawyers (courtesy standard minimums on car insurance…which isn’t required by law in WI, that will raise rates by 33% or more).

    Then she mentioned ACORN. I read her the pertinent bits of this post and I could hear the veins popping in her head over the phone line.

    Stop working now. Or the government will take every penny you earn, redistribute it, and maybe give you an allowance…

84. #84
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:36 pm, Patronedheart said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Freddy said:
    …
    What it means is …. when someone else bought a house in that neighborhood for more money than she had paid for hers, she went over to the bank to collect her winnings!

    I had to laugh at this, but the sad thing is that some people actually percieve a refi as just that – free money to spend on whatever they want without the repercussions of a payback (since the house is used as collateral).
    Idiots.

85. #85
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm, max said:

    this song sums it up
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyipWCVPIeI

86. #86
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm, rambler said:

    Every day the story just keeps getting better. When does ACORN get thrown under the bus? No drama Obama can watch his reelection slipping away…..

87. #87
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 1:56 pm, sonofdy said:

    I would love to see a liberal try to defend this “action”.

    Actualy scratch that. Im off to acorn to help me take over some millionaires home. Daddy needs a big screen and a view!!!

    looter sonofdy out…

88. #88
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Today at the “fiscal responsibility forum”, Obama said, “We cannot continue to maintain these deficits.” And just last week, he signed the porkulus bill. The man is certifiable. He really thinks he is fooling everyone with his rhetoric because everyone worships him, doncha know.

89. #89
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm, frostrt said:

    Update courtesy of Foxnews:

    “This is our house now,” ACORN member Louis Beverly reportedly said after cutting a lock with bolt cutters at the home.

    Beverly will be charged with fourth-degree burglary, according to Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police. Attempts to reach his attorney, Justin Brown, were not immediately successful.

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    Don’t know how serious a charge 4th-degree burglary is, but it’s a start

90. #90
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pm, maurelius said:

    She buys a house for $90,000 and then refinances it for $270,000.

    Sometime ago I read about scams (out & out fraud) that this sounds like. I am not talking about their attempts to steal back the house either. I am talking about refinancing a house for way more than it is worth. It involves collusion of an assessor and perhaps even the lender.

    Walang hiya si Donna talaga e!

91. #91
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm, sonofdy said:

    Louis Beverly, You do know what stealing is right?????

92. #92
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm, Leatherneck said:

    Within BLT, and Marxism ideology, there is no intestinal fortitude.

    ACORN, and CAIR are almost as low as child rapists. Yea, I threw CAIR into my rant.

    Over.

93. #93
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:29 pm, Misscheryl said:

    I honestly feel this sort of thing does more for conservatism than anything else could have. Obama, stimulus package, Acorn – all of this nonsense has helped our cause tremendously.

94. #94
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:30 pm, sonofdy said:

    And its driving the markets nuts!!!

    At this rate we will be below 7000 by the end of the week!!!

    HECKOFAJOB OBAMA!!!!

95. #95
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:40 pm, vargas said:

    Good work MM. I know most of my comments on here are disagreeing with you, but this is truly fine investigative work, and an important story to tell. Well done.

96. #96
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm, scituate_tgr said:

    Fantastic reporting MM!
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    Below 7000 is Bush’s fault – Odumbo “inherited” this problem of failed republican policy over the past eight years…he said so himself.

    /sarc off

97. #97
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm, mattm said:

    Great job MM. Since the break in to someone’s (not the bank)house was caught on tape Donna and the ACORN person involved need to be given a nice home, approximately 8×10 with a little tiny window to the outside.

98. #98
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm, USN RET said:

    So in a couple of days Michelle will have a new hate mail post courtesy of left wing nuts outraged by her finding out the truth.

99. #99
    On February 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On February 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm, mattm said:
    Great job MM. Since the break in to someone’s (not the bank)house was caught on tape Donna and the ACORN person involved need to be given a nice home, approximately 8×10 with a little tiny window to the outside.

    You got your wish mattm. Posted on Drudge.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498669,00.html

100. #100
     On February 23rd, 2009 at 3:21 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

     ACORN is the shock troops, the street rabble rousers of the Obama revolution. The Sturmabteilung, as it were.