tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post1599044066437210695..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: HousingPANIC EXCLUSIVE: Interview with publisher of the Ramen Noodles Blogbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-50978691116066595572007-08-04T17:01:00.000+01:002007-08-04T17:01:00.000+01:00I admit... When I lost my house in the crash of 19...I admit... When I lost my house in the crash of 1991 in California, I was in the habit of eating dry Ramen and discarding the flavor packet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-46177802982193524162007-08-04T01:06:00.000+01:002007-08-04T01:06:00.000+01:00You should try Grits; its cheaper even than Ramen ...You should try Grits; its cheaper even than Ramen if you get it straight from the source. I live near a water-powered grist mill, and I can get enough grits to last me six months for $1.00.<BR/><BR/>You soak them overnight like beans, and then you boil em and you can add eggs, sausages, cheese, or just salt and pepper if you have no money like I don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-21895351011145089752007-08-03T18:24:00.000+01:002007-08-03T18:24:00.000+01:00We should all email this to Greg SwannWe should all email this to Greg SwannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-79473418867290252382007-08-03T17:45:00.000+01:002007-08-03T17:45:00.000+01:00Dude I think you have officially gone insane.Dude I think you have officially gone insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-34425336879109980772007-08-03T17:33:00.000+01:002007-08-03T17:33:00.000+01:00you realy should work in advertizing..as Ive bough...you realy should work in advertizing..as Ive bought 90 times more ramen in the last years after reading these articles than I had bought in the last 25 years... but im not buying a house that im almost in desperate financial need of, guess one can see an obviously good deal and fair valueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-39340667768716893712007-08-03T16:06:00.000+01:002007-08-03T16:06:00.000+01:00This thread brings to mind a recipe from those lon...This thread brings to mind a recipe from those long-gone college days!<BR/>------------------<BR/>Tips for the realtor:<BR/>Here’s a way to improve your daily dinner. Boil an egg, then slice it up and put it in a bowl. Chop up a green onion and put it in the bowl. Sprinkle some hot pepper flakes over it all. Add a spoonful of mayonnaise.<BR/><BR/>Boil ramen noodles, mix in flavor packet, then pour into bowl and mix well. Eat, close your eyes, and dream of 2005. Enjoy!<BR/><BR/>(Flopped flippers may also want to try this recipe.)<BR/><BR/>- MammothMammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331079890390629462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-79467953283103361882007-08-03T15:33:00.000+01:002007-08-03T15:33:00.000+01:00What I put on my Ramen Noodles:http://tinyurl.com/...What I put on my Ramen Noodles:<BR/><A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/25n9n8" REL="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/25n9n8</A><BR/><BR/>Available at!!<BR/><A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/nlysx" REL="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/nlysx</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-16433709782650323562007-08-03T15:22:00.000+01:002007-08-03T15:22:00.000+01:00The Onion needs to pick this up. One of the best i...The Onion needs to pick this up. One of the best interviews ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-4930457872529999232007-08-03T14:50:00.000+01:002007-08-03T14:50:00.000+01:00I'm a general lurker...I rarely feel that I've got...I'm a general lurker...I rarely feel that I've got much, if anything, to contribute, but amiguaser, you've really only received a partial response.<BR/><BR/>First off, you're right, there will be some real people who suffer due to the job losses...the trouble is, a lot of us feel that many of those people are nothing but 'rent capturing' transaction parasites...they aren't really adding any value in our economy, just skimming a percentage of <B>our</B> money. I say this and the following as an investor, so spare me lectures about the importance of a smooth-running financial system to allow the wonders of 'capitalism'. <BR/><BR/>We just came very close to a fascist state - genocidal authoritarianism ISN'T the hallmark of fascism - goverment of by and for corporations is. The "ownership society" was all about that...the "privatization" of government is all about that - making sure that the money flows (money velocity) run through 'private entities' instead of 'bureaurocracies' where those private entities can enjoy monopoly control of the market segment, avoiding any real competition and skimming a percentage all the time. <BR/><BR/>Of course, in reality, it's debt serfdom to an economic aristocracy...just like the Fuedal Lords who really owned the land the peasants worked and took a percentage of the crop in return for 'allowing' the peasants to work the Lord's land, we don't own our homes - the banks do...well, at least those of 'us' stupid enough to have 100% financing...and all the time we 'own' them, we pledge to give a percentage of our income to the Lords (MBS holders) in exchange for living in their property. <BR/><BR/>Yes, there is a good chance <I>Social Democracy</I> will come here...with any luck this crash will prompt the kind of economic/political realignment that the depression did and result in a level playing field coalition. If we had anything like due dilligence standards <I>enforcement</I>, our country wouldn't be facing the economic clusterf*ck we are now. The pain to 'real families' wouldn't be materializing. We probably wouldn't have had the 'privatized profits' of the past six-seven years, but we also wouldn't be socializing the losses as we're about to. What has happened is the mugging of main street by the investor class, and ordinary joes - from Pension Fund beneficiaries through 'bitter renters' through the over-extended will be paying the bill for the likes of Angel Mozillo.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry if your parasite job just vanished...what is it free market types are talking about? We have to face the harsh economic realities and workers have to be flexible? Start bending (over) buddy!<BR/><BR/>ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-12300078798052324712007-08-03T13:52:00.000+01:002007-08-03T13:52:00.000+01:00BUY FARMLAND!BUY FARMLAND!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-43825099923601785482007-08-03T11:37:00.000+01:002007-08-03T11:37:00.000+01:00Keith, thanks for the investigative journalism!Keith, thanks for the investigative journalism!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-41835659393492842832007-08-03T11:02:00.000+01:002007-08-03T11:02:00.000+01:00@amigueserYou see the problem with the economy IS ...@amigueser<BR/><BR/>You see the problem with the economy IS the lending machine. Why is houseing 300% overpriced?! THEN LENDING MACHINE! Half the state of CA works in the REIC securizing junk loans which ran prices thru the stratosphere.<BR/><BR/>Sooooo we need at least 60% of the REIC jobs to GO AWAY FOREVER in order to get back to a stable affordable economy. And housing has to crash so a regular joe can buy a house and have money left over to buy a ford 150. get it?<BR/><BR/>When the lending arm is outta control due to low interest rates and people seeking better returns its a EFFING DISASTER. I'm sure all the unemployed had ok jobs before they became 150k a year subprime mortgage brokers. Now they can go back to those jobs.<BR/><BR/>Glee shall be taken at the return of affordability and this means many many many job losses in the parasitic REIC. <BR/><BR/>You cannot have a economy based on refinancing each others homes every year and selling them to each other for ever higher prices. thats ponzi. wake up to the ponzi people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-36373699951298045942007-08-03T10:57:00.000+01:002007-08-03T10:57:00.000+01:00Ok, here, this post has the content that I would p...Ok, here, this post has the content that I would pass on to "DOPES" as advice in terms of a source of nourishment s/he can afford after all this plays itself out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-21536047889845005702007-08-03T09:00:00.000+01:002007-08-03T09:00:00.000+01:00Pointing out that the housing market is vastly ove...Pointing out that the housing market is vastly overpriced is an OK thing to do, but you should remember that their are about 7000 people/families who at the end of this week, will not know where the next pay check will be coming from.<BR/><BR/>If the housing market truly goes into a bear market, it will take other industries with it, and if it does, you will more likely get America, becoming either a fascist state, or a socialist state.<BR/><BR/>Keith, you should stick to blogging about the housing market, and avoid taking delight in others misfortune,<BR/>I think it is beneath you, and makes people ignore the message you are trying to get across.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-50757787391239346692007-08-03T08:57:00.000+01:002007-08-03T08:57:00.000+01:00Hi!Keith - I am your fan from Japan.Please don't d...Hi!<BR/>Keith - I am your fan from Japan.<BR/><BR/>Please don't downgrade our Ramen by feeding it to monkeys in your RE zoo.<BR/><BR/>Here we have speciality Ramen Noodle shops where you can see several Mercedes Benz parked, apparently the choice of the well heeled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-34674923619935546202007-08-03T07:48:00.000+01:002007-08-03T07:48:00.000+01:00y'all wont believe this, we got a REALTOR here in ...y'all wont believe this, we got a REALTOR here in CA with NAMED ramen!!!<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2yxuar<BR/><BR/>for reals! oh how i wanna see a pic, i bet he's skinny. <BR/><BR/>The website says hes an attorney also, so watchit! he'll sue. nothing worse than a skinny starving REALTTORNEY™ after you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-69375477003717689862007-08-03T07:40:00.000+01:002007-08-03T07:40:00.000+01:00Speaking of Ramen. Ok, this is going to be slightl...Speaking of Ramen. Ok, this is going to be slightly off topic.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it funny how Mattel has managed to foist off the blame for lead painted toys to China? Sure China built them, but isn't Mattel ultimately responsible for selling them?<BR/><BR/>This kind of arrogance is going to be the cause of much soon-to-arrive pain in the U.S. Just watch what happens when th yuan, the currency of the "dey took ar jobs" Chinese gets floated against the dollar and even Walmart becomes too expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-9610394184266758282007-08-03T07:15:00.000+01:002007-08-03T07:15:00.000+01:00LOL! Kieth you crack me up!LOL! Kieth you crack me up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com