tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post1768318906681918582..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: What deadly sin was most responsible for getting us into this mess?bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-48497019603136020582008-07-30T18:09:00.000+01:002008-07-30T18:09:00.000+01:00Envy. Keeping up with the Joneses. Getting the bi...Envy. Keeping up with the Joneses. Getting the bigger and "better" house -- the McMansions, grabnite countertops.<BR/><BR/>Greed was certainly a factor, but envy started the bubble.<BR/><BR/>You could make a case for pride. Because placing materialistic values above God -- or any spiritual value -- is the penultimate result of pride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-31634733635466840422008-07-29T18:04:00.000+01:002008-07-29T18:04:00.000+01:00.jesus hates you said,You may want to up the dosag....<BR/><BR/><BR/>jesus hates you said,<BR/><BR/><BR/>You may want to up the dosage of your medication!<BR/><BR/>"There will be scoffers and disbelievers, deceivers and profligates !<BR/><BR/>A True Christian knows that reading his Bible and going to Church doesn't make one morally perfect.<BR/>Just because a person believes in Christ doesn't make them perfect and that they will never sin.<BR/><BR/>It is in admitting 'we' are 'sinners', that in Faith and through His Grace we are saved!<BR/><BR/>You are correct in assuming that way too many use their beliefs as a 'I'm better than you card.<BR/><BR/>Just because someone becomes a believer doesn't mean they are 'touched from above' and will never do wrong or sin again!<BR/><BR/>We are all flawed human beings, the Bible gives us guidance and our Faith gives us Hope!<BR/><BR/>Who are we to Trust in here on earth?<BR/><BR/>Our government?<BR/><BR/>Paulson?<BR/><BR/><BR/>paraphrased ITim 1:15 Christ came to save sinners of whom I am the worst!<BR/><BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-44377504348984914322008-07-29T12:54:00.000+01:002008-07-29T12:54:00.000+01:00envy and vanityenvy and vanityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-903955387993797002008-07-29T05:26:00.000+01:002008-07-29T05:26:00.000+01:00Greed and envy.Greed and envy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-36175170661389521412008-07-29T05:17:00.000+01:002008-07-29T05:17:00.000+01:00Meth.Kidding.It was FEAR in all reality.Fear of be...Meth.Kidding.<BR/>It was FEAR in all reality.<BR/>Fear of being left behind.Fear of not having enouph of anyting esential to living well.Fear of not being able to retire.Fear is behind your whole list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-58443040943064156682008-07-29T04:35:00.000+01:002008-07-29T04:35:00.000+01:00the sin of usury.the sin of usury.DCfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240922809472720105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-17762544276201052142008-07-29T03:48:00.000+01:002008-07-29T03:48:00.000+01:00The Mexican...It was Green by a spanThe Mexican...<BR/><BR/>It was Green by a spanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-26687327988732432632008-07-29T02:33:00.000+01:002008-07-29T02:33:00.000+01:00In fact, allowing Rove and Bush to use religion to...<I>In fact, allowing Rove and Bush to use religion to get elected CAUSED the problems in America.</I><BR/><BR/>Was it spiritual principal that ruined us or their deceptive religious posture?Devestmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704339847524381868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-79818239842624220902008-07-29T02:04:00.000+01:002008-07-29T02:04:00.000+01:00gluttonygluttonyTracey Megerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10267924106568058831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-34786803036347198922008-07-29T01:38:00.000+01:002008-07-29T01:38:00.000+01:00Whining Generation Xer's GREEDWhining Generation Xer's GREEDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-88177911500058814432008-07-29T01:13:00.000+01:002008-07-29T01:13:00.000+01:00Tangelo Mozilo and lost cause got it right: PRIDE....Tangelo Mozilo and lost cause got it right: PRIDE.<BR/><BR/>Pride is not about keeping up with the Jones's; it is about one-upping the Jones's and rubbing their noses in it.<BR/><BR/>Even if it is all done with credit and debt, people want to show they have more than their neighbors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-67551015142214557872008-07-29T01:02:00.000+01:002008-07-29T01:02:00.000+01:00Lust: STD's, teenage mothers on welfare, cheating ...Lust: STD's, teenage mothers on welfare, cheating in marrage.<BR/><BR/>Gluttony: Let's see, we have obese kids who already have diabetes.<BR/><BR/>Greed: (This doesn't even need to be explained.)<BR/><BR/>Sloth: People would rather resort to socialism to get money from other people instead of earning it.<BR/><BR/>Wrath: Iraq war...maybe Iran next.<BR/><BR/>Envy: Everyone has to drive a brand new $40,000 SUV to feel like they matter. So they "buy" it even though they can't afford it.<BR/><BR/>Pride: "Everything is fine, your all paranoid"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-86755676838618033482008-07-29T00:01:00.000+01:002008-07-29T00:01:00.000+01:00Devestment said-"A bunch of right-wing religious g...Devestment said-<BR/>"A bunch of right-wing religious gibberish." <BR/><BR/>I paraphrase.<BR/><BR/>Our culture will never progress until people realize that it is not necessary to have an imaginary friend to be a moral and ethical person. Ethics and morality are not the exclusive religion and more often than not religions use their rules as a stick to keep people oppressed with the only carrot offered being all your dreams coming true after you die.<BR/><BR/>Religion has always been a tool of oppression and the fools like yourself who try to beat people up with your faith are the biggest tools in the toolbox.<BR/><BR/>And cowards too. Your actions are dictated by the prhase, "Because the bible tells me so." Right and wrong are objective, they are facts of reality not the creation of burning bushes or Nazarean magicians.<BR/><BR/>The problems in this country are not a result of not allowing prayer in schools they are the result too many generations brought up in the faith that believes that reading the bible or going to church makes you a good and moral person and that nothing else is required of you. Morality has nothing to do with reading a book of ghost stories or sitting on a wooden bench listening to a con man read from that book. And reciting some incantation is not going to make the spoiled brats in the public schools wonderful little angels.<BR/><BR/>The problem is not in the schools it is in the homes where Joe Six Pack and Jane Zinfandel are too busy coveting so they let the Disney Channel raise their kids to be greedy little consumers. <BR/><BR/>The purpose of public schools is to teach children how to read, write, do some math and a little science. The public schools are not there to make the little brats good people that is the job of the parents.<BR/><BR/>If you want your kids to pray in school send them to private school. Oh wait if you did that you might not be able to buy the McMansion, the Hummer and the 52" Plasma. They're called priorities and people who whine about prayer in school love the baby jebus right up to the point that it causes them to have to choose between self-indungent desires or spending money to have their own children educated in a faith based environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-18139924914688661802008-07-28T23:07:00.000+01:002008-07-28T23:07:00.000+01:00Lady Di said... GREED always wins.In the short ...Lady Di said...<BR/><BR/> GREED always wins.<BR/><BR/>In the short term yes, in the long term it always destroys, always. <BR/><BR/>Wait and see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-29667165419210300542008-07-28T21:42:00.000+01:002008-07-28T21:42:00.000+01:00Apathy and sheer stupidity. Don't know yet which c...Apathy and sheer stupidity. Don't know yet which contributed the most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-18773710227816751512008-07-28T21:30:00.000+01:002008-07-28T21:30:00.000+01:00Generation Xers GREEDOh please us Xers have nothin...Generation Xers GREED<BR/><BR/>Oh please us Xers have nothing on the Boomers...you people are in charge and caused the trillions in deficits..you're the ones trying to sell you shitboxes at 1/2 million dollars...puhleeezzz my generation is drowning in student loans and mcjobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-68607343580709077462008-07-28T20:44:00.000+01:002008-07-28T20:44:00.000+01:00All of them; in equally fatal doses.All of them; in equally fatal doses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-49975961516867172972008-07-28T20:42:00.000+01:002008-07-28T20:42:00.000+01:00Pride. People can't even see this one. That is wha...Pride. People can't even see this one. That is what pride does.Lost Causehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396272153746076615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-45249227228719458892008-07-28T20:36:00.000+01:002008-07-28T20:36:00.000+01:00Avarice: Because the Love of Money is the root of ...Avarice: Because the Love of Money is the root of all evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-71425441535687135862008-07-28T20:12:00.000+01:002008-07-28T20:12:00.000+01:00GREED always wins.GREED always wins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-72971150175929680812008-07-28T19:58:00.000+01:002008-07-28T19:58:00.000+01:00Baby Boomers destroyed the country (and the planet...Baby Boomers destroyed the country (and the planet).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-20089722909545697232008-07-28T19:55:00.000+01:002008-07-28T19:55:00.000+01:00Is "Americano" a deadly sin?Is "Americano" a deadly sin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-84140647833338855292008-07-28T19:49:00.000+01:002008-07-28T19:49:00.000+01:00Greed combined with sloth.Flippers were buying hou...Greed combined with sloth.<BR/><BR/>Flippers were buying houses and reselling them for a profit, without even fixing them up. It was a pyramid scheme for people who wanted to make money without doing any actual work, using other people's money.<BR/><BR/>Mind-numbing stupidity on the part of Financial Institutions made it all possible, via 0% down-payment loans.Refuse to buy overpricedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529128673944692315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-78530822572604486522008-07-28T17:37:00.000+01:002008-07-28T17:37:00.000+01:00All the deadly sins can be totaled up into on word...All the deadly sins can be totaled up into on word.......More!<BR/><BR/>I want more money,<BR/><BR/><BR/>I want more power,<BR/><BR/><BR/>I want more, more, more....<BR/><BR/><BR/>That's all you Bastards want from Britney is More, More, More!<BR/><BR/>Leave her alone!<BR/><BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-8825306340256825582008-07-28T17:31:00.001+01:002008-07-28T17:31:00.001+01:00plain and simple greed!plain and simple greed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com