tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post483280274336929620..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: America has been down in the dumps before. It's just been awhile since it's sucked this muchbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-23474207362610689942008-05-05T03:08:00.000+01:002008-05-05T03:08:00.000+01:00dingleberry @ 2:05, since you don't have the cojon...dingleberry @ 2:05, since you don't have the cojones or creativity to pick a nick, I did it for you. Seems to fit like a glove.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I remember Carter....<I>I was there, dumbass.</I> I didn't just read it out of a history book some prof made me read, or assumed that bitterrenter actually knows what he is talking about.<BR/><BR/>And watch who you are calling a Republican, or are assuming voted for Bush twice (or even once). Wrong on both counts, dingleberry.<BR/><BR/>I am still gonna throw a huge-ass party when that evil Hamas-loving, Kim Jong Il-blowing sumbitch dies. I will put up a flagpole on my property for the first time ever and categorically refuse to lower the flag for a month like a dead president is entitled to. <BR/><BR/>I'll dedicate the first round to you, dingleberry. Because I care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-23305085812488949252008-05-04T00:09:00.000+01:002008-05-04T00:09:00.000+01:00Anon republican 9:48,I notice you didn't post the ...Anon republican 9:48,<BR/><BR/>I notice you didn't post the CPI numbers from the Nixon years. Why don't you and come back and let us know how that goes.<BR/><BR/>I also notice you didn't post unemployment figures for the Carter vs Reagan years or for that matter an unemployment figures at all. If you did you'd find that unemployment is always higher under REPUBLICANS.<BR/><BR/>Stupid republican, selective memory and your child-like belief that republicans are anything more than selfish scum of the earth is what led us to this shithole culture,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-1552356149556535422008-05-03T21:45:00.000+01:002008-05-03T21:45:00.000+01:00That $53 TRILLION DEBT wouldn't be here if not for...That $53 TRILLION DEBT wouldn't be here if not for FDR. This welfare state wouldn't be here except for LBJ. The national debt wouldn't be here if not for the Vietnam War started by JFK & LBJ.<BR/><BR/>Bush is no conservative. He is a NeoCon. They are just as destructive as the liberalsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-67094949436489335272008-05-03T16:26:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:26:00.000+01:00GET A JOB AND QUIT BLOGGING!!GET A JOB AND QUIT BLOGGING!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-41169018018042475032008-05-03T15:19:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:19:00.000+01:00Good thread.I was incommunicado during the Carter ...Good thread.<BR/>I was incommunicado during the Carter years but I find it difficult to believe anyone could be worse than Bush2. I think the myth of the fiscally conservative Republican can now be officially put to rest. <BR/>'Borrow & Spend' is much worse than 'Tax & Spend', as far as I am concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-2617281027809521892008-05-03T14:21:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:21:00.000+01:00It's easy to Carter Bash but its harder to think.-...It's easy to Carter Bash but its harder to think.<BR/>-He inherited inflation from the "great society" spending and vietnam.<BR/>-he didn't get us into any awful wars.<BR/>-he actually has compassion for people and regular folks. <BR/>-he is right about isreal, that god awful zionist state is going to get us all killed. Nothing against judiasm but isreal needs a leash. Awful human rights abuses.<BR/>-he appointed PAUL VOLKCER. gee he didn't appoint a lacky? That appointment saved our asses.<BR/>-Do you think we could haveinvaded Iran in 1979? give me break. however he botched the rescue attempt. Bush junior would have invaded and we still be in Iran.<BR/><BR/>I get a kick out of the right. Its like the death of our soldiers and thousands of lives is insignificant to being a "weany". But what do I know, the last liberal president I elected actually gave us a surplus.<BR/><BR/>In the late 60's dems were angry and Johnson couldn't run and we got a republican. hey Republicans, its okay to be angry at your party. you don't have to defend Bush until the ship is gone under the water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-983432430760117262008-05-03T02:36:00.000+01:002008-05-03T02:36:00.000+01:00Amusing how the America-hating liberal HPers tell ...Amusing how the America-hating liberal HPers tell the America-loving conservative trolls to "travel more" so that they can find out how much America sucks... Consider this, if every American took as many jaunts to Europe as the typical liberal America-hater, the energy crisis would be even worse! Maybe you guys could save some BTUs on your next flight across the pond by NEVER COMING BACK. It sucks here anyway right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55454354580145497982008-05-03T01:04:00.000+01:002008-05-03T01:04:00.000+01:00Carter won the Nobel Prize, and created a lasting ...Carter won the Nobel Prize, and created a lasting peace between Israel and Egypt.<BR/><BR/>Reagan took $2 million from a grateful Japan, babbled, and with pee in his pants, retired to Bel Air.Lost Causehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396272153746076615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-73003070809453591022008-05-03T01:01:00.000+01:002008-05-03T01:01:00.000+01:00Oh yeah, republicans always blame their democratic...Oh yeah, republicans always blame their democratic predecessor for everything that goes wrong. Carter was so bad, that is why the federal government had to tax unemployment benefits under Reagan just to keep from going broke. It was Clinton's fault that the threat of 9/11 was so severe that Bush left the city for a month long vacation.<BR/><BR/>And what do republicans do before they leave office? Bush The First sent troops to Somalia, sort of a parting gift / hand grenade to Clinton. Expect the same from Bush The Lesser.Lost Causehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396272153746076615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55091639956592338052008-05-02T23:54:00.000+01:002008-05-02T23:54:00.000+01:00Andrew Hac said...WILL the famous Snapper Turtle o...Andrew Hac said...<BR/>WILL the famous Snapper Turtle outlive the obese, pigeon-brain, pompous, ass-head Americano Australopithecus ?<BR/><BR/>I love it when you get all Jurassic on us.<BR/><BR/>JaneZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-30816743374228633902008-05-02T21:48:00.000+01:002008-05-02T21:48:00.000+01:00bitter renter said:Sorry, republican scum. The Car...bitter renter said:<BR/><BR/>Sorry, republican scum. The Carter years were NOT as bad as conservative revisionists say they were. What they're doing is obscuring the Carter years with the Nixon and Reagan years.<BR/><BR/>High inflation was rampant under NIXON when we had one of our most severe recessions EVER in the early 70s. We also had the first gas lines and shortages in 1973, 3 YEARS before Carter took office. Then after we forced that republican criminal from office, Ford took over and inflation got WORSE. Remember Ford's WIN button campaign? Stood for Whip Inflation Now. What a fucking idiot. Typical republican.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Carter inherited a MESS from those two scum republicans. Despite that, unemployment NEVER got to double digits under Carter. The rate was 7% when he left office and it wasn't until two years into Reagan's first term that it hit 11%. See, that's how republican scum cures inflation. They throw millions out of work, cut wages and destroy lives.<BR/><BR/>----------------------------------<BR/><BR/>boy, one idiot responding to another. hey bitter: did you even google historical cpi before you responded? me thinks you did not. here are the numbers from the years before, after and when carter was IN office:<BR/><BR/>1976 5.75 Ford<BR/>1977 6.50 Carter<BR/>1978 7.62 Carter<BR/>1979 11.22 Carter<BR/>1980 13.58 Carter<BR/>1981 10.35 reagan<BR/>1982 6.16 reagan<BR/>1983 3.22 reagan<BR/><BR/>I know libs are terrible at math but come on, in what number system do you use to interpret those numbers as low inflation for carter but high for the repubs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-80534118803618756292008-05-02T21:37:00.000+01:002008-05-02T21:37:00.000+01:00and only morons think a president can control thin...and only morons think a president can control things like the price of oil or housing or rice.<BR/><BR/>April 30, 2008 10:57 PM<BR/><BR/>Hey there Mr. Expert, President's can intervene to make things better. Bush could go to the Saudi's for example and enter into government to government fixed price for oil.<BR/><BR/>-----------------------------------<BR/><BR/>man, what la la land are you from? what is the president going to say? pretty pretty please? start a war? the arabs will lower prices just because they are nice guys?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-63820039254944876042008-05-02T17:47:00.000+01:002008-05-02T17:47:00.000+01:00and only morons think a president can control thin...and only morons think a president can control things like the price of oil or housing or rice.<BR/><BR/>April 30, 2008 10:57 PM<BR/><BR/>Hey there Mr. Expert, President's can intervene to make things better. Bush could go to the Saudi's for example and enter into government to government fixed price for oil. That move would completely take out the speculators on the London exchange who are behind this $113.00 barrel oil.<BR/><BR/>You guys who believe in the magic of the markets should submit to lobotomy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-57196900507134257032008-05-02T15:17:00.000+01:002008-05-02T15:17:00.000+01:00Still stuck on the "Iraq quagmire" script, Keith?C...Still stuck on the "Iraq quagmire" script, Keith?<BR/><BR/>Come'on, get some new materials - the 60's and Vietnam are WAAAAYYY over...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-76286450062643759162008-05-02T14:39:00.000+01:002008-05-02T14:39:00.000+01:00GWB sucks, and I see the poll has him worse than C...GWB sucks, and I see the poll has him worse than Carter, but I think that's either because he is in now or people are too young to remember Carter. They are both failures and to have them so close in time is a real problem for the U.S. and world. I have to, however, say Carter is worse because we may be paying the same (adjusted for inflation) price for gasoline, at least we can get it. In the 70's you had to wait on line and only on the days you were allowed.<BR/>Another thing about Carter is the failure to defend our 'allies' in the Middle East leading to the fall of regimes and the take over by extremists, which directly lead to our current problems.<BR/>Too much to talk about Carter, but I agree we've been through it before and we will weather the storm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-44436519853063714402008-05-02T14:09:00.000+01:002008-05-02T14:09:00.000+01:00>>>America is still the world's largest economy. W...>>>America is still the world's largest economy. We are still the world's wealthiest nation and we have the highest standard of living in the whole wide world. No one else even comes close. We are the envy of the world. I don't know what planet you are living on Keith. You are always negative about this great country.<<<<<BR/><BR/>You don't travel much do you!!<BR/>----PLEEEEEASE, TRAVEL MORE-----<BR/>Try visiting NORWAY, or any other Scandanavian country. they have a standard of living that the US can only dream of:<BR/><BR/>Virtually no crime, no gangs like the crips in LA, no guns, no smog and filthy traffic, health care, much longer life expectancy. Low obesity in children, low asthma in children. No Virgina Tech style killings, much more fuel efficient cars.Homes that will last century's and not made of stucco. MUCH higher minimum wage, longer holidays, shorter working week.<BR/><BR/>GERMANY has the Autobahn with no speed limit and a higher life expectancy in Adults. A High speed railway that the USA can only dream of with trains that travel 250mph.<BR/>Twin Turbo diesel cars that get 50mpg plus with performance that will squash the crap cars in the US.<BR/><BR/>FRANCE again a public transport system that has left the USA in the dark ages!! Roads that a re as smooth as butter, unlike the pothole ridden crap we drive on.<BR/><BR/>The life expectancy of a typical European is almost 10 years longer than the average US citizen, due to diet, job satisfaction, better (and free) health care. and NO GUNS!!<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Sou think $53 trillion in debt is wealthy!!!<BR/><BR/>Go visit the ghettos of Michigan, LA, New Orleans,Chicago and detroit then hop on a plane and visit Germany and see if you still think we have the highest standard of living!<BR/><BR/>Trust me on one thing, we are not envied. <BR/><BR/>OPEN YOUR EYES YOU BRAIN WASHED FOX WATCHING MORON, oh and did i mention travel more!NurburgringNowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024844000937283474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-91321184806464296722008-05-02T04:00:00.000+01:002008-05-02T04:00:00.000+01:00Continued from original topic...**Idealistic, igno...Continued from original topic...<BR/><BR/>**Idealistic, ignorant foreign policy.<BR/><BR/>**Activist on social issues<BR/><BR/>**President wears religion on his sleeve.<BR/><BR/>**Massive federal spending on social programs.<BR/><BR/>I could go on. This could be Carter, Bush, or LBJ. They're all essentially the same president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-52537438994223375932008-05-02T02:55:00.000+01:002008-05-02T02:55:00.000+01:00I my opinion, the biggest f*ck up from Carter was ...I my opinion, the biggest f*ck up from Carter was allowing Castro to ship that flotilla of cesspool to Florida. Huge f*ck up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55653920761227880162008-05-02T02:08:00.000+01:002008-05-02T02:08:00.000+01:00FLASH:HPers get skooled again.....Home values cras...FLASH:<BR/>HPers get skooled again.....<BR/><BR/>Home values crashing<BR/>TRUE, and a good thing.<BR/><BR/>* Record gas prices<BR/>SO WHAT?, still lower than Europe and Japan. Oil prices will turn around, just ask DOE, XOM, OPEC, currently overpriced due to speculation and weak dollar, does not correlate to fundamentals...gas will go back down.<BR/><BR/>* Soaring food prices<BR/>Not really...which of you can't afford to eat? None, I thought so so shut up. X-port costs will abate when dollar rises and oil goes back down.<BR/><BR/>* Job losses<BR/>WRONG, Net job gains this month.<BR/><BR/>* Flat incomes<BR/>WRONG, employment index up due to increased cost of benefits. True wages are flat.<BR/><BR/>* Lousy savings rates<BR/>WRONG, does not account for 401k's, 403b's and other forms of non-bank or CD savings, which dominate nowadays.<BR/><BR/>* Plummeting dollar<BR/>SO WHAT? Exports up, Euro and Asia slowing down, therefore dollar will rise again.<BR/><BR/>* Stuck in a middle-east quagmire<BR/>TRUE, can't arugue that....<BR/><BR/>SMACK DOWN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-74331830091916506592008-05-02T00:25:00.000+01:002008-05-02T00:25:00.000+01:00The big differences between bush and carter is Car...The big differences between bush and carter is Carter didn't loot the treasury threw deficit spending like bush. Carter didn't lie us into a projected 3 trillion dollar US taxpayer funded 'Iraqi freedom', and you could believe and trust Jimmy Carter. Jimmy carter was trust worthy, honest, and sincere. Bush is none of these things. As a fact I hope one day this left winger gets the chance to through these crazie right wing nut jobs in guantanamo where they all belong. With water boarding daily, for breakfast!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-29403844469578479772008-05-02T00:04:00.000+01:002008-05-02T00:04:00.000+01:00This is sick.You are a bullshitter keith.You areun...This is sick.You are a bullshitter keith.You are<BR/>unnecessary evil. You are Carter in reverse: pure devil! <BR/>Triple F conjob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-16763466853815797022008-05-01T23:43:00.000+01:002008-05-01T23:43:00.000+01:00When Jimmy Carter handed over the Presidency at th...When Jimmy Carter handed over the Presidency at the innaugeration of Ronald Reagan, the national debt stood at just under 1 trillion dollars. Presently it's well over 9 trillion and sure to grow rapidly as an economy that's either already in or just on the verge of a recession causes government revenues to fall and expenditures to rise. The purchasing power of the dollar has certainly dropped in the 27 years since Carter left Washington and the economy has grown, but certainly there's no good reason except for lousy management for the debt to have grown more than 9 times in nominal terms. And most of that staggering public debt was piled up in the time of Reagan, Bush I and Bush II, all self proclaimed fiscal conservatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-7734570773259989732008-05-01T23:35:00.000+01:002008-05-01T23:35:00.000+01:00The unemployment and inflation references are prob...The unemployment and inflation references are probably a push. In all likelihood, we currently have double-digit unemployment and double-digit inflation but the present govt figures are so manipulated and spun that it’s almost impossible to discern the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-63118217213210508172008-05-01T22:50:00.000+01:002008-05-01T22:50:00.000+01:00Freeze! Hold on a minute... Now, lets all sing ou...Freeze! Hold on a minute... Now, lets all sing our favorite song. God Bless America. Anyone who refuses to sing along and take the loyalty mark will be dealt with in the most severe manner. After all Water-boarding is not torture. Get ready for the future SUCKERS!!!! Tyranny is just over the horizon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-87694869191618337262008-05-01T21:14:00.001+01:002008-05-01T21:14:00.001+01:00Umm. My understanding is that Carter supported the...Umm. My understanding is that Carter supported the Shah...not deposed him. That was the cause of the overthrow by the Mullahs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com