tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post6134132949847992020..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: Over the past eight years, did America truly become the Great Deceiver?bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-13561149956798220162008-10-09T01:37:00.000+01:002008-10-09T01:37:00.000+01:00"Banking establishments are more dangerous than st..."Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-70897305697345961982008-10-01T17:15:00.000+01:002008-10-01T17:15:00.000+01:00Michael:If we leave, who is going to pay the taxes...Michael:<BR/><BR/>If we leave, who is going to pay the taxes?<BR/><BR/>And, what other country have you lived in for a period of time to assert that America is the greatest country on Earth?<BR/><BR/>And, finally, we are pissed because our country has been taken over by a bunch of leacherous bastards, we do not hate true America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-33065105871648470832008-10-01T15:38:00.000+01:002008-10-01T15:38:00.000+01:00fiat money is the biggest deceiver.The us governme...fiat money is the biggest deceiver.<BR/><BR/>The us government defaulted on its debts in 1933, all gold bonds and certificates not paid according to terms.<BR/><BR/>Then they defaulted again in 1971, all silver bonds and certificates not paid according to terms.<BR/><BR/>Now, when the third default takes place......we're screwed royally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-38136790016909832392008-10-01T13:03:00.000+01:002008-10-01T13:03:00.000+01:00Sorry, but your first statement is wrong. You did...Sorry, but your first statement is wrong. You didn't convince anyone outside of the U.S and Britain that Iraq had WMD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-83975953149774348192008-10-01T12:58:00.000+01:002008-10-01T12:58:00.000+01:00Maybe we are the Great Satan?Are we to put money b...Maybe we are the Great Satan?<BR/><BR/>Are we to put money before morals?<BR/><BR/>Reward Sinners (Wall St.)<BR/><BR/>Punish the Innocent (savers)<BR/><BR/>Black is white<BR/><BR/>White is BlackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-76074799601942559502008-10-01T09:39:00.000+01:002008-10-01T09:39:00.000+01:00"Fiery the angels fell; Deep thunder rolled around..."Fiery the angels fell; Deep thunder rolled around their shores; Burning with the fires of Orc"<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.anzasa.arts.usyd.edu.au/a.j.a.s/Articles/1_02/Gerblinger.pdf" REL="nofollow">Blade Runner</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-46731214784934739392008-10-01T07:47:00.000+01:002008-10-01T07:47:00.000+01:00I think Andrew is a American . he just knows to mu...I think Andrew is a American . he just knows to much about some parts of the USA culture to be a foreigner .<BR/><BR/>Other countries have big housing bubbles also,so the whole World ate of the housing boom greed . <BR/><BR/> The rest of the World Banks have their own toxic junk loans to deal <BR/>with .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-84289122145693513082008-10-01T06:44:00.000+01:002008-10-01T06:44:00.000+01:00Andrew Hac is Chinese.Andrew Hac is Chinese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-77357685823599989642008-10-01T06:11:00.000+01:002008-10-01T06:11:00.000+01:00Even though we deceived the world again and again,...Even though we deceived the world again and again, they are too stupid and will continue to trust the U.S. I can for the life of me can never understand why the Chinese, Japanese, Germans, Dutch and Middle Easterners would continue to buy up our treasury bonds. In all reality, they won't be paid back and if they are, they are earning negative rates of returns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-77295380958073271042008-10-01T05:57:00.000+01:002008-10-01T05:57:00.000+01:00consultant, I totally agree with you. It is one of...consultant, I totally agree with you. It is one of the keys to our freedom. I do like what my sister says too: "free speech really implies you have something to say." But even some of the crazy stuff can give rise to an idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-59192802513296395642008-10-01T05:41:00.000+01:002008-10-01T05:41:00.000+01:00Seems like over the last eight years (2001 to 2008...Seems like over the last eight years (2001 to 2008) the Dow Jones Transportation Average have just inflated to abnormal high, and in the last two years it has been testing those high.<BR/><BR/>Then compare gradual raise of the Dow Jones Transportation Average from (1977 to 1999) prior to the 2000 to 2001 fall.<BR/><BR/>Does it make you wonder if Dow Jones Transportation Average will fall sharply in the next couple of years.<BR/><BR/>Take a look at the chart of Dow Jones Transportation Average Verse Dow Jones Industrial Average.<BR/><BR/>http://www.marketwatch.com/charts/<BR/>int-basic.chart?symb=DJTA&sid=<BR/>1644&time=20&startdate=&enddate<BR/>=&freq=1&comp=&compidx=DJIA~1643<BR/>&uf=0&ma=&maval=&type=2&size=<BR/>1&lf=1&lf2=&lf3=&style=1013&<BR/>mocktick=1&rand=242927193Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-4913110327729617962008-10-01T04:46:00.000+01:002008-10-01T04:46:00.000+01:00This andrew hac guy makes me laff...I agree with o...This andrew hac guy makes me laff...I agree with other sentiments about the Thinker and Dopes being popular too. Personally, I think the most intelligent poster has been investorinPa, but I'm biasedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-67066039083630138602008-10-01T04:32:00.000+01:002008-10-01T04:32:00.000+01:00You know what, I'm sick and tired of you Andrew Ha...You know what, I'm sick and tired of you Andrew Hac and your santimonious bullshit. Who the hell are you kidding acting like you are superior to anyone? <BR/><BR/>Where are you from Andrew Hac that gives you the right to talk down to anyone? <BR/><BR/>Latin America, where you have been fellating and getting ass raped by tyrants for centuries?<BR/><BR/>Europe, where you are in the same ass as the United States and where the idea of culture is a sold out David Hasselhoff concert?<BR/><BR/>Asia, where you can't even feed yourself and sell your children to pedophiles?<BR/><BR/>Africa, where you make Asia look civilized?<BR/><BR/>Australia, where your ancestors were murderers and rapists?<BR/><BR/>Oh you must be from Antarctica in which case why don't you go outside and let a penguin gnaw off your frozen pecker.<BR/><BR/>Yeah America is far from perfect but if it wasn't for us you would be typing your tired old bullshit in broken German or broken Japanese instead of broken English so go F yourself and kiss our ass you Eurotrash POS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-42907879511164517002008-10-01T04:14:00.000+01:002008-10-01T04:14:00.000+01:00"These posts are filled more and more with anti-Am..."These posts are filled more and more with anti-American assholes."<BR/><BR/>Michael, it's called FREE SPEECH. It has a long, rich history in this country and it is one of our prized possessions. People have died to exercise it. People have given up everything to speak out against the forces of the day.<BR/><BR/>Read the Constitution Michael. Okay?consultanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212860754280555647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-90769564224671325912008-10-01T04:08:00.000+01:002008-10-01T04:08:00.000+01:00"America is still the greatest country on earth, w..."America is still the greatest country on earth, which is probably why you asshole are still here".<BR/><BR/>Spoken by some Red State Redneck Retard shit stain who has never even left the USA! Dumb bitch doesn't even have a passport.<BR/><BR/>Go join the douchebags at Redstate.com They have a daily circle jerk there you will enjoy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-1202678745612918732008-10-01T02:57:00.000+01:002008-10-01T02:57:00.000+01:00The word over on tickerforum is that the Senate is...The word over on tickerforum is that the Senate is going to attach the bailout bill to the bill that revises the alternative minimum tax (or something equivalent) and then send it to the House to be voted on - so that if the House votes it down, they are voting down alternative minimum tax revision also (something that they wouldn't want to do)<BR/><BR/>If this is true, everyone needs to keep phoning and emailing their congressmen and Senators. If they know that their opponents will be getting lots of donations to defeat them this upcoming election, they still may vote no on the bailout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-72633333503928740222008-10-01T02:54:00.000+01:002008-10-01T02:54:00.000+01:00You want to see how far America has fallen? Just c...You want to see how far America has fallen? Just compare the writings of the Founders to the rantings and moronic chatter of the political classes of today...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/fedindex.htm" REL="nofollow">The Federalist Papers</A><BR/><BR/>We have truly become an Idiocracy where ignorance and stupidity are celebrated and admired. <BR/><BR/>Our society revels in outrageous and wanton materialism, greed and wastefulness. <BR/><BR/>Where the "men" of our age disregard and throw away their families when they hit a "mid-life crisis" in the pursuit of a young bimbo they can have a fling with. Tossing all familial love, ties and responsibility recklessly to the wind. <BR/><BR/>Where pig ignorant, uneducated masses spend like there is no tomorrow and feel entitled to their McMansion's and bailouts to allow them to continue living selfishly and lazily beyond their means. <BR/><BR/>Where education has been equalized and standardized down to the most basic levels to fit slogans like "No Child Left Behind". That's right no child will be left behind because no child will ever GROW UP!! We're a society of children who have no sense of honor, responsibility, family, respect or even curiosity to learn more and understand the world around us. A society of children that just want to consume their entertainment products, their prepackaged talking points and their predigested drive thru fast food products. <BR/><BR/>Where men and women pump their bodies full of toxic steroids, botox and silicone all in the quest to be "beautiful" while their numbskull brains shrivel like prunes.<BR/><BR/>America has become the ultimate obese waddling, cream puff lardass, <BR/><BR/>know-it-all, <BR/><BR/>insular, isolationist (most Americans have no desire to ever leave the shores of America they think a trip to Tijuana or Disneyland is an exotic trip overseas),<BR/><BR/>loud, obnoxious, annoying,<BR/><BR/>mentally handicapped and proud to know nothing "I don't know that shit!" Jackass mentality,<BR/><BR/>intolerant, racist, Muslim hating, Asian hating, Negro hating, Eskimo hating, can't point out where they are on an atlas airhead,<BR/><BR/>war loving, flag waving, beer guzzling, wife-beater wearing, poor hygiene, book burning, fake Christian,<BR/><BR/>stupid mooseturd governor worshipping, <BR/><BR/><BR/>MORONS!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-62940495544015812008-10-01T02:22:00.000+01:002008-10-01T02:22:00.000+01:00Dear Keith,Do not become drunk on power. Listen to...Dear Keith,<BR/><BR/>Do not become drunk on power. Listen to your old friend.<BR/><BR/>We are not going to have a Depression here in America. <BR/><BR/>Got cash? I'll bet.<BR/><BR/>We are just going to have a normal recession. Snooze. Been there, done that. So what?<BR/><BR/>Bet me. Make the terms fair. You'll lose. We are just going to have a normal recession. Who cares? Big deal.<BR/><BR/>How about $2,000 dollars? How will we measure it? I say no Depression, just a Recession. Am I a fool? Put up your $2,000. You say how we measure it.<BR/><BR/>Love you, buddy,<BR/>LibVetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-22705826887968919282008-10-01T01:59:00.000+01:002008-10-01T01:59:00.000+01:00Oh don't worry. Everything will be fine. I know it...Oh don't worry. Everything will be fine. I know it will be, because Monday Night Football will still be on.<BR/><BR/>But seriously, building our reputation back up is going to take decades...if we can even do it at all.<BR/><BR/>We spent the last 8 years flaunting our fake wealth and acting like the big bully on the block fighting against countries that are 100 years behind us in technology.<BR/><BR/>The Average American never helped matters since they were always distracted by stupid things like cell phones, American idol, football, beer, the latest fad, dropping just 5 more pounds, hollywood gossip, etc.<BR/><BR/>Now they are getting what they deserve. But the bad thing is, now we ALL have to suffer-Even the good Americans-because of the fat, greedy, distracted, pigs that are the majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-25357670492411768622008-10-01T01:47:00.000+01:002008-10-01T01:47:00.000+01:00These posts are filled more and more with anti-Ame...These posts are filled more and more with anti-American assholes. I wish you would all just leave, and all the problems would clear up.<BR/><BR/>America is still the greatest country on earth, which is probably why you asshole are still here.mphillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588231672355681096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-60443545268317805182008-10-01T01:26:00.000+01:002008-10-01T01:26:00.000+01:00no problem, all we need to do is find that city of...no problem, all we need to do is find that city of gold behind the giant president heads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-20341174876298216522008-10-01T01:19:00.000+01:002008-10-01T01:19:00.000+01:00keith,my favorite serious poster was the thinker.f...keith,<BR/><BR/>my favorite serious poster was the thinker.<BR/><BR/>fav humorous is Hac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-19264070796439371892008-10-01T01:05:00.000+01:002008-10-01T01:05:00.000+01:00The last, and biggest, screw comes from foreign in...The last, and biggest, screw comes from foreign investors who decide to cut their losses from us and deal in another currency.<BR/><BR/>The change here from a 1st-World Country to a 3rd-World Country will be swift and brutal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-74574787142024050772008-10-01T00:40:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:40:00.000+01:00Keith you have to report on Hedge Fund...Americans...Keith you have to report on Hedge Fund...Americans have no clue to the real life secret criminals:<BR/>Investigators and regulators are likely to uncover significant evidence of wrongdoing when they examine the records of some of the financial companies that have failed, a leading short selling hedge fund manager claimed.<BR/><BR/>Jim Chanos, head of Kynikos Associates, believes that some of the public statements that emerged from some of the best-known financial groups could have been seriously misleading. <BR/><BR/>EDITOR’S CHOICE<BR/>In depth: Hedge funds - Jun-17Centaurus Capital sells stake in Atos - Sep-26Brussels urged to tighten capital rules - Sep-23Lower taxes draws Krom to Switzerland - Sep-07Odey reaps rewards from agriculture - Aug-04Toscafund reveals 6% WaMu stake - Aug-01<BR/><BR/>“I do think that what we are going to find out, when regulators and law enforcement people get into some of these firms which have failed, was that . . . the statements which people were making were materially misleading, if not criminal,” he said in a video interview on FT.com. “It is going to shock people...the extent of the deception to the market.” <BR/><BR/>The warning comes as some hedge fund managers such as Mr Chanos are scrambling to rebuff a political backlash against their short-selling activities – or the process of borrowing shares to bet that an equity price will drop further in the future.<BR/><BR/>In recent days, western governments have implemented measures to prevent the short selling of financial company shares, due to widespread allegations that short sellers have prompted equity prices to collapse and thus fuelled a wider market panic.<BR/><BR/>Some Wall Street leaders have recently, and unexpectedly, supported this measure, arguing that it was justified by the recent panic. However, Mr Chanos and other hedge fund managers say these moves have sown confusion and argue that short selling plays a crucial role, since it can alert investors and policymakers of management failures. <BR/><BR/>Most notably, Mr Chanos on Thursday said that he and other short sellers had repeatedly sought to warn policymakers in the past couple of years about the scale of bank mismanagement and the problems brewing in the structured finance world. <BR/><BR/>“If we are going to find criminality, it is not going to be in the arena of market manipulation and rumours, which is where we have all been looking since March, but in the public statements of people who ran these firms [that collapsed],” said Mr Chanos, who also chairs the Coalition of Private Investment Companies, a hedge fund body. <BR/><BR/>Lawyers in both the US and London are considering lawsuits, many of which are likely to revolve around the extent to which bank executives knew about risks in their businesses. <BR/>Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008<BR/><BR/>Print articleEmail articleOrder reprints<BR/><BR/>To those of you who have not heard much or nothing about Hedge Funds get prepared for Hedge Fund 101<BR/>By the way Chelsea Clinton belongs in a hedge fund.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55027269532418299912008-10-01T00:35:00.000+01:002008-10-01T00:35:00.000+01:00Yo Bozo! America is made up from many countries an...Yo Bozo! America is made up from many countries and nationalities! This will blow over and America will be great again! Stop hating and get a soul!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com