I'm not sure what the Brits reckon of Gordon Brown but I don't think he is very popular, in part because as you said, he wasn't actually elected by the public.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by spapad from Monday, March 23, 2009 9:19:07 PM)| |  | spapad wrote: | | I know he is. And he is the biggest fool to ever govern, who was not ever voted in! Sold off gold reserves for a fraction! Why the hell did he do it in the first place! There are very few dumber than that fool. OOOOooops, Sorry, forgot we had Dubbah! (Quoting Message by Becks from Monday, March 23, 2009 9:15:03 PM)
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Becks wrote: |
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LMAO Gordon Brown! The old Scottish dude who took us on our boat trip on Loch Ness was like 'The English can have him he's an idiot!' (cos GB is actually Scottish lol).
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spapad wrote: |
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Darn HB, the only time I wished you lived in Britian. So I could say say two words, ........Gordon Brown.
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Head banger wrote: |
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but, one of the large issues we are not addressing is government debt. the US government owes so much, they destablize the economy just by their daily actions. if the US federal debt was half, they owuld be much further ahead. as the govt debt goes, realy, so does the banks, the corporations, and the citizens.
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Freeze, HB, MG, strat...all of you have nailed it...blaming the institution is only allowing the individual to escape responsibility!!! No one was forced to sign their names on the dotted line, and that's what all of this boils down to...nothing more, nothing less!!!
THERE ARE NO INNOCENT VICTIMS IN THIS EXCEPT THE TAX PAYER WHO DIDN'T TAKE OUT A LOAN YET HAS NO CHOICE IN WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS GO!!!
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You know, maybe I should put this in the Pissed Off Thread but last night, the Princess and I were watching Dateline NBC and they were doing a report on the "mortgage crisis". Now, before strat goes postal on me just let me say that it truly IS a situation caused by greed and corruption. I get that. Being in the business for twenty years, I saw my fair share of "questionable" loans. OK, now that I have prefaced my comments....:
WHAT????!!!!!!!!!!! I sat here ready to friggin PUKE when I heard these morons talking on camera. There were THREE 'borrowers' that were interviewed and guess what they ALL had in common?? ALL three signed for a loan they could not afford ! Worse yet, they continue (probably for litigation reasons) to insist they had no fault!!! WHAT??!?!!??!?! Oh man. I nearly had a stroke!!!!! What the fu#@????????Look, I know there are bad people in businesses. People that would do things to make a buck regardless of right or wrong. I understand. What irritates me is these borrowers claiming they "did not know" that they could not afford a half-million dollar home on a $1600 a month salary! Or, they claim they believed it because the "lender said they could".. WHATEVER! This is FOURTH GRADE friggin math, people!!!! You make $1600 and the mortgage payment is $3000...um, it DOES NOT WORK. You cannot blame that on anyone but yourself !!!!!!!There was even one lady that bought like THREE properties and her income taxes showed she was LOSING money in her business every year!! (Her quote; 'Oh! Those are MY taxes??) Yet she went ahead and signed papers for millions of dollars in loans and now claims it is NOT her fault!!!!!!!!!! Riiiiiiight....... Disgusting.
Like I said, I get that the banks have some responsibility here. No doubt. But these losers that claim they have NO fault at all make me sick!!!!!!!!!!!! Stupid people should NOT buy homes! I am SO sick of people blaming business for all there idiocy!
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