Veterans of the Mortgage Wars -- aren't we all?
Attack of Banktron! Tatsuya's got a point there, y'know.
And on that note, so does my friend![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
whyy:
814,000,000,000,000 = 814 trillion payout to the businesses / 303,824,640 = 303 million July 2008 population Estimate per cia.gov / 2,679,177.04 = Per person in the USA. Trickle-UP would have worked better.
And from another friend,jim000037,
For in a republic, who is "the Country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Who, then, is "the Country"? Is it the newspaper? is it the pulpit? Is it the school superintendent? Why, these are mere parts of the country, not the whole of it; they have not command, they have only their little share in the command. They are but one in a thousand; it is in the thousand that command is lodged; they must determine what is right and what is wrong; they must decide who is a patriot and who isn't.
Who are the thousand--that is to say, who are "the Country"? In a monarchy, the king and his family are the country; in a republic it is the common voice of the people. Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catch-phrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide it against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide on way, and that way be the right way accordng to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country--hold up your head. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
- "Papers of the Adam Family", Mark Twain
And more Food For Thought on the Finance Meltdown, fromindigotea.
I'm not wordspinning on this topic myself, because it makes me froth at the mouth, and go all capslocky, and then the cats start hiding under the furniture. It's bad for me, that kind of constant infuriation, so composing my own prose on it is something I avoid, on the sure knowledge that, as with my outrage over the criminal bungling of the disaster relief after Katrina, if I begin to talk about it, I'll never quite be able to stop ranting. I am just as outraged here -- moreso, seeing as how I'm one of the millions who, despite GOOD credit, and the ability to pay what I borrow, still can't get a loan to stop my house falling down before the winter hits. If they'd fucking given ME two million dollars, I'd have turned right back around and sunk that straight into the construction and mortgage industries, stat.
See? That's what I mean. Best not to get me started.
I'm gonna go listen to some smashy-screamy-stompy music now.
Y'all have fun, and don't get none on ya.
And on that note, so does my friend
whyy:814,000,000,000,000 = 814 trillion payout to the businesses / 303,824,640 = 303 million July 2008 population Estimate per cia.gov / 2,679,177.04 = Per person in the USA. Trickle-UP would have worked better.
And from another friend,
jim000037,For in a republic, who is "the Country"? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. Who, then, is "the Country"? Is it the newspaper? is it the pulpit? Is it the school superintendent? Why, these are mere parts of the country, not the whole of it; they have not command, they have only their little share in the command. They are but one in a thousand; it is in the thousand that command is lodged; they must determine what is right and what is wrong; they must decide who is a patriot and who isn't.
Who are the thousand--that is to say, who are "the Country"? In a monarchy, the king and his family are the country; in a republic it is the common voice of the people. Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catch-phrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide it against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide on way, and that way be the right way accordng to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country--hold up your head. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
- "Papers of the Adam Family", Mark Twain
And more Food For Thought on the Finance Meltdown, from
indigotea.I'm not wordspinning on this topic myself, because it makes me froth at the mouth, and go all capslocky, and then the cats start hiding under the furniture. It's bad for me, that kind of constant infuriation, so composing my own prose on it is something I avoid, on the sure knowledge that, as with my outrage over the criminal bungling of the disaster relief after Katrina, if I begin to talk about it, I'll never quite be able to stop ranting. I am just as outraged here -- moreso, seeing as how I'm one of the millions who, despite GOOD credit, and the ability to pay what I borrow, still can't get a loan to stop my house falling down before the winter hits. If they'd fucking given ME two million dollars, I'd have turned right back around and sunk that straight into the construction and mortgage industries, stat.
See? That's what I mean. Best not to get me started.
I'm gonna go listen to some smashy-screamy-stompy music now.
Y'all have fun, and don't get none on ya.
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