tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post5041583297787074649..comments2024-01-05T10:11:27.498+00:00Comments on Soot and Ashes: The World AFTER the Crash: Fannie and Freddie, after raping America, plan to award $120 million in bonuses to their pigs (employees). And yet Americans still don't riot.bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-35042782740287656202009-04-08T04:52:00.000+01:002009-04-08T04:52:00.000+01:00One problem is, both parties are corrupt. How do w...One problem is, both parties are corrupt. How do we deal with that?<BR/><BR/>Third parties get nowhere and as someone said, they only seem to warp things - they never win (no money - not part of the lobbyist scene) - results in an unwanted outcome, a "winner" with very little consensus behind them. Say 40 percent of the vote.<BR/> <BR/>I don't think violence will work. But there might be a way that a local underground economy will. i.e. don't do business with these fraudsters in any small way possible. Cut off their money supply. It might actually be happening now. <BR/><BR/>Oh just realized, if we do that, we will see the development of a separate culture (the "hood" but on a wide scale) for our survival, and to avoid the invasion of our lives and the risk of breaking laws too numerous to count, IMHO. <BR/><BR/> Wonder what will happen then.patratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-69223312638579869982009-04-07T14:58:00.000+01:002009-04-07T14:58:00.000+01:00Bukko,Actually the 2008 Foreign tax exclusion is $...Bukko,<BR/><BR/>Actually the 2008 Foreign tax exclusion is $87K USD. However you have to be a bona fide resident for the full calendar year or pass the criteria that you have to be outside the US for more than 330 days per calendar year.<BR/><BR/>Anything over 87K then you have to pay taxes on that. Not true with any other country in the free (and non-free) world. For sure your Aussie and Brit friends don't even have to file when they are abroad. <BR/><BR/>Also the psycho US requires you fill in a TD 90 every year stating any overseas bank account where you had more than $10K US for any day of the calendar year. Failure to do so will incur penalties. How fucking crazy is that?!<BR/><BR/>-MikeMike Huntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-34176122763872508592009-04-07T05:19:00.000+01:002009-04-07T05:19:00.000+01:00Dear Jane Z: Do you have children?Do you live in a...Dear Jane Z: Do you have children?<BR/>Do you live in a neighborhood which is already marginal as to services nearby? What is your mode of transport? There are neighborhoods in the US where there are very few stores, and no large supermarkets.<BR/>Those neighborhoods already suffer.<BR/>---------------------------------<BR/><BR/>I managed low income Section 8 housing for 15 years. I have watched drug deals in the parking lot outside. I have had gunfire through the front window of my office. I have watched drug dealers move in with the tenants and start beating the daylights out of the kids. I have watched juvenile delinquents beat up elderly people and kick them on the ground. I got really tired of it. Yup, I know all about marginal services Grandma.<BR/><BR/>I have a son 30 years old who moved to Toronto. He prefers to watch the piranhas eat the minnows from outside The Fishbowl looking in. My daughter has 2 years of college left studying hard for a job that won't be there when she graduates. <BR/><BR/>I hope your kinder, gentler Depression happens, really I do, but to sit back resigned and pretend that all will be well if we just learn to make our own soap and candles doesn't work for me. I hope it works for you. I don't judge you for that. <BR/><BR/>You are making assumptions about my character and you have no idea about me, other than the posts I do here once in a while.<BR/><BR/>Mish is the only one I know that actually made a difference with his robofax, email, phone campaign. Were you a part of that? I did my part for over a week, everyday. He actually got their attention and they hesitated. But, here we are trillions later down the drain. So lets try teabags? That will show them!!!!! Let's picket and sing songs like "We will overcome". Oh yea that will scare em!!!!<BR/><BR/>You are making the assumption that all your fellow citizens are just all really good folks at heart and the Depression coming is just what the doctor ordered to bring out the best in all of us.<BR/><BR/>Like I said, I ran Section 8 housing for 15 years. You may be really surprised how this turns out.<BR/><BR/>Who knows, I could be totally wrong and this will be our National Cumbaya moment.ApleAneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955040755611777565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-67560529567385664952009-04-07T01:37:00.000+01:002009-04-07T01:37:00.000+01:00IF it gets bad enough to come to rioting, I am sur...IF it gets bad enough to come to rioting, I am sure I don't want to be anywhere near it.<BR/><BR/>"A person is smart. People are dumb, dangerous, panicky animals."<BR/>- Agent K<BR/><BR/>"Careful what you wish for..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-55600601821703185722009-04-06T21:42:00.000+01:002009-04-06T21:42:00.000+01:00Dear Jane Z: Do you have children?Do you live in a...Dear Jane Z: Do you have children?<BR/>Do you live in a neighborhood which is already marginal as to services nearby? What is your mode of transport? There are neighborhoods in the US where there are very few stores, and no large supermarkets. <BR/>Those neighborhoods already suffer.<BR/><BR/>When people suggest rioting, do you think about the human toll? The poorer people get, the harder the effect. Lose your car, lose your job, lose your access to basics like food because you run out of bus fare/ <BR/><BR/>Peaceful demonstrations. Flood congress with mail, literal mail.<BR/>Pick a symbol of something to send, and flood the post office. They need the business. Fifty cents worth of envelope and a stamp. Send an ad for an overpriced house with F&F, the word bonus, and a x through it, or something like that. <BR/><BR/>Even in the companies which did the wrong things, the majority of employees are probably just computer data people, secretaries, office cafeteria workers, janitors. What's the matter with you guys out there so hot to damage stuff. Have you ever lived with real violence? Are you nuts, or just whiny and spoiled? I'm as indignant as the next person, but you will not catch me espousing violence. It's no joke. There is no way to control crowds, and innocents always get hurt, just as now. But picketing. I'm up for that.<BR/><BR/>Grandma PKKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-54122631332369669082009-04-06T20:56:00.000+01:002009-04-06T20:56:00.000+01:00Les said...Letters and phone calls to congress are...Les said...<BR/><BR/>Letters and phone calls to congress are pointless. The democratic system doesn't work. There is no question that violence and rioting is the only way to stop this madness. <BR/>----------------------------------<BR/><BR/>Shame on you Les. You didn't mail in your little teabag did you?ApleAneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955040755611777565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-13637214627002457962009-04-06T20:20:00.000+01:002009-04-06T20:20:00.000+01:00les said....Bingo!! We have a winner!!! Well said ...les said....<BR/><BR/>Bingo!! We have a winner!!! <BR/><BR/>Well said Les!!SeattleMoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-88727461694693440162009-04-06T19:33:00.000+01:002009-04-06T19:33:00.000+01:00Riot? Remember Kent State?Riot? Remember Kent State?patratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-10674155257215473102009-04-06T19:01:00.000+01:002009-04-06T19:01:00.000+01:00For a lot of people unemployment is beginning to r...For a lot of people unemployment is beginning to run out. That's when the riots starts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-6343450338418731612009-04-06T18:58:00.000+01:002009-04-06T18:58:00.000+01:00Is there an online petition we can all sign agains...Is there an online petition we can all sign against that, to raise a few hairs on the collective necks of Washington, and F&F? <BR/><BR/>Grandma PKKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-41189080199120596712009-04-06T18:26:00.000+01:002009-04-06T18:26:00.000+01:00A bully will continue to take lunch money from wea...A bully will continue to take lunch money from weaklings until they decide to stand up for themselves.<BR/><BR/>Letters and phone calls to congress are pointless. The democratic system doesn't work.<BR/><BR/>There is no question that violence and rioting is the only way to stop this madness. <BR/><BR/>What we lack is a leader who is willing to put everyhting on the line for a cause. A leader willing to use violence to get our point across.lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-23329364695970121502009-04-06T15:34:00.000+01:002009-04-06T15:34:00.000+01:00This kind of news is like rubbing salt into a woun...This kind of news is like rubbing salt into a wound. It shows how low the American slave has gone. The elite don't even care about putting up a facade any more. They commit their outrageous actions openly.Singularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-47392257497774832332009-04-06T15:25:00.000+01:002009-04-06T15:25:00.000+01:00The bonus issue is a distraction from the real the...The bonus issue is a distraction from the real theft of hundreds of billions and even trillions. Don't be distracted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-47343071875424034002009-04-06T14:55:00.000+01:002009-04-06T14:55:00.000+01:00Bonuses are "intended to keep them at their jobs"?...Bonuses are "intended to keep them at their jobs"?!?!<BR/><BR/>In this kind of work environment, they don't need "incentive" to stay. Everyone knows they can't find jobs anywhere else, because they are the bottom of the barrel, and this industry is no more. Jobs are hard to kind anywhere.<BR/><BR/>These crooks at Fannie and Freddie need pay payout for bonus, but instead, reduce pay and benefits and no profit sharing on taxpayer dollar!Miss Goldbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801986805626811706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-4978677256697119772009-04-06T13:48:00.000+01:002009-04-06T13:48:00.000+01:00Keith -- not entirely correct on U.S. taxes on exp...Keith -- not entirely correct on U.S. taxes on expats. The U.S. exempts a certain amount of your overseas salary (I think that's up to U.S. $84,000 this year, so I don't pay Uncle anything on my local salary.) Only ABOVE that would I have to pay American taxes on Australian wages -- the price of citizenship, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>Uncle Kevin gets enough from me here. And assuming I made profits from investments overseas (<I>which, of course, I have none of!</I>) the Aussie government would want a cut of that, even though I'm a non-citizen and none of that money (<I>which does not exist</I>) never saw Australian soil.<BR/><BR/>So the U.S. government is no more venal than other governments. Face it, governments are governments. They all want a piece.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-16431365519209983482009-04-06T10:51:00.000+01:002009-04-06T10:51:00.000+01:00Really King George III was never this bad.Really King George III was never this bad.Singularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-349428170770189322009-04-06T08:55:00.000+01:002009-04-06T08:55:00.000+01:00The assumption is that people think the this whole...The assumption is that people think the this whole financial thing is s scam, that people care, and people will do the right thing.Mitesh Damaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105826492525999039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-23631297229806855572009-04-06T07:21:00.000+01:002009-04-06T07:21:00.000+01:00Dolphin - the US is the only nation on earth that ...Dolphin - the US is the only nation on earth that taxes your worldwide income, so even if you leave, and don't use any services, you pay. <BR/><BR/>Pretty nice scam they got going there, eh?bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-21861716190800896592009-04-06T06:25:00.000+01:002009-04-06T06:25:00.000+01:00Why riot? And who cares if bankers are making $1,...Why riot? And who cares if bankers are making $1,000,000 dollars a year.<BR/><BR/>Printing money is the solution, not the problem.<BR/><BR/>The faster the dollar plunges, the sooner American workers won't have to compete with Chinese making $10 a day.<BR/><BR/>$$$ PRINT PRINT PRINT<BR/><BR/>The faster the better!hp fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-3049664019035543392009-04-06T06:08:00.000+01:002009-04-06T06:08:00.000+01:00There will be no real change unless there is no vi...There will be no real change unless there is no violence ! <BR/>No Obama, no leader's meeting, no bailouts, no foreclosure-stop programs, no debt-forgivness, no fucking nothing will bring real change. Only violence. Why ?! Because we became lethargic. We need action. Stand up America ! .. and Mozillo is still free and happy :)alex3191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-91958413575368499032009-04-06T06:01:00.000+01:002009-04-06T06:01:00.000+01:00Were the bonuses intended to be a substitute for m...Were the bonuses intended to be a substitute for moral integrity?<BR/><BR/>Is this the only way they can retain the best and the brightest fraudsters?<BR/><BR/>This culture of greed and the rewarding of criminal behavior must be eradicated!<BR/><BR/>The financial services industry has become the epitome of corrupt business practices - let's dismantle it and start over...RICOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-24063394861550204202009-04-06T04:46:00.000+01:002009-04-06T04:46:00.000+01:00GOP rag WorldNetDaily soft on terror, quoting Moth...GOP rag WorldNetDaily <A HREF="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93966" REL="nofollow">soft on terror, quoting MotherJones, and wailing about intrusive government.</A><BR/><BR/>Christ; I thought I stumbled into Democratic Underground.<BR/><BR/>WorldNetDaily Exclusive:<BR/><A HREF="http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/homeownership/homeownership-policy-book-ch2.pdf" REL="nofollow">How banks were bullied<BR/>into making bad loans</A><BR/><BR/>"...a national goal of at least 5.5 million new minority homeowners before the end of the decade...<BR/><BR/>...As an initial response to President Bush’s challenge, a number of national organizations involved in homeownership have agreed to commit specific resources...<BR/><BR/>...at least $440 billion in the financial commitment made by the <B>government-sponsored enterprises involved in the secondary mortgage market</B>, specifically targeted toward the minority market;<BR/><BR/>Twenty-five different local initiatives to be undertaken across the nation, geared toward eliminating the specific homeownership barriers faced by minority families in those communities..."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Imagine HOW MUCH WORSE it could have been, had the GOP not vigorously opposed this.<BR/><BR/>"...Accountability and results will be expected and measured..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-6853795947285090772009-04-06T04:13:00.000+01:002009-04-06T04:13:00.000+01:00What will it take?Well, for a start people can att...What will it take?<BR/><BR/>Well, for a start people can attend one of the Tea Parties on April 15th. <BR/><BR/>Every Sasher should attend one of these. There are something like 200 taking place on tax day throughout the U.S. <BR/><BR/>http://teapartyrevolution.com/<BR/><BR/>"Don't Tread on Me!"i've had itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-29773482384792585562009-04-06T04:10:00.000+01:002009-04-06T04:10:00.000+01:00Fannie and Freddie (Franron) are sacred cows to th...Fannie and Freddie (Franron) are sacred cows to the D.C. whores, especially the Democrats, including Keith's hero, Obomba. Only violence will derail Franron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-50747494108135956102009-04-06T04:08:00.000+01:002009-04-06T04:08:00.000+01:00Listen Keith, no matter how often you try to rile ...Listen Keith, no matter how often you try to rile up Americans to riot, it won't happen. Most Americans are brainwashed into thinking that this is such a great country, we are not very corrupt, we have it so good, etc... Thus they won't do anything and the pigs will get away with bloody murder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com