Foreclosure Victim Speaks Out At K Street Protest - 5/17/2010

[farmboycarl]

TRUTH: Foreclosure is the result of DEFAULT

TRUTH: A Credit Default Swap is an insurance policy

TRUTH: Insurance policies pay off at time of a bad event

TRUTH: Wall Street was allowed to insure YOUR mortgage

TRUTH: $50 TRILLION dollars worth of insurance pays off  when mortgages DEFAULT.

TRUTH: Banks are using multiple tactics to supress home prices and encourage more DEFAULTS

Question: Why wouldn't they?.. WHY WOULDN'T THEY?

[ycdjk1]

Bravo judokofree! I never thought I'd meet an understanding republican! The man works multiple jobs trying to make a better life for his family, only to have the banks destroy him. If we don't stand up like the people in Europe and protest these inhumane actions, we will eventually all be living in the streets, while the megawealthy sit back and laugh at our suffering!

[ycdjk1]

Turd-L

It amazes me how many people who comment here are so misinformed. Where the problem began was the deregulation of the financial system. Allowing banks to do business in multiple states, no oversight with glass-stegal, etc wake up your ignorance will destroy you!

[ycdjk1]

Joey! Time to switch to decaf? Did you not hear the man say it was a "FIXED RATE" mortgage? As a consumer it should not adjust to that level. It was not an adjustable rate. And as for your comments about unions, is your employer giving you all the benifits out of the goodness of his heart? If unions hadn't fought and died for these benefits that in some cases are law, they would not be offered. As unions lose power, workers in all lines of work also lose. Read your history about unions

[JoeyFudd]

If you can't pay it, then get out. You don't get a house for free. You are like a tick on a deer. A parasite who wants to live rent free. The ballon was in the contract. You're a fucking union liberal fuck who doesn't deserve to be in the USA. You are a commie union fuck who should be exiled! Fuck you and SEIU too!!! You self-pitying piece of shit who would like to see this country go bankrupt so you can keep your union pension gotten through corrupt politics. You should be squashed.

[kensho3]

the US is a Constitutional Republic and DONT FUCKING FORGET IT.

Its not a DEMOCRACY.

Learn the difference.

[kensho3]

looks like mr freeman is going to get his day in court. ;-)

[ycdjk1]

Unions keep our workplaces safe and benefit ALL workers, union and non-union alike. As far as companies leaving because of unions, this is nothing more than Glen Beck babble. My pension from my SEIU contract is wirt 58-cents per hour worked. Think about the cardboard box you can live in on that. The era of tent cities is back and will begin to get worse for the next 5 or more years . A new union revolution must begin now to bring a new middle class to America. Live Better- Work Union!

[biggerturtle]

And furthermore why are so many companies leaving America and opening their factories in and running their business from other countries. Because of unions moron. Why are most of the states like California bankrupt. Because of unions moron .Why are our schools such a disaster . Because of the teacher's union moron .

[pricklypete1]

@biggerturtle So, you see the value of unions 75 yrs ago?... When did they lose you? Was it in the 50's when Union density was at it's peak and Dad's check supported a family of 4? (Yeah, those %$!* Unions!) Oh! Oh, wait, hey I didn't realize you could guarantee me that you've read more in a month than I have a lifetime.....oh, excuse me then... I humbly abide by whatever you say next. You must be very highly intelligent.

You're hilarious. thanks for that.

No more time for you.

Go Brother Mark!

[biggerturtle]

@pricklypete1 For whatever it's worth Bank of America (and most lenders) are scumbags also. This country is run by big corporations hand in hand with an ever expanding government. Unions are just a different kind of corporation. Obama is nothing more than a leftwing version of Bush - both parties are intertwined with corruption and greed. .It's time to REALLY clean up Washington and throw all the bums out -on both sides of the aisle

[biggerturtle]

@pricklypete1 And as far as the mortgage mess with Fannie and Freddie that we're in now, that was created 5 years ago thanks to Barney Frank and Chris Dodd in concert with the greed on Wall Street.

[judojofree]

@ bigger"turd"le. That's my father. You have no idea what we have been thru in life. So why don't you get that big silver spoon out of your ASS and try to look at life in other peoples eyes you ignorant bastard.

[biggerturtle]

@judojofree FUCK YOU YOU LAZY ASSHOLE I CAME FROM NOTHING AND MADE IT ON MY OWN I STILL WORK 80 HOURS A WEEKAND ASK NOTHING FROM ANYONE UNIONS ARE THE TRASH OF THE WORLD GO SUCK OBAMAMA"S DICK FAGGOT AND SWALLOW SOME MORE OF UNCLE SAM"S CUM YOUR FATHER MUST HAVE BEEN A MORON HAHAHA

[pricklypete1]

@biggerturtle You "made it on your own" because people less stupid, lazy, & ignorant than yourself made it possible. Read a book, kid. Seriously. Look up Triangle shirtwaist factory, Frank Little, or maybe you should start w/ "I can dress myself!" Maybe you don't ask Unions for anything, but, you reap the rewards of other people's work on your behalf if you work anywhere in America, period. You can stomp around and pretend to be angry about it though. Or you can realize your mistake now.

[judojofree]

@biggerturtle so ignorant.....i am a republican, i own a business, far from lazy, but i dont agree with banks that feel they can do whatever they want. And being a mcdonalds shift leader doesnt meen you made it. funny guy,

[biggerturtle]

@judojofree HAHAHA Idiot. I make more money in a week than you do in a year. Guaranteed. And morons who signed up for loans because the government and lenders allowed them to do so are just as reponsible for the mess we're in. Someone buying a $300,00 house on a $40,000 a year salary is just as resonsible as the greedy lender lent him the money.

[judojofree]

@biggerturtle Someone call social services, I think this guy escaped off the short bus....

[monkeyman1140]

Wait until the economy starts taking out prime mortgage holders! Then conservative GOP retards can't blame the homeowner for anything like they always do.

[ScottfromTexas]

$450 a month at 9% interest? Hard to feel sorry for these boomers who buy some house for a song and is now worth 10 times that. Today's reality is buying one for no less than 200k and HOPING it will keep its value.

[ycdjk1]

As greed increases, we lose sight of what really matters. Face facts all of you who think this protest was crimminal. Realize that piece of paper in your purse or wallet is worth more than your life. Money is all that counts now. The 95 percent of us who fight over the 10 percent of the money that's left will begin to fight back very very soon.

[ThePoetryNinja]

This guy, Mark Freeman, has very good opinions and I hope change will be brought forth from this event.

[ThePoetryNinja]

@SIGN666 This should be the start.

[ycdjk1]

Bravo to ALL THE PROTESTERS! Long live the LABOR MOVEMENT! And God bless America! Take our nation back! More GOVERNMENT & LESS CORPORATIONS!!!!

[biggerturtle]

@ycdjk1 Fuck the scumbag LAZY labor movement. Fuck the selfish unions. Fuck this dead beat idiot Throw the bum out of his house.What a moron HAHAHA

[pricklypete1]

@biggerturtle Hey...you must work for one of those companies that gives out health insurance and weekends off and OT pay out of the kindness of their heart & not due to legal requirements. Yeah? You disrespectful Idiot. People have died in the streets for the luxuries we ALL enjoy at even the worst jobs today. Say "Thank you" & stop embarrassing yourself. I bet you were the "Lazy" one home relaxing that day, Obviously Mark wasn't. Union!!!

[biggerturtle]

@pricklypete1 No I work for myself scumbag I work 80 hours a week and take nothing like you moocher pig

[pricklypete1]

@biggerturtle Awww...How cute....Biggert just doesn't understand how it works. Let me explain. First of all. You do not work 80 hours a weekend. That is a lie, (but very cute. Like a 5 year old telling me he can lift a car.) Anyway. Yes, you, & I and every American worker has benefited from the work of Union workers. Were it not for earlier workers demanding better wages & working conditions, we would still have 7 yr. line workers & people dying in wrkplc fires because the boss chained the door.

[pricklypete1]

@biggerturtle Oh, by the way...please elaborate. Who exactly do you believe me to be mooching from? I mean, it's clear who you're mooching from.....but I don't take a free ride. I volunteer for my local all the time. So, do tell....who do think I mooch from?

[biggerturtle]

@pricklypete1 You don't have any idea what you are talking about. I guarantee I read more in a month than you have in your entire life. That includes the history etc of unions. 75 years ago perhaps they had a purpose. Today they do not. .You spout the typical union hypocritical diatribe. SEIU mostly are a bunch of ignorant thugs looking for a free ride. My taxes pay your outrageous pensions.  Andy Stern is a joke. Grow up "kid" Learn about life and try working for a living.

[Blago6actual]

Crush SEIU.....break up this criminal organization using RICO statutes.

[ThePoetryNinja]

@Blago6actual What is so criminal about using your first amendment to the fullest, along with speaking the truth?

[Minionuup]

Smash the SEIU!