CombatEffective - Where has my country gone?

...happens to me all the time.

Not much for the individual taxpayer and nothing for the underwater homedebtor.

$790 billion in taxpayer dollars stolen and what's the benefit to the taxpayer? $13 dollars a week.

Today's badass of the day award goes to Simo Hayha the "White Death". Honorable mention goes to PFC Jack Hanson. May I have the testicular fortitude both of these men exhibited, should I ever be in a similar situation.

From Fight Club:

The things you own end up owning you.

...I agree. I think we're farther along that road than you may think.

...the California mother as a microcosm of American society? Makes sense to me.

...this site is predicting 1987 housing prices for 2013. Not good news. Or is it?

A glimmer of hope on the horizon, or just stringing the problem along?

F*** FICO. I didn't like him anyway.

...until they do, they're a colossal waste of money and energy.

...they're talking years for a recovery.

As someone whose mortgage is owned by Fannie Mae, I can attest to the fact they are doing nothing fundamentally proactive to stay in front of this crisis. They are reacting and only when the homedebtor is seriously delinquent. They will continue to incur massive losses with the policies they have in place.

Well done, Illinois. Well done.

She handled that remarkably well. Any point Dick Armey was trying to make was lost with his ending statement.