Falling dollar.. Good or bad?

[Old Salt]

Now we must strip and bulldoze these houses, because their scrap is worth twice the deflated value.

If you listen to the news, most of the people who are foreclosed on strip the houses of anything that's worth anything when they leave. Including plumbing fixtures and lights.

[snafu]

How about the 90 year old women who shot herself two times becuse she was being evicted.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,432401,00.html

[hugo]

How about the 90 year old women who shot herself two times becuse she was being evicted.

 

She wasn't much of a marksman.

[ImWithStupid]

How about the 90 year old women who shot herself two times becuse she was being evicted.

 

It worked. She got to stay.

 

Fannie Mae forgives loan for woman who shot herself - CNN.com

[snafu]

It worked. She got to stay.

 

Fannie Mae forgives loan for woman who shot herself - CNN.com

 

Hmm... Maybe I could brave a shot in the foot or something.

[Old Salt]

Well, the stock market is still plunging. My guess is that the people who get hurt the worst will be those people who make their own trades (amateurs) and panic selling now. The professionals will be buying up those cheap stocks and holding on to what they have until the market improves. When the market goes back up, those amateurs will be back in and make the professionals and their clients rich(er).

 

The Europeans are having some of the same problems. Their problem is that the EU really has no comprehensive plan (or even the ability) to do anything about these events.

 

But that's just my opinion.

[Old Salt]

Big problems with the economy and the Dollar is getting stronger against the Euro. Whoda thunk it. Oil is down to the mid-$80's. Maybe I can afford to send my wife back to Turkey for a vacation and to take care of some personal business.

[wez]

Whooooaaaaa nellie..

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU)9,607.28 -718.10

 

 

Ouch..

 

 

 

Yeah Salt.. sweet.. the ol' dollar is climbing.. yay savings.

[wez]

I see it shaved that loss quite a bit.. no rhyme or reason.. panic selling. I think you're right Salt.. Some people have no choice but to sell, and the vultures are waiting..

[RoyalOrleans]

If you listen to the news, most of the people who are foreclosed on strip the houses of anything that's worth anything when they leave. Including plumbing fixtures and lights.

 

I would burn this muthafukka down before I let the bank foreclose on my house.

[ImWithStupid]

I don't think it's that bad, yet...

 

6 die in family murder-suicide in upscale LA home

 

By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press Writer

1 hour, 24 minutes ago

 

LOS ANGELES - An unemployed man with an advanced finance degree who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale home in a gated community, police said Monday.

 

Officers found the bodies Monday morning after the wife failed to show up at a neighbor's home to go to work, Deputy Chief Michel Moore said. The deaths occurred sometime after Saturday evening.

 

6 die in family murder-suicide in upscale LA home - Yahoo! News

[wez]

People losing lots of jobs too.. lots of jobs. Housing prices need to fall to be afforded by about 13 - 15 bucks an hour for the average place.

[snafu]

The Plan:

 

 

1) ammo

2) MRE's

3) water

4) batteries

5) more ammo

6) etc.......

[ImWithStupid]

The Plan:

 

 

1) ammo

2) MRE's

3) water

4) batteries

5) more ammo

6) etc.......

 

That's one of the plans I have in the works, along with visiiting the family in Wyoming.

[wez]

Hearing some disturbing rumors about troops training for "civil unrest"... and about a lot of military aircraft flying in and out of Minneapolis/St. Paul international lately at odd hours.. Some troops that were suppose to go to Iraq are staying and training apparently... Nice. Marshall Law?

[Old Salt]

It must be the National Guard, wez. US military is banned from participating in actions inside the US (and no, stationing them on the border for border security is not banned - after all, they're supposed to be ensuring the security of the country). National Guard can be used for riot control and things like that. I'm not sure if any governor would relish using them for that after Kent State.

[wez]

It must be the National Guard, wez. US military is banned from participating in actions inside the US (and no, stationing them on the border for border security is not banned - after all, they're supposed to be ensuring the security of the country). National Guard can be used for riot control and things like that. I'm not sure if any governor would relish using them for that after Kent State.

 

 

Seems to me they are part of the US military.. Still don't like the sound of it.. Strange smell in the air these days.. Seems our country is being looted.

[Old Salt]

Seems to me they are part of the US military.. Still don't like the sound of it.. Strange smell in the air these days.. Seems our country is being looted.

National Guard IS part of the military when called up to national service. Is the Minnesotta NG getting ready for call-up? If so, they may be training. There's an Army Guard and an Air {Force} Guard. The Army Guard has helicopters and some fixed wing A/C, so that may explain the air traffic.

[wez]

National Guard IS part of the military when called up to national service. Is the Minnesotta NG getting ready for call-up? If so, they may be training. There's an Army Guard and an Air {Force} Guard. The Army Guard has helicopters and some fixed wing A/C, so that may explain the air traffic.

 

 

Not sure.. just heard some troops have had to go to training for "civil unrest" and are no longer going to Iraq.. Here in MN and in California.. Heard it on talk radio this morn.. Some conservative station that has Rush and Hannity everyday.. It was a morning show with a local guy, who is a riot, and pretty damn smart.. and he said a reliable source he knew in the military gave him the info.. and a couple people from near the airport called in about the unusual activity while I was listening..

[Old Salt]

Not sure.. just heard some troops have had to go to training for "civil unrest" and are no longer going to Iraq.. Here in MN and in California.. Heard it on talk radio this morn.. Some conservative station that has Rush and Hannity everyday.. It was a morning show with a local guy, who is a riot, and pretty damn smart.. and he said a reliable source he knew in the military gave him the info.. and a couple people from near the airport called in about the unusual activity while I was listening..

Now isn't that a good sign?

 

The Guard may be doing their annual training since their trip got canceled. Since crowd control (sounds better than riot control, doesn't it?) is part of their job description, they probably did a hurry-up job of arranging training.

[wez]

Now isn't that a good sign?

 

The Guard may be doing their annual training since their trip got canceled. Since crowd control (sounds better than riot control, doesn't it?) is part of their job description, they probably did a hurry-up job of arranging training.

 

 

Always good for sure.. but don't wanna see em patrolling our streets either.. here's a couple links we can check out..

 

 

Infoshop News - October 1st: U.S. Troops Training for Domestic Unrest

 

 

Army deploys combat unit in US for possible civil unrest

 

 

For the first time ever, the US military is deploying an active duty regular Army combat unit for full-time use inside the United States to deal with emergencies, including potential civil unrest.

 

 

Beginning on October 1, the First Brigade Combat Team of the Third Division will be placed under the command of US Army North, the Army’s component of the Pentagon’s Northern Command (NorthCom), which was created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with the stated mission of defending the US “homeland” and aiding federal, state and local authorities.

 

The unit—known as the “Raiders”—is among the Army’s most “blooded.” It has spent nearly three out of the last five years deployed in Iraq, leading the assault on Baghdad in 2003 and carrying out house-to-house combat in the suppression of resistance in the city of Ramadi. It was the first brigade combat team to be sent to Iraq three times.

 

While active-duty units previously have been used in temporary assignments, such as the combat-equipped troops deployed in New Orleans, which was effectively placed under martial law in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, this marks the first time that an Army combat unit has been given a dedicated assignment in which US soil constitutes its “battle zone.”

 

 

Great.. fantastic.. With any luck maybe a hero will kick in my door.

[Guest Fullauto]

Always good for sure.. but don't wanna see em patrolling our streets either.. here's a couple links we can check out..

 

 

Infoshop News - October 1st: U.S. Troops Training for Domestic Unrest

 

 

Army deploys combat unit in US for possible civil unrest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great.. fantastic.. With any luck maybe a hero will kick in my door.

 

 

good lookin out for that shyt... most people would glance over it and not think anything about it...

 

I told myself, the day this country starts it certain downward spiral into anarchy, I will wake up laughing...

 

I'm beginning to chuckle...

 

TeeHee;)

[wez]

Holy crap.. another 700 points lopped off... I best get a white sheet ready.. and my putter.

[Guest Fullauto]

Holy crap.. another 700 points lopped off... I best get a white sheet ready.. and my putter.

 

7% down for the day... But 20% down for the week...

 

I think the world just realized just how socialist we are going to be...

they are running for free markets... but you won't find them here...

[Old Salt]

I didn't look at the markets today. Went to the casino, where I could get a better return on my money. Had just as much luck as the stock market. I remember mentioning on Tuesday that I thought the market would end up under 9,000 on Friday.