Archive for the 'My Writings' Category

Auto Bailout is a Crime

Friday, November 21st, 2008

With bailout being the word of the week it doesn’t surprise me that the auto industry, which has suffered greatly at the hands of the foreign competition, wants to apply for a piece of the $700 billion dollar pie.
But the real question or concern to me is if they deserve a bailout at all?
These companies [...]

Borrowers if you’re in Distress, you have to help yourself

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

My buddy Anthony over at Your Mortgage or Your Life wrote an eye opening article that serves to benefit anyone whose a distressed homeowner out well.
If you’re in a situation where you may lose your home or are just interested I recommend that you take a read.
Message to Distressed Homeowners at Your Mortgage or Your [...]

There Goes the Budget for Education, Again

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

State colleges in California to turn away B average students
So if our government is passing along $700 Billion to Wall Street, and California is asking for $7 Billion, how come my Alma Mater, San Francisco State University, isn’t getting any help?
California is asking for $7 Billion from Fed
Just released is news that the CSU system, [...]

How the Treasury tricked us into accepting the bailout

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

This must have been how Congress was like the final days before the $700 billion dollar bailout bill was voted on. As you can see they just didn’t want to trick us and give us the wrong math and bad numbers. But if its presented clearly enough to us, of course we’ll approve it right? [...]

When Will We Stop Searching for the Greater Fool

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Trying to pass the load off to the next big fool has been practiced so often that it has almost become an art form.

The reason we got into this mess may be due to banks and lenders but some people have to take accountability for their actions too, particularly the individuals who tried to flip [...]

The Shallowest Generation - Seeking Alpha

Friday, November 7th, 2008

http://seekingalpha.com/article/103202-the-shallowest-generation?source=article_sb_popular&ref=tranharry.com
Wow that has got to be one of the best articles I have read in the past 3 months. One that tells it like it is, and gives it without holding anything back.
I agree on many points, the borrowing, the living beyond the means, the keeping up with the Joneses. It is all so very [...]

Lessons taught through Cartoons - King of the Hill

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Who said we can’t learn valuable lessons through watching TV?
If some mortgage lenders had watched some more TV than maybe we would not be in the mess that we are in at this time. I was watching some television for the past hour and they aired an episode of The King of the Hill called [...]

A Hardship Letter to Countrywide

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I was on Your Mortgage or Your Life and was reading a post regarding a family on the brink of disaster, and the letter just touched my heart so deeply. The reason why it touched me is because it is something that so many families such as my own could relate to.
All of our jobs [...]