tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791205829167373593.post8948555043779204742..comments2023-08-05T10:10:14.345-04:00Comments on The Flamenco Chuckwagon: Bring Out Your DeadChuck Wagonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06418906274684022977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791205829167373593.post-80182682629180569622007-11-27T15:39:00.000-05:002007-11-27T15:39:00.000-05:00Great Post. Ranting works for me. I am a mortgag...Great Post. Ranting works for me. I am a mortgage professional and I have been sick to death of the abuses in my industry for some time. My work is slow as hell right now; people are afraid to buy homes because the greedy bums that run the industry couldn't push their dirty faces away from the trough two or three years ago when the writing was on the wall. <BR/><BR/>Its been like sitting in the pack and trying to avoid the crash that you see 10 riders up but having no where to go. Only in painfully slow motion. <BR/><BR/>Moreover, our system is broke and we deserve every little bit that we've got because we would rather pay attention to what is happening in Hollywood than Washington, oh there goes a flashy carbon bike. see ya.Sorelegshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10872440246797893992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791205829167373593.post-33866437244617408482007-11-27T07:25:00.000-05:002007-11-27T07:25:00.000-05:00Very glad not to be building boats at the moment n...Very glad not to be building boats at the moment now that the "ATM that you also sleep in" syndrome is over. Of course, I'm not sure how building plays out in the next several years, so maybe I'm screwed anyway. <BR/><BR/>Granite and stainless, and the houses to put them in, might get real real cheap soon.<BR/><BR/>And Kyle - it's official - I can't lift my arms this morning. No wonder I never really got into weight lifting too much before. It hurts.Chuck Wagonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418906274684022977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791205829167373593.post-73208207357576552852007-11-26T22:13:00.000-05:002007-11-26T22:13:00.000-05:00I basically agree with you, but for professional r...I basically agree with you, but for professional reasons really don't want to get into it here. The bad behavior doesn't break down along party lines, but more along the lines of looters, and the honest. There's enough looters to prevent real reform. Meanwhile, a lot of the serious business of government gets ignored in favor of doling out pork on the one hand (fundraising related) and maneuvers geared toward keeping one or the other set of base voters stirred up in a frenzy of more or less constant partisan agitation (fundraising adn re-election related). It's grotesque, pretty much aligns with all the things the framers thought about how factions in a democracy / democratic republic would eventually debase themselves. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly, Harley Davidson is having layoffs for the first time in years, not enough orders. I guess I know how my neighbors funded those fly-ass $25k bikes... cash out financing, a source of money that is now dried up. Glad I'm on a 30 year fixed with only a minimal home equity line of credit. I feel like a frickin' genius. Yep, my kitchen sucks, but I figure the price of granite and stainless appliances will be dropping soon.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461836999036966262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791205829167373593.post-2578735756658420762007-11-26T20:55:00.000-05:002007-11-26T20:55:00.000-05:00Amen to that brother. Great post, I agree with you...Amen to that brother. Great post, I agree with you whole heartedly. It is funny I ask the same questions you posed earlier in you post. I just think I am sadistic and Murphy's law is biting these people in the ass. I am from Riverside/San Bernardino, ca and see that the area I grew up in is now one of the highest foreclosure areas in the country. And this area falls into the categories you described about spending and selfishness. Monopoly money can only get you so far.Kyle Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033000765514013376noreply@blogger.com