Blame the Old Folks

Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others. HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took: The melody out of music, The pride out of appearance, The courtesy out of driving, The romance out of love, The commitment out of marriage, The responsibility out of parenthood, The togetherness out of the family, The learning out of education, The service out of patriotism, The Golden Rule from rulers, The nativity scene out of cities, The civility out of behavior, The refinement out of language, The dedication out of employment, The prudence out of spending, The ambition out of achievement or God out of government and school. And we certainly are NOT the ones who   eliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!! And, we do understand the meaning of patriotism, and remember those who have fought and died for our country.  Just look at the Seniors with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts as they stand at attention with their hand over their hearts!     YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN! I'm the life of the party...... even if it lasts until 8 p.m. I'm very good at opening childproof caps.... with a hammer. I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up. I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying. I'm sure everything I can't find is in a safe secure place, somewhere. I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg. I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps. Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life! Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I wouldn't send it back to them, but I would send it to many more too! Spread the laughter Share the cheer Let's be happy While we're here. Go Green  -  Recycle CONGRESS!!

 

Poetic justice!!!!!

Homeowner Foreclosures on Bank of America (Yes, You Heard That Right) By TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON Tara-nicholle Nelson– Mon Jun 6, 4:50 pm ET In a modern-day evocation of David's slingshot triumph over Goliath, a couple of foreclosed homeowners in Naples, Florida reportedly foreclosed on a Bank of America branch last week, their attorney actually having moving trucks pull up in front of a Naples branch to execute a foreclosure judgment against the bank. What must have seemed to observers like a scene out of a parallel universe - you can see some video here - was actually the fair and logical conclusion to a situation which, the court had ruled, had an unfair and illogical start. In 2009, retired police officer Warren Nyerges and his wife, Maureen Collier, paid $165,000 cash for their 2,700 square foot home in the Golden Gate Estates subdivision, and never took a mortgage out on it. So imagine their surprise when, in Februrary of 2010, Bank of America initiated foreclosure proceedings against them. The Nyerges hired an attorney, Todd Allen, to defend them against the wrongful foreclosure, and the Bank eventually abandoned the matter. But not before the Nyerges incurred $2,534 in attorney's fees, which they requested informally from Bank of America multiple times before resorting to the courts, which ordered the bank to make the couple whole. When B of A still had not paid the judgment after five months of phone calls and letter writing by Allen and the Nyerges to the bank insisting that the court order be obeyed, Allen took the next step in the legal collection process, obtaining an order of foreclosure against the bank. (See The Best Blogs of 2011) "They've ignored our calls, ignored our letters, legally this is the next step to get my clients compensated," Allen stated during an interview with CBS News. Allen then reported to a local branch of the bank with sheriff's deputies, who he instructed to remove cash from the tellers' drawers, furniture, computers and other property. Approximately one hour later, the Naples News reports, the bank manager produced a check for $5,772.88 to satisfy Allen's fees and additional costs. "We apologize to Mr. Nyerges that there was a delay in receiving the funds," read the bank's written statement to the Naples News. "The original request went to an outside attorney who is no longer in business." Some might say all's well that ends well in this scenario, seeing as the Nyerges got their home, Allen got his fees and the bank got its come-uppance. But there are deeper implications to every one of these foreclosure foul-up horror stories we read about, and even those we don't. The finger-pointing to outside attorneys seems reminiscent of the banks' excuse for the robo-signing scandal that broke last fall, and just as flimsy: the fact that a bank has lots of foreclosures to process and hires an overworked, underqualified or otherwise not-up-to-the-job professional to do it does not justify the nonchalance with which documents and properties of such gravitas were treated. The similarity didn't escape Allen, who told CBS News "this is a symptom of a larger problem." (Foreclosure Watch: It's Not as Bad as You Think) Further, these excuses also doesn't stand up to snuff: I've pointed out before that in transactions with far less monetary significance than foreclosure (and far greater frequency), banks get it right, almost every single time. Just think: when was the last time you got an extra $20 bill at the ATM? I've never yet met someone who could remember such a time. Similarly, while one or even several of the Nyerges' efforts to get B of A to pay the court judgment might have gone to the defunct lawyer's office, the Nyerges say they actually submitted their pleas directly to the bank, multiple times, to no avail: "I talked to branch managers, I called anyone who would listen to me," the couple told the Naples News. "And I wrote a certified letter to the president (of the bank). No response, nothing." (See the Top 9 Successful Ex-Playboy Bunnies) And all these instances - from the robo-signing news to the refusal to pay this judgment, may contribute to the depression of home values, with just a few degrees of separation. A survey last year found that the robo-signing scandal caused American adults to trust the banks less. Not surprising, but perhaps this is: a study by professors at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago recently found that the vast majority of homeowners, even those with negative equity, would rather keep their homes than strategically default on them. However, "people who are angrier about the current economic situation are more willing to express their willingness to default, as are people who trust banks less." To be fair, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's sweeping investigation into the robo-signing scandal concluded that only a small number of foreclosures actually took place wrongfully, and that even those were only wrongful because of an intervening law or event (like a bankruptcy filing by the homeowners), not because the mortgage payments weren't actually delinquent. But if ever there was a business argument for the banks to get their procedures and processes together when it comes to foreclosure and cleaning up the messes created by the few, truly wrongful foreclosures which, like the Nyerges' case, will get widespread notoriety and further tear down consumer trust in the banks, it might be contained in these three simple statements. Less trust, more walk aways. More walk aways, more foreclosures. More foreclosures, lower home values. Enough said? We'll see.

Ready to Sink? Thank the Fed

As of June 1, 2011, the Federal Reserve's consolidated balance sheet shows that it is leveraged 53:1.  The Fed is now more extended than Bear Stearns and Lehman Bros. were prior to failure.  The U.S. Treasury and the U.S. public is on the hook for any losses incurred by the Fed, even though the Fed is a private entity and not a department of government.

The Federal Reserve is part of the banking oligarchy that rules most of the world and all of the "developed, democratic" world.  It want us to be debt peons otherwise they lose their power. Maybe Greece and Ireland will follow Iceland's stance of flipping their middle fingers at the banks. Perhaps strategic default (also known as jingle mail or sending your overmortgaged house keys to the lender) in the U.S. isn't a bad thing since the banks are just getting a taste of their own medicine.

Was it Shakespeare who said in one of his plays  "neither a borrower or lender be?"  The Bible speaks against debt and the Muslims forbid charging interest on loaned money.  What did the ancients know that we have forgotten?

Incidentally, I'm not a Democrat, a Republican, a Tea Partier or a Gold Bug, just an observer.

Have a nice day,


The Staff: I want to thank the person who sent this information as it may wake some up and others, it will go over their heads.

Rapper at White House

Many people are upset due to the idiots at the white house inviting a rapper who heaps glorification about the murder of a New Jersey Police Officer. The mouthpiece (spokesmen) said it is not fair to pick out those lyrics. Now another mouthpiece is saying it is wrong of us to criticize this happening. "Jehmu Greene" is another talking head with no moral standing, just another Obama kiss ass apologists. The killing of an office appears not to bother Obama or that free spending wife of his. Vote these kind of people (liberal pukes) in, you get what you vote for. I'd rather have had Hillary then these dirt bags and that says it all.

Israelis are at it, again!!!

Just had to share.

Damn, Israelis are at it, again!!!

ISRAEL'S IDF MEDICAL CLINIC STARTS WORK

IN TSUNAMI-STRICKEN MIYAGI PREFECTURE OF JAPAN

●CNN: " Israel is first to set up Surgical Unit in Japan "

● The Israeli clinic includes orthopedics, surgical and intensive care units as well as a delivery room and pharmacy.

●The delegation includes 50 doctors.

● They brought with them:

1. 32 tons of equipment                                                                                                   

2. 18 tons of humanitarian aid---10,000 coats, 6,000 gloves and 150 portable toilets

●With all their billions of "petro-dollars", where is the humanitarian relief from the Arab (Muslim) countries?

Funny but Bad Taste

Obama goes on a State visit to Israel. While he is on a tour of Jerusalem, he has a fatal heart attack. The undertaker tells the US diplomats: "You can have him shipped home for $1 million or you can bury him here in the Holy Land for $100".

 

The US diplomats go into a huddle and come back to the undertaker and tell him they still want Obama flown home.

The undertaker is puzzled and asks: "Why would you spend $1 million to get him home when it would be wonderful to be buried here in this religious country and you would only spend $100?".
 

One diplomat replied: "More than 2000 years ago a man died here, was buried here, and just 3 days later he rose from the dead. We simply can't take that risk".


The Staff: Remember this can be said about a lousy President, not just Obama.

Thanks to Our Government - Bend OVER

SSS# xxx xx xxxx  If there is anyone out there that doesn't know this, this is the best visual presentation you will find. I don't know who took the time to put it together but it is worth your time to read! ....  Now don't be mad at old people, just remember who did this ... Franklin Delano. Roosevelt 32nd. President, Democrat Terms of Office March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945 Our Social Security: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (terms of office March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945), a Democrat who introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program.   He Promised:           1.)     That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary,     2.)     That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first  $1,400 of their a annual incomes into the Program,     3.)     That the money the participants elected to put Into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year, 4.)     That the money the participants put into the Independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the General operating fund, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program, and 5.)     That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income. Many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now  receiving a Social Security check every month -- and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to'put away'—so you may be interested in the following: Dwight David Eisenhower 34th. President, Republican, Term Of Office: January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961                                   Insert by Vincent Peter Render, If  I recall correctly, 1958 is the first year that Congress, not President Eisenhower, voted to remove funds from Social Security and put it into the General Fund for Congress to spend.                                  If I recall correctly, it was a democratically controlled Congress. From what I understand, Congress' logic at that time was that there was so much money in Social Security Fund that it would never run out / be used up for the purpose it was intended or set aside for. -------------WORSE STILL----------- Lyndon Baines Johnson 36th. President, Democrat Term Of Office: November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969                                   Question:   Which Political Party took Social Security from the Independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the General Fund so that Congress could spend it?                                    Answer:   It was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat, Term of Office:  November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969) and the democratically controlled House and Senate.       -------------------------------READ ON ------------------------------------- Question:   Which Political Party eliminated the income tax Deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding? Answer:  The Democratic Party. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------MOREOVER------------------------------------- William Jefferson Clinton (Bill Clinton) 42nd. President Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001 Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (Al Gore) 45th. Vice President Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001 Question:     Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities? Answer:     The Democratic Party, with Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (Al Gore) [Vice President Term of Office:  January 10, 1993 to January 20, 2001] casting the 'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US . ------------------THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK!!----------------------- James Earl Carter, Jar (Jimmy Carter) 39th  President, Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981 Question:   Which Political Party decided to start giving Annuity payments to immigrants? AND MY FAVORITE:  ANSWER:  That's right! JAMES EARL CARTER, JR.  (JIMMY CARTER)  (DEMOCRAT, TERM OF OFFICE:  JANUARY 20, 1977TO JANUARY 20, 1981 AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.        IMMIGRANTS MOVED INTO THIS COUNTRY, AND AT AGE 65, BEGAN TO RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS:   THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GAVE THESE PAYMENTS TO THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY NEVER PAID A DIME INTO IT!         ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!   And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of Awareness will be planted and maybe changes WILL evolve!   Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn't so.  But it's worth a try.  How many people can YOU send this to?   Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.  AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100%RETIREMENT FOR ONLY SERVING ONETERM!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Jefferson 3rd President, Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1777 to January 20, 1781 "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have".                                  Thomas Jefferson I REMEMBER THIS TO BE TRUE, "SS" WAS ONLY TO BE USED FOR RETIREMENT.