All Forum Posts by: Karen Parker

"Please note that any personal attacks between members will result in your removal from this forum, and possibly the site."
I don't think either of us have done that. We are sharing a difference of opinion in which I am rather enjoying :D

No, I did not call myself that. It was insinuated in your sarcasm and I was addressing that. Yes, you are confused and the educated one is not.

I fail to see how not wanting my rights taken away and having another's forced down my throat and being able to engage in indpendent thought is being narrow minded. I must say you are a diffrent breed from many that have lived through such because the majority I have spoken to left and came here to get away from that. If you think it is the appropriate lifestyle for you, why don't you go back there to it?

To your PS, no, I don't think a lot of them are learning. Public schools today are a large daycare center, riddled with crime. I'm sure your feelings will be different but I believe the government interference in our family lives has prevented us from properly disciplining our children or teaching them moral values. They are sent to stranger to be raised and taught things without our consent.

"I'd rather not get into that discussion because I actually have no idea what socialism and communism are all about. "

That's a large part of the point I've been trying to make. We have a large portion of the country that are not educated and are making decisions they know nothing about.

I don't claim to be an expert myself and those who do are probably lying but I am versed in economics ( I minored in it in college) as well as understand the relationships between what has occurred in American History vs. what is going on in the political arena today.

I personally don't watch TV because all there is is a biased media that is brain washing a country of mindless individuals who cannot think for themselves.

PS. Its not a slogan its a fact. Look the terms up in your dictionary if you can remember what one is from your childhood..

Oh, i get it. You are one of those narrow minded people who think there are only 2 types of people in existence...Republicans and Democrats. I bet you actual think McCain was conservative lmao!

I will repeat.."a Socialist is a Socialist is a Globalist is a Communist."

Rich, you got awesome taste in cars! :D
Viper,,,I'm drooling..yum!

I thought that the bit about what the government should do with the money was a given so I didn't even adress it.

Section 8?!?! Get a freaking job and pay your rent like they use to back in the old days!!!

First off, I'd like to say the quality of GMs products does not suck. I'm still driving a Firebird I bought from them brand new 13 years ago. It is the best handling and best driving car I have ever had and that includes Mustangs, Chryslers etc, Yes, all American because I put my money where my mouth is.

You are right about the bankers having the money and I don't think there should have been a bailout, period. This is a market correction and though painful should have been left alone to run its course.

There are plenty of people helping others in this country prosper. I don't believe in giving handouts to help others prosper to much of an extent (although I do to some extent as well as to charities) but rather teaching them to prosper on their own. Terry made the point earlier that there is plenty for everyone. The information is out there as is obvious by this forum. But many in this country are not willing to help themselves and I don't feel tearing down those who do is helping anyone,(ie, Socialism) especially not the lazy, whining bunch standing around waiting for a handout. You can give and give and give until there is nothing left to give and it will never be enough and not accomplish anything.

A lot of those countries have also been sucking America dry for years, defaulting on loans we have made to them and then we have the UN (another well chosen hated entity) who feels we should keep pouring more money out to them even though we are already bankrupt.

I don't think I have been scratching at a figurehead so much as denouncing the end of our democracy and warning against the increasing power of the Federal Government. I too am optimistic. I am hoping the outrageousness of what is going on with the government will finally open people's eyes enough they will stand up for their rights before they wind up being loaded up on cattle cars and shipped off for mass execution (Sound familiar? If not better pick up a history book too.) Hitler was loved by everyone. Voted in by 98% of the population. Was going to solve all their economic problems. I hear a lot of people who voted for Obama complaining now. Well if you were gullible enough to believe a politician you probably shouldn't have been voting to start with.

On a side note, no matter how old you get, you should never feel your time for success is over. when I graduated college, a woman graduated with my class who was 82 years old. Look at Col. Sanders. Age has nothing to do with what you can do in life. Belief, drive and desire are what it takes. I am on my third career. In another life I was a nurse. After realizing it was not my calling, I got a graduate degree in electronics engineering. I decided that the time had come to build something for myself and now I am a real estate investor. ( And in the process of building it, I don't feel anyone should come take what I have worked very hard to build).

I am glad that you are appreciating the opportunity to watch our country go to hell, There are many generations of liberals who have worked very hard to provide this moment for you.

First paragraph, America use to be jacked up. Now it is a sniveling, apathetic, dependant country. Our government has made it so. Look around. We have driven the maufacturing base from this country with our unions and most of the jobs went to the Pacific Rim. Want to know what's going to happen when Obama starts force feeding unions down this country's throats? Look into the crystal ball of GM.

Second pargraph, America is not fine now. Are we living in the same country or does one of us have blinders on.?

Third paragraph, the people in this country existed and did fine before all that crap came about. Again...dependency.

I agree that Americans are huge consumers. That's our fault and its not the rest of the world's responsibility to support us. They too are having their own problems right now. This is what I go on such a rant about. People are walking around and won't open their eyes to what is going on in this country and then when they have no jobs, the government is broke and inflation is swallowing up their government subsidized checks they sit and around and say, "But I don't understand."

John,

Yes it's pretty easy down here. We can usually get the second down to $2500 and they're happy to get it. I had been working with a couple of other investors doing the most hated part of it... the loss mit. I decided to do it on my own and outsource the loss mitigation. It seems bigger organizations have less trouble and can accomplish it much quicker than I can.

Yes, I see that. I just find it humorous that got sidetracked from the original purpose. But I feel the things said were important and I've enjoyed the communication with all of you.