U.S. President Barack Obama, has announced a troop reduction in the nation of Afghanistan. President Obama has stated a full withdrawal will occur in 2014. However, withdrawal dates are constantly being pushed back by Washington, so that remains to be seen. Washington needs to bring the troops back from the Middle East and Africa, returning them to their homes in America. Thee wars are ill-fated and costly, both in human lives and money.
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Many are perplexed as to why the U.S. real estate market remains in a collapsed state, since the 2008 financial crisis occurred. The damage and fall in home values continues to worsen each month. This is squarely due to the banks and their merciless practices. Greed is still steering the ship at a number of banks on Wall Street, regardless of the fact, they received hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer bailout money they are hoarding.
I have seen it with my own two eyes in different cases. Bank are not trying to keep people in their homes. There exists a massive campaign to evict homeowners and claim their properties in order to sell them. In fact, some banks are working in collusion with the attorneys of foreclosed homeowners, to get them out of their properties as soon as possible.
Foreclosures are still being robo-signed and pushed through with such breakneck speed, homeowners barely have any time to react - or any rights for that matter. The Obama Administration and Congress have not done enough to help homeowners and it is heartbreaking to watch the end result of said legislative failures.
Case in point. I recently tried to help a friend remain in his property that was foreclosed on, when he met in an accident that left him in the hospital, causing him to fall behind on his bills. Emigrant Bank, quickly foreclosed on his property. He retained a law firm to help save his home.
During the short foreclosure, he was able to save money and even came into some additional funds, via a lump sum that was lawfully owed to him and separately, another check came in, via life insurance, as one of his loved ones died from a terminal illness.
He did his best to negotiate with the bank, but then relied on a law firm, as he paid a proper retainer. However, his lawyers suspiciously failed at every rung. Little did my friend know that said lawyers mysterious missed court dates and flat out lied to him about other matters. They also collected money for mediation and other processes that they did not do.
Emigrant Bank, the mortgage holder, then quickly and quietly bought the property for $100 at auction - not giving him any notice regarding the sale date. Yes, you read that right - $100. It is apart of the court record and can be easily verified. Then, he came home to find a red and white eviction notice on his door, ordering him to move in 24 hours.
This prompted him to go to the court and ask to see the case files for himself, as his lawyers were avoiding him and refusing to give him his file. This is when he found out, from the court, about the treachery and collusion that took place between Emigrant Bank and his lawyers. He was devastated.
He tried to buy the house bank from the bank. Emigrant told him in writing to fax them a copy of his bank statement and fill out an intent to purchase form, making an offer on the property. He asked that they hold off eviction, so he could buy the property back. They strung him along for a week, pretended they were entertaining the offer, then evicted him from his home of 12-years via the sheriff - even though he had the financial means to buy the property back.
Emigrant, like some other banks out there, could care less about homeowners. They only want the foreclosed properties back at all cost, to try and sell them for as much money as possible, to turn a profit from homes with equity in them.
I have also found that many banks are working under very delusional numbers, as to what properties are now worth. They rush to sell them, end up with nothing at auction, then try the realtor route, hoping to make a bundle off former homeowners' misery. However, many of these homes still aren't selling, even under realtors' best efforts, due to the state of the market.
Millions of empty foreclosed homes in America, are significantly running down property values nationwide. My friend in Georgia, whose beautiful, rambling dream house was worth $350,000, told me recently that it is now worth $130,000, experiencing a new drop, due to a few banks rushing to evict homeowners from foreclosed properties on her block. The homes just sit there empty, developing structural, plumbing and roofing issues - some of them becoming eye sores.
I recently read of a case, where Bank of America strung a homeowner along, making her think they would work with her, then deceitfully evicting the grandmother in a surprise legal maneuver (GRANDMA: "A Bank Of America SWAT Team Evicted Me Even Though I Tried To Pay Them").
The Judiciary Report is of the belief, banks are lying to homeowners that they will work with them, to get them out of the properties by surprise, giving occupants no time to strip the home of appliances, fixtures, cabinets and other removable items. The banks want the foreclosed homes back to list as assets in their portfolios and to sell at the highest price available, with the least amount of work.
However, they are very unwise with said rush to repossess. Considering so many Americans credit have been ruined during the financial crisis, due to foreclosure and or unemployment, a record number of homes are failing to sell at auction. The properties they do manage to sell at auction or by realtors, sell for so little, it drags down property values all over America, month after month, damaging everyone. The real estate market has reached Great Depression levels in some respects, while surpassing it in others, such as the record number of foreclosed homes.
Therefore, rushing to reclaim foreclosed homes is not a good idea. It would be better if banks worked with homeowners, issued a measure of debt forgiveness, regarding excessive fees and penalties, then restructured loans to more affordable payments. But that's not happening.
The banks are are getting greedier by the minute. They have gotten so greedy, a few big banks were recently sued for improperly foreclosing on the homes of U.S. soldiers fighting in deadly wars in the Middle East. They illegally seized the homes of men at war, WITHOUT A COURT ORDER, which is despicable. They simply do not care, under this massive drive to scrape up every property in America they can get their hands on.
A few years ago, the Judiciary Report wrote of banks foreclosing on homes that had no mortgages, which is outright fraud. They use their high powered law firms to push this illegal breed of foreclosure through, hoping the homeowners will not have the wherewithal or funds to challenge it. But sometimes they do.
A couple recently sued Bank of America for foreclosing on their home that had no mortgage (they are one of many with this same problem at the hands of several banks). They retained an attorney, sued the bank and won in court. Bank of America refused to pay the judgment amount awarded against them, so the couple foreclosed on the bank a few weeks ago.
America's real estate is being devalued by a handful of banks that triggered the mortgage crisis in the first place, when they reset loan interest rates, which sent payments up by 30%-70%. If you were paying $1,000 per month, exactly where do they expect you to find an extra $700 per month. But they did this to millions of people and it caused a terrible ripple effect. Some homeowners were so distraught, they simply walked away from their homes, under the burden of foreclosures they could not afford to legally defend.
The Obama Administration and Congress do not have a grip on the problem. However, politicians on both sides of the aisles, including President Obama, are too afraid of billion dollar banks and losing their campaign donations. The people deserve better than this.
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US house price fall 'beats Great Depression slide'
Wednesday, 1 June 2011 - The ailing US housing market passed a grim milestone in the first quarter of this year, posting a further deterioration that means the fall in house prices is now greater than that suffered during the Great Depression.
The brief recovery in prices in 2009, spurred by government aid to first-time buyers, has now been entirely snuffed out, and the average American home now costs 33 per cent less than it did at the peak of the housing bubble in 2007. The peak-to-trough fall in house prices in the 1930s Depression was 31 per cent – and prices took 19 years to recover after that downturn...
Prices are back to their 2002 levels, according to the Case-Shiller National House Price Index out yesterday. "The national index fell 4.2 per cent over the first quarter alone, and is down 5.1 per cent compared to its year-ago level," David Blitzer, the chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Indices, said. "Home prices continue on their downward spiral with no relief in sight."
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A chorus of many from different walks of life, have come forward to slam U.S. President, Barack Obama, for betraying Israel in favor of Palestine in a land dispute. President Obama distastefully made the announcement yesterday, the very day of a scheduled state visit by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Prominent Jewish Americans have now abandoned Obama for his decision against their motherland. Christians are taken aback as well. President Obama is meddling in the Middle East far too much, using the CIA to overthrow world governments, trampling on the sovereignty of foreign nations and promising potential successors he seeks to install, billions of U.S. dollars in foreign military and government aid, when millions of Americans are unemployed, suffering and facing drastic benefit cuts.
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Barack Obama (second from the left) and Michelle Obama (fourth from the right)
Several hours after the article Obama Wants Access To Osama's Family was posted, it was announced, the Pakistani government will grant the Obama Administration access to the three widows of slain terrorist, Osama Bin Laden.
Ties between America and Pakistan have deteriorated this month. This is due to the fact it was revealed, Bin Laden had been living in Pakistan for 5-years, up until his death on May 1. 2011, when U.S. Navy Seals raided his Abbottabad home and executed him.
Osama Bin Laden
Questioning the Bin Laden widows may prove difficult, as they have no reason to tell the truth. Lie detectors may be employed, but sometimes are foiled by thinking techniques that give false readings. Here's hoping some solid information comes out of the questioning.
It's a shame the U.S. government did not detain Osama Bin Laden for trial, whilst holding everyone at the compound, while going over the data found on the terrorist's hard drives. This would have given them a small, but viable window of time to launch coordinated surprise attacks on other terrorist cells, based on the information from Bin Laden's computers.
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U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama to President Barack Obama: You need to fix this. I was almost bird food!
News out of Washington indicates, a plane carrying U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama, wife of President Barack Obama, was diverted, after almost colliding with a 200-ton military cargo jet in neighboring Maryland. The First Lady's plane was attempting to land at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Though the incident seems quite suspicious, an air traffic controller is being blamed for the error. This could not have come at a worst time, as air traffic controllers are under intense scrutiny in America for falling asleep on the job. The ongoing scandal lead to the resignation of an FAA executive.
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A proposed measure by Senator Rand Paul, declaring, U.S. President, Barack Obama, has violated the Constitution in invading the sovereign nation of Libya, to oust President Gadhafi, did not go through in the Senate. Paul's measure was a formal dressing down for unconstitutional conduct by the President, who needs to be held accountable for violating the law.
Under U.S. law, one must gain congressional authorization to engage in military action against a foreign nation. President Obama willfully disregarded this important law, in favor of a surreptitious attack, in acts that have left many dead in Libya.
It is disheartening to watch the President consistently violate the rule of law in the country, which is quite ironic, as he is a lawyer. From willfully disregarding the Defense of Marriage Act, to invading Libya without legal authority, President Obama is setting a bad example that must not be followed.
Rand Paul
Once again, his decisions in these matters are regrettable. Obama started off well, but let certain nefarious "powers that be" in the FBI, CIA and DOD whisper wicked things in his ear, leading him down a very treacherous and troublesome path in Libya and the Middle East.
Hollywood has been using Obama as well, in exchange for campaign donations, which resulted in deeds that shall damage his legacy forever. This was not the way to go. At the end of the day, said nefarious entities cannot get him reelected. Only the people of America can.
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U.S. President Barck Obama has touted an ironic and untruthful point, proclaiming his administration intends to take a back seat in the war in Libya, concocted by his cabinet, allowing NATO to take control. But as many newspapers have pointed out and what is common knowledge to most familiar with international politics, NATO is comprised of U.S. government employees.
Which brings me to my point, the President is not being truthful with America or the world and it is sad under the circumstances. It is only a matter of time before the war in Libya advances, particularly on the ground and soldiers and civilians will die...and for what? This is all senseless.
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U.S. President, Barack Obama, is to address America on Monday, March 28, 2011, regarding the illegal war he has initiated in Libya, whilst attempting to unlawfully oust President, Muammar Gadhafi. Obama has committed significant U.S. resources to the war, at an astonishing cost of $500,000,000 per week, out of American taxpayer money. Gallup polls indicate, Americans are not in favor of the invasion of Libya.
Muammar Gadhafi
President Obama is attempting to remove Gadhafi, in a move Al Qaeda is praising in the press, which makes you wonder who is going to set up shop in Libya next. Dictator and lover of luxury, Gadhafi, previously referred to Obama as a "son" but the President has betrayed him in deeds that may haunt Libya, as what they end up with maybe worse than what they had. And make no mistake, Al Qaeda is waiting in the wings to takeover.
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Former U.S. President George W. Bush, popularized the now heavily derided term "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" as a pretext for an illegal and ill-fated war in Iraq. Now it's President Obama's turn.
Libyan President Gadhafi
A member of the Obama administration, Ben Rhodes, has put forth an equally bogus term for the Commander-in-Chief's illegal invasion of Libya as, "Kinetic military action." Negro please. Modern translation = war!
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U.S. President, Barack Obama, has publicly stated, he is not giving back the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded in 2009. This is in the face of fresh international calls going out for the accolade to be rescinded, after he illegally invaded Libya, without Congressional or Constitutional approval, attempting to remove and kill their president of 42-years, Muammar Gadhafi.
Let's call it what it is, shall we, as you bombed the man's house. Anyone that bombs a person's house is trying to kill them. There is nothing peaceful about that. With all due respect, the award that was bestowed upon you should be deleted for the year of 2009, as thousands of civilians have died in Libya, squarely due to the war you are unlawfully waging in their nation. You no longer exemplify what the award stands for, due to the aforementioned conduct.
Muammar Gadhafi (you know, I had a bedspread once that looked like that fabric and there he is wearing it)
Side Bar: Why does Muammar Gadhafi have more names than Prince (The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, TAFKAP, Prince Nelson and the symbol that looks like his guitar with scurvy). My spell checker does not appreciate the variations, as one minute it is Moammar Kaddafi, the next it is Gaddafi, Gadhafi and Qaddafi. Pick a name!
Nobel PEACE Prize winner, Barack Obama is a war criminal, as thousands lay dead in Libya, after military strikes he ordered.
The Obama Administration is spearheading a war in Libya, using the same premise former President, George W. Bush did to invade the Middle Eastern nation of Iraq in 2003. As the Drudge Report website reminded the world last week:
MARCH 19, 2011 - OBAMA: 'Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world'...
MARCH 19, 2003 - BUSH: 'American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger'..."
Washington is being accused of waging war for oil again, failing to learn from past mistakes (Iraq). A number of nations have condemn the Obama ordered military strike on Libya, attributing it to greed for oil, which will be stolen.
A congressman from President Obama's political party, Democrat, Ed Markey, has also stated, "We're in Libya because of oil." This is undoubtedly a repeat of Iraq and it shall not end well. America cannot afford another war, not in lives or money. Not to mention the damage it does to the target nation.
It is being stated one of Gadhafi’s sons, Khamis, has been killed in the Obama orchestrated bombings. Khamis Gadhafi, reportedly sustained severe burns to his body. When a large mass of skin is severely burned, the body’s immune system is open to infection, which can lead to death. In the Bush ordered war on Iraq, Saddam Hussein's sons were also killed in bombings.
The government invades a foreign country, kills people and puts it on display, like the head of animal mounted on a wall after the hunt. President Obama calling for this madness is so disappointing and disgraceful. Look what it has already turned into, in a matter of days.
Libyans burying their relatives in mass graves, who are civilians killed in Obama led bombings (Getty)
Another report indicates, the Obama Administration bombed Gadhafi’s home, then ludicrously claimed they were not targeting him. This insulted the public’s intelligence, as it was an assassination attempt, much in the manner of what transpired against Saddam Hussein, when former President, George W. Bush, ordered the bombing of his palaces.
The Judiciary Report is not in favor of the Obama Administration’s actions in Libya. Thousands of civilians and rebels have already died in the face of this awful sneak attack in Libya. Make no mistake, these are war crimes.
In the September 7, 2009 article Britain, Obama And Hillary Clinton Knew, the Judiciary Report expressed extreme skepticism at then British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, embracing the Gadhafi family in Britain as they did. It has nothing to do with them being Muslim. Once again, there are many Muslims that have acclimated into British society.
However, Gadhafi, is and always has been, an extremist, but I suspect his oil rich nation’s national resources, drove former Prime Minister Blair and Brown’s decisions. Roughly one year after the Judiciary Report's article, Gadhafi proved the website right, by calling for jihad against the West (Kadhafi Calls For Jihad). This conduct was very inappropriate, as is his family's lavish lifestyle, while Libyans go hungry.
In 2009, the Judiciary Report, also denounced the release of convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, warning he would outlive the cancer prognosis his doctors rendered and he has by two years and counting (David Cameron Meets With Barack Obama).
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