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The sign that the end times are finally here...

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited July 2008 in A Moving Train
This is how to finally raise consciousness in the US.....mess around with the reality TV shows.

'Extreme Makeover' house faces foreclosure 3 years after it was built for show
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080728/entertainment/tv_extreme_makeover_foreclosure

lol...
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I thought that these owners have no mortgage after they get a new home. That they just have to pay taxes. And this story mentioned that the family used the house as collateral on a $450,000 loan??? I can only imagine what that loan was for, these families are not the brightest...
  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I thought that these owners have no mortgage after they get a new home. That they just have to pay taxes. And this story mentioned that the family used the house as collateral on a $450,000 loan??? I can only imagine what that loan was for, these families are not the brightest...


    I watch this show sometimes (they do some cool construction stuff). Sometimes they pay the families mortgage sometimes they don't. Either way there are a lot of times when the families don't have much income (whether because of a disabled family member or whatever). So a lot of times it is crazy how they give a family with not very much money like a 10,000 square foot mansion. How exactly do they expect these people to pay for things like utilities and property taxes (especailly when their homes like double or triple in value or more)?
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    HA!


    sad to say but you're probably right.
    i will NEVER understand the love for reality shows nor the multitude of variety of them. wtf? i have 'reality' every day. most definitely not what i want in a tv program. then again, i am not the demogrphic they go for as i don't watch tv. :p haha. then again, all the BS they started putting ON tv is why i turned it OFF.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,524
    So they use the gift to finance a failed business...nice work.

    Fool me once....

    A perfect example of how hand-outs often don't work and aren't the solution to a problem.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    This is how to finally raise consciousness in the US.....mess around with the reality TV shows.

    i am tired of people thinking Americans are stupid and unelightened... it really is quite cliche at this point... have you ever even been to America?
  • jeffwmartinjeffwmartin Posts: 71
    What I don't understand is they borrowed the total value of the house to start a construction company. Their last house was in such sorry shape that a TV show had to tear it down and build another one. It doesn't sound like they were very handy with a hammer, maybe construction wasn't the right industry to try.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    my2hands wrote:
    i am tired of people thinking Americans are stupid and unelightened... it really is quite cliche at this point... have you ever even been to America?

    I'm tired of witnessing the actuality of said problem and I live in America.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,524
    eyedclaar wrote:
    I'm tired of witnessing the actuality of said problem and I live in America.


    People are stupid all over the world...
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    my2hands wrote:
    i am tired of people thinking Americans are stupid and unelightened... it really is quite cliche at this point... have you ever even been to America?


    Yes, and everyone is stupid and unenlightened of course.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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