Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!! And yes – even to the bankers…

A. Smithee: A sordid career in Hollywood has led me to I HATE THE MEDIA.com.

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  • And the moral of the story is, work hard and donate anything you don't need to help out the less fortunate. Before the government takes it from you and donates it to heathen goat farmer in another country.

  • Piss on Hollywood and all that it stands for! I disgusted with all the Hollywood celebrities who can afford to squander in one evening what it takes some people to make in a year. I am disgusted with their out of touch with reality egos, that believe we to take seriously any pronuncement they make and embrace as our own, the causes the are trendy at the moment. Time to abandon Hollywood.

  • Greed, the love of money being the root of all evil = Pottersville.
    Self sacrifice, unselfish love of fellow man = Bedford Falls.

    Have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

  • I'm a banker. If you want to be pissed off blame the government for forcing banks to lower lending standards for decades and forcing banks to have a certain number of mortgages in economically depressed areas. By the way - we didn't force anyone to flip houses, spend bloated home equity or buy more house than they could afford either. Irresponsible Americans did that all on their own.

    • Partially true, but once banks found that they could make their money at the settlement table and then sell the package to a third party, they proceeded to take our economy right down barney frank's sewer hole! And what did the banks do when illegal aliens and other crooks applied for loans for 120% of the sale price of a home? All banks aren't bad, nor are all bankers. However, there are few that do not deserve the digust and distrust of the average American citizen.

    • Hewston, thanks for this. I'm certain you are spot on.

      Question: Aren't those regulations still essentially in force? What's changed? Aren't you still required to produce a certain number mortgages in economically depressed areas? You, a banker, have keen insight here. Blow the whistle! I know it's easier said than done, but ultimately, that's what it's going to take.

    • Yep. The entire mortgage crisis was fueled by electioneering and political greed, with a side order of naked opportunism thrown in. We aren't pissed at local banks & bankers. We're pissed off at the likes of Turbo Tax Timmy. He and his cronies came out all right, while the rest of the nation paid the price.

  • When I got a little older I kinda thought that Potterville might have been more fun than Bedford Falls.