faxon says:

Garbage.

Awake says:

After what we see some mortgage companies and Wall Street people doing to ‘regular’ people, I just wish that this was a true story.
We need this kind of thing to actually happen.

moss says:

#5, yup, ayup. All those folks who signed mortgage applications were doing so under threat of death – or a Republican president. Whichever came first.

Ron Larson says:

#3 @ Alfred1

What in the hell is a “JuJu man”? Aren’t JuJu’s small candies?

She could also just tell the evil old woman to use her “skills” to raise funds to pay her debts. But no… it is so much easier to be a victim.

locomotivebreath1901 says:

Golly. Mental giants at work. The screen writers must’ve spent all of 20…, 30 minutes formulating this highly original and unpredictable plot line.

My insomnia’s cured!

Mr. Fusion says:

#5, Alphie,

Should it happen to Barney Frank, who pushed folks into housing they couldn’t afford, and thereby caused Fannie and Freddie to become the proverbial straw that broke the Economy’s back…

Can you name one person Barney Frank forced or pushed to take a mortgage they couldn’t afford? Just one is all I ask. I’m not asking that you provide the tens of thousands of people it would have taken to sink Freddie and Fanny. Nope. Just ONE.

Gee, you know, I’ll even wait while consult your “higher source” to get the name. Oh, and just to keep it legit, include their home towm.

bobbo says:

Things we don’t like = evil.

Its just gods love providing a challenge to faith.

Jeebesus – - what a bunch of non believers I find myself bedeviled with.

Finance Entry says:

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