the following is a non-partisan, non-specific rant about politicians. and the way they love interrupting regularly scheduled programming.
why is it that presidential speeches have to be televised on every major network? fox included? fox used to be cool enough (really? maybe that's an overstatement) to not feel the pressure to join in on the televised speech club. and why is it that no matter WHO is speaking, the audience feels the need to break out in applause and/or give a standing ovation (usually a combination of the 2) every 6 words? not only is the night's programming lost, the interruption is probably twice as long as necessaryt because of the overzealous applause. we get it, you like what he/she is saying - do you really feel the need to stand and show it EVERY SINGLE TIME? i think these are occasions when the audience should be instructed to "save your applause for the end of the show." don't you think that would be a good idea?
one thing i do have to say to mr. president, and i'm going to include my disclaimer that: i don't care too much about politics and i hate the contention it stirs, so take my opinion/naivety with a grain of salt. so my one thing to say is this - i may not understand the entirety, but i think this bailout business SUCKS. guess what, we didn't buy a house 5 years ago. we signed a purchase contract, we started the loan process, we were even in underwriting, but we didn't complete the transaction. we knew, no matter how low the rates were, no matter what people told us ["you can afford the house payment..." or "why pay rent when you can pay almost the same amount for a house..." or "you really need to take advantage of the market right now..." etc.] so no matter what people told us, we KNEW deep down that we really probably couldn't afford a house. we knew that the next 5 years were going to be unsure (school, jobs, kids, etc.) and we couldn't bank on being able to afford that payment every month. so guess what. we didn't buy a house. and we have been renting the whole time. but hey, maybe we should have bought a house that we couldn't afford, maybe now we'd be able to bank on money from someone else to pay for us. man, we really are suckers!
sorry for all you home owners out there that think the bailout is awesome.
Tuesday, February 24
mr. president
scribbled by the coltons at 11:26 PM
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I love this post.
I totally agree with the taking-over-the-regularly-scheduled-program for 10 minutes of talking and 45 minutes of clapping = total waste of time. I miss the days when FOX was too cool (...?...) to show the president and, dare I say it, wish more networks could be like that!
Too bad you guys aren't ready to buy this year or maybe you will be. Then you can bank on the 7500 dollars tax credit given to new home buyers. Sure wish that was around TWO years ago. It pretty much sucks especially when you see people around you not being able to make payments on their houses because they were not responsible and then the banks give them a lower rate. Hmm I cause it pays to to be irresponsible.
I feel like I'm always biting my political tongue on my blog - so I'm agreeing on yours! Ster and I have actually bought two homes in the past 4 years and both times were were approved for WAY more than we thought we could afford. So guess what, we went with a price range that we knew we could afford if I quit working (which happened after we got Lil) and I'm so bugged by the people who just went for the most they could get and now whoops can't afford it. It seems like people were just greedy and now they are getting bailed out.
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