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5.2 Addie Polk, Get Your Gun: A Foreclosure Story

observeroflife wrote 1 year ago: It's expected that more than 8 million American homes will be under foreclosure in the next 4 ye … more →

Tags: Most Fascinating Characters of 2008, foreclosure, Economic Crisis

The Story of Addie Polk

rossketc wrote 1 year ago: Below is a story originally published in the New Yorker about a woman named Addie Polk. It shows tha … more →

Tags: News and Other Resources, foreclosure, Missouri, St. Louis, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD Certified Housing Counselor, 2-1-1, HOPE NOW

The Great Gatsby: Past is Present5 comments

poietes wrote 1 year ago: So Much More Than a High School Assignment “What Foul Dust Floated in the Wake of His Dreams … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, the small things, Writing Blogs, AiG, American people, Barack Obama, Congress, Dr. T. J. Eckleburg

Bloody Porridge

vonnia wrote 1 year ago: My sincere hope is that I’m about to indulge in a bunch of vitriolic rumor-mongering. I don … more →

Tags: The Trip, greed, foreclosure, Karthik Rajaram, Media Manipulation

McCain & Palin -- Palling Around with Terrorists** While Rome Burns1 comment

canarypapers wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps if the media hadn’t let McCain spend the first half of this year skating, unscathed, a … more →

Tags: U.S. Politics 2008, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, John McCain, Terrorism, Patriotism, terrorists, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin

Keith Olbermann Special Comment on Sarah Palin & Terrorist Ties

sarahpalintruthsquad wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Governor Sarah Palin, GOP Presidential Candidate John McCain, John McCain, Op-Ed, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Alaska, wasilla alaska, Keith Olbermann

Financial adviser commits murder-suicide

marcflores wrote 1 year ago: Just a few days ago, I wrote on Addie Polk of Akron, Ohio attempting suicide due to financial diffic … more →

Tags: News, General, Life, death, Economy, Money, Government, recession economy, murder

90 year old woman said she couldn't take it anymore about the mortgage

goofy328 wrote 1 year ago: Check out my recently published content on AC: The Extent to Which People Are Stressed Out About Thi … more →

Tags: Opinion, mortgage, mortgage crisis, housing crisis, foreclosure, akron, Oh

Mortgage forgiven for woman, 90, who shot herself. "We figured she won't be paying anyway," Fannie Mae.

flippyman wrote 1 year ago: Akron, OH, October 5th, 2008, (Reuters).- Mortgage finance company Vice president Dick Cheney expres … more →

Tags: news 2008, September 2008, Economic news, Local News, Funny News, Bailout, trivia news, dick cheney, Fannie Mae

Mortgage forgiven for woman, 90, who shot herself1 comment

highboldtage wrote 1 year ago: Mortgage forgiven for woman, 90, who shot herself 2 hours ago AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Mortgage finance co … more →

Tags: Suicide, mortgage, foreclosure, Fannie Mae, kucinich, Countrywide Home Loans

A Mess of Porridge2 comments

vonnia wrote 1 year ago: I was reading this story on the internet tonight: Fannie Mae forgives loan for woman who shot hersel … more →

Tags: light, The Trip, greed, Bailout, foreclosure, Bank of America, Countrywide

Addie polk Gets to Keep Her House2 comments

frigginloon wrote 1 year ago: For goodness sakes don’t be reaching for your gun just because Fannie Mae is going to write of … more →

Tags: all that is wrong with the world, Well I never, Thanks for Nothing, You Go GIrl!, Friggin Wrong, 90 year old shoots herself, Fannie Mae, granny shoots herself, foreclosure leads to shooting

Foreclosure and Mental Health: Not a Good Match

scaccesstojustice wrote 1 year ago: As the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission prepares for the Final Hearing in November, the n … more →

Tags: South Carolina Supreme Court, Legal, Access to Justice, access to justice blog, Right to Counsel, self-represented litigant, Law, Advocacy, South Carolina

90-year-old Woman shoots herself after home was foreclosed1 comment

marcflores wrote 1 year ago: What a shame: Addie Polk of Akron, Ohio has instantly become a devastating symbol of the nation … more →

Tags: Politics, News, General, Life, death, Economy, Government, Fannie Mae, Fannie


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