Help Save Bobby Hull’s Home From Foreclosure

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Bobby Hull and his family

On Tuesday at 1:00pm, members of Occupy Minneapolis will gather at the People’s Plaza to carpool to former Marine and Vietnam veteran Bobby Hull’s home at 3712 Columbus Ave. South, which is facing foreclosure.  Bobby has lived in the home since 1968, when his mother first bought it, and various family members have lived there since.  Bobby’s story highlights one of the deep tragedies that come with evicting people from their homes — the loss of community.  Shannon Drury, writing about Bobby, highlights her experience growing up in the same area:

I don’t know Bobby Hull, but I feel like I do.  I too grew up on the south side, a daughter of the working class.  My father hauled trash for thirty years, and his buddies all talk like this.  These are the kind of guys who shovel the entire street after a snowstorm, who gladly jump start your car when it freezes, who always have a couple of bucks in their wallets for you if you need it. They do this automatically, without hesitation or antipathy, because they always, ALWAYS remember the time when someone else did them same for them.

The occupation of Bobby’s family’s home is part of the National Day of Action, in which thousands of protesters across the country will stand together to support those facing foreclosure by big banks in order to protect profit.  From Occupy Together:

Banks took such high risks that they placed our entire economy in serious jeopardy. In return, they received trillions of dollars from the Fed and billions of dollars from hard working tax payers to get back on their feet. Homeowners take risks when buying homes; however, when they lose their jobs or are unable to afford their medical attention they don’t get bailouts, they lose everything.

 

With our current environment of corporate irresponsibility and greed, political impotence and corruption, all it takes is for you to lose your job or get dropped from your health insurance to lose it all. Just because it hasn’t happened to you, your loved ones or your neighbors yet, doesn’t mean the threat isn’t real.

Like Monique and Sa’ra, whose homes Occupy Minneapolis has also helped to defend from foreclosure, Bobby and his family shouldn’t have to lose their homes because of US Bank’s unwillingness to negotiate with Bobby and his family on the mortgage payments.  Please join Occupy Minneapolis as we help Bobby’s family keep their home.  Share and RSVP to the Facebook event, consider donating to help support the occupation at Bobby’s and The Plaza, and watch and share this short documentary of Bobby and his story:

  • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

    Recently I discovered that the 99% cannot restructure ANY DEBT unless they are declared in default first by the very people who tanked the economy. If you want to create real change, change the banking debt restructure law to….Debt restructure does not first require a default.

    Go one step further, call it Justifiable Debt Restructure does not first require a default. Check out how Justifiable Debt Restructure would instantly give the 99% a reasonable method for negotiating with the banks.. http://occupynews.blogspot.com/2011/11/justifiable-debt-restructure-would.html

  • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

    Recently I discovered that the 99% cannot restructure ANY DEBT unless they are declared in default first by the very people who tanked the economy. If you want to create real change, change the banking debt restructure law to….Debt restructure does not first require a default.

    Go one step further, call it Justifiable Debt Restructure does not first require a default. Check out how Justifiable Debt Restructure would instantly give the 99% a reasonable method for negotiating with the banks.. http://occupynews.blogspot.com/2011/11/justifiable-debt-restructure-would.html

  • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

    Recently I discovered that the 99% cannot restructure ANY DEBT unless they are declared in default first by the very people who tanked the economy. If you want to create real change, change the banking debt restructure law to….Debt restructure does not first require a default.

    Go one step further, call it Justifiable Debt Restructure does not first require a default. Check out how Justifiable Debt Restructure would instantly give the 99% a reasonable method for negotiating with the banks.. http://occupynews.blogspot.com/2011/11/justifiable-debt-restructure-would.html

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  • Sean45

    Here is how we can save Bobby’s home. Get Bobby to pay his bills!!

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Sean, the problem is most of the 99% are subsidizing the 1%’s bills by being charged higher interest rates so the ultra rich don’t have to pay their fair share.

  • Sean45

    Here is how we can save Bobby’s home. Get Bobby to pay his bills!!

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Sean, the problem is most of the 99% are subsidizing the 1%’s bills by being charged higher interest rates on their mortgages so the ultra rich don’t have to pay their fair share of mortgage interest rates.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Sean, the problem is most of the 99% are subsidizing the 1%’s bills by being charged higher interest rates on their mortgages so the ultra rich don’t have to pay their fair share of mortgage interest rates.

  • Sean45

    Here is how we can save Bobby’s home. Get Bobby to pay his bills!!

  • Blah

    In this interview with Bobby he states that he refinanced his paid off house for 250k so that he could buy a second home?!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qo6pDLZmLY

    Lets save our pity for those who cant afford any house, rather than those who over extended so that they could have a lake place or a getaway in Florida.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Interesting how the authentic people use their real names when they post here or are written about, and the blah’s and Sean’s of the world stay hidden while making their snarky, “get a job” comments.

      Hull appears to have been a hardworking man his whole life who refinanced his home to start a business and probably invest in a retirement home as well.

      How dare he attempt to improve his lot in life, right blah???

      So after all the hard work he has done, and going through SEVERAL surgeries related to his hard working life, what does he have left?

      Aren’t you curious after the life of hard work he has led what his overall wealth is?

  • Blah

    In this interview with Bobby he states that he refinanced his paid off house for 250k so that he could buy a second home?!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qo6pDLZmLY

    Lets save our pity for those who cant afford any house, rather than those who over extended so that they could have a lake place or a getaway in Florida.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Interesting how the authentic people use their real names when they post here or are written about, and the blah’s and Sean’s of the world stay hidden while making their snarky, “get a job” comments.

      Hull appears to have been a hardworking man his whole life who refinanced his home to start a business and probably invest in a retirement home as well.

      How dare he attempt to improve his lot in life, right blah???

      So after all the hard work he has done, and going through SEVERAL surgeries related to his hard working life, what does he have left?

      Aren’t you curious after the life of hard work he has led what his overall wealth is?

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Interesting how the authentic people use their real names when they post here or are written about, and the blah’s and Sean’s of the world stay hidden while making their snarky, “get a job” comments.

      Hull appears to have been a hardworking man his whole life who refinanced his home to start a business and probably invest in a retirement home as well.

      How dare he attempt to improve his lot in life, right blah???

      So after all the hard work he has done, and going through SEVERAL surgeries related to his hard working life, what does he have left?

      Aren’t you curious after the life of hard work he has led what his overall wealth is?

  • Blah

    In this interview with Bobby he states that he refinanced his paid off house for 250k so that he could buy a second home?!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qo6pDLZmLY

    Lets save our pity for those who cant afford any house, rather than those who over extended so that they could have a lake place or a getaway in Florida.

  • Tlajj5

    THe fact that he refinanced a PAID off home to start a business means he was using the equity as a bank account. I have a HUGE problem with that! That is just not responsible! I wish the man well, but he needs to move out as he doesnt own it.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      As opposed to what? Making monthly payments on a home AND also taking a loan out to start a business at the same time?

      Or, save up money, but still owe money on the home and use the saved up money for the business, while still owing money on the home? It’s the SAME THING.

      I would agree that taking a loan out for the full value of the home is not a good idea, however, I don’t know that is what happened here. And yet, even if that is what happened, what about the MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS of times the banks foreclose on a homeowner AND the homeowner loses their down payment, plus any home equity they have built up, and, they may also still owe the difference between what the home sells for and what it is really is worth for the next decade or two.

      You’re just focusing on the home owner entirely and letting the banks continue to scam every homeowner who has ever been foreclosed upon and lost their down payment and built up home equity on a home that they were making payments on until they missed because of a loss of a job that was outsourced overseas by these same banksters and their “investors”, or missed a payment because of a medical for family caregiving issue.

      Wake up before they come for you.

      • Blah

        Alessandro,

        You appear to be misunderstanding the facts above:

        >>Making monthly payments on a home AND also taking a loan out to start a business at the same time?

        There were no house payments. The house was paid off. Mr. Hull decided to gamble double or nothing and lost. He put up the full value of the house as collateral in order to buy a second house and “start a business” (whatever that means).

        Can’t he just move to the second home he bought with the equity from the first?

        • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

          …And live off of the homeowner that rents the first home from Mr. Hull? It sounds like Mr. Hull chose to have a business so he could make a living rather than do what bankers do, which is live off everybody else while risking nothing since they get bailed out when they commit proven acts of fraud.

          Unfortunately, Wall Street fraud has sucked and continues to suction money out of local economies via unfair interest rate charges, fees, and penalties while using investment money from pension funds to create competing businesses against that pension funds city’s local businesses.

  • Tlajj5

    THe fact that he refinanced a PAID off home to start a business means he was using the equity as a bank account. I have a HUGE problem with that! That is just not responsible! I wish the man well, but he needs to move out as he doesnt own it.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      As opposed to what? Making monthly payments on a home AND also taking a loan out to start a business at the same time?

      Or, save up money, but still owe money on the home and use the saved up money for the business, while still owing money on the home? It’s the SAME THING.

      I would agree that taking a loan out for the full value of the home is not a good idea, however, I don’t know that is what happened here. And yet, even if that is what happened, what about the MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS of times the banks foreclose on a homeowner AND the homeowner loses their down payment, plus any home equity they have built up, and, they may also still owe the difference between what the home sells for and what it is really is worth for the next decade or two.

      You’re just focusing on the home owner entirely and letting the banks continue to scam every homeowner who has ever been foreclosed upon and lost their down payment and built up home equity on a home that they were making payments on until they missed because of a loss of a job that was outsourced overseas by these same banksters and their “investors”, or missed a payment because of a medical or family caregiving issue.

      Wake up before they come for you.

      • Blah

        Alessandro,

        You appear to be misunderstanding the facts above:

        >>Making monthly payments on a home AND also taking a loan out to start a business at the same time?

        There were no house payments. The house was paid off. Mr. Hull decided to gamble double or nothing and lost. He put up the full value of the house as collateral in order to buy a second house and “start a business” (whatever that means).

        Can’t he just move to the second home he bought with the equity from the first?

        • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

          …And live off of the homeowner that rents the first home from Mr. Hull? It sounds like Mr. Hull chose to have a business so he could make a living rather than do what bankers do, which is live off everybody else while risking nothing since they get bailed out when they commit proven acts of fraud.

          Unfortunately, Wall Street fraud has sucked and continues to suction money out of local economies via unfair interest rate charges, fees, and penalties while using investment money from pension funds to create competing businesses against that pension funds city’s local businesses.

        • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

          …And live off of the homeowner that rents the first home from Mr. Hull? It sounds like Mr. Hull chose to have a business so he could make a living rather than do what bankers do, which is live off everybody else while risking nothing since they get bailed out when they commit proven acts of fraud.

          Unfortunately, Wall Street fraud has sucked and continues to suction money out of local economies via unfair interest rate charges, fees, and penalties while using investment money from pension funds to create competing businesses against that pension funds city’s local businesses.

      • Blah

        Alessandro,

        You appear to be misunderstanding the facts above:

        >>Making monthly payments on a home AND also taking a loan out to start a business at the same time?

        There were no house payments. The house was paid off. Mr. Hull decided to gamble double or nothing and lost. He put up the full value of the house as collateral in order to buy a second house and “start a business” (whatever that means).

        Can’t he just move to the second home he bought with the equity from the first?

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      As opposed to what? Making monthly payments on a home AND also taking a loan out to start a business at the same time?

      Or, save up money, but still owe money on the home and use the saved up money for the business, while still owing money on the home? It’s the SAME THING.

      I would agree that taking a loan out for the full value of the home is not a good idea, however, I don’t know that is what happened here. And yet, even if that is what happened, what about the MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS of times the banks foreclose on a homeowner AND the homeowner loses their down payment, plus any home equity they have built up, and, they may also still owe the difference between what the home sells for and what it is really is worth for the next decade or two.

      You’re just focusing on the home owner entirely and letting the banks continue to scam every homeowner who has ever been foreclosed upon and lost their down payment and built up home equity on a home that they were making payments on until they missed because of a loss of a job that was outsourced overseas by these same banksters and their “investors”, or missed a payment because of a medical or family caregiving issue.

      Wake up before they come for you.

  • Tlajj5

    THe fact that he refinanced a PAID off home to start a business means he was using the equity as a bank account. I have a HUGE problem with that! That is just not responsible! I wish the man well, but he needs to move out as he doesnt own it.

  • Jjohnson9500

    I just want to know what this guy did with the money when he refinanced him Mothers home. Listen, it doesn’t matter who you are, if you borrower a buck, you owe it back with interest as agreed to. I am so tired of people thinking they should just be given a home. How can this be the banks fault? If you borrowed a guy 200 grand, you would want your money back or keep what they put as collateral, right?

    Asking the bank to reconstruct the loan is great, ask away and if they do, it’s a gift and if they don’t and you can’t make the payment, get out of the home as agreed. The loan documents signed at closing don’t say anything about the banker must modify the loan when a homeowner that feels he doesn’t need to pay.

    One last note, the market crises has to do with owners buying a home that they can’t afford, bottom line. All of these buyers think they needed to be in a home that stretched them out financially. If you’re a buyer, why do you need a $300,000 dollar home? Or if you bought your home for $150,000 why did you need to refinance and pull the $100,000 out?
    I was approved for 250,000 as well when we were looking to buy a home, I could never figure out why so many people stretched out what they were approved for. I bought something way less than what I was approved for, I bought something so low, I could afford it with a part time job. If I lost my job and couldn’t find another to make the payments, I understood that it would go back to the bank. Maybe this is just being responsible.

    • Tjlabey

      Good for you Jjohnson9500…perhaps you care to share your real name w/us so we know who to applaud as an uncommonly responsible person of such courage and integrity?

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Mr. or Mrs. or Ms J. Jhonson 9500, you missed the point, banks DON’T restructure loans unless they create a credit default against the people who are asking for a loan restructure, FIRST. Then of course, any new deal will be WORSE than the one they already have.

      Our present president has probably violated the federal Hobbs Action, the extortion clause, obtaining property under the color of right by FORCING homeowners to default BEFORE they could even apply for a TAXPAYER FUNDED program called HAMP.

      Quit defending the banks, that ship has already sailed.

  • Jjohnson9500

    I just want to know what this guy did with the money when he refinanced him Mothers home. Listen, it doesn’t matter who you are, if you borrower a buck, you owe it back with interest as agreed to. I am so tired of people thinking they should just be given a home. How can this be the banks fault? If you borrowed a guy 200 grand, you would want your money back or keep what they put as collateral, right?

    Asking the bank to reconstruct the loan is great, ask away and if they do, it’s a gift and if they don’t and you can’t make the payment, get out of the home as agreed. The loan documents signed at closing don’t say anything about the banker must modify the loan when a homeowner that feels he doesn’t need to pay.

    One last note, the market crises has to do with owners buying a home that they can’t afford, bottom line. All of these buyers think they needed to be in a home that stretched them out financially. If you’re a buyer, why do you need a $300,000 dollar home? Or if you bought your home for $150,000 why did you need to refinance and pull the $100,000 out?
    I was approved for 250,000 as well when we were looking to buy a home, I could never figure out why so many people stretched out what they were approved for. I bought something way less than what I was approved for, I bought something so low, I could afford it with a part time job. If I lost my job and couldn’t find another to make the payments, I understood that it would go back to the bank. Maybe this is just being responsible.

  • Jjohnson9500

    I just want to know what this guy did with the money when he refinanced him Mothers home. Listen, it doesn’t matter who you are, if you borrower a buck, you owe it back with interest as agreed to. I am so tired of people thinking they should just be given a home. How can this be the banks fault? If you borrowed a guy 200 grand, you would want your money back or keep what they put as collateral, right?

    Asking the bank to reconstruct the loan is great, ask away and if they do, it’s a gift and if they don’t and you can’t make the payment, get out of the home as agreed. The loan documents signed at closing don’t say anything about the banker must modify the loan when a homeowner that feels he doesn’t need to pay.

    One last note, the market crises has to do with owners buying a home that they can’t afford, bottom line. All of these buyers think they needed to be in a home that stretched them out financially. If you’re a buyer, why do you need a $300,000 dollar home? Or if you bought your home for $150,000 why did you need to refinance and pull the $100,000 out?
    I was approved for 250,000 as well when we were looking to buy a home, I could never figure out why so many people stretched out what they were approved for. I bought something way less than what I was approved for, I bought something so low, I could afford it with a part time job. If I lost my job and couldn’t find another to make the payments, I understood that it would go back to the bank. Maybe this is just being responsible.

    • Tjlabey

      Good for you Jjohnson9500…perhaps you care to share your real name w/us so we know who to applaud as an uncommonly responsible person of such courage and integrity?

    • Tjlabey

      Good for you Jjohnson9500…perhaps you care to share your real name w/us so we know who to applaud as an uncommonly responsible person of such courage and integrity?

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Mr. or Mrs. or Ms J. Jhonson 9500, you missed the point, banks DON’T restructure loans unless they create a credit default against the people who are asking for a loan restructure, FIRST. Then of course, any new deal will be WORSE than the one they already have.

      Our present president has probably violated the federal Hobbs Action, the extortion clause, obtaining property under the color of right by FORCING homeowners to default BEFORE they could even apply for a TAXPAYER FUNDED program called HAMP.

      Quit defending the banks, that ship has already sailed.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      Mr. or Mrs. or Ms J. Jhonson 9500, you missed the point, banks DON’T restructure loans unless they create a credit default against the people who are asking for a loan restructure, FIRST. Then of course, any new deal will be WORSE than the one they already have.

      Our present president has probably violated the federal Hobbs Action, the extortion clause, obtaining property under the color of right by FORCING homeowners to default BEFORE they could even apply for a TAXPAYER FUNDED program called HAMP.

      Quit defending the banks, that ship has already sailed.

  • Jjohnson9500

    I just want to know what this guy did with the money when he refinanced him Mothers home. Listen, it doesn’t matter who you are, if you borrower a buck, you owe it back with interest as agreed to. I am so tired of people thinking they should just be given a home. How can this be the banks fault? If you borrowed a guy 200 grand, you would want your money back or keep what they put as collateral, right?

    Asking the bank to reconstruct the loan is great, ask away and if they do, it’s a gift and if they don’t and you can’t make the payment, get out of the home as agreed. The loan documents signed at closing don’t say anything about the banker must modify the loan when a homeowner that feels he doesn’t need to pay.

    One last note, the market crises has to do with owners buying a home that they can’t afford, bottom line. All of these buyers think they needed to be in a home that stretched them out financially. If you’re a buyer, why do you need a $300,000 dollar home? Or if you bought your home for $150,000 why did you need to refinance and pull the $100,000 out?
    I was approved for 250,000 as well when we were looking to buy a home, I could never figure out why so many people stretched out what they were approved for. I bought something way less than what I was approved for, I bought something so low, I could afford it with a part time job. If I lost my job and couldn’t find another to make the payments, I understood that it would go back to the bank. Maybe this is just being responsible.

  • Jjohnson9500

    Sean45 cound’t be more correct. Bobby made a poor decision and now has to face them. According to AlessandroMachi, if i go gamble 100,000 at a casino and loose it, can I tell the casino to give it back to me? History shows buying a home can be a gamble, at different times the market goes up and the market goes down. Bobby, GET OUT!

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      No, according to me, the rich get the best interest rates, and those struggling continue to struggle indefinitely because they subsidize the rich’s lower interest rates by paying ridiculously high interest rates on their homes and their credit card debt. Otherwise, just make the mortgage interest rate the same for everybody, but limit the amount one can get in a loan based on their income.

      The 99% have gotten tired of subsidizing the lower interest rates that the rich get on their mortgages, and the 99% are tired of subsidizing the higher interest rates that the rich get on their savings.

  • Jjohnson9500

    Sean45 cound’t be more correct. Bobby made a poor decision and now has to face them. According to AlessandroMachi, if i go gamble 100,000 at a casino and loose it, can I tell the casino to give it back to me? History shows buying a home can be a gamble, at different times the market goes up and the market goes down. Bobby, GET OUT!

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      No, according to me, the rich get the best interest rates, and those struggling continue to struggle indefinitely because they subsidize the rich’s lower interest rates by paying ridiculously high interest rates on their homes and their credit card debt. Otherwise, just make the mortgage interest rate the same for everybody, but limit the amount one can get in a loan based on their income.

      The 99% have gotten tired of subsidizing the lower interest rates that the rich get on their mortgages, and the 99% are tired of subsidizing the higher interest rates that the rich get on their savings.

    • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

      No, according to me, the rich get the best interest rates, and those struggling continue to struggle indefinitely because they subsidize the rich’s lower interest rates by paying ridiculously high interest rates on their homes and their credit card debt. Otherwise, just make the mortgage interest rate the same for everybody, but limit the amount one can get in a loan based on their income.

      The 99% have gotten tired of subsidizing the lower interest rates that the rich get on their mortgages, and the 99% are tired of subsidizing the higher interest rates that the rich get on their savings.

  • Rr

    You can’t make this stuff up: when folks came to occupy the house Mr. Hull stopped payments on, he served everyone a seafood gumbo with lobster. Here I sit eating rice and beans so that I can finish paying off my house and he is eating lobster while living for free off of somebody else’s nickle. Rich!

    Perhaps if he ate less lobster in the past he could have made is payments and still had a house.

    • Tjlabey

      Surprise me Rr and put your full name behind your viewpoint. Then the discussion we can begin the discussion.
      Tammy Fischer Labey

      • Rr

        Why is a full name necessary? The facts are the facts regardless of who says them. Would you also demand full names from those who dissent against the Chinese or Taliban?

        • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

          Because you are making an accusation against a person and using their full name in the accusation.

          • Rr

            What accusations? I have only stated what Mr. Hull can afford lobster. Is that not true? Do I need to post the URL and the minute of the interview where he said it?

          • Rr

            Here is the video where Bobby is cooking lobster (minute 6):

            http://www.theuptake.org/2011/12/07/banks-leave-homeowners-out-in-the-cold/

            I can’t recall the last time I ate lobster! I can’t afford it because I pay my mortgage, my union dues, and my taxes so that folks like Bobby do not have to live within their means.

  • Rr

    You can’t make this stuff up: when folks came to occupy the house Mr. Hull stopped payments on, he served everyone a seafood gumbo with lobster. Here I sit eating rice and beans so that I can finish paying off my house and he is eating lobster while living for free off of somebody else’s nickle. Rich!

    Perhaps if he ate less lobster in the past he could have made is payments and still had a house.

    • Tjlabey

      Surprise me Rr and put your full name behind your viewpoint. Then the discussion we can begin the discussion.
      Tammy Fischer Labey

    • Tjlabey

      Surprise me Rr and put your full name behind your viewpoint. Then the discussion we can begin the discussion.
      Tammy Fischer Labey

      • Rr

        Why is a full name necessary? The facts are the facts regardless of who says them. Would you also demand full names from those who dissent against the Chinese or Taliban?

        • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

          Because you are making an accusation against a person and using their full name in the accusation.

          • Rr

            What accusations? I have only stated what Mr. Hull can afford lobster. Is that not true? Do I need to post the URL and the minute of the interview where he said it?

          • Rr

            What accusations? I have only stated what Mr. Hull can afford lobster. Is that not true? Do I need to post the URL and the minute of the interview where he said it?

          • Rr

            Here is the video where Bobby is cooking lobster (minute 6):

            http://www.theuptake.org/2011/12/07/banks-leave-homeowners-out-in-the-cold/

            I can’t recall the last time I ate lobster! I can’t afford it because I pay my mortgage, my union dues, and my taxes so that folks like Bobby do not have to live within their means.

          • Rr

            Here is the video where Bobby is cooking lobster (minute 6):

            http://www.theuptake.org/2011/12/07/banks-leave-homeowners-out-in-the-cold/

            I can’t recall the last time I ate lobster! I can’t afford it because I pay my mortgage, my union dues, and my taxes so that folks like Bobby do not have to live within their means.

        • http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

          Because you are making an accusation against a person and using their full name in the accusation.

      • Rr

        Why is a full name necessary? The facts are the facts regardless of who says them. Would you also demand full names from those who dissent against the Chinese or Taliban?

  • Rr

    You can’t make this stuff up: when folks came to occupy the house Mr. Hull stopped payments on, he served everyone a seafood gumbo with lobster. Here I sit eating rice and beans so that I can finish paying off my house and he is eating lobster while living for free off of somebody else’s nickle. Rich!

    Perhaps if he ate less lobster in the past he could have made is payments and still had a house.