An appeal from Brave New Films: "A crisis for every American" - Help us tell this story!

[Turborama]

Run time: 05:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJGTuqciTGo   Posted on YouTube: February 10, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 10, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1378

 
I just received this email and thought it was well worth passing on...

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If you're a Wall Street executive who drove your firm into the ground and nearly capsized the U.S. economy, it seems like all you have to do these days to get a multibillion dollar bailout from Congress is put your hand out.

But if you're like Guillermo San Pedro (who's in this video), a hardworking truck driver in Los Angeles who fell victim to a predatory loan and is at risk of losing his home, you're on your own.

Eight million people are at risk of losing their homes because Wall Street abandoned responsible lending practices to gain short-term profits. The housing crisis is not just a problem for families facing foreclosure - it's a problem for every homeowner in America. As long as foreclosures persist, home values will keep going down, and everyone loses. No Wall Street bailout will fix that problem.

We're http://fightingforourhomes.com/watch.php">collecting stories from people all over the country who have been hit by the housing crisis so we can show what's really happening on Main Street: while Wall Street takes hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer money to pay for lavish executive bonuses and luxurious office furniture, homeowners at risk of foreclosure still aren't getting any relief.

We need your help. Have you been affected by the housing meltdown? Foreclosed on? Underwater? Trapped in a predatory loan? Do you know anyone else whose life has been turned upside down by the collapse of the real estate market? Record your story, or the story of a friend, family member, co-worker, or neighbor, and http://fightingforourhomes.com/submit.php">send it to us. If you have a video camera or webcam, then please http://fightingforourhomes.com/submit.php">send us your video. You can also http://fightingforourhomes.com/submit.php#form">add your written story along with a photo we can post on our http://fightingforourhomes.com/index.php#map">interactive map.

We have gathered almost http://fightingforourhomes.com/watch.php">two dozen videos recorded and sent in by people telling their foreclosure story or a friend's. Here are two of them and check the site for more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpQNpXocJeU">Penny from Texas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1XpfxJRjs0">Holly from Florida

Help us tell the stories of families impacted by the housing crisis so we can give them a megaphone louder than Wall Street's. The banks have gotten their handouts; now it's time for working Americans to be put first.

Yours,
Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Foundation team

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I never ask for recs and/or kicks as I think that's really bad form but in this instance it'd be good to give this excellent campaign as much exposure as possible on here over the next 24 hours and more...

Thanks in advance ;)

[Pharaoh]

1. K&R

This should go viral..................

[corpseratemedia]

2. passing this along!!

it'll be a deluge

how will repugs deny this??

[Mithreal]

3. Awesome K&R

[Turborama]

4. ...

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[slipslidingaway]

5. K&R n/t

[Beaverhausen]

6. K&R

[mythyc]

7. K&R. Obama has made overtures that he will end this culture of corruption on wall street

and I really hope it extends far beyond CEO salaries, which I think it will. The big thing is that the entire market needs to be re-regulated and fraudulant mortgage and banking companies and executives need to be made an example of. We should all be watching this situation very carefully and making sure our voices are heard. The thing that gives me the most hope out of all of this is the spirit of community organization that is sweeping across our country. one voice can change the world....

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[Turborama]

8. A huge "thank-you!" to everyone who's helping spread the word about this excellent campaign...

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[ihavenobias]

9. K & R, 16th rec

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[Turborama]

10. Thanks, Tom

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