Grab Your Torch ‘n Pitchforks! At-risk homeowners storm mansions of mortgage CEOs

[Fireweed247]

Hundreds of people trying to save their homes from foreclosure flocked to Connecticut's wealthy Gold Coast this weekend to give financial kingpins a piece of their mind.
Homeowners are fed up – and many are frustrated that those who lead the companies that gave them their subprime mortgages live in luxury while they struggle so hard to meet their loan payments and not fall behind.

On Sunday, hundreds of angry homeowners and volunteers traveled in vans and minibuses and protested outside Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack’s multi-million-dollar mansion to tell the wealthy finance czar how they really feel.

The group, led by Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), also went to Greenwich Finance CEO William Frey, among others, as part of what NACA calls the “Predator’s Tour.”
Sporting bright yellow shirts that read, “Stop Loan Sharks,'' protestors demanded more accountability from the CEOs of the financial institutions responsible for the millions of unaffordable mortgages in the state and across America.

"We can’t let them live quietly in a lap of luxury while they throw hard working Americans out on the street," NACA explains on its Web site. "This action is within our legal rights as Americans to peacefully protest and meet with those who control our family’s livelihood."

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Grab-Your-Torch-n-Pitchforks.html

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. I saw that this morning on the news!

It was a thing of beauty. :D

[malaise]

42. Love it

Please post a link.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

61. CNN had a report --

I am on dial-up, so digging around can be a bit troublesome for me. :(

[KansDem]

2. "Torches and pitchforks?" Hell, I'm beyond that...!!!

[kestrel91316]

23. Oh, yeah, take all the credit. You stole that idea from me!

[KansDem]

26. Okay, okay, here...

[Confusious]

82. Add one

For me too! I don't want the two of you to have all the fun!

[KansDem]

94. All right! One more for you...

But that's all! I mean, let's don't lose our heads over this! ;)

[Initech]

31. Machine guns and flame throwers might be more effective.

[DKRC]

46. Ah, but Madame Guillotine only needs a bit of filing

and she is ready once more.

:evilgrin:

[JohnnyBoots]

55. Keep it dull. We can drop it as many times as it takes. It's slower that way. nt

[GiveMeFreedom]

66. I'll push them in, if you pull the lever!

[KansDem]

109. You're on!!!

And welcome to DU! :hi:

[GiveMeFreedom]

113. Thank you for the welcome, Glad to be here!

I am ready to roll up my sleeves and take back our country. I plan on dieing on my feet fighting, than on my knees begging. Unless of course I have to get on my knees to shove the repugs and their associates in the guillotine to get the job done, I am sure you will forgive me? :fistbump:

[valerief]

91. BINGO!

[KansDem]

110. It's hard to miss with one of these babies!!!

[20score]

3. Great!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

4. K & R

:applause: :kick:

[glitch]

8. love your DU username nt

[Earth Bound Misfit]

15. Thanks...

:hi:

Floyd's best song post Roger Waters, IMHO. Even though the song actually describes Gilmour's thoughts on flying, for which he has a passion, it just seemed to fit.

A soul in tension thats learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i

[glitch]

21. I agree. I actually saw a concert in that tour. It was awesome.

They had a huge screen behind them where they showed videos to their music, the Dogs of War video was effectively burned into my brain even though the song itself isn't that great IMO.
I also really like On the Turning Away.

And now your username not only took on a trip down memory lane it is also going to make me find an old cd and listen to it again. Cool, and thanks!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

58. ...and I learned a bit about PLASServile...

Sounds like a lovely community.

See you "on the dark side of the moon" :toast:

[glitch]

69. Shine on you crazy

misfit! :toast:

[havocmom]

5. Gated communities? The guards are from worker class! CEOs beware the agents of the people!

This is just a start, and a rather polite start, considering the shit that has trickled down from the corporate ruling class for 30 years!

[Fireweed247]

11. ya-we need infiltrators to take jobs as guards

and be ready to open the gates when the mob comes :applause:

[nichomachus]

22. Most of the guards ARE us

I know lots of people who work at guards at gated communities. They're just folks like you and me, making a few bucks. They're not going to risk their lives for the fat cats.

We have a lot of gated communities around here -- some, mostly private homes, do come with armed guards, but they're in a significant minority. Most guards are young folks who can't find any other jobs -- or retired people who are trying to make ends meet. They are unarmed -- and just as pissed off as the rest of us. They thought they'd be retired and living the good life now -- not working a guard gate for $8 an hour. They are not Blackwater.

We have one with Secret Service protection, but I think that's down to a single guy now.

[havocmom]

25. I fear a some of the guards have personality traits not unlike the Brown-shirt Thugs of the 30s

Sadly, some are in it for the illusion of power. We all know of cops who have the same bent.

Not all guards and law enforcement, but the carrot of illusionary power over others always acts as bait for flunkies the powerful can persuade to do their bidding. Seems like the bush/cheney years brought an increase in such tendencies.

[nichomachus]

33. "some" -- but most are like Barney Fife

[havocmom]

35. Thus the advisibility of getting some of us into those jobs

;) We need kind, fair people helping the Barneys in the field, otherwise, too many will follow the brown shirt types

[AlexDeLarge]

93. Don't disparage Barney

He knew what was right and what was wrong. His heart was in the right place. He just needed the occasional forceful reminder to get the right attitude.

[havocmom]

99. I didn't disparage Barney, but lots of 'Barneys' in the world follow the leader

That can be a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on the leader

[RamboLiberal]

52. Unfortunately might be a new job opportunity for Blackwater

Wouldn't put it past the CEO b*stards.

[Fireweed247]

38. cool

"They are not Blackwater"

then...What are we waiting for? More PLEASE!

[intheflow]

56. Guards?

What about the maids, nannies, gardeners, landscapers, dog trainers, pet-sitters, etc? They think they live in gated communities safe from the riff-raff, but they wouldn't be able to enjoy their quality of life without letting at least some of said riff-raff into the house and grounds.

[FailureToCommunicate]

104. Right! Remember Ghandi's India and the Sepoy (sipahi) Mutiny of 1857! Got

to watch out who are minding the gates and the children...

[intheflow]

107. Seriously, don't even need to think about mutiny.

I always think about how conservatives are all like, "Healthcare is a privilege, not a right." But when looking at the working class folks who take care of them, all that would really have to happen would be for an epidemic to break out before they finally understood that membership in gated communities doesn't have that much privilege after all.

[glitch]

6. and so it begins... nt

[Soylent Brice]

7. ditto. n/t

[jwirr]

9. Could be - at least they know that the people are there.

[glitch]

13. Real people, neighbors, affected by their own greedy actions, not just forgotten names on papers

filed away somehere. And by neighbors I mean in the family of man sense.

[grasswire]

12. I'm reminded of a poem from 1916

...

and the day will come with a red, red dawn and you in your gilded halls
shall taste the wrath and vengeance of the men in overalls.

[glitch]

18. Chilling, short and to the point.

The result of breaking the civil contract ain't pretty yet somehow it is periodically forgotten.

FYI googled and found this "In 1916, hobo and Wobblies agitator Harry Kirby McLintoc(sp?) predicted in his "Hymn of Hate": "And The Day shall come, with a red, red dawn;/ And you in your gilded halls,/ Shall taste the wrath and vengeance of the men in overalls." from an unnecessarily nasty new yorker mag article which I won't link.

and he may've also been a singer songwriter under the pseudonym Haywire Mac if it's the same guy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McClintock

[grasswire]

39. there's more

"For ours are the hands that govern, in factory, mine and mill.
And we need only to fold our arms, and the whole wide world stands still!
So go ye, and study the beehive, and do not quite forget
That we are the workers of the world, and we have not spoken -- yet."

[glitch]

40. I love it! I love the wobblies too. Thanks for posting.

Have you seen the movie "The Take" about workers in Argentina taking over a factory and continuing to run it (profitably) after the "owners" abandoned it in the economic collapse?

[sasquatch]

79. That is awesome

:thumbsup:

[FailureToCommunicate]

103. Another Depression era poet, Markham's "Man With the Hoe" - last stanza

last stanza:

O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
How will the Future reckon with this Man?
How answer his brute question in that hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world?
How will it be with kingdoms and with kings--
With those who shaped him to the thing he is--
When this dumb Terror shall reply to God,
After the silence of the centuries?

[Greyhound]

34. Guess I should've read through the replies before replying myself.

:rofl:

[glitch]

36. It's just those great minds, doing what they do! nt

[cascadiance]

72. Yes, and so it begins!...

Earlier Lamont started the grass roots uprising! Muadib! Muadib!!



Then we had Lehman CEO "Dick" Fuld, punched out at a health club!



http://dojorat.blogspot.com/2008/10/smash-mouth-on-wall-street.html

And now the next steps are happening now!

It's just a matter of time folks. Where that *ugly* threshhold gets crossed, and there's no turning back. I hope it doesn't get that far, but I DAMN well hope we can find some way of getting rid of these crooks in power now so that we can avoid this march to hell...

[glitch]

75. Totally agree about not getting so far into ugly that we all lose our humanity.

But we really do need to take care of the termites if this house is to remain standing.

[liberal N proud]

10. It's about time

Looks like they are focusing on the right people.

[Oak2004]

14. All it needs right now is a little bit of organizing

Really. That's it. I hope every DUer with organizing skills is working up a protest in their community.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

16. K&R n/t

[anonymous171]

17. YEAH! Good for them! K&R

[newtothegame]

19. Unfortuneatly, "within their legal rights" does not mean "will result in anything"

Those douschebags will sit in their mansions and turn up the tv; why do they care?

[kestrel91316]

24. They will care when they hear breaking glass and see flames.

[OnionPatch]

20. Woo Hoo!! That's the spirit.

My elderly (and very liberal) mother always told me that taxation of the rich to offset some of the income discrepancy between the classes was the "price of a civilized society." In her words, taxation and other balancing policies are the best way to "keep the mobs from storming the gates."

The storming of the gates has begun.

[ChromeFoundry]

27. We're at a tipping point.... n/t

[ljm2002]

28. Good for them...

...here's hoping it sparks more such actions across the country...

[Greyhound]

29. And so it begins...

:kick: & R

[pleah]

30. K&R

[Initech]

32. To use a Simpsons quote - "There's no justice like angry mob justice."

[foxfeet]

37. K&R

:kick:

[Ichingcarpenter]

41. Rick Sanchez on CNN is covering this story now

With the organizers on the show now.
I'm beginning to like Rick more.

[KT2000]

43. Like the man said

the CEOs are still working to preserve their assets at the expense of the people they have already screwed. But now, everyone is going down the tubes.

[bunkerbuster1]

44. About f-cking time.

"We can’t let them live quietly in a lap of luxury while they throw hard working Americans out on the street."

Indeedy.

[leftstreet]

45. "None of the protesters were arrested" Wow, talk about class distinctions

If these had been impoverished inner-city protesters they'd have been tear gassed by swat teams.

What a country.

[anonymous171]

47. When the middle/formerly middle class revolts, it's all over the for rich. nt

[fascisthunter]

71. yeeeee-up

[tomreedtoon]

48. Why it failed: nobody died.

It would be pitiable if one of the mob was killed. But it would have been sensational and rallying if one of the rich bastards was murdered. Double score if it was caught on camera.

You wimps may think this deserves a dripping sarcasm icon (I can't afford to buy one), but as anyone who watches the news knows, nothing happens until you see somebody being killed. Ask Rodney King.

[McCamy Taylor]

49. As predicted by the survivord of the Great Depression in "Hrad Times"

in the Second Great Depression, the middle class victims will not blame themselves. They will blame Wall Street and the "Banksters".

[The Wizard]

88. Bankers will not jump from office windows

They'll be thrown.

[xyouth]

50. It is almost time to eat the rich!!

The meat of the rich can be tough and a bit gamey. I would first start with the meat from the rump, thighs and calfs. If they play tennis or jog the meat can be tough, So take the meat and burry it in salt to draw out the blood. Next soak it in a milk bath for about a day. The acids in the milk break down the fiber of the meat to make it more tender. I am recommending using it in a stew. The vegetables infuse beautifully with the meat of a banker. Start with 1 large whole onion. Caramelize onion in the bottom of a large soup pot with a half a stick of butter. Add 4 Large sliced carrots and 3 stalks of sliced celery 4 large baking potatoes cut up in chunks. 4 cups of beef broth. Bring to a boil and fast simmer until Veggies are soft. Add another 4 cups of broth and a pound of the prepared banker cubed. Bring to a slow boil for about 40 minutes. If you like you can add a few cups of red wine at this time. (hopefully it is wine you stole from his reserves when you took him.) Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add 3 tbl. spoons of flour. stir thoroughly. Serve over rice. :toast: :toast:

[Greyhound]

62. The young ones can be very tender and tasty too.

I prefer them thinly sliced and then quickly sauteed in a nice garlic butter sauce.

One warning though, watch out for the implants, they can show up in game normally thought to be too young in other cases, and if you fail to notice and pierce the membrane it can ruin much of your meat.

[xyouth]

83. Sounds delicious, and good advise on the implants. n/t

[The Wizard]

89. This recipe sounds like it came

from Jonathan Swift.
So I offer this modest proposal...........

[Buns_of_Fire]

112. Don't forget some fava beans...

...and a nice Chianti.:evilgrin:

[Are_grits_groceries]

51. Paging Madame DeFarge!! Paging Monsieur Marat!! nt

[specimenfred1984]

53. “Predator’s Tour”, that's a great idea

One to keep in mind.

[Odin2005]

54. So it begins... n/t

[Name removed]

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[BlancheSplanchnik]

59. absolutely AWESOME!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

greed criminals getting called on the carpet!! YEAHHHHHHHH!

MORE JUSTICE!! YES YES YES!!

[TBF]

60. It's a start. n/t

[Reeta77]

63. More of this, please!

:kick:

[Stinky The Clown]

64. Good!

[K Gardner]

65. Bravo !

[DebbieCDC]

67. It's about time

Americans have to realize this needs doing by THEM -- no one's going to help the average working citizen.

[lonestarnot]

68. Woot! Every day! They shouldn't rest!

K & R

[ColbertWatcher]

70. No pictures!? NACA needs better PR.

I checked DayLife and Yahoo and Google news, nothing yet.

Lots of crappy video however, but no quality photographs.

[Kablooie]

73. YES! They have to realize that a true, physical revolution is brewing unless something is done.

[cascadiance]

77. Washington folks! The clock is ticking!.... Is this REALLY where you want us going?

[NoSheep]

74. Some of the comments on that vid make my blood boil.

[vssmith]

76. Did John Mack have cake for them to eat?

[cascadiance]

78. ...

[AyanRand Is Dead]

80. They should've tossed the bloody CEO

Out of his house. Damn, bloody, free traitor.

[texastoast]

81. And so it begins . . .

K&R

[GreatInDayton]

84. Produce the Note!

I think we may be onto something here.

[Oilwellian]

85. Oh yeah!

I bet the scumsuckers move to an undisclosed location....soon. There are millions of people on the verge of losing their homes.

[NBachers]

86. There goes the neighborhood!

"Predator Tour" I love it!

[lutherj]

87. In the American Revolution we burnt down the houses of the royal tax collectors.

I'm not advocating anything like that. I'm just pointing out the historical parallel. Just sayin' we burnt down a lot of houses. I mean the revolutionaries did. I mean the founding fathers. You know.

[conscious evolution]

90. When push Comes To Shove

All you Wall Street bloodsuckers
Thinking you're so swell
Though you've made us nothing to eat
Nothing to wear, nothing to sell
Go tell the hungry it's your superior destiny
That allows you diamond buttons on your coat
I dare say you'll gurgle a different tune
When they slit your throat

Chorus:
When good turns to evil
And push comes to shove
We must save the world
With an act of love
J Puryear of Donna the Buffalo

[randr]

92. An appropriate quote I have never found the source of:

Without Religion the Poor would have eaten the Rich long ago.

[PassingFair]

95. Has anyone had experience refinancing with NACA?

Any one work with their counselors?

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

96. .

[Schema Thing]

97. I love NACA! great organization.

[Mad_Dem_X]

98. Excellent!

The peasants are storming the castle! Good for them!

[dcsmart]

100. the weak will always envy the rich and powerfull...think before you buy

:nopity:

[lala_rawraw]

101. French Revolution...

The bonuses are all but saying "let them eat cake"

[Arugula Latte]

102. More of this, please.

:bounce:

[npk]

105. Normally I would have said "Many of these people are/were part of the problem."

In the past my attitude would have been that many of the people who bought homes took on far too much debt, and should have been more responsible and not purchased a home that they could not afford. But after what I heard and saw on TV last night, as well as over the past few months my attitude has changed. I apologize to those that I have said were part of the problem. A great many of you were not.

[Blaze Diem]

106. No wonder Bush bought up a whole damn block in Dallas. To house his security force.

Live in fear you slimy shit.

[cascadiance]

108. Wal-Mart's probably been preparing for this for some time...

With secret and well-secured bunker they have...



http://www.joplinglobe.com/siteSearch/apstorysection/local_story_148015054

Anyone wonder if the Walton family knows that there will be a time when they need to hide and "hunker down" ('er "bunker down") when the pitchforks come out.

[cascadiance]

111. "And So It Begins" - Ambassador Kosh (Babylon 5)

http://b5.cs.uwyo.edu/bab5/snds/b5them5.mp3