Comments on: Ohio man decides to teach bank lesson, bulldozes foreclosed home

By: M. Johnston

M. Johnston — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:09:09 +0000

And this…

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/homeland-security-lone-wolves-circulating-us/story?id=10030050

By: M. Johnston

M. Johnston — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:06:32 +0000

And this: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/archive/2010/02/26/violent-incidents-involving-anti-government-extremists-appear-to-be-growing.aspx

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:34:34 +0000

Stuff like this: http://www.newser.com/story/81536/soldiers-cops-form-backbone-of-growing-militia-movement.html

By: cogmeyer

cogmeyer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:12:43 +0000

I don’t know Mark. If I look at the last period of economic stagnation and unemployment during late 70’s – early 80’s, I have a hard time seeing the protest and upheaval that came out of it. The same party retained control of Congress during the entire time. Carter lost the ‘80 election, but it could be fairly argued that he was only there in the first place as a backlash from Watergate.

I was a kid living in the backwaters of Northern Wisconsin (who coincidentally saw his family’s farm and sawmill business foreclosed on by the bank, and many of our belongings sold at bank auction)… But I don’t recall significant levels economic protest and upheaval during this time, which so far most closely matches the current recession. I remember anti-war protests, and the no nuke movement, and the air traffic controller strike…. but not large scale economic or political protest.

What do you see Mark that makes the current situation different?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:27:17 +0000

Interesting insight. I don’t mean “revolution” as in all out coup, I mean a climate of protest and upheaval. And I do think this incident sums up the frustrations of millions of Americans in the same boat. This is only the beginning. I think it’s going to get way worse before it gets better.

By: cogmeyer

cogmeyer — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:21:16 +0000

I like sticking it the bank as much as you do. And there is no better way to stick it the bank than with a bulldozer.

But I am not quite sure about this being another sign of the pending revolution. An enormous $350K house with pool in suburban Cincinnati doesn’t signify Mr. Hoskins as a member of the downtrodden middle class.

And to have a locally owned bank that works with you for ten years while you settle a business dispute with your brother seems pretty generous by any banking standard.

I think you have to take this incident at face value… a hard working businessman who is fed up with a slew of economic & business challenges, and wants to tell the bank to F off in a big bold way. At least he is not driving the bulldozer or flying a plane into the bank building.

If Terry Hoskins wants to tear down his house, that is a financial (and maybe criminal) matter between him and his bank. But it’s probably not indicative of the coming revolution.

Better signs of the coming revolution will be the rise of extremist political figures and political movements. Sarah Palin may be little bit an indicator of this, the Tea Partiers probably not. But when you start seeing ultra-right or ultra left/communist figures rising up on the national state is probably a better tell on when to buy iron for your windows!