November 19, 2010

Lucifer Is Loose in the Land

By Bernie Reeves
It was the devil himself who said that the "future is not what it used to be." Lucifer, played by Robert DeNiro, was disguised as Louis Cyphre (get it?) in the edgy and disturbing film Angel Heart, starring Mickey Rourke before he lost his looks. This was 1987, before the election of Barack Obama and the beginning of the end of America as we knew it. Today, the future isn't just what it used to be; it's now a menacing and gloomy reality that a new Congress may not be able to alter.The key change in the construct is the end of home ownership as the "American Dream," a goal agreed upon culturally, politically, and most importantly, economically. And the dream was backed by a government program that actually worked. Loans were secured through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Congress obliged by allowing interest deductions for home mortgages. The result was increasing prosperity as Americans were able to create a secure investment to fall back on in troubled...(Read Full Article)