Comments on: Memorial Day http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/ A Commonwealth United to Defeat Mitch McConnell Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:58:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CW http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/#comment-6445 CW Tue, 27 May 2008 18:01:20 +0000 http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/#comment-6445 Why did thousands of military people and their relatives help give Bush a second term? Why are military wives forced to go to foodbanks to feed their kids while Bush claims military families don't need that pay increase he vetoed? Why are they losing their homes while off fighting an illegal war in eye-rack? http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/27/foreclosures-in-military-towns-quadruple-the-us-rate/ Bloomberg reports today that “in the midst of the worst surge in mortgage defaults in seven decades, foreclosures in U.S. towns where soldiers live are increasing at a pace almost four times the national average“: Foreclosure filings in 10 towns and cities within 10 miles of military facilities, including Norfolk, Virginia, home of the Navy’s largest base, rose by an average 217 percent from January through April from a year earlier. Nationally, the rate was 59 percent in the same period, according to RealtyTrac, which tallies bank seizures, auctions and default notices. The biggest surge was in Columbia, South Carolina, home to Fort Jackson, where the Army trains recruits for combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. Properties in some stage of foreclosure rose 492 percent from a year earlier, RealtyTrac said. The second-biggest increase was 414 percent in Woodbridge, Virginia, next to the Marine Corps Base Quantico. “We’ve never faced a situation like this, not in the Vietnam War, World War II, or the Korean War, where so many military are in danger of losing their homes,” Paul Sullivan, the executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, told Bloomerg. Why did thousands of military people and their relatives help give Bush a second term?
Why are military wives forced to go to foodbanks to feed their kids while Bush claims military families don’t need that pay increase he vetoed?
Why are they losing their homes while off fighting an illegal war in eye-rack?

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/27/foreclosures-in-military-towns-quadruple-the-us-rate/

Bloomberg reports today that “in the midst of the worst surge in mortgage defaults in seven decades, foreclosures in U.S. towns where soldiers live are increasing at a pace almost four times the national average“:
Foreclosure filings in 10 towns and cities within 10 miles of military facilities, including Norfolk, Virginia, home of the Navy’s largest base, rose by an average 217 percent from January through April from a year earlier. Nationally, the rate was 59 percent in the same period, according to RealtyTrac, which tallies bank seizures, auctions and default notices.
The biggest surge was in Columbia, South Carolina, home to Fort Jackson, where the Army trains recruits for combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. Properties in some stage of foreclosure rose 492 percent from a year earlier, RealtyTrac said. The second-biggest increase was 414 percent in Woodbridge, Virginia, next to the Marine Corps Base Quantico.
“We’ve never faced a situation like this, not in the Vietnam War, World War II, or the Korean War, where so many military are in danger of losing their homes,” Paul Sullivan, the executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, told Bloomerg.

]]> By: Jim http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/#comment-6437 Jim Tue, 27 May 2008 03:25:30 +0000 http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/#comment-6437 It's a sad day when Kentucky's 2 senators vote against the 21st Century G.I. Bill. In the opinion of this writer, Mitch and Bunning can no longer say, with any honesty, they support the troops!!!!!!!!!!! It’s a sad day when Kentucky’s 2 senators vote against the 21st Century G.I. Bill.
In the opinion of this writer, Mitch and Bunning can no longer say, with any honesty, they support the troops!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Kenneth Stepp http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/#comment-6434 Kenneth Stepp Tue, 27 May 2008 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.DitchMitchKY.com/1473/memorial-day/#comment-6434 We owe these uniformed heroes a debt that we can never repay. I hope the Democratic Party will carry on the banner of standing up for our troops, both on the battlefield, and when they return home. Kenneth Stepp. We owe these uniformed heroes a debt that we can never repay. I hope the Democratic Party will carry on the banner of standing up for our troops, both on the battlefield, and when they return home. Kenneth Stepp.

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