It's been said before, but I agree that there's plenty of blame to go around. The people who signed up for ARMs and balloon payment loans, the thieving scoundrels like Madoff, the corrupt politicians like Barney Frank, the reckless practices of Fannie and Freddie, etc.
I would also add that I have a hard time sympathizing with real estate speculators who've gotten burned when I only own one house and it's where I'm trying to raise my family. To a point, I haven't got anything against people looking to enrich themselves off of real estate, but they ought to bare in mind that when they drive up prices (as they did in Maricopa County, Arizona), it makes it harder for would be homeowners to find a place to live. Thanks to what's going on in the world around me, I've had a paycut, an increase in my health insurance premiums, face rising energy costs and general inflation, and may actually get dragged down the drain even though I didn't pull the plug. I used to be able to afford my mortgage, but times are getting difficult. My "thanks" to those whose greed has put us all in this situation.
But really, I think the blame ultimately lies with those who have defied the will of God and have made a habit of mocking and insulting Him. I blame the people who refuse to observe the Sabbath. I blame the people who have abortions for convenience. I blame the people who violate the law of chastity and the word of wisdom. I blame the people who let their idea of right and wrong be inspired by one or another political party (especially one that celebrates perversity, obscenity, and militant secularism, among many other very bad ideas), instead of by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
In short, we are living in Sodom and Gomorrah, and the burning sulphur is already starting to fall from the sky.
Thanks a lot to those people who couldn't be satisfied with their unholy practices and beliefs being kept to themselves, and instead insisted on having them broadcast on the street corners and in the town square. Thanks a lot to those who get all worked up about CO2 emissions but couldn't care less about "Bruno" playing at their local theatre.
The wicked are destroying this country. They are pulling down the wrath of a just God. And unfortunately, the rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. Time for us all to get our food storage. We may need it sooner than we may have thought.
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