Coming soon to a country near you. I can hardly wait to have my own geyser-front property in Yellowstone.

Yellowstone wouldn't be up for grabs. If there's oil there, the GOP would rather have a oil pipeline replace old faithful anyday.

We should buy one of those islands. Make a nice Mediterranean base for us without having to accommodate host nation sensibilities. Slap a runway on it, along with a few administrative buildings and some fuel storage, and we'd be good to go.

Why don't they privatize the collection of the taxes ? Heck, turn it over to the Greek Mafia, they usually don't have any problem with collections.

I would like to purchase the island of Lesbos. I am a male but I've always felt like a lesbian.

Sounds like an ideal location for an airbase or missile installation

Now dirtydog that is funny! It's too bad that Greece is succumbing to the vile and corrupt Federal Reserve and their minions.

The United States is in line to get our country foreclosed upon, just like what’s happening to the European countries. The entire banking system is corrupt and rigged and the rating agencies are insignificant. Spain is the next Greece. It is just one of the dominoes that is falling as the money junkies move in to buy countries for pennies on the dollar who are involved with the Federal Reserve.

The governing elite of psychopathic bankers/Federal Reserve, Wall Street, corrupt politicians, and powerful mega-corporations create crises, then save us from the crises they created, while accumulating more control, wealth and power. This perpetual swindle has been going on for decades and has reached its zenith. This demented psychology is called Problem – Reaction – Solution. The take over of Europe and the rest of the world’s ecnomies has been planned for a very long time.

It is time to remove and arrest this criminal cabal that has enslaved humanity.

I think most people have figured out that Wall Street is one of the most corrupt and ethically deprived institutions on our planet. I think most people also know the media is bought and sold just like most politicians. We also know that Wall Street is one of many tools of the elite but not the main tool. What is very clear is that our financial system has an architect and carefully designed plan that is playing itself out in Europe.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is very brazen in its fear mongering that we have lost a decade economically. Especially since the IMF has been one of the biggest contributors to perpetuating the instability of the European crisis. The dominoes are beginning to fall in what is an orchestrated attempt by the banksters to consolidate Europe and eventually the rest of the world’s economies under one umbrella that is to be controlled by those that have always controlled currency and money. The most egregious aspect of this contrived extortion is that they are blaming the people who are the backbone of any economy instead of their greedy corrupt political and business leaders.

George Papandreou was pressured to quit because he lapsed into a morally and ethical responsible position by trying to give the people of Greece a say in their economic future through a referendum. This vote would have given the Greek people the choice to stay in the Euro zone and allow their country to be foreclosed upon by the banksters or leave the Euro regain their sovereignty and coin their own currency once again. The IMF bullied the smallest country as a litmus test for what is going to be a much more challenging foreclosure process when it comes to the larger economies. Spain and Italy are now in the cross hairs. This dilemma you are watching unfold goes to the core of the rotten apple that is the world’s financial system.

Folks, you are witnessing the death throes of a desperate corrupt financial system where the stock markets and the fractional reserve banking system are at its core. The volatility in the stock markets are a microcosm of the greed, theft and corruption that has perpetrated all aspects of our and other countries economic systems. In the United States, It doesn’t matter who’s in office. Our political system has turned into a two headed one party system with both parties serving their masters, Wall Street and the banksters/Federal Reserve. The stock market is just another ponzi scheme whose intent is to fleece the gullible at the bottom of the pyramid. The stock market is a rogue element of a financial system that is meant to funnel the wealth to the elite/banksters who soicopathically control our financial lives. It is reaching a point where there is nothing more to take from the 99% of the world. The banksters would separate you from your rainy day fund if they could gain access to your shoe box or secret compartment in your purse or wallet. The stock market isn’t the main problem; it’s the fractional reserve banking system that has set the foundation for outright theft. We are experiencing the biggest bank and investment robbery in history and the banks and financial institutions are doing the robbing. When you blame one political party or another they have you right where they want you, in fear, divided and distracted to the theft that is going on right in front of your eyes each and every second of the day.

When you have people on Wall Street day trading and speculating making half a million dollars a year in their twenties betting on people being foreclosed on, you need to ask yourself what is the true purpose of our banking system? At the moment it is largely a theft on the American public. MF Global CEO, ex Goldman Sachs CEO John Corzine knows this and knows that nobody with his connections have served any time for stealing the investor’s money (1.6 billion at last count). The financial system’s main mission should be to allocate capital to areas of greatest growth in the real world economy. Yet they allow all kinds of broker speculation and financial gimmicks such as the derivative markets which are based on non-realistic side bets which are now in the quadrillions. The derivatives market was illegal for most of the 20^th century.

The European banking crisis is a prime example of what is going to happen to all economies associated with stock market fraud and the Federal Reserve banking system. The financial strife in Greece is the model that will befall most countries. Greece is but a symptom of a cancer that has attached itself to the world’s economies. The Federal Reserve (which is neither federal nor a reserve) has been creating money (monopoly money) out of thin air and charging interest on it insuring a debtor economy for anyone who chooses or is forced to get involved with the Federal Reserve and their fractional reserve banking system. That is why this whole European or any countries current debt crisis will never be resolved and will be preyed upon by the stock market vultures. The Federal Reserve System is designed to cause economies to fail.

If someone loans you two dollars to run your economy and expects three back for the loan and interest how are you going to pay the third back? You can’t unless you borrow more dollars which puts you in perpetual debt and in a constant borrowing cycle to pay off the debt. This is designed not accidental.

Here’s the kicker, once the Federal Reserve/banksters have you struggling to pay off your interest, they send in their loan sharks the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF will loan you money to cover your ever burdening interest payments but they attach a provision that if you default, you will have to give them your assets in what they call privatization (foreclosure).

Since the interest is exponential, you will default and the banksters will come in and try to foreclose on your country, like Greece, Spain’s next. They are being told to sell off their own country to pay back the people who caused the mess to begin with. This allows the elite to steal your intrinsic valuable assets because they gave you paper (loans/debt) and the interest on the debt that is systematically impossible to pay back. This also allows the parasitic stock speculators to profit from this designed theft. They not only know the outcome of an economy, they can gamble on the economic bubbles at the investor’s expense. This cancer goes all the way down the food chain.

In the United States case, it doesn’t have to be that way. In our constitution, in Article 1, Section 8, it stipulates that we can “coin money” as a nation and avoid the Federal Reserve’s interest (fee charged on loans) black hole.

So don’t be fooled that the Europeans can come to grips with their financial debt, it’s impossible, it’s a designed virus that has spread around the globe. The Europeans are now replacing their leaders with technocrats/ex Goldman Sachs banksters. These people haven’t been elected by anybody. The stock market vultures will continue to contrive “financial instruments” (credit default swaps/credit derivatives) to defraud the people of the world.

The Federal reserve at the end of the day, is just another private company and its debts are NOT the debts of America or the American taxpayer. What we are looking at folks, is the demise of the most vile and corrupt institution ever put on Earth

Banks, Central banks, World Bank, BIS, IMF = Federal Reserve = Debtor economies, Debtor Nations (economic slaves) and carrion for the stock market derivative heist.

Some one please burst into Obama's reelection committee meeting and yell, "location, location, location..." This will be cheaper than all we paid for that airstrip in Bagdad.

TRUST...very very well said.all i said was, what a racket.but you hit the nail squarely on the head.

This could be us very, very soon. I mean we could very easily be in the same boat as them as soon as tomorrow, like, having to give the Chinese a 50 X 50 square mile tract of land with a silver mine on it (all of which would be Sovereign Chinese territory) just south of Boise, Idaho

What's this fixation on China? China owns just about 3% more US debt than Japan (and that margin is shrinking).

Trust, just grow up. It is called spending past your means. If you cant pay it back dont borrow it. I am sick and tired of those blameing the banks for their failure to be able to pay back a loan. Once again, live within your means, if you cant afford it comfortably dont buy it. No one has forced anyone to sign on the dotted line. What is evil Trust is that millions of healthy Americans live off the backs and hardwork of others.

What the Nazis couldn't accomplish with their war machine in April 1941, they've pulled off 71 years later with their banks.

hungrymongoose

China and Japan cut us off last month when we got our second credit downgrade. Since then Obamas been printing funny money to pay the bills. We will be bankrupt next year so hang on. I feel sorry for the 47%. They will be warming theirsevles under a bridge by a nice pallet fire roasting Big Bird for dinner.

FORWARD???????

"Buy the USA from Wall Street Today, Prez Romney will soon be making that the call"

Obama just blocked a company from China from purchasing a wind business that is near a US Airforce airport and now they are SUING !!!!!

@Janet Anderson

Not to mention Obama propose a bill TWICE to put more taxes on companies that ship job oversea and you guess it. GOP blocked that bill TWICE.

Hey guys I just bought something called the "Parthenon" from the Greek government paid 2 thousand dollars for it they wanted 2500 but I wouldn't budge...............did I do ok? I just hope it isn't something really old and run down.

gtouch

Get an engineers inspection first, hopefully the purchase is contingent on that report :)

Who was the real estate agent, Achilles?

I wonder if a Greek Bank will underwrite a mortgage for me without an income check and that I can walk away from?

HungryMoose, the Chinese or anybody else would be strained enormously to find much in the way of multibillion dollar businesses in Toledo OH.

Hello Dennis, with sheeple like you the elite can get away with anything. You would be the first to bend over at airports and public places if the presstitutes reported a suppository bomber was found. Wake up and quit being part of the problem!

Dennis how is money created? Who creates it and who is liable for it? Don't know do you? If you did you wouldn't have made that last post. Ignorance is bliss and those that were left behind should pay attention and learn!

@ Gtouch

I think you should have haggled more. I heard that thing is really old, so you probably overpaid.

China and Japan cut us off last month when we got our second credit downgrade.

Really? Is that so? Then why does foreign money continue to flow into the US? Foreigners may not like our economic policies, but there's really no other place that can absorb large amounts of investment with relative safety.

I'm not saying that things don't need to change. But, this "woe is us, the Chinese own everything" attitude is not only factually incorrect, but counter-productive.

Seriously, Greece should not sell pieces of itself. No country should have to do that. They should do what we did in 1776 to the British. I am sure there are those that would help them in such an effort.

Hello Empress, you are right! In 1971 when Nixon took us off the gold standard we for all intents and purposes outright defaulted. Gold was pegged to the dollar at 35 dollars an ounce. When France saw that we were creating more dollars than we had gold to back it up they asked for their gold back and Nixon wouldn't allow it. I agree Greece should leave the Euro.

This is what happens when you have a free spending government (GOP) and a government that either won't collect the taxes (Greece) or a government that won't tax (GOP). Mitt Romney=George Bush III.

Some of the privatization does make sense, but I think you are right. They will eventually default and go back to the drachma--similar to Argentina.

They don't have to default. They can go back to the Drachma and revalue all debts in the new currency, using whatever exchange rate they want.

That would be stupid & dangerous. What do you think Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, etc. would do? If they figure they can default, it creates a moral hazard, and anarchy would follow.

If you are going to the drachma to help stimulate your economy there is no point in paying your old debts off. Why continue to transfer resources out of a weak economy to make your creditors whole. In the future, creditors should be more careful who they lend to.

If you are going to the drachma to help stimulate your economy there is no point in paying your old debts off.

Why? Because some of that debt is owed to Greek citizens, who would be better off being paid in drachmas than not at all.

That would be a good idea. Sam Adams what would you propose? How's the brewery by the way?

Or they could see how fast they can continue to spend money. I'm sure the Dems know what they are doing. Face it if you think either party has any idea how to stop this you need to pull your head out and take a breath cause your about to pass out.

They can't lower them, because nobody pays them anyways, you can't go lower than 0 ...

Perhaps they should just reign in the out of control entitlement spending... NOT let people retire at 50... oh, that's right, I forgot... Socialists would rather see countries go into the cesspool than do the sensible thing....

i really try not to lean too far left or right, so as not to get top heavy and fall over; but do any of you really believe the Federal Reserve and IMF care if you are democrat or republican? It's not the 47% they are after; it's the other 52% (that only leaves 1% for those mathematically challenged)! the economy, by any name, is not "trickle down" like a funnel, but built more like a pyramid...on the backs of slaves. While the sheep run left and right the predators feast on us one at a time, patiently waiting while we divide the herd for them. trustverify said it best, i just thought i would paraphrase for those tempted to overlook those long, scary facts.

Somehow I knew this would happen. Goldman Sachs and the morgage frauds all over the world and Capitalisms hatred and fear of Socialist nations. Dump them and buy the property. Same as homeowners in USA. What dangerous times we live in.

FedUp . . Did you know that over 25% of Greeks Debt is from MEDICAL COSTS of their entitlement programs?? (NPR, John's Hopkins Colloquim and various other sources).

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012 . . . KEEP ME ALIVE, TAX EVERYONE & SELL EVERYTHING!!!! : )

They can't lower them, because nobody pays them anyways, you can't go lower than 0

Someone should tell that to Mitt, GE and the other US companies that pay no taxes while making billions.

do-able... but it would be one skinny strip of land... 4 miles is ~6000m, so the average width would be 76 m. Fortunatly the typical golf course is a bit less than 6000m long...

yuppers macallen,, you better rethink your math 9,000 m x 5,000 m is 450,000 sq m. the average city block is 500 ft x 500 ft which is approx, 160m x 160m

Your math is off. 450000 is 670 meters, or a little less than half a mile, squared. That's about 20 city blocks in Manhattan. Four miles of coastline is probably inaccurate but an 18 hole golf course is easily doable.

In the end it doesn't matter because as soon as the Greek government has spent the money, they'll start threatening to nationalize the properties again.

450,000 sq m = 111 acres, a lot more than a city block..and just enough for an 18 hole golf course and a club house and a small resort. You pretty much need an absolute minimum of 90 acres to fit an 18 hole course, so you'd have up to 21 acres to do everything else in, which is more than enough.

Note that traditional golf course configurations required up to 160 acres for 18 holes, but it's possible to compress that down to 90 by folding the links.

you guys got it all wrong, see, you tee off from green #2, while the others tee off for green # 1, that way you have 2 holes on the same fairways! That way you compress an 18 hole golf course into a 9 hole course!

body armor and helments are a must!

It's still unclear how 450,000 sq m can comprise 4 miles of coastline and an 18-hole golf course.

The simplest case is a rectangle with an area of 450,000 sq m,

With a coastline length of 4 miles [4 x 1760 x .9144 = 6434 metres], the width becomes 70 metres.

Unless you place the tee in the sea, it doesn't seem plausible to constrain an 18-hole golf course within a narrow strip of land 70m wide

Your math is off. 450000 is 670 meters, or a little less than half a mile, squared. That's about 20 city blocks in Manhattan

Not in GOP MITT math.

I don't know where you got your opinions, cryder but it sounds like commercial propoganda. Greece got taken over by GoldmanSachs frauds. They got sucked into all the phoney paper for sale. Even morgages from the USA. These guys sacked them purposely with this land grab in mind. Its called Economic War for Control by "The Market System". If you don't play, the big guys will take you away.

So, the massive bail out for banks, the price fixing rate scam started with Britain and the massive housing bubble, those are only localize in Greek?

Nice way to spin it, it happens globally and you know who receive the massive welfare money from government in these countries including the US? Corporations and banks, that's who.

cryder... like it or not, "O" was put in office by (gasp!) majority vote. That would be, you know, the majority of the American people. Can you say "majority vote" without dribbling all aver your bib? BTW, he didn't have to steal it with "hanging chads,", his brother "the Guv" or his daddies "Supreme" court either. You should learn how to show a little respect for a sitting president, like him or not. I'll bet you fancy yourself a "real patriot" too, huh?

That's all they know -- blame Bush, tsunami, wildfires, Europe, video, etc. etc. God forbid they actually take ANY responsibility for the lack of leadership, knowledge, and integrity. It's all they have. So let them weep and wring their hands when they actually have to EARN their keep, pay taxes, and get some skin in the game. A real patriot would be proud to contribute to the country instead of sitting back and let the taxpayers fund their lame life.

TM, you got the propoganda right. This is exactly what they want you to think. If your really interested in forming your own opinion research Goldman Sachs takeover of Greece.

JULEA... Are you deliberately trying to confuse these folks with facts? It sounds, to me, as if they're confused enough already. A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools." Albert Einstein

Dotties girl... Do you suffer from short term memory loss or is it just "selective?" Eight years to trash the place and you want it dug out yesterday. Well, do you know the problem with "instant gratification?" It doesn't come soon enough for the likes of you. Why don't you people just say it? It's about a Black Man in the White House, period!

Without term limitations and mandatory retirement for ANYONE in office nothing will change.

Wheels... Amen! Term limits, term limits, term limits. No (lifetime) health insurance after leaving office, either. Politicians should live like the rest of this nation. You know... you're on your own!

"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office." H.L. Menken

Steven... "But still they have money to give to other counties..."

Ummm... that's WE, Steven There is no "them." It's us. If WE don't like it WE should change it.

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world" Mahatma Gandhi

"Many people consider the things which government does for them as social progress, but they consider the things government for others as socialism." Earl Warren

hmmm.. If Romney wins, we might want to take you up on that offer, as long as we can buy it ourselves...

From what we can tell in the news these days liberal government is not the way to go. California cannot raise enough capital to pay its debts. In just 50 years.. liberals have destroyed Utopia on the West Coast.

Besides, I think obama has already promised California to Mexico. That is why you see all of the AZATLAN signs replacing state signs.

Wow. Nice tin foil hat.

That's the truth! lol

YES ALAN!!! YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT . . ITS YOUR SOUL!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN . . Together we can Do This . . YOU Paying for ME!!!!

All that stuff about worms is a bit icky. I'm surprised Joel Osteen would resort to that imagery.

Are you saying Israel is going to buy Greece?