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Someone should censor these ignorant responses.

We are learning that in serious brain injury, there is white matter (nerve connections) damage that is not apparent on standard CT & MRI.  I agree that not everyone with a head injury develops this condition but it exists and people have to deal with the consequences.

I am not stupid.  Not in the slightest.  I have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and was a successful professional prior to my injury.  It took six months to see my brain injury because my physical injuries (namely broken limbs, broken ribs and crushed foot) the more subtle nature of my disabilities went unnoticed.  For example, I was in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for almost four months.  During that time I didn’t have the opportunity to do arithmetic or even notice I had trouble following complex trains of thought.  I was focused on the here-and-now: learning to walk.  You may notice my writing is still good.  Strangely if I focus on a single task my faculties are good.

I am not sure if it is worth responding to your depressing reply.  I did NOT sue, because the accident was just that, an accident.  Perhaps the medical system failed me in some respect, but I can walk without a cane now so I am overall happy with my care.

Please be more cautious with your assumptions and careless statements.  Your words can be quite hurtful to people who have already suffered their fair share of hurt.

I’m sure your feelings are hurt.  Perhaps writing so eloquently aggravates your “serious brain injury”? 

You sued the other party and maybe even the doctor that treated you, or tried to, until even the whiplash lawyer laughed you out of his office.  And now you’re on “disability,” because without the ability to do complex math, you can’t be expected to earn a living.  After all, what do these people think you are, Mexican?

Goldbrick away.  No one’s stopping you.  Just don’t expect anyone to respect you for it.

Here’s my rambling rant on this thing:

Firstly, I’ve had two family members with “serious brain injuries”.  One’s dead, the other’s still going. Both were brain tumors with one tumor being “the largest I’ve ever removed” (surgeon’s words).  So, I hope this grants me the “moral authority” I need to comment on this subject.

When someone posts that they have an illness of some kind, you’ve got people that just flat out believe it, people that don’t believe it, and people that shrug and say, “Who knows?” I happen to be in the “Who knows?” category with the tendency towards not believing pretty much anything I read.

Now we throw in this mortgage crisis that was driven by stupidity and greed. Lots of people that got caught up in it want to play the victim card. They are victims, but so many are victims of themselves.

My point is that people simply don’t believe the excuses even if they are true, because we’ve heard one too many lies. So, they spout off with reckless abandon… like I’m about to.

Regarding the house part of the article, it stated:

The family bought three nice cars, and in 2005 put a down payment on their $1.3 million dream house in a quiet Aliso Viejo neighborhood.

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“Back then, I would get my paycheck and just pass it to Arlene,’” John says. “I didn’t think twice about what was coming in, or going out.”

Hello? This is screaming irresponsible! This is BEFORE the accident. Look, we don’t really know the situation, but this fits the pattern we’ve seen so many times. They probably would have lost the house regardless of the accident.

As far as the brain injury:  I believe it. And everything Kurtz says about brain injuries is correct. But, this doesn’t absolve the family if they did indeed act irresponsibly with their finances BEFORE the accident.

Here’s what gets me. And I am not targeting the family in the article. I’m targeting all the dumb Republican/Libertarians/Free market nutcases in OC. Yeah, you are all idiots. Now that this whole thing has blown up, pretty much everyone of you that got caught up in your own greed is screaming for help from someone or screaming that someone should have prevented this. Who?

The government? Really? You mean the same government that you all cry about whenever they attempt to enact any type of controls on business?

How about when you get sick and go bankrupt from medical bills? Oh, poor you. Yeah, when people tried to enact universal health care you called them bums and told them to get jobs. You reap what you sow you filthy bums. Why aren’t you working now? Again, I’m talking to the OC free market nutcases here.

Your disease is short sightedness.

Anyway… This family in the article? I’ve got no idea their political views. But, I do know if we had more people with common sense we would have had health coverage for the poor guy and his main focus would be on getting better, not on financial concerns. Missing doctor’s appointments to save money?  Yeah, that’s not something we as citizens should feel ashamed of.

And up yours all you “The Fed/Fannie/Freddie caused this” idiots. Really? The Fed run by Ayn Randian Alan Greenspan? Fannie Mae that was privatized? Freddie Mac that was created to deal with the stupidity of privatizing Fannie Mae? Blind jerks.

I’m kinda mad for some reason. Can’t really put my finger on it.

Anyway, Heinrich, if you are telling the truth then I hope you get better.

Ouch, too bad there’s no procedure to add common sense or empathy. You need it.

Heinrich Kurtz writes so well.  Surely he can find something to do that takes advantage of his abilities.  95% of the population does not write or reason that well.

The lack of the ability to do complex math is a shameless way to excuse living off your wife and taking hand-outs.  Or “charity”, as he put it.

As the real estate market continues to plunge, there will be “victims” coming out from all sorts of places.

Go IHB!

Nice analysis.

I think this house would have made it on IHB, if it weren’t located in Aliso Viejo but in Irvine.

This guy just pushed leverage to a crazy level.  The $73,000 tax debt that IRS has on him is not going to go away, even though he’ll walk out on his mortgages, medical bills, etc.

At least he didn’t pull a HELOC out, like we’ve seen in many IHB posts lately.  I have no doubt he would have pulled a HELOC by 2007 if he wasn’t hit by this car.

Kirk, Dr. Greedscam hasn’t been a Randian since he gently and in a non-public way, detached himself from Ayn Rand and her little “collective” back in the 70s. He never declared his “independence”, but simply dropped away, and he has departed from her stated philosophy in so many ways since that you have to figure he returned to his Keynesian roots from the 70s forward.

A true Randian would have publicly championed the abolition of the Fed, what agency has done nothing but create massive credit bubbles and drive inflation.