Originally posted by bulldetector
Fall of Rome stuff.
We have hit the bottom.
You fhave to have some sense of humor in life. Is it so bad?

Originally posted by nixie_nox
reply to post by bulldetector
In Rome, people were raped and murdered in front of a crowd for entertainment. Though awful, Jersey Shore is a vast improvement.

When the housing market went into the toilet in 2008, all of those house-flipping shows that were hits on basic cable went down the drain too. But now that the housing bust is apparently over, reality TV producers seem to think it's once again high time to dedicate hours of airtime to flipping.
CNBC, which some may still remember as a financial news channel, recently decided to get into the reality business and among the seven shows it is developing is "Flipping Wars: Las Vegas," which fulfills the reality TV trinity of a buzz word "flipping," the name of the city in which it takes place, and the now required use of "Wars."
Finally, the press release does not answer the question that immediately popped into my mind, and that is whether the audience at home will get the opportunity to view the actual foreclosures themselves. But CNBC does promise an entertaining time with “bold characters” and “big stakes” for their “highly affluent, educated and influential audience.”
For those of you who are unawares, Las Vegas was one of the ground zeros of the housing boom and bust. Home prices there have been plunging for years, and the mortgage delinquency rate is currently in double digits. Nevada itself leads the nation in foreclosures. Las Vegas’ unemployment rate is rising, and was 12.1 percent in June, something that also contributes to the downward real estate spiral.
The tragedy of foreclosure is now entertainment for rich people. How fun.