[ManicMangaManiac]

Moe and Jennifer,

I totally agree with what you posted about this article; the whole thing is a national travesty and I can fully identify with what the people profiled in it are going through. Although I've got an attorney working on my behalf to get a mod through Option One, I can't seem to shake the horrible feeling of depression that's been hanging over my head like the proverbial dagger... to make matters worse, I'm not sure I have a job anymore because I got sick with pneumonia, complicated by asthma and have missed more than two months. i've tried several times to call the HR manager, without success (line busy, switchboard opr hung up on me, manager was out of the office, etc., etc.)

I'm looking at having to apply for food stamps and Medicaid just to get through the summer, and I'm not sure what's going to happen with my utilities either. Just two weeks ago, I was arrested at home for failure to appear in court (I couldn't get there because of my illness and because my 18-year-old Honda had broken down) and was incarcerated for three days before my younger brother came and bailed me out.

It was HORRIBLE because I could not get anyone at the detention center to let me call the former county DA/KS Attorney General (with whom I had consulted a few times about possibly filing a class action suit against OOMC); they totally ignored my pleas and the TDDs there are next to useless. Nobody there knew how to work that &#@*!! setup so I was pretty much incommunicado with the outside world--it was only after repeated requests that a deputy relented and called my brother for me. In the meantime, I had to spend most of my time locked up in a tiny cell with a paper-thin rubber mattress on a steel platform and the overhead light blazing all night long; I cried the whole time and wouldn't eat anything. I was also worried sick about two of my dogs, both of whom had been left outside in the backyard and a horrible storm had sprung up that night and they were without food and water as were my other pets in the house. I'm telling you, I was never SO glad to have my freedom as I was when my brother got me out!!!!

The only bright spots thus far have been my wonderful pets (I really don't have any family left; both of my younger brothers are very distant) and the local Subaru dealership that came through for me BIG time after I called a local radio show's talk line asking for help in getting my car repaired. The dealership not only did over $1,000 in repairs to my car for free, they also filled up the gas tank, gave me a sack of groceries and a $150 gift card towards future repairs. Talk about a HUGE emotional lift right there!!!!

Needless to say, I need another huge emotional lift as far as my house is concerned, and I wish the same for everyone else in this country who is suffering from the fear, stress, sleepless nights and tears. I just wish to God that WE could somehow make the powers-that-be at OOMC, WaMu, Countrywide, Citi, Wells Fargo and others SUFFER, and I mean, really suffer for their sins!!!!

Sally