Sometimes, I get frustrated that the government never seems to be able to fix anything in this country.
For instance, we can't seem to effectively stop mortgage banks and their foreclosure mills from introducing forged and fraudulent evidence of land titles into the public records. Sketchy docs are filed in courthouses and used in courtrooms every single day.
Good news, though-- I have the perfect solution!
What we need is for someone to take charge of the situation and not only stop the fraud, but to get rid of all the forged and fraudulent documents that already exist, right?
Well, I've got an idea for the perfect man for the job-- perhaps the only man in the world who has single-handedly cleaned up all the forged land title documents in an entire country-- Libyan military strongman Colonel Mu'ammar Gadhafi!
In 1992, Reuters News Service reported that Libyan leader Mu'ammar Gadhafi had incinerated Libya's land titles. "All records and documents in the old land register, which showed that a land belonged to this or that tribe, have been burned," Colonel Gadhafi reportedly informed a meeting of his justice ministry. "They were burned because they were based on exploitation, forgery, and looting."
maidan.org.ua/Hernando_de_Soto_Mystery_of_capital.doc
That's the kind of thinking outside the box that we need to bring integrity back to our land records. And, from what I hear, he's going to be looking for work soon! Can you say "Foreclosure Fraud Czar?"
(I wonder if those Libyan tribes were using robosigners?)