A short YouTube monologue by Steve Wall (uploaded by Catherine Bell) connecting Black History Month to Nelson Mandela’s 1990 release after 27 years imprisoned, summarizing his membership and leadership in the African National Congress, imprisonment (including 18 years on Robben Island), and later release under FW de Klerk’s dismantling of apartheid. The video then shifts to contemporary consumer/remote-work trends—Airstream trailers now including office space—and concludes with a promotional statement about Titan Impact Group’s business of buying non‑performing notes, renegotiating mortgages to lower payments, and returning notes to performing status for resale.
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My fellow compassionate capitalists, Steve Wall here in the Wallseum again behind me, the great emancipator Abraham Lincoln. We will get more into his life later on this month. However, I wanted this to be the backdrop since it is Black History Month. Because I didn't have anything in the museum dedicated to today's subject. And that's very disappointing. I almost did. I had some, I was at an auction which I bid on some of our, our subjects paintings. But that did not happen. So I'm gonna have to bear down and then bring some, bring, bring my A game next time when it comes to this. So what am I talking about? I'm talking about today's fun video. First of all it is going to be fun because why not make videos if you, you can't have fun? But on this day in February 11, 1990, after 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was freed. And Nelson Mandela of course lived in South Africa at a time where apartheid was, was the law, it was the rule again, it's segregation. Blacks and whites had to be separated in everything. Where they lived, where they drank, every. All the laws dictated that they had to be separated. And it was white supremacy rule. Well, in 1944, Nelson Mandela, a lawyer at the time, joined the African National Congress. It was a political party, a movement that tried to peacefully protest against apartheid. In 1952 he became its deputy national president. However, in 1960 there was a massacre of innocent non violent protesters at Sharpeville. And after that Nelson Mandela decided that maybe the best way to go about this was through guerrilla warfare. In 1961 he was picked up for treason. In 1964 he was sentenced to life in prison along with some of his other co conspirators. He spent the first 18 of 27 years in Robben Island Prison. It was, I mean the conditions were horrible. He lived in a small cell with no bed, no plumbing. Once every six months he got to write a letter and receive a letter. And then once a year he got to meet with somebody for 30, 30 minutes. During this entire time he kept his hopes up. He called for prison reform, which fortunately they did give. Conditions were better after he left. In 1989, FW de Klerk became President of South Africa. And he started dismantle all the apartheid rules in their constitution. And of course in 1990 after 27 years, Nelson Mandela was indeed free. And then became the president of South Africa along with a new constitution. So this is very exciting. We're glad to celebrate today that that great event happened. Now just for something That's a little bit easier, a little bit fun for me is that there was an article today and we sent it out in paper form about how Airstream, the silver trailers that I love, made my, made my bones first in the, in the mobile home park business. I've always loved Airstreams. I'm fascinated with them. We have a factory just down the road here. Katherine catches me at it all the time. Anyways, Airstream is now incorporating office space in all their Airstreams. Seeing how that's the new, that's the new economy is that office home space is at a premium. People do want to stay in their homes. Going back to work in an office building, it's just not something that's going to return to the way that it used to be. So with that, as always with Titan Impact Group, we're more than happy to keep the office space American dream alive. Roasting marshmallows and making portfolio profits. Hey, why not? We, we do know that this landscape has changed and that there will be those who will need to work from home. But maybe because of the forbearance and the government handouts ending, because you know, eventually the government does get tired of or can no longer give out other people's money, people are going to need some help with the mortgages. We're all about that. We're about buying these non performing notes from the banks, renegotiating your mortgage to a lower, lower payment and then getting that mortgage reperforming so that we can then go and sell that note, a performing note, back on the stock market. So with that, we hope that everyone will be a happy camper roasting those marshmallows while making some profits in their luxury office space in their Airstream. With that, I am Steve Wall. I do know money and I am the sentinel of the American dream.
