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Are you helping him with his campaign? That is great experience.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 10:14 PM) +1 +2

Great Cowboy playoff game yesterday

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 04:27 PM) Actually, we had to come down in price so we can sell the house quick before we lost it to foreclosure. So after paying off the difference in the rest of the mortgage, we were left with only a few grand and we were still left in a bad position where we couldn't afford anything above 150k. That's a s***ty thing to have to go through. I suspect that your parents probably had a couple home equity loans out as well which ate into the equity. But if the values did not skyrocket they would have been forced to sell their home *and* still owed money. Not a silver lining, but not so bad. And you are correct, there are a wide range of people living in manufactured homes. We have many retirees that live here part of the year and they fill hundreds of these parks. I knew a guy who wanted to retire when he was 40, so he lived on 1/3 of his income and saved the rest. He lived in a nice trailer along the Fox River. And Rock is correct also. Some are in a state of ruin with poorly maintained homes and facilities.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) Well, here's an example: my family moved to Tinley Park in 1987 when it was still cheap and affordable. But by the time we had to sell the house in 1999, everything in Tinley Park was too expensive for us, including the rediculous property taxes, because too many rich people came to Tinley Park and built ridiculously big homes (especially along 179th street behind Andrew High School, and the Bristol Park subdivision along 80th ave near 179th). Those big homes caused the prices of small dumpier homes to skyrocket to the point where poor people like me and my family can't afford it. So basically my family were here first, but ended up "forced out of the neighborhood" because of how expensive it got. There seriously needs to be more advocacy for the erection of affordable housing such as modestly-sized single family homes, condos, townhomes, apartments, and even land set aside for a mobile home park in every suburb instead of letting developers run amok and build all these obnoxiously-big homes in a socially-irresponsible fashion that would cause the eventual displacement of those who are less fortunate. Wasn't it a good thing that your family's house went up in value? You buy a cheap house and watch it double or triple in value. Seems like a good thing to me.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 10:11 AM) I would too if I were you guys. He's the male, black Sarah Palin. Yea, I said it. See y'all are building a big tent!

be careful, I happen to like ELO's sound and own a few CDs.

The Dems have all the money and influence which comes with success in this country. Being the party of the disadvantaged is tough, but the GOP keeps trying, and we're a better country for it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 03:12 PM) Who was it, Alpha, who would really like this? H. Christ, 100+ dead people in custody over 5 years? Not that hard to believe. Some may even turn themselves in when they need major medical care. A little trick you hear now and then. The biggest issue becomes money. Holding someone in our jails is expensive. We generally like to release the "innocent until proven guilty". The real problem is if the offensive is being here illegally, there is zero reason for them to return for trial. With the high rate of people not appearing, we start holding more and more while they await a hearing. And many of these cases are not clear cut. I read about cases here where the person was born at home with a mid wife presiding. Those records are easily faked and many do not appear real. But the majority are real. It is a tough area of law to practice and adjudicate.

It's tough to be a Republican, no doubt about it.You would never hear about a Dem saying something like that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) Well that is how you build a big tent! What would Republicans have done?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 03:16 PM) WTF? So, what kind of person thinks in those phrases? Someone that looked at what it would take for a black man to get elected and speaking with a strong dialect would not help his cause. Why do people get so upset when they hear Spanish being spoken?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2010 -> 11:43 AM) I am going to crawl waaaaay out on limb and say that Pods doesn't scare me nearly as much as Maggs, Crede, Frank, or Cameron... forget the green?

Terrific memories

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 06:28 PM) They hate the gays less than California. Tourism.

before vermontis

I've always liked Pods and wish him the best of luck. Some moves work out better than expected, some worse. You really never know.

Delawareis a place I've never been.

I just went into sticker shock reading this thread. Holy crap at the house prices.

frankly, I guess you have not been to Indiana. Now your new state is pretty

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) Please do not call me a Texan. That is a horrible insult. He means an insult to Texans

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 05:17 PM) And to piss off people like me in line behind you... If I knew it was you behind me, I'd even make a mistake, rip up the check into 10,000 pieces, then ask the clerk to throw it away for me. Then I would carefully write another check, then tear it in half while trying to tear it from the check book, causing me to start all over again. Wait, that actually happened to me once while I waited in line at a sporting goods store. LOL, actually with all the winter Texans around here, they don't even notice.

Hmm, A great brisket BBQ, beans, rice, white bread, onions, jalapenos, RC, and a moonpie! Damn that is livin' large!

QUOTE (NIUSox @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 11:03 AM) Remember when people used to actually write checks I still do, just to teach the children behind the counter about life in the olden days.