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[quote=SK in CV][quote=no_such_reality][quote=SK in CV][quote=no_such_reality]No SK, the house already sent over appropriations to reopen critical parts of the government which the Senate rejected.

The Senate is playing our way or the highway and the Media is singing the tune saying the Republicans are to blame.[/quote]

Imagine this scenario. We have president Romney, a Republican controlled Senate and a Democratic controlled house. And the house refuses any continuing resolution that doesn’t include raising the top tax bracket from 39% to 45%. They’ve refused any conference on the issue with the Senate for nine months. The government shuts down, and they send appropriations bills over to the Senate that only include continuing funding for Obamacare, Head Start and the NIH.

Which party would be playing “my way or the highway”?[/quote]

Nice extortion, just like the media.

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Exactly. The republicans are playing as if they can change laws by funding only the parts of law that they approve of. That is extortion. Pay up or we burn the house down.[/quote]

I can see a future where GOP controls the presidency and Dem.s control the house. Dems will refuse to fund govt. until president agrees to total gun control.

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[quote=desmond]What happened? Really now. You will never be able to scream and demand gun control (a la POS Morgan). All the belittling, emails, stats, celebrities, etc, are just a waste of time. And I think they just are feel good measures not to accomplish anything but look at me actions.[/quote]

If you are gloating because you want to celebrate the defeat of a sensible measure to prevent a tragedy, then I don’t need to call you any name _ You yourself are showing your character to others.

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If it is important to you, I would double check which schools are assigned to this community. My vague recollection is that some new houses in this area fall under poway unified ( I.e. not CV schools)

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It has been named the Battle of Stalingrad for the hedge funds.

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[quote=desmond]

More typed words- check
More name calling- check
Small (or doubtful)donation-check
Do nothing- check
Thanks Enron[/quote]

Keep thinking that I don’t matter/don’t donate/will not do anything. You will feel better. Denial is a good thing.

As for the name calling – there is no shame in telling truth.

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[quote=desmond][quote=enron_by_the_sea]I just donated to Brady campaign.

Who else can I donate to?[/quote]

The good thing for gun (responsible) owners is that the gun control crowd does very little other than type a few words, call people names, and donate a few bucks. Responsible gun owners have been preparing for years, with gun training, gun safes & locks, ammo and gun purchases, etc.[/quote]

Yes keep telling yourself that. Its a free country – everyone has a right to live in denial.

The funny thing is I used to be middle of the road on guns until last month – until I heard NRA. Now I have concluded that NRA are thugs and we need another thug in the town.

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I just donated to Brady campaign.

Who else can I donate to?

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[quote=Paul0373]Hey KIBU, get out of my face with all of your Gun Control Garbage. You know what? I’ve never felt the need to own a personal firearm until you self-righteous, Constitution hating Communists decided to start going after yet another personal liberty. Listen to Feinstein, Cuomo, Emanuel, Obama… and yourself.. You all make me ill. If I want to own 50 ARs and a million rounds of ammunition, that’s my business bud. If you’re so naive to think that this government is disarming us for our good while they(feinstein) have concealed carry permits and armed guards(all of them), you are a naive fool. Please, crawl in a hole until you have enough votes to amend the Constitution and until then I’d be happy to buy you an NRA membership and take you to the range for some target practice.[/quote]

I am now going to donate to gun control organizations and vote against any politician who does not support gun control.

In fact, next election, I am going to donate to opponents of all guntard candidates in swing states…

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Others are picking this story up also (see http://www.businessinsider.com/the-hottest-neighborhoods-in-america-in-2013-2013-1?op=1)

Moving trucks are being loaded up all over America now soon to be heading towards Mira Mesa as we speak …

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[quote=SD Realtor]Appraisers are not hired by lenders anymore and have not been for the past few years. They are hired by appraisal management companies. There is no contact between an appraiser and a lender.[/quote]

SDR is correct. I don’t think appraiser hitting some number for the lender/borrower is an issue anymore. However we have crossed over to the other extreme – these days appraisers seem to have every incentive to be as conservative as possible. Which is OK but it would slow down any rebound in prices. ( And without some modest rebound in prices, we are probably not going to see any inventory… )

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Any evidence that wealthy taxpayers are leaving the state (the OP notwithstanding, who has never actually paid 10% of income in state tax, nor would he ever)? That has not happened when taxes increased in CA in the past, nor is there evidence it’s happened in other states that have raised their top marginal rates.[/quote]

I don’t know the statistics, but at least one person I know is moving to Nevada.

He doesn’t need to work for a company. Has no family ties to this state. I can understand why moving to Nevada becomes attractive to him. Most people affected by prop 30 won’t move because they have a job, family, friends and roots that will keep them here.

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If only we all carried guns to the movie theatre ..

Only person who can stop a bad guy with gun in a movie theatre is a good guy with gun …

But this happened in spite of all the tough gun control laws in California, therefore they do not work, so let’s get rid of them …

This guy would get guns anyway and any measure would only affect others who won’t have access to guns …

It is a small price to pay for the defense against oppressive govt. which is definitely coming finally after 300 years, now that communist Obama is in power …

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So I got the following letter in the mail today.

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My name is XXX

I have clients who are looking to buy a twinhome in your subdivision of xxxx, they are willing to pay you full value in today’s market. Please let me know if you are thinking to sell your home. We have a loan in place and are ready to go as soon as we can find the right property.

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Realtor XXX

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The funny thing, however, is that I just refinanced and the appraisal came in quite low – quite a bit lower than even late-2010, when I last refinanced. So I am not sure what to believe.

IMO even if there is great demand+low inventory out there, appraisers are not going to let the prices rise much for some time to come.

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[quote=flu]don’t worry. they will[/quote]

California is like a 50+ lb overweight person who thinks he lost 25lbs, but the others around him think that his weighing scale is broken.

Now his left brain is urging him to continue with the program and right brain is urging him that it is enough…

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[quote=SK in CV]

No. It is a fallacy to call the Senate “Democrat controlled”. In order to get to a vote, bills require 60 votes. Republicans in the Senate have held up more votes than any other Congress by far. In 2009, they held up twice as many votes as during a 20 year period a generation ago. It’s only gotten worse since then. Republicans have effectively held up votes on every substative issue, including budget resolutions. Democrats can’t get a bill passed if they can’t vote.[/quote]

If I start saying that senate republicans have not voted to pass a budget since 2009, it will not be inaccurate.

But that is about as meaningless as saying that Senate has not passed a budget, or house has not passed a budget that is acceptable to senate, or that Obama has not proposed a budget that is acceptable to the house etc.

In reality it takes two (or three) to pass it and if it doesn’t get passed, blame goes everywhere equally.

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