[NotCranky]

Nicely said PW. I enjoy reading someone like you or Allan, who can praise and criticize the U.S. so articulately and even handedly and also isn’t afraid to do it.

I was in Vancouver and other parts of southern B.C. for the Worlds Fair(Expo?). Very nice to visit. That was 20+ years ago.

[NotCranky]

Nicely said PW. I enjoy reading someone like you or Allan, who can praise and criticize the U.S. so articulately and even handedly and also isn’t afraid to do it.

I was in Vancouver and other parts of southern B.C. for the Worlds Fair(Expo?). Very nice to visit. That was 20+ years ago.

[NotCranky]

I lost my wonderful, well thought out post Allan. Anyway I have contemplated the internment issues from many angles. I have even seen essays by Japanese of the era who had the opinion that it was not completely unjustified. As you point out Japan then Vs. China now are completely different.
Anyway, FLU was more concerned of ramifications that occured circa 1980 and I don’t blame him. I don’t have confidence that the U.S.,from the upper levels of power to the blue collar guy who will go ape shit when he losses his job in the factories, is very different with regards to the tendancies you describe in your last paragraph,over the entire time frame discussed so far.

I am sure we both wish it were better.

Disclaimer: editing issues due to feeding baby and having already lost a perfect work of art on the topic…Good luck reading that.

[NotCranky]

I lost my wonderful, well thought out post Allan. Anyway I have contemplated the internment issues from many angles. I have even seen essays by Japanese of the era who had the opinion that it was not completely unjustified. As you point out Japan then Vs. China now are completely different.
Anyway, FLU was more concerned of ramifications that occured circa 1980 and I don’t blame him. I don’t have confidence that the U.S.,from the upper levels of power to the blue collar guy who will go ape shit when he losses his job in the factories, is very different with regards to the tendancies you describe in your last paragraph,over the entire time frame discussed so far.

I am sure we both wish it were better.

Disclaimer: editing issues due to feeding baby and having already lost a perfect work of art on the topic…Good luck reading that.

[NotCranky]

I lost my wonderful, well thought out post Allan. Anyway I have contemplated the internment issues from many angles. I have even seen essays by Japanese of the era who had the opinion that it was not completely unjustified. As you point out Japan then Vs. China now are completely different.
Anyway, FLU was more concerned of ramifications that occured circa 1980 and I don’t blame him. I don’t have confidence that the U.S.,from the upper levels of power to the blue collar guy who will go ape shit when he losses his job in the factories, is very different with regards to the tendancies you describe in your last paragraph,over the entire time frame discussed so far.

I am sure we both wish it were better.

Disclaimer: editing issues due to feeding baby and having already lost a perfect work of art on the topic…Good luck reading that.

[NotCranky]

I lost my wonderful, well thought out post Allan. Anyway I have contemplated the internment issues from many angles. I have even seen essays by Japanese of the era who had the opinion that it was not completely unjustified. As you point out Japan then Vs. China now are completely different.
Anyway, FLU was more concerned of ramifications that occured circa 1980 and I don’t blame him. I don’t have confidence that the U.S.,from the upper levels of power to the blue collar guy who will go ape shit when he losses his job in the factories, is very different with regards to the tendancies you describe in your last paragraph,over the entire time frame discussed so far.

I am sure we both wish it were better.

Disclaimer: editing issues due to feeding baby and having already lost a perfect work of art on the topic…Good luck reading that.

[NotCranky]

That is just awful. You might take heart in the fact that Arabs and Muslims are not being rounded up in mass and put in internment camps at the current time as the Japanese were in WW2. I expect propaganda and backlash against any threat to U.S. agenda or supremacy but let’s hope nothing like that will ever happen again with so little justice. It is just disturbing. See Arraya’s post about monkeys in the “Love of God or money thread”.

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/
That is a book you might like, also a movie.

[NotCranky]

That is just awful. You might take heart in the fact that Arabs and Muslims are not being rounded up in mass and put in internment camps at the current time as the Japanese were in WW2. I expect propaganda and backlash against any threat to U.S. agenda or supremacy but let’s hope nothing like that will ever happen again with so little justice. It is just disturbing. See Arraya’s post about monkeys in the “Love of God or money thread”.

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/
That is a book you might like, also a movie.

[NotCranky]

That is just awful. You might take heart in the fact that Arabs and Muslims are not being rounded up in mass and put in internment camps at the current time as the Japanese were in WW2. I expect propaganda and backlash against any threat to U.S. agenda or supremacy but let’s hope nothing like that will ever happen again with so little justice. It is just disturbing. See Arraya’s post about monkeys in the “Love of God or money thread”.

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/
That is a book you might like, also a movie.

[NotCranky]

That is just awful. You might take heart in the fact that Arabs and Muslims are not being rounded up in mass and put in internment camps at the current time as the Japanese were in WW2. I expect propaganda and backlash against any threat to U.S. agenda or supremacy but let’s hope nothing like that will ever happen again with so little justice. It is just disturbing. See Arraya’s post about monkeys in the “Love of God or money thread”.

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/
That is a book you might like, also a movie.

[NotCranky]

“must drive by property before calling for additional information.”

This comment strikes me as odd. I think, why wouldn’t they want to discuss the property with you? What if you are from out of the area?

I searched craig’s list for Atlanta rentals and from that it appears that you are correct, they should be around $600 or better. So maybe the seller actually meant “net”? In that case I would have serious concerns about the building or the area because deals like that don’t linger,if they come up at all. Of course it says don’t call for additional information until you drive by! Some questions you might ask if you did call are, what are the rents ,are there are any “red flags” you should now about the building. Specifically ask about any structural, title or code enforcement issues. Is it for some reason expensive to insure?

If it is a scam deal they wont want to talk with you much or they will say things to make you very worried….like they don’t want an escrow or something like that. If things seem too good to be true they probably are.

[NotCranky]

“must drive by property before calling for additional information.”

This comment strikes me as odd. I think, why wouldn’t they want to discuss the property with you? What if you are from out of the area?

I searched craig’s list for Atlanta rentals and from that it appears that you are correct, they should be around $600 or better. So maybe the seller actually meant “net”? In that case I would have serious concerns about the building or the area because deals like that don’t linger,if they come up at all. Of course it says don’t call for additional information until you drive by! Some questions you might ask if you did call are, what are the rents ,are there are any “red flags” you should now about the building. Specifically ask about any structural, title or code enforcement issues. Is it for some reason expensive to insure?

If it is a scam deal they wont want to talk with you much or they will say things to make you very worried….like they don’t want an escrow or something like that. If things seem too good to be true they probably are.

[NotCranky]

“must drive by property before calling for additional information.”

This comment strikes me as odd. I think, why wouldn’t they want to discuss the property with you? What if you are from out of the area?

I searched craig’s list for Atlanta rentals and from that it appears that you are correct, they should be around $600 or better. So maybe the seller actually meant “net”? In that case I would have serious concerns about the building or the area because deals like that don’t linger,if they come up at all. Of course it says don’t call for additional information until you drive by! Some questions you might ask if you did call are, what are the rents ,are there are any “red flags” you should now about the building. Specifically ask about any structural, title or code enforcement issues. Is it for some reason expensive to insure?

If it is a scam deal they wont want to talk with you much or they will say things to make you very worried….like they don’t want an escrow or something like that. If things seem too good to be true they probably are.

[NotCranky]

“must drive by property before calling for additional information.”

This comment strikes me as odd. I think, why wouldn’t they want to discuss the property with you? What if you are from out of the area?

I searched craig’s list for Atlanta rentals and from that it appears that you are correct, they should be around $600 or better. So maybe the seller actually meant “net”? In that case I would have serious concerns about the building or the area because deals like that don’t linger,if they come up at all. Of course it says don’t call for additional information until you drive by! Some questions you might ask if you did call are, what are the rents ,are there are any “red flags” you should now about the building. Specifically ask about any structural, title or code enforcement issues. Is it for some reason expensive to insure?

If it is a scam deal they wont want to talk with you much or they will say things to make you very worried….like they don’t want an escrow or something like that. If things seem too good to be true they probably are.

[NotCranky]

“Sorry if my scorning bothered you. I’m just a sarcastic shit by nature. Been that way all my life. Didn’t mean to piss ya off.”

Sounds like we are two peas in a pod ..I was not angry I was having fun.

“I’m asking if someone sees something that I’m overlooking, or some flaw in my logic, that I should be considering.”

You must be kidding?

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