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I read Bgates’ posts last night, and I thought that bgates had suffered a mental break-down. It’s common for conservatives to “loose it” so I just shrugged them off (just joking :)).

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My experience it that especially with RE, patience is well rewarded. Don’t ever buy or rent out of frustration if you’re not finding the right deal. Something better is always around the corner.

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I agree with you 4plexowner.
Here’s a link to a great house at Aviara in Carlsbad for $2100. Why would anyone want to buy and pay more than double to buy? It’s too far north for my brother and his girlfriend but it’s a good deal.

Owner bought for $432,500 on 3/27/2002. For that purchase price, they aren’t cash flow positive.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/apa/235378823.html

$2100 / 3br – 3/2.5 Detached Home in Gated Community!
Reply to: [email protected]
Date: 2006-11-15, 2:19PM PST

Lovely executive 3 bedroom, 2.5 home in the gated community of Marea in Aviara, Carlsbad. 1705 square feet, small enclosed backyard. Amazing community pool and spa with ocean views! Brand new neutral paint and carpet throughout! Two car garage. Close to beach, shopping, Four Seasons Resort, and more. Beautiful inside and out.

One year lease required. $2100 deposit and credit check required.

Available now!

7065 Surfbird at Blackrail

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Here’s a link to a better, more complete NY Times article on the life of Milton Friedman.

NY Times Article

 

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bgates is certainly very knowledgeable and well-informed. Her(?) defense of GWB and the Iraq War is like the performance of a good attorney defending her powerful (possibly guilty) client. Think Kenneth Lay. The court of public opinion has already spoken but the trial is still going on and the jury won’t deliberate for a while.

Since we’re “in court,” let’s define what “win” means. Based on the expectations created by the Bush Administration, we can probably agree that a win in Iraq means that 1) Iraq retains its territorial pre-war integrity/unity, 2) Iraq develops a multi-party democratic government, 3) the sectarian violence stops, 4) Iraq develops a “prosperous” economy where the per-capita GDP is at least equal to that of Iran, 5) American troops are reduced to less than 10,000.

I can accept that we shouldn’t say that we lost the Iraq War since it’s still going on. However, we are certainly not yet winning. The war itself is not over so it can’t be called a failure. But, so far, the implementation of the war has been a failure.

Can the Administration rescue the war and turn it into a win by their own definition? I doubt it. They are going to redefine what win means and reset the public’s expectations. That’s probably what Republican strategists are working on right now.

The real estate bubble will be still be deflating a few years from now. I think that Iraq will be over before the real estate bottom. So, in a few years, Piggington will still be around and we’ll be here to start a thread on whether we won or lost.

In the mean time, we can continue to debate how the war is being fought. The tactics for winning the war have so far turned disastrous. Bush has two more years to see his strategy to fruition. The problem is that his strategy is democracy, unity, prosperity, they-stand-up-we-stand-down rhetoric. What kind of strategy is that? How can the strategy be the same as “winning” itself?

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Thanks for the link CONCHO. I didn’t know that Rush was a closet case, but now I do. I have gay friends and I can assure you that no self-respecting gay man would go to bed with Rush. As a closeted gay man, Rush probably has to work very hard for sex, hence his bitterness, ha.ha.

I’m glad that those hateful gay bashers have all been revealed to be gay themselves.

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bgates, I have no problem with invoking God since I’m a non-practicing Catholic (I would say I’m a humanist). To me, invoking God, when done appropriately, is simply calling for altruism.

I just don’t want some politicians’ interpretation of what they believe are God’s words (and laws based on their interpretation of those words) to control every aspect of our lives.

JFK was by no means perfect; but he was a great orator and had the ability to inspire.

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Please share your rental experience with us.
My brother and his girlfriend are looking to rent a house in an area where they can bike around for fun. Coronado is flat and bike friendly?

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I agree that leverage is good because it allows you to do more than you could otherwise.

I just have trouble understanding the reasoning that buying an overpriced house is a good thing because one would otherwise spend the money on frivolous things. If the cost of renting is lower than that of buying, you could rent, and buy frivolous things and still be better off than one who bought at the high prices and doesn’t have the money to spend on pleasure consumption. In the end, you may not have more money, but at least, you’d have more pleasure.

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also search for lender approval.

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I don’t like Anti-American dictators. My point is that armed big-brother type interventions never work. It’s a waste of time, resources and human lives. The deaths involved are cruel and inhuman.

If we want to sway people to our point of view, we’re better off giving them Coca Cola, McDonalds, Frito Lays, Levis and Hollywood. Commerce is free, enrich American corporations and works every time. Why do you think that Eastern Europe (the New Europe) is embrassing America? They want American business and they’re hoping that we’ll share some of our wealth with them.

Condi Rice recently allocated $300 million (in that ballpark) to give scholarships to Iranians students to study in America. Let them come and see how we live. It’s cheaper and more humanitarian than bombing them.

In Iran-Contra, Reagan contravened the Constitution to try to depose Ortega. Now Ortega is back in power. Why did Reagan waste his time? And talk about hypocrisy! We were giving arms to Iraq so they could fight Iran, but we were selling arms to Iran because we needed money to buy arms to give to the Contras so that they could fight the Sandinistas (Congress had cut off funds to the Contras). Iran in turn used our arms to fight Iraq.

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deadzone is right. Republicans will soon be coming out of the closet. The fact that Jim Baker (who’s not even a government official) is talking to Iranian diplomats in New York is a clear sign that something is in the works.

We normalized relations with China in 1971 and pulled out of Vietnam in 1972. Something similar will happen in Iraq. Perhaps we’ll normalize relations with Iran and Syria?

The neo-cons gambled for world dominance. It was a bold move but the gamble didn’t pay off and now the Republican party has to pay off the gambling debts.

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I agree with BikeRider. Old can be really bad. As much as I’d like to live a Central San Diego, the houses that I’ve seen really need some major updating. I don’t mind buying an old house if it’s discounted enough for me to afford to do a major remodel. No HOA or Mello Roos help finance the remodel.

New houses generally use better technology. I can tell the difference between a house built in the 1980s and one built in the 1990s. The joists are better in the 1990s house and you don’t hear the floor creaking. New houses are also better insulated, have better windows and require less heating and cooling.

Old houses are well-build only if they were large houses built for the well-to-do. Old tract houses from the 1950s-1980s are bad. 1990s onwards is better.

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I did read somewhere a while back that Germans are the most well traveled as a proportion of the population of a “big” economy. Americans rank pretty low possibly because America is so big and people don’t feel they need to leave the country. George Bush felt that way and before becoming president, he’d not been anywhere (except for perhaps Mexico?).

However, Jeb Bush (the smart one) lived in Venezuela and married a Latina.

In my view, it’s admirable to be being well-educated and prosperous, yet care about the environment and the poor. Better than the conservative elites who care about nothing and on one but themselves.

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You just have to be a little patient. Sometimes, you get a time out but it still posted you comments. Just hit F5 to refresh. No need to hit submit again.

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