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PerryChase
ParticipantTry http://www.godaddy.com for web hosting.
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PerryChase
Participant” I would love to get a whole new set of ideas sometime, and a choice of more than 2 parties on the presidential ballot. Wouldn’t that be true freedome? ”
Yes, it would be more freedom to have more political parties. However that would mean trying to build fragile coalitions to govern. I believe that one reason that the American model economic model is successful is because we have little discent. We have some rancor in our political debate but pretty much everyone eventually falls into line. That allows us to work, work, work more efficiently.
I think that, with technological advances that allows the government to track everyone, we might be headed to a Star Trek kinda life where everyone is “happy” but then again everyone has to ask for the captain’s permission to go to the “hollow deck”
Having traveled around the world, I notice that, in America, friends rarely disagree. If they did disagree they wouldn’t be friends anymore. In other parts of the world, friends and family would sit down at the dinner table and vehemently disagree. Yet they still love each other and remain friends. For example, in America, a socialist and a capitalist could never be friends.
PerryChase
ParticipantBush is a nutcase. He has walked away from all conservative ideas such as small government and low government intrusion on people’s lives for a police state that benefit his hard core followers.
We’ll all be paying for his misguided policies for decades to come.
It’s very interesting to me that his voters in the red states are low income rural folks who don’t benefit from his social policies (and whose children he’s sending to war). Why are they voting againts their interests?
A group of generals and diplimats are now calling Bush’s Middle East policy a major failure. George Soros is also speaking out against the Administration.
At least Nixon was a pragmatist and not a theocrat like W. Nixon (Kissinger) took a great ennemy like China and made it a friend. We should do the same with Iran.
PerryChase
Participantdoofrat, what you said makes perfect sense to me. 🙂
I went to middle school in France and we used to take field trips to the woods to collect mushrooms and berries. It’s quite common for kids to do that in France (maybe in other parts of Europe also). My parents would cook rabbit with wine from the mushrooms I collected.
PerryChase
Participantlindismith, I concur with all your comments.
People have preconceived notions. They like the spic-and-span look of track developments so can’t appreciate the more charming look of older neighborhoods.In reality, there are plenty rich legal Mexicans and plenty of nice places South of I8.
PerryChase
ParticipantLa Jolla Renter, your friend’s example shows how greed took over during the boom times. I have friends in that situation also. They let the lure of riches blind them.
PerryChase
ParticipantProblem with mc mansions is that all the things inside are ugly puffed-up oversized stuff.
Craigslist has nice furniture for sale at bargain prices if you’re patient and willing to look and wait. Plus you need a friend and a truck to pick-up.
The plasma/lcd TVs are the last things people will get rid of. Generally, I find that people (on eBay and Craigslist) want too much for their old electronics. You’re better off buying new electronics from the store.
PerryChase
ParticipantI love to examine the psychological aspects of life.
doofrat, i like the way you explained commom sense. I think what you said refers to many aspects of life from politics to business to family life. We need more rationale and less comomon sense.
PerryChase
ParticipantThere’s always a lot of work done without permit. Technically, you’re supposed to get a permit to add a light switch or to relocate a door.
There’s nothing wrong with “unpermited” work so long as the work was performed to safety code.
Setback limitations is one reason people don’t get permits. For example a patio cover may not be allowed under setback limitations so people would just build one without informing the city. Since nobody complains it’s never a problem.
BTW, Del Mar is well known for unpermitted work. Del Mar has strict livable square-feet per acre limitations so owners might get a permit for space with 2-story-high ceilings then come back later to add 2nd floor space inside. It’s done all the time.
“Unpermited” space is fine if it’s built with safety in mind.
PerryChase
ParticipantHere’s the Voice of San Diego article the hotel conversion in National City.
http://voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2006/08/14/housing/969bayview.txt
PerryChase
ParticipantThere is a book on trails in San Diego. Check your local bookstore or your library. I forgot the name of it.
PerryChase
ParticipantA good place in Mira Mesa is Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve in between the 15 and 5 freeways. Very nice.
PerryChase
ParticipantPS, it feels good to be vindicated, huh. 🙂
PerryChase
ParticipantAll this time I thought that VCJim was Venture Capital Jim.
According to the lastest data from Dataquick prices already dropped 6% in 7 months in SD.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060811-1208-bn11homes.html
I expect 25% from the peak by this time next year.
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