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From: Eeyore on 5 Dec 2006 21:18 unsettled wrote: > Lloyd Parker wrote: > > > Besides, Clinton warned Bush bin Laden was dangerous and left a plan to go > > after him, which Bush ignored. Read Clark's book. > > No matter if Bush had gone afetr bin Laden the 9/11 gambit was > in the works and killing the bad boy wouldn't have stopped it. Pure speculation. Quite possibly very wrong speculation too. Graham
From: unsettled on 5 Dec 2006 21:22 T Wake wrote: > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message > news:dd9f8$45759abe$4fe71d5$13578(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > >>krw wrote: >> >> >>>In article <4575811C.AEDAD6A9(a)hotmail.com>, >>>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >>> >>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>I rather doubt that it does happen all the time in the USA. I >>>>>>>>>>suspect >>>>>>>>>>it's just another of your fanciful folksy notions. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Nope. It's fact. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I still don't believe you. Your 'facts' have been rather fanciful to >>>>>>>>date. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>All of my brothers and sisters bought their own home before they >>>>>>>got legal (21). They were on their second or third car. They >>>>>>>worked and supported themselves. All of my relatives on my mother's >>>>>>>side had some kind farm business before they were legal. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>None were rich. None were even middle class. Most were poor. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>/BAH >>>>>> >>>>>>Teenagers buy their own homes, and "none were right -- none were even >>>>>>middle >>>>>>class." >>>>>> >>>>>>There's your problem -- you have no idea of what "middle class" means. >>>>>>Hint: >>>>> >>>>>>middle-class teenagers are not able to buy their own homes. >>>>> >>>>>Right. Poor ones manage to do so. One of the lessons you learn >>>>>when you grow up poor is how not to spend money. >>>> >>>>Dear BAH, >>>> >>>>the 'entry price round here for even a modest single bedroom apartment, >>>>never mind >>>>a house is the equivalent of �300,000. >>>> >>>>Please explain how a 'poor person' can acquire one. >>> >>> >>>Live elsewhere. >> >>A bank is having trouble locally selling a perfectly livable >>house with an asking price of $19,000. I'll bet anyone with >>a job and $100 cash and a reasonable credit history could >>move in tomorrow. > > > What is the average income in that area? What sort of rental incomes do > people pay? What is the employment rate in the area? What is the population > makeup (numbers and age groups would be ideal)? > > I will buy it tonight if there is a reasonable chance I can rent it out > again. > > All just answered in another posting. You'd have a rough time managing it from where you are. You could get a local realtor to manage it for you, but who makes sure they don't cheat you...... If I wait a while I can probably buy it for a few thousand less.
From: Eeyore on 5 Dec 2006 21:23 unsettled wrote: > Lloyd Parker wrote: > > > > What kind of house sells for $19,000? An outhouse? > > Nope. A clone of the one I bought for 15.5K but this one is > livable as it stands. 3/4 acre within city limits, across > the street two blocks are city owned and planted in pine > trees by generations of science classes in the local > school system. The house itself sits on a concrete wall > basement with a natural gas furnace and water heater and > a toilet in the basement. The first floor has a living room, > dining room, kitchen and full bathroom. As with all the > "company houses" built in the neighborhood ~95 years ago > it has 3 bedrooms upstairs. Sounds similar to mine except it has more land. Even without the land that could easily fetch $450k here with the $ at its new low. The land would probably fetch the same again with planning permission. > When I updated my version > 4 doors up the block from this one I added a toilet > upstairs. > > Utilities available are municipal water & sewer, electric, > cable, telephone, and natural gas, with well maintained > paved streets. > > It is ~900 square feet on each of the three levels. It's a lot bigger than mine ! Graham
From: unsettled on 5 Dec 2006 21:26 T Wake wrote: > "Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote in message > news:qrc9n25pv8c1emhv84kpqn03e1rcvkgc3p(a)4ax.com... > Another problem of conscription is you force the undesirables into the > military (right wing extremists, left wing extremists, religiously > intolerant bigots etc) and even provide them with military training. The usual military training teaches people certain skills. Don't worry, generally speaking leadership is not one of those.
From: Eeyore on 5 Dec 2006 21:30
unsettled wrote: > T Wake wrote: > > "Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote in message > > > Another problem of conscription is you force the undesirables into the > > military (right wing extremists, left wing extremists, religiously > > intolerant bigots etc) and even provide them with military training. > > The usual military training teaches people certain skills. > Don't worry, generally speaking leadership is not one of > those. Except when it is - as in officer training. Graham |