9 posts tagged “california”
So far, house hunting hasn’t been successful or even too much fun (just ask G, who told me many times just to pick one- proof he is "bored"). The area we are looking in doesn’t seem to offer any of those huge “deals of the century” that you hear about on TV or from random coworkers, who have a friend that has a friend….you know the story! Ok, I must admit that the area of interest isn’t Perris, San Jacinto or even Moreno Valley – all which top of list of foreclosures. Also we took time off from the “search” the last two months when I was seriously stressed out about losing my job.
Now that I decided to start
again, the first “short sale” of interest had seven other interested parties. Actually
the whole thing about “short sales” suck – the realtor has pointed out that
many take months and in the end, your offer is not accepted anyways. Guess
what? The majority of the houses in our price range are “short sales”! Plus - many of
the houses need too much work or have so many cars parked on the street that I
just don’t feel the “neighborhood-ness” of the area. On the flip side, you have
the newer tract homes on small lots (the idea of no yard work is sort of appealing,
but then association dues) that have the feel of a manufactured village.
Not to mention that while we are "pre-approved", I heard it is a pain dealing with the banks when it is actually time to close the deal!
Oh, well ~ maybe I can talk G into going one day soon.
I have seen this "CA condor" at least! :)
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Submitted by Trippywalnut.
Plenty of Sunshine!
State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) gave her staff $551,000 in PAY RAISES! This is in a state with a HUGE budget crisis and she wants to give out raises to her staff?!!!!!!
Now she is whining how the news of the raises have become a distraction from the campaign she is helping lead to pass six budget-related ballot measures in the May 19 special election. Hello! Ms.B(ass) you the State of California's taxpayers to pay HIGHER taxes that will include the money for these raises!
Proposition 1A-VOTE NO
State Budget. Changes California Budget Process. Limits State Spending. Increases "Rainy Day" Budget Stabilization Fund.
Proposition 1B-VOTE NO
Education Funding. Payment Plan.
Proposition 1C-VOTE NO
Lottery Modernization Act.
Vote NO on them ALL!
Sorry...I live inland.
and this beautiful photo was NOT taken by me.
Why pay a mortage?
The Hill Article on Richardson's Housing Woes
"The tale of Rep. Laura Richardson’s (D) personal housing crisis got even more captivating Tuesday as her office said the freshman lawmaker defaulted on loans she took out for not just one, but three, California homes. "
Michelle Malkin's Article on Dead Beat Richardson
"Quick refresher: On May 21st, we learned that Richardson had bailed on a Sacramento home and walked away from her $535,000 mortgage on the property. She denied the charges. On May 22nd, evidence piled up that contradicted her denial; moreover, we learned that she didn’t bother to pay utility fees and property taxes on the house. On top of that, the Daily Breeze confirmed that she did, in fact, receive a per diem housing allowance from the California state government. This woman has the gall to fashion herself a spokeswoman on behalf of aggrieved homeowners and wants to testify in front of the Senate while she swims in debt!"
According to John and Ken on KFI (640 AM - LA) - she left the garage of one of these houses “Full of trash to the ceiling.”
wants you to know that it is his right to use Californian funds to travel to Mexico for so-called business and buy expensive wine BUT that now he will use his campaign funds instead (probably because of the backlash from his last useless trip!)
"I'm sure you all stay in 5 Star Hotels when you travel"
Well.......let's see Speaker Fabian Núñez .....We all can't charge the expensive hotel rooms to the State of California!
POLITICS FOR DUMMIES
DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
You push for higher taxes so the government can provide cows for everyone.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk
the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are
surprised when one cow drops dead.
You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and
are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and
produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give
excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives
to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally
vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think
is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegal.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
"When was the last time you drove out of town?"
Sunday, April 27, 2008 to the City of Pasadena, California
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