05/20/05 01:18 - ID#23459
You would welcome me?
Now back to our regular programming.....
I actually sat and watched the c-span webcast of the senate debate the other day. I could only take about 2 hours of it before I started to feel sick. There are only two parties here, the far left and the far right. Our elected people are acting so savagely. Who gets off on this besides people in the media? We need election reform now more than ever. Watch what's going to happen. The use of the filibuster to torpedo judicial nominations is going to explode. When the Democrats are back in power in '08 the Republicans are going to do exactly the same thing. We're going to be battling about every single nomination in the same way we're doing it right now. I don't care about pending cases - I actually support this idea and credit the Democrats for it because every single important judicial nomination should be closely scrutinized. I want to make sure that no more extreme judges, left or right, are given a lifetime post. Keep the filibuster! No more Clarence Thomas or Ruth Ginsberg types! I just wish the righties would have figured this out sooner.
Jason
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05/20/05 08:51 - ID#23458
San Fran
I've actually always wanted to visit San Fran, but I'm probably not welcome there. I'll have to go in covert.
Jason
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05/19/05 10:24 - ID#23457
Personal Style
Of course, even with my new personal style I will still have to get the balls to ask out the girls in question, who are always in the hood. Some girls I would talk to no problem, but the ones I think are really cute my cheeks turn really red and I act like they don't exist. First things first, some new duds!
Jason
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05/19/05 08:56 - ID#23456
Wave of the Future?
I wouldn't go so far as to say that there will be only 2 "classes" of residents.
Before I get into this, no place on earth is so sweet that you should give up at least half your income just to have a roof over your head. No 2 bedroom home is worth a half million dollars. This has to do with people making ill advised financial decisions just as much as it is sketchy business practice. I'll offer up a few tidbits that I've learned.
Not too long ago the housing market and related industries were more or less carrying our economy. It is my belief that the Feds kept interest rates low on purpose to keep everything afloat. Of course when interest rates are low, people seemingly are willing to accumulate shitloads of debt as their interest payments are lower. As our economy has gotten stronger lately the Feds have slowly increased interest rates.
Increased interest rates are bad news for San Fran residents because nearly all of them have variable interest rate mortgages. Since they have taken on such large amounts of debt the interest payments on their home jump dramatically. Not coincidentally there has been a huge spike in the number of foreclosures. It gets more interesting when you learn how banks behave. I've learned that the banks are more than willing to give people these huge mortgages because they pass off the risk by selling those mortgages to Fannie Mae. Not a bad deal for the banks, eh?
The reason why I say that you shouldn't worry about there being 2 classes of residents is because a lot of those POs are swiftly being put on their ass for the reasons I've explained, plus many more that I have not explained. I've read that lately San Fran is losing those high paying dot com jobs, so average salary is actually going down. People can't afford to buy homes obviously, and any market can't last if there is no money going through it.
What I don't get is why and how housing prices got so high so fast. San Fran has lower property tax rates than we do, so it wouldn't surprise me if they got their tax money the same way Buffalo does - reassessment of homes by a "preferred" agency. House values go up artificially and the government doesn't have to say it raised tax rates! A very slick maneuver indeed.
I don't have all the answers obviously but I thought I would just offer a few things for conversation. Anyway Ajay why would you want to move to Cali? The Big One is way overdue and you definitely don't want to be there when THAT goes down. =)
Jason
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05/17/05 01:21 - ID#23455
Birthdays
In other news, I've been at home alone a bunch lately because (e:Joshua) has a new job and he's flying all over the country. He left a big mess here for me to clean up so I guess I can spend my time doing that. One cool thing is that my ladies man of a best friend has a bunch of new girls lined up. I love going out and playing wingman with him because there is zero pressure on me to be a perfect gentleman. I can be as silly as I want because all that matters is that he looks good. In fact I'm so damn fucking tired of being a gentleman. It gets you nowhere, it's not appreciated and you get the opposite of the result you want out of it. Chivalry isn't dead, it's just that it's not worth the effort anymore. That's what makes Wingman so fun. Don't be a jerk, make good conversation and be silly, a little bit of a smart ass even. I'm there!
Jason
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05/16/05 01:12 - ID#23454
Hey Everyone!
Jason
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05/11/05 12:31 - ID#23453
It's Getting To Me
Jason
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05/10/05 11:07 - ID#23452
Decent Digital Camera?
Here's a question. Where the F is (e:Rachel) nowadays? Did she disappear? Where are you when we need you, (e:pageseven) - get to work!
(e:Southernyankee) I am so jealous of you because of Sebastian. Mine is an econobox and chicks don't dig those. I can relate to the new Weezer song. Maybe I should pimp my ride with some euro headlights lol.
Um, I don't know what else to say, other than yes (e:Maureen) there are people who read your journal and are glad you're doing well.
Jason
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05/06/05 05:00 - ID#23451
Ol' Glory
Jason
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05/02/05 10:38 - ID#23450
A woman's place is......
Ahem.
(e:Robin) - hate me instead of my brother. I brought up this topic in the first place. I had no idea it would blow up like that. I know for a fact that if he ever reads your posts it's going to be ON, and being as fragile mentally as I am right now I don't want to worry about people arguing over a topic I started. It's really not worth it. Please please please let it go.
It's not likely that you'll care, but I wrote about the runaway bride because I have a problem with people who run away from people they supposedly care about. I've had that happen to me before, and it's part of the reason I'm in such shitty condition. I feel really bad for the guy because his fiance ran away from him, and on top of that he had to deal with speculation that he had something to do with it. The guy did nothing wrong and he was in a world of shit there for a while. That's what provoked me, not because I wanted to start a flaming war. I'm sorry I even wrote about it.
Jason
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