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Comment on How to buy a house in an artificially tight market by Rick Holbert

Rick Holbert — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:58:12 +0000

If it was easy everyone would be doing it. Probably the only reason someone would go through all of the above crap is because the house was a good deal and if it is a good deal and you have to wade through some hectic weekends and nights over a period of a few months tuff thats why its is hopefully a good deal otherwise why would you go through all that crap. In the long run when all is said and done if you got a good deal and house is painted, new flooring, plumbing repaired etc etc and your happy with the home and you are not upside down then you win and it was worth it and along the way you probably never had a dull moment. Happy Remodeling. See you at Home Depot

Rick Holbert

Comment on Contemplation: Why People Don’t Trust Markets by Cheryl Blomstrom

Cheryl Blomstrom — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:24:50 +0000

Perverse incentives. Argggh.

Comment on Contemplation: Why People Don’t Trust Markets by Sam Shad

Sam Shad — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:35:19 +0000

One of the frustrating things is that if you have insurance and want to get a discount for paying cash the doctor cannot give the discount. It’s illegal.

Comment on The scariest of all Halloween monsters: Registered sex offenders make good political theater on spooky children’s holiday by reasonablereporter

reasonablereporter — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:46:56 +0000

Criminals certainly tend to minimize their crimes in the telling. On the other hand, the system, consisting of politicians, prosecutors, and law enforcement, seems to be producing a disproportionate number of registered offenders. This is not about Jerry Sandusky.

Comment on The scariest of all Halloween monsters: Registered sex offenders make good political theater on spooky children’s holiday by Kurt Hildebrand

Kurt Hildebrand — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:52:25 +0000

Maybe the best people to talk to about this isn’t necessarily the guys who are convicted of a sex crime. Having covered cops and courts for 20 years, I’ve seen some pretty horrendous sex criminals admit what they did in one breath and then try to explain it away in another, and most of them plead guilty. The judge explains that they don’t have to plead guilty, and while there’s an attorney right next to them to explain the implications of their plea, I’ve watched the judge tell them the same thing. It’s human nature for people who are convicted to make light of their crime no matter what it is. When it’s a sex crime that tendency is enhanced.

Comment on The scariest of all Halloween monsters: Registered sex offenders make good political theater on spooky children’s holiday by Robert Plumlee

Robert Plumlee — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:12:51 +0000

I am a very tolerant and forgiving person. I am also a person who spent seven years working as a Psychiatric Technician, Foresic Specialist and working primarily with a population of sex offenders.
The choice of who to protect more diligently, the sex offender or their potential victim is an easy one for me. The average Mentally Disordered Sex Offender, and they are classified as such for a good reason, has not more than a 2% chance of “being fixed”, and even the most honest among that poulation will confirm this fact. These folks need to be protected from themselves as much as others need to be protected from them.

Comment on Chris Christie would have done well BECAUSE he’s fat. by Orrin

Orrin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:37:11 +0000

And then, of course, there is the Theory of Presidential Opposites - Christie would have been a shoe in!

Comment on Tea Party Express: Is this traveling one-woman show Palin’s dry run? by dick burns

dick burns — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:55:04 +0000

Of course she is going to run for President, her ego won’t allow her not to. Just like a pregnant teenage daughter, a special needs child, and scandal aplenty, including financial mismanagement in Wasilla wasn’t enough to make her hestitate to jump in as a VP nominee. And wasn’t it a little freaky, all the assaults on the media? Of course you have to de-legitimize them if you expect anyone to believe the snake oil you’re selling. I don’t know if that’s from Saul Alinsky’s book or Goebels.

Comment on Unions, Jobs and the Reverse Job Fair by Dick Burns

Dick Burns — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:24:20 +0000

They’re still pretending that their objection to EFCA is concern about workers having a secret ballot. McKay Daniels is a hired gun, and a professional union buster. God forbid a person should actually earn enough to support a family, and by extension the economy.80 percent of the economy is consumer spending (The demand side). Pay third world wages and you get a third world country. Here’s a suggestion if you’re worried about unions, pay a fair wage, and treat your employees like people.

Comment on Fiscal reality 2011: Part 2 by Mo's Mom

Mo's Mom — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:00:21 +0000

So full of good news over the last couple of posts. Actually, and seriously, thank you for posting this information. I don’t think our Legislature has even one clue about the depth and breadth of this situation.