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[JimJ 11]

My budget is anywhere from 2x to roughly 3x what they want but shit the same amount up here gets me a crack shack.

http://www.coldwellbankeratlanta.com/searc...snumber=3755814

Amazing how I pretty much found what I could definitely settle for a hell of a lot less than I expected.

You would go nuts in Atlanta.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Essentially I'm gonna have to drive in a strong tropical storm/weak category 1 hurricane just to get to the parking lot. Then I have to walk to the commuter bus stop and wait for a bus in a strong tropical storm/weak category 1 hurricane. Yes, this all makes perfect sense. Never mind the fact that, with my umbrella, I'll likely be the tallest object at said bus stop. Perfectly logical...

[JimJ 11]

Do you absolutely need to go to class today?

[MKader17 332]

*shakes fist at Gustav*

Made damn sure to fill up Friday before the refugees started pouring in. Evac shelters have been put up all over the county and the po-po is everywhere (Highway Patrolmen too)

Seems they learned their lesson after Katrina...

ya thats about how it is here

plenty of traffic comin from the east

My cousin and her fiancee live in southern louisiana and on their way out of town on saturday a lady ran a stop light and hit them and totaled the car. The lady didn't have insurance or even a driver's license. I'd be so pissed off.

we pulled over at least 10 vehicles from louisiana last night. all but two used the gustav excuse. and while i sympathize with them, they were well over 9 hours away from the hurricane, and unless the hurricane will traget them individually, well out of danger. there is absolutely no need to be doing 80-85mph in a 65mph zone that far away from the damn storm. the two that didn't use the hurricane as an excuse (one a truck with quite a bit of their belongings in it) didn't get a ticket, everyone else did.

we did let one guy off the hook for driving down to louisiana to help his step kids evacuate. kinda makes sense to be in a hurry going that direction.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

for cool cops! I never give excuses but sometimes I wonder if it would help. And if its an excuse it will be the absolute truth. "Officer, I really have to pee."

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Do you absolutely need to go to class today?

I have to go to every class every time no exceptions. Half of the questions on all tests in upper level classes seem to come solely from topics discussed in lecture.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

and tests usually compromise half of the overall grade (no homework grades at all)

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

*shakes fist at Gustav*

Made damn sure to fill up Friday before the refugees started pouring in. Evac shelters have been put up all over the county and the po-po is everywhere (Highway Patrolmen too)

Seems they learned their lesson after Katrina...

ya thats about how it is here

plenty of traffic comin from the east

My cousin and her fiancee live in southern louisiana and on their way out of town on saturday a lady ran a stop light and hit them and totaled the car. The lady didn't have insurance or even a driver's license. I'd be so pissed off.

we pulled over at least 10 vehicles from louisiana last night. all but two used the gustav excuse. and while i sympathize with them, they were well over 9 hours away from the hurricane, and unless the hurricane will traget them individually, well out of danger. there is absolutely no need to be doing 80-85mph in a 65mph zone that far away from the damn storm. the two that didn't use the hurricane as an excuse (one a truck with quite a bit of their belongings in it) didn't get a ticket, everyone else did.

we did let one guy off the hook for driving down to louisiana to help his step kids evacuate. kinda makes sense to be in a hurry going that direction.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

for cool cops! I never give excuses but sometimes I wonder if it would help. And if its an excuse it will be the absolute truth. "Officer, I really have to pee."

My mother got off with a warning for doing like 80 with that excuse, I shit you not

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

watching the clouds roll in from the southeast, rather beautiful actually

[MKader17 332]

If its too bad... F*ck 'em.

[MKader17 332]

The Z.... Is Lowered

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

oh that poor poor truck

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Oh the things my crazy aunt e-mails me sometimes

From a California school teacher -

'As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of:

I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school, which as a designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.

Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America . (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less than 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them 'Putas' (whores) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc.

For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.

Americans, we need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will

voluntarily leave and return?

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about ' political cor rectness & lt; FONT face=Tahoma color=#236766 size=6>' that we don't have the will to do

anything about it.

If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone you know.

CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?

Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.

Consumers don't want expensive produce

Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.

But the bottom line is CHEAP LABOR. The phrase 'cheap labor' is a myth, a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as 'cheap labor.'

Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children.

He takes a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an 'earned income credit' of up to $3,200 free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.

He qualifies for food stamps.

He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.

His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.

He requires bilingual teachers and books.

He qualifies for relief from high energy bills

If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI. Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare.

All of this is at (our) taxpayer's expense.

He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.

Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs,

bulletins, and printed material.

He and his family receive the equivalent of

$20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.

Working Americans

are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left

after paying their bills and his.

The American taxpayers also pay for increased

crime, graffiti, and trash clean-up.

Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. 'AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!'

THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY

AS POSSIBLE, OR WE WILL ALL GO DOWN THE DRAIN

BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE.

AMEN!!!

[JimJ 11]

A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate,

I'm confused, are we talking about American culture here?

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

I can probably slip out of 379, gotta check the calendar to see what's on the docket

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

http://gawker.com/5043799/twin-city-gays-u...-gop-convention

[JimJ 11]

Or they'll be tear-gassed...

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

http://vpilf.com/

I'd hit it

[JimJ 11]

Oh wait, they'll teargas anyone

Equal opportunity...

[///M5 2,833]

I'm suprised we only have Trav, Sean, KU40 and myself interested in Fantasy Football. ARE YOU GUYS EVEN AMERICAN!?!?! (Statement excludes AdrianD, AneonRider, and Chevy350TPI)

I was really excited about making all of you SSA guys cry in Fantasy Football.

What is the point in it? I watch the games on TV and need no more. What will Fantasy do for someone like me? ? ? Nothing other than take up precious time I don't have.

Knocking something you haven't tried, eh?

[///M5 2,833]

but the w wants a sport ute which means I don't need a truck anymore

SUV, ew

Hard to tow a boat or snowmobile trailer without some sort of truck, and personally I don't care what she wants generally as long as specifically I get to choose it for her.

Truck, SUV, what's the difference when you only use them on the road?

[///M5 2,833]

Test drove one of these today and LOVED it!

Taking the Cobra in on Tuesday so they can value it as a trade and checking on insurance costs.

Thinking about an S4 myself

*snore*

I might have just said eff it to the search for all wheel drive.

*not sure if I will fit in a 911 though

ahem....

searching for my daily driver, not my "fun" car Tom. I will still get an old American beast as a 2nd ride, but the w wants a sport ute which means I don't need a truck anymore

ahh, werd

S4 for a daily driver sounded fun until I said fuck it, who cares if I park at the bottom of the "mt" 3 times a year when it gets shitty.

[///M5 2,833]

I don't mind. I just don't want to have to hunt around for winter wheels and tires so soon. On a good note I should be able to spend a fair bit of time on the sled this winter.

By sled do you mean you are replacing the ditch pickles?

[///M5 2,833]

I didn't know they had NASCAR fans in Alaska

That might be the funniest thing I've seen you type.

[///M5 2,833]

My budget is anywhere from 2x to roughly 3x what they want but shit the same amount up here gets me a crack shack.

http://www.coldwellbankeratlanta.com/searc...snumber=3755814

Amazing how I pretty much found what I could definitely settle for a hell of a lot less than I expected.

jesus, that'd be in the 9's here

[JimJ 11]

Truck, SUV, what's the difference when you only use them on the road?

I guess if it's a full-size SUV, some of those smaller ones would worry me with how their suspensions would hold up with the kind of loads you'd expect out of a truck