tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post923935458161544863..comments2024-02-25T08:16:25.546-08:00Comments on Exurban Nation: A Tree Grows in Chi-townRob Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-64573508290816647502009-02-10T06:16:00.000-08:002009-02-10T06:16:00.000-08:00But... but...The president was on TV last night ve...But... but...<BR/><BR/>The president was on TV last night vehemently declaring that there is no pork in this bill. He says that since there are no earmarks(?) there must be no pork!<BR/><BR/>Orwellian.sm_landlordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240427561510825980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-17753399026923581802009-02-09T19:34:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:34:00.000-08:00Sounds like a good time to back to school and get ...Sounds like a good time to back to school and get yet another degree. Maybe get some job training or get an NEA grant to do a wall mural on the new building at the university, maybe to call attention to the pandemic of violence against women.Pleather Mursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128585033868187384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-48192174479272145992009-02-09T18:02:00.000-08:002009-02-09T18:02:00.000-08:00$21 billion for Pell/Univ construction, otherwise ...$21 billion for Pell/Univ construction, otherwise known as the Maintenance of Absurd Tuition Levels Act.<BR/><BR/>Congress hasn't learned anything from underwriting the mortgage industry. If you want college costs to fall, stop making it "cheap" to attend.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106164237354370049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-45453853422048227612009-02-09T16:21:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:21:00.000-08:00The 3-strikes law should be abolished. The only re...The 3-strikes law should be abolished. The only reason for this law is to increase the prison population and hence increase the earnings (both direct and indirect) of the prison officers.Captain Nemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408690189566931634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-13837486718631497892009-02-09T16:07:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:07:00.000-08:00Here's one for ya:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bi...Here's one for ya:<BR/><BR/>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/09/state/n154650S96.DTL&tsp=1<BR/><BR/>CA ordered to reduce it's prison population. Can't wait to see the union scream about that one.Property Flopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458926920487707223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-41373896155955480172009-02-09T13:20:00.000-08:002009-02-09T13:20:00.000-08:00The surprise bomb here may be if bond holders are ...The surprise bomb here may be if bond holders are impaired. My expectation however is that even the stockholders will be protected.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-90261206219820517002009-02-09T11:47:00.000-08:002009-02-09T11:47:00.000-08:00Agreed. $5b to ACORN is not true. I said $4.1b a...Agreed. $5b to ACORN is not true. I said $4.1b and it is in the Senate bill.Rob Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10042154106850545479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7514357.post-80521713403264585272009-02-09T11:20:00.000-08:002009-02-09T11:20:00.000-08:00First, it is false that Acorn is getting $5 billio...First, it is false that Acorn is getting $5 billion. Does it even make sense that so much money could go to such a group? Use your common sense before you go repeating such falsehoods. http://mediamatters.org/items/200901290026Lost Causehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396272153746076615noreply@blogger.com