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I finally get my revenge for that BS hit on Todd Collins way back when. Eat it, Paytoilets.

Horrible news. Godspeed to one of Buffalo's own.

Did I say it was some "new" phenomenon? No. STFU.

My head hurts........

Honestly, I glossed over and didnt catch EXACLTY what he was was saying, becuase I was too busy trying to pick myself off the floor after one of his guests accused Pat Buchanan of being some kind of race hustler three seconds after he accused the US Government of assasinating Dr. King.

Errr...sounds like thats Bill Maher you were watching, not John Adams. Although I did enjoy Billy's rant on Friday night about how Spitzer was a "victim" of Bush's abuse of the Patriot Act. Back on point...last night's episode was kinda dry. Im missing how JA got from being overseas for so, so long, to becoming popular enough to become VP.

Its Dyker Heights. Nothing will EVER change that neighborhood. Italians with money...who dont WANT to move! Its becoming more mixed, but its a closed knit community and they all look out for each other. Brooklyn is fascinating. A whole new wave of immigration has taken hold in the borough again, just like it did 80-100 years ago. Whole neighborhoods are changing from one ethnicity to another veritually overnight. For example, Sheepshead Bay has gone ALL Russian since the Berlin Wall fell. Other nabes are going through the same transformation. Its pretty amazing actually to see the social and ethnic patterns of an area change and done...how do I say this?....properly. That is, these immigrants came through the "system" and are assimilating and are part of society. Amazing how when laws are followed and people participate in society properly things work well, isnt it? Okay...thats a discussion for another day.

On the flip side, my cousin reside in Brooklyn and hasnt moved one INCH, neither has her sister and her extended family. "I was born on 79th Street and Im gonna die on 79th Street" is what she says. Happiest woman and family youve ever met. Everyone sees this sh-- differently.

Some people find proximity to family, especially when their children are just coming into the world, things that make it worth staying "close to home." Is self-sacrifice and desire to keep the extended family together, instead of a bigger house, such a difficult concept for people to understand? See....thats what's critical for ME right now. So Im choosing to live close to my folks and hers. If all I wanted was a bigger house and a nice kitchen, I would go somewhere else. But to ME, a nice® house and a huge yard dont mean ca-ca if my family isnt around to enjoy it with me. So we are buyng down a bit to stay where we are and to get a place we can swing month to month. And honestly....I watch the sun rise over a beach every morning during my Summer bike rides before work and Im a 30 minute drive from [excuse me for the dumb slogan] "The Capital of the World." There is a whole Country west of the Hudson, but this is a pretty good spot to live. Its all about tradeoffs and choices and making them with some forethough and a dose of REALISM. And the problem of lots and lots of people not doing that is the ORIGINAL point of this thread, wasnt it?

While I said above...Long Island is ridiculously overpriced, youd be shocked how many rubes overextended themselves with huge houses they cant afford and with the matching 45K Acura MDX in the driveway. Comical, really. I looked at a house this past week here.....500K...for a 3br cape....CAPE...on a 50X100 lot and bordering a major highway. I almost punched the realtor for wasting my time with something like that. But some !@#$ will overextend himself and buy it....and then guess what....WE ALL will have to bail this shitbag out in a few years.

Which one is more fantasy? "The Earth is 10,000 years old." or "Government can solve all our problems." or even better..... "I never heard Rev. Wright say anything bad."

When my mother had work done on her 75 year old house, I did a little test before it started...with my steel toe boots on, I ran up and kicked the wall as HARD as I could. Not-a-mark. Not one. Try that test on a newer house with wallboard and particleboard. Youll be going out to the street to retrieve your boot. And your foot! Silly little test, but I think it illustrated how lousy houses are made today compared to the past. Im in the housing market here on the Island and we are really scaling BACK on what we are willing to pay. Its KILLING me, personally, but my wife is reigning me in to be...gasp!!!...fiscally responsible. Its really sad here on Long Island. All my friends, some blue collar, some white callar, ALL with decent jobs paying good wages and salaries cannot afford a home even like the ones their parents had. Many fell for the smoke and mirrors of these lousy loans to get themselves into a place. $400K gets you a "fixer-upper" on 50x100 on a busy, busy street.

Its always been my understanding that the Feds ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CANNOT allow 1) Big lenders 2) "National" Air carriers like AA, Delta or United 3) Any of the "Big 3 auto manufacturers" to EVER go out of business, lest the US economy essentially loses ALL credibility. True....or BS?

Shocking youre not blaming this all on Halliburton.

And when did oil prices REALLY make the huge leap? I remember some chick dancing in the Gulf that had something to do with it.

Then why did liberals take issue with the "props" Bush uses? A speech about the economy in a factory? A speech decalring an end to a military action aboard an aicraft carrier? Why are THOSE "bad", but this usage of such a backdrop "good." Oh, Oh...I know......."BUSH BAD!!!!!!!" Wrong assumption. " And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way " more "Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism." So I guess making wild conspiracy theories and screaming "GOD DAMN AMERICA!!!" is a legitimate discussion of racial injustice. Way to go, Hussien. Oops ...Im not suppossed to say that. Maybe if I call him Barack Damn Hussein Obama it would be better? No, I WONT let it die that Barack is minimizing this and trying to spin the conversation. I WONT let it die that this congregation and Barack, himself is now being downright indignant over this man who damns this Country. And I like this...I like that Rev. Wrong is elevated to sainthood and his white Grandmother is a racist.

Oh yeah...that site was chosen just by coincidence. Come on. What I found insulting was his effort to place blame on the "media" for drumming up this story.

We share love of cycling and now this. All I need to go is get you to start watching Rock of Love and my mission is complete.

If you think that the RIGHT has the market cornered on hypocrisy in regards to espousing morality and then breaking that code, then there is nothing I can do to help you. The rest of what you wrote....fine by me.

Oh yeah..."great." Its "commentators" fault Wright is portayed like this. And I LOVED the rows and rows of American flags behind him! I thought he was "above" such petty displays of patriotism. I recall a few years ago, the libbys here yelling about the Bushies using "props" as backdrops to his speeches. Such as with one speech on the economy he had crates labeled "Made in America" on them behind him. All the libbys we yelling how shallow and crude that was. Well what the hell do you call this? Oh...I know.....this is "different", right? Jeez....All he needed when the speech was over was for a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner to drop from the !@#$ing ceiling.

Im speaking of this: Chilling.

Now this is where I split with YOU. Like I said earlier.....Google "Londonistan." Assimilation and coexsistence is fine. Great. Nation of Immigrants and all that. But I will NOT submit to the Muslim/Islamic way of life here in the USA, Im sorry. Sharia law? No !@#$ing way.

First of all, your basing your ridiculous assertion that the US is more violent than the rest of the West on pure speculation now. The second part?....My God...you have GOT to be kidding me. The fact that there was no actual death somehow excuses all that went on? If mayhem, chaos and destruction dont fit under the auspices of "violence", then what are they?

Im just sayin' that the notion that its "easy" to handle and fire a handgun is silly, that's all.

Yeah, huh? Drop a Glock or a .45 in the hands of the 'average joe' and see how far they get hitting their intented target with it. Id bet quite a bit that they wouldnt be able to THROW the damn thing and hit their target, much less hit it by actually pulling the trigger.