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San Diego Unemployment Goes above 10% in June
Again, lack of regulation is the problem. By letting banks and insurance companies get so big that their collapse would take the whole economy down with it. The gov't had to step in, or we would once again be failing to learn from history. I nthis case, the GREAT depression.— July 18, 2009 5:24 p.m.
A Static Charge
Spliff! You're a RAIDER fan?!?! Pick me up off the floor! I never would have guessed!— July 18, 2009 5:20 p.m.
Emmy Nominations
Apparently you're not the only one who doesn't care about the Emmys.— July 18, 2009 5:13 p.m.
San Diego Unemployment Goes above 10% in June
Don said it right Refried. Lack of regulation is exactly what caused this mess. I know freddie and fannie were encouraged to make loans to low income people, but what fueled the economy for years, and then caused the collapse, was people taking equity out of their homes to fuel living beyond their means, thinking that when it came time to pay the piper, they could just re-finance. When the housing bubble collapsed, this option disappeared, and people found themselves upside down. Many people lost their homes, but many more simply started living within their means. This recession is really just a correction, a reaction to the overheated and illusionary economy fueled by a housing bubble combined with an unregulated financial market that was partaking in riskier and riskier ventures in the name of profit. As Don said, we tried laissez faire, and those of us willing to learn from history, know it doesn't work. History also taught us the danger of monopoly, oligopoly, and companies getting "too big to fail', but that is another lesson the Bush administration forgot.— July 18, 2009 5:04 p.m.
BREAKING NEWS BLOG -- Michael Jackson and Farrah Die
Spliff I used ignorant properly, but on second thought you may be right. You are f%&#ing stupid. Seriously, where do you get this sh@#? Let me just ask you a serious question. When will it be enough? There are black people in high positions all through government and society. Blacks are some of the most respected, most idolized, and most successful members of society. Your rights are protected by law. And now a black man has been elected President. The commander in chief, the most powerful man in the world, is black. So when will it be enough? Do we have to listen to people like you crying racism and citing history every time something goes wrong for you, for ever?— July 18, 2009 4:46 a.m.
So many San Diegans carry guns
I disagree about Obama. Yes he is a centrist (shocking to Republicans). Whether this is due to personal philosophy or political calculation, I don't care. I'm glad he is. Most of us hover ideologically somewhere around the middle, and we take as much issue with an exrtemist of the left as we do one of the right. I think Bill Clinton was a great president, and is a great man, and the reason I voted for Obama, and continue to have great respect for him, is he reminds me in the way he speaks, and in the way he thinks, of Clinton. And like Clinton, who is as disliked by ultra-liberals as he is by ultra-conservatives, if the fringes both dislike Obama, he's probably doing something right.— July 18, 2009 4:25 a.m.
So many San Diegans carry guns
Child shoots intruder during home break-in By David Spunt - email PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) - A ten-year-old boy left home alone with his sister used his mother's gun to shoot an intruder in the face, police said. Late Tuesday, West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies received a call to a Port Allen apartment complex after several shots rang out from inside one of the apartments. "You are out here trying to work and for someone to come and do that and invade your home is very hard," the children's mother said. She asked to not be identified. Deputies say Dean Favron and Roderick Porter knocked several times on the apartment door. The two young children, a ten-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl, stood on the other side, terrified. "He told his sister to be quiet and seconds later, they started kicking on the door and finally kicked the door in," said Sheriff Mike Cazes. The two children ran to their mother's bedroom closet. In a panic, the ten-year-old grabbed his mother's gun for protection. "He did what I told him to do. I never told him to get the gun, but thank God he did," she said. Once the two suspects opened the door, threatening the kids, deputies say the boy fired a bullet into the lip of Roderick Porter. The two men were taken to the hospital by a third suspect, who is a 15-year-old juvenile. Once they got to the hospital, they were later arrested. "It's just hard. I don't understand why they would do that. I know they have little brothers and sisters and they wouldn't want anyone to break into their house," said the mother. Each man is held on $150,000 bond. The juvenile, was taken to a local detention center. One of the suspects, Dean Favron, just finished serving almost seven years in prison for aggravated assault on a Baton Rouge police officer and two carjacking charges. He was released on June 6th. Both men will appear before a judge next month.— July 17, 2009 5:54 p.m.
Have you ever happened upon a movie being filmed?
I came across a crew filming in Venice when I lived in LA, featuring some young no-name actress I didn't recognize and have never sen since, but what blew me away was how beautiful she was. Breathtaking. Shows how over-the-top attractive you have to be to make it in that business.— July 16, 2009 2:36 a.m.
Wild Animal Park and Wedding Accident
The wild animal park guy is lucky no animal made him a snack while he was trapped.— July 16, 2009 2:21 a.m.
So many San Diegans carry guns
Toe, I don't think you can generalize that man is good or evil. I think some men are good and some evil, with many spending time on both sides. But chances are, the guy carrying openly isn't evil, and is in a position to protect us if one of the bad guys shows up. Just make sure you don't get caught in the crossfire.— July 16, 2009 2:19 a.m.