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...that this is a good idea? For many years I've wished I could quit throwing money down the Rent Pit of Despair. I had given up hope of this ever happening. Or that for it to happen I would have to A) win the lottery or B) move out of state. A is unlikely (in the extreme, though I *do* buy the occasional ticket) and B is distasteful (also in the extreme). Then, of course, the housing market started to go to hell. And every time I heard a news story on the housing crisis I cheered. "Yes! Drop! DROP!!!" I yelled at home prices. N.B. No offense intended towards current home owners, and I do feel sorry for your financial losses. All I can say is that, historically, real estate prices *always* go up again after drops like these, so have hope. Imagine my surprise when housing prices continued to drop! California homes are actually approaching reasonable prices!! To the point that I started building up some hope again. To the point that this morning I put in an offer on a house. *shuddering with equal parts excitement and fear* Yes, I know, this is just the inital offer. And the first offer I've made on a house. Ever. In my entire life. For $267,000. I flinch every time I think about that amount! Yes, it's an amazing deal compared to what houses were even a year ago. Yes, it's a still more amazing price considering that this particular house went for around $700k just three years ago. But HOLY CRRRAAAAAAP!!! That's one helluva lot of money for a guy who's still driving his first ever *new* new car (138K miles on it and still running smooth as silk). Tags: house
Current Mood: Excited, and scared shitless
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After the election last November a number of friends said things like they had hope for our country, they were no longer embarrassed to admit to being American, that kind of thing. While not *quite* as vehement, I completely agreed with the sentiment. Today, that sentiment is (at least in me) dying. An extremely painful death, especially considering the hope which had gone before. ... My biggest complaint (one of many, but this was *my* biggest complaint) against the Bush Administration could be summed up in two words. "Enemy Combatants." A term invented specifically to circumvent the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions. Had these people been "criminals", they would have been protected by the Constitution. Had they been "prisoners of war", they would have been protected under the Geneva Conventions. No. As "enemy combatants" they had no protections save what our *insert expletive here* government *chose* to give them. So we dumped them in a military base we own but which is *not* on American soil (wouldn't want to give them any chance of getting close to someone who might actually give them their "inalienable" human rights now, would we) and organised Military Tribunals. Thus, in my opinion, violating every principle on which our legal system is founded. EVERY SINGLE ONE!!! Then, wonder of wonders, Obama won the election. Hope re-entered my life. Hope that we would go beyond this travesty of injustice. He took office and some of his first actions were to place the tribunals on hold and announce that the detention facility at Gitmo would be dismantled by the end of the year! I quite literally cheered! I thought he'd fix the situation but moving that quickly and decisively was more than I had dared hope!!! ... On the way to work this morning I was listening, as I usually do, to the news. He WHAT?!?!?! Obama is expected today to announce that he's REINSTATING THE MILITARY TRIBUNALS! And why? Because some of the people being held might not be convicted if they were given their rights and tried in a legitimate court. Because it might be inconvenient to put them on a *real* trial. If you can't get a conviction in a court of law then, by the law, the defendant is acquitted. That's the law. Period. End of sentence (in more ways than one). The star chamber is supposed to be a thing of the past, on the dustbin of history. But never forgotten because, of course, those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. I guess we're doomed. MOTHERFUCKER!!!!! I don't know if I can put across how truly outraged, saddened, PISSED OFF, I truly am right now! What the FUCK!!! I want to scream, and it's all I can do to hold back tears right now. Tags: politics
Current Location: work
Current Mood:  nauseated
Current Music: The sound of anger beating in my ears
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