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Hiding,

There's no reason to stick to conventional math to get to ten. Feel free to use new math and give as many examples as you'd like.

allah,
Where do you find that $hit? I nearly cracked a rib laughing. That columnist must have incredible restraint not to reply, "You are an idiot, and you are totally screwed!"

eburb,

My guess for the Baby on Board thing is to warn of an distracted driver. I always get extra nervous around one of those cars.

I would like a "JBR at the wheel" bumper sticker. It'll be a nice code for bubbleheads in the know.

Here’s my #1 boomer rant:

I sat next to one who said that one day at a tech event. I wished I was in Texas or Florida where its ok to shoot people.

Too funny!

I would like a “JBR at the wheel” bumper sticker. It’ll be a nice code for bubbleheads in the know.

Or how about a sticker with Calvin taking a leak on David Lereah? What is up with those 'Calvin pissing' stickers anyway? Or those Jesus-freak fish symbols, or those 'Bad Boy' stickers? My personal favorite are those 'Keep Tahoe Blue' stickers, which are invariably on SUV's. The irony.

eburb,

That prop 13 rant is excellent, definitely dangerous reading for beverage drinkers.

Or if you're in the DC area, the endless numbers of SUVs with OBX (outer banks of the Carolinas) stickers. Just in case you wondered who owns all that over-inflated hurricane bait.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prop_13

basically it puts most of the property tax burden on new property owners.

I hate boomers because of “political correctness.”

One thing I "hate" is that they usually believe anyone can work to achieve anything. This ignorance of fate is laughable.

@Hiding,

See: NIMBY Laws and California Housing Prices
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(1978)

I hate Prop 13 because it is anti-progress. It slows down urban renewal efforts and it allows the wrong people to remain in the community.

"What is prop thirteen anyway? (Ignorant NY’er here)."

HARM? M. Cote?

In lieu of personally venturing back to this contentious issue, here's Patrick's page on prop 13 - /prop13/unfair.html And wikipedia's page on prop 13 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(1978)

Boomer hypocrite list

10. Ex-criminal "tough on crime" types
9. Born-again virgin moralizers
8. Whole Foods shoppers
7. Apathetic ex-activists
6. white-flight ex-egalitarians
5. SUV-driving "environmentalists"
4. Neocon chickenhawks
3. Twice-divorced boomers who complain that their kids won't get married/have kids
2. Anti-sprawl mcmansion owners
1. Public school educated prop-13 supporters

I just made my first, modest contribution to Mr. Serin's blog:

Wow.

Good luck to you!

SUV-driving “environmentalists”

Yes. I agree.

I am a borderline anti-environmentalist but I am eco-friendly enough not to drive an SUV.

Public school educated prop-13 supporters

LOL

Where can I find broccoli rabe outside of Whole Foods?

@Glen,
You seem to have a beef with hypocrites.

@SQT (_blows kiss_)

Glen,

Excellent!

Might I add ex-hippy drug legalization opponents?

Peter P,

Have you tried any local farmer's markets? If you don't see it, ask around people who grow other green leafy vegetables.

If I ever get that Pleasanton community garden plot, I'll plant a row for you.

what about prius drivers? you can smell their sanctimonious stench from a mile away.

"for the children"

i'm not against the prius, but what it has come to represenet.

fwiw i take bart to work.

If I ever get that Pleasanton community garden plot, I’ll plant a row for you.

Thanks! ;)

Have you tried any local farmer’s markets? If you don’t see it, ask around people who grow other green leafy vegetables.

By the time I wake up on weekends, the farmer's market in Mountain View is usually gone. :(

@Peter P,
You must wake up pretty late on weekends. Outside of the farmers' markets, try Sigona's around here: Stanford Mall (not that pricey, believe it or not), or on Middlefield and Woodside in RWC, across from Costco.

try Sigona’s around here: Stanford Mall

Now I remember... thanks! I love Stanford Mall.

It’s kind of like the celebrities who drive the Prius all the while engaged in conspicuous consumption with enormous homes and private jets.

Read Michael Crichton's State of Fear. It talked about environmentalist celebs who fly private jets and ride in stretched SUV limos. Well, it is fiction though.

The celebrities who drive Priuses but take private jets are such numbskulls.

Peter P, I wouldn't take Crichton's fictional efforts too seriously. Global warming is real, though we're only starting to understand what global warming will mean for people.

You, know, I completely forgot to thank/congratulate eburbed for creating his very first thread (the previous one).

Thanks & keep 'em coming!

Oh, and great hate-lists all around (though Glen's is my favorite so far).

To many people I am just a bigoted meat-eater (animal-rights violator?) who cares nothing about the environment.

astrid, i was just watching a dvd of connections 1 (james burke) which i checked out of my local library (still useful!). somewhat ironically, the pivotal event which drove the rise of civilization 12,000 odd years ago was in fact a global warming event; people were forced to settle in a few river valleys where they got clever with the plow, leading to surplus crops, pyramids, chariots, ipod.

too bad the spinmeisters who refute global warming can't use this to show its potential upside (since a lot of them also refute that the earth is more than 6000 years old).

chuckleby,

I love connections!

I'm not all gloom and doom about global warming, but any massive climate change, even ones that result in a positive long term outlook, will be extremely traumatic to people experiencing them.

too bad the spinmeisters who refute global warming can’t use this to show its potential upside (since a lot of them also refute that the earth is more than 6000 years old).

Why not? I am a "spinmeister" too. Thanks for the idea. ;)

I am just not afraid of changes. Even if global warming is real, so what? We will adapt, or not. Nature does not care.

For those of you who can't stand to give Serin any advertising dollars, an update from your's truly.

As HARM already mentioned, Casey lost a $35/hr short term contract job due to outsourcing. In his comment section, I suggested that he get a job, ANY JOB, to demonstrate his goodwill to his creditors. In reply, Serin wrote:

"

Getting a $8/hour job is stupid. My minimim payments for the credit lines ($140k worth) are about $3700 per month. I will waste 8 hours a day working a job.

Instead I could be helping other investors find real estate deals (aka bird dogging, or wholesaling) and get referrals fees of $5k - $10k. That is much better use of my time. I think I need to focus on doing that.

The problem is that its not guaranteed. Not sure how many hours and offers I have to go through before I get a descent deal. But I might as well try.

I should have started with bird dogging / wholesaling to begin with. That would have taught me the skills to find quality deals without investing into them myself."

I guess he still thinks the housing bubble fairy will bail him out with nary a scratch.

chuckleby,

Though...on the other hand, maybe massive global climate change will usher in a new phase in human development.

Maybe we'll all become X-Men.

Though…on the other hand, maybe massive global climate change will usher in a new phase in human development.

Possible. Only changes are permanent.

Here's a list of things I hate about Casey:
10. naivete
9. hubris
8. ignorance
7. unmitigated gall
6. entitlement
5. that stupid photo
4. fraud
3. irresponsibility
2. shamelessness
1. greed

Glen,

"5. that stupid photo"

I'm glad you brought that up. I thought so too! The original picture actually looks a little better but the one on his website makes him look like a douchbag.

(Maybe Casey could share a cell with ex-Congressman Foley...)

I’m glad you brought that up. I thought so too! The original picture actually looks a little better but the one on his website makes him look like a douchbag.

Ahem....Their piece of shit 70’s haircut wearing fuckwad ADD drug taking children placating themselves with iPods.

HITB, yea I'll admit, I like Wolverine (in a platonic way)..

oh Wolverine! your healing factor can heal everything but a broken heart!